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Make Survey Here Before Passing Pension Scheme MONDAY, MARCH 4TH,. 1940 A. V. Thompson, representative Oof the Dominion Government Annuities Branch was instructed by the Council to remain in Timmins long enough to ascertain the number of town employees who would wish to contribute under a pension scheme and to put the scheme in operation if the council so directs. Mr. Thompson was told that the town would pay in to the government an equal amount to that given by the emâ€" ploycee up to three per cent of the emâ€" ployees‘ wage. The money was turned over to the government and held back until the employee was sixtyâ€"five years of age when it was turned back to him as a pension, the money having, in the meantime, accumulated four per cent compound interest. Town Would Contribute Dollar for Dollar With Employee Up to Three Per Cent of Latter‘s Wages. Accumulated Money Would Bear Interest with Government at Rate of Four Per Cent Compounded. Spooner Objects. Those eligible for the pension said Mr. Thompson when he spoke to the assembled members of Council om Friâ€" day, were permanent employees under 65 yvears of age. Payments coul as little as the the town could ; it wished. The by municipalitie cent. "If one hundred per cent of the town employees came into the scheme it would cost the town $6,000 a year," said Mr. Roberts. He agreed however that it would be more likely that fifty per cent would come under the provisions of the scheme. "It‘s very nice," said the Mayor, Dul it is not helping to reduce the tax rate." Miss Terry: "If it hadn‘t been for that slap from Hepburn it would be casy. However, I am in favour of When the question was put as to whether or not Thompson should be asked to stay on in Timmins and make a survey the only dissenter was Counâ€" gillor Spooner. Hc obju:tcd as he felt that there would be. wage increases in the estiâ€" mates. He didn‘t think the office girls would be interested, and insofar as the older men were concerned, it wouldn‘t amount to "a hill of beans‘" for them. "And so far as the wages of the young men are concerned they are not suffiâ€" cient now for them to build a home and cover their families with life inâ€" surance,‘‘ Mr. Spooner said. He objectâ€" ced also on the. grounds that the anâ€" nuities branch was a government deâ€" partment operated at the expense of the taxpayers. Millions had been turnâ€" ed in from the general fund to support it, he said. it, he said. Also, the annuities started and were still tecday at too high a rate of intetrâ€" est. Furthermore, only the rich people were able to buy them and reap the benefits of the high interest rate and the fact that whatever was amassed was free from inheritance tax. "Well in this case," said Miss Terry who said that she "sold insurance twenty years ago," "the government is getting whatever we turn in and not some _ profitâ€"making privatelyâ€"owned insurance company. â€"I realize that this scheme is the worst competitor of the insurance _ companies. Furthermore, *hara ic nn incoma tax on the money there is no incoms L@aX 0n Uit IIVLICY saved in this fashion." "Has Councillor Spooner anything more attractive to offer?" asked Counâ€" cillor Roberts. Discussion ended when tne Council agreed to ask Mr. Thompson to stay. The following interesting editorial article was in the Haileyburian on Thursday last. What it says about its first isue on Thursday is true of all other newspapeors issued on Thursday, but the others did not think of the oddity. The HMHaileyburian says:â€" "Today marks an occasion unique in the annals of this newspapetr. For the first time since it was founded by the late C. C. Farr thirtyâ€"five years ag3o, The Haileyburian has five issues in the month of February, a circumstance that will not occur again for almost a genâ€" eration and will be repeated twice only between this year of grace and the end of the present century. Consulting that handy calendar included in the conâ€" tents of The Book of Common Prayetr, is is found that while other dgays of the week have been represented in the varâ€" ious Leap Years‘ odd days since the passing of Queen Victoria â€" Thursday nitherto has not been represented in the list, The next occasion such an event will happen is given as the year 1968. not so far distant as time goes, and a further opportunity will occur in 1996 for cbservations of this nature, although not necessarily by the present writer. Beyond that date, any interest in the matter is purely academic and somewhat similar to that shown toâ€" wards the apperance of the five planets presently scintillating in the evening sky and whose next