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red -- the ging "Department of Transports. - 3 $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents single copy. oo Watch your label; it tells when your . SET SA LS "Ontario Conservatives are said to be ready to contest any election that may be brought about owing to the repudiation of been denfed. = 7 has resigned his position, and is Hydro contracts. : - $$ ¢ 9 ¥ _ * A rumor became current in Ottawa that 127 members of the House of Commons staff were to be dismissed. The rumor has PE several years. editor of The Globe, succeeded by: A. A. McIntosh, * 8° A mad cow, pursued by crowds and police along St. Clair Harry W. Anderson, for Avenue, Toronto, last week, attacked a small boy, gored the boy's "being shot dead by police. father in the leg, and chased its owner up a telegraph pole before * e® ; . Governor Hoffman ordered the Jersey State police to re-open their investigation of the kidnapping and slaying of the Lindbergh baby. The Governor, who defied threats of impeachment two weeks ago after granting Bruno Hauptmann, convicted murderer of the child, a thirty day reprieve which saved him from execution "on the night of January 17, told Norman Schwarakopf, State Police, fat Hauptmann's fate is "almost the least important feature of this case." We cannot accept any solution that, even 'by interference, is less than complete," he wrote, adding there Is "abundant evidence that other persons participated in the crime. 3 5 & B® Plan are now under way at Ottawa for the amal amation of Departments of Interior, Mines, Immigration and Indian Affairs, 'under the FORT 0 allways, RITAIS aNd pame of the Department of National Resources, and for C A pew course in criminology which is to be given to students| 1 the third and fourth year law has just been inaugurated at the ) De Toronto by Dr. K. C, Gray, counsel to the Minister of Health and graduate doctor and lawyer. : ag 9 . vpn ba The American side of Niagara Fall has been nearly dry for the past . Ice has jammed the channel upstream and diverted the water to Canadian side. Some breaks were made toward : the end of the week. z -- _ mons to represent the Scottish Univrsities:™ 7 o 8.8 : : "Painless dentistry" will receive a new impetus, according te a number of Toronto dentists, by the use of a new discovery de. scribed as the "Hartman Pain Killer," : Ramsay MacDonald has been elected to the House of Com- RL nator Borah, of Idaho, has announced that he will be a can- didate for the Presidency in the next United States election." » J ] of Peel County's best-known landmarks, the Carolina Pines. Hotel, built on the site of the old Indian trading post, from which Port Credit took its name, was destroyed by fire last week, with a loss estimated at not less than $25,000, which is only partly covered by insurance. : : -- * ® 9 Shovel work oh the Sault Ste Marie-White River highway link : " ~coinmences shortly. Hon. Peter Heenan, Ontario Lands and For- « sid d "the Legislature and member 2 T ua 5 i} 7 st Minister, announced over the week-end. The link, a little icky than 100 miles long as the bird flies, is the last big gap in the 1dng-planned tourist and traffic highway, which is to traverse all of Northern Ontario from the Quebec line to the Manitoba boundary. ' ; RAT = see i vo simultaneous second-alarm blazes, testing the full re- So ae Toronto Fire Department, on Friday night of last week, swept the East End Balmy Beach Canoe -Club property and the four-storey Miln Building at 6-10 Johnson Lane, with a total loss approaching $100,000. Belching high into the clear, frosty sky, the blazes formed twin pillars of fire above the city, drawing thousands of spectators to watch the firemen put in the busiest night in the recent history of the brigade. 5 ERS eas LB ; ames Brockett Tudhope, at various times Mayor, member of y ore of Parliament, and for many years a leading resident of Orillia, seventy-eighth year. a Because not one Socal Credit member of Alberta's Legislature ) has ever sat in 8 Legislative Assembly, drilling in parliamentary yeedure was the highlight of a two-day caucus of Government proces that jo 10 A Rrdmtonton. Robert A. Andison, Clerk of the Assembly, was the instructor. . fhe National Conference for Palestine called upon American Jewry to raise $3,600,000 to finance an exodus of Jews from Ger- 'many and other European lands. A previous decision to seek $2,600,000 was changed upon receipt of a cable from Palestine de- scribing the position of the European Yew as "worsened" The "money would be raised during 1036. . : es . Sir Owen Seaman, who was editor of Punch for twenty-six ears, died after a prolonged illness, "He was 74, His name ha n inseparably associated with the magazine for any years. As a writer of light verse he showed remarkable versatility, In valedictory lines he wrote to eminent personages he invariably struck an appropriate note. Sir Owen was editor of Punch from ; to until Toa2. Bo to that time he was assistant editor for| four years and was associated with the magazine since 1897. He 'was created a Baronet in 1033. Ph ES : This settlement by the Ontario Government of the Provinces most controversial issue--an issue of over half a century's dur- ption -- was definitely ascertained at Queen's Park. Having eighed the arguments of separate school supporters for what "elaim to be their right to share in corporation