YEAR 08; No. 138. "LORD WILLINGDON IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BOARD OF DOMINION APPRAISERS IS RECOMMENDED FOR CUSTOMS The Commercial Protective Associaton Would Reduce the Nusber of Pars of Entry, of Which Canada Now Has 681. Treat: Went of Cases of Wholesale Suaggling or Under-Valuation Ottawa, June 8---Bstablishment of 8 board of dominion appraisess, to|nu be appointed by the Governor-in- Council, consisting of a chairman and four members, which should reeds the pressnt board of 'cus- hs, is Tecommended in a statement presented before the special com- : » investigating the administra f of a customs depar:ment this morning. R. P. Sparks, head of the Commercial Protective Association, read the statement to the committee. *"The hoard of customs as constitut ed lacks the technical training which should be possessed by a board of ominion appraisers, selected as we gest," the statement says. Pro- board, it is suggested in the ement, should proceed as soon as possible after its appbfhtment with a complete reconsideration of apprai- sal aystem and personnel, both at the head office and at ports. It should he given power to retain such spprais- ers as it considered competent and | qualified, and to appoint, with the a steér's approval, such further ap- rs as may be required. Reduce Porta of Entry. The statement submitted today re- commends a drastic reduction in the riper of ports of entry in Canada. P bly tour hundred ports should be closed, it says. It points out that ¥ ® The Baily B KINGSTON, successor to Baron London, June 8.----It was of- fically . announced to-day that Lord Willingdon of Ratton has accepted. the appointment as Governor-General of Canada, succeeding Baron Byng of Vim who retires next month, > Lord Willingdon has been suc- cessively Governor of Bombay and of Madras. He sat for Hastings from 1000 to 1906 as a Liberal, and 1atér- for the Bodmin Division of Cornwall. Ys the United States has 270 ports of entry. The United Kingdom but 80 | ports of entry, while Canada, with a much smaller population and Cus | toms revenue, has 681 places at | which customs revegue is collected. | With reference to cases of whole- sale smuggling or under-valuation, the statement suggests that in all cages of conviction, where both fine and imprisonment are provided, both fing and imprisonment should be im- posed: The acceptance of a bribe or gratuity by a customs officer, says the statement, should be punished by imprisonment, without the option Hof a fine. The department should be offenders through the courts in all cases of wholesale smuggling and under valuation: in all cases where the amount involved in the seizure is $200 or over. In the case of petty smuggling the department should have the option of disposing of the case departmentally or referring it to/the courts. _ FOR INDIA IS URGED ialative, Mido. M. A. Jinnah, leader of/the Inde- pendent party in the Legislative As- sm bly of India and a member of the Shpddhurst Commission which ted the Royal Military College ay and today, discussing the!it is the ~ only mepresentative of & of India towards the Britian] declared that there sre'a very large number of Indians who do not wish to sever connection from "the British Commonwealth, realizing ent haw excited a feeling of bit- ess in the 'minds of a certain jetion, however, and, as uld have been happy if Home Rule had been given her, so India will be content If she Is given a measurs of autonomy. "If the Government con- * tinues to exasperate all sections of tho people, there is no telling what the political movement will take." 3 . . i Hyen if India bad complete re- sponsible Government, British trade A ould be unaffected and the Indian 53 rket would be there for a long ~~ V¥ime to come. Mr. Jinnah emphati- cally 8d that there is no gues: tion. 'of disloyalty to the British 0 geaith, Indians solely de- Yesponsible government . that enjoyed by other thé British Empire. ---------- Oricket Team. 8-- The English cricket test match ren, Hearn, Roy _ Sutelitte, (if FULLER AUTONOMY |CLAIN THE STATUS OF CHORCH UNCHANGED Repudiate Ap~- plication of Word "Gone Ireland |. Montreal, June 8.