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Labour Minister Gordon _ during the first nine months Carton said recently that olMlthnnthercweryfo‘r there were nine fewer strikes the same period last year, and lockouts in Ontario although the number of Page 2â€"The WestonYork Times, Thursday, November 4, 1971 Strikes down For years, doing the dishes has been one of life‘s necessary evils But now, because of automatic electric dishwashers, more and more people are finding out it‘s an unnecessary evil Consider some of the things an automatic electric dishwasher can save wives from Things like: the dreary routine of washing and drying pots and dishes day after day; the worry of dishpan hands, the RONCESVALLES CHAPEL 436 Roncesvalles Ave. Phone â€"T oronto 533â€"7954 A.J. Lawrence YORKE CHAPEL 2357 Bloor Street West Phone â€" [oronto 767â€"3153 W.G. 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Conciliation officers of the lepartment assisted in 1,146 59 per cent) of the negotiations and obtained agreements in over 48 per cent of these. The department‘s collective agreements library has recorded 1,944 labour contract settlements in Ontario industries other than construction up to the »nd of September this year. These settlements recorded affected 250,293 workers. Manufacturing industries contributed 65.9 per cent of the total time lost in the first nine months of 1971 comâ€" pared to 83.3 per cent for the same period of 1970. The construction industries contributed 19.9 per cent of the time lost this year compared to 10.9 per cent for the nineâ€"month period of 1970. The report stated that 93.2 »er cent of all setlements vas achieved without work itoppages. The report stated that nearly 31 per cent of the manâ€"days lost were the result of five strikes: Ontario Steel Erectors (109,230 manâ€" days), Ford Motor Co. (76,530 _ manâ€"days), Dominion Glass Hamilton (47,025 manâ€"days), Hawker Siddley (33,000 manâ€"days) and _ Dominion _ Glass Bramalea (26,838 manâ€" days). Mr. Carton said that the time lost due to strikes and lockouts this year was considerably lower than in 1970. The report stated that the number of manâ€"days lost in the first nine months of 1971 due to work stoppages was 945,019 compared to 1,025,500 in the same period in 1970. This was a decrease in 80,481 manâ€"days from last year. Commenting on a preliminary. report prepared by the Research Branch of the Ontario Department of Labour, he noted there were 174 strikes and lockouts in the province up to the end of September as compared to 183 during the same period in 1970. The number of emâ€" ployees involved in strikes rose from 61,779 to 69,401 in the same period. employees involved in work stoppages increased. The wifesavers A descendent of the original Canadians will represent Canadian Motherhood at the national Remembrance ceremony on November 11. Mrs. Mary Anderson, a 74â€" yearâ€"old Metis from Selkirk, Manitoba, lost two sons in the Second World War. _ Private John Anderson, 24, was killed in France while serving with the Queen‘s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. He is buried at Brettevilleâ€"surâ€"Laize. Private Vernon Anderson, 20 was killed in Italy in 1943, while serving with . the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry. He is buried near Ortona, scene of much bitter fighting. Mrs. Anderson, a widow, is a descendent of Chief Peguis, who is still remembered in the Selkirk area for his assistance to white settlers. While in Ottawa, she will be the guest of: The Royal Canadian Legion, and will place on of six official wreaths during the nationally televised A Metis mother who lost two sons in World War II, will represent Canadiar national Remembrance ceremony in Ottawa on November 11. She is Mrs Selkirk, Manitoba. Both her sons were killed overseas. One died in Italy in was killed in France a year later. Metis mother represents motherhood ring the He praised OIAA for enâ€" televised couraging the defensive ecccsccccecc00000000000 000000 [ ceremony on November 11 Other wreaths will be placed by the Governor General; a representative of the Prime Minister; the Chief of Defence Staff, Mr. Hession said that according to statistics, one of every two people living today will be involved in a crippling or fatal accident in his lifetime. "Traffic acâ€" cidents happen at the rate of 500,000 per year," said Mr. Hession, ‘‘involving 178,000 injured people." There are % million drivers in Canada today who have not had any type of formal driving instruction, E. G. Hession of the Canada Safety Council told the 51st annual convention of the Ontario Insurance Agents‘ Association in Ottawa recently. Defensive driving supported , will represent Canadian motherhood at the mber 11. She is Mrs. Mary Anderson of . One died in Italy in 1943, and the other General F.R. Sharp; Youth Representatives Marguerite Neveu, Campbellton, N.B., and Carol Hearn, St. John‘s, Nfld., and Redmond