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A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City > dhe Oshawa Daily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer DASY TNC 'All the News While It Is News" VOL. 7--NO, 150 Publishes ot Jehows sy Karem? Jes Jot rr Brood wd ube » OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1930 12 Cents 8 Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES Ardpdbods i, 1 cpapopriplpdpliody News in Brief (By Canadien Prose) t yore (ad TY vYYYYY Woodbridge Contest Woodbridge ~ Elected as Reeve of Woodbridge four times by accla- mation, Major A. A, MacKenzie will have an opponent this year in Thomas Cole, who hos served for twelve years as a member of the Council, L v LJ] Earthquake Shakes Alaska Kodiak, Alaska, --Thrae distinct earth shocks were felt here early yesterday, the last of such inten- sity that buildings were shaken and dishes fell from shelves, The build- ings were undamaged, LJ Ld Train Kills Farmhand Port Arthur.~>Aurne Kluvisto, 28, employed on a farm near Conmee, was killed when struck by a Canadian National Railways train about two miles from Con- mee, » hd Gold in Turkeys Fort Willlam.--J, C, raflway engineer, purchased a Christmas turkey and when it was cleaned two gold nuggets, one the size of a pea and the other a little smaller, were found. in the gizzard, » » v Galt Fire Galt.--Galt's fire loss for 1930 has been $35,880, of which $34, 662 was occasioned in a blaze at the Malleable Iron Works, Had fit not been for that blaze, a new low record for the city would have been established, There were 130 alarms during the yearn wn Loss v Ld To Broadeast Speech Montreal, --The New message of Rt, Hon, It. B, Canadian prime minister, will be delivered at Calgary, and will be carried over the North American continent by a network of 70 broadcasting stations, Short wave transmitters will also carry the message to England where it will be rebroadcast for European list- eners, * Year's Bennett, British Soccer Results London, Dec. 27.~--Games play- ed in League football matches in the British Isles today resulted as ollows: gellewat League -- First Division Arsenal 7, Blackpool 1. Aston Villa'7, Manchester Unit. ed, 0. . Blackburn Rovers 3, Liverpool 3. Chelsea 5, Grimsby Town 0. Derby County 1, Le le ester City 0, Huddersfield Town 2, West Ham United 0, Manchester City 2, Sunderland 0. Middlesbrough Bolton Wan- derers 0. Newcastle United Wednesday, 2. Portsmouth 1, Sheffield United 3, THE ENGLISH LEAGUE SECOND DIVISION Barnsley 5, Port Vale 2. Bradford 4, Oldham Athletic 0 Bristol City 1, West Bromwich Alblon 1, Bury 2, Burnley 1, Cardiff City 1, Swansea Town 0. Charlton Athletic 2, Bradford City 1. Everton 9, Plymouth Argyle 1. Reading 1, Tottenham Hotspurs 2 Southampton 2, Preston North End 1, Stoke City 2, Millwall 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham Forest 2. YHE SCOTTISH LEAGUE--FIRST DIVISION Airdrie 2, Morton 0. Ayr Uitiel Clyde not played, Celtic Falkirk 0, a 1, Queen's Park 8 Dundee 2, East Fite 0, Hearts 2, Rangers 0. Leith Athletic 0, Aberdeen Motherwell 6, Hibernian 0. Patrick Thistle 8, Kilmarnock 1. St. Mirren 4, Hamilton Academ feals 2. THE SCOTTISH LEAGUE---SE OND DIVISION Alloa 1, Dundee United 4, Armadale 2, Arbrath 1, Clydebank 2, St. Bernard's 1, pan Stirlingshire 1, Brechin City air ers 4 Montrose 2, Raith Rovers J, 1, Sheftield, Leeds United 1. Birmingham, 4, 0. Athletic "4, Albion Rov- y King's Park 1, !, Dumbarton 0, & hd Fregeau, a | Luncheon at Hotel Genosha Yesterday Results in En- thusiastic Determination to Secure Finances LEON FRAZER HEADS SPECIAL COMMITTEE Group of Citizens, Under- takes Task of Completing Stock Within the Next Three Days with the necessity of prompt and courageous action in order to safeguard the {industrial future of Oshawa, a group of twen- ty-five or thirty of the prominent business and professional men of the city met yesterday at luncheon in the Hotel Genosha, and pledged themselves to an intensive cam- paign of three days' effort to secure the balance of the subscriptions to the Oshawa Industrial Foundation stock Issue require to finance the completion of the factory for the Coulter Manufacturing . Company. The men assembled after hearing the project and the requirements thoroughly explained to them, were enthusiastic for the success of thelr campaign, speaker after speaker expressing his absolute confidence In the ability of the group to go out and raise the amount of money which is required. As a basis for organization, n special