The Sechelt Peninsula Times
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-01-09
issued: 1964-01-29
description: Serving the Sunshine Coast.
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note: cS V.* ft'l Serving the Sunshine Coost, (Hcwe Sound to Jervis Inletl, including Port Mellon, Hspkins Lending. Grcnfhcm's Lcncurvg, Gibscns, Roberts Creek, Wilson Creek, "Sclmg Pork, Sechelt, Holfmocn BayySecret Cove,-Pender Hcrtscur, Madeira Park, Kteindcle, Irvine's Lending, EcrtCoveJ ��graor.t.0 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29. |9&< 10c EDITORIAL ."...,.- IJiiiiif (SMUed: Electorate 11 .'".���' - . - * - ��� . - - 1 SCHOOL- BOARDS, municipal councils and improvement ' districts are forms of local* government. "Trustees are^s elected by various categories bf electors to carry out public ^business and spend public monies raised by district taxation- Societies also, incorporated under the Societies' Act, spend; public monies raised in various manners, i.e. public subscription, membership dues and government grants, - "�� In .the case of St. Mary's Hospital Society, the board of trustees spend money raised from membership dues, public subscription, government grant.TBCHIS) and direct taxation. This board spends the money raised by the hospital improvement , district (HID) by-a direct levie on our land. _^in-turn, we, the people, elect various qualified people-to . '-act ort our behalf, to make decisions^oncerningjthe operation of Qur business, to spendthe monies we contribute, directly and indirectly. \ . * . " - As long as these trustees feel they are acting in our best interests they will be. pleased to have us know what they are doing about our business and the reason they areLdoing it- The function of the press is to attend these meetings arid report on them to keep the public informed about the transaction of thcirbusiness. 7 Many times a public body may embark upon a course of action of which the public disapproves. Sometimes this disV approvaJ7is valid, other times noL- Many times disapproval is ���*��� expressed because of the public's lack of knowledge concerning the facts. When the facts.are known and the reasoning behind the decision explained, the pubtkrmay still disag…
note: Frequency: Weekly Titled "The Sechelt Peninsula Times" from 1963-12-04 to 1967-03-01. Titled "The Peninsula Times" from 1967-03-08 to 1979-12-26. Published by Sechelt Peninsula Times Ltd. from 1963-12-04 to 1968-12-24 and from 1970-11-04 to 1971-03-10; by The Peninsula Times Ltd. from 1969-01-08 to 1970-10-28; by Powell River News Town Crier Sechelt Times Ltd. from 1971-03-17 to 1975-11-05; and by Westpres Publications Ltd. from 1975-11-12 to 1979-12-26. Dates of Publication: 1963 to 1980.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sechelt (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0185081
language: English
lat: 49.4716667
long: -123.763333
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sechelt, B.C : Sechelt Peninsula Times Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Sechelt Community Archives.
type: Text