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PAGE FOURTEEN J THE OSHAWA DALY TIMES, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1927 RURAL MAIL MEN ASK MANY CHANGES (By ) Toronto, Oct. 26.--Many demands are set forth in the text of the nu- ral Mail Contractors Association petition for abolition of the con- tract system, ect., to be presented to the Dominion Government by Gar- field Mackinnon, of Guelph, Onc, Secretary of the Association, and T. N. Phelé#n, of Toronto, Solicitor. 1.ue schedule of suggested changes is us follows: (1)--Abolition of the Contract System and the introduction in 1ts place of a salary paid system, where the members of the Association will be placed on a permanent salary ba- sis of 'engagement at the rate of $70.00 per mile per year for the Rural" Mail contractors and the con- tractors operating betweeh post " fices, y (2)--An increase for the Contrac- tors operating between Post Offices and Railway Stations of three times the present contract - price, these Contracts representing a very short distahce and a very trifling income --one entirely inadeqquate for the responsibility of the work perform- o FUEL COAL Stove, $16.00 per ton * Nut, $15.50 per ton COKE $13.00 per ton WOOD Soft Slabs, load, $3.25 Mixed Slabs, load, $3.50 Hard Slabs, load, $3.75 Bodywood, Y/3cord, $4.25 | "Buy Reliable Fuel from , @ Reliable Firm" Waterous-Meek Ltd. Yards, Cedardale---Phone 1288 Uptown Office, 3 King St. West Phone 660 ' like." cupation on a Salary Paid System at the above mentioned rates of in- crease will be continuous toy . the Carrier, consequent upon good ser- vice being rendered, and where, when the' Carrier so desires,: twa months will be considered sufficient notice to terminate his engagement. (4)--That the increased rates of the future will operate backwards to take in the period of time since January 1st, 1917; sb. to reim- burse the contractors for somé of their many losses sustained in carry- ing on the work when the cost of performing the service was so ao- normally high, during the years ex the war, and the post-war period. (65)--That the Mail Contractors will be given 10 statuory holidays will full salary nay Rent, the same as are now enjoy by all other branches of the Postal Départment, as well as all other Governmen Departments througholit Canada, (6)--That all Rural Mail Boxes now located on the left-hand side of the roadway, will be placed on'tav right-hand side of SVErY. Yoadmay. throughout the different provinces of Canada, This change to prgvent any further loss of life or serious accidents, many having happengd in recent years requiring months of hospital treatment, and entailing considerable loss of time and ex- pense. "There is no other part of tne Government Service in Canada where men are employed under contract, snd where the positions are public- ly tendered for. and at such scandal- onsly low income," says the Con- tractors' petition, _'"The Rural Mail Contractor has to maintain hig wir.o running equipment, which ong the average route of 20 miles, consists of two horses and rigs, and the maintenance cost of which has been considerably more than the average income received from the contract. My small niece has a trick, when amused or excited, of screwing up ber eyes and wrinkling her nose in a way which does not enhance the charm of a naturally preposs- essing countenance, Therefore I reproduced this grimace in u some- what exaggerated form and asked her, "Do 1 look pretty?" The an. swer was in the negative. "But," said I, "Lhat is 'what you are doing, so now you know what you look This evidently struck my young relative as being an unfair line to take--as, indeed, it was. "Yes," she said with grave polite- ness, "but I haven't got the sort of face you have." An elderly clergyman who had been sitting in tne park found some difficulty in risiag from his low chair. A very small girl came to his assistance. "Shall I help you sir?" she asked. "It 1s very kind of you, my dear," said the clergy- man, much tonched and: amused. "But do you think you are strong enough?" "Oh, yes," she replied readily, "I have often he'ped my daddy when he was much drunker than your are." His Wife: "What