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The abrupt jump of 2.1 cents a litre for gasoline in most communities is directly attributable to a tax increase announced last Thursday by federal Finance Minister Michael Wilson.

Spokesmen for Esso Petro- leum and Shell Oil said this week they passed the in crease directly on to their re- tailers through wholesale price increases as of 12: 01 a.m. last

ash said the company had no alternative but to pass on the increase.

“From a wholesale point of view we did increase the price,” said Ron Haynes of Esso.

“What happens in the re- tail marketplace is anybody's

While there was no guar antee the increase would be passed on to consumers by the dealers, a quick survey of Esso outlets in five major

speculation that the compan- ies might try to absorb the hike.

Shell spokesman Joe Mari-

cities that motorists in most places had to come up with the extra cash. Full-service regular leaded gas went up from 52.5 cents a

Canadians invest in bank

SPOKANE (AP) — Cana- dian investors have increased their holdings in Old National

tion to nine per cent of the firm's shares, documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission show.

A Canadian investment counselor is, in effect, the largest shareholder of the bank holding company, the records show

The documents were filed by the investment counselor, Peter Cudill and Associates Ltd. of Vancouver and Cun dill Value Fund, a mutual fund that Cundill and Asso- ciates manages.

As of Sept. 18, five Can adian portfolios had acquired 281,000 ONBC shares, or 9.02 per cent of those issued and outstanding, the documents say

ONBC said in a proxy statement sent to sharehol. ders in April that C: H

to 216,000 shares, or 8.4 per cent of those outstanding. And that's the largest num. ber of issued common shares beneficially owned by a sin gle shareholder.

Of those, 161,000 are held by Cundill Value Fund, a mu tual fund, while 15,000 are held by Peter Cundill Limi ted Partnership, of which Cundill and Associates is a general partner

Another 40,000 shares are owned by Starlaw Invest ments Ltd. and Wildyn Hold ings Ltd.

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litre to 54.6 cents in Halifax, 56.5 to 58.8 in Montreal, 38.2 to 40.3 in Edmonton and 50.9 to 53.0 in Vancouver.

Toronto was the only wild card out among the five cities surveyed. On Nov. 9 the price of full-service regular leaded gasoline was between 44.7 and 46.1 cents. This week it had gone up to a range of 46.2 to 47.4.

The increase was absorbed somewhat in Toronto but Mariash said the city is coming out of a gas price war and prices will be up to the norma! level of about 50 cents by the end of the week.

Castlegar also emerged from its gas war this week, with prices rising to 62.5 cents a litre for regular gas- oline at most area service stations.

Local service stations had initially resisted the move to higher prices by dropping prices to as low as 47.9 cents a litre last weekend.

RESULTS FROM TAX

The increase was caused by a 1.8-cent-a-litre hike in the petroleum compensation charge, a federal tax.

Many analysts said the 1.8-cent increase would translate into a 2.4-cent in crease at the pumps because of additional federal and pro- vincial fuel taxes.

But Richard Lundeen, an official with the Ontario Ministry of Energy, said the

Ontario ad volorum fuel tax won't go into effect until January, when it undergoes its quarterly review. Without provincial taxes, the whole. sale increase to dealers is 2.1 cents.

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pulp’ sree in southeastern B.C. and is asking for proposals on- how best to use the area's available pulpwood and wood residues, not now being util- ized.

The new pulpwood area includes all or part of 10 timber supply areas in the Nelson and Kamloops Forest Regions — Arrow, Boundary, Cranbrook, Golden, Inver- mere, Kamloops, Kootenay Lake, Merritt, Okanagan and Revelstoke.

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bri rach) Prete plants or to establish new facilities.”

Deadline for submissions is July 11, 1985.

