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I i- fern in Lift If St Albert w i expenditures these days run into not millions but billions Canadas greatest ever peace time estimates were presented to parliament this week and this procedure is a curtainraiser for the budget which will be brought down soon STIVER Solicit 25- J r -t- ISM Kg mm City Country Farm Small Amiga Industrial and Properties Newmarket It Contractor for BULLDOZING GRADING CELLAR EXCAVATIONS J ST VIOLET Conveyancing Insurance BottfoidSt Phone DENTAL d NOBLE If MUNICIPAL OFFICE Office Residence VanderVoort DENTIST Main St PlMmew Si J BOYD SI Indian Road TORONTO Phone ME and flU Phone 219w Aurora J for government approved crush ed atone of various sizes crushed gravel sand concrete gravel and pit run delivered or at bin riant phone Office phones Sit and CONTRACTOR House and Farm Wiring DOUG BAIN General Repairs Timken Oil Burners Space Heater Ail Electrical Household Appliances Phone Box 111 Ontario St Newmarket STEWART BEARE RADIO SERVICE RADIO PARTS TUBES BATTERIES ETC Mala St MERVTN nd by Appointment At corner of and St A STOUFFER It Raglan St Piano Tuner and Repairer Pianos Bought Sold and Rented Phone tit and Prospect SI lion by Appolntaaent HONE Office lidence James J Wall PLUMBING CONTRACTOR Dealer for Water Pressure Systems Oil Burners Cement Septic Tanks Constructed OAK RIDGES Phone King 111 Phone Aurora MARKET CLINIC ST PHONE Dales Dr J A Ritchie J Edwards DM Dales Physicians and Surgeons by Appointment Main estimates which are pre sented to the members in printed form total around 3 billion six hundred million Then after a while we will have supplemen tary estimates of expen ditures which likely will bring the grand total to around 4 bil lion This is a lot of money for a country with our population In round figures thats what its going to cost the people of Can ada to run their public business this year These are staggering figures and no wonder are caus ing serious concern to your gov ernment and to the people from coast to coast A simple answer to the cause is the fact that our expenditures for defence during the coming fiscal year will not be far short of the total government expendi tures for the second year of World War In that year however there was no attempt at a payasyougo policy some thing which your government is trying to do for the coming fis cal year The coming budget is certain to mean substantially increased taxes for Canadians The only remaining problem for your gov ernment and your representa tives is to decide how the in creased taxes will be levied St Lawrence Seaway Members of all parties here at Ottawa join almost unanimously in the hope that the United States soon will agree to the joint development of the St Lawrence Seaway Completion of this project is considered essential for our de fence plans and the provision of badly needed electrical power Construction of the Great Lakes St Lawrence seaway to a full depth would guarantee forever an allwater route for our commodities at a substantial ly reduced transportation It will link the Canadian west to the Atlantic seaboard and join our prairie wheat fields with the United Kingdom and Euro pean markets Canadas share of the cost of this great project will be 204 million of a total cost of more than million Immigration Since the conclusion of World War immigration has been actively encouraged by the gov ernment with the view to foster ing the growth of the population of Canada through the careful selection and permanent settle ment of such numbers of immi grants as can be absorbed in the I national economy From January to De cember there were immigrants admitted to Canada Of these were J dependents Canadian men and 11549 were displaced persons KING TOWNSHIP PROGRAM Introduce Reforestation Plan On School Section Level f m Need for was strongly emphasized at a public meeting of ratepayers held at Nobleton Community Hall Friday March 8 to arrange a program for King twp on the school section level Reeve Elton Armstrong was chairman Convict Population On March 31 the convict population on penitentiary regis ters in Canada numbered according to the annual report tabled in parliament this week This is an increase of 515 or more than ten percent over This also is an alltime high rec ord course has a re lationship to Canadas increasing population The total population as at March was Therefore there was one convict in Canada to every inhabitants Government Departments There are at present federal departments of government Many of these are large and their activities cover a large field However so that readers I school inspector Charles Howitt Through the cooperation of school seotions and individual property owners local surveys will be made for suitable locales for planting trees The provin cial forestry department is will ing to send representatives to give guidance wherever required on type and numbers of trees and methods of planting Appli cations for trees may be made through the school trustees and the township council These are now hard to get and applications should be made at least by Aug ust It is felt that even a mini mum of two or three acres in each school section given over to reforestation would represent a fair beginning on general prin ciples It was pointed out through the use of films that one adult and a child using a shovel can plant 2000 trees in a day Public the Newmarket Era Mi Express Thursday March may be at least generally fam iliar with these departments and their activities I propose to brief ly summarize the activities of one department in each weekly let ter thought representatives of the lands and forests department would be willing to visit each township school section on Arbor Day first Friday in May and assist with selection and Department of Finance A tree per child would an important one and presently is under the direction