makes you look so wosried lately You're not like yourself," Solicitor: "We'l, I'm having considerable trouble in the office." His Wife; 'Now, you must tell me all about it." Selici. tor: "Well, you see, I want to keep the office open till 6, and the of- fice boy wants to close it at 5, and we don't seem able to arrange mat. ters." FAGES CHARGE OF 'STEALING LAUNCH (Continued from Page 9) tion that the boat was really Well- banks', which, had been seized il- legally in Canadian waters in high- handed manner and sold by Ameri- cans without color of right, al- though the boat had been ordered returned to Canada, as the crew was found not guilty of infraction of the Traffic Act. The boat being Well- banks', he had a right to take it when the opportunity offered at Brighton, Crown Attorney B. C. Donnan re- ferred to the manner of the seizure of the craft last year in Canadian waters as "high-handed piracy," for, according to the evidence, the United States patrol which made the seizure was in Canadian waters, carried a Maxim gun ready for use, and seized the boat and took it to the United States, and after Commissioner Bol- ger of Oswego had found the crew not guilty and ordered the boat re. turned with its cargo, the boat was, in the face of this fact, put up for rale and auctioned, His contention as to guilt was in the question of the right. of Wellbanks to take the boat from Brighton, as he had been at the auction and put in a $350 hid on the boat, which had been knocked dogn to the Palmer Fish Company for $400. The Magistrate, in enlarging the casa, also referréd to the manner in which the officers of the United States had acted in the matter of the seizure and the auction. Tells of Recapture Charles McDonald of the crew of the Verna related that the boat had taken on a cargo of fish at Deser- onto and been cleared for Roch- ester, but put in at Brighton on Oct, 12 to eet gas. About midnight Well- hanks came to the hnat and said it was seized and that there was a Cretoms man present; As Wellbanks raid it would rave the crew from arrest, thev lef+ the hoat, which was taken to Belleville, T'nder cross--ex- amination, McDonald admitted that work on the rensir of the ho~t at Rochester had been held up hv Dwight Palmer. head of the fish enmpany, the latter stating that there wrs some dispute as tp the ownership, Clande McDona'd corroborated the former's storv, hut stated that Well- banks said that the Customs man was keeping out of the way to allow the crew to eecane arrest. On rross- evmination witness sald that Well- banks had told him when he got a rhance he intended to take the hoat. This conversat'on took plare in Retleville on Sant left on his vacation. Dwight Primer nr the Palmer Fish Company, 'Rochester. produced a receipt from the Treasury Depart. ment of the TInfted States showing £400 was void for the hoat at auction | in Rochester, Palmer said he had heen served in Ontario with a writ elajming a declrration as to owner- ship and an injunction. Crew Exonerated Evidence was put in to show that | Wellbanks' boat, Rosella, was re- ceived from the United States Coast Guard Patrol No. 121 on July 26 or 28, and advertised for sale at Oswego, It was admitted in evidence on July 27 that the cdew of the Rosella were "LAFAYETTE Detroit and FIRST e ated by Commissioner Bolger "Jn the charge of smuggling ale in contravention of the Traffic Act. The hoat was sold on Aug. 29 at a post- poned sale, Freeman Cory for the defense, who was setting nets at the Main Ducks in Lake Ontario on July 26, which is five or six miles inside the international boundary, and testified that he saw the seizure of the Ro- sella inside Canadian waters, and about a mile from where he was. The boat was not pursued by the cutter. Rev. Ernest Lee of Kingston was at the Main Ducks on the day of the seizure of the Rosellla, He told of seeing the Rosella and a large boat circling around, the large boat throwing a line to 'the smaller. Two men went aboard the small boat, and it was soon towed away. He was bout 700 or 800 yards away. J. E. Miller of Picton saw the rev- enue cntter near Yorkshire Island inside the Canadian boundary short. Iv after he saw the boat with the