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1 f t r s i ii j j j 1 t j m fiftyseventh yearno 4 1 acton ontario thursday afril fci 932 eight homeprint pages five centa a selection of ews items fljtwo hockey games played in april bronte gets lower power bate at a meeting of the bronte police oecluwl tu lower the electric ughtand power rates as follows fnmi 3r ti 2c pier flrst 100 kilowatt per reading every months fid the balance from 2p to lc jjer kilowatt per reading i sopertatemientln nassagaweya uri geo w harriot nassagaweya lias resigned the position of road sup erintendent for the township to takers position as county foreman mr g stanley fulton has been appointed by tnenassagawj council to fill the vacancy cauira by mr harris retlre- ikent my irish coleen one of the best the irish comedy is being presented on friday iright april 15 at the town t date is changed m old actori juniors make gilsoni team l from guelph loojk like kmdetgartenh-tan- nory b th warehouse- in the junior exhibition gaine played bn friday last the greer men scored a ebvlcprijawbru gllson junior team of guelph this game was not so colorful and fast as some of the pre- haa to have mr gallagher irjsh tenor who is engaged till april 14 at the imperial theatre toronto thisispart of what the georgetown herald said this play at the gregory theatre on march 17 was one of the best plays we have ever had the pleasure of seeing i awarded parchment in the recently announced awards tf the royal canadian humane society mrj s davldsonmanagerjrofc the local branch of the bank of montreal was awarded the societys parchment for bravery mr davidson last summer rescued little jack chapman from drowning in fairy lake when he had tnvn off a raft and was beneath the raft congratulations are extended on this acknowledgment of the act by the society and the presentation local government economy the government building in acton has been hit by the dominions policy of economy the telephone at the customs office has been discontinued which will mean a saving of approx imately 30 per year in the same building 4 we understand 7 improvements have been made in the basement to facilitate the work of the janitor and make it unnecessary to remove the ashes until spring that it is said have cost between 300 and 400 is this a sample of the economy the dominion govern ment preaches so loudly about one can also reach the janitor by telephone now but the customs officer must be taterviewedpersonally brief freedom for five reformatory inmates vidus games and c byrne the local goalie just had about a dozen shots to handle all night the local boys proved superior in speed but the guelphites were a big husky team and- easily outweighed toe locals after about two minutes of play daw- kins made a nice rush down the left boards and he beat webster with a clean high shot to open the scoring e marzo then made a nice rush down centre going through the entire team with just thegoalie to beat but as he was going to shoot webster who ln- irai fr rfivy nn mvptihiit frtrynt ro aft dominion taxes increased n effort to reach balanced budget sales tax goes to six per cent income taxation exemptions reduced to collect from low salaried man tax on cheques and insurance levies again imposed telephone calls andkven ice cream cones will be subject to the new taxation finance minister predicts better times let go of the pet and- lie pulled it down on top of him and marzo went crashing over the topof it and intothe boards behind but he was untiurti the red- shirts had a comparatively easy time and anderson made it two nothing on a nice solo rush waterhouse icored the third and last goal of this period on andersons rebound lawson then made a nice solo rush but webster who was lyirigori the ice most of the time fell in front of lawson ancwie tripped oyer top 6fhlm there were no penalties in this period the second period opened faster but the gilson sextet could riot put the rubber past byrne the first penalty was given to a guelph man fox trip ping but no goals were- scored during his absence mooney and marzo made a nice combination rush but it did not bring a score e marzo was then penal ized and a few seconds later woods fol lowed him into the bullpen however nothing happened while they were off as soon as marzo cameback he and anderson made a nice rush anderson faking a shot at the net but webster stopped and anderson again got the puck circled the net and slipped it in from the side for his second goal of the night this was all the scoring for this period the last chukker opened with acton still carrying the play although guelph had them bottled up for a few minutes but they did not get any good shots on the acton citadel the kid line scor ed their first goal of the game when both gibbons and mooney shoved the loose puck in the net after a scramble anderson got his third tally of the game when he bulged the net after a nice pass from lawson this finished the