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lates, jhow- guid- fike'" into p ad- reen- avne, many have , The pague, Sons lenty loted rs-up , will . an- am- ative who , will many e-up. Peck, 11 be over- will Mr, 's on ebb, liott, cord- d by erby, [ the 200- Earl it 37 vhile third min- cked How Tax Rates Are Varying "© In the Cities of Ontariofis.s INCREASE LIKELY IN CHATHAM Chatham, Mar, 9,--There is a possibility of a slight jncrease in the tax rate of Chatham this year, caused by extraordinary expendi- tures which qualify under the head- ing of emergencies. The traffic question is looming up 48 a problem of first magnitude, and the council is at present consider. a scheme for the widening of streets along the route of the Provineial highway through the city, It will be necessary to com- this work during the present 1, to take care of increasing traf- fa and renovations to pub- fie buildings will also increase tne estimates this year. Bducational estimates figure largely in the increased expendi- tures necessary for the present year. The Board's estimates are over $21,000 in excess of last year. $12,000 of this Is necessary to meet unforseen expenses in connection with. the construction of the new vocational school, and the rest is occasioned through increases in salaries of Collegiate Masters and the addition of High School teach- ers. Chatham, under the City manager system of government adopts the budget policy, and the city council will bold a special 'meeting within two weeks time to strike the esti- mates and settle upon the rate, The - present rate is 32 mills, and the aldermen are struggling with these special problems in an effort to get along with a slight increase, INCREASE AT GALT Galt, Mar 9.--The city of Galt tax rate for 1929 will in all probah- flity be 43 mills or better accord- ing to the best approximate esti- mates which city treasury depart. ment officials can make at the pre- pent time, It is expected mill rate will be struck at the next regular meeting of the city council to be held on Monday, March 18, The estimated rate of 43 mills represents an increase of one mill over last year's rate of 42, and is eaused almost entirely by a loss which 'the city is forced to assume this year on the Soper Park Arena, The arena built by a private com- my of local stock holders failed be successful after six years of operation and was takn over last ear by the city to protect their an of $40 000, The loss which the council have to assume this year re- presents arrears of interest and tax- es which have been carried on the eity's books as an asset and which will have to be absorbed as a total loss th's year, This amount will account for upwards of two mills. In addition the board of education will require an appropriation which will be an increase over last year of a substantial fraction of a mill, Without some curtailment the 1929 rate may be even greater than 43 mills, but by close paring on the contingent funds and with the assis. tance of a surplus of over $6,000, from last year the council have hopes of keeping the rate 'within a gne mill increase. ; Stratford, Mar, 9,~--Stratford's tax rate this year was reduced from 36 to 35.6 mills in the face of an increased. rate of a half mill asked by the Board of Education for pub- lic school purposes, The decrease was affected by the City council fund surplus towards tax reduction. In addition to the application of this surplus money a gas plant deben- ture issue of $7,250 was struck from the estimates to be taken care of by a surplus from the waterworks department last year, Had this $16,411 of the accrued surplus in the city treasury not )éen utilized towards reducing thi rate this year it would have jumped to approximately 37,1 mills, There is nothing in the Municipal Act governing the disposal of such a surplus fund but the council, with the excepton of one alderman, voted it towards tax reduction, pendmmg a ruling to be solicited from the Ontario Rallway and Municipal Board, The council hag also sug- gested that they may seek a special act of parllament to govern the dis- posal of the "found" money, In the face of the increased rate asked by the Board of Education this year the council was forced to pare the estimates to the bone. In- creases in teachers' salaries in the public schools were mainly respon- sible, in boosting the public school rate from 10 to 10,56 mills, The col- legiate rate remained at 4.5 mills, During the last two years teachers' salaries in the public schools have been increased by nearly $13,000, BIG DROP AT FALLS Niagara Falls, Ont, Aias, -Par- ing the budget to the bone, he City Council this year was a"'e to effe~t a 4-1 reduction in the mill rate under last year, and fixed at at 42.4, passing the bylaw at the last regular meet- ing, This is the lowest figure in three years, but the 39 increase last year was required to wipe off an out- standing deficit. The assessment in this city, for general purposes amounts to §18,- STRATFORD HALF MILL LOWER | diverting $16,411 from a sinking |' THE USHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1929 lL 177 and the rate is divided 1 mills for general H bird mills for county and sf 1140 to meet debenture provement! 