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"All the News While It Is News "' The Oshawa Baily Times Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer VOL. 9--NO. 69 Fubliahed st Oshoms, Ont. Cansde Evers OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1931 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy EIGHT PAGES BUS FRANCHISE UNDER DISCUSSION | STREET RAILWAY NOT IN Canadian Dollar Down to 90 7- 16 on N ew York Market STERLING ALSO DOWN BUT DECLINE SLIGHT ON EXCHANGES TODAY Canadian Bankers Are Un- able to Give Reasons for Sudden and Drastic De- flation of Dominion's Currency in New York RAMSAY MACDONALD ORDERED TO REST All Speed Records For Legislative Action Sur- passed as Government's Emergency Bill Is Put Into Effect (By Canadian Press) New York, Sept. 22.--Both the Canadian dollar and the pound sterling declined sharply today on local foreign exchange markets. The Canadian dollar was quoted at 90 7-16 cents early this after- noon, 2 9-16 below yesterday's close, while the pound dropped to $4.21%, 10% cents, lower than the previous close, While pound had rallied somewhat, from low rate of $3.75 touched yesterday, the dollar was at a low point for present movement. Exact figures were not avail- able for the comparison, but banking officials here thought Canadian funds were at the low- est ebb since those years immedi- ately succeeding the great war, when the discount rate on the dolalr was quoted at a maximum of about 17 per cent. No definite reason could be as- signed to the drop in the value of Canadian funds in values of United States currency, although an official of the local branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce suggested it wag partly due to he lack of gold shipments from da and sympathy with' sterl- B Gold shipments reaching New York from Canada within little more than a week have totalled only slightly above $2,000,000, and failed to check the down- ward movement of the dollar, An. nouncement that $500,000 in gold would be forthcoming from Cana- dian banks shortly had no appar- ent affect on the exchange mar- et. Canadian Bank of Commerce officials pointed out that the com- parative weakness of Canadian bonds here within recent days as probably having a possible low- (Continued on page 3) New Playground To Be Opened Tomorrow The official opening of the splendid new playground at Cen- tre Street School is to take place tomorrow afternoon at 1.30 p.m. in conjunction with the annual track and field meet of the pupils. Two of the features of the field events being held tomorrow will be the sword drill by the senior g'rls and the exhibition of tumb- ling by senior boys, the events being under the direction of FE. G. Nichol, assisted by Miss. C. Mallenson, Miss T. McEaclern, and A. M. Robinson, The winners in the different track and field events will have the honor of representing Centre Street School at the school field day in Alexandra Park on Friday of next week. Many prizes for the events to- morrow have been-kindly donated by several local mercharts and business houses and the 'vhole school is looking forward io the program with a great deal of in- terest. | government today notified its min- COUNCIL SEEKING LARGER GRANTS FOR RELIEF WORK Supports Appeal Being Made to Provincial and Federal Governments At the regular meeting of the City Council held yesterday even- ing the reports of all standing committees, as presented by the chairmen, was adopted entirely without discussion, these reports being adopted in toto in almost record time. The reports read as follows: Finance Committee That this Council endorse the first clause of the resolution pass- ed by the Council of the City of Niagara Falls Aug 29th, petition. ing the Dominion and Provincial Governments to increase the por: tion of grants to Municipalities on works constructed for the re- Board of Works That no action be taken straightening of Mary St. at the present time. That Sidewalks be constructed as local improvements on the fol- lowing streets: -- Jarvis St., West Side, from end (Continued on page 8) OF CITY GHANGED City Will Have Forty-Six Polling Divisions in Next Electi At last night' eeting of the City Council two {important by- laws were both given their three readings and ordered signed by the Mayor and sealed. Under these by-laws the wards of the city, into which it is divid- ed for election purposes, are re- numbered and each ward sub- divided into polling stations as follows: North West Ward, formerly No, 3., bécomes No. 1. with 8 