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PAGE 4. THE DURHKM CHRONICLE Published every Thursda mornu ... w, ljarairua Stzeet, Durham,y Ontario, Hi: Frank Irwin, Editor and Preprietor. The Chronic e is mailed to any address in Canada at the rate of 32.00 per year, 50 cents for three months. To the, any address in the United States of America. $250 .2510:- six months. 65 cents for three ear, months. Foreign subscription rates on application. Friday last by Hon. James A. Robb, the Federal linister of Finance, has created a storm of pro- test from the manufacturers of the country, eme- cially in the automotive trade, and dire results are predicted. Just what will happen is hard to con- jecture, but for the results, we will have to wait and see. Both the auto and income taxes have been cut, the receipt tax nuisance done away with, and exemption in the case of unmarried men is now 31,500 instead of $1,000, and in married men $3,000 in- stead of $2,000, will no doubt be good news to many. The reduction in the auto tax, the abolishment of the receipt stamp tax and the return to two-cent postage will also be received gladly. There are none of us who want to pay any more than we have to. If these reductions are genuine, all will be well and good, but if they are to be tacked on somewhere else, then the Government is sailing under false colors. So far as the return to penny postage is concerned, there is no reason for over-jubilation here, as it will save but very little for the average householder. This portion of our community would much sooner see us return to the day of five-cent matches, and would gain a lot more from it. There are a lot of other taxes that hit the poor man a lot harder than the extra cent on letters. Possibly one reason for the cheaper postage is the fact that Canada is in the Postal Union, and the change in rates is made to conform with those of other coun- tries, the three-cent rate being claimed to have worked against Canada, though just where we can- not see. VV. law‘- car, and his poorer neighbor who cannot afford one will go on as before. The reduction of the tax, however, may be the means of increasing the sale of the cheaper carsâ€"those costing under $1,200 retail, and if this is true, may work a calamity instead of a blessing. The ownership of cars by persons who cannot afford them is said to be the main reason for the business slump of the past few years. If, in the face of this, still more cars are we are just where we started. The only thing to worry about, in our opinion, is the effect the reduced duties will have on the auto- mobile industry, and even here there is no reason to cross the bridge before we come to it. Monday’s dailies contain a most gloomy outlook from the point of Canadian manufacturers. The Dodge Brothers plant has definitely closed, and that of the General Motors at Oshawa and the Durant Company, while closed for the week-end, are to resume Operations for the filling of orders already received. Many Canadian industries supplying parts for these cars have had their orders cancelled, and only later de- velopments when the heads of the firms meet will decide whether or not the industry is to carry on. The Ford Motor Company is the only Canadian firm operating at anything like full time. ' In several models amongst the lower-priced cars, it is anticipated that there is a possibility of their manufacture being discontinued in Canada, the Canadian territory being supplied from the big plants in the United States. This is made possible by their already large equipment there and the fact that the duty on the component parts of these cars imported from that country brings their cost up to more than the price of the completed car imported from the States, duty paid. This, in our opinion, is the matter to be worried about. There are, no doubt, many amongst us who will pooh pooh any such idea, but worse things than this have happened, and it would be a comparatively easy thing for a number of these companies who have assembling plants in Canada to move bag and bag- gage across the border and ship the finished pro- duct across the line as cheaply as it can be manu- factured here. So far. there is nothing in the budget that we ordinary individuals can discuss with any degree of authority. We have heard enough of it during the past few days. but are not impressed. The most of us, if we are Tories, “ill take a stand against