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§ CE ei i #1 {partments for 1929 was $64,649, H i the Oshawa Rotary Club, THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1930 PAGE THREE New Ladder Truck To Be Purchased For Fire Department St. Lawrence Development Will Make This District The Industrial Centre of Canada People of Oshawa and of Eastern Ontario Should Demand That Should Be Proceeded With at Once, G. D. Con- , ant Tells Rotarians SEES OCEAN LINERS IN OSHAWA HARBOR Products of Local Industries Could be Loaded Directly on Ocean-Going Vessels --Electric Power Devel- opment Discussed "If what we are told is even only half true, the development of the St. Lawrence Waterway will put this district on the threshold of the great- est development it has ever scen. We will become the industrial centre of Canada, of the Empire, and even of | all the mations of the world. Thc people of Ontario should inform themselves regarding this matter, for this project will never be undertaken Work until public opinion is behind it. The people of Oshawa should demand the | completion of the work at the earl- iest possible moment. With these words, G. D. Conant, | local barrister and past president of | closed a , particulraly fine address to the lo- cal Rotary Club luncheon yesterday in Welsh's parlors. During the ad- | dress, which was filled with informa- tion, he outlined the development of negotiations between Canada and the United States on the St. Lawrence waterways question, and indicated clearly the status that the problem is in at the present time, A Big Problem This was one of the largest pro- blems before the country at the pre- sent time, and, in his opinion, the largest since the construction of the great railway systems of Canada had | been to the fore, Mr. Conant said. It involved economic, engineering and political problems, and quite rightly fell into the category of a political question, for it was of such magnitude that the opposite partics naturally formed different policies on | (Continued on Page 10) PROVINCIAL BUDGET WAS PRESENTED : (Continued from Page 1) Provincial Treasurer declared. Fin- ances of the proovince never before rebected such a healthy condition. Hon, Dr. Monteith proceeded to take up every department of the government explaning its activities and, briefly, its financial standing {for the past fiscal year. He noted {that the total revenue from all de- 000, an increase over the preceding {year of approximately $6,000,000. |This was due almost entirely to the {increase in succession duties of {nearly $2,000,000; the gasoline tax lover $3,750,000 and motor licenses {over $1,250,000. : |" The total expenditure for the province for 1929 was given as $61,906,000, an increase over the previous year of $37,808,000. This lwas due, he said, to the increase in grants to school, totalling $154,- 000; fire-ranging, $433,000, high- way maintenance $256,000; grants to hospitals and charities $250,000 and to the Ontario Research Foun- dation fund $200,000. There, with several other small amounts, ex- plained $2,000,000 of the above in- crease and the balance was ac- counted for by the increase in in- terest charges on the public debt. The surplus for the year was $2,- 642,893, the Provincial treasurer said. Turning to the question of taxa- ition and revenue, the provincial reasurer said that the govern- ent's policy was to secure revenue from services rendered. The Gasoline Tax "People generally accept the gasoline tax as a logical and fair ne," Dr. Monteith stated. "It is tax on the people who use the roads, working on th e principle that those who use them should Toronto Flying Club FREE AEROPLANE FLIGHT For 300 British Con:ul Card Pictures These need not be in sets Tickets and Information Mike's Place, King St. W. Phone 2233 or phone Whitby 311 Yvou CAN DYE TRUE Y rast BLACK wmv PROMINENT MAN | Simcoe | tice which SUNSET | 4 DYES SPOKE ON WATERWAYS {| ried unanimously. |MEMBERS' NIGHT Make Survey of Street Lighting ' The cily property committee was instructed last night to make a survey of the street lighting sys- tem on Simcoe street south, and also on King street east and west. Alderman Boddy, who introduc- ed the question, first made, his mo- tion for Simcoe street south only, declaring that the street lighting. on this street could be considerab- ly improved. At the request of several aldermen he included King street in his motion, which car- "HELD BY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ANNIVERSARY EVENT HELD ON MONDAY EVENING D. CONANT Local Bar®™Ster, + ho spoke most informa T manner on St. Lawrence Waterways develop- nent before the Club yesterday. in a| the | | O:zkawa Rotary STUDIED LAW HERE F. A. McDiarmid Died Vancouver Yesterday After Brief Iliness in F. A. McDiarmid, aged