9.1 far c schools and for the s te school; five mills for the Col te and Technical scheol, inclu the amount of debentures on a $105,000 addition to the Collegiate finished this year and a proposed six room addi- tion to the Memorial School to be finished before the fall term opens. The -assessment for school purposes is $18,665,327, dnd it is interesting to note that the Hydro tric Power Commission, under a special ee ment, pays taxes at the rate of thirty mills on an assessment of two anda half million dollars, The population of Niagara Falls is 8403. Considerable revenue is de- rived from the income tax and from the penalties added to takes that are in arrears, Citizens are given the opportunity to purchase cou for five, ten and twenty-five d applicable to taxes which are made payable in three equal instalments. A new a t cc i was appointed here last year, and with the City Manager he proposes to re-ar- range the method of assessing pro- perty throughout the city on a more equable basis, This city is govern- ed by a council consisting of a mayor, seven aldermen (all elected for two years) and a city manager, SMALL DROP AT GUELPH Guelph, March 9~Using the par- ing knife freely, Guelph's civic Fin- ance Committee whittled the esti- mates to a point where they were approved by the City Fathers at a meeting of Council held for the pur pose of considering them on Wed» nesday night. The tax rate this year is a3 mills, as compared with approximately 42 mills in 1928, The city assessment for general purposes is $13,574,413, the total amount to be raised by taxation be- tax rate was duc to the fact that the debenture debt was decreas considerably last year, the amount the city was obliged to put up for interest and sinking fund being less, This was a clear gain, In addition to this, the increase in the assess~ ment roll of about $250,000 takes care of all increases in teachers' salaries in schools, which run up to a considerable sum, and of a salary advance to the members of the Fire Department, These were positive factors, Small amounts were clipped off appropriations wherever opportun- ity offered, consistent with service. An increase in Guelph Junction Rail» way receipts in 1928 also helped out, as did the fact that the local Hous ing Commission's appropriation is well below that of last year, and that considerably less money will be re- T'S never been done before! Never; in all motor car history, have all the Chevrolet dealers in Canada got together to slash Used Car prices and clear out their entire stock in a single month, Here they are >» good Used Cars » taken in on the Outstanding Chevrolet Now the New Chevrolets are coming to meet the spring deliveries , . 0. And every Used Car has got to GO! That's why we've while to buy now! . made it worth your ' If's an opportunity nobody's ever had before . . an opportunity you may never have again, One week has gone. Act now! ots] Chevrolet Sedan, 1028 model, in splendid condition every way, Good tires, Finish like new car, Ask for stock No, 285. Our 0. K. $625 age. Disc wheels, K. price ...... Ontario Motor Sales, Ltd. Whitby, Oshawa and Bowmanville ing $570,207, The reduction in the} 34 #1 box 1 was really all right," he says. "Haven't mised a day's work or night's vest since." What better proof want? with Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lum bago, Neuritis, Neuralgia. T-R-C's will help your body get rid of troublesome poisons--quickly. No harmful drugs, 80c and §1 at your druggist's. T-R-C Hi? | FX) quired for the Parks Department this year. NO CHANGE AT KITCHENER Kitchener, Ont, March 9.--Altho final decision in the matter of kitch- ener's tax rate will not be reached by the city council until Monday night when the adjourned session of the estimates committee will be re- sumed, the present indications are that the rate will likely be the same as last year 36% mills, When the meeting of the committee adjourned here at 4 o'clock Thursday morning the figures tentatively decided upon at that hour indicated a tax rate of 98 mills, » The reason for the increase over last year was found in the fact that the estimates of all of the standing committees of the council and the various boards such as the board of health, the hospital commission, the police commission and other bodies were all higher than last year while the grants requested by various pub- lic organizations were also increased, The attitude of the members of the council when the meeting ad- journed was that further paring would be done on Monday right wit a view to cutting about $14,000 or $15,000 off the present figures, When this is done the rate will stand at the same figure as last year with a slight possibility of a reduction of about a quarter of a mill. The city needs $880,000 to finance for the year according to the esti- mates now, HIGHER AT WOODSTOCK Woodstock, March 9.