the budget. and if Grits or Progressives will be found amongst the Government supporters. The question is too big, however, for argument along party lines. The result to Canadian industry is the thing to consider. If it is a good thing, we all can benefit; if not, then we all must lose. It is a purely business matter in our opinion, and on this basis alone should it be judged. There is one thing to be said in favor of the present Government anyway. They have at last lived up to their platform of a reduction in duties. and will now have the satisfaction of finding out whe- they it is a kick in the solar plexus to industry or the big boost to business and prosperity that they predict. Personally, we think if the reduction had to come, a smaller one as a “feeler” would have been a wiser move, but as we were not consulted in the matter, there is nothing left but to wait and see. night. This has been a question that has occupied the time at a good many Council boards in a number of municipaliiee during the put couple of years. From the first, Tn: Cnnomcu has not been in favor The Owen Sound City Council was well advised last week when it removed the restrictions passed at a former meeting some months ago requiring all restaurants in the city to close at 12 o’clock mid- THE GOVERNMENT BUDGET ALL NIGHT RESTAURANTS Thursday momi at the office, Frank lrgvin: of any legislation that would tend to curb the serv- ing of meals, especially in this age when travel by motor is the rule rather than the exception. The writer well remembers getting into one city south of here when the 12 o’clock legislation was in force, and because we arrived shortly after that hour, were forced to drive the sixty or seventy miles home with- out the meal that we wanted. We have always held a certain “grudge” against that city ever since and w V'â€" never eat there if we can help it. This may he s foolish stand, but these prejudices will come to the surface in the most of us. To our mind a restaurant is necessary or it isn’t. If it is being run in a manner contrary to the law of the land. it should not take the author- ities long to find it out and close it up. If it is being run in accordance with the law, then it is serving a good purpose and should riot be made to close at midnight just to satisfy a few narrow- minded councillors or citizens who possibly never use it. It is not the citizens of a community who suffer by this kind of legislation, it is the travel- ling public, and we might go farther and say that in the smaller communities it matters little to the resident citizens whether the municipality boasts an eating-house or not. They possibly seldom need to use it; but, let them be forty or fifty miles away from home at midnight, and we are of the opinion that they would not feel very well pleased if forced to motor the remaining distance .on an empty stomach. ' One argument used by those opposed to all- night restaurants is the habit of a certain element in making them a “hang-out” in the early morning hours. This should not be, and we can assure the general public that this element is not desired by the average restaurant prOprietor, who would wel- come the intervention of the authorities for a gen- eral clean-up but does not. feel justified in laying a charge himself. It is up to the town or city auth- orities to police these places themselves and see that they are being run in accordance with the law. If a certain element is in the habit of hanging around unnecessarily, both they and the proprietor should be notified that this kind of thing must not con- tinue, and if it does, prosecution should follow. Give the restaurants unsolicited police protec- tion, inform them that they must conform to the law. If they refuse to help in this, then close the offenders upâ€"and see that they stay closed night and day. Don’t penalize the law-abiding restaurant, which is a real asset to any town, and by all. means, don’t penalize the travelling public if you want them to think well of your municipality. A hungry man is seldom a booster. yet ? Sunday was more like a day in late November than the middle of April. For a couple of hours during the afternoon, it tried hard to snow and for a time seemed about to succeed. A contemporary advises all young men intending to get married this spring to first learn to skin rab- bits. Then he can help his wife shed one of those new-fangled dresses. One of our