tax revenues 1 purposes, the Government has definitely abandoned eme of merely handing out "grants in aid" to separate The new apportionment of corporation taxes as between and separate schools is to be made 'in legislation to be down De The impending session of the Ontario hereafter. Supt. ot | died at his home in Orillia, in his| d| be rehabilitated and operated to take care of the traffic offering; t : before the House prorogues, and will ese ps Hon, David C. Croll, Minister of Municipal Affairs, is to be commended for the excellent Annual Report of Municipal Statis- tics which has recently been pubished. It is a fine piece of print- ing, and a comprehensive survey of the Province from a statistical point of view. The Report contains--a Sunimary of Statistics, Comprehensive summaries--1924-1934, Municipal Statistics for cities, towns, villages, townships, counties, waterwarks, gas- works, and an index, : : A few items of the information given will be of interest to our readers. There are in all 940 municipalities in Ontario, consisting of 38 counties, 28 cities, 8 separated towns, 956 towns in counties, 44 towns in districts, 146 villages in counties, 10 villages in dis- tricts, 26 suburban and semi-urban townships, 409 rural town- ships,, in counties, and 186 rural townships in districts. The assessed population of Ontario is 8,275,228, of which 1,490,293 live in cities, 475,369 in towns, 137,316 in villages, and 1,172,260 in townships. - These totals reveal the fact that in On- tario 818,043 more persons live in the 28 cities than those who reside in rural townships, Altogether there 'are 930,728 more persons in urban municipalities (including villages) than in rural townships, The 'assessed acreage in Ontario is 25,868,681 acres. : The total value of land in the Province is assessed at $1,266,- 176, 295; and the'buildings at $1,436,225,343, Income for taxatign purposes is assessed at $86,038,072, and the total assessment for the Province, including land, buildings, business, and income, is $3,023,011,441. The average per capita {H ~ Life an Isn't it strange that And common people | 1 A shapeless mass an And each must make --Tamar {bi OO OO n. 'The Cattle Market Thet following statement as to the cattle market was issued in a bulletin by Canada Packers, Limited: For the first time in.six years the world seems to need Canadian wheat; and is apparently willing to buy all, or nearly all, our surplus. Moreover, there seems again a possibility of get- ting back to the old basis when Can- ada sold, each year, practically her total surplus of wheat, As to Cattle, a year ago the outlook And clowns who caper in sawdust rings, Are workers for eternity, To each is given a bag of tools, A stumbling block, or a stepping-stone. RY PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1936 d Work princes and kings, o* ike you and me d a Book of Rules: , e'er time be flown EE RN RTE Emm. Faed in Pall Mall Gazette employees and their families. My ministers are of the opinion that in- dustries should recognize an obliga- tion to co-operate in every manner possible in continuing and providing employment, and that labour and con- sumers have a right to have their voice heard, and influence felt, in the control of industrial polioy, Where these ends cannot be effected through voluntary co-operation of all parties to industry, my ministers are of the opinion that there are the strongest reasons for state intervention. With a view of safeguarding the SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. COUNCIL (Whitby Gazette) County Couucil for hours Wednes- day debated the contentious question of alleged overayments to the Town of Whitby, Port Perry, Beaverton, Cannington and Uxbridge of grants for education of county pupils over a period of years, amounting to $3308.13, which has been the subject of debate at other sessions. ; The question was introduced by Reeve William Parrott, of Reach, shortly after session opened, under the heading of county matters, and finally, when the afternoon had almost gone, with no prospect of any other business being done, the council by resolution, moved by Reeve Fred Clay- ton, of Thorah, requested the Warden, John Low, to name a special eom- mittee to meet with the School Boards of the municipalities mentioned, with a view to arriving at some basis of settlement in lieu of possible court actions with their attendant heavy costs. This committee was also asked in the resolution to meet with Port Perry village and Pickering Township, assessment 1s 8924, The average ta tax levy is $35.60. contribute $72,809,609; towns $16,041,610; villages $3,594,346 townships $26,447,289, Total arrears of taxes $58,189,445, of which $18,366,010 is|' owing in rural townships. The grand total of debt is $467,419,628, being a per capita debt of $143.01. wn tr : How the Money is Gathered and Spent in Counties. The total equalized assessment of the 38 counties is $1,142;- 014,479, upon which the counties,levy $10,871,165. There is a large amount of the taxation outstanding--$4,402,799. The spending of the money raised by taxes within the counties is done under five main heads--agministration of justice, roads, welfare, general administration, education. = Administration of Justice--$906,621. 