Roche, Legion national president. ‘"remarkable decrease in the number of accidents" â€" down to a rate of 1.56 per 100,000 miles. The Canadian Armed Forces have trained almost 80,000 men in defensive driving. The chief of the Defence Staff reported a Mr. Hession also congratulated the OIAA for their decision to expand their promotion â€" of ‘defensive driving as the course is made available throughout the province. Over a twoâ€"year period, the defensive driving course helped the Ontario Provincial Police to reduce their accident rate by 43.2 per cent. During the two years, an average of 1,296 vehicles were driven 64.7 million miles per year. Mr. Hession gave case histories that provided impressive support for defensive driving. He said that after 1500 employees of the City of Ottawa took the course, a 19 per cent drop in vehicle accidents _ was reported in spite of the fact that the number of vehicles in use increased by 12 per cent. driving course and for distributing â€" leaflets â€" to licensed drivers. He urged members of the association â€" as drivers â€" to take the defensive driving course sponsored by the Canada Safety Council, and to continue recommending it to their clients. DENTURE CLINIC is open to supply CUSTOM DENTURES DIRECT TO PUBLILC _ REPAIRS and RELINES MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 8 am. to 8 pm. FINEST QUALITY DENTURES WITH 90 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Economical Fee Schedule 2188 Eglinton Ave. W. ] i82â€"5110 7829032 CLIVE L. MUSSELL _ BRIAN BRIDGES Members of DE NTURIST SOCIETY OF ONTARIO York‘s foremost (at Caledonia) Mr. Jamieson said the Road and Motor Vehicle Traffic Safety Branch of the Ministry of Transport is continuing to develop new safety standards and revise some of those already in existence to improve the safety features of new motor vehicles being offered to the public. To this end, proposed Another amendment to the regulations sets forth more detailed requirements for seat belt installations, designed to improve their safety performance. The amendments to the regulations were published in Part II of the Canada Gazette on October 13. Amendments to the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations lowering the permissible limit of exhaust hydrocarbon emissions from automobiles and other light duty vehicles, are now in effect, Transport Minister Don Jamieson said recently. The amendments reduce the limit _ of evaporative emissions from six grams to not more than two grams of hydrocarbons per test. The test is comâ€" parable, in general terms, to the operation of the average family automobile on a 20 minute urban trip. Canada Savings Bonds stand at the top of the list as the most popular form of investment _ among Canadians. Since the first Canada Savings Bonds campaign 26 years ago, there have been over _ 34%â€"million _ apâ€" plications for ‘bonds and during that time, Canadians have purchased nearly $32â€" billion worth. Canada Savings Bonds are a safe and easy way to save and invest, and the terms of the new series are particularly attractive. They Canadian, American and British authorities in this specialized â€" branch _ of medicine will address an assembly of more than 500 members of the medical profession and allied health personnel. Commencing at 9.00 a.m., the program will comprise a balanced presentation of children‘s and _ adults‘ rehabilitation problems. The Fifteenth Annual S y m p o s i u m o n Rehabilitation will be held in Toronto, _ Saturday, November 13, at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Only 69 permits for conâ€" struction _ of buildings totalling $567,500 were issued by the borough last month. Corresponding figures for 1970 were 9 permits issued at a total value of $4,724,130. Of the 69 permits of Sepâ€" tember, none of these were for the construction of new apartment buildings, and only three were for new stores. ‘The main items accounting for the half million building figure were the construction of an arena and an addition to a school, September was not a boom month for York‘s Building Department. Changes in motor vehicle regulations Boom lowers on York construction figures Bond sales increasing Rehabilitation symposium Further automobile safety proposals, outlining ocâ€" cupant â€" protection requirements and perâ€" mitting alternative solutions to the use of seat belts, were published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on October 23. The automobile industry and others interested in motor vehicle safety will be able to submit to the ministry their comments and suggestions on the proposed amendments to the safety regulations. Mr. amendments to the regulations, already anâ€" nounced in the Canada Gazette in September, will when approved completely revise vehicle lighting requirements to meet inâ€" creased standards of safety and efficiency. The proposed amendments | will also provide for easily recognized symbols to be printed on