of the best known law ish Columbia in municipal public utility law, and a former resident of this city, died at Van- couver yesterday after a brief ill- ness. Mr. MeDiarmid's father, the late Rev. N. McDiarmid, was pastor of Street Methodist Church, now Simcoe Street United Church from 1888 to 1890 and will be re- membered by many of the older residents of the city. During the family's residence in Oshawa, F. A. McDiarmid studied. law in the of- of Col J. ¥. Grierson, city so- licitor, -and it was here that he re- eived hig start in the profession he followed with marked success, After graduating Osgood Hall, he practiced in Fene- 'on Falls and Lindsay, and then left for Victoria, B.C., where he was city solictor for three years. Ten years ago he moved to Van- couver, pay for them. As an offset to the gasoline tax, motor vehicie permits again were reduced this year, which means a rther saving to the motorists of ,100,000 which with the previous reduction (1927) is an annual saving of about #$4,- 500,000, "Five cents a gallon for gasoline may be considered an excessive tax by some but it may be mentioned that five of the nine Canadian pro- vinces have a tax of that figure. This contributes $8,500,000, It may be noted here that this amount ($17,000,000 derived from high- ways) together with a few million more have gone back by way of expenditure on the roads of the province." The treasurer presented a detail- ed statement of the provincial debt, Atthe end of the fiscal year, Oct. 31,1929, it stood at $425,742,899. The total assets overshadowed this amount by $37,870,771 the trea- surer said, In analyzing the debt total. Dr. Monteith said that ad- vances to the Hydro commission amounted to $163,522,5622 and cost the province nothing to carry. The Temjskaming and Northern Ontario Raiiway debt stood at $30,~ 207,924. During the past three years, the railway has paid $3, 700,000 to the province which has about taken case of the overhead interest charges, the treasurer said. Housing and drainage debentur- es amounted to $8,000,000 which are interest brearing and are being repaid by the municipalities. Cash in bank, accounts receivable and in- vestments by the agricultyral de- velopment board amounted to $36,- 000,000. That accounted for $237,- 000,000 of the whole debt, It was all interest bearing and did not cost the province one dollar to carry, Dr. Monteith sald, Gross Debt The gross debt of the province was set at $425,742988, and incscasc of $31,995,460 over the fiscal year 1928 This was accounted for by the fol- lowing increases: Highways, $12,- 750,000; Hydro, $12,000000; Northern Development, $3,500,000; Agricultur- al Development board $4,500,000; ru- ral hydro bonus $1,000,000; public works $1,200,000 and cash in bank, $1,600,000 making a total or $36,550, 000, Deducted from this was the sur- plus of $2,650,000; the debt quota of $1,750,000 and discounts of $500,000 leaving the increase in 'the, gross debt at $32,000,000. * Debt Retirement Policy Speaking of the government's debt retirement policy, Dr. Monteith said, "the policy has received nothing but condemnation from financial authori- ties who are qualified to understand its operation. Jt was adopted in 1927 and is to pay off all debts in 40 years from ordinary revenue. This does | Night". from | Debagg at Last Night's Meet- ing on the Plans for Future For this weck, which is a festive week at the First Baptist Church of this city, when the congregation | of that church is celebrating fits sixtieth anniversary, a program of | outstanding events has been plan- | ned, Sunday included special ser- | vices both morning and evening .ast evening was what was called the congregation "Members A s¢pecial program had | been planned wid all old members | | of the church were Invited to at- | | tend. The chairman for the evening was J. G. Anderson, senior deacon | of the ehurch. His opening remarks | were followed by a reading by Mrs, | [C. M. Mundy. Rev. A. W. Small, | | pastor of the church then read let- | | ters of congratulations which had | | been received by the church on this { eventful occasion. The first wd | from Rev, J. L. Harton, a former | pastor of the church who is now | in charge of the Baptist Church of | Peterboro. One was read from Rev, | John Galt, the immediate former pastor of .the church here who is now pastor of the churches at Har- | row and Colchester, Ontario. The | President of the Whitby-Lindsay | Association of Buptist Churches, the Rev. J. R. 8. Baldwin also sent a letter and likewise the Superin- tendent of the Baptist Home Mis- sion Board, the Rev, C. H. Schutt, Rev. C. W. Irvine, secretary of the | Ministerial Association of Oshawa was present and on behalf of thé association oxtendcd the best | wishes and hearty congratulations | of the othey