--Strenuous ob- Jection was voiced at the Presby- terian - General Assembly in Knox- Crescent' Church yesterday to the contention of the United Church that Presbyterian ideals in Canada, and preliminary steps were taken to en- sure thet the public be Julisttengd on the fact thai the body now A ing Mself the Presbyterian Church in Canada, is not the "continuing Pres- byterian Church," but still maintains the status it held before the United Church came into deing in June of last year. The efi iy tharbeslibril, required to take proceedings against | From 1005 to 1912 he was Junior Lord of the Treasury. The new Governor-General was born plain Freeman Free man-Thomas, and in 1010 he was created first and in 1924 first Viscount Willingdon. He was born in 1866, attended Eton afd Cambridge, being cap- tain of the cricket eleven in both cages, married in 1802 Hon. Marie Adelaide, daughter of the late Lord Brassey, and his heir is Hon. Inigo Brassey Freeman Fhomas. : Lord Willingdon was in Can- agla early this year and was a of Lord and Lady Byng eau Hall, Ottawa. He was panied by . Lady Willing- da He was in Toronto late in" January, and was asked by newspapermen as to rumors that he was to become the next Governor-General of Canada. His reply was that rumors were not to be relied upon. He also mentioned that he was a Lib. eral in politics, whereas the ONTARIO, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, Byng as Governor Of Canada Lord Willingdon of Ratton . LORD WI Conservatives were in Great Britain. Lord Wil wills on his way to China at the time. He was at the head of the Chinese Indemnity Fund Committee which was going to Ching to arrange for the return by the British Government of the Box- er indemnity amounting *o soe / power in £11,000,000. CIVIL SERVICE BOARD ACT WAY BE AMENDED Question of Larger: Salaries and Pensions Being Studied, Lely Ottawa, June 7--The Goverhment is considering asking Parliament to amend the act creating the Civil Service Commission, Premier King stated in the House of Commons yes- 'terday afternoon in answer to a question by J. 8. Woodsworth, La- bor, Winnipeg North Centre, Mr. 'Woodsworth asked if the Prime Min- ister could give 'the House the as- surance that the Civil Service Com- mission vacancies would be filled be- fore the end of the present session." The Government was anxious to have In the positions men whose character and personality would re- commend them to the country, said the Prime Minister, It was not easy to find such men, and it might be necessary to ask Parfament to am- end the act. At the present time the commissioners would receive $6,000 & year for ten years, but there was fon or retir t fund in con+ no 5 nection with the positions. The Gov- ernment was considering whether or not it should ask Parliament for larger salaries and pensions. In the meantime the commission was being in no way.embarrassed, as the Jus- tice Department had ruled that the .{ chalfman could act for the.commis- sion a# a whole. The suggestion that vernment. v being considered by the May Make Drivers Pass © loverament Examination rE Som-- : | Toronto, June 8--Forced to action by the increasing nam- ber of motor car accidents in the province, it was stated this Darsihg on reliable authority, that OntariodGovernment would next year proclaim the one commissioner act ligne was also | SAVING BY SENATE, In Railway Construction Claimed by Senator W. B. Ross. Ottawa, June 8.--In the Senate last night, Senator W, B. Ross read 4 memorandum on the saving effect- ed by the Senate in the National In 1924, he said, seven branch Hnes penditure of $12,249,000. Arrange- 'ments weré made with the provinces. and two of these roads were after. wands constructed, but the action of the Senate resulted in saving of at least $11,634,000. Two other roads, the Kingsclear and Vanceboro rail- ways, apd the Kamloops-Kelowna whereby joint arrangements could be made with the Canadian Pacific which eliminatéd much construction. The saving effected in these two roads was estimated at $4,236,000, saying through the Senates' action of over $15,000,000. Crops Blown Out 'By a Windstorm ' Brandon, Man., june 8.