return in the same order is bocked, so the scientists say, for a time of no immediate pressing concern." First Issue of Haileybury Newspaper on February 20 Notice is given in The Ontario Gaâ€" yette by Jolhin D. MacKay, of Cochrane, aheriff, that as a result of a legal action in which Ryan Diamond Drilling Co. Lid. was plaintif and Porcupine Nabb Gold Mines Ltd. was defendant, he has seized and will offer for sale by public auction, at the office of Caldbick and Yatos, Bank of Commerce Bldg.. Timmins, Ont.. on Tuesday, May 21st, 1940, at 11 am., all the right, title inâ€" terest and equity of redemption of the defendant in certain lands and teneâ€" orcupineâ€"McNabb Claims May be Sold by Auction ‘The next occasion such Aan 11 happen is given as the year t so far distant as time goes, rther opportunity will occur in + cobservations of this nature, not necessarily by the present Beyond that date, any interest natter is purely academic and t Ssimilar to that shown toâ€" e apperance of the five planets 4 be made, as much or employee wished and idd to that as much as usual percentage given s was up to three per aid the Mayor, "but TSumner-Welles Tour Reminiscent of the Ford Peace Ship Writing in his column in The Toronto Telegram Thomas Richard Henry has the following comments to make on many matters:â€" Forty Submarines. â€" Padre Gratitude. Some Other Items, Resniniscent There is something reminiscent of the old Ford peace ship in this Sumner Welles tour. But if the Empire was right in guessâ€" ing that the existence of the demoâ€" cracies depend upon halting the march of the dictators, Mr. Welles must realize that there can be no turning back until the dictator idea is smashedâ€"because turninz back at this point would result in a fate worse than that of Lot‘s wile. IHIIr micht also reflect that Jack last watr. | He might further reflect that â€" if Britain was right in deciding that a failure to stop Hitler would be fatal to democracyâ€"whether the States likes it or not, Britain and France are fightâ€" ing its war for it. Only when the United States can truthfully say that its people like the form of government in Germany as well as that in Britain and France, will it be able to say truthfully that Britain and France are not fighting (to some extent at least») for US.A., too, Those 40 Submarines Toâ€"day Mr. Churchill says we have bagged between 35 and 40 submarines. That figure 40 in submarines is more persistent than 29 in a bachelor girl‘s birthdays. Padre Scot A soldier of the old war was in Que bec when he reecived a phone call a his rocom. "YÂ¥ou are a fin> soldier to come down here and not look me up," a voice said. "Who is speaking?" he asked. "And" now you don‘t know who 1s speaking," the voice ecomplained. "It is Canon Szott." The old soldier had never met Canon scott. He said so. But a mutual friend had tipped the padre off that the old soldier was comâ€" inz to Quebec. And the canon wanted him to come up and see him. He °xâ€" pected all the old soldiers to call and see him. That was Canon Szott of the old war. We wonder who will inherit his manâ€" tle in this war. Gratitude Speaking of padres, Operator 7734 sends this ore in: w | _A tnchcti in td There is still much to be done for Christianity, according to the story reâ€" lated by a Toronto minister, who is padre to one of the local veterans‘ orâ€" ganizations. He tells of being called upon to officiate at a marriage cereâ€" mony for a couple who obviously were not in ‘the best of financial circumâ€" stances J w OE OE CC T groom approached the minister â€" and said, "I‘m afraid, padre, I cannot pay the usual fee, but I can show you how to fix your gas meter so that it won‘t register. Bullon, Butlton Before ‘the first division went overâ€" seas the boys were supplied with $10,â€" 000 worth of sport equipment. They left none behindâ€"and at Alderâ€" shot they are now asking for the same kind of equipment that was given in Canada. Where did the first issue go? Winston Our Winston petunia is following a strong and course, pushing ahead in an unswerving manner but doing it conservatively, withal. This kindness was refused by the amused minister. and we hope he is not kidding the boys beca(isc wc: have just a faint and hazy recollectionâ€"but we won‘t check up this time. That is what surprises us. We knew this particular petunia was capable of vigorous action but we were a little afraid that we might come down some morning and find that it had suddenly got the idea of sending out a branch to penetrate the brick wall of the sunâ€" room or something. He has just i ous and entirel;} and we expect which may be almost sure to ments, as follows: Mining claim P. 8858 approximately 39 acres, in Macklem Townshxp. claim P. 8940, 34.2 acres, in Macklem Townâ€" ship, both crown granted; the followâ€" ing unpatented Cclaims in Mascklem Townshipâ€"Nos. P. 19819â€"20â€"1, Nos. P. 20284â€"85, Nos. P. 21578â€"79â€"80â€"81â€"82â€"83â€" 84. P. 21624 and P. 23172. This is as the padre told the story is following a pushing ahcead r but doing it LV Two Lives, $118,000 Lost by Fires in Timmins in February property was lost in Timmins during the month of FPebruary by fire, accordâ€" ing to the report of the Fire Chief presented on Friday at a meceting of Council. Chief Borland, in his report, said that there were thirtyâ€"six alarms during the month, of which 29 came in by telephone, six from alarm boxes and one verbal. Estimated loss on buildings was $43,â€" 678 and on contents of buildings, $118,â€" 828. The two persons who lost their lives died in a fire at 162 Maple street north. The man was found inside the kitchen door terribly burned. He died later. The woman was found huddled up in door terribly burned. The woman was found a small clothes closet She had suffocated. During the month 6,350 feet of hose line were used, 236 feet of ladders, nine hydrants, 21 gallons of chemical, four masks, three gallons of foam, one salâ€" vage cover, and the booster pump was sed once. Firemen Eckert and McCabe were hurt during the fire at the Consumers‘ Coâ€"operative on December 23. They will be back to work this month. Inspector Harding, of the Fire Marâ€" shal‘s Department, was in Timmins to investigate the fire in Friedman‘s and in Shaheen and David‘s stores, He will report to the Fire Marshal. i (By R,. Whiteman, South Porcupine) Loyal son of Britain, tried and true, On History‘s page his name we‘ll view! Revered, unspoiled by world wide fame, Death adds but glory to his name. Through life, the narrow path he trod. When came the call to meet his God Earth‘s bonds were loosed, his soul tcok flight. Exalted now in realms of light. Devoted servant of his king, Some abler pens his praise will sing. May we his great example heed Until the nations all succeed In righting wrongs when wars shall cease. Rest. now Lord Tweedsmuir, rest in peace! Seck Finances for Work on Verity Porcupine Mines Another effort is being made to obâ€" tain finances for Verity Porcupine Mines Limited, a company with eight different groups of claims, all located in the Porcupine district. Originally the company held approximately 10,000 acres but holdings have been reduced to about 5,200 acres. Hamlin B. Hatch is the company geologist. Capitalizaâ€" tion is 3,000,000 shares, 1,343,350 issued of which 934,543 are in escrow to be released at the discretion of the Ontario securities Commission. Officers and directors: R. Franklin Stibbard, Timâ€" mins, president and general manager, A. Watt, Toronto, viceâ€"president; A. N. Taylor, Toronto, secretaryâ€"treasurer; O. K. Kristensen, assistant secretaryâ€"treaâ€" surer, Timmins: P. H. Roose, Waterloo, Robert Armstrong and D. S. Linden, Toronto. As the result of a resolution passed by the Ontario Fire Marshal‘s Associaâ€" tion, only Computer type gasoline pumps will be allowed to operate in that province after January 1, 1947, says A writer in Câ€"Iâ€"L Oval a magazine Oof indusrial chemisry. Already many Oof the 50,000 pumps in service throughâ€" out the Dominion are of this kind, says the anticle. Mechanical robots with 1100 moving parts, the Computer pumps not only dispense gasoline in any quanâ€" tity but the cost of the purâ€" chase of any fixed price per gallon. They are as different from the pumps used at the first Canadian filling staâ€" tion opened at the corner of Smythe and Cambie streets in Vancouver durâ€" ing 1908 as the car of that period is from the car of today. Two lives and a total of $118,826 in Mechanical Robot to be Used After Jan. 1st, 1947 ‘ Comparison Odeâ€"ious Now Tnomas Richard Henry, I Am just plumb stunned that you‘d deny Sweet kinship with old Georgie. Why He‘s right as rain. He‘s meek and mild as any mouse, He goes to Church, and in the House Is protem Speaker. To espouse Old George is not a pain. Lord Tweedsmuir diszust He died later. huddled up in in a bedroom. THF PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTMMIK3, ONTARIO Sault Ste. Marie was given a quota of $5,000 and a week ago had received over $6,000. Sudbury and Copper Cliff, with a quota of $7,500 has secured nearly $12,000. Other Places Exceeding Quota for War Services Mtr. Austin Neame, zone commander of the Canadian Legion for the North, this morning gave The Advance further fgures for the campaign for the Canâ€" adian War Services Incorporated. v-ii:ddhois