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Fast- Growing Population Gives B.C. Problems By JONATHAN COLE Canadian Press Staff Writer VANCOUVER ¢ (CP) -- The in- . creasing problems of feeding a swiftly - growing population are giving headaches to British Col- umbia's economists and agricul- tural planners. The province has never been able to take care of its food needs from domestic supplies with any particular comfort. Now, the experts say, a pincer movement threatens to close in on B.C.'s food-producing areas and make them more insignifi- cant. The most obvious side of the pincers is the population in- crease. Estimates of the B.C. re- search council are that the pre- ser! population of 1,300,000 will double within 20 years. The rrov-| ince already imports most of its| meat requirements. Such a popu- lation increase would require the import of several foods in which the province now is self-suffi- cient. CHANGED FROM FARMS The second part of the pincers is reduction of agricultural land. B.C.'s farming acreage, a scant three per cent of the province's 234,000,000 acres, is being re-| duced through diversion of land|of three countries have joined|duction of machines will do little to other uses. Urgency of the problem was drawn to the attention of the Gor- don commission on Canada's economic prospects by Prof. W. N. Agricultural College and Prof. William MacKenzie of the Uni- pool ideas on mechanization of|to versity of Alberta. Now, B.C.'s planners are trying to work out a solution. Tom McDonald, secr the B.C. division of the Commu- nity Planning Association, | blames the reduction of farming land on subdivision for urban de- velopment, mainly in the two | richest areas in the. province--| the Fraser and Okanagan val- leys. the Fraser now produces 47.8 pe! eent of B.C.'s total iting output. The Ok famous | 2. Outright reduction of farm land taxation. 3. Acquisition by rural icl palities of strategically located land, which could be leased for farming. 4. Servicing of lands unfit for agriculture by these municipal- ities to attract subdividers and developers 'away from farming land. 5. Establishment by the provin- cial government of a supra-mun- icipal authority to supervise such planning. NEW AREAS In addition, he says, the gov- ernment should help speed up de- | velopment of more and larger || farms in the Peace river district fof northern B.C, which is in| an earlier stage of development, and such rich pockets of arable land as the Pemberton Mead- ows, on the Pacific Great East- ern Railway about 80 miles north of Vancouver. Mr. Wilson says whatever other steps are taken to compen- sate for B.C.'s vanishing acres, one thing which will have to accomplished is increased pro- ductivity per acre through in- creased mechanization and new farming methods. British Columbia at present im-| ports 90 per cent of its pork, 70 per cent of its beef, and 50 per! cent of its lamb and mutton. Its wheat and flour come from the Prairies. The province is self-suf- tain vegetables, and exnorts ficient in dairy products and cer-|a Ha irl valk UL nto 40 i o oblivio amputa- tion of os ot Jeo foot Wednesday. spec last Friday, when she was dis- covered unconscious in an aban- doned store, Doctors said long eapogure to near-zero tempera- tures Jett ) her legs frozen from knee to toe WE TALK MORE MONTREAL (CP)--Canadians last year had more telephone conversations per person than people of any other nation, says the Bell Telephone Company. be| Canadians in 1956 made 481 calls per capita. Next in line was Sweden, with 455, and the United States, with 426. I CLOSE DOWN MILL MONTMORENCY, he (CP) Dominion Textile Limited nounced Woy its textile mill here will soon close down for two weeklong R, periods. The | inning employs | will close it gs Peton: and oo from Dec. 21 to 26 some of its fruit. Dec. 29 to Jan. 7. Postal Mechanization To Help By JACK VAN DUSEN Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP)--Postal brains |forces to help the harassed mail| sorter get away from memoriz-| |ing thousands of addresses. Experts from Canada, Britain land the United States have| Drummond of the Ontarioformed a 13-man team which is|age sorter having to know at visiting the three countries to the mails. Mechanization is the only an- swer to the growing demands on etary of the Canadian postal system, Post-|ing it almost impossible for the master - General