The action is based on a ministry study which exam- ined the potentially available wood fibre resources of southeastern B.C. compared with the requirements of ex- isting plants. It concluded that there will be sufficient fibre available during the next 40 years to supply additional pulp mills or other

utilization of poli wood fibre from this area — pulp- wood, logging residues and mill residues such as wood chips, slabs, edgings, saw- dust, shavings and hog fuel — everything that is not moved to a mill or is left over after logs have gone through a sawmill,” said Forests Minis. ter Tom Waterland. “Consideration will be given to proposals from new companies and from compan- ies already in the wood fibre

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The new pulpwood area overlaps pulpwood areas No. 2 and No. 8. The new pulp- wood agreement — if one will be entered into — will be subject to the prior rights of pulpwood agreements No. 2 and No. 8.

Together, the three pulp- wood areas take in the southeast portion of the province, extending from a point northwest of Kamloops to the Alberta boundary and south to the U.S. border.

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The petroleum tion charge is used to provide funds for the petroleum com. pensation account, which makes payments to Eastern Canadian oi] refiners who must use expensive, world priced imported crude.

The purpose of the pay. ments is to compensate re- finers using imported crude for selling it at below world prices.

Wilson said it's necessary to impose a higher compen sation charge to halt a grew. ing deficit in the account. He said the deficit in the account is expected to reach $1 billion by the end of the year.

Although the account is supposed to break even, Wil son accused the previous Liberal government of failing to raise the charge earlier in the year even though the need for an increase was clear.

The compensation charge increase raised the retail price of gasoline to about 98 per cent of the world price, although the oil companies won't get any of the hike. Wilson said, however, that decontrol of prices will likely come next year

VANCOUVER (CP) — The Vancouver Stock Exchange has suspended trading in four companies that were halted Oct. 19 after prices of seven stocks crashed.

Beauford Resources, which led the crash falling from a high of $11.25 to $1 by the end of trading on what has come to be called Bloody Friday, has been suspended for failure to file reports for quarters ended April 30 and July 31 and ‘for failure to clarify composition of its board of directors, the ex. change said in a news release late Friday afternoon.

Beauford, like the other three companies who were suspended Friday, never re- sumed trading after they were halted a month ago. A total of nine companies were halted as a result of the crash but the other five have re- sumed trading.

Express Resources, which was halted Oct. 22 because it

Sept. 30, and for not clarify ing the company’s status in a news release.

Rencon Resources, which opened at $4.30 and dropped to .41 on Oct. 19, was sus- pended for failing to clarify its status through a news release.

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Clements would be in the lineup against Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Clements, who led the Canadian Football League in almost every major “passing statistie during the regular season, received medical clearance to play after the club's practice Friday. But the team chose to keep the decision under wraps until the 9 a.m. MST deadline for filing game rosters.

Not only will Clements dress, he's expected to start for the Bombers, who go into the game as 14-point favorites.

“[m pretty sure he'll start,” Murphy said Saturday morning.

Murphy, last year’s CFL coach of the year, confirmed Cements will wear a flak jacket to protect the ribs he injured in last Sunday's Western Division final against B.C. Lions when tackled by safety Nelson Martin.

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ea esa be ours of that” Mop aol: Sale he's OK, although the muscles are sore and he certainly feels it if he’s hit.”

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quarterback’s chest cavity.

Murphy said the Bombers’ game plan would not be affected by Clements's physical condition.

“Our game plan will remain the same. Nothing’s changed.”

The latest forecast for today calls for -6 tempera- tures at game time, rising to -2 by late afternoon. Southerly winds of 10 kilometres an hour, increasing to 20 kilometres an hour, are anticipated.

The natural grass playing surface at Commonwealth Stadium, covered by a tarpaulin all week, has been heated and kept at a temperature of -2. There is concern that should the temperature not warm to the predicted level, icy patehes could form when the cold air comes in contact with the heated field.

Both clubs are prepared for such an eventuality and players will have broomball shoes available should traction become a problem.

With Clements cleared for duty, the stage is set for the highly-anticipated showdown between Clements and his Hamilton counterpart, Dieter Brock.

The pair were swapped for each other last September — a struggling Clements heading west for the malcontent Brock. Both signal-callers have benefitted from the change of scenery and while neither will admit it, there must be some added incentive for each to impress his former employer.