of the Hon Douglas C Abbott The minister of this de partment is responsible for draw up and presenting the annual budget or financial statement of the nation Thus he determines the methods and rates of taxa tion to raise the money necessary to carry on our national busin ess The minister of finance is re garded as a high ranking mem ber of the government and is responsible for the Royal Can adian Mint the Bank of Canada and the tariff board The de partment also is responsible for legislation government insurance companies and banks create an interest in reforesta tion he pointed out surface apart from rivers Eric Gage of lands and forests The subject is by no means unfamiliar to King Mr Davis a native of the township underwrote an expert survey of its natural resources in While the plan for the improve ment of the township was not carried out it encouraged sever al landowners to set up reforesta tion areas and conservation methods which have raised the level of townshp conditions The survey revealed that the conditions of the natural Re sources of the township were unstable and the trend was to wards poorer soils and further impoverishment of the woods water reserves and wildlife Definite action the report stated is needed to prevent further de terioration and to restore the municipality to stable conditions The survey disclosed that of the 200 miles of permanent streams which formerly drained the township only about 30 miles now remain Permanent water surface of the municipal ity exclusive of rivers or canals was less than acres The mill ponds at one time with the permanent lakes and natural ponds formerly existing made up more than acres of water to purchase All Steel FILTER QUEEN VACUUM m THE BAGLESS CLEANER before changeover to plastic caused by steel shortage FOR DEMONSTRATION OR INFORMATION WRITE ERA AND EXPRESS BOX This coupon worth to each purchaser CATS Urgently Wanted HUMANELY DESTROYED BODIES EMBALMED FOR ESSENTIAL MEDICAL TRAINING Phone write or deliver to TROYER NATURAL SCIENCE SERVICE Oak Ridges phone king 59r32 office at Maple indicated the wise use of land and the con servation of natural resources are matters which should be ser iously considered by ratepayers Virgin partly grazed agricultural land and the condition of the ground and surface water the relation of water to and to the soil To put reforestation on a rev enue basis Reeve Armstrong says a tenacre enclosed refor estation plot is exempt from taxation The sale of Christmas trees brings in a substantial rev enue Lumber that sold for 12 to 15 per thousand at the turn of the century today has a THE CAMPAIGN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN and the relation of wildlife J va to He birds mammals and fish to their J ls lo environment all are related the preservation and develop- 1 everything to gain in contnbu- of resources Mr Gage said ting to reforestation lie said there would be no bet ter memorial to the work of the late Aubrey Davis Newmarket than a reforestation scheme It was Mr Davis intention to con tinue his full support in this res pect He was to have been one of the speakers and the host of the gathering His death four days earlier prevented this A series of films dealing with conservation and reforestation protection of wildlife soil erosion and forest fire protection were shown by Stanley Hudson and George Armitage of the Maple forestry branch These have also been shown in each of the township schools USE ERA AND EXPRESS CLASSIFIEDS IN TURNING ARTICLES YOU NO LONGER NEED INTO CASH Market Gardeners We will rent or sell on easy terms acre blocks or more cultivated in Brad ford ftlarsh Write FEDERAL FARMS Limited ST TORONTO or Phone Gibbons Transport LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE MOVING AND CARTAOS C H Furniture Storage PHONE NEWMARKET Authorized Dealers in Master Feeds PHONE NEWMARKET Oak Ridges Glass Mirror Co PHONE 59r3 KING PLATE GLASS WINDOW GLASS MIRRORS MADE TO ORDER OLD MIRRORS RESILVERED MISCELLANEOUS v Dr L Sinclair OCULIST Glasses Filled I 6 Appointment Park Ave Newmarket Tel AND SONS LTD Ford ft Monarch Ford Tractor Cars ft Prefect Cars Ford Tractor Dearborn Farm Equipment Genuine ford Parts Phone Newmarket Over Spillette PHONE EVANS TO newmarket Coal Coke And Stoker Coal PHONE Orders taken for gravel and crushed stone and general WALSH Professional Contralto Vocalist Concerts and etc Terms for Pupils Buy View Drive Orchard Beach KESWICK Teh 10lrl9 Roches Point J BRICK BLOCK mid CARPENTRY WORK SETTING LAYOUT and ESTIMATES PHONE J Main St Newmarket JOHN DALY Expert and Repair Go ham Street Phone Newmarket ALL WORK GUARANTEED Rockets bombs gun turrets controls guided missiles these and other weapons arc the teeth in Air Force planes And theyre the responsibility of skilled men called Munitions and Weapons Technicians and Arma ment Systems Technicians These men are vital to the effectiveness of Air Force planes that roam the skies More men arc needed urgently to train as Armament Technicians If you can qualify heres your chance to get into Air Force uniform in a job that is interesting the service of your country The need is great the time is now MORE ARMAMENT TECHNICIANS ARE NEEDED IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE TO TO TRAIN AS AN ARMAMENT TECHNICIAN YOU MUST IJc between 17 and to Have Gride education or better He physically fit lie a Canadian citizen or other subject if HURST OPTOMETRIST NEWMARKET CLINIC appointment only Kql Hospital Saturday only CARS AND iANCED THE VARIETY OF DESIGNS of TSbiMkUMw K Listings invited for town also small acre- ami Your Represent St v- fl j T PA I Ward Allan Co Office Showroom i Main St Newmarket Consult us regarding INSULATION ASPHALT ROOFING SIDING BUILTUP ROOFS We BOND for 10 or Budget Terms Arranged PHONES and IP mm A dry K If I V a PWv Itit I COUNSELLOR AT YOUR RECRUITING MAIL THIS J I wV i r n i- i