polling sub-divisions. South West Ward, formerly No. 1., becomes No. 2. with 9 polling suhb-divisions, North East Ward, formerly No. 4., becomes No. 3. with 13 polling sub-divisions. South East Ward, formerly No. 2., becomes No. 4 with 14 polling sub-divisions. Cedardale remains No. 5 with 2 polling sub-divisidns. The city is now divided into 46 polling sub-divisions, this re- arrangement to take effect im- mediately. APPROVES COMMISSION Tokio, Sept. 22--The Japanese ister to China that it stood ready to approve the proposal of T. V, Soong, Chinese minister of finance, for the appointment of a joint Sino- Japanese commission to endeavour to solve the Manchurian contro- versy, Canadian Dollar Down New York, Sept. 22--The Can- udian dollar at noon today had fallen to 90% cents on the local foreign exchange markets. City Council Deputation Goes to Toronto To-day Regarding A deputation consisting of Ma- yor Ernie Marks, Ald. P. A, Mac- Donald, Ald. Sam. Jackson, Ald. W. Boddy, Ald. George T. Morris, City Treasurer P. E. Blackburn and City Engineer F. B. Goedike will go to Toronto as soon as pos- sible in order to interview F. E. Ellis, Provincial Commissioner for Unempleyment Relief, with a view to. obtaining a revision of the work program as submitted by this city and further assistance on direct relief. This matter was brought up at last night's meeting of the City Council by Ald. P. A. MacDonald, chairman of the Finance Commit- tee, who stated, "I think that we should send a deputation to To- Tonto for the purpose of seeing Mr. Ellis regarding our work Relief Work gram has been go badly curtailed as finally approved by the Govern- ment that it is very hard for the Board of Works to see just where to start. The most important item in the original plan, the Sew- age Disposal Plant, has been cut out. "I think that we should make every effort to have the program reviewed again, while we should also make an effort to have more money available for direct relief. "I am willing to make a motion to this effect," said Ald. MacDon- ald, who acted accordingly. The motion was adopted unani- mously, Mayor Marks naming the deputation as previously stated, and instructing the City Clerk to take the necessary steps for an COUNCIL ASKS FOR ACTION OF OPTION BY GAS COMPANY Asks That Offer Be Accept- ed Within Thirty Days or It Will Be Withdrawn On the recommendation of the General Purpose Committee of the City Council the City Clerk is notifying Ben. E. Tate, vice- president of the Utilities Power and Light Corporation, parent company of the Ontario Shore Gas Company Ltd., that unless the offer made by the city per- mitting the company to purchase thirty acres of land in the vicin- ity of the Harbour is accepted and acted upon within thirty days the offer itself will be withdrawn, The offer of this land, at a stated price, was originally made by the city in order to facilitate the establishment of a coking plant by the Ontario Shore Gas Company, but as the city now has other plans for the use of the land which can be put into effect almost immediately provided it is not required by the Gas Company action was taken as described. lief of unemployment to at least | seventy-five per cent, of the cost. | re | RROTHERS SENT T0 REFORMATORY Harold and Alex. Donnelly | Are Sentenced on False Pretences Charge Harold Donnelly and Alex Don- nelly, brothers, both oi Whiteyale, were today each sentenced to four | months determinate and onc vear | indeterminate in the Ontario Re- | formatory by = Magistrate 'I' K. | Creighton. Last week Harold Don- | nelly had pleaded guilty to a charge | of forgery and false pretences, while | his brother had pleaded guilty to a | charge of uttering and also false | pretences. Both had been remand- [ed until today for sentence, According to the facts presented | to thé court last week, the Donnel- ly boys had got into possession of certain letters containing cheques, through a mistake made in sorting the mail at the Whitevale postoffice They had come to Oshawa, and Harold, who had forged cheques, endorsed one in his own name and cashed it at the Cen- tral Canada Loan and Savings Co, branch here. Alex, it was proved, had endorsed another of the cheques in his name and cashed it at the Royal Bank here. "Because | do not consider you boys to be of a criminal type I am going to be lenient toward you," Magistrate Creighton commented in passing sentence. 