churches of the city. | The responses to the church mem- N | | bers' roll call were numerous ow- { ing to the fact that many had made | a special effort to te present, An- | nouncements of events to take | place later in the week were made | and the offering received, The same quartette which assisted at the Sunday services again appeared on the program. It is composed of Mr, and M#s, Carl Schoenau, Miss Benn | and Mr, Hales, The feature of the evening was the interesting his. toric outline of the life of the Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev, (Continued on Page 2) ture the new capital works and de- velgpments were financed currently out of ordinary revenue raised for the purpose. The debt in 1927 stood at $319,- 000,000 he explained, of which $127, 000,000 was chargeable to hydro and $192,000,000 to the province for roads ete. To take caré of the latter fig- ure $1,450,000 was set aside cach year while the hydro portion was taken care of by the inclusion of an an- nual sinking fund installment in the power bills to the municipalities. Through this policy, the debt of $192,000,000 would be wiped out by the end of 1966, he said. PICKERING BRIEFS Pickering, March 1.--Mrs. J. Doyle has returned home after spending several weeks with friends in To- routo and other points, ' Mr. Wm, Coullis was in Orono on Monday, attending the funeral of his niece, the late Mrs. John Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boyes enter- tained a number of friends on Thurs- day evening upon the occasion of the thirty-fifth' anniversary of their mar- riage. Miss Edith Murray spent Wednes- day in the city. Mrs. W. J. Miller is about again, after her illness of a few weeks. BLIGHT-BARRETT Pickering, March 1.--A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at St, Paul's parsonage on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 26. Rev. R. H. Rick- ard, officiating, when Bernice Winnie elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mur- ray Barrett, became the bride of John Blight, son of Charles Blight, of Whitby. The bride wore a gown of blue georgette and was attended by her sister, Miss Mildred Barrett. who was attired in pink taffeta, Har- old Mitchell acted as groomsman. Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the brides parents, at which only the immedi- ate families were present. The happy couple left on a trip to Hamilton, and other points, @nd upon their re- turn will reside in Whitby. BETTER TO BE \ Lady--I would be ashamed to be a great- big strong man like yon and ask for money. k Tramp--I am ,madam, but once I got six months for taking it without asking--St. Catharines Standard. not mean that the province ever will be entirely free from debt: hat on- | ly could happen if, for all the fu. It must be force «if habit, = Even when he writes Mr. Coolidge doesn't | mandatory CITY AND DISTRICT NEWS TO CARE FOR CITY CLOCK The council decided last night to pay to D, J. Brown, local jewel- ler, the sum of $125 per year for repairing, winding and oiling the clock on the fire hall tower, NEW CITY SCALE 'tenuers will we called at ounce Jor the 1nustallavion or a set of 4U-ton scales, replacing Lue pies- ent city scales iu Irou. or the po- lice station, which are worn out. the council last niguir autnorized the city clerk, r'. 1, are, to call tenders at once. PURCHASE CALCULATOR The council last night decided to purchase a caiculating machine for the city engineer's vuice at a price of $400, tne present macnine to be turned in on the purchase. GRANT LEGION REQUEST 'I'he local pranch ot tne Canadian Legion was last nigul grauted per- mission to use the city council chamber to hold its regular meet- ings. 'I'his was the second move the Legion was forced to make in gix months due to rapid expansion, and' the council Jooked with ravor |on its request to use the councu | jail term not exceeding 21 days. chambers, TO CONSTRUCT SEWER The council decided last night, on recommendation of the Board of Works ,to lay a storm sewer as a local improvement on Kingsdale avenue from Rosedale avenue to the north end of the street, Peti- tions were also presented for sani- tary sewers on Drew street Beatty avenue to First Avenue and on Cubert street from Bloor street to 120 feet north, and for side. walks on both gides of William street from Ritson road to Oshawa boulevard. « ISSUE DEBENTURES A bylaw was passed last night by the eity council, authorizing the | debentures | issuing of $72,700 in to pay for storm and sanitary sew- ers constructed last year orders from the Pro- vineial Department of Health, The annual payment on these debeu- tures, which are for 15 years, $7, 1004.08. MOTHER SUPERIOR TO SPEAK The Rev. Mother Superior of the Society of St, John The Divine, Toronto, will be the speaker at