exchanges defines poise as the qual- ity that enables a woman to look serene, when she fears something is loose. Possibly it’s this same quality that enables a man to look innocently at his wife at two o’clock in the morning, when he knows darn well he’s tight. The amateur broadcasting station and a mother- in-law are said to be alike because they are generally in the air and cause a lot of local interference. On the other hand, a home-made radio set and a Ford are said to be different, becuse with the radio you buy the parts and assemble them, while a Ford you buy assembled, drive it home and you have the parts. A cold summer is predicted owing to the fact that severe eruptions have broken out in the sun’s interior, and the smoke and dirt are said to inter- fere with the heat rays reaching the earth. In our humble way, we would think that, being so all-fired full of eruptions, the Old Boy would be “hotter” than ever and give us a real scorching to vent his wrath on us. The Shelburne Economist suggests that if the snow keeps piling up, patrons of rural routes could attach their mail boxes to the upstairs window and have the courier drop the mail in as he passes by. Why not leave the window open and throw the letters and papers in through the window? This would be ideal mail delivery, equal to that now enjoyed by the cities. Bill Nye, the American humorist, was partly right “hen, following a tour of Canada from his home in the southern states, he said: “Canada has two seasonsâ€"nine months winter, and in the other three, it gets darn late in the fall.” If spring doesn’t soon stop lingering in the lap of winter, we doubt if the 1926 season will approach even Bill’s satirical three months. Mauna Loa, Hawaii Island, part of the Sand- wich group, 2,000 miles south-west of San Francisco, has broken out again, and one village has been sub- merged with lava. The island of Hawaii is some 200 miles south-east of Oahu, the island on which the picturesque city of Honolulu is situated, and so far, no damage is anticipated to that place. Hawaii is the largest island of the group, is some 150 miles long, and lies about 100 miles south of the Tropic of Cancer. The conviction that youngsters are going to the dogs may be just a sad realization that one is too old to go along.â€"Sherbrooke Record. The fellow who says he understands women is the same fellow who will agree to regulate your “Wantonâ€"Kitchener Record. AnewGerman dyeoompanyistobearthename, Interessengegneinschaft .der Farbenindustrie Aktien- NOTES AND COMMENTS Have you bought your motor license numbers CRISP COMMENT THE DURHAM CHRONICLE HMO “MAL PLW SURPRISE 1'0 BUR!“ 1!!me Jean Grant, “Flotilla March," (Hart); Louise Jamieson, “Marigold," (Gm- ham); Alice Nicholson, “March in Q” (Rummel); Genevieve Saunders. “Narcissus,” (Slater); Mary Picker- ing and Elsie Hunter, ‘Buttertly Dance," (Trained by Miss Weir). Elementary Caroline Mitchell, “Goblin s Frolic, " (Heller'; Gertrude Glass. “Frolics," (Wilm); Frances Ha, “Lullaby " (Beiderman); Donald with, “With- erin Leaves " (Read); Trio, “Fes- tiva Procession March ” (Rathbum) Florence McDonald, Eunice Moon Gordon McGrae, “Chanson Trista,” (Tgchankowsky); Isobel Jamieson. “Punk,” (Lichner); Duet, ‘Triumph- 31 March,” ( cling) Vera Moun- tain and Blane o Kearney. Junior Dorothy Pickerin , “Rhodora,” (Devaux); Mary Hug es, “Jonglerie No. 33” (Godard); Yocql Solp, :‘Eor and Flnrence Bailey. All Eternitj All Eternit (Mascheroni) Miss W‘inniired lark, Hanover. Intermediate Bessie Smith, “Shepherds All and Maidens Fair," (Nevin); Ellen Hay, “Love’s I)ream No. 3," (Liszt); Jean Harding. “Polka and Galop,” (Dvorakfr; Norma Gagnon. “Roses de. Boheme." (Kowalski): Ethel Derby. “Military Polonaise,” (Chonin); 'l‘wo Pianos (8 handsl. “Overture to Wil- liam Tell." (Rossini) Elsie Kearney. Marjorie Pickering. Ethel Derby and Elizabeth Kinnee. Senior Stolll Mrili-ae, “EH-King." (Schu- bert. ; 'J‘wo Pianos (4 hands), “Wal- zer oh 7;." (Wilm‘l Misses Fursman. l (by request; 'l‘ho vharm'tvrs in the play, “Scmms From the Lifo of Rah- m't Schumann," worn: Faun-r Schumann, (1. Elvidgn; Momm- Schumann. Miss M. Knch: Ed- ward Schumann. Donald Smith; Emilio Schumann. Miss Ellen Hay; Karl Schumann, Ull'll Romy; Julius Schumann. 1%. Clark; Rnlwrt Schu- mann. Hm Herman (-umlmsvr; Jimmy He’rndorsnn; Felix Mondvlssohn. fam- nus (innusnsm'. (1. Elvidgv; Svrvant. Miss M. RitvhiP; Clara \Vvit'k. Miss S. McCrzu-z Rulwrt Schumann. 