'Roads--$7,071,795. ¥ 'Welfare--$2,720,671. General Administration--$665,286. Edypcation--$2,871,282, Of these Provincial amounts, Ontario County spends the fol- lowing (1934) figures) : : Administration of Justice---$84,762. Roa 248,68 i ( 248,633, Welfare--8§49,692. General administration--$19,631. Education--$64,888. - Any person who really wishes to be correctly informed in municipal affairs, would do to secure a copy of this Annual Report, which will be. brought tv an'even greater standard of efficiency as the machinery for the collection of statistics is more thoroughly used throughout the municipalities. During the dépression there has been an accumulation of un- paid taxes and this, together with the increasing demands for public service, has made municipal admipigtration a difficult mat Ler, > : T_T Decision wl Whitby-Lindsay Railway." ORDER NO. 52747--BOARD OF RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS In the matter of the application of the Canadian National Railways, hereinafter called the "applicants", under Section 165A of the Railway Act, for approval of the abandonment of operation of that portion of their Port Perry Subdivision, in the Province of Ontario, between Whithy (mile 2.8) and Cresswell (Mile 32.8) a total distance of 80.0 miles: File No. 39310.8 Upon hearing the application at the sittings of the Board held at Port Perry, Ontario, May 29, 1985, in the presence of Counsel for the Applicants and the municipalities interested, and what i alleged; and upon reading the further written submissions ei -- It is ordered 1. That the abandonment of operation of that portion of the "Applicants' Port Perry Subdivision between Cres8well and Port Perry be, and it is hereby, approved ; such abandonment to become!' 'effective March 7th, 1936, That the portion of line between Port Perry and Whitby the said requirement, however, to be without prejudice to the Applicants' renewing their application for abandonment at the expiration of two years, if in the meantime operation of the said portion of line shows a continued loss of revenue, * (Signed) H, Guthrie, : Chief Commissioner, Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada. ~ HAPPY CIRCULATION YOU PAY ME; SS PLL PAY HIM; + ia YOU! vg .| the American market, fort toward increasing opportunities seemed-one of unretteved-gloont--For four years almost record low prices had obtained, The fundamental cause was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff, which raised the Duty against Canadian Cattle entering United States to 8c, per Ib., a rate which since its passing had entirely excluded Canadian cattle from the American market. In De- cember, 1934, cattle were still selling below the cost of production, and it seemed as though the only way to ad- vance prices might be to cut down production to the basis of domestic cpusumption. Then suddenly in January, 1636, prices began to move. Between Jan- uary 1st_and June 1st, 1936, good steers at Toronto advanced from 4%c. to 6%c, per Ib. an advance which added about $20.00 per head to the value of all the Beef Cattle in Can- by factors which had been at work for some time, but which, so far as the Canadian price was concerned, did not begin to register until January, 1935. These factors were: " (1) The policy of the United States Administration to curtail production of Cattle. (2) 'Act of God', which by the drought of 1934 forced to market about seven million U. S. Cattle. The scarcity brought about by these two factors inevitably led to higher cattle prices in United States. In January a level was reached at which Canadian 'cattle began to jump the Hawley-Smoot barrier and mave to During 19356 that movement was probably worth to the Canadian cattle producer $10,000,- 000 to $16,000,000. The outlook for 1936 is further im- proved by the new agreement which came into effect January 1st. By its terms the duty on Canadian cattle en- tering United States is reduced from 3c, to 2¢. per Ih. This may be worth a further $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 to the cattle producer during the coming year, we tin -- Parliament Opens at Ottawa In the- address by the Governor- General at the opening of Parliament on February 6th, tlre following were mentioned among the matters to be dealt with at this session, "As a means of dealing with present emergency conditions, you will be ask- ed, with the approval of the govern- ments of the provinces of Canada, to make provision for the establishment of a representative national commis- sion, which will co-operate with the provinces and municipalities in an en- deavour to provide work for the un- employed, and the supervision of un- employment relief. The commission, which will be assisted by a represent- atie advisory committee, will aim at effecting nation-wide co-operative ef- of gainful employment. "A royal commission has been ap- pointed to inquire jnto conditions in the textile industiy, as the" result of the closing down on January 18 of one of the textile plants in the city of Sherbrooke, thereby occasioning, in midwinter, and at a time of unemploy- ment, great hardship to hundreds of --HE CAN PAY Interests of consumers a full inquiry will be instituted into representations which continue to be made respecting monopolistic control of the importa- tion and distribution of anthracite coal, .