the Ash Wednesday service of Holy Trinity Anglican Church tomorrow night. Wednesday is the begin ning of the Lenten period preced- ing Easter, LIQUOR STORE PROFITS A resolution from the city ot Windsor, calling on' the Ontario government to allow the munici- palities to share in the profits from liguor store, was handed on the general purpose committee for consideration, when it was pre- gented to the city eouncil last night. . The resolution pointed out that liquor stores were trom taxation, and that ways they were expensive tions for the municipalities, CONDITION UNCHANGED Major A. F. Hind, magistrate of this eity, who i= seriously {ll in Christie Street Hospital, Toronto. was stated today to be in about in other insiitu- from | under | | . | debentures for to | exempt | the same condition, Hospital authorities sald that his condition was unchanged, GARBAGE COLLECTION The city council last night aw- arded to Arthur Cockerham the contract for the collection of gar- bage in the city from April 1, 1930, to March 31, 1931, The contract figure is $10,000. ERECT GAS STORAGE TANKS The "Supertest Petroleum Cor- poration was last night granted permission by the city council to erect gasoline storage tanks and oil storage building on the north side of Bloor street east, just east of the Oshawa Railway tracks, POLL TAX COLLECTOR ¥. B. Ellis was re-appointed poll tax collector by a bylaw passed at the city council meetingn last night. The rate of poll tax was again fixed at $5, due on April Mr. Ellis receives 10 per cent of the amount collected. When per- sons liable to pay the tax do not do so within one week of recelving | notice, they are liable for a fine | not exceeding $50 and costs, or | LAND PURCHASED A bylaw passed by the city | council last night formally author- | fzed the purchase of land from { Mrs. Edith M , Mrs. Walton- { Ball, and Frederick Chiplack, a long the Wilson road creek jus. | south of Bloor street, for sewer | purposes. | GIVEN MONTH'S REMAND John Osmok and Mike Drapak, | | two youths of this city who some weeks ago when firing a gun on a | elity dump injured a citizen requir | ing him to have treatment in the local hospital, and who were re- manded for otie month for sentence to see if they could pay the ex penses, were given another month's remand when they appeared before | | Magistrate Willis in Police Court this morning, TURES | for the iseue of | 325,000 to pay for of the technical | to the Collegiate Institute, was | CHANGE DEBEN A new bylaw 3 congtruction addition {and = Vocational { passed by the council last nigh { The bylaw provides that the. in- interest rate the debentures shall be 538 cent, not per | the | school on per 5 WOULD SHARE GAS TAX A resolution passed by the town | council of St. Mary's petitioning | | the government to turn over 20 per | cent. of the gasoline tax to muni- cipalities in the province, was last night passed on to the general pur- rose committee vy the city coun- | cil, | { CANNOT BAR PEDESTRIANS Pedestrians cannot be prevented | from using Division street from | | Colborne to William streets and | Mary street from Richmond to] William. streets, unless the eity| council passes a hyvlaw closing | these streets as public thorough- | fares, the police commision in- formed the council last night, The council had asked the police com- mizssicn for a ruling on this ques- tion. SEEK HELP FOR VETERANS' WIDOWS Legion Presses for Consider- ation of Widows Who Married Veterans Af- ter Disability Ottawa, Ont,, March 4--One of the classes of war sufferers for whom the greatest concern is like- ly to be shown during the parlia- mentary discussions of the pro- blems of war veterans and their de- partments is that of widows who were married after their husbands had returned from overseas, or who were married after the appear- ance of the disability or injury which resulted in death. The Canadian Legion of the Bri- tish Empire Service League has placed before parliament on five previous occasions proposals for the relief of these widows, but on one occasion only, in 1928, has any legislation been passed providing relief for this clase. For the sixth time, therefore, the Legion is this session putting forward, in its leg- iglative program to come before parliament, requests for legislation which, If granted, would correct obvious injustices caused by the present provisions for widows' pen- sions. In this part of its program, the Legion is being strongly sup- ported by the National Council of Women of Canada, which has also had experiences in connection with the application of the barrier clauses of this section of the Pen- sions Act, The Legion, too, is looking for governmental support, for in his address to the Canadian Legion convention at Regina last Novem- ber, Hon. J, L. Ralston, minister of national. defence, speaking for the government, gave the Legion strong encouyagement in its efforts on behalf of this class of widows, and expresséd sympathy with their cause. The Pension Act provides that no pension shall be paid to the widow of a member of the Canadian fore- es unless she was married to him before the appearance of the injury or disease which resulted in his death, unlesg, (2) the injury in re- seem to say anything.