scoring for the- game although fiftyfive million dollars of juew taxa tion was dropped on the shoulders of canadian taxpayers today citation of details by finance minister hon e n rhodes followed his budget speech an nouncement of a 119505000 deficit in a house of commons jammed to every inch of its seating capacity in which the liberate jsoftly whistled and obhed their reactions mr rhodes submitted the governments taxation programme effectiveapril 7 the salestax is in creased from 4ts6 per cent its highest level under the old liberal government certain previously exempted articles are brought within the scope of the tax last years special excise tax oil fr cent on all imports is increased 200 thejlarch school report per cent to 3 per cent effective also april 7 applicable on 1931 income personal rounded- upby guards within 45 minutes after they had made a dash for freedom from the ontario reforma tory late monday afternoon five inmates were back in close confinement that night the five all prisoners with bad records were thomas fjnnessy ottawa george robinson windsor- william simpson lindsay anthony zitb and patrick zito of perth leaping on wagonwlilch jtasbein u lawson centn stone in connection with the reforma tory land beautiflcatlon scheme the prlsonersj defied pickets aslthey drove one of the institution teams away from the farm and beaded into the city abandoning the team and wagon as they reached the city limits they made their way into st patricks ward in the east end where they were soon sur rounded by a posse of guards and city police and made no attempt to resist capture when cornered by their pursuers they- were each given two years im prisonment in portsmouth penitentiary tragic death of trafalgar councillor a gust of wind blowing shut his garage door is blamed for the death of howard orr trafalgar township coun cillor last thursday- he was found dead beside his car several hours after being overcome with carbon monpxlde fumes mr orr who lived on the tra falgar town line drove to oakvllle- in the morning returned ran his car into the garage and is believed to have beei tinkering with the generator when the doors blew shut and the deadly fumes filled the air when hie did not return home for lunch his wife telephoned several places and became alarmed at his continued absence- at 3 oclock he was found with a screwdriver clutched in one hand coroner dr j h stead announced that an inquest will not be held mr orr a prominent figure in township affairs was in his 39th year he was serving his second term as j and soon tied it up the tannery kept councillor bom in clarkson he had on pressing hard and just as salmons spent all his life in the surrounding warehousers went to clear the puck district he was a past master of mis- got in a wrong stick and the red light sissauga lodge a f a m and a flashed for the third time behind hol- niember of the royal arch chapter of j loway this put the- tanneries ahead port credit and the scottish rite in and they hung onto it until the end of toronto he was also a director of the the game now for the feed woods made slceolotnishfromhis own blue line but webster somehow got in front of the puck mooney received the only penalty in this period the lineups were guelph goal webster defence hill and kendrlck centre steep wings oc- comore beatty subs rbard hutton carrol and goetz acton goal byrne defence e right wing anderson left wing daw- kins subs woods mooney gibbons and i marzo referee j kentner tannery eat on the warehouse in a game played last friday night to decide which team fed the other the tannery jpn by the score of 32 the flrst game played resulted in a 66 tie however on friday the warehouse had t play without minute walters and another alibi for the defeat is that carney byrnes cage was surrounded with horseshoes fourleaf clovers rab bits feet and several other good luck charms jrhejwarehouse were in time and time again but could not put the slab of gutta percha in the twine the tanneijy even had to play without the- big bambino for awhile when he got in front of one of fred kentners shots and had to retire to the dressing room for repairs he soon came back and was in the game as much as ever the tannery opened the scoring first when a hot shotfr5m the blue line got past hollowayv it was not long before the warehouse tied it up when one got past byrne from a scramble the game had just got nicely started again when the warehouse went in front on an other one that byrne didnt see and the rcd light flicked this put pep into the vat men and they swarmed around holloways citadel income exemptions for taxation purposes are reduced from 3000 to 2400 and i500 to 1200 with no change in ex emption for dependent children the 20 per cent reduction now allowed from tax payable under established schedule is discontinued and provisions relating to family corporations will be repealed in addition 5 per cent surcharge on the amount of tax payable is