30 ymu's latm'. \\'. Bonson. 'l'ho scono for tho first. act was laid in tho homo of Hohort. Schu- mann‘s fathor in Zwickau, Germany, and showcd tho family circle, with tho young musician. Jimmy Hon- dorson. “annoying" tho. family with his musical practico, hut. novortho- loss ably clot'onding himsolt‘ from tho jihos‘ of his hrothors and sis- tors. busily ongagod in thoir school studios. Tho principal parts in this act woro takon by Mastor Homlor- son. who showod oxcoptional talont in his portrayal of tho charactor. and Miss M. Koch and Mr. C. Elviclgo. as Mothor and Fathor Schumann. Act, II. shtiwocl tho homo studio of Friodrich W'iock, Schumann‘s toarhor in Loipzig. thirty yoars af- tor. tho part. of llohort. Schumann in this art. lining: takon by Mr. Wil- liam Bonson. Miss Stolla Mctl‘ao took tho part of Klara Josophino \\'oick, tiallg‘lltt‘l‘ of tho famous: toachor. with whom Schumann was in low and whom ho attorwarus marriod. In hoth acts. tho parts woro woll takon. and whilo. a knowl- oclgo of tho lifo of thoso famous musicians is noodocl to fully approâ€" ciato tho play. tho various portray- als woro woll oxocutml anul wry much onjoyod by tho auilioncoa Mr. Jnlm A. Graham was the chair- man for the «waning. and added his qunta «if praise for tho (ixcollont program rvndorvd. Mr. Graham's dutins as chairman. hO\\'P\'t‘l', worn. wry light, the various numlmrs lining put. on with clocklikn proct- sinn without. annimucomont. 'l‘hn procomls for tho (waning will {:0 to tho Durham Rod Crnfis Mvmnrizil Hospital fund and will amount. to in tho noighhm'l‘iqnd of $60 wlwn all mwnsns in-u paid. Cause of Split Ono of lhv higg'vst laughs in a Los Angplos «livm'vv mm't was con- tributed through tho instimnny of- fer-0d in a dummtio split. in tho Central Awnun disgri‘ct. “Jedgo. yn’ honah,” conndainvd the irate colm‘ml woman. “clat man om mine sho‘ drinks liko a fish. and «Ian’s why 11% q11it_tin'." “\h Mmit in «lat. \n hrmah” spokn up the husband. “but dais cause mah 0M \\ nman rlmm noglm 1. mp. Why yo' hnnah. Ah dnnv pawnod d0 kilchvn stow. h) got. mnnm t0 hm mahsnlf a little gin an (lat m1 count “ifn of mine dont nohm‘ miss «lat «Pm stnlm {41’ two weeks! MARRIED IN TORONTO 'l‘lm marriagv uf Frank J. \\'00cl.~‘. son (if Mr. and Mrs. William J. W’onrls of Garrick. to Miss Linda Teasdale. took plave in Toronto a couple of weeks ago. The bride was a former rvsiclvnt of Varnoy. but has been living in Saskatchewan for some years. (131]. a son. Randallâ€"In Durham. April 17. 1926. to Mr. and Mrs. William Ran- ((Jontinued from page 1) DURHAM MARKET no '(M_ascheroni;~' M iss BORN SOCIAL AND PERSONAL a "an: Vgéfs“ 3;:â€" VW'ihdsor. Huger Jack Gibbs having returned With her after spending the put few in IUWIILU IIIIID "UV-o Mrs. J. Jones and brother. Mia‘s Malcolm McKinnon, spent over the. week-end visiting their. father, Mr“ Hugh McKinnon. who is still eon- flned in the Red Cross Hemorlal Hospital. While in town. they were guests of their relatives, the Weir and Burgess families. On fl‘uesda! they left for their homes in Sask- atchewan. QUEEN 8TB!“ W. I. 8. HELD GOOD 888810. (Continued from page 1) uates, whose parents would rather forego the necessaries of life, owing to a poor fishery. than detain their girls and boys from getting an edu- ‘cation at the church schools, even ‘could they earn twenty dollars a month in domestic service. A leaflet. “The Moments of Her Days.” was read by Mrs. Gagnon. showing that interest in and prayer for our fur oil“ sisters were as nec- essnrv as giving money. I t - _.A-n-..-‘n "'ni?§"i;1iaord Howe ._ who apgnt a few-days at Edge :11 atugndlgs her mother, Mrs. Thoma Bayonne. ‘_‘_._ 8'81"!“8. llvl' "Olly". ‘Uwuuvâ€" - home In town Manda . Mrs. A. W. H. Lau er. Trouprer of the Women's Misaiopu'y Soc 0 is attending Ppesbyterul meeting: ‘ Ufii‘é’. iiixij'ni‘ii‘iiiii'neti led in prayer and branch. 3 very interesting and helpful meeting to a close. ining her Durham Branch - I. A. Rowland. Manager new low price, is found the world’s greatest closed car Value. The Royal Bank of Canada ~ample powerâ€" world Ian municipalitivs am- illh‘ishug am. e TI: (hilectnr‘s rnll a“. H.- ma m the ‘18), (‘XFd h} NEHIHD gm] “I“ should b0 the mm- In (“1" li . _lt_‘is_ nqt too scum h. M 9 “DWI. II. I8 “OX. [00 Num h. ,. mum “definite-I} “my“ and (ullnt an. DO aeuuuply umwn and Will- “MOM. nvmdod. 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