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20 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Monday, August 22, 1966 NEW WESTMINISTER firemen, with the aid of fire departments from other communities in the Van- couver area fought in vain Saturday to control a spec- tacular blaze that destroy- ed the Rayonier Canada (B.C.) Ltd. lumber mill, The firefighters were ham- pered by low water pres- sure and the searing heat and eventually had to call upon a water bomber to cool down the blaze. ( CP Wirephoto) Children Suspected In $10 Million Blaze ' NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (CP)--Reports that a $10,000,000 fire here Saturday may have been set by children were be- ing investigated today by the provincial fire marshal. The holocust, it raged out of control for more than four hours and then burned on for another 12, destroyed a spraw- ling lumber complex operated by Rayonier of Canada (B.C.) Ltd. It also damaged ware- houses and storage areas of the adjacent Scott Paper Co. Ltd. There has been no official es- timate of damage, but Fire Chief J. L. Pearson said $10,- 000,000 would be a conservative minimum. The fire started in tinder-dry grass along a street separating warehouses of the two com- panies. Within minutes, flames © were licking up the outbide of © the Scott warehouse which was | bulging with thousands of tons © of export paper. Within an hour, the fire was raging over more than 10 acres 5 of sawmills, warehouses and lumber and paper storage rds. Fire Marshal Basil Nixon said v3 wy" his office is investigating re- } ports that children were chased from the warehouse area by a Pinkerton guard shortly before the fire was noticed. He said a report on the fire is expected within a few days and an in- quiry likely will follow. Investigators are also check- ing reports that water pressure failed just as firemen believed they had the blaze contained. CALLED FOR HELP Mayor Stuart Gifford sent) out a call for help to surround- ing municipalities and response was immediate. One unit trav- elled 50 miles from Chilliwack to help out. | But the intense heat, coupled) with low water pressure, kept firemen from getting close enough and Rayonier officials} called in a Martin Mars water| bomber from Sproat Lake on Vancouver Island. The bomber made four drops --6,000 gallons at a time--and firemen advanced their lines) after each dumping. More than four hours after it} started, the fire was declared) under control. It was officially "struck out" at 8 a.m. Sunday, but Chief Pearson said it would be late today before the smoul- dering ruins would be com- pletely dampened down. | Rayonier lost a large sawmill, | three planer mills, one of the} largest dry kilns in the Com-| monwealth, a number of smal- ad buildings, and millions of A WATER BOMBER, dropping 6,000 gallons of wa- ter at each pass, was call- | ed upon to help firemen extinguish the blaze. fitoday on whether to accept | STRIKE OR NOT Rough By MICHAEL GILLAN | ULLAWA solves the current railway strike threat, the Liberal gov- ernment is expected to take a heavy pounding in Parliament for its activities in the labor re- lations field. Opposition criticism of the government on this score has been increasing recently and the momentum appears strong enough to keep the issue alive until Parliament resumes. In the middle is Prime Minis- ter Pearson, who stepped into ithe Quebec longshoremen's strike and the threatened St. Lawrence Seaway strike early this summer. In both cases large wage set- tle--increases of about 50 per cent--headed off the strikes. It's impossible to know whether the disputes could have been settled with smaller 'in- creases, or whether the govern- ment would have been in more political trouble by letting them go on. In any event, Mr. Pearson's actions then are being cited now as the reason why Canada faces a national railway strike which, if it ran for many days or weeks, would do serious dam- jage to the economy. |BLAMES PEARSON Opposition Leader Diefen- baker has charged that Mr. Pearson set off a "wage explo- sion." (Urjp--nven woes Liberals Face Going | Eamon Park, president of the Tn ates aT the prime minister has messed up collective bargaining for the entire year. He said union leaders now are faced with arguments from workers that if the longshore- men and the seaway workers