~=Life. spect of which he was pensioned | or entitled to pension would not shorten his expectancy of life, or (hb) unless he was not chronically ill of a pensionable disease and not in receipt of pension therefore. ° In their experience in handling claims of widows, the Legion ad- justment officers have found these provisions useless in solving the problems of a deserving clgss of widows, There are some pitiful cases on record of widows who have been refused pensions because of the interpretation placed upon the expressions "expectancy of life" and "chronically 111." At the time these clauses were framed in 1928, to meet objections from the Senate as to the proposed form of the amendment to the Pension Act, they seemed to be satisfactory, but quoted above are as follows: "No pension shall be paid to the widow of a member of the forces unless she was married to him be- in their operation they have work- ed a severe hardship on widows, with children, who married after their husbands returned from over- seas, and some before they return- ed, nursed and cared for their hus- bands through years of indifferent health and sickness, but who, on the death of the husband, found themselves debarred from pension, even though death may have been due to a war disability' which was only detected long after the marri- age, In its legislation program, the Legion has made definite provision for this class of deserving and needy widows. The clauses which the Legion asks to have placed in the Pension Act in place of those fore the appearance of the injury or disease which resulted in his death. ""(A) Unless she was married to him before the date of coming into force of this act, or "(b) Unless when marriage is contracted after the coming into force of this act, he, a member of the forces, is able to obtain from the commission a certificate to the effect that he has a seasonable ex- pectation of life." These amendments, Legion offi- cials belleve, would remove all doubt as to the interpretation of the act, and would solve all the serious problem cases created by the legislation which has been in force up till-the present time. It takes care of those whe have mar- ried war veterans without know- ledge of disability that might re- sult in death, or who, knowing of the disability, have nursed and | the | gram of speecl t. 1 Captain E. cent as in the original bylaw. | Post', Consider Better Postal Service Consideration will be given by the Post Office Department to the city council's request for better postal delivery service in the eity, the council was {informed last night by a letter from the Post- master General. The council ask- ed for twice daily instead of tne present daily delivery in the Me- Laughlin boulevard district, the Cedardale district and the College Hill district. This has already been made effective in the Me- Laughlin boulevard district, and has been promised in the more thickly populated section of Ced- ardale. ANNUALDINNER HELD BY N.C.0"3 OF 'Add Inhalator to Call Tenders Soon on Supply Of Modern Truck and Ladders, With Best in Fire Equipment An inhalator, for use in cases of drowning, electrocution, 'and other accidents, will be purchased at once and added to the equipment of the local fire department, it was decided by the city council last. night, This cquipment will cost $220. The inhalator is a device for ad- ministering oxygen to victims of ac cidents which tend to interrupt res- piration. This is a new device said to be much more efficient than the pulmotor, lung motor and other de- vices, First aid work has to be car- ONTARIO REGIMENT BRILLIANT FUNCTION HELD AT ARMORY | LAST NIGHT Presentations Made to Lt. Col. Smith and Sgt. Fitches { | | | staged | A brilliant function was when at the Armories last night, the Non-Commisgioned Officers of Ontario Re held their annual dinner by about seventy representatives of tie regiments of Te a dinner which was gerved by Mrs, Burnley able staff of assistants, the guests, includi various mi conto. Following | delightfully and an guest | were entertained to a splendid pro- | by an followed m enjoy to the King' able, posed Vy rseponded to in style, The toast to "Canada Within | the Empire," proposed by the Rev Harston and responded | 495 by Captain J. McGibbon, M.C. | brought forth | es on the destiny of Canada as a | prominent part of the pire. The toast to "Fallen Comrades" | was proposed very Sgt. Thom was re ponsible for this toast. With lights dimmed, Bugler Borrowdale sounded the 'Last After minute's silence, 8g. Thom recited 'In Flanders' and Rev. Captain Harston a Fields" ffered an appropriate prayer. of "Reveille" 0 sounding ed dead. The toast to "The Militia" was proposed by Captain Perry and the response was made by Lt.