Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 14 Feb 1964, p. 15

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numnr run or 7573ng pawr acre cars itfmiif Whites Of Southern Rhodesia ixace Dilemma In Independence LONDON CF the while bpulation of Southern Rhodesia is moving towards its moment of truth over indepeodeocean rissue that could involve the hole Commonwealth The choice in manner see Ddependenoe val which implies speedy worth of the constitution to bring more Negro Africans into lovemment or seine it illegally to maintain white rule by with of the population lhere are 80000 whites 3000000 Ne groes ell unilateral declaration of hodependence would be re tarded as an act of rebellion against the Queen To stay in power the rebels would need the support of the governor and armed forces who would have to reject their oath of licglance VALUE TRADITION Under these terms the col any could no longer stay in the Commonwealth if it did the multiracial family of nations would be ripped apart along color lines But break would traumatic not least because British tradition is precious to the Rhodesian way of life They pride themselves on their loyalty and war record Fateful steps in the decision could come now that Prime Minister Winston Fielda cons ientious man seeking com mise has been challenged to secret caucus meeting by rightwing rebels inhis Rho destan Front Party Field in Britain recently for informal talks with Prime Min later Sir Alec Douglasiioma took hasty flight home on litaring ot the growing revolt on independence informed sources said the pnrtyaparlin mentary caucus was splitdown the middle Declaioo point Is hastened by two specires haunting the gov erning whites in Salisbury tlha prospect of Labor government in Britain this year that might sell us down the river to Negro ma jority Labor would certainly be less sympathetic than the Tories lhe recent violence in East quricas newly independent states proof to most white Rhodesiaos that Africans are not yet ready to govern and that Prime Minister Fields policy of evolution not rev olution is the only sensible course dunner man DAN The hardshell white suprem ts in the government are even said on evolution They ant to stamp out African p0lt lltiual activity now The mount ing unrest following ban on nationalist leader Joshua Ukomo has put the country almost In state of cold war as Minister of Justice Clifford Dupont put it Fields personal position as comparatively moderate leader is in danger It more extreme politicians feel his mission to Britain has failed and it is time tbr showdown they may force him to resign and take the issue to the country in general election if he does there is no guar anleo that moderation will pre veil despite deep loyalty to Crown that will recoil at the idea of armed rebellion The truth is that white Rho desians are really worried now Most are free from racial hatred out Ireeonvtneed that in presenth Africa Negro rule leads to chaos They are bitter at what thay consider Britains doubledeal ingovertheyearsandanso ultraaeoaitivs to criticism some even see the ass as on verslve purveyor era ideas liberal is generetly an insult on Rhodesian tips STATUS UNIQUE Above all they are sharply conscious of their countrys uni status in the Common we th Unlike other colonies Rhodesia has been self vern in since 1m ladepen ent in all but name Inevitably there In much resentrnurt at untried African governments being glvan independence while their own experienced administration is denied it Field has said are not an emotional people but emo tion does play arL Attitudes towards Negroes power havo hardened considerably in the last three years The process began in 1060 when white retu gees from the former Belgian Congo staggered oil the trains in Bulawayo with horrific talc of Negro atrocities they hnvo hardened on bolls sides as the two northern mm here of the federation of lito deals and Nyasnlund gained their black majority govern ments Until renently life in South em Rhodesia had dreamlike quality despite its tough fron tier traditions it was world of softlooted Servants bearing trays of gin and tonlc at war downer time world where the prosperity and authority of the white man seemed naturally ordained the harsh voice of African natlnnalism intmdod unpleas hntly on this sundrcnchad idyil It wasnt that most whites dis liked Africansthey simply lg nored them as people local government official once ob served This country is run on the pretense that the native is not here NEGROES PROGRESSING Much progress has been made since thena muitlracial unir varsity hotels and restaurants where once Negroes were not allowed on the sidewalks Some jobs notably the railways and