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‘"The. indusitry M pendent on venture ance," said Mr. Pa from Mzr. Mutch‘s while go‘d mining s 1860, it was not unt ount of profit fro was sufficient to C pendituures on min and on the mining claims. M out that the succes to the investor fr must repay him fo tho:;: successful 0o losses in his overall profit, or "g peet mons:sy and the "Mining in cover cent. of coming prior to 1930. such an it tion was : made it cl reduction whole inau The spe to show th 1928 there enses and 1942, The ed in 19283, neWw weait] in 1939, it in that ye pecpl> in "Why reduc being appare simply would and form h facts present Mr. Parkin: ance duction consor .aer the questi 15 VIUTA public i anythin industry dress fully that i tentio At of th 81 Executive Director of Ont. Mining Association Speaks on Mine Taxation Mr. N. F, Parkinson Urges Greater Thought and Study of the Question by the General Public. Shows that Conâ€" tinued Taxation as at Present Places Big Industry in Jeopardy. VEDNESSDA Yâ€"Public Skating : senior Fiavâ€"offsâ€"8.15 p.m. TIMMIN® vs, SCHUMACHER FRIDAYâ€"Juvenile Hockey Playâ€"offs 1.30â€"Schu. Liuns vs. Seo Cadets 3.00â€"â€"â€"Holimanu‘s vs. Air Cadets JC imate PACGTFE EIGHT Important Place of Mining Parkinson touched on the imâ€" nt place the mines must take in reconstruction period. 5,900 men J*C Pning his addre‘ls; Mr. PaTtkinson _ to the Mutch review of the m and the presentation of the Mr. Balmer Neilly, Despite these rensive and effective reviews, stion was still frequently asked, educe mine taxation," it thus »parert that the average person would not study the question 21 h‘s brief to ag started ir until 1919 tl Trom opers m overbalar ol the Porcupine Branch an Ins‘itute of Mining held last week, the or the occasion was Mr. , executive director Ontâ€" ssociation, and his adâ€" Taxation," was; so careâ€" and so well presented receive very careful atâ€" 1. Th> mining industry Canada and the general closely concerned with may prejudice such an Areclerred to the importâ€" ning industry, its proâ€" al mines in Canada of he extent of $287,000,000 )loyment of 3538,000 men d its support of 700,000 la according to reliable importance of keeping ‘y in the fullest operaâ€" ent, yet Mr. Parkinson r1at unless a substantial made in taxation, the vould be in jeopardy. By its nature is deâ€" ure capital {or its existâ€" Parkinson. He quoted h‘s brief to show that ig started in Canada in until 1919 that the amâ€" conclusions from Mr. Parkinson About Silicosis Mr. Parkinson quoted from the brief presented by the Ontario Mining Assocâ€" iation to the Ontario Mining Commisâ€" sion, in reference to silicosis:â€" "It is probably almost unnecessary to my first statement that we have always point out to you that mines in Canâ€" had labour relations in the industry ada, both base metal and gold, have and always have been a little ahead of gone through a period wWhen normal the things we had to do by law or were and very necessary development work‘m'essed to do by our employees," said has been sacrificed to production, The the speaker result=:â€" (l)they have been including Publicity as profits and paying taxes on that‘ "Mining and especially gold mining," unexpended portion of normal cost; and continued the speaker, "is a pecullar (2) they will be forced as a preâ€"requisite business in that it has no selling probâ€" to normal, let alone expanded produc-llem in the disposal of its product. That tion, to undertake substantial expendiâ€" situation brings about a peculiar frame tures to catch up. :of mind. When a business has to sell Municipalities Nced More Taxes | to keep alive, it makes sure of its pubâ€" Mr. Parkinson made it clear thatf e * *\ mining municipalities needed more t,ax-i Ee e Bs e ts ts se ie ie s ol ie ie o alte se ate aty e a es, and others should be ar. as to the parties to whom the taxes nowi paid are distributed. He dealt effectâ€"| l EN y EZ ively with the question of royalties, and the present effect of this method of | : taxation. | INT i 'h have left Ontario gold mines for active service. Base metal mines have also made a big contribution in this line. Miners, he pointed out, are a very loyal crowd. He noted that it was estimated that given a return to normal condiâ€" tions of manpower and equipment and taxation encouragement, the presently operating gold mines can employ 