committee was appointed, with Leon Frazer as its chairman, and with John Burns, W. M. Gilbert, A Storie, E. R. Birchard and C, E, MeTarioh as its members, to take charge of the campaign, during which a se- lected list of citizens Ww" be can- vassed for subscriptions to the stock fssue, The luncheon was held under the auspices of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, with ordon DD. Conant, president, as chairman. In open- (Continued on page 4) VALUABLE JEWELRY SOUGHT BY POLICE New York, Dec. - A gold medal from , President Woodrow Wilson and a scarf pin from the former Crown Prince of Germany were being sought by police to- day as part of $4,000 In jewelry stolen from the apartment of Paul Reimers, concert singer, several days ago, Mr. Reimers received the medal in recognition of his singing at a White House recep. tion for members of the United States supreme court, Other ar- ticles stolen were a set of cuff links presented by the Duke of Connaught and a tle pin from the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland. Impressed 27. Terrific Storm Racing Panama City.--A terrific storm, reported the worst in years, swept the Caribhean Sea yesterday, en- dongering lives of seamen and hampering shipping. Three seamen were washed overboard by a moun- talnous wave, the tanker Pungan non reported in a wireless received through the steame'}) Atlantida, Issue Campaign "GIANT SUBMARINES Sir For All-Year-Round of Hudson Straits (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) New York, Dec, 27.--Glant sub- marines, carrying the grain of the prairie provinces across Bay, under the fice of Strait, and across the Atlantic, some day will keep Churchill, ada's sub.Arctic port, open all year around, Sir George Hubert Wil. kins, noted British explorer, be- leves, "I think large submersible grain carriers, says 15.000 tons displace ment, are the only thing If that Hudson strait route is to be used properly," Bir Hubert today told the Canadian Press, GREAT DEMAND FOR Times Greater Than Amount Available (By Canadian Press Leansd Wire) Toronto, Dec, 27. Returns from agencies and welfare organi- zations throughout the country show requirements for four or five times as much clothing as the gov- ernment could possibly spare, sald Dr, J. Biggar, chief commissioner of the Canadian Red Cross, He was commenting on recent passage of an order-in-council au- thorizing the donation by the de partment of national defence of 260,000 worth of clothing for needy families. "There Is a great need for the clothing all over Can ada," sald Dr. Biggar, "and the biggest difficulty in distributing | the goods will be In distributing them fairly, We will try to work out an - equitable plan of distribution, Probably province in the severest plight Saskatchewan.' the is Protest Reduction (By Canviion Pros Laid Wire) St. Catharines Dec, 27.--Em ployees of the Nlagara, St, Cath: arines and Toronto railway, have forwarded a protest to I'remier George 8, Henry regarding the re- cently announced ffty per cent. reduction in the provincial tax on buses. IDmployees of the system have found themselves reduced in number and placed on shorter time because of the competition which has developed from motor buses. St, Johnstone 1, Queen of South "Stenhousemulr 6, Dunfermline Athletic 2. Third Lanark 2.) Bo'ness a - WEATHER The shallow depression which was over (ho southeast states yesterday is now cen tred off the middle Atlantic coast as a severe storm, Ane other deprossion is moving [ ican nothing to us as a nation? Dee, 24 In an cditorial, the Daily Express "aks the assist- ance of Great Britain during the wheat crisig in Canada, The crisis, the newspaper says, js caused by Russian slave-grown wheat pouring at any price into markets once held by the Canadian farmer?" "Does this mean nothing to politi- cians at Westminster," the Daily Ex- press asks. "Docs it mean nothing to co-operative societies with their im- mense purchasing power? Does it London, | kinsman ? London Express Pleads on Behalf of Canadian Wheat | th 'When British soil was threatened with invasion in 1914," the newspaper continues, "Canada sent her youth and her treasure. 