'But | want you -to remember that you were really guilty of another charge which could have been pressed en- tailing a penalty of at least three years in jail." The seriousness of the crime of forgery was pointed out by the magistrate who stated that in some cases it resulted in sentences of life imprisonment, Only their youth and their previous good character restrained the court from passing a severe sentence, he said. "But these are offennes which can not go without some punishment," His Worship concluded, "so I will therefore sentence you each to four months determinate and one year indeterminate at the Ontario Re- formatory." The case was prosecuted by Crown Attorney J. A. McGibbon while Louis Hyman acted on behalf of the accused brothers. SEEKS QUASHING "OF CITY BY-LAW A. J. Parkhill May Make Formal Application to Osgoode Hall A. J. Parkhill, legal counsel for several property owners who, on be- half of the latter, opposed the pass- ing of the city council's by-law pro- hipiting the reduction 'of taxation on apartment and tenement houses owing to them being vacant, stated to The Times to-day that he was considering making an application to Osgoode Hall for the by-law to be "quashed." "We believe that an application to quash the by-law as passed by the city yesterday evening would probably be successful," said Mr. Parkhill, "We are therefore, con- sidering the formal application ne- cessary to have it set aside." Ottawa, Sept. 22.--The law will take its course in the case of John Brockenshire, sentenced to appointment with Mr. Ellis in To- ®iam, As you kw hia do Tonto as soon A4 die in Toronto tomorrow morn- two | rect relief, into polling sub-divisions, of unemployment relief, this matter, vanancies in such buildings, What the City Council Did Decided to send a strong deputation to Toronto in the ef- fort to obtain a revision of the unemployment works program and a larger amount of money from the Government for di- Renumbered the Wards ol the city and sub-divided each Gave the Board of Works "power to act" in co-operation with the Board of Parks Commission in commencing work on the extension of the sea-wall at Lake View Park as a measure Decided to bill the Township Council of East Whitby for the use of the city's buildings in the administration of justice unless some definite action is taken by the township before the next regular meeting of the City Council in connection with the negotiations which have been pending for some time in Passed a by-law prohibiting the cancellation of reduction of taxes on apartment and tenement houses on account of The hallway leading to the As- | sociated Welfare Societies rooms in The Times building this morn- ing looked like a fruit and vege- table warehouse. Last night a truck arrived from Newcastle, bearing bags and boxes of pota- toes, bags and boxes of apples, boxes of cabbages, tomatoes and other vegetables, to be handed over to the welfare officials for distribution to the unemployed of the city, These vegetables and fruit were the result of the ef- forts of the St. George's Wolf Cub Pack of Newcastle, collected by them in an effort to make some contribution towards the care of the needy families of the Splendid Contribution in Aid Of Needy Families Received From Wolf Cubs of Newcastle Church city. These young lads, members of a wolf club pack under the leadership of Rev. Frank H. Mason, of St. George's Church, Newcastle, did a splendid job, for about fifteen bags of pota- toes, a few bags of apples, and several large packing cases of miscellaneous vegetables were in- cluded in their shipment. Along with these supplies was sent a cash contribution of thirty-five cents for the welfare work of the society, Needless to say, this splendid contribution was received with much gratitude by those charged with the responsibility of ad- ministering relief of this kind. | ! Up and down Simcoe Street, on | King street, in shop, in store, in | office and factory, across hack | fences and on street corners, | Oshawa talked about Great Bri- tuin's temporary abandonment of (he gold standard yesterday. The [ uctuations of the pound sterling | were watched with the keerest of | interest, barber shop philosophers | let drop from their lips gems of wisdom on this momentous fAan- cia! event, and street corner sages wagged heads in a knowing way as they clarified the knotty proh- lems facing the British Govern- ment in a manner which would put leading economists to shame. If only Ramsay MacDonald or Stanley Baldwin could have visit- ed here for a day and gathered up some of the profound advice which was so freely offered. DPer- haps even now the situation might