5,500 additioal men within the first year, but this number represents anly a very small part of those who will be put to work through mining and prospecting and development. ) â€"â€"The new town council had a busy sesâ€" , a delegate from the limmins sion Taursday evening, Feb. 8th, 1934, | to the big Ottawa conference in March. with the mayor in the chair and all } This question was left to be dealt with the councillors present, and a large | at the following meeting. Nominations ' attendance of spectators, the hall beirng closed for the office of president for the | crowded to more than capacity. One | ensuing year, with the follpwing candâ€"i of the chief items of business was the ‘! dates on the list:â€" A. Nceame, T. Parâ€" decision to purchase the tractor snowâ€" | sons, J. Harris, A. Bellamy, Jas. Cowan. | plough arranged for by the 1933 counâ€" The following appeared in The Adâ€" lcil. Also at the meeting street lights | yance in part, ten years ago:â€" "The | were ordered to be placed in the followâ€" | Porcupine Fish and Game Protective ‘ ing locations:â€" corner of Kirby and | Association for some time past have jCameron streets; on Hemlock street,‘ been puting up a big battle to induce |north of Eighth avenue; on SpruCct | the Ontario Government to have a dam street, north of Seventh Ave. A letter jpuilt on Frederickhouse Lake for the Ewas read from H. R. Channen, tOWn betterment of wild duck and game preâ€" ‘assessor since Jan. 13927. In part the | servation As the secretary of the asâ€" ‘letter said:â€" "Owing to ill health I|sociation, J. D. Brady, has repeatedly request that I be relieved of my ouâ€" ! pointed out it is very important that side duties as assessment commissioner | this work be done before the ice leaves ! for the town of Timmins, same to b€¢ | the lake or this famous hunting ground effective with one month‘s notice and I will be lost to the district for all time. would respectfully submit my applitcaâ€" | The type of dam necessiry is a lumberâ€" tion to this or any other municipal deâ€" | mans dam with a large spillway to partment where my services could be allow ice flows to pass in the spring. ‘utilized for indoor work." _ The council The estimated width of the dam at the passed a resolution that did not even proper site would be 150 feet. It would :mcntion the assessor‘s request for a be necessary to raise the water a,pproxi- transfer, but simply accepted his resigâ€" iwptely nine feet. The approximal‘e !nation. There were many relief quesâ€" cost is estimated at $3000.00. It is abâ€" ~tions before the council. On motion | solutely vital that the dam be built at !of Councillors Bartleman and Laprairie, i once while the ice is on the lake so as ! it was decided that an independent acâ€" | to save the growth of vegetable food ‘countant be appointed temporarily t0o necessary for the preservation of wild ‘make a complete investigation into the [ ducks and rats. Sportsmen in the disâ€" 1930 and 1932 tax sales and also into trict will recognize the good work being |the snles of town lots acquired by done by taking up this question. To | the town and that the finance commitâ€" " lose the wild ducks at Frederick House ‘tee be authorized to make such appointâ€" Lake would be considered a calamity ‘ment, the expense not to exceed fifty | by the thoughtful sportsmen of the dollars. district. ‘Other organization are backâ€" | __The week of Feb. 8th, 1934, The Adâ€" in the Porcupine Fish and Game Asâ€" vance made mention of amalgamation | sociation in this matter and it is to be : of dairies in the town and district. The | hoped most sincerely that succeess will purpose of this amalgamation was to | be won." | provide the public with all properly and | _ There was a crowd of five or six hunâ€" fully pasteurized milk. There were six ; dred people at the boxing bouts at the i dairies in the merger and they were to Riverside Pavilion on Tuesday evenâ€" ‘have a complete pasteurizing plant that ing, February, 3rd, 1934, and there was would adequately handle all the milk ‘ much enthusiasm during the evening. of the several concerns merging for ; The main bout was Roy Hamilton vs. j this purpose. There were six dairies 'K]d Lando. Roy boxed himsel{ t o anâ€" | coâ€"operating in this way. They were: | other viectory. in the chair. Brief discussions took place on the porposed plans for a Leâ€" gion building, Comrade