- 2 very effort will be made to sub- stitute stability for uncertainity in the administration of customs laws, "It is proposed to make the present position of radio broadeasting in Can- ada the subject of inquiry by a special committee of the House of Commons". [1 nl Resolutions of Con- dolence passed by Dominion Govt. " Moved by Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie ada, This advance was brought about [ King, seconded by Rt» Hon. R. B. Bennett: To the King's Most Excellent Majesty: Most Gracious Sovereign: We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of Can- ada, in parliament assembled, humbly beg leave to express our deep sym- pathy with your Majesty in the af- fliction and loss you have sustained by the death of the late King, Your Ma- jesty's beloved Father, Your Majesty's sorrow: is shared by the people of this dominion, whose re- presentatives we are, King George V, by His fidelity ty duty, His public service, and His constant endeavour to advance the well-being and happiness of all classes, had greatly endeared Himself to His Canadian subjects. We remember with gratitude His unremit- ting efforts to secure friendship and peace among the nations of the world. In common with all parts of the Em- pire, we shall ever deeply cherish His memory. We welcome Your Majesty's acces- sion to the throne of yaur ancestors. We desire, in so doing, to express to you our loyalty and devotion. It is our firm conviction that Your Majesty will ever seek .to promote the happi- ness and to protect the liberties of all your people. As members of the par- liament of Canada, we wish to assure Yaqur. Majesty that, in the discharge of these great responsibilities, it is our desire and determination to up- hold "and support Your Majesty, to the utmost of our authority and wisdom, a 1 would also move, seconded by Mr. Bennett, that the following message of condolence be sent to Her Majesty Queen Mary: Your Majesty: We, the Commons of Canada, in parliament assembled, respectfully beg leave to tender to Your Majesty our heartiest sympathy in your great sorrow and bereavement. We share Your Majesty's grief and loss in the passing of our late sovereign, King George V, who was greatly beloved by all his subjects. "We pray that, at this time, Your Majesty may be comforted and" sus- tained by the remembrance of what your loving companionship meant to the late King throughout his life and reign; by memories of service shared; and by the sympathy and love that everywhere surrounds Your Majesty in your great sorrow. Jing claims both of which municipalities are mak- against the county for amounts alleged to be owing on ac- count of grants for éducation of county pupils over a period of years, which through error were not collect- ed. by Beard secretaries when they were supposed to be due. The village of Port Perry claims the sum of $4,100 and Pickering Township $1021.86. Port Perry, it will :be re- called, has already launched an action against the county to collect the a- mount of 'its claims' with interest and costs, and the trial has been set down for May 11, according to advice given to the Council last week by County Clerk and Solicitor R. Donald Ruddy. The suggestion of several members of the Council was that a settlement might be. arrived at between the County and all municipalities involved in the claims both from and against the county. which would finally settle the matter. Reeve Parrott, of Reach, is the man who over a year ago raised the con- tentious question and has brought it up at every session since. And what is more, his township has withheld from the County about $1800 of the county levy of 1935 on the ground that this amount is coming to Reach from the alleged overpayment to --urban by rural municipalities, DR -- The Warden, John Low, named a special committee the Standing Com- mittee on Education, which comprises Charles Doherty, chairman; Lyman Gifford, Albert E. James and W. M. Letcher. , In case of a settlement between the County and Port Perry and Pickering, the former village will be asked to drop its claim against the county. An alternative proposal made dur- ing the discussion was that each wwnicipalities said to owe the county money for a period of years agree to pay for oné year in full settlement, also that the municipalities of Port Perry and Pickering be asked to ac- cept one year's claims from the coun- ty in full settlement. The legality of any settlement arrived at between the Council and the alleged debtor muni- cipalities was questioned by several members in view of the advice re- ceived by some of them, notably the Town of Whitby, and the town of Ux- bridge, who have absolutely. refused to pay on the ground that they have competent legal advice that the county cannot collect. Some niembers took the view, as previously expressed by County Solicitor R. D. Ruddy, that if the Council paid out any money to Port Perry and Pickering, action might be taken to test the validity of the payments, and, if they were found illegal, members of the Council would be personally liable for the amount paid but. As the discussion dragged on War- attempting to speak more than once when Council was not in committee of the whole. The Warden pointed out that the discussion was getting Coun- cil nowhere, that the school question had been before the Council now for two years, and that since January, 1986, he figured that it had cost the county $1000 for discussion. ER 'Many members of the Couneil want ed to abide by the decision arrived at (Continued on back page) ? den Low took several members to tagk for not addressing the chair an ST 57 pon ed A of