Falls last week had raised $700. Three Plead Guilty at Rouyn to Plot to Pass Bogus Money Steve Demitrak, Mrs. Nancy Hill and Matthew â€" Dusiak pleaded guilty in court in Rouyn yesterday before Magisâ€" trate Armand Bolly to conspiracy in the counterfeit plot recently unearthed by Ontario and Quebec provincial jice and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, says The Rouynâ€"Noranda Press on Thursday last, They have been reâ€" manded for sentence until Monday of next week. Remanded for Sentence Un til Toâ€"day. Four others have yet to appear before the court and will be brought up beâ€" tween toâ€"day and Saturday. They are: Mike Sawchuk, formerly of Noranda; Paul Marton, Bourlamagque, photograâ€" pher: and John Wolashyn, who also lived in Noranda until recently. Wolaâ€" shyn, the seventh man for whom police were searching last week, was Arrested at Red Lake, Ontario, this week and is being brought here by an RXCMP. scort, f Demitrak, who had admitted conâ€" ceiving the scheme .and helping to carry out the plot to put nearly $200,â€" 000 in bogus bills into .circulation, was arrested last week in Toronto. He was charged with conspiring to make, print and use counterfeit money and, after waiving trial by judge and jury, pléeadâ€". ing guilty. Demitrak been senâ€" tenced here previously for forgery but had more recently made his headquarâ€" ters in Toronto. } Mrs. Hill Pleads Guilty | Mrs. Nancy Hill (born Annie Shapitâ€" ka), pleaded guilty to conspiracy and 'to having $138,000 in false notes in het, possession when arrested. at Swastika 'Lhree weeks ago by Ontario Provincial | Police Constable A. McDougall. It was through her arrest that the whole long, amazing story was unearthed. A few notes spilled from a steel suitcase in which she was taking the notes from Noranda to Toronto. Matthew Dusiak, Rouyn painter, who played a minor role in the consplracy, was the third who pleaded guilty and ! took summary trial. Leo Bureau éppeared for all: three accused and Marcel Letournceau for the crown. Find New Evidence ®% 4 Police uncovered additional evidence in the plot this week a mile cast of Kirkland Lake, 200 yards from the CN . R. and near Gull Lake. Aiter 36 hours of hard manual labour they drove an‘ opening under a rock weighing several tons and recovered a complete . set ~of three photoâ€"engraved plates which had apparently been used in the printiag of counterfeit United States Treasury $20 notes. Hardâ€"frozen earth and cramped working quarters made the : mining operations a most difficult, on« :â€"and it was only through using special tools, made to specification by Lake Shore mines, that they were‘able to get to the hiding place. Subâ€"Inspector J. Alphonse Matte and Constable J. M. Rheault of the Noranda post of the Quebec provincial police arid Ontario Provincial Police Conâ€" stables A. McDougall and LeS TregenZ%a took part in the search, The plates are $ sn e o Ee . oo now in possession of Inspector Matte and may be introduced as evidence in the other hearings this week, Swift, Un{failing Coâ€"operation Swift and unfailing coâ€"operation beâ€" tween the two provincial police forces, the R.CMP. and the municipal police of Noranda, Rouyn, Bourlamaque, Toâ€" ronto and Hamilton has made possible the unearthing of the. plot and the quick trial of those involved to date, according to the authorities. No other counterfeit bills have turnâ€" ed up yet, only three having got into circulation, so far as police know. One was found at Val d‘Or, a second at a Rouyn bank and a third at Duparquet. Toronto Pilot to Wed Daughter of Countess Toronto newspapers have been carrTyâ€" ing references to the marriage of Pilot Officer Edgar Wight Wakefield of the RA.F., son of Raymond E. Wakefield, Farnhem avenue, Toronto, and Lady Jean Huddleston, daughter of the Countess of Loudoun, a peeress in her own right, and also holding the titles of Barness of Loudoun, Baroness Tarâ€" rinzean and Mauchline in Scolland, and Baroness Batreaux, Stanley and Hastings. The ceremony is to take place at Loudoun Castle, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, on March 23rd. Information from South Pporcupine is to the effect that Pilot Officer Fugar Wakefield is the son of the first Mrs. Raymond Wakefield, who was the daughter of Mr. G. LaMothe, of Matâ€" tawa. Accordingly Pilot Officer Wakeâ€" field is a nephew of Mrs. E. J. Rapsey, Mrs. M. Bessette and Mr. Charles Laâ€" Mothe, of South Porcupine. Constableâ€"Well, I found him in the club hallway with a can, watering the fowers on the linoleum, was drunk last night? Judgeâ€"How do you know this man Suspicious Conduct Polish Consul Says Spirit of