-Col. H. E. Smith, C.8.M.. proposed a toast to "The Guests" | and the speaker in re was made by C.85.M. Williams the Royal Grenadiet®,\Toronto. A toast to "Our Regiment!" was proposed by R.S.M, Davies, and Captain Plerson, in his response, made a glowing reference to the part the men of the regiment had played in the Great War, Corpal Davies proposed a toast to 'The Press', and this was responded to by M. Melntyre Hood, editor of The Osh- awa Daily Times, Presentations Intercsting features of the pro- ceedings were two presentations, one to Lt.-Col, H, E, Smith as a token of the esteem of the non- commissioned officers on his re- tirement as commander of the regiment, and the .other to Sgt. KFitches, on severing his connection with the mess, Gifts and addressea expressing appreciation of their services were presented to these two comrades, who both replied appropriately, I'ollowing the program of speak- ing, an impromptu musical pro- gram was presented. with George Walsh acting as master. of cere- monies, and Captain Pierson pre- giding at the piano. An interesting guest was former S.M.W. Lewis, formerly of the Welsh Regiment of the Imperial Army, with which the Ontarlo Regiment is affiliated. cared for a disabled veteran dur ing his last years of suffering, They also lay down a future policy that where the commission, at the time of marriage, is able to give the vet- eran a certificate that he has a sea- sonable expectancy of life, his widow shall be pensionable, but where the man's condition is such that he hag not a reasonable ex- pectancy of life, that certificate would be refused, and the man and his wife would be married in the full knowledge that in the event of his death, there would be no pen- sion for the widow, PAINS OF LITERTURE Officer (addressing sergeant) "There is a pile of rubbish over in Kosciusko Street that ought to be hagled off." ean --"Viry well, make * your report." Officer sits at his desk and nibbles the end of his pen for sever- al minutes, then snatches lis cap and makes a break for the door. Sergeant (sharply) -- "\Where are you going?" Officer (sheepishly)--"I'm going to drag that rubbish over into Maple Avenue," WHEN HISTORY. WAS YOUNG Teacher--""Willie, do yon mean to say that you can't name all the Presi- dents we have had? When 1 was your age 1 could namg them all." Willie--"Yes, but there were only three or four-then." | eration | ed on the i ment responded to a ler for | Midnig 1 program which | Ir | the two excellent speech- | British Em- | impressively. | The | completed | this splendid tribute to the lLionor- | Canadian | ried on simultaneously with the op- of the inhalator, so that | natural respiration may be set up | Fire Chicf Eliott informed y Times tc that if was | that the i lator would be install | new ladder truck, but that it would be tak 1 the depart y call whatey- accidents, | REPEAT KINSMEN'S | MIDNIGHT SHOW { double-deck New Equipment New Truck Will Carry Over Three Times Amount of Ladders Provided on Pres- ent Wagon, Which Has Been in Use Nineteen Years SIRI CARRY TORRET FOR POWERFUL STREAMS Equipment on New Truck Will Inclyde Arrangement for Projecting Powerful Stream of Water to a Great Height A modern and fully equipped ladder truck will soon be added to the city's fire department accord- ing to a recommendation of the fire protection and city property com- mittee which was adopted by the city council last night, The new ladder wagon will not cost over $8,000 and Fire Chief Elliott has been instructed to prepare all nec- cssary specifications in order that tenders may be called for. The new truck will be of twin design and will be | mounted on General Motors chassis | with Because all the taken " lic t Theatre | c will 1 tr tre were turned I away a r the Reg fro 1 lace and Friday gh e¢ Oddities appreciated and | pr 1 l spice. sed variety and also specialty. numbers of excellent nature, Those who were able to attend frolic last Friday night would acting on good advice if they made it their business to attend the final performance, | mom ---- JUNIOR FARMERS' CLUB AND GIRLS' INSTITUTE FORMED People ' | which were be Courtice Young Organize New Societies Courtice; Mar, 1.