'To-day, 16 years afterwards, the foreign menace is no less cruel and hostile than in D4, | It is directed at the markets of Car ada. Are we so flabby in heb ungrateful and so incapuble of action | that we cannot cven raise our hand | to stop the import of Russian gre into Great - Britain, and gates to the produce of our ow eastward across Hud Bay and pressure continues low over the northwestern portion of the continent, High pres. sure now covers the southern and western portions of the United States, The weather has been fair and compara tively mild in nearly all parts the Dominion, 'a a Qecion and "ay: eevh westerly winds, paetly cloudy tonight and Sunday with local snows flurries, not much change in temperature. Hamilton Receives $10,000 as Profit on British Empire Games Hamilton, Dee, 27M, M, "Bobby" Robinson, who brought the British Empire Games to Hamilton and per- onally directed the undertaking which proved of inestimable value to the city, has presented the Board of Control with a $10,000 cheque -- the first payment from a surplus which the games yielded. The city will likely receive another $7,000 in addis tion to assets of $9,000. "We gave the committee $19,506, and if the city had not received one cent off this bark the pan.es. would have been well wort! while, for they proved one of the _Ereatest advertise ments in Hamilton's histo ry," remarks ed Mayor Peebles, AS GRAIN CARRIERS Necessary | George H. Wilkins Makes Novel Suggestion] se | Hudson | Hudson | Cane CLOTHING SUPPLY Canadian Red Cross Society Finds Requirements Five the coast-to-coast | In Bus Licenses open our | | INOVA SCOTIA VESSEL STILL U.REFORTED (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Halifax, N.8., Dec, 27,--North Atlantic waters today still held un- disclosed the fate of the schooner Doren and her crew of seven, No report was received this morning from the government | stents Lady Laurier, which yes- erday salled in search of the dere- liet, and today another government teamer, the Stanley, set out to comb the sea for the Doren, The steel schooner has been unreported since Tuesday evening, Fire Destroys Ottawa ( hurch Industrial Development Campaign is BUSINESS MEN'S GROUP ORGANIZES TO COMPLETE BSCRIFTION FOR STOCK DIED TODAY ' | i | { | steel | LORD MEIACHETT Britain's leading Launched, KI! GC SON RITURNS FROM AFRICAN TRIP, (By Canadien Press Leased Wire) London, Dee, 27.--Bringing with Lim many souvenirs of hig African trip, the Duke of Gloucester, third gon of the King and Queen, arrived home in England today from Abyssinia, where he went in Octo- ber to atténd the coronation the emperor, The duke steamer Marsellies travelled overland night to Boulogne ed a channe; steamer. Wheat is Fity (Cents a Bushel ot | the ans Lhe ' | hoard landed from yesterday through where he | Upsetting of "Candle Sir Formerly Sir Alfred Mond, one of | Extreme Low Mark Was! | Blaze in St. Joseph's Ro-| man Catholic Church, and| Whole Structure Doomed - (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawa, Dee 27.--8t, Joseph's Roman Catholi, Church, one of the capital's most pretentious edifices of worship, vas doomed by fire this morning. The blaze broke out at 10 o'clock, apparently from the up- setting of a candle, and spread to every part of the chureh within a half hour. Three alarms brought | every plece of fire fighting appar- atus to the blaze but the firemen, assisted by many employees from LMEeN, Child Thought Responsible | A child praying at the Christmas erib in the front of the church, is | belleved to have upset a candle wdorning the crib and started the 'estructive fire, The edifice Is valued at $450,000, "nsurance on the structure amounts to $200,000, The church stands on {he corner of Wilbrod and Cumberland streets, a thickly populated section of the capital and in which Is located many fine homes. Ottawa University grounds border on Cumberlana street, across the thoroughfare from the church, An hour after the flames hroke out, they were still out of control but it appeared the firemen would ha successful in confining the blaze to the chure h. NEW POLICE BODY INNOVA SCOTIA | Provincial Police Force, Or- ganized Recently in Mari- ing Its Existence (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Halifax, N.S, Dec, 27 Policing districts of Nova Scotia never pre fously under regular surveillanc force of one hundred men, organi: ed by a veteran member of the R¢ al Canadian Mounted Police and im bued with the bady, is enforcing throughout province the criminal code of Canada and dominion and provincial statutes This comparatively new force, the Nova Scotia police, is now in the fif- th month of its operation,, and with figures available to refute any trary opinion the general consensus is that the organization already has justified its existence, Before the advent of the Nov tia police, law cnforcement in rural districts lay chietly in the hands of provincial constables whose remun eration was on the basis of a straight fee, Under the new system the provs ince is divided, into seven districts, ¢, a cone a Seo and the police in their motor tran ports cover all of Nova Scotia from headquarters of twenty-eight do- tdthments, South Afric n Wins Johannesburg, South Africa.