DEFENCE SOLID

Clements, who completed 62 per cent of his passes, will be going up against a solid Hamilton defence and a secondary that ranked No. } in the East. Ticat cornerback Gerald Bess led the country in interceptions with 12 during the regular season and halfback Felix Wright, who had four thefts in the Eastern final against Toronto Argonauts last Sunday, had seven.

Bess, like the many Ticats not bothered by the odds,

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“I think Winnipeg will be dealing with all the pressure,” Bess said. “After all, they're supposed to be Canada’s No. 1 team.

“They don’t want to get beat by a team that won only six games (during the regular season).”

While the Ticats did post an anemic 6-9-1 record during regular play, they ended the season with three consecutive victories and carried that momentum thorugh the playoffs with a semifinal victory over Montreal Concordes and the overtime win against Toronto in the Eastern final.

The two clubs have met seven times in the national championship in the last 30 years, the Bombers winning four of the meetings.

Winnipeg’s last appearance was in 1965, a 22-16 loss to the Ticats, and their last victory came in 1962 in the infamous Fog Bow! at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium. The game took two days to play, with the Bombers finally prevailing 28-27.

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Oilers defeat Canucks

EDMONTON (CP) — Paul Coffey's shorthanded goal six minutes into the first period woke up a sagging Edmonton offence and propelled the Oilers to a 7-0 win over Vancouver that snapped the Oilers’ three-game losing streak

Coffey took a pass from Wayne Gretzky near centre and used his tremendous speed to get past three Vancouver defenders. His shot bounced off the goalpost and then the arm of falling goaltender Frank Caprice before rolling into the net.

Willy Lindstrom, Glen Anderson with two, Dave Hunter, Mare Habscheid and Pat Hughes also scored for the Oilers who had lost three straight games following their season-opening 15-game unbeaten streak. The loss ended Vancouver's two-game winning string.

BLACK HAWKS 7 WHALERS 0

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Rookie goalie Warren Skorodenski stopped 32 shots to post his first National Hockey League shutout as Chicago blanked Hartford 7-0.

Skorodenski was at his best during two Hartford power plays when he stopped nine shots. The Whalers were unable to convert a rebound and have been blanked twice in their last four games.

Steve Larmer scored twice for the Black Hawks, who are 4-0-1 in their last five games. Al Secord, Ed Olyzyk and Troy Murray added a goal and one assist. Darryl Sutter completed the scoring

CAPTTALS 3 SABRES 2

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Bob Carpenter and Bryan Erickson scored goals 68 seconds apart as Washington snapped five-game winless streak with a 3-2 vietory against Buffalo.

It was the first time Washington had beatem a team coached by Scotty Bowman in its 11-year NHL existence The Capitals had managed only three ties in 45 previous contests against Bowman-coached Montreal and Buffalo clubs.

ISLANDERS 10 RANGERS 4

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Mike Bossy tied Phil Esposito's National Hockey League record with his 32nd career three-goal game as New York Islanders routed New York Rangers 10-4

Bossy now has three three-goal games this season, including s pair of four-goal games, and has tied Esposito's record in 550 games. He now has a league leading 22 goals this season.

FLYERS 5 BRUINS 3

BOSTON (AP) — Mark Howe, Derrick Smith and

Murray Craven beat Boston goalie Pete Peeters for goals

the fifth consecutive victory with a 6-3 decision against the Bruins.

Rich Sutter and Tim Kerr scored first-period goals as the Flyers handed Boston its first home loss in eight games this season.

CANADIENS 5 DEVILS 0

MONTREAL (CP) — Nats Naslund scored twice and assisted on another goal and Steve Penney recorded his first regular-season shutout as Montreal beat the Devils 5-0.

Naslund scored his sixth goal of the season during a Montreal power play in the second period and fed Mario Tremblay for his fourth of the year at 5:00 of the third period

At 15:09 of the period, Naslund took a pass from centre Pierre Mondou and slid his seventh goal of the season past Glenn Resch.

Rookie defenceman Petr Svoboda scored his second goal of the season 82 seconds later when he slapped a shot past Resch from the blue line.

