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- 7 fls snbain n n arnenain n c ces cce indfi n ns ns io mm cicninnnnmssnenman march 2» $102 Million Ontari & ® & ' iquor Bill in 1944-- The Ontario _ Liquor Control| produced either in Ontario or Que-- Board's liquor, beer and wine sa]eslllaec, 51;(: congcagmed lto reiulations. s A n addition, analyses had been for the )ear' ending last March ,31 made of products of 21 wineries. were 5102.880,846. a 7.3 per cent in-- Wine sales increased from 3,_ crease to the $95,819,513 sales the| 082,769 in 1944 to 3,166,288 gallons in previous year, according to a board 19'%15- ier h6 L\ 6 § & s s nder e iquor ontro Ct, return tabled in the LeglslaturelmnvictionS were 26,566 for 1945. yesterday. ' In the board's annual report it was shown that, while sales in | liquor stores were down &3.561.384.} sales of beer in bulk and in bever--| age rooms had advanced from $48.-' 647.605 to $61,034,601, and sales in | wineries had increased from $3.--| 264,069 to $3,504,791. Increase in | j beer sales in retail outlets and| ew beverage rooms had advanced 25.4, j per cent during the year. | Boost in Permit Holders | o An estimated four out of every| eme o I seven adults in Ontario--two out| of five of the entire population--| Along simi inbs holds a liquor permit, according to| . ernn ,,'("t similar imes to CC.P, Gov-- Liquor Commissioner W. G. Web--, |0 EN O NLMOn® . Ut Saskatche: Feten + M | |wan, a new labor code for Ontario Rt;port of the commision showed ; j"%thDr(I:pOS'O(l co vesteraay toy m ® --4 | ln gis A at what a sharp rate issue of liquor | H. C§r|ir$°l(}]jaéu;6 .\Ses;grdgy by + permits had increased in the Prov--| The bill would r d cthig /; ince in two years. In April, 1944.! of tnhe )L hwouLd lepeal the portion only 629,637 residents held permits.! W hien provieel onl inA By 1945, the number had increased | g2+ px.ox.ndes for. application of to 1,537,497 and it is estimated un--| }a]tel Don(1;non warlime labor reeu-- officially that 1,750,000 permits now | ons IPC. 1003) to Ontario lins are in use. | dustries; create a right to collective Beer ration books did not show| b'ar_gaxmng, and exclusive represen-- such a marked increase, the num-- falion by the agency chosen byiima-- ber advancing from 1,156,873 in| jority vote of workers in any plant; April. 1944, to 1,455,223 in March.| provide for a vote if 25 per cent of 1945. Wine ration books in(-reasedi "39 wolkérs demand l-t: o in _the from 479,681 to 935172 Wine in Labor Board power to inquire. into Ontario is not now sold on ration! and .dlSSOh'e P EO IPA NS un@on. coupons, though there is limitation | Stiff penalties are provided for on purchase. | evasion--as much as $200 for an in-- Sale of Ontario beer for export| dividual and $5,000 for a corpora-- more than doubled in the past five lron--Wwilh imprisonment up 16 one years, the report showed, jumping' year for a second offense. Where from 2477,639 gallons in 1941 to an employer continues to disobey a 5,378.745 in 1945 Total Ontarioi poard oxjder. the bill would author-- sale of domestic beer in the same|! |ize the Government to take over the period ladvanced from 31,303.708' p.la'nt and put a controller in charge. gallons to 45,785,337. Union security would be protected The report showed 125 brewers' \through a modified form of union retail stores in operation, only one |shop and the checkoff of union dues new one having been opened during \at the request of the employee. the year, in Delhi, Ont. The board reported that all beer analyzed,