--- { South Africa today beat England in la cricket test motel by the narrow 1argin of 28 runs, *\CAUSE OF BRANTFORD FIRE STILL MYSTERY (By Canadian "Prem Leased Wire) Brantford, Dec, 27.~~Close ques- | tioning has failed to reveal the | cause of the blaze which during Christmas night, complotely wreck. od the three storey building houa- ing the Artemls Sweets, cafe and confectionery store, and the Metro | politan Store, roof and floors fall- ing through to the basement, with no hope of salvage, Loss was plac ed today at $160,000 principally in: wired, This does not cover losses | of Sobles silk shop, opened only o month ago, and Grafton's Ltd, men's wear on the east and weat sides of the burned building where | water wreaked havoe smoke and with anodes, n nearby wood and coal yard, were | "nable to stem the mad rush of the | 9 times, Is Already Justify- died fn London, this afternoon, England, | ord Melchett Passes Away | Prominent British Industrial ist and Financier Died This Afternoon After Several Weeks' lliness (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Dee, ! London, eT Lord Melchett, the former Sir Alfred Mond, one of Britain's leading Industrial finan- clers, died here this afternoon, He had been ill with phlebitis for several weeks and recently, a re- lapse caused grave fears that he could not recover, He trad been un der the constant eare of his physi cians at his London home for some time, Lord Melchett, before tion to the peerage in Sir Alfred Mond, world king" and head of the i chemical manufacturing [tion fn the British Empire, | Moreover he w an fmportant | figure In English polities and an international leader In Jewry, al- though he and his family were [ communicants of the Church of | ¥ngland. But like the great Be n | Jamin Disraell, who became Lord Jeaconsfield under Queen Vie toria, Lord Melchett was proud of (Continued on page 8) CREAMERY MERGER ON LARGE SCALE ~~ [5 ANNOUNGED | Ontario County Creamerics | Are Involved in New As-| his eleva 1028 "nickel largest | ideals of that famons | the | | ests of the Province (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Dec. 27. Announce ment was made yesterday of a new assoclation of interests in the On- tario Dalry interests, hy which Amalgamated Creamervies of Can- i ada, Limited, incorporated under the Companies Act of Canada, has heen formed to carry on the busi: ness of dairy and creamery prop- rietors and dealers in and distri butors of dairy and like products, For this purpose it is acquiring a number of exlsting dalry compan {es located in various parts of On- tario, The majority of these dair- ise have been operating for at least ton years, Among The Palm Creamery, Drayton Creamery, Drayton; forth Creamery, Seaforth; ford Creamery, Mealord; Creameries, Paleley and Under- | wood; Elder Creameries, Lorne- ville; Gamebridge, Beaverton and | Rathburn; Grey County Creamery {of Owen Sound and Manitowaning; | Lakefield Creamery, | is Falls Creamery, dairies included are, Palmerston; Sea. Mea Paisley tho of Lixeter Kemptvillie Warwick Kerwood Falls; Exeter Creamery, and Winchelsen; Creamery, Kemptville; Creamery, Parkhill; Creamery, Kerwood; Holstein Creamery, Mount Forest; I'ord- wich Creamery, Pordwich; Graham Creamery, Alexandria; Uxbridge Creamery Co,, Uxbridge. In addi- tion to the above schedule ot { plants, negotiations are being pro ceeded with for the acquisition ot a number of other creameries and the erection of other plants at rstrategic points throughout the province of Outario, ) A. industrialists | was | La | organiza. | sociation of Dairy Inter-| Laketield; | Fenelon | a tabi er Reached on Grain Ex- change at Winnipeg This Morning wy Canadian Press Leased Wire) i Winnipeg, Dee 7 Fifty.cent bushel wheat was actuality | today Influenced extreme | we akne gg at Buenos Alres, and | Comparatively light offerings, the vat market opened on the ne ou this morning, and di ippe id to the all-time low record of 60 cents | a bushel, repre Bhi n 108 of by : | cents from Friday's close, F frat sales were made at this new low | mark, but then the market firmed | fractionally to LO cents, | May showed extreme Joss of to 8% cents to open at 624 to 53% { July was fractionally down at bi to