automobile dashboards to identify vehicle controls; detail further requirements for the use of plastics as safety glazing in certain areas of new vehicle conâ€" struction, _ and _ modify requirements for highway vehicle seat construction and seat belt anchorage design to meet greater safety requirements. offer purchasers an average annual yield of 7.19 per cent if held to maturity in nine years. ‘‘We‘re going to be hitting the average taxpayer a little harder," fumed Controller Douglas Saunders when the report showing the decline in building in the borough was received by the York‘s Legislation and Property Committee. At these annual gatherings, leading specialists freely contribute and share their knowledge and experience with doctors, therapists, nurses and other rehabilitation workers from Canada and the United States. Each $100 Canada Savings Bond in coupon form has nine regular annual interest coupons which can be cashed individually as they come due. These are payable each year on November 1. The first is for $5.75, the second is for $6.75, the next five are for $7.50 each, and the last two are for $7.75 each. Each coupon bond also has three compound interest cerâ€" tificates which makes is The symposium is again coâ€"sponsored by the Ontario Society for Crippled Children and the Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled, a joint responsibility they assumed in 1963. Mr. Saunders said that if the borough had constructed an apartment complex Dr. _ W. R. Harris, F.R.C.S.(C), of Toronto General Hospital is chairâ€" man of this year‘s planning committee. both of which are nonâ€" taxable. The value of this construction totals $84,000. Two new semiâ€"detached homes valued at $101,000 and the three new commercial stores at $238,600 accounted for the bulk of the remaining amount. WETâ€"DAMPâ€"LEAKY .\ BASEMENTS _ N* _ mADEDRY PERMANENTLY ; ROMANELLI CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. The ministry currently has four special safety studies under way. Evaluation of windshield and rear window defrosting systems from the standpoint of road safety is being carried out for the ministry by the National Research Council; vehicle lighting is the subject of a joint study program by the ministry and N.R.C. The Department of Environment is collaborating with the transport _ ministry _ in studying the problems of controlling motor exhaust emissions and the Industrial Research Institute of the University of Windsor is engaged in studying the problems of vehicle noise. ‘"We‘re not getting the $60,000 in sewer impost fund this year either," he declared. totalling 500 apartment suites, it would have added $150,000 in tax assessment to York‘s rolls. Since the regulations came into effect last January 1, a number of changes have been introduced to increase their effectiveness in coping with such things as air pollution, power operated windows and changes in design and equipment of vehicles. Also contributing to the amendment of the regulations, and to the establishment of new ones, is the transport ministry‘s continuing program _ of research in the realm of vehicle safety and the acquisition of data which serves as a yardstick in the measurement of the adequacy _ of _ existing regulatory measures and the need for new ones. Last year, there were over 630,000 applications for Canada Savings Bonds through the payroll savings plan amounting to more than $283â€"million. In Ontario alone, more than 219,000 persons purchased a record of more than $103â€"million worth _ through _ payroll savings. | The present campaign continues until Nov. 15 which is the final day on which the new Series may be purâ€" chased at par. possible for the holder to earn interest on his interest. Full use of this compounding option will make $100 grow to $187 in nine years. A significant number of Canadians purchase Canada Savings Bonds at their place of work through the payroll savings plan. By this means, bonds may be purchased by monthly, semiâ€"monthly or weekly deductions from their wages or salaries. Jamieson pointed out that the actual amendment of the Motor _ Vehicle Safety Regulations will take place only after the comments of the industry and interested sectors of the public have been fully considered. But Controller Saunders would not be comforted. ‘‘That shows you the state our sewers are in," he replied. A â€" further attractive feature of the bonds is their instant "cashability‘" at any time for full face value plus earned interest. Since 1946, when the first Canada Savings Bonds were offered, they have provided a dual purpose â€" helping Canadians save towards personal goals, and comâ€" prising _ an _ important segment of the federal government‘s borrowing program. Alderman Peter Bosa in a more optimistic vain tried to console Mr. Saunders with the fact that plumbing and drainage section operations in York had increased over September 1970‘s total by almost 100 per cent. . 766â€"2071