Murphy giving an outline of what is desired for the Legion here#®in this matter. Austin Neame spoke of the need for sending To this, he added:â€" "The industry has in turn to thank the late J. J. Denâ€" ny, o MciIntyre ,and Dr. Robson, of the same mine, for the idea of aluminum powder application, the coâ€"operation of {the Banting Institute and its staff, and _eof Dr. Crombie and others, which, toâ€" gether with an expenditure of over $300,000.00 in the conduct of the necâ€" ‘essary reseéearch brought the favourable ‘results."" Other Benefits "The mines can ‘hardly be accused of doing things to smve their money in providing at considerable cost to them o‘ group insurance, medical treatment and hospitalization plans, pension plans, community centres, and the number of special features of all kinds that are in effect in various mines I think I am safe in saying that no other industry in Canada provides on the ayâ€" erage so much in the way of extras. I have cited the above merely to confirm my first statement that we have always had labour relations in the industry and always have been a little ahead of the things we had to do by law or were pressed to do by our employees," said the speaker brcome known, not as a producer of fillicosis, but as the research industry in which was discovered and applied the means of preventing that disability which has beo>n a scourge of the "silica dust" trades throughout the world." TEN YEARS AGCO IN TIMMINS From Cata in the Porcupine Advance Fyles 2 h 2o ) 28, .8, * #..*®. % + #. 8. %. %, % O.MMM.l whe whe ate ate ofs o.oo.co_oo.uooo’ooo:ooot:o.:».-o.oo.oo.oo.oo‘:oo:bo'¢o.o ns# B s*+ + + # 6 :4 THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO At about 4.30 Thursday morning, Feb. 15th, 1934, there was a spectacular fire just behind the T. N. O. station at | Eouth Porcupine when twoâ€"storey sheds ‘located in Whitney township were toâ€" tally destroyed with contents. The loss was about $5000.00. . Trainmen on a | passing freight noticed the fire and tapâ€" ped the wire to send a message to Porâ€" Junction. The message was reâ€" layed by long distance to Chief Max Smith at South Porcupine. The briâ€" gade was soon at work although the property was in Whitney township. On acount of the deep snow there was difâ€" i ficulty in getting to the back of the building to fight the fire. ‘There were | ten barrels of gasoline in the sheds and these made the blaze spectacular and ‘dangzerous. Gasoline shot up fiftyâ€"feet in the air endangering firemen and neighbouring buildings. The sheds and contents were a total loss. Nearby ‘ buildings were also threatened but the "Of the total cfi 136,800,000 outstandâ€" ing shares of these companies, 75 per cent, are owned in Canada, 20.5 per cent. in the U.S.A., and 6.5 per cent. in other countries. "‘There are 274,192 sharcholders of |these companies who own an average ‘therefcre of 500 shares each. These shareholders are resident â€" 614 per cent. in Canada; 30 per cent. in the U. S.A.; 8.6 per cent, in other countries. "We have something to sell, the goodâ€" will of this businiess, to our employees and our sharcholders, and through them to the public at large." a delegate from the Timmins Branch to the big Ottawa conference in March. This question was left to be dealt with at the following meeting. Nominations closed for the office of president for the ensuing year, with the follpwing candâ€"i dates on the list:â€" A. Neame, T. Parâ€" sons, J. Harris, A. Bellamy, Jas. Cowan. lic relations. Gold mining hag no pubâ€" lic relations beyond the gu»nding out to its shareholders of annual reports in stereotyped form and in the case of some dividend cheques. To my mind, labour relations, and T refer to the curâ€" rent use of the term, have indicated quite definitely the need for Public Reâ€" lations, and I include in my definition of "Public‘" the thousands of our emâ€" ployees with which we have had relaâ€" tions, and good relations, in the past, in the hope that those good relations will last to our mutual advantage." Ownership of Canadian Mines In closing his address Mr. Parkinson said:â€" "In conclusion, let me give you a few more figures to show two thingsâ€" "1. Ontario mines are Canadianâ€"ownâ€" ‘2. The sharecholders of Ontario mines 2re not rich people and big companies, but Mr. Average Investor. "These figures are obtained from the official records of 