have heen different. But less humble oracles than | Local Economic Sages Discuss Financial Troubles of Britain these local Platos frankly admlt- ted that they were confounded by the causes, circumstances and conditions which led to yester- day's drastic action, But while fully realizing the critical situa- tion which faces His Majesty's Government, the general feeling was that the courage, resources and stamina of her people will en- ahle Great Britain to - ride out the storm which now besets her and to finally set boldly on a course which will lead to the port of renewed prosperity. As for the Canadian dollar, loyal Oshawans felt regret that it should drop to such a low state. But they regard Bill Dollar as a sturdy fellow who is as good as his Yankee cousin any day. They firmly believe that it will be but a short while before he is again strutting about the New York Exchange at par value. |. LP. SPEAKER WENT ASTRAY Mrs. Rose Henderson Join- ed Crowd at the Wrong Meeting A regrettable, if somewhat amus- ing incident happened to the local branch of the Independent Labor Party on Saturday. The speaker, who was to have addressed a meet- ing in Memorial Park at three o'- clock in the afternoon, did not turn up. At least that was the impres- sion the party executive was under until a long distance phone call to Toronto informed it that the speak- er, Mrs. Rose Henderson, had left Toronto on the 1.30 bus and was to get off here at Simcoe and King. Unfortunately the acting secre- tary was patiently waiting to meet Mrs, Henderson at the bus station. Getting off at Simcoe and King she found no one to meet her so pro- ceeded to Memorial Park where she joined the crowd which was listen ing to Eddie McDonald, local un- employed leader. Later the acting secretary located the missing speak- er and made arrangements for her to speak here next Saturday at 3 p.m. Golug Today The depatalion haaded by Mayor Ernie Marks and appoint ed at last aightSs meeting of the City Council wo go to Toronto in order to obtain, if possible, a wore sympathetic courideratioa for this city's claims to a larger measure of ass'stance in unem- ployment relief, obtd'ned an ap- pointment with F. E. Ellis, Pro- virelal Commissioner of Unem- ployment Relict, for four o'clock MASSED CHOIR 1S NOW REHEARSING Preparing Ambitious Pro- gram For Concert in Aid of Unemployed Among the compositions upon which the Oshawa Massed Choir are working for the concert to be held in the Auditorium of the Collegiate Institute in aid of un- employment relief funds are sev- eral which are famous all over the world. The Hallelujah Chor- us, Handel, is one of these while the Soldiers Chorus, from Faust, is another. The choirsters are also at work on a selection of the Barcarole, and Land of Hope and Glory. The first combined rehearsal of the Massed Choir is being held in Simcoe street Sunday School alter the usual church service on Sunday evening, when it is ex- pected that in the neighborhood of 200 choirsters from all over the city wll be under the baton of Leonard M. Richer, conductor of the choir, for the first time. WEATHER Forecast: -- Lower Lake Region -- Local thunder. showers tonight and early ye Bay == Fresh south west to with local Wednesday -- fresh wester- ly winds, partly cloudy and cooley * 4 churia, a NO REDUCTIONS INTAXES PAID ON EMPTY TENEMENTS Bylaw With Far-Reaching | Effect Is Passed by City Council According to a by-law adopted | by the City Couneil, given f{t& three readings and ordered sign- ed by the Mayor and sedled yes- terday evening, there will be no reduction in the taxes on apart- ment and tenement houses in this city owing to such apartments or tenements becoming vacant dur- ing any year for which the assess- ment has been made. A. J, Parkhill, Oshawa barris- ter, appeared before Council as opposing the passage of this by- law on behalf of clients who are property owners of buildings af- fected and was given a hearing by consent. Mr. Parkhill claimed that un- der the Statute the Court of Re- vision was given the power to can- cel or reduce taxes on property, "subject to the conditions of any by-law" which dealt with different clauses of the Act. "If this council endeavors to pass a by- law taking away the powers of the Court of Revision then it is going further than the Act in- tends," said Mr. Parkhill. He argued that Council had the power to pass by-laws "govern- Ing" the actions of the Court of Revision, interpreting the word "governing" as meaning "guid- ing" or "directing," but that "the intention