--On Wednesday evening about cighty young people met in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Muir for the purpose of or- ganizing a junior farmer's club and junior girl's institute, Clare Allin, Bowmanville was present and gave a short address and after the busi- ness was completed a social time was spent in dancing, Candy and apples were served the guests. The Muir family were most entertaining in their home, and the evening much enjoyed. Thursday afternoon at 2.30, the Ladies' Berean Class gathered in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Penber- thy, the meeting being in charge of Mrs, Penberthy"s group. The presi- dent, Mrs. Blake Oke, was in the chair and "after singing a hymn, prayer was offered by Mrs. W. R, Courtice, Mrs. Chas, Found read the Bible lesson. After the minutes were read and the treasurer, Mrs. Albert Rundle gave her report, a committee, Mrs. W, H. Nichols, Mrs. Frank Worden, Mrs, L. J. Courtice and Mrs. Blake Oke were appointed to arrange refreshments for the congregational meeting to be held Friday evening, March 7. Miss Au- ra Osborne gave a reading, "Give Your Best." Mrs. Cecil Found gave some music on the accordian, A fine paper on "Friendship" was then read by Mrs. H. F. Osborne. After the meeting Mrs. Perberthy's group served delicious refreshments and the ladies enjoyed a social hour. Mr. and Mrs, Penberthy were gracious as host and hostess, Thursday evening at the Young meeting the order of the program was "Mock Parliament" with members of the League acting as members of Parliament. Some of the discussions were in connection with the Young People's programs. The pastor, Rev. J. H. Stainton, will occupy the pulpit next Sunday, morning and evening, Rev. and Mrs, J. H. Stainton have returned home after a two weeks visit in Toronto. SPEEDY "Yogsah!"™ pridefully said Bro- ther Lunk. "Dis am derswell solid gold-plated watch dat I got f'um & mail awdah sto' for fou' dollabs," "Do it keep time, "sah?" asked Brother Quizz, "Do it? Dar isu"t twa clocks in dis town dat kin' keep up with dig fine watch when it's right at tell." One way to get plenty of exercise Ss | wagon. a Buick-T-60 engine of 98 horsepower, It will carry 371 feet of ladders as contrasted with 109 fect carried by the old ladder To Carry Turret . specifications will call for equipment including an The the best "| Invincible turret model which can | project a powerful stream of water { to a great height from four lines hose, The specifications will call for an arrangement now used on all modern fire trucks by which the of | ladders may be held perfectly tight while the vehicle is in motion, The ladders must be given a natural oil finish, Present Wagon Antiquated The present ladder wagon is regarded as antiquated and inade- quate as it has been in service for about nineteen years. At one time it was drawn by horses but for the past few years it has been pulled by a small truck to which it was attached. With the purchase of a modern ladder wagon, Oshawa's fire-fight- ing equipment will be much im~ proved. The city now has in addi- tion to the old ladder truck, two fine motor pumpers, one of 450 gallon capacity and one of 600 zallons which are regarded as the latest in fire-fighting equipment. Both these trucks are mounted on General Motors chassis and are powered by G.M.C. engines. There are several companies in Canada which specialize in the manufacture of fire truck bodies and equipment and tenders will be called for from these concerns, PLEAD GUILTY TO THEFT OF AUTO Howard Bradley and Reginald Jackson of Brockville appeared in police court this morning on charges of, stealing an automobile in this city. The pair had come from Brock- ville by stedling a car in that city and after abandoning that one they stole another in Lansdowne and' abandoned that in Port Hope. Reaching Oshawa they stole a third car but were caught by the police and arrested. Both pleaded - guilty to the charge and elected to be tried summarily. They were re- manded for one week in custody: EE ---- TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY GENTLEMAN REQUIRES HOUSE- keeper, no objection to one or two young children,. Stato age. wages expected, etc, Box 472 Times. (53b) WANTED BY YOUNG COUPLE two or three clean furnished house- keoping rooms, Central. Apply Box 470 Times. (53¢) MAN WANTS ROOM AND BOARD. Private home, Apply Box 473 (53D) ! Coming Events h 3 Cents per word each fine gertion. Minimum charge for each insertion, 85c. THE REV, of 8, 8. J. D, will give the ad- dress at Holy Trinity Church, Wednesday, 7.30 p.m, (53a) CHOSEN FRIENDS OPEN euchre, Wednesday. March 6, over Bank of Commerce, Good prizes, (53a) SONS OF ENGLAND = WHIST Drive, Wednesday at 8, 25 cents. (53a) SQUARE DANCE SCHEDULED for tonight in Albert St, Hall is postponed. Watch for announce- ment, (53a) BOX SOCIAL THURSDAY NIGHT, March 6 at King St. Church. Everyone invited. = Ladies with is to forget where vou park your car.-- Judge. boxes [ree. Come and have good time. (38h)