Rosella in town fn Canadian waters, ENSURE A PLEASANT TRIP TRAVEL "VANCOUVER EXPRESS" From October first until the open- ing of the next Tourist season, ine "Vancouver Express" will have the distinction of being the most direct link between Toronto and Vancou- ser. Until May of 1928, when wue superb "Trans-Canada" resumes service, the ever popular "Number Three" as she is more familiarly known, carries on alone. The comfort and service found on this excellent transcontinental train have earned for it an emviable re- putation with experienced travel- lers, in fact, many of her patrons. ase her services the year round, al- ways occupying the same accom-' modation, as they would in a favor- ite hotel. They come to know the waiters and porters and look for them when they go aboard. There are more than a hundred men whe do this. and it speaks well for the "Vancouver Express." The "Vancouver Express" is Cana- dian Pacific, and she leaves Toron- to Union Station every evening at nine. Reservations, travel information J'acific Agents. t'ckets and all from Czoadian Fair Customer: "The color on the over will not fade quickly?" * Shopman: "Jt is as fast as the ron. ~p your cheeks" Fair Customer: "Then you had better show me something else." 12 REASONS WHY AUTO INPROVES Keen Competition Main Cause for Exercise of Best Efforts Washington, Oct. 25--While aun- tomobiles are constatntly decreasing in price, their .quality is steadily the cheapest in its history and the best in its career. The American Motorist, official organ of the American Automobile Association, gives keen competition as the reason for the quality in- crease and the following 12 reasons why cars are cheap and are getting cheaper: 1. Scientific research and labora- tory tests of metals, devices dnd ideas. 2. The great purchasing power of automobile industries insures high quality of material at low price,' 3. Skillfully devised manufactur. ing processes make for large pro- duction and increased savings in labor. w--- 4. Making of high.quality bodies on large production basis. 5. Foreign markets increase pro- duction and decrease surplus in 'America, 6. Establishing of sales financing organizations to eliminate high in- terest rates. : 7. Co-operation of labor with the automobile industry. 8. Rapid tournover of materials. 9. Salvage of waste, 10. Speeding up of all mechani- cal work, 11. Standardization through co- operation of manufacturers in the ,exchane of patents, : , 12. Better merchandising, more efficient dealer organizafions, better market for dealers with cars of | more than one price, Probably the most important of these reasons is the exchange of pa- 'tents between car makers. climbing. = This year finds the auto. For Solvay Coke We are Sole Agents Jeddo Premium Coal The Best Produced in America All Fuel Orders weighed on City Scales if desired. General Motors Wood -- ot sa DIXON'S \ : Telephone~-- 262 Four direct lines to Central For Better Values 1, 1925 Ford Tudor Sedan, DIAMONDS balloon tires and many extras. 1, 1924 Ford Tudor Sedan. Burns' Jewelry Store 23 SIMCOE 8. PHONE 880 Chadburn Motor Sales Cash or Terms PRINCE ST. PHONE 1160 Boys' ' Suits, all sizes. Special, $5.95 Leader Dry Goods Store PRICES REDUCED 82 Simcoe St, 8, Phone 740 29 before witness |i A Few Specials For the Closing Days of The Fair In Cotton, Wool Thursday, - - Traveller's Samples of Ladies' Underwear, Vests, Bloomers, and Combinations mifeelit 69C | Ladies' Short Sleeve Vests, Fine ; Quality, Sizes 36 and 44, Thurs. ! -. DOC Cloths, 66" x 66", hemmed. Each Ladies' Wool Jersey Dresses Pair, . Silk Hose in a full range of colors, very fine quality. | | Bleached Damask Table Specially marked for Thursday's selling. Each, ... $9.95 A full range of colors. 1 Striped Flannelette, heavy quality, 36". Yard, .. 69¢c good ae 36 in. Curtain Net, a Good Fine Quality - - - - - per yard 39c Flannelette Blankets, Large Size - - - - - - - per pair $2.10 Large Size Colored Bath Towels, Special - - - -_- per pair 59¢c 36 in. Curain Chintz, Floral Designs - - - - - - peryard 19c Rayon Bed Spreads, 80 x100; in blue, rose, gold andmauve. $9 | Final clearing of a large ship- a Akin, Each, ... 49c OSHAWA, LIMITED