H4% [ Coarse grains followed wheat, all opening fractionally lower, 'THREAT OF COAL ~~ STRIKE UP AGAIN | Effort for Final Settlement Fails, and Situation Is the Same as Before Truce] Made Last Month 27, ~The threat of coal miners' strike, resulting from wage und working hour disputes, appeared far from 4 {completely dissipated yesterday, de. spite reports of progress in an ef- a compromise accord, The National Miners' Jederation approved temporary "spread "arrangements in Scotland ana | Jouth Wales, These arrangements | had averted a crisis early this [ month but had to he submitted to the national organization for ap-| proval The effort to get this ap- proval failed and the situation was wractically the same as before the wrlef truce, The crux of the situation is the determination of the miners to re- tablisli their power of negotiate. on a nation-wide scale, which | lost after the 1926 general) an by 1 | London, Dec. a nation-wide fort to reach las over | | | | Fei they | i On the other hand, the mine own- | srs aparently are equally determin {od not to recognize tho miners' |elaim to the right to establish "| | united front in making thelr deals | with the operators, | In view of the situation in Scot- | land, it appears the mine owners | hold the whip-hand at present, The | | Scottish miners are wor king under | | a temporary "spread ovor' accord calling for 88 hours of work in tw of insisted | woeks, The national federation that the miners adhere to a strict | 46-hour week, with a maximum of 71: heurs work a day, The owners [ object to that plan, declaring it { | would necessitate a reduction in the wage scales, The coal mines bill made the 717 {hour day the legal work day for | miners, but the men in most mines | are still working an eight-hour day, | This is against the law but the Gov. {ernment has refrained from acting | ponding settlement of the present | | precarious situation. { PROSPECTS FOR NAVAL |': AGREEMENT BRIGHTER (By Canadion Pro Loasd Wire) Rome, Dec, 27.~=Prospects for a {naval agreement between I'rance | [and Italy are "a bit more optimistic | | than at any timo sineco the London! conference," a {oreign office spokes: man told a correspondent of the As: sociated Press, The present 'naval holiday" cepted by the two countries last summer expires in five days. The government representative declined to make any statement as to Italy's plans for construction if an agree. ment is not reached by December 31, but there was a general im- pression here that the laying down of any new ships is unlikely for the time boing, nee | -------- 1 FL | from the CITY WILL HAVE BALANCED BUDGET ---------------------------- CITY TREASURERS REPORT SHOW $17,900 SURPLUS IN ACCOUNTS ON DECEMBER 15 PLANE GOING T0 BRING OUT BODIES Unfavorable Weather, How- ever, Delays Start of Flight into Wilds of North- eastern Quebec (By Canadion Press Leased Wire) Montreal, De Thick weather has delayed the start of the big monoplane scheduled to leave Cartierville airport here tis morning for Roberval on Lake St. John, the first leg on the flight to Lake Chicoplach to bring out the bodies of W, H, "Bill" Cannon and | Leonce Lizotte his mechanic swallowed up by the north fifteen months ago. Pfloted by Pete Vachon, Canadian pilot, the big plane pected to leave here by hte long flight into the northeastern Quehae, MAKING RELIEF nm French- is ex- wild PLANS FOR WEST F ood, Clothing mrnee--_-- ' Revenues Have Exceeded T'hg over | uz gh the noon for |treasurer, ' of | December Estimates by Over $5,400, While Expenditures Have Been Pared Down to $12,- 000 Less Than Estimated ARREARS OF TAXES SERIOUS PROBLEM | Suggestion Is Made That | Monthly Payment Sys- tem of Tax Collection Be Organized and Put Into Effect of Oshawa will probably year with a balanced bud- according to the annual finan- statement that has been pre Peter A. Blackburn, city and was {ssued today, At 15, there was an operat- surplus of $17,808.13, whieh, | Mr, Blackburn estimates, will = be sufficient to carry the city through Ithe remaining 16 days. The statement gives the informa- tion that the city fathers, including the various elvic boards ne well as the council, pared their spending to such an extent that $12,462,056 was | saved as compared with the budget | estimates of expenditures, A rev- 8 city get, | a cial pared by ing and Seed |cnue that exceeded expectations by | $5,436.08 assisted In giving * the Grain Are Likely to Be | surpius referred to, These amounts Made Available for Far-| mers in Distress (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Ottawn, Dec, 27.