--The worst windstorm experienced in this district for years 'com- menced Saturday, continued throughout the week-end and was. still blowing strongly yes- terday. Crops on some farms north of this city were blown out, one or two farmers report- ing fifty per cent.. damage to grain. Crops, both garden and fleld , in all parts of the dis- trict, suffered from' soil shift- lng, and the tops were cut from garden plants in many in. stances. ' . tr *e* PEI 2 0000000 *e 3 i % Ottawa, June 8---An amend- ment to the Canada Grain Act : carried by 58 to 13 in the use of Commons committee agriculture this' morning. d ¥ote was not on party lines, some Conservatives. voting for ee id Seesisitesiie dete testes teprnses railway were passed with conditions, | REMOVE AUTO EXCISE TAX 0 5 PER CENT Anouscemet of Fine Minis- ter in the Commons. Manufacturers Agree to a Re- duction at the Same Rate as the Tax Cut. * Ottawa, June 8.--Hon. J. A. Robb, Minister of Finance. moved an amendment to the Special War Revenue Act in the House yesterday afternoon, the effect of which will be to remove the five per cent. ex- olse manufacturers' tax om motor cars valued at $1,200 and under. * Mr. Robb read a letter from 'the automotive industries of Canada stating that automobile manufactur- ers would agree to rece the price of cars to the public tthe extent of the reduction. The removal of the excise tax ap- plies to all cars of $1,200 and un- der which are forty per cent: manu- factured in Canada up to April 1st, 1927, and 50 per cent. manufactured in Canada after April 1st, 1927. The amendment changes made follows: 5 The Changes. oo (1A) When such automobiles are imported into Canada before the first. day of April, 1927, from an, British country the goods of which are admitted to fhe benefit of the British preferential tariff, when at least forty per cent. of the cost of producing the finished automobile has been incurred im such British country; or "(IB) When such Automobiles are imported into on and. after the first day 'of April, 1927, from any British country the goods which are admitted to the benel.t of the British preferential tariff, when iat least fifty per cent. of the. cost of producing the finished automobile has been incurred in such British country; or A "(IIA) When such automobiles are imported into Canada before the first day of April, 1927, from any foreign country the goods of which when imported into Canada enjoy most favored nation treatment un- der the provisions of a treaty or convention, when at least forty per cent. of the cost of producing the finished automobile has been incur- ced in such foreign country; or "(1IB) When _ such automobiles are imported into Canada on: and after the first day of April, 1927, from any foreign cpuntry the goods of which when imported into Can- ada enjoy most favored nation treat- ment under the provisions of a treaty or convention, when at least fifty per cent. of the cost of producing the finished automobile has been in- curred in such foreign coiifitry; or "(IIIA) When such automobiles are produced or manufactured in Canada before the first day of April, 1927, when at least forty per cent. of the cost of producing the finished automobile has been incurred in Canada; or > "(I1IB) When such automobiles PRICE WILL BE Cf NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF C [sesss0sssccrceee TO TAKE PICTURE . OF ALL CANADA. Ie |# |» % _ Queber, June 8.--Col. C. R. {| # Ryder, C.B., C.LP., D.8.0., has {# just arrived in this country on his way to Ottawa and after- wards to the capitals of the various provinces to interview the heads of the Federal and Provincial Governments rela- tive to the possibility of allow- ing his firm, the Air Surveys Company of London, to make a complete aerial survey of the whole of Canada. His idea is to secure combined Federal and provincial action on the Domin- ion-wide supvey scheme. +> b I |e le | % * IR + : * + { + * * * * * * * * * * * * * -* * * * * * + ® *22%00009000000 0 SURPLUS OF $350,000. a Bracken Government Ends Fiscal 3 Year well. Winnipeg, June 8---A surplus ap- proximating $350,000 will be shown by the Bracken Government for the fiscal year which ended on April 30 last, according to reports obtained in Government circles here today. In his estimates, Premier Bracken, as Provincial Treagurer, anticipated a deficit of about $345,000. Tha fav- orable balance is attributed to under- expenditure of certain appropriations and to unexpected 'veturns from cer- tain sources of revenue. ------------ AUTHORIZATION T0 "BORROW $150,000,00 Government Financing will Take Care of Loans Matur- ing in 18926 and 1927. + Ottawa, June 8.