of the Act is not to give council the power to modify or restrict the actions of the Court of Revision. (Continued on page 3) SEA-WALL WORK WILL START SOON City Council and Parks Board Are Co-operat- ing To Provide Work Unless there is some hitch in the present plans of the City Council and the Board of Parks Commission the work of extend- ing the sea-wall at Lakeview Park will commence during the course of the next few days as a measure of relief in the general unemployment scheme. At last night's meeting of the Council a communication was re- ceived from the Parks Commis- sion to the effect that at a meet- ing of the latter body held during the afternoon it was decided to co-operate in the undertaking of this work, the whole cost not to exceed $10,000 of which the Com- mission's share would be $5,000 to be raised by the issue of deben- tures, The Commission also named a committee consisting of its chair- man, Dr. Henry, Commissioners W. A. Coad and G. Cornell, to co- operate with the Board of Works in this connection. Council referred this matter to the Board of Works giving the latter body 'power to act," Mayor Marks remarking that the ques- tion should be definitely dealt with "ag it was the intention to put men to work on this job as soon ag possible." CHINA CALLS ON HELP OF LEAGUE Japan Claims Trouble Can Be Settled by Negotiations Between Nations Geneva, Sept. 22.--China call- ed on the council of the League of Nations today to intervene di- rectly in the occupation of Man- churia and Japan replied that the incident should be settled by ne- gotiations between the two pow- ers. Viscount Cecil, British spokesman, proposed that the pre- cident of the council solemnly summon both powers to withdraw their troops, each from the terri- tory of the other." At the con- clusion of the discussion the Lea- gue Council put the matter aside for several hours to allow time for formulation of conciliatory measures. WOULD UNITE CHINA TO MEET JAPANESE Hong Kong, Sept. 22. -- The insurgent Cantonese Go ernment issued a proclamation today as- serting peace would be made with the Nanking Governmeont, jL or- der that a united China might "deal with Japan," for the lat- PRESENTATION TO ter's occupation of Southern Man- POSITION TO GO AHEAD SAYS SUPERINTENDENT a hd WANT TOWNSHIP TO PAY FOR USING CITY BUILDINGS City Council Would Assess Costs of Administration of Justice Unless some action is taken during the next two weeke, before the City Council meets again in regular session, the Township Council of East Whitby will re- ceive a bill payable for the use of the city's buildings for the ad- ministration of justice. This question which has been in abeyance for some months, and upon which the majority of the aldermen evidently feel strongly, was brought up for diz- cussion at last night's meeting ty Ald. G. T. Morris, chairman of the Property Committee, wno stated "I think there should be a letter sent by the City Clerk to the Township Council of East Whitby to the effect that if the township's representative's do not meet us in conference in the very near future, to discuss the ma'ter of charges for use of the city's buildings by the township, then we will send them a bill for what we believe to be an adequate omount of money, the charges be ing made retroactive from Jan- uery 1. "This matter has been hanging fire for some time. The Town- ghip authorities have said they (Continued on page 3) FORMER ORGANIST H. C. Treneer Is Honored by Congregation of King St. Church Following the evening service on Sunday in King Street church Herbert C. Treneer, organist and choir leader of the church who has severed his connection With the choir in order to take a position with the Canadian National Insti- tute for the Blind was called to the front of the church and presented with an address and a very hand- some travelling bag by W. S. Pog- son, chairman of the musical com- mittee on behalf of the congrega- tion and the various organizations in which Mr. Trencer had taken a great interest, during his tenure of offine in the church. Following the reading of the ad- dress by Ernest J. Luke and the presentation Mr, Treneer spoke very feelingly of the hearty co-op- eration which had been accorded him here. He stated that while his work would keep him very busy, he did not intend to seyer his connec- tion with the congregation and would still consider himself a mem- ber. Rev. C, E. Cragg minister of King Street spoke very highly of the work Mr. Treneer had done in the church, especially in the