William Hamil-| ton said in an interview. Other countries are faced with the same problem. Mr. Hamilton had just returned {from the United States for a look at the U.S. system and plans to |visit Britain early in 1958, HE The rich dairy lands of the "mnere are about 12.000 mall [sorters in Canada who have to {memorize from 2,000 to 6,000 ad- for its fruits, produces about 17| per cent. « JBDIVIDERS BUSY Pororessers Drummond and] idacKenzie estimated that some) 14,000 acres have already been Jost to farming in the Fraser val-| ley. They indicated that another 40,000 acres of the valley's 436,- 000 acres of arable land might be transferred to other uses in| the next 25 years. 'Farmers have no incentive | ind stay on the land," says Mr, Donald. "High taxes put an Me warranted burden on them and| they're ready to listen to attrac- tive subdivision offers." J. W. Wilson, executive direc: tor of the lower mainland re- gional planning board, says his oup has tried to overcome this y encouraging subdividers to use unproductive land in the Fraser valley for urban develop- ment, but without success, AOESTED REMEDIES Mr. McDonald ald gars these steps d help toward a solution: 1. A system of pire zZon- ng to stabilize land uses and en- courage investment in permanent improvements to farm land. RAGLAN POI RAGLAN + The Sunday School | Concert is to be held 4 Raglan | Hall on Dec. 21. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Manns of Port Perry were Saturday | ests of Mr. and Mrs. Stan anns and family. Mr, and Mrs. Russell Corner and Mrs. McLeod attended the| | mission back home Thursday and {increased the United press airport Tat the impact 'of the mission's Conded all expe tour of Britain expectations." | dresses--street names, zone num- bers and even rural routes--in [ok area. In big eities they have to sort the mail for provin- icial as well as eity distribution. Mr. Hamilton said the object of |the touring group is to pool the {research brains of the three | countries and to prevent duplica- tion of research so that mechan- ization of the mails will be 'Trade Mission Back In Canada After UK. Tour MONTREAL (CP) Trade Minister Churchill led his 50-man announced that a permanent trade mission office will be seth Mail P up. Sorters addresses. Britain has another | so that Canadi experts want to "Mail handling is rapidly in Canada that the ihe bo {more than keep the present staff abreast," said the 38-year-old |cabinet minister from Montreai. | "We've been plagued with the {memory problem with the aver- !least 2,000 points, Compare that the working vocabulary of about 800 words in a language." The rapid growth of new ur- ban areas in Canada was mak- sorter to keep up . "Don't get the idea that mails are going to break down,' said Mr. Hamilton. "Things 'aren't that critical but they are seri- ous." | He said the U.S. has a machine |that sorts four letters a second stuay. This comparing of notes may| also help iron out the kinks in| the Canadian sorter being per-| fected in Ottawa. Capable of sort- | ing 600 letters a minute, the $1,-| 000,000 machine was to go into | operation months ago, but it is| still going through trial runs. The three-country team has toured Washington, New York| City, Chicago and Detroit in .the| U.S., and Toronto, Peterborough, Ont., and Montreal in Canada. Head of the British section of the team is Brig.-Gen. K. S.! Holmes, in charge of mechaniza- tion in the U.K. post office. M. B. Feimster, deputy director of re- search and engineering in the) U.S. postal service, heads the] American group. Mr. land even 'reads' typewritten heads the Canadian section. KINSALE MRS. A. HOOKER, Correspondent KINSALE -- The White Gift Service was held at church on Sunday morning, with the Sunday School in charge. The service was Jed bY Mrs. V. Wagg, Sun- day School superintendent, Scrip- ture Lesson was read by Ethel Wagg. Barbara Empringham gave the Christmas story, and reddy Appleton, a . The children's choir sang "Away in a Manger." Rev. H. Moore gave a suitable' White Gift message, and closed the The Euchre om Friday night brought a smaller crowd than usual owing to the inclement weather. Winners were: Fadia, 'Mrs. A. L. Empring- ; men, &. solation, up in Ottawa to help stimulate an of imports from ta at Dor- conference Mr. Churchill said oon "There has been general agree- ment by mission members and by British businessmen that ev-| ery effort should be made to con- tinue the mission's work." Secretary of the new trade body in Ottawa will be Peter Stursherg, 43, of Victoria and Ot- There will until the New Year. Sorry to report Mrs. G. Mat- thews was taken to lo Oshawa Hos- pital on Sunday for surgery. Mr. and Mrs. H. Stell, and Marilyn were recent visitors with relatives at Rosebank. and Mrs. Bill Otter and| of Toronto, and Allan! Mr. (family, Griggs of Oshawa, were Sunday | guests of Mr. and Mrs. | Parkin. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Empringhan of Balsam visited at pring of Mr. and Mrs, L. Bmpring | ham. Mr, and Mrs. John Rinn of To- ronto spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. ker, Ma, Mrs. Jim Hadley of Port 'Perry visited with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mitchell. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. Legg were Mr. and Mrs. D Bruce and Jean of Scarborough, and Mr. and Mrs. G. Sherman of Toronto. | Mr, and Mrs. R. E. Mowbray were in Toronto on Saturday | where they purchased mew books for the library. HALT SERVICE VANCOUVER (CP) -- Union Steamships Limited announced Wednesday it is discontinuing Pussenger service Jan. 2 because .|of "increas ges Lis ts cargo i Service' Wik pe Tham 'The a 1 serves the British Cotambla coast, SUMMIT REPORT MONDAY PARIS (AP)--President Eisen- hower and State Secretary Dulles report to the American pub- lic on the NATO summit confer- ence in a 30-minute radio-televi-| sion broadcast Monday at 8:30 p.m. EST. | tawa, a former newspaper m and radio commentator who co- |ordinated the mission's publicity | "Nr, Ghurehin ure] told mission | members after their 15-hour flight from London that he ex- | pects them to meet again in Ot- | tawa in the latter part of Janu- | ary. At that time a new report | 4 ONTARIO MO GIVE AN... TOR LEAGUE | MEMBERSHIP FOR CHRISTMAS funeral of Wilbert Byam in Ux-|will be completed, detailing the | bridge. He was Mrs. Corner's brother-in-law. | Mr. and Mrs. James Latimer were Sunday afternoon guests of mission's work in Britain. The mission's aim was to aid n carrying out the suggestion of Prime Minister Diefenbaker that | Call... LES EAGLESON or JACK GRAHAM RA 5- their aunt, Mrs. Rachel Camplin|15 per cent of Canada's imports | and cousin, Miss Gertie Camplin, of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. E. Manns and boys were Sunday supper guests! of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bell and family of Port Perry. Mr. and Mrs. W. Steele were Thursday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Raymer of Prince Albert. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur French of Oshawa were Thursday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Manns and family Mr. and Mrs. Durham of Pros- pect, Mrs. Gordon Corner and Evelyn of Columbus and Miss Flossie Spencer of Cedar Creek were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Steele James Nash and Christine of Oshawa were Saturday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bryant. Mrs. George Solomon, Mrs Robert Bryant, and Mrs. Pierson visited Mrs. Stacey at Fairview Ledge on Monday afiernoon. They pre ented her with the Will- ing Workers' Christmas present. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Haines of Oshawa were Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Davidson and family Mr. and Mrs. D. Bell of Cour- tice, and Mr. and Mrs. D. Dillon and family of Oshawa, were Sun- day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Greenley and family. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moon were Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hueston of Myrtle Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rozell, and children, of Oshawa were Sunday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs Carl Avery. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Harrison of Oshawa were Sunday evening uests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd "vans and family The Raglan WA meeting was cancelled for this month because of sickness. Mr. and Mrs. K. Durno of Osh- awa were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs. Ward Greenley. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Miller and Stephen of Whitby, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Manns and family. 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