can win 30-per-cent pay in- creases why not them. Mr. Park wasn't quarrelling with the amounts of the in- creases as such. But he said there was no explanation, no "rationale" for them. He argued--and the socialists are expected to push this in the Commons--that much of. this year's troubles could have been avoided if legislation had been introduced to bring collective bargaining procedures up to date. Government must take the ini- tiative to persuade both labor and management to agree to changes so that bargaining can be carried out on a nationwide basis within an industry or trade instead of on a plant-by-plant basis. Only then, he said, will the national interest' as well as the interests of management and labor, be a factor in bargain- ing. Mr. Pearson of late has made reference to the possible need for changes in legislation. The opposition parties, particularly the NDP, are likely to push him on this during the fall. TORONTO (CP) -- Contract renewal settlements between the Steel Co. of Canada and the United Steelworkers of America were announced here Sunday for employees at the company's 14 branch fabricating plants in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta. Larry Sefton, director of USW District 6, said in a statement that union members will vote three-year contracts. Earlier this week, agreement was reached between 11,000 em- ployees of the Stelco main plant in Hamilton, giving them a con- tract that union officials said will make them the highest paid steelworkers in the world. Hamilton Local 1005 also is to vote today on its agreement. Basic wage increase of 28 cents an hour are spread over the life of all contracts. The first 10-cent increase is retro-| active to Aug. 1 and another) eight cents will be paid begin-| ning next Aug. 1. A final 10) cents will be given in Aug. 1 1968. LOCATE PLANTS The Stelco fabricating plants are located in Montreal, Gan- anoque, Ont., Toronto, Hamil- ton, Brantford and Edmonton. John Morgan, Local 1005 pres- Flag For Police In Vancouver (CP Wirephoto) VANCOUVER (CP) -- Police Steel Contracts Renewed |At 14 Fabricating Plants ident, said last week the 28-cent increase will bring Hamilton wages to one cent an hour more than equivalent jobs in the United States steel industry by August, 1967. The present U.S. contract expires at the end of 1967. The statement said trades and assigned maintenance jobs will be increased by two job classes at an average of 15.4 cents hourly. In addition, wage rates in Stelco's five Montreal plants were brought up to the level of those in Brantford, Toronto and Hamilton. The statement said the differ- ential in the wage rate between the Gananoque plant and the Hamilton plant was reduced by 3% cents an hour. Canadians Urged To Lead | GENEVA PARK, Ont. (CP) | Andrew Thompson, Ontario Lib- jeral party leader, called on Ca- nadians Saturday to-show world leadership in at least a few fields if Canada is to survive as a sovereign nation. Mr. Thompson told the On- tario Young Liberal Association |annual meeting that "if we can- |not make a vital, outgoing, gen- uine contribution to the world as a nation then we might as well give up." | "The choice is whether we should take the trouble to re- |'a political football" out of in- 48th Wartime Commander Sees Forces 'Political Football' TORONTO (CP)--Brig. Ian S. Johnston, wartime commander of the 48th Highlanders of Can- fi "Tt is now suggested that it ada, said Saturday Defence | might suit the minister's polit- Minister Paul Hellyer is making) ical convenience to create the single unified force in time for tegration of Canada's armed|the Liberal leadership conven- forces. jtion in 1967." In a speech to the Canadian; He said servicemen are wor- National Exhibition directors, | ried because it was apparent the the brigadier said the structure|defence minister had an objec- |tive for total integration but . }won't reveal his plans. Ship Grounded | Brig. Johnston said a con- | glomerate force without rank On Seaway Isle |distinctions would destroy tra- | dition. MORRISTOWN, N.Y. (AP)--| "Tradition is the tool of the A Canadian cargo ship that ran the government that they ad- aground at Skelton Island in the|vise their minister to build his St. Lawrence River Friday|house on the firm and proven night was pulled free Sunday of the armed forces is too im- portant