to be im posed oh all taxpayers personal and corporate with net income in excess of 5000 tax of 1 per cent dn net premiums of authorized insurance companies other than life marine and farm mutual re- imposed british and foreign insurance companies maintaining deposits with the dominion wll valso pay ths tax tax of 15 per cent is imposed on gross premiums paid to other insurers effective may 2 the tax rate on cheques money orders over 5 and on promissory notes and bills of exchange is increased from 2 to 3 cents on all amounts up to 100- and 6 cents over 100 effective may 2 railway sleepingcar berths taxation of 10 per cent mini mum 25 cents and chaircar tickets 10 cents reenacted as formerly effective also may 2- the tax on tele grams cables and radio messages costing over 15 cents is reenacted rate of tax being 5 cents per message this tax is also to be extended to longdistance telephone calls at the same tunethis particular service has ever been subjected to federal government impost corporation tax rate increased from 0 to j lper cent on the income in the acton public school pupils who won honor standing the past month v j fourth class mary papillon 373 marjorie david son 370 elmo braida 361 helen mol- azzle 350 bill bofovoy 343 roy han sen 330 total 500 m z- bennett principal senior third ann holm 44 g annual meeting of free library boar 4 officers for year are elected a t brown is chairman change to be made for the juvenile readers mary young 430 jean bennle 428 frances dills 428 sheila breen 420 therese campbelva19 tatal600 d folster teacher junior third jack houingei483 willlalean weav er 463 ralph hansen 431 wlmam hall 408 mary levers 397 beatrico taylor 393 total 550 m orr teacher senior second elmer lasby 394 bertie allan 385 albert ford 380 francis papillon 376 fred holland 374 douglas smith 366 total 500 i anderson teache- in view of the approach of the im perial economic conference no change is made in customs tariffs excepting one item extending to march 3i 13 the special rates on repair parts to farm implements even the 55000000 of new taxation is not to effect a completely balanced budget next year one gathered from the aternotlset comments- clarkson fruit growers cooperative as sociation he attended the clarkson community church besides his widow formerly adella leach mr orr is sur- vlved by two children manda aged 14 and rheta aged 9 his father e a orr of clarkson one sister mary orr mon treal and five brothers fred hugh and stewart of clarkson john of bronte and donald of oakvllle the lineups were tannery goal byrne defence greer and gibbons centre j kentner left wing c kentner right wing arblc subs dawklns anderson and woods warehouse goal holfifway defence f kentner e marzo centre salmon wft wing terry right wing n gibbons subs i marzo and mooney refeee john kentner on the future it is the considered view of the government stated hon mr rhodes that reductions in expenditure on the one hand and proposed additions to the taxatipn revenues on the other will in the final outcome represent a complete balancing of the budget on the usual current governmental services one bright ray of sunshine gleaming from the budget pages was the finance ministers announcement under the heading of canadian trade of the reversal of the previous 70000000 ad verse trade balance to a favorable trade balance of 25000000 canadas im ports and exports decreased 310176000 and 208074000 respectvlely which the finance minister said represented a re duction in the dollar value of total trade of approximately 33 per cent which corresponded fairly closely to the aver age fall in world trade milton gets new industry a newly organized industry the milton wood products limited of which a h cropps late of the hllborn com pany ayr is manager has located in milton and will occupy the carpet factory building on commercial street opera tions will begin in two weeks with a number of hands including five expert makers of hockey sticks the company havng received a large order for hockey sticks k the evening meal digester the motorcyclist was on unfamiliar ground and directly before him was a fork in the road witho signpost to tell him which way to- go- which way to stumpylle he asked a dejectedlooking man vwho was leaning against a fence the man waved riishand towards the left thanks said the motorcyclist hdwfar ls ttv j talnt far wsfiie drawling reply when you get there youll wish it was a darnj sight farther junior second margaret scijven 417 marie brun- elle 411 joe zygmunt 404 annie mol- ozzie 392 doris bifton 389 herb cook 371 total 500 a w macmillan teacher first class lois dawklns 266 lien phu 264 polly porty 252 margaret hodgins 243 leonard lambert 235 tom atkinson 235 total 300 m barbour teacher oktiwoiss first class hannah borovoy 262 beatrice wools the annual meeting of acton- free library board was lield in the secret tarys office on tuesday morning with the following members present a t brown