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MOTORING, with Mike Burgess. Thousands of dollars for the winning drivers and new attractions for spectators are among innovations to the annual Canadian Winter Rally next February 8 - 10 announced today by the British Empire Motor Club. Now i its 22nd year, the event is regarded as North America 's toughest winter driving contest. Some 200 Canadian and foreign drivers in 100 cars of various makes and models are expected to enter the 1,200 mile event through Ontario which will count towards the Canadian RalIy Championship. They will compete for $3,000 in guaranteed prize money from the organizing club and up to $2,000 in contingency awards provided by car manufacturers and automotive companies. Staring from Toronto's City Hall, the rally will take competitors along public and private rural roads to Ottawa and back to the Metro Toronto area. Major checkpoints will be at or near Camp Borden, Barrie, Orillia, Bancroft, Madoc, downtown Ottawa, Smith Falls, Kingston, Peter- borough and Malton. Some 300 miles of the route wil be divided into selectives, sections of narrow, winding, off-highway roads along which competitors wilI be timied to the second. ihese sections will test the drivers' sill and car performance and wil be tightly supervised by rally officiaIs working closely with police and local residents. Unlike previous years, the entire route will be publicized before the event so that the public will know where and when to wnteh the cars ini action. Spectators will have other chances to see the cars and drivers. The cars will be on display in an underground garage below the Toronto City Hall during Friday, Febru- ary 8, prior to the 7:00 p.m. start. The end of the BEMC event will be on Sunday, February 10, at the new Toronto International Auto Show where the fir st car is scheduled to arrive about 1:00 p.m. The show is to be held at the International Centre of Commerce onAirport Road in Malton. The 1974 Canadian Winter Rally is being organized by a large committee under the co-chairmanship of BEMC mem- bers Bob Lindquist and John Bowles. Lindquist, an expert rally competitors, has represented Canada in several inter- national rallies in Europe. Bowles was chairman of a recent BEMC task force which set out development guidelines for the Canadian Winter RaIly. Many members of car clubs across Ontario are assisting in the rally's organization. The British Empire Motor Club is Canada's oldest auto- sport club. Founded in 1928, it has pioneered several inter- national events in addition to the Canadian Winter Rally. These include the Canadian Grand Prix for niotorcycles and cars. r- 0511 &tina 'i JIati WHERE YOIJ wiLL FIND wMl 728-8442 sWTs ATTENTON FAW ESII I WHY PAY MORE?. > SA'VilOC e IsaLFWL U * ot iLgen :D IL ne, 1 OUI OF TOWN CAAJS CALL dOwaC i. THE FAS MIONf INEST QUEEN'S PARK - Solici- tor General John Yareniko announced three appointme- uts to the Board of Com- missioners of Police in the recently established Region- aI Municipality of Durham. Effective November 1, His Honour Judge Joseph P. Kel- ly of Whitby, Thomas H. Jermyn 'of Oshawa and J. Lorne Graham of Cannington, became the three provincial appointees to wbat will be a five-man regional board. Two, additional members were appomî ted to the Board by the Durham Regional Cou- ncil. They are: Regional Councillors John Goodwin (Whitby); and Ivan Hobbs (Newcastle). Judge Kelly is currently a County Court Judge in Whit- by. He bas had experience as a member of the Oshawa Board of Comissioners of Police, and chaired the comm- ittee which prepared for the formation of the regional police force. Mr. Jermyn is a practising lawyer in Oshawa. Since 1967, he has been solicitor for the Village of Port Perry. He is also a member of the Oshawa and Port Peiry Cham- bers of Commerce., Mr. Graham is the princi- ApPGINTMENTS TO DURNAN BOARD 0F COMMISSIONERS 0-F POLICE School at Cannington and is a member of the Cannington Hydro-Electric Power Comn- mission. Policing services for the Durham Region become the responsibility of the Board of Commissioners of ,Police on January 1, 1974. The Regional Municipal- ity of Durham includes Osh- awa, Ajax, Uxbridge, Whitby, Bowmanville, Village of Can- nington and Pickering Town- ship. 