JETS 5 MAPLE LEAFS 3

TORONTO (CP) — A goal by Morris Lukowich with seven minutes and 28 seconds remaining led Winnipeg to a 53 victory and extended the Jets’ domination of Toronto to 11 straight games dating to December 1981

Thomas Steen, Dave Ellett, Laurie Boschman and Robert Picard, into an empty net with 61 seconds left, also scored for the Jets.

It was 33 after 40 minutes and the winning goal came when Steen gobbled up a giveaway by Leaf defenceman Bill Root in Toronto's zone and fed Lukowich at one side of the crease for a quick relay into the open side of the net.

Miroslav Frycer, Bill Derlago and Walt Poddubny seored for Toronto.

Brian Hayward stopped 38 shots in an outstanding performance in goal for the Jets. Leaf goaltender Ken Wregget also played well but was saddled with the loss despite stopping 87 shots.

RED WINGS 3 NORTH STARS 3

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Kelly Kisio scooped in a rebound with 1:18 left in regulation time to rally Detroit to a 3-8 overtime draw with Minnesota.

Kisio put in a rebound over North Star goalie Gilles Meloche during 4 frantic serambile. Kisio seored his fourth goal of the season while Meloche was down on the ice.

Willi Plett bad given the North Stars 2 3-2 lead at 1:25 of the third period. Plett tipped in Craig Hartsburg’s

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Gerald Bess said Saturday it's a strange feeling when you're standing among your teammates at home and get that lonesome feeling.

There may be strength in numbers, but the Hamilton cornerback will probably be more at east in Commonwealth Stadium today for the Tiger-Cats’ Grey Cup game against Winnipeg Blue Bombers than playing at home in Ivor Wynne Stadium.

“I heard it all season,” Bess, a 26-year-old, four-year CFL veteran replied when asked about the verbal abuse heaped on him this season by Hamilton fans. “Football players are human; they can't ignore it.

“You have a lot of people calling you names all game,” he added. “i think I played well this year. I wasn't giving up a lot of touchdowns. And to take all the heat that I took, it was a bad feeling.”

Teammates Felix Wright and slotback Rufus Crawford support Bess's claim that rival teams didn't mess with their area of the field

“Nobody threw in our area most of the year,” said Wright.

There was good reason, although last weekend's Eastern final in Toronto may have been an exception Wright had four interceptions against the Argonauts

LEADS LEAGUE

Bess led the league in interceptions with 12 and Wright, who plays defensive half beside Bess, had seven during the rl schedule.

a shame Gerald didn't make the (Eastern) all-star said Crawford. ‘There weren't four touchdowns

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scored against us this year that went through his area.”

Then why all the Hamilton malcontents?

Bess tries to shrug off the reasons, but Crawford claims it’s his hair.

“The fans just don't like to see a grown man with long hair that sticks out under his helmut and down his shoulders,” said Crawford, who lost the Schenley Award for the CFL's outstanding player to Winnipeg running back Willard Reaves. “But the man refused to cut his hair just to get them off his back.”

Winnipeg is well aware of the Ticat defensive strengths for this first Grey Cup meeting between the two clubs since 1965, a game Hamilton won 22-16.

The Blue Bombers remain heavy favorites to win their first Grey Cup since 1962 — a 20-27 victory against the Ticats in the infamous Fog Bowl at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium that took two days to complete.

The Ticats last won the Grey Cup in 1972, defeating Saskatchewan Roughriders 13-10.

SOMETHING TO PROVE

Bess knows little of the historic battles the two teams have put on in the national final. He feels he's got something to prove, however, especially to Hamilton fans, when the Ticats go against overwhelming odds.

The Blue Bombers, 11-4-1 in 1984 — destroyed Hamilton in both league games this season — 42-20 at Hamilton July 28 and 48-16 in Winnipeg Sept. 15 and they've been listed as much as 17-point favorites in Edmonton.

Bess, however, is confident that if his teammates do their job Hamilton can spring a surprise.