chairman rev o l poole rev pasawyer mr gohn cameron and secretarytreasurer h n farmer a letter from mr r m mcdonald secretary of the school board was read stating that rev p a sawyer had been uppointed by the board- for the vacancy- caused by the death of the late h p moore words of welcome to the board were extended to the new members mr sawyer and also to reeve barber who was however unable to be present owing to illness the annual report for the past year as prepared by the secretarytreasurer was considered by the board various- interesting items of news f annual dance the actohdale p p y- p o will hold their annual dance in the town hall actori on wednesday april 13 dancing 9 till 2 music suppileil by j bedfords sixpiece tripiero orchestra of toronto admission 75c a couple extra lady 25c tax included lunch will be served everybody welcome junior i o d e meeting the april meeting of the lakeside chapter l o d e was held on wed nesday evening at the home of- miss vida ramshaw plans were made to hold one of the clubs popular euchre and dances ih the near future a delightful lunch was served following the business by the group hostesses adressed masonic lodge at the meeting of walker lodge a f a m on monday evening an in- thirteenth power bill has surplus of 58242 for acton system will be applied on the current months account to the ontario commission at the fortnightly session of the publlca utilities commission on tuesday evening commissioners l g king and r j kerr were present reeve barber was unable to be present owlngto ill ness the secretary was upon motion in- structed to pay thq following accounts hydro accounts canadian line materials ltdr supplies 1383 sangamo company ltd supplies j3140 hydroelectric power commis sion lamps 4368 j c matthews postage and box- rent 1300 a l wynston jrj ltd supplies 1967 macdonald electric supply co supplies i 1098 robblns myers co repairs 475 teresting feature was an address toy mr a g m bruyns on the present econ- jmic problems ofthe farmeranfl his mr a t brown was reelected the chairman of the board for the year 1932 inacccptingtncofficermrbrown thanked ifchie members for the honor viewpoint of their solution this ad- conferred upon him i dress followed the regular work of the mr h n afrmerwas the unanimous refreshments were served and a choice of the board for the- position of i fl w spent at th meet secretarytreasurer tag also brampton road superintendent dead thomas moore for 36 years road superintendent of bramptprit died last week in his 82nd year following a lengthy illness mr moores death came just nine days after that of his wife eliza beth white who died march 26 he was a resident of brampton for 39 years joining the fire brigade shortly after rev p a sawyer and the librarian mrs r p watson were appointed dele gates to the ontario library association for the year the book purchasing commltte was upon motion named to comprise mr a t brown rev c l poole rev p a sawyer and the librarian mrs r p watson the expenditure for books for the year was limited to 250 the matter of supplying material for taking up residence mr mcore was a a reference library was left in charge ol member of the presbyterian church was the book purchasing committee for en- i a conservative and an orangeman sur- quiry the purchase of a set of volumes vjylng are four sons edward chicago of the encyclopedia brittanica was left i oliver samuel and norman of bramp- until the english edition is procurable ton one daughter miss- jean at home it was arranged that the boqk pur- i chasing committee would meet at the library on monday april 18 to assist the librarian in disposing of some of j among the years graduating class of knox college were two young men from a letter from mrs a f havlll who i this district mr j r waldle b a was unable to be present owing to son oi mr mrs donald waldle graduated from knox college 247 frances lamb 236 evelyn kent- illness was read it suggested that in acton and mr r k cameron b a ner 236 kenneth hassard 225 lome i order to avoid the present congestion in son of the late rev mr cameron of the library the children should be re quested not to change their books on saturday evening after considerable and that no juvenile booksbe given out masters 206 total 300 senior primer florence salt 171 sammy brunnelle 166 austjfuqibwns- 163 dora wood 161 rena braida 160 margaret som- ervlle 154 total 210 m a odbert teacher primary room a class emela marcak peter tur- kosz mary ritchie kenneth fry or on saturday evening and that the marjbrynelson margaretrsmith j librarian be authorized topostupa b class bcbby peareji harold rob- notice to that effect- and also that such son ernest close hugh orourko notice be published once in the acre jimmie marshall wanetta smith j free press such notices to name the m r moorej teacher hour tobefixed also that the librarian be recommended to put into force the present ruling in regard to hours and to close the