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l an interesting story statistics may not be very attractive but they certainly tell an interesrmg story for instance miere are seven ontario towf5 that operate their municipal government entirely apart from the odiacent county councils they are brockville tienton smiths falls ingersoll gartanoque st mary s and prescott i the statistics released by the ontario depart n ent of municipal affairs prove once again that it is cheaper to live in the country too in 1949 tr e per capita tax levy in ontario s 29 c ties av r eraged 52 35 whereas the same figure for the towns and villages was 34 44 and for people ttvtng in townships 32 38 ttu rural residents atemore careful in their financing than their city cousins while the 29 cities cut their per capitadebtirom 192 1926 to 75 in 1949 it stilt remains far above the 40 per cap ta debt of the average township the tcvyns cjnd villages of the province have not had c an auspicious record the average per capi ta town and v llage debt m 1926 was lp7 and it is now ut under 80 that is twite the av erage in the townships towii and village per capita debt was down to 48 85 in 1945 but the lost f vevars ahcrwydan increase of 6 per cent which is qi tt a climb m tht niunic pal world for ontario t is ubed properly but this half baked appeal to pare to protect their children from a feeling of being left out is somewhat disheartening for an industry as new as television quite a number of years ago professor thor stc n veblen expounded a theory which he cal led conspicuous consumption the theory deals bas cally with buying things to keep up wijh- the neighbours and fbm the united states comes an example of that wnere people are buy ing imitation television aerials and erecting them on the roof top quietly they sit back with the satisfaction of having kept up with the neighbors in a cheap way vebfen had a lot to say about that another angle on the television story is one enly recently uncovered thieves go into a high class- suburb look for television aerials and make note of the house for a quick robbery television ts definitely malting a mark on our age and its potertfjalities are great all that remains to be done will take tunc but we certain l hope it wlii not have its growth stunted in the type of programs it features i rror or b irt r is p irt of i n ist lbukin as th jjulnil puts it suit i ss i not th mis c hn t m is lu c iik i ft in itnnot puhli h v p ipt r i tuun christrrns nd t ir in t ii pr v in is r c re thi re vv ts 4m 1 vv 1 l in i iiikh nici ii two 11 tr th l 1x1 s c irri l two p in hit n mil tnki s inrl t 111 f nl scon on ll r 1 st i ii sill il i n 1 tuik v f r hi icennip lsh drntil stirsrnn mill st i nnu ii iluik ct n oiiki tin lis mill t in t ml p in thli pilor 1 1 f g oakes vs b v s ftrrlnarv surlrun olln nxl iii si i me kii vp ac i i 1 ii ill 1 mm 11 r the good old days may have seemed better back in 1901 what a beautiful day the holidav season th s year has brought sur pus nqv hne weather chr simas vs is white and new year s hcke3 its usual road block ng stomi it was n all a very pleasant holiday just back from the newyears festivities we recall a great miny storms thatb1ocked roads and start ed the year off w itlvablast one storm m par t cular we were driving through with the car ndiq issu ngepeated warnings that only fools would driveton ighr dont drtvetka was the first radio report we had heard all day the christmas weather followed its custom iry pattern of favourable weather this year too ii was a whiiflchristmas evertsthough the snow was not as abundant here as further north a trrp through arthur and durham proved that the snow had been falling beside the road one car editorial notes this item clipped from an english newspaper i jiir vihcnrt that thebtilishchhas not- lost i s sense of humour mr charles garland vice ptestcfent national union of manufacturers said it minchester yesterday our grandfathers worked s x days a week walked to church or undiys and sang work for the n ght is com nig now the r grandchildren work four d lys a week takt a bus to church and hear a h rod cho r sing ng art thouweary art thou lan ou d taktn from the isstti o tht frit prus of tlturs janua v 3 i0i m i tht mu pints to ill tht uomin itions councillors rt sulud nturs bmij pto was almost completely buried and in one town a oetour was necessary while workrrwn busily cleared the street for pay boosts to the armed services the civil serv ce and the mounties expendi ture will be increased by 46 500 000 a year whether the r urease is as good as expected in the services is not known government employ ees nave to wait until parliament approves of the new schedule which is not so good and there are 6 000 who will be laid off notft april v hich m itself is a government admission thai there has been over staffing x employees who jave been working 39 hoursa wek or less will oe required to work long noun can that be termed a all i a imo c will approve of remuneration of all employees in the 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