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Page 2 The Haileyburian ' Thursday, Januaty 12," 1961 THE HAILEYBURIAN and COBALT POST Publisked be Temiskaming' Printing Co. Ltd. New Liskeard, Ont. Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Issued every Thursday, from The Haileyburian Office, Broad- way Street, Haileybury, Ontario. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office, Department, Ottawa. In Canada -- $2.50 per year in advance. In United States -- $3.50 per year in advance. 0 Tuponia! 0 Hochelaga! How many Canadians, one wonders, realize how narrowly they escaped being known instead as Tuponians or Hochelagans? We confess we ourselves did not until we unearthed the grisly intelligence in the course of a recent reading of the life of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the most colourful of the fathers ef Confederation. Tuponia and Hochelaga, if you can believe it, were seriously proposed as names by which the nation born out of Confedera- tion should be known, Tuponia being the more strongly fa- youred, (To readers who, like ourselves, would wonder why we can only answer that it derived from The United Provinces of North America.) Fortunately, the fates (to their everlasting ¢redit) relented and the eventual decision was taken to broaden the term "Canada" to cover the union of the four provinces Ontario and Quebec (hitherto known as Upper and Lower Canada), Nova Scotia and New Brunswcik. Hochelaga, being the Indian name for Montreal, would seem to have been deserving of rather more consideration than the ineffable Tuponia, but in all frankness we must admit to sharing McGee's own feelings on the matter. Addressing his colleagues on February 9, 1865 he commented thus: | "Now I would ask any member of this House how he would feel if he woke up some fine morning and found himself, instead of a Canadian, a Tuponian or a Hochelagander?" | From that moment on, we suspect, the battle was won... i WITH A HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN Home Improvement Loans are available through your bank under the National Housing' Act for alterations and repairs to the exterior or interior : of a home and for a wide variety of other improve- | ments. You may borrow up to $4,000 with up to ten years to repay. These loans are also available to the owners of rental properties. WITH A FARM IMPROVEMENT LOAN Farm Improvement Ldans, backed by the Domin- ion Government are available from your bank-- up to $7,500 at five per cent simple interest and up to ten years to repay. ie | These loans cover the purchase of all types of | farm equipment and improvement to the farm - house and farm buildings. WITH A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN Enquire about Government-backed loans for improvements to small business establishments - f through the chartered banks--up to $25,000 and ae _up to ten years to repay. lnm Why Wait for Spring? i BORADVICE AND-ASSISTANCE, CALL YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT OFFICE : . 'ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER OF LABOUR, CANADA (Continued From Page One) takes were made, 'I make no ex- cuses for this," he said, 'I had nothing to start with, no descrip- tions of properties were available, no maps were on hand, and the work of the previous assessor was, in such a state that I had to put aside his records and start from scratch." Mr. Major said that the chief reason for opposition to his work was lack of understanding by the ratepayers of his terms of refer- ence. "They had been told, and I suspect the author of the informa- tion, that a higher - assessment would mean higher taxes." "What the people didn't under- stand was that I had nothing to do with their taxes," he said, "and nothing I told them seemed to register." "As evidence of poor assessment work in the past I found this condi- tion,'"' Mr. Major explained, "'Sev- enty-five per cent of the ratepay- ers in Bucke Township were pay- ing more taxes then they should, five per cent were all right, and the remaining 20 per cent were getting away with murder.' "T finished the job, and was sat- isfied that I did as good a one as was possible under the circum- stances," he concluded, "received a lot of abuse, and bad treatment, and re-acted to this as might be expected when I. knew I was on the griddle." Mr. Major also said that there were many acres in Bucke Town- ship which did not belong to the township but which were not on the rolls. '""'The previous assessor did a remarkably poor job," he said. Mr. Major found an ally in the person of Wayne Gow, assessor for the Department of Municipal Affairs. "Mr. Major did an excellent job of assessing Bucke Township," he said, "'there were errors, there al- ways are, and the Court. of Ap- peal is there to correct them."' Mr: Gow also indicated that Reeve Groom was off the beam when he suggested that he would toss out the assessment and re- vert to that of the previous year. "The assessment was made, the Court of Appeal was held, and now the assessment stands." Questioned on the point of ac- tion by a higher court, Mr. Gow said, "In my oponion no judge has the authority to toss out an asséss- ment after the Court of Appeal has acted and the further ten days for an appeal to a higher court has -passed. Foster Rice, chairman of the Court of Appeal told the meeting that the Court had made certain recommendations (these are car- ried in another section of the Speaker). He said that 100 appeals were handled and that adjustments were made on 40. "This -is an excellent record for any assessor faced with a com- pletely new assessment. He should have had five years for the job. Mr. Rice also said that the as- sessment should not be discarded, "We should take this as a starting point, and improve the records every year," he said, FINOLAY ELECTRIC says: WHEN IT COMES, to; = --_-- ww 7 WE ADVISE '~~ THE ANSWER IS: FOLKS! FINDLAY ELECTRIC CONTRACTING -WIRING & REPAIRS -- OIL BURNER: SERVICE-RADIO SERVICE 1052-3662 345-CECHL ST HAILEYBURY ~~ Haileybury Miss Lucie Heroux of Earlton has returned to the Haileybury Convent after spending the holi- day season with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Heroux. Misses Georgina and Theresa Quenneville of Latchford have re- turned to their studies at St. Mary's Academy here after holi- daying with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Quenneville. Ernest Rocheleau of Elk Lake has been a patient in Misericordia Hospital where the underwent sur- gery. Visiting with their parents in Elk Lake during the holidays were Pauline Laurin, Danielle Lacasse, Alice Chalut and Therese Laurin, all students at St. Mary's Acad- emy. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Conroy were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Switzer and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Anderson: of Latchford. Mr. G. Ramsay has returned to Beaver Lodge, Alberta, after vis- iting with his mother, Mrs. S. Ramsay. ee Pee Miss Carolyn Pelangio, who has spent the holidays with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Pelangio, has returned to Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Briden were in London recently to attend the wedding of their son, Heber Alex- ander, to Miss Barbara Heron © Bell. Members of the Pentecostal Church are holding their annual meeting Friday evening, January | 13, when reports of the year's work in the various departments will be heard. Only ten members were present when the regular meeting of the Rebekah Lodge was held Thursday evening. A great deal of sickness among members and their famil- ies was reported. Recent . guests Mr. and Mrs. at the home of John Gilkes were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gilkes, Judy, . Debbie and John, and Mr.~-and Mrs. R. D. Gilkes, all of Hamil- _ ton. The Junior and Girl's Auxiliaries of St. Paul's Anglican Church. will resume their meetings this week following the holiday season. WATCH FOR BUCK JANUARY CLEARANCE!! For MINES STAFF HOUSES CANTEENS and INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENTS e RAILWAY MAINTENANCE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS CAFETERIAS LET US ANALYZE YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND OFFER A DETAILED PROPOSAL. [RAWLEY & MECRACKEN COMPANY LIMITED ~ MONTREAL © TORONTO © SUDBURY © WINNIPEG © NORTH BAY © VANCOUVER - ¢ a