door of the library promptly according to regulations as to hours now in force carried georgetown on tuesday evening these young men with four others received their parchments proclaiming that they discussion the following resolution was were duly qualified in the eyes 61 the passed i college senate to embark upon their moved by mr sawyer seconded by work to serve in the ministry of mrr pooler thar the llbraryzbeopeheai presbyterran- church-in- canada it on saturday afternoon for- a period of ls understood that mr waldle will as- one hour to be fixed by the librarian i sume a charge in a church near london a birthday party at knochurch last evening under the auspices of the ladies aid society history of society given since inception in 1888 the congregation of knox church- to the number of almost two hundred turn ed out on wednesday evening to help the ladies of the aid celebrate their birthday it was a most enjoyable social event and also of historical importance after a splendid programme in which without doubt was the playing of the kitchen orchestra six demure dam sels dressed in the days of their grand mothers and a a contrast in male effort the singing of the quartette and the presentation ot the age old apology why wedld notmarry bya group of the young peoples guild the chief event of the programme arrived the cutting of the birthday cake before this was done the president of the society mrs lantz read the historical account prepared by the committee consisting of mrs w lasby mrs w johnstone mrs george murray mrs dr buchanan the society organized in 188844 years ago has been of im mense help to its members the church and the needy in the raising of funds in that time this band of women have baked entertained sewn and collected almost 12000 their yearly income ranging from 200 to 500 all this ac cumulated by steady persistent work and a quiet determination to help out after the reading of the short his torical sketch mrs malcolm mcdougall one of the original members who now resides fh toronto spoke briefly and then mrs wallace lasby who as mss various news items young lad hadtarrow escape william kee aged 12 of cooksvtlla had a narrow escape from death or serious injury on saturday walking be hind a wagonload of hay which- his lather john kee was moving along the centre road a car approached from the rear skidded and crashed into the rear of the wagon mn order to avoid collision with a northbound auto young kee was forced to leap into the ditch at the side of the road to escape the driver in spite of a smashed windshield forced his- carloose from- theload of rhayand drove off without inquiring for possible damage kee had driven only a short distance towards his jhome when one of the horses drawing the wagon col lapsed aftermath of cooksville brawl before magistrate e j palett in tor onto township court philip rihyl was found guilty of assault with intent to do bodily harm and fined 50 and cost3 with the option of three months the charge arose from a brawl which took placeat the boarding house of george mltrovltch cooksvlle on march 27 steve gregos a boarder claimed that lawrence horvat entered the house on the sunday night in quostion and began to slap faces gregos said that he tried to evade horvat by running up a flight of stairs horvat he alleged caught him by the legs while rihyl reached past jessie anderson was namcdjas theaflrst horva a tabbed wm to the thig secretary of the aid had the deserved horvats of the affalr wa3 tnat honor and privilege of cutting the cake gregos askcd wra to become a mcmb i of the croatian peasant party and that then in scottish fashion the cake whc re made sw6re at was piped bythe kitchen orchestra to and struck ho denlcd the chief place of honor and the pro- cession forming behind the presidents post and present and officials and members of the aid and ithe audience wended its way to the basement where a generous and typical ladies aid repast on the first week of may the knox made it difficult for everyone to repair prebyteran players present oh kay to their homes and closed a most enjoys something new in plays save your able evening quartervhn a prize knowledge of how gregos was wounded a countercharge laid against george mltrovltch was dlsm ontario we add our congratulations to the others that will be showered on th young f as they start out on their life work 23731 waterworks accounts hydro department power and heating at spring 4901 i the thirteenth power bill from the ontario commission was received and showed a surplus of 58542 with irir terest of 1229 from ootobter the- total costs of power to acton was 24- 51684 and the revenue from accounts rendered amounted to 2510226 this amount was ordered to be appii- ed to the current power bill and reduced by this amount the statement was made up as fol lows cost of power purchased 360137 share of operating costs and fixed charges operating maintenance and administrative expenses 586670- interest