Civil service have evolved to wards equal status Doubtless given time the franchise would evolve in the same way to provide as Field believes more mature and competent African elite titan those who have hustled to power in the north At present it is true that Southern Rhodesia has few Africans of cabinet calibre On all these arguments Rho desias whites may well be right but right too this They have been overtaken by history and for them the time is out at joint wonsr OFFENDERS TORONTO CF Parents who drive children to school are the worst offenders when it comes to creating hazards at school crossings says ii coke traffic coordinator Peter Martin He showed film of parents stopping across or too close to crossings at roads and traffic committee hearing The committee decided to show the film to parents at home and school meetings hormone on more roux Crowley technical officer with the Geological Survey of Canada examines suspected meteorite in the sur veya laboratory Canadians have been subrnitting such material since the survey branch of the trains and tech nical surveys department published pamphlet to help identify meteorites and offer ing to pay more than $100 ior genuine meteorites Photo Recall Previous History For New Bank BC VANCOUVER CF Tho pinnncdnew Bank of British Columbia has namesake In provincial history but little else in common with it The new bank will have fed eral charter and the provincial government will he minority blthieholder The old bank founded by royal charter was run by rather crankycrewin London Premier Bennett isnt expected to look to the post for inspiration Hes tee tntallar for one thing There is in the history of the old Bank of DC the story of the keg of beer stashed away to the vaultand there is the case of the haul sale that became grocery refrigerator and the centre of lawsuit Reporter hlatorlan Bruce Ramsey tracedtbe history of the original bank in story in the Vancouver Province The bank was founded in 1an during the Combat gold rush Until it merged in i900 with tha Canadian Bank of rce it operated branches throughout the prov race The beer episode occurred when bank inspector Frank Townsend looked in on the branch in the interior comma nltl of Greenwood One evening Townsend an rived unexpectedly and began working on the books Upon completion of his task hn asked the clerk to open the safe to check the cash The clerk was bit hesitant the manager looked bit un happy and the bank inspector became irritable Finally the doorsswung open and there before the startled bank official was keg of heart Unfortunately no record has been preserved oi the words which passed from the mouth of the fiabborgosted inspector But when the manager bedtime to explain the situation there was party Ramsey tells of the banks move in 1007 to new premises at Hastings and Seymour streets in Vancouver WEI him This building was built around the huge steel late After the bank vacated the premises lt was occupied by grocery firm which used the safe as refrigerator After several years the Cana dtan Bank of Commerce claimed ownership of the sale it meant practically tearing down the whole building law suit ensued with the bank into in out The banks London bosses writes Ramsey did not take kindly to the nawfangied oper atlon The bank was governed not by dfrectors but bya court which operated from london Once the Victoria branch bought typewriter without first obtaining permission from the court and the honorable gentlemen in Iondon were out raged Upon receipt of the first ty written letter they promptly re plied ln longhand to the manager of the Victoria branch requesting him to tell the of fending clerk that if he could not write legible hand than he had better resign mv nxnnnrnn waurtAns Pnoun room After the game MoarPEOPLE 60 Morsou EXPORT lornmeotcblefaaod supernovae Upactting the petition is data Progreadva tin Assad which III nines Dr Shulman who bohio inlf yunyoungctbuhbadoas Mootfltlnlothepatlornoftha Dr um mumn can bid firecation lwbtlrn0lrecarrsll eihlsef coroner it In re unto in you has left trail of in medicine and public If fmaigvmr store All an superior wan 000 ayear lob abolished Dr Shulmana rampage the normal piacidity ot coroners acts by way of the front pages or managed so far raise the hackle at federal officersbfa on Ontario gov tha medical profession His seal in looking publicly Into hospital death has earned him mention to the lap ialaturo and got him stepped down by an Ontario Supreme Court lodge He pictures himself as Sir etched on white horse try clean up all corruption at once said Dr Beafty 31m supervising coroner for DENIES CHARGE Deputy AttorneyGeneral Common whom Dr ShuLuan accuses of trying to get him to suppress