Mecnetarcean wit! PROPANE CONVERSION plus... $ 400° é2 goverment ‘Farm, Fleet, Commercial vieier es nr any vehicle used & 50% Business Usel *: PROPANE CONSULTANTS fj Dan Ashman fa Peter McNaughton 3 Pressacco: Vince Watson VE SAVE “SAVE: SAVE SAVE 4 a S é VANCOUVER (CP) = Foreman, director of trading operations for the oxchangy “Some were saying today it just wasn't as busy.” ty Despite the traders’ complaints, Tuesday was only _ marginally slower than the previous day, with 24.4 million shares changing hands, and well in keeping with the rally that has brought in the Vancouver New Year with a bang. ' Gold is the key to the activity, says Foreman. “In the last six to eight montlis ‘the main market .has been in gold-oriented stocks. I don’t think we would have done it (set A) i the record) if ‘the price of gold had not gone up.” (After. wallowing around $800 (U,8.) ‘last June, gold began an uphill climb which saw it close at $481.50 8. .) Tuesday in London. : ‘4 Foreman said gold-related stocks: have accounted for: about half the recent activity. on the exchange, which - Aitention Men & Boys! . For ~ Seasons — is 3 Boys & } Bonnett’ s mens Weor 233 Columbia 6 Remember 10% | OFF for Cash | ilizes ‘in junior issues. “The current rally has been led bya group | af companies conan was the socal busiest day in the history: of ‘the. Vancouver Stock Exchange, but’ some traders, still elated from Monday's record volume of 27; million shares, were grumbling about a slowdown ‘in activity.: “The. traders get used to the volume,” ‘says, Marc sigaged inthe aed of; ‘the Hemlo gold aren’ of Northern, Ontario, That area, situated on the north shore of Lake’, Superior:: midway.\\between Sault. Ste. Marie, and Thunder. Bay, is still, tnder exploralions: but favorable drill, results have: ‘sparked | a:mini-gold rush, Most of the Hemlo junior companies, indluding Goliath Gold Mines Ltd:, Golden: ceptre' Resources Ltd, and Inter- national Corona: ‘Resources (which started the rush), raised their exploration funds’on'the VSE and now the exchange ig reaping the benefit of:its;involvement. °° “If it hadn't been for the’ Hemlo properties, our volume would not have been what it has been in the last two 0, three months.” : ay as Foreman predicted daily ‘volume on the will invest in, When the anol slows, this tree of decreases, HIGHER PRICE FORECAST prices will counteract this, trend. “Interest rates are coming way down and people ‘don’ t ‘ want to leave their money in‘GICs (Guaranteed ‘Investment’ Certificates) or short-term notes any longer,” Sige said -many would rather invest in 1 stocks: doldrums and‘now are b y rehiring, fx sald could ‘say. the a ‘gromi industry” “Again.” soon drop ‘to between 15 and 20 aillion shares a day, where. it will remain, ;: “These markets tend to: peak’ ‘ana drop off, but not usually to the same level. Sooner. or later youl gee some profit-taking and Prices will drop.”: Part of the drop willcome from a a gedaiial easing of what Foreman called “the bandwagon effect," where ‘investors try the VSE for rye of rine was almost match days‘of 1983.) ‘After claiming the title of the busiest stock exchange in; Canaila’in 1980 and'1981, VSE volume’ dro) But forecasted lowor ‘interest’ “fates and higher: ola y 365-6761: VANCOUVER: (CP)-— ‘by stalking and raping Van- couver women at knifepoint will bekept in jail indef- ‘LOAN-OUT CAMERA initely as part of a stepped- up campaign by Crown coun- sel to rid city streets of violence. B.C, Supreme Court Jus- tice Lloyd McKenzie on Tues- day granted Crown prose- cutors‘an order that Orville The Castlegar News has two : operate lo age with film). which it. is pleased to allow groups.to use for taking pictures for use by the Castlegar News. Lid lot, Arrangements tor the use’ of these cameras should be made through our ‘ News Department at 365-3517. CASTLEGAR NEWS Pa News Department 365-3517 John 's | Wester’ Winning Western numbers for the Jan. 5 draw for $100,000 are: 2493897, 1885986, 3367110 . Numbers ‘for the $10,000 _ prize are: 2496592, 1422124, ee » 2651534 2AT42: : 81-yearold man who atanea ov |; uncontrollable sexual urges: and. las' quirements for a. “dangerous |’ offender. A dangerous offender. either can be jailed indefin- itely or given a- fixed se tence. : : Gustavson. is the second” ‘man ruled a dangerous. of-: to get in on, an active market iE without really noting: what to cations are part of a.city-wide. Y its’ effort to drive repeat of: fenders, with a tendency to- ward violent crime including 2 » sexual offences and robber- ‘ies, out of the city. \ “D- have a. message. for them,” he said. “If you come | :-here with a record, watch it, we'll take a run at you. Ifyou pay: fast and loose in the city fender in courts in’, the. past week. «Regional: ‘Crown Counsel Sean Madigan: said the appli: numbers laat five digits win $100; last ‘four digits win $25 and the: last three digits win five dol- lars’ :worth . of Express tic: “The jackpot winning num: ber 167A056 wins $5,000. The of Vi we're golng to } get you.” SECTION BEING USED , He said the Crown is start-'. ing to: use the | dangerous offender soction of thé code more: frequently... The dan- : gerous. offender section. re- placed ‘the contentious: hab- ‘tual offender legislation in 1977. While statistics. on appli- cations'are not available,-un- til recently: the use’ ofthe’: dangerous offender ‘section was rare. ‘rast aie digits win $1,000; ‘Hou : SUNDAY MADNESS . . Sunday, Jan. 16, noon to 6 p.m. FINANCE YOUR . STEREO WITH NO INTEREST @ PIONEER Caan THEY ~~ ‘TDK 90 Minute “D” (Sper ane 300 only TOK SA 90 anes Chrome. 150 Only auto tuning. 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Crown Zellerbach’.Corp. of San , Francii (cP) = produced ‘ pulp-based prod- ucts, newsprint. and lumber ‘Tuesday final agreement “had: been ‘reached ‘to’ sell its 84-per-cent interest in Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd. to Pletcher; Challenge Ltd.: of. . New Zealand for $242 million (UB) L The forest’ products com- pany said the and for about 20 per cent of: Crown Zeller-,- bach's “1981 sales of $8.18. billion (U.8.), Crown ‘Zellerbach said. it would continue to market the: Canadian company’s prod. ucts undersa' long. tere. sales agreement, c way Fletcher, Chall “New needs only the approval of the Foreign Investment Re- view Agency and the govern- ment of B.C. to:be Zealand's largest public com-. pany, has’‘annual sales‘ of about $3 billion from natural The Opening of a New Store con-* “vat 1434 Columbia Ave., Castlegar “(next to Gabriel's Restaurant) OPE ENING MONDAY, JAN. 17, 1983 We have one a4 the Largest Stocks: ‘of APPLIANCE PARTS inthe West Kootenay. 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There will be a shift in the unemployment pattern in 1983, said Smelser, with ser- vice workers — mostly wom- en —finding themselves out of work just when-the goods- producing sector begins to improve. : “As we begin 1983 we see the bare beginnings of a call back in the forest industry. and an upturn-for other in- dustries in the goods-produc- ing sector. At the same time, the service sector, which had kept their people employed, will finally feel the impact of the recession and begin lay- ing people off." +~ Smelser said the service sector is made up of com- panies -involved: in trans: portation, communications, trade, -hotels and - restau- rants, public ‘administration, and financial institutions. _ ginally. announced Oct, 29," 1982," is: Norsk Pacific Steamship Co. Ltd., whose three ships haul cargo ‘along the B.C. coast, mostly for the B.C. * Crown Zellerbach. The company said that once the deal is closed, Flet- cher Challenge will offer to purchase, for cash, the re- maining 16 .per'cent of the Canadian company’s shares for $83 a share, In the first half of fiscal 1982, the Canadian company lost $9.6 million. However, spokesmen for the American company said the sale was made not because of the. loss, but as part of a strategy to concentrate on U.S. opera: tions and develop integrated pulp and paper facilities. The Canadian ‘company struction, real estate, fi- nance, manufacturing and merchandising. ‘ AA public forum Jan. 19 Alcoholics Anonymous will be holding an open - public forum to present, information on alcoholism. The forum is scheduled for Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. at 760° Eldorado St. in Trail. At the forum, a number of informed. people will speak: on the question., “What can be done in our community to control this disease?” is =~) ES Have one of our Professional Technicians do the job in your home. 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