Sunday School and in the work of the choir, The address to Mr. Trencer was as follows :- Formal Address Dear Mr. Treneer:- . It was with very deep regret and with a sense of personal loss that we first heard of your intention of severing your connection with King Street choir. Ten years ago vou came among us when our choir was very Application For Franchise Is Renewed by J. A. Mc- Gibbon, Representing Oshawa Transit Com- pany, at City Council Meeting MATTER IS SENT TO COMMITTEE Mr. McGibbon Says Transit Company Is Ready to Put Busses on Street in Week's Time If Fran- chise Given , According to information given to The Times by J. A. McGibbon, legal counsel for the Oshawa Transit Company, this company is in a position to put a regular motor-bus service on the streets of Oshawa within a week of its application for a franchise being granted by the City Council, It will be recalled that the Oshawa Transit Co., acting through Mr, McGibbon, made an application to the City Council for a bus franchise some months ago and the council, having in view the rights and privileges of the Oshawa Street Railway Co., communicated with the latter company in order to ascertain whether or not it was in a posi- tion to act on those rights and establish a bus service in addi- lion to the street car service. At last night's' meeting of the City Council a communication was read from James J. Callag- han, Superintendent of the Osh- awa Railway Company, to the ef- fect that while the management approved of the policy of estab lishing a bus line, the difficulty of securing the necéssary capital for such a venture under present business conditions forced the company to hold the matter in abeyance for some time. In addition to this communi- cation a further application was received from Mr. McGibbon, on behalf of the Oshawa Transit Company, for immediate action. Both these communications were referred to the Property Committee of City Couneil. Discussing the matter of the bus franchise with this paper to- day, Mr. McGibbon described the Oshawa Transit Company as being composed of Oshawa -citi- zens entirely. He stated that the company already had the neces- sary capital at its disposal and could obtain all the equipment required for the establishment of such a service as that suggeste at very short notice. : 'We. can put a bus service on the streets of Oshawa inside of a week if we are granted the neces- gary franchise," said Mr. McGibe on. GOV.-GENERAL"S SON TO BE BAPTIZED IN OTTAWA TODAY Ottawa, Sept. 22.--In the little church of Saint Bartholomew, where governor-Generals have worshipped since Confederation, the Hon. George St. Lawrence Neuflize, infant son of the Gove ernor-General and Lady Bessbor- ough, will be baptized this after noon. His Majesty the King, god-father of the child, will be represented by Sir Robert Bore den. The Bishop of Ottawa, Right Rev. J. C. Roper, and Rev, J. H. Dixon, rector of the church, (Continued on page 8) will officiate. Japanese Continue to . Attack Chinese Troops; League Peiping, Sept. 22.--Japanese troops, supported by bombing planes in various districts, occu- pied the important Manchurian city of Kirin yesterday, an official communique issued by the head- quarters of Marshal Chang Hsueh- Liang said. Chinese officials charged the Japanese were making their oc- cupation of the entire Manchurian region complete and added they were convinced Japan intended for it to be permanent. Japanese aviators attacked and scattered Chinese troops with bombs and machine gun fire at Hsinmintien, Phushan, Tunglieo, Taonan and Taotzetsai, the com- munique said. The Chinese troops were ordered not to resist the attacks. Troops were ap- proaching Taonan, messages said. Kirin, a city of some 85,000 to Intervene ian railroad in central Manchuria and capital of the large province of the same name which borders on Korea, The occupation of Kirin was considered particularly significant because it is outside the recogniz- ed sphere of Japanese influence in Manchuria. League Takes a Hand Geneva, Sept. 22.--The League of Nations council today will con. sider measures to halt the Chine ese-Japanesg clash in Manchuria and set up a commission to ine vestigate the conflict, ; Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese repre sentative, officially requested the League to intervent in the conm= troversy under article eleven the League covenant. Japan was understood to view the possibil- ity of League intervention with population, is the terminus of a branch 'of the sou ure distavory