~The its tax rate for 1929 will be 37.12 mills, an increase of approximately two- fifths of a mill over last year, This rate was decided upon at a council meeting a few days ago. The total general rate is 24 mills, while the school rate amounts to 13. 12 mills. Principal and interest on debentures due this year amount to $70,045.09, requiring rate of 1091 mills. Estimated expenditure for the cur: rent year is $149,965.52, and receipts are estimated at $56,589.85, which leaves a balance to be provided by taxation of $93,375, which will require a tax rate of 13.09 mills. Thus the total tax rate is made up of 1091 mills on debentures, 10.5466 for gen~ eral purposes, one mill for parks, 7468 for public library purposes and 7966 as the city's contribution to the county of Oxford. Purchase of a [isuper for the fire department, at $12,000, following the recent LaFrance Plushes fire, 1s re- sponsible for the slight increase in mill rate, expenditures otherwise, both school and general, being about as usual. ST. THOMAS UNCHANGED St, Thomas, Mar, 9.--8t. homas tax rate this year is 34 1-2 mills, the same as last year. An increase of about $1,000 in the appropria- tion for school purposes and an operating deficit of $8,000 from last year are offset by an increase KEEP STOMACH YOUNG! Est What You Want you want without being afraid of the counseguences. L of $223,000 in the assessment. Ou of an item of $30 to get an airport under way and $500 or 'so for additional cost in policing the provincial highway through city, extraordinary expenditures this year, such as erection of new market buildings, and construction of new western entrance on No, 3 highway are being taken care of through debentures, Financial con- dition has also been improved through final disposal last year of two industrial lans. New deben- tudes totalling $164,893 issued last yer were sold by treasurer 'n citizens at 4 1-4 and 4 3-4 per cent. interest, an unusually tavoraple te, The City Council would like to discover some way of curbing the constantly increasing expenditures for school purposes, This year the Board ef Education requires 41 per cent. of all the taxes raised. The trustees' defence is that the increases have been natural ones, and cannot be curbed without injur. ing the efficiency of the school system, "SHOT TO MAIM" IS CHARGE PREFERRED AGAINST OFFICERS Lindsay, Ont. Mar, 9.--Provih- clal officers, Sidney Cook, of Orillia, and Robert Purvis of Col. lingwood, were commi.ted for trial on March 8, when they appeared in police court yesterday on a charge of 'shooting to maim." The charge arose from the death of Pete Brennan, who was shot by police officers when he attempted to evade arrest when confronted by police on the road near Bol- sover, in early morning, Feb, 16, Cook and Purvis both waived evidence and pleaded not guilty. They will be tried by Juge Seazye, without jury, here on March 28. LIFE AT HOME DURING WAR RETOLD IN BOOK London, Eng, March 9-- "When did the silk-stocking craze become general? How short were skirts in 1915? What was the most useless form of War Work you ever had to do?" Witiag of a written by Mrs. C. S, Peel--"How we Lived Then--1914-18" the Times' Literary Sup lement says :i-- "Other and more searching ques- tions will b back so vividly the four years of the War, as they were lived at home, that the most poig- nant emotions are aroused. Those Jiashy. fecniun songs and the bal. lads beloved of the troops, those tales of crucified Canadians and mutilated Belgian children, those pictures of leave trains and depar- ture trains, of food queues, of Bel gian refugees, of women in men's jobs--who can be reminded of these things and remain unmoved? Mrs, Peel has reviewed the domestic his- tory of the War years very system- atically, illustrating her book with many pictures from the War Muscum and from other sources. She is not concerned to produce a documented history of the work of national im- portance ed on by women; but she has written a lively narrative full with authentic quotations from pri- vate letters, that has no immediate appeal and will doubtless become a useful footnote to the history of these times, The economic and so- cial changes brought about by the War, the complete emancipation of wi and the rest! and cyn- jcism from which it is so hard to recover even ten years after peace are discussed with shrewd sense. Nor does Mrs, Peel forget to, examine pre-War and post-War household Jhdgets, on which she is and some pleasanter recipes that may although it can call up emotions that minds us, too, of many thrifty War. | still be profitably used. 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