--Cabinet has been called for today, and it is be-| lieved that at that meeting the prime minister will complete his [Pos for western farm- relief It fs expected that some form of re- lief commission will bp established to care for negdy cases in the west rising directly and particularly wheat-markdt collapse, The plen of xelief will probably include provision of fdod and cloth- ing and also seed grain to farmers acutally in distress. night, on his way to Calgary, he will Bennett will speak in will, it Is understood, make known | his plan for direct farm relief, and also for assisting in the orderly marketing of the last crop of grain, Only a brief announcement follows od his meeting here with the bank- ers early this week, and it is be- lieved he will elaborate on it at Regina, PRINCE GEORGE INJURED London, Dec, 7 Prince George, youngest son of the King and Queen, was thrown from his horse and slightly injured while hunting with the Belvoir Hounds this afternoon. Marshall Joffre Is Seriously Il! (By Canadian Presa Leased Wire) Paris, Dec, 27.--~An aflicial nouncement today said that Mar. shall Joffre, hero of the Marne, i» seriously {11 as a consequence of ins flammation of the arteries in the legs, I'lve physicians held a cons sultation at the home of the dis- tinguished soldier this morning, and in a subsequent bulletin reveal- ed tho critical nature of his illness, an- Next Tuesday | where | spend New Year's, Premier | Regina and {ernment include all bills outstanding at Dec. 15 for purchases made, and all | salaries py wages accrued but un- paid at that date, as well as all reve enue earned by the city but not re- ceived, including unpaid taxes, gov= grants, and other sundry revenue, which Is owing to the eity. Provision has also been made for the payment of debentures at De- cember 31, amounting to $301,- 064,66 Analysis of Revenue In the revenue statement, it {is shown that several departments faile ed to bring in the amount of reven~ ue expected at the first of the year, These included poll tax collections, short of estimate by #2,025; plumb. (Cotinued on page 4) ---- FROZEN TO DEATH ON CHRISTMAS DAY (By Conadion Press Toased Wire) Quebec, Dec, 27,--Word reache {ed here today that Maurice Miche | aud, St, Louis Des La Ha, Que, was found frozen to death in his héme on Christmas Day Michaud lived alone and neighbors, alarmed over his non-appearance, forced an entrance to his house and found him dead on the floor, Rumania's Former Premier is Buried (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Bucharest, Rumania, Dec, 27, Three special trains made up the funeral cortege today of Vintila Bratianu, Liberal leader and form- or premier who died Dec, 22 after an apoplectic stroke, One of the trains carried the body, which had been brought from his home near here, to the family estate where burial will take place, Priests held special services at all stations enroute, Claims Lower Production Cons Farmers' Only Hope Winnipe, dh Dec, - Lower cost of production is the vrent need of the mer of Western Canada, declared W. J, Ward, president of the United Fuiers of Manitoba, commenting on tatement of Premier R.'B. Bens nett 'that arrangeme nts had been con- clude to "ensure the orderly niarket- ing of the 1930 wheat crop. "My hope is that Mr, Bennett will recognize the true cause of the west rern farmer's trouble as being one of cost of production; that in his pro. nouncement he will give us some ray of light in the diregtion of the low cost of production," Mr. Ward sta- ted, He added that he was entirely opposed to "any palliative measures {that have for their effect the stimu- lating of a false hope that in the end will leave us in a worse position that we are at present, 'No Unemployment Relief Grants For Work on Churches in Quebec Montreal, Dec, U7. ~~News came yesterday from Quebeo that the Federal Government, through Hom, Gideon Robertzon, has refused to allow unemployment relief grants to bo devoted to churches or pres- teries, and the next word is now awaited from I'remier Taschereau, who reported to the legislature that such oxpenditures had been approv- od iA principle and who based on that approval a special clause in the provincial enabling bill linked with the Ottawa grants, The fabrique of St, Romuald ap- plied to the Quebec unemployment commission for $12,000 to be appli ed to church and presbytery work. The Provincial Unemployment Come mission approved the application and sent it on to Ottawa whose ace tion has mow killed the loan,