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THREE masked gunmen robbed a North Vancouver gambling club on the Remembrance Day holiday.

The robbers, described by the RCMP as “masked Chinese males” held up the Veterans Sports Club, a licensed gambling premises at 1821 Capilano Road, at about 12:50 p.m.

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Two employees and a member of the club were forced to lay on the floor and to hand over moncy from their pockets after the cash register had been robbed.

A detective spokesman says the thieves only escaped with a small amount of cash.

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winners had taken their

money and gone home.” he added.

Nobody was injured in the holdup.

Police are asking for the assistance of anyone who may have been around the area of the club, in their

investigation of the robbery

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Water rates up 5% inNV District

AN ESTIMATED $186,000 water utility deficit for 1983, prompted North Vancouver District council Monday to spurn federal government five-and-six per cent restraint guidelines and boost water charges to local residents more than 15 per cent.

While at the same time those whose water con- sumption is metered will face across the board in- creases of 16 per cent. Water connection fees, however, will not rise and will remain

“Water user charges are the major source of funds for the water utility which (under the provincial Municipal Act) must be self- financing,” explained Harry McBride, District deputy engineer, in a report to council.

Local politicians approved the rate hike which, ironically, will leave District

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So instead of a deficit of $186,000, District's water utility department will show a surplus of about $50,000.

According to McBride it’s accepted practice for water utilities to have surpluses because “by policy the utility has been operated to generate... a modest surplus in years of low capital ex- penditures to provide funds for years when capital ex- penditures are high.”

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“This expenditure is not reducible,” McBride pointed out, “on the District's part short of rationing the water supply to reduce con- sumption.”

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