evidence says this is not true dont like to use the word liar and that he has recommended to the govern meat that the post of chief cor oner operative only in Toronto and Hamilton be abolished ihetr blunt opponent retortt Their attitude has been that incompetent officials and quacks in medicine deserve pro tection before the public The medical profession has always considered it should never be called to account be fore the public Now it is no longer possible to bury things in the coroners office Even before Dr Shulman fumed his guns on what he calls the Establishment be bad enough or his hands to keep couple of men busy He has good medical practice and has become Independently wealthy at the highly sophisticated put and call system of playing the market BEADED PC GROUP He has poked around cutof theway corners of the globe lncludtng look at Red China and has several hobbies besides collecting oblets dart He has been energetic in politics and LetHERTZ Put You In The DriversSeat RENTAL nounLv DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY 1904 CHEVROLET CARS 3TON VANS STON STAKES ECONOMICAL RATES Mm cartmmnccd by HERTZ Truck rental Ilsehealer whose words are mumbohrmbo to the uuinlth atsd Ilia talk is staccato and he acts with brlahoess tadfor government appointeewith WNW one of his fifstinqnaats last year brought him into collision simultaneously with federal and provincial officialdom it was drowning and he wantedand eventually got federal trans portoiilciatstolutlfyaatotbs adequacy of lifesaving regula tions But he claims justice department official seeking to shield the government from ear hnrrassment tried to steer him off and that Mr Common and Dr Cotnam were calledtn to help These two officials have called for the abolition of my office because refused to sup press vital evidence he says CRITICIZED BY COUItI harping his attention to has in pital deaths with the avowed den of exposing any neglig ence he ordered an inquest hrto the death of hernia patient In private hospital The fury recommended major overhaul of practices at that hospital But Mr Justice Rich ardson oi the buprerrto Court nullified the inquest on appeal and the Judge advised Dr Shul man to spend more time read ing up on his duties and less launching inquests into deaths at hospitals Subsequently Dr Shulman says the deputy attornoygen eroi forbade him to hold an in quest into the death ofa woman who died in hospital after treat menl with an alleged antican cer sennn and forbade another coroner to reopen an inquest into similar case Mr Common denies interfen enca but says one factor in his decision to seek abolition of Dr Shulmans job has been contro versy stirred by his public out itnIu DEEPER nooks MONTREAL CP Children today are reading more sophla ticated books than the some age groups of few years ago re ports Kathleen Jebaen librarian at thrMbntxeai Childrens Ll brarKTomeet growing re quests thallbrsry bought books on spossrmedieine psychology and semantics PICK UPS BARRIE DRIVEMAR COMPANY TEL 7266474 102 Dnulop St FOB peat pruideot of the Park As the caution stood in late January Dr Shulman was call orla othch totpsirym into tall WW am bailout had not received any recons mandatlon from his elem am maklng conciliatory sound FORCE CASE JAMIE up afreah Dr Shul man let fly with another mole of barrels he found that no ro pert to coroner had been made on the death of woman in Tomato hospital last No vember 10 days after surgery though an autopsy had shown pair of surgical forceps felt to her abdomen lie called on Mr Cass to order an inquest non rnaily not held after burial lie referred to the attorney generals departmentaiso an legation by fhmnto man that chemist had tried to get 00000 or 50000 for asentm for his wife who died of chum December AttorneyGeneral Cass eventu ally gave Dr Shuiman bear log on the interference charge no verdict was given he an nounced in the legislature an in quest lnlo the forceps death and his department and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada began look ing into the serum case Later Mr Case at press conference conceded Dr Shul mans point that hospital pracs tics in reporting deaths has not always been in accordance with the law But he said the chief coroner has been overstepplng his own bounds to trying to get things done Dr Shuimen barred from conducting the forceps inquest personally because Mr Cass doesnt want to steam up more heat left for some minor globetrottlng around the more relaxed Caribbean area sl 935 urnutters The high ty quickcutting MAC V15 chain newton pay for lt self in manhours saved in weeks lry oney°urioca McCulloch dealer wlllglvs ou damnnstmt on 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