Poland is By No Means Broken "The war that started in Poland has become the test of the consciences of nations," declared Dr. Tadeusz Brzeâ€" zinski, Polish Consulâ€"General in Monâ€" treal in an address before the Kiwanis Club of Montreal last week at its weekly luncheon in the Windsor Hotel. Through it, he said, nations were forced to an historical decision as to whether victory and the rule of the world should belong to right, justice and liâ€" berty or to lawlessness, brutal force and slavery. Dr. Brzezinski said that there could not be any doubt as to what the judgâ€" ment of history would be, and if Poland had contributed to this, the highest award which would compensate for her sufferings would be for future generaâ€" tions to acknowledge that struggling Poland deserved well of humaniy. Better Days to Come for Poland and for Europe. Describing his country as the sentry of European culture, the Consulâ€"Genâ€" eral said that it had suffered many times for its adherence to Western, Christian and Latin culture, based on humanitarian principles and the recâ€" cgnition of human individuality. While her towns and villages were under the depressing heel of the aggressors, the hearts and souls of the people, their thoughts and desires were still free, and the Polish Government was still existent, and legally and constitutionâ€" ally acting, recognized by the civil When the development of miliâ€" tary events permitted it, the Polish Government would return to the terâ€" ritory of the State. Meanwhile, Poland‘s army and navy were helping the Allies and would not relinquish their struggle against the enemy. The speaker said there was very little difference between conditions under German rule ard those. under Russian domination in Poland. Terror was one of the governing factors in a regime which sought to ruin and desâ€" poil and destroy Polish culture. The only difference was that German terâ€" rorism was more planned and organâ€" ized. Both countries scuzht to weaken the nation for generations to come, by destruction and theft, while the sufâ€" ferings inflicted on the people surpassed in their barbarity anything which in ancient times constituted the attriâ€" butes of the Huns or other wildest aniâ€" malâ€"like tribes. "Today Poland was a black night of nightmares, broken only by the blaze of fires and the groans of iis slaughterâ€" ed victims. Nevertheless, the spirit and belief of Poles in the dawn of a better tomorrow is unbroken," concluded the Consulâ€"General. Ownerâ€""I‘m surprised to find you, a Scout, in my orchard." 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One of them reports that last,‘ summer he was seduced into making an expedition into the Patricia area, a doozer. It was, he said, partly his fault, Being in Port Arthur his headâ€" quarters, he naturally had an ear to the ground and in contact with the grapevine. In his hotel he was sought out by an acquaintance who whispered an exciting story of a new dissovery up near Lake St. Joe. The find, he was told, was being kept dark by the disâ€" coverer because there were cerlain property complications. A prospector was on the ground, hiding out until such time as the claims came open for staking. The present owner of the claims was also on the scene and knew nothing of the new discovery but had iannounced his intention of abandoning ithe claims unless he found something within a couple of weeks. Mystery and secrecy were the keynotes. "Such a situation is naturally intriguâ€" ing to a man who has searched long. and unsuccessfully for a vworthwhile showing to take to his head office. 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A scout relates that one time in Bri«â€" tish Columbia he got wind of a showing owned by a real old sourdough who had for years worked his property driving an adit into a mountain. Word reachâ€" ed the engzineer that the oldâ€"timer had struck good ore but that he was not particularly anxious to sell. The bait eventually drew the scout to the remote ‘ locality. When ‘he and his guide arâ€" ‘rived on the mountain about noon lthev found, to their surprise, that the prospector was ‘still not up. Thinking i that he might be ill they went into the cabin and awoke him, enquiring for his health. He looked them over, got ‘up and started to get breakfast. In explanation of his late rising hour, he remarked: ‘"This week I am work.lng ‘mnht shift,." Smithâ€"My daughter has arranged a little piece for the piano. Neighbourâ€"Good! It‘s time we had a little peace. take them to the showing. Followed a midnight trip and an inspection. The whole thing was a washout. 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