on capital 960033 renewals 48074 pbsolence and contingencies 67163 sinking fund 1 213167 cost in excess of revenue from power sold to private com panies 83770 2451684 the list of arrears was reylewed and instructions issued as to their disposal the superintendent exhibited a new type of switch the new type was agreed bytlie commissioners to e very complete but the cost of installation was felt not to be advisable at the present time acton and district united church w ms thank offering meeting mrs atkins of the manse balllnafad was the- guest speaker at the easter thank offering meeting of the womens missionary society of the united church hflri on thursday lvrnreb 31 t school room of the church was prettily decorated with easter lilies and spring flowers mrs aitkins explained the work of the different departments and the alms of the womens missionary society saying that it was the most perfectly organized society oflts kind in the world she concluded her address by giving an inspirational easter message mrs j k gardiner and mrs r r arnold con tributed to the programme with vocal and piano solos after the meeting lunch was served five cars in motor mixup five cars and one towing truck badly wrecked- and two- people injured that was the toll exacted by an icy stretch of highway at the sixteen mile creek bridge in trafafgar township ori satur day the melee began when a car driv en by clayton helmbecker beresford avenue toronto coming east along the dundas highway hit the slippery patch at the same time as another car driven by w h ford kingswood road tor onto they met head on a third auto close behind fordi piled into the heap it was driven toy clifford plyley of st georges ontario the score at the end of the first round was three cars and no injuries provincial officer kyle then appeared on the scene and also a towing truck which started to tow helmtoeckers car away another car then hove in sight eastward bound containing scj mour cohn of detroit and his wife cohn saw the wreckage ahead slapped on his brakes to avoid a collision and sideswiped the towing truck ripping half the side off it he was injured about the head and his wife suffered cuts on the leg they were attended by dr bremner of palermo the next car to come on the scene was driven by j ollpcr or toronto constable kyle signalled to him to stop which he tried to do he skidded into an abutment of the bridge with such force that he re bounded into the middle qf the highway turned completely around the entire chapter of accidents took place within a space of 45 minutes no charges were laid against any- of- the drivers wife of stirling editorwnjured overturning in the ditch when the wheels of his car struck a frozen- rut four miles east of cobourg late sunday night a e dobbie editor and publisher of the newsargus stirling escaped in jury his wife who was injured was assisted by a passing motorist and takon from the scene of the accident to the home of friends in belleville with mr and mrs dobbie in the car was their 7- m baby who aisoescaped ln jury mr dobbie was a native of lime- house and learned the printing trade in georgetown and is wellknown in this district haltonpeel jersey club the most successful banquet ever- held by the jersey cattle club of halton and peel counties was enjoyed in st pauls united church milton last week over fifty being present from peel county dr g i christie of ihe o a c guelph was guest speaker the toast master was peter dick president of the club the address of welcome was given by mayor e syer dr christie intrd- duced 6y ehno ashton said agriculture was in a pbad condition but becoming discouraged would do no good farmers before had stood the test he said and would- do so again stress was also laid on the necessity of learning jarmlng from the ground up the same as any other trade or business j c bull peel police magistrate paid great tribute to efforts made to increase value of stock in the united states and canada miss- reba wylle of streetsvllle gave a read- ing a c shearer agricultural repre sentative of peel county introduced the guest of honor martin graham of britannia a boy of twelve years wlio had won a silver cup at brampton fair for best jersey calf over a score of com- peltors also first at the school fair and first at cooksville and streetsvhle fairs others wk6spofce ljffefly were jas mckane president of the peel hoi- stein club mr bird expresident hal- ton holstcln club mr green of illinois mr bremner acting secretary of the jersey breeders association of canada jos dolson and jack fraser of peel mr boulter of niagara falls ontario fruit grower and prominent jersey breed er who owns a farm near georgetown was also present i the play the bishops candlesticks was presented by streetsvllle junior club the women of st pauls united church were congra tulated on the banquet the milton high school orchestra provided music npwadays it isnt clothes make a man its his car that jm 31 v