to be "the football of a politician." foundation." He said the spirit of a regi- ard feet of first - grade lum-| and floated to McNair Island, ber stockpiled for export. | opposite this village southwest Scott Paper lost two ware-| of Ogdensburg, N.Y., for an as- houses crammed with domestic| sessment of damage. and export paper, and package| The John E. F. Misener, a containers and paper stored in| 636-foot-long, 19,000-ton vessel, ment couldn't be known to a minister who had spent only two years in the artillery and one year in aircrew. The brigadier didn't refer to |Chief Ralph Booth is giving the|main a sovereign state or fall | Vancouver force an official de-| gracefully into the arms of the |partmental flag "to further en- | United States." hance the stature of the force."| Mr, Thompson said he op- | The design for Vancouver's | poses joining the United States. \finest's flag hasn't been re-| He cited a number of chal- leased yet' but Chief Booth said |lenges for Canadians, including that ine flag is being put to-|the perfection of collective bar- gether in the Far East. gaining techniques to avert It will be formally presented |strikes, a way to control infla- to the force by Lieutenant-Gov- |tion and a drive to outpare the ernor George Pearkes in a cer-|Russians in developing the Arc- emony in Stanley Park Sept. 25. |tic regions. "This is your chief consta- |---- GRIFFIN ble's personal gift to the force | in appreciation for the co-gper- | ation and support he has re- ceived these past years," said | Real Estate Ltd. Chief Booth in a memo to the 155 Simcoe St. S. force. "This will be an historic event | Are Pleased To in the life of our force,' the memo said. "It will be an oc- | Announce jcasion for the public and fam- ilies of our members to witness | an event rarely seen in police | organization. | "And finally, I trust that it will be another milestone ral DEPARTMENT ward getting public recognition of the high standard of policing | --, see a jnow prevailing in our country | ute, Fire, Casualty, land that policing is truly a pro- Bonds and Burglary. fession."" | Call Us For Prompt Chief Booth said all that re- Insurance Needs. mained to make the presenta- OSHAWA tion ceremony a success is the 723-4666 The Opening of A GENERAL INSURANCE AJAX 942-3310 irst to EATON'S, then to School! 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Pre-shrunk, combed cotton pyjamas, in a leisurely interlock knit with rib trim around the neck and cuffs. All round elastic waistband on the bottoms. Sizes small, medium and large in plain shades of powder blue with a navy blue trim, maize with a brown trim or grey with a maroon trim. SPECIAL, 2 for 5.00 Each PHONE 725-7373 EATON'S has the right Briefcase for every type of Student need! A. EATON CUSTOM BRIEFCASE EATON'S the yard. was crippled shortly after 8 A reasonably priced leather-laminated case with all the Both firms carried fire insur- ance. i There were no serious in-| juries, although five of the more than 200 firemen at the scene were treated in hospital for burns, heat exhaustion and! smoke inhalation. | | 'Search Halted "the defence minister" was ac- cepting the advice of his special assistants and not his experi- enced officers. Brig. Johnston, colonel . in p.m. Friday while heading into the Great Lakes. The ship was transporting iron ore. Skelton Island is about 1,000 yards from the Canadian side of the river, near Brockville. (chief ow the 48th Highlanders, The vessel is owned by Mi-/is a practising Toronto lawyer. sener Enterprises Ltd. of Port|A text of his speech was re- Colborne, Ont. |leased in advance. For Lost Bonds TORONTO (CP)--The search | for $200,000 worth of ralesing | bonds in a suburban Scarbo- rough dump has been called off. | A spokesman for a Toronto in- | surance adjusting firm said Sun-| " course prepares you for day it has been decided the bonds were taken to an foci} erator rather than dumped on| a 50-acre landfill project. The securities were acciden-| tally thrown into a waste basket | at a Toronto business firm. The name of the firm has not been released. A company spokesman said| the bonds can be replaced. FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AT HOME Grades 6 to 10 course prepares you to quolify gov't. sponsored trades courses. 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