45 operating Ontario mines, and include the base metal and gold imines, members of the Ontano Mining Association:â€" ed l Among the local and personal itcms‘ appearing in The Advance ten years ago were the following:â€"*Mr. and Myrs. James J. Durrell announce the enâ€" gagement of their eldest daughter Mary | Elizabeth to H. Walter Heise, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Heise of Toronto. The wedding will take place early in March in Toronto" "The draw has been made for the local bonspiel at the | Timmins Curling rink for the Eccleâ€" stone trophy, the President‘s event and the Consolation. There are 21 rinks in the bonspiel." ‘"Born â€" On Tuesday, Feb. 6th, 1934, to Mr. and Mrs. V. shields (nee Evelyn Clement‘â€"a son (Michael, Wallace, John Gilbert) | Canadian Soldiers Had Grand Time at Orphanage Overseas the camp, the event being held in Schuâ€" macher. A number from Timmins and other parts of the camp were present at the bangquet. Each of the officers was presented with a wrist watch as well as receiving hosts of good wishes for future success." Mr. John Knox was host to the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Timmins Diâ€" vision No. 47, on Monday evening, Feb. 13, 1934, at the directors‘ lodge, Holâ€" linger Mine. During the evening musiâ€" cal numbers and songs were enjoyed after which Mr. Knox made appropriate address and presented medals. Had a swell time on New Year‘s too. ;Prospm'lom’ and As was always my custom I had to getition. The associa pretty well lit on New Year‘s Eve and :lut.inn and it was this year was no exception. Long beâ€" |atl concerned. So fore New Year‘s four of us had arrangâ€" | would ‘have a ed a little drinking party to usher in ‘siqering the brief the New Year and we knew that there yp,. Wallingford ! was going to be a shortage Of spifits The resolution so we hatched a plan. We were @lâ€" | "Whereas minin ready on pretty good terms with a lady ‘ ejement;; of Can who runs a Pub close. to us and we JUSt prosperity: spread it on a little thicker for a while.|â€" whereas t We scrounged all sorts of stuff, as Well ‘ rornerstonce of thi as choice bits of our Chritsmas parcels, | _ "anqg whereas t] such as candy, gum, cake, etc., and the jno industry is im day after Christmas we brought her pandicapping o‘ t half a dozen real eggs. Well, that was | "pe it resolved the stroke that fixed things up prOPCT: | curitiee Act be re} That was more eggs than she had been :Hm_.h a way that 1. able to get almost since the war startâ€" |associates who 2ru ed so we were really in solid. She aâ€" ‘may have a free greed to supply us with a fairly large aâ€" 'dcwlu;mwm of t] mount of spirits for the new year. So !samv manner that when the new year finally rolled in WE to proceed. were busy drinking our way through[“‘m“l Against"frar three quarts of good Scotch liquor. ‘ti(m by the commu Nceedless to say we all four got pretty woozy ‘before we finally DACK | OW ooo to barracks. i enc e n oi iN This country is starting to agree with I me. I don‘t like the idea of spending a winter with no snow but if they kvopl me here long enough I suppose T‘ll get | used to it. It is quite warm here now | | PODAYX t * Kather * Gene J and it‘s supposed to be the middle of | winter. It‘s a lot different over there, isn‘t it? I got a letter from my sister | in Toronto and another from a friend in Cochrane and they both tell me that it is quite cold there now. ‘ I had a swell Christmas over here, probably the best that I ever had. That seems strange doesn‘t it, being so far away from home and my friends, but I really mean it. It was a much differâ€" ent Christmas from any other that I spent but it was good. We had plenty of turkey and all the trimmings that go with it. In fact there was more than we could eat. And then we had plenty of liquid refreshments to round off the afternoon. All the serving was done by the officers and they did a good job. After the "doins" at the billets four of us left and gathered together all the candy and gum and sweets that we received in our Christmas parcels and brought the pile over to an orphanage near here. All the little kids in there lost their parents and everybody they had in the world in the London blitz and they were really without anybody. We had the grandest time letting those kids climb all over us and get us all stuck up with candy gum. It was really a lot