--The Government of Canada was authorized by Parlia- ment yesterday to borrow ome hun- dred and fifty million 'dollars to re- tire loans maturing in 1926 and 1927. Of this sum about $43,000,- 000 will fall due in New York in Oeotober and November of this year. Next year's maturities are nearly all payable in Canade. Hon. J, A, Robb, Minister of Finance, said that the STILL AWATT INTERVIEW ON HYDRO RATES Utilities Commission Anxions to * Have the Matter Settled. 0 BOOST GAS SALE The members of the Public Utili- tiles Commission are still very anx- lously awaiting an interview with the - Hydro-Electric Commission, regard- Ing the rates for electricity in King. ston, and the cost of power. The latest information is to the effect that it will likely be two weeks or perhaps longer before the mem- bers of the Commission will have an opportunity of interviewing the pow- ers that be at Toronto, in regard to the matter, Commissioner James Halliday rais- ed the question at a meeting of the Commission held on Monday after- nodn, and Chairman McFarlane stated that he thought that the week after next, the Kingston deputation would receive a hearing. It is the in- tention to have the entire commis sion, along with Manager Folger, go to Toronto, to take up this import- ant matter. : Commissioner Halliday suggested that the members of the Commission bold a preliminary meeting before leaving for Torontu, in order to pre- pare the case for the city, and it is altogether Hkely that this action will be taken. ; ° To Boost Sale of Gas. Following up the discussion held at a recent meeting of the sion, it was decided to have | Government would follow the usual policy borrow wherever it could | pro, Of | get the cheapest money---whether in Canada, England or the . United States. The resolution and the bill based on it passed all stages of the House within half an hour. 'Mr. Robb ex- plainéd that the actual sum Feyurey was about $1.3,500,000. On October 30th, about $35,000,- 000 falls due, and on November 15th, another $8,000,000. These two are payable in the United States. Next year's maturing liabilities ag- gregate $100,505,000, most of which are due in Camada. ° Answering a question, Mr. Robb said that the Government had not decided where it would raise the new money. = » Massey Estate, $8,000,000, Toronto, June 8--The Telegram states today that it has been inform- ed. that approximately $3,000,000 was the estimated value of the es- tate left by the late Chester D. Mas- sey. It is sald that of this about one- third is bequeathed to his son, Hon. Vincent Massey; . one-third will be devoted to church and other philan- thropic enterprises, and the remaind- er apportioned in bequests to other members of the family and to others. SOME WILD FIGHTING IN HOUSE COMMITTEE isslles Thrown in Spectacu~ lar Free-for-All in Wash Now that the price of gas has been lowered, it fs the desire of the Coms mission tq. boost the sale, and an in- teresting advertising campaign and demonstration for the "Cook With Gas" slogan, will be carried on, it is the intention to hold demonstrat' fons of cooking on gas stoves and particulars of the campaign will be given in the press. The water hydrant in front of Pe ter Lee's Grand Cate, on Princess street, which has been the vause of a great deal of discussion in civie circles of late, bobbed up-again at Monday's session.of the Commission, when W. M. Nickle appeared on be- half of Mr. Lee, and asked {hat the Commission replice the street hy: drant, with a wall hydrant. Mr. Nie- kle pointed out that Mr. Lee's busi- ness suffered to a considerable ex- - tent, as s result of the by-law for-. bidding the parking of autos Within twenty feet of 4 hydrant. Mr. Lee was also present at the meeting, and pointed out how his suffered from this hydrant. ad " The Board of Works ed that the hydrant objected to be replaced with a wall hydrant, apd this recommendation was passed by the Council but the suggestion of Mayor Angrove, to have the hydrant covered with = suitable box, and ale low a sign, "park here" painted on it, will likely be carried out.' Asis - Other Business. ? " Teriders were received for the supe ply of 23,000 tons of coal for plant and it was decided to : the lowest tender, that of the.Cen- tury Coal Company Ltd., Mo