'Ihle amalgamation of municipal police forces into regional forces and the ap- pomntment of Regional Boards Inoasein minimum wago annoumiosi Labour Minister Fera Gu- indon announced i the Leg- isiature that a minimum wage of $2.00 an hour for employ- ees in general industry wil become effective throughout Ontario on ianuary 1, 1974. Present rate of $1 .80 became effective February 1, 1973. The minimum rate "Il apply to ail employees except students under the age of 18. The student rate will be $1 .65 per hour. The minimum rate for construction employees will increase from $2.05 to $225. Guards on construction sites will receive the saine rate. Nr. Guindon said the pur- pose of, the minimum wage was to give workers whose barpaining power is limited a measure of protection ag- ainst exploitation. He said the minimum wage wouîd be continually under review and if circumstances so warranted, he would have no hesitation ini recommending further in- creases in the minimum wage, Mr. Guindon also propos- ed amendments to The Em- ployment Standards Act on statutory holidays, annual va- cations and premium pay for FREE PRESS BUSINESS DIRECTOR! Aàntenjis, TOWERS ~ANTENNAS FBATiJRING 'CHANttEL MASTER, s CLOWN I U.AUb installationi - Repoirm Ra i Ma SEERVICI a MASTER ySTIffS FOR ApAITMEMt4 Colot Ant.nn« M M ,I 101- ASKC ABOUT OUR LOW PRIC5 Iiav us fiPiV OSHAWA SSitAowi% 64Wj 723-9525 KINO W Ma 25u"F0 544ADLAIDE W- ýfe *RSWN's TVIt-. TOWUR SERVICE à V MF Ç&M M USIATII WEST edam.7233m- AUtOJ odY NS' SAA!O Body and Fender Repairs Welding First Olass Workmanship M Brock S&reet %rth, Whitby PhQi~ 66827fl INSTALLATION & REPAIRS TOWERS - ROTORS ANTENNAS R1DIO"DIiPATÇHEP OSHAWA 579m34.5'1 AUiTO BOIT Complete Collision .and ' . Painting Service Insurance work( Towing Courtesy Cars Free Estimates I 161 Valley Rd. 942m7151 Aax overtime. Trhe amendments will re- quire that ail employees will receive four statutory holi- days with pay - Good Friday, Domninion Day, Labour Day and Christmas Day - in 1974. This provision will be extend- ed to include New Year's Uýy, Thianksgiving Day and Victoria Day as holidays with pay on January 1, 1975. Effective January 1, 1974, ail employees will be entitled to two weeks annual vacation with pay after one year of reflect the government's ob- jective to improve the quality of policing services in ail parts of the province,"! Mi. Yareniko said. "Larger regional police pr- ovide increased flexibility;, better utilization of available police resources; centralized record> storage; better com- munications between forces; and, greater standardization in the application of the Iaw." Regional Boards of Com- missioners of Police now ex- ist in the Regioinal Munici- palities of York, Niagara, Sudbury and Waterloo and n«w Boards are being estab- lished in the Regional Muni- -cipalities of Hàmilton-Went- worth, Halton, and PeeL. employment. At the present time, an employee receive* one week vacation after thé first year and two weeks va- cation after two years emp- loyment. Beenrmng January 1, 1975, a premium rate of 1 - 1/ times regular rate will be required for ail hours work- ed in excess of 44 hours per week. Previously overtime rates were required after 48 hours per week. TOWN 0F WHITBY GAR BAGE COLLECTION NOVEMBER l2th, 1973 Garbage vvhich would normally be collected on Monday, November 12th, 1973 wiII be collected on Tuesday, November l3th, 1973. The Garbage Disposai Ste wiII be open on Monday, November l2th. W.A. Evans, P. Eng., Director of Public Works. Painting and Decoratîng & Home Improvements *OUR MOTTO* PLAIN ORDINARY -- DOWN TO EARTH HONEST - HARD WORK *PAINTING AND DECORATING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR *JANITORIAL SERVICE FLOOR STRIPPING AND WAXING WALL WASHING WINDOW CLEANING *HEATUNG AND AIR CONDITIONING ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANING HUMIDIFICATION DOUG &GARY GIBBON 9428313M WHITBY FR EE PRESS, THURSDAY. OVEMB ER 8,1973. PAGE 5 1 'l