“I guess it's just pride,” Bess said. “I still have a lot to prove to the (Hamilton) people

Mt. Allison advances to final

HALIFAX (CP) — Upstart Mount Allison Mounties went on a 21-point scoring binge in the fourth quarter and upset heavily-favored Queen's Gol den Gaels 29-17 Saturday in the Atlantic Bowl, the Can adian Interuniversity Athle tie Union football semifinal.

The tiny school from Sack ville, N.B. with a student body of just about 1,600, thus advanced to next weekend's Vanier Cup final, the Can adian intercollegiate football championship.

The vaunted Queen's of. fence coughed up the ball nine times as the pesky de fence of Mount Allison — a school that had never before been in the semifinal — oper. ated like a swarm of locusts.

However, the Queen's of fence was hampered when starting quarterback Peter Harrison was knocked out early and Paul Senyshyn took over.

In the last three minutes the defence scored a touch- down and set up another to put the game out of the reach of Queen's, a 15-point fa-

than 30 seconds remaining to round out the scoring a give him nine points on the day. The smashing fourth quarter rally delighted the 5,300 highly partisan fans who watched the game in seven-degree weather on a perfect football afternoon. The first quarter was scoreless and seemed to give the Mount Allison club some

A 43-yard Baker single off a missed field goal opened the scoring in the second quarter and Mount A went ahead 8.0 on a 22-yard pass from quarterback Jim Tier ney to Ian MacDonald

However, Scott Bissessar closed the gap when he took a 35-yard pass from Senyshyn for a touchdown, which was converted by Connie Man dala. At the half, Mount Al lison led 8-7

Queen's put on a strong showing in the third quarter and appeared to salt the game away on a 42-yard field goal by Mandala and « touch- down on a 36-yard run by Senyshyn, which Mandala converted.

Baker kicked a 17-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter and Mount A got two more points when Mandala

Mount A's furious rally in the last few minutes.

It was the first appearance ever in the Atlantic Bow! for Mount Allison, champion of the Atlantic Universities Athletic Association, The

ada during the regular sea son, got to the Atlantic Bow! by beating favored Acadia in the playoffs.

Queen's finished second in the Ontario Quebec Interuni versity Football Conference with a 52 record and beat McGill and Bishop's in the

playoffs to advance to the semifinal.

The game marked the re vival of the Atlantic Bow! as a national semifinal after a one-year hiatus because of a squabble between the AUAA and the CLAU.

North Vancouver captures title

LANGLEY (CP) No. 1 ranked Sutherland of North Vancouver defeated Rich. mond 82 on penalty kicks Saturday to caputre its first British Columbia senior boys’ high school soccer champion ship.

Sutherland, which placed fifth last year in its bid for the title, beat Spectrum of Vietoria 2-0 Friday to advance to the final, while Richmond had to defeat Seaquam of Delta 3-2 to get to the championship game.

Steve Burns of Richmond was named the tournament's most valuable player.

Spectrum finished third in the 16team tournament, while Seaquam placed fourth

placed 14th in the tourna ment representing the Koot enays, finished the tournament with a 1-8 record The Rockers lost 41 to Lanley on Friday, but blanked Mount Elizabeth of Kitimat 20. On Thursday SHSS lost 4-2 to Powell River

In other Friday games, Sutherland, ranked No. 1 in the province, blanked Queen Elizabeth of Surrey 3-0, while Richmond beat Max Cameron of Powell River 6-0.

Second-ranked Spectrum edged Templeton of Vanco uver 21 in the Victoria team’s other game.

Killarney of Vancouver defeated Quesnel 7-0, Nanaimo edged KorKam of

Kamloops edged Langley 3-2 in overtime, Kilarney bested Nanaimo 8-2 in overtime, and Powell River beat Burnaby North 31

In other standings Queen Elizabeth of Surrey ended up fifth; Max Cameron of Powell River finished sixth; Burn- aby North placed seventh; Templeton of Vancouver wound up eighth: Kiiorasy of Vancouver finished ninth; Kamloops placed 10th; Nanaimo was lith; Langley battled to 12th spot; North Kamloops finished 18th; Kitimat was 15th overall and

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