of fun and besides those kids have a bunch of swell nurses lookâ€" ing after them. Now they have anâ€" other job â€" looking after us in their time off. And the Youngsters Also Had a Big Time. Sorry I didn‘t get around to writing before Christmas because I sort of misâ€" sed out on wishing you the best for the festive season but you know what I‘m like, always forgetting things. T really had the hardest time here before Chritsmas trying to find something to send to a couple of good friends back home. I wanted to send the girl friend a Christmas present of some sort but do you think I could find anything worthwhile to send her. There simply wasn‘t anything here that was any good so I finally settled by sending my sister two pounds and told her to find someâ€" thing the girl would like and to send it to her. Quite a problem isn‘t it. How did you get through this year? Did the gang have a party at the shop as usual. I wish T could have been there but then again I was very glad to be here. I had an awful time getting over here and now it looks as though T‘ll be staying here for some time. Don‘t know yet whether T‘ll get into action when they open that longâ€"promised second front but if I don‘t it won‘t be for lack of trying. The following letter was received last week from George Wallingford, sports editor of The Advance before his enâ€" listment two years ago for active serâ€" vice, and who has been overseas for several months:â€" Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1944 Hello Mr. Macdonald:â€" Guess it‘s aâ€" bout time I wrote to you again, isn‘t it. I‘ve written a couple of letters to you since I came over here, but so far none of you folks have answered me yet. What‘s the matter, running out of ink or paper? Get the gang busy and send me at least one little letter. Since I came to this school a littlc more than two mo fourteen pourds s well for my treat meals are just as ; the majority of c much better than them, especially Scotia. I don‘t c | into meals as terr that place. | Well, I haven‘t about just now bu i again and have ; such a way that associates who g may have a fre development of same manner th allowed to proced tected against fr tion by the com! Asks Repeal or Amendment of the Securities Act t "~NCrCQ. _ 120 him or his fol} Bob Tonkin an Hollinger hous Timmins boy w last week. His and he lived or Mattagami Riv both in Timmi Well, I must goodâ€"byve and again. If thi for dinner on Préetty corr Well, byeâ€"hb the staff. Te Tell Walter t smokes from They were th came over hel much I apprt There staff ht him or about. I have: yet, not becaus mainly because save up a big a good time. i I made a resolut and I think that financial blunder broke all the tir expect that I shg on leave next m T‘ll visit that natl "Dear Moths sians pushed u: nesday they pu yesterday they miles and toda ~CraAaps â€" f a devil of chunk 6f the Sund was a ral clipped it 1 Ssuppost the young sian front his mother something | Ontario sion. $T t ARTS SUN. MIDNITE PALAGE Banjo on My Knee AND MANY OTHER FAMOUS ENX * Jose Iturhi Three Great Bands In Old Chicago Thousands Cheer Katherine Grayson Gene Kelly Mary Astor John Boles the time now at I shall have next month sc hat native land losing a clipp>in y pape! nmust stc and be; > you heard the one about German soldier on the Rusâ€" who wrote a letter home to "in Berlin. The lettter was is imperilled by the recent g of the prospector; )lved that the Ontario Seâ€" E11 Lat UAe pro: ) grubstakt free hand was to be forwarded to So that the Commission copy handy while conâ€" rief from the prospectors, rd handed them a copy. i reads as follows . ining is ong of the basic Canadian progress and Sunda the mi cter > e@ever made. m time now. However, I shall have enough to go month some time and iative land of yours. z a clipping from one of ipers here. I thought it leverly written piece and at oth d. the h onths ago. I‘ve gsained so that speaks pretty atnent. Honestly. the good as they have in camps in Canada and 1 they have in a lot of JACK resented to the ining Commisâ€" omewhere. Another taking a course here ne was Bob Lazenby ain Avenue near the end. I knew them JC s up I 3l I them. Tiimnmil 11 il industry: future of the minâ€" 11 li LV Dest wishes to all to drop me a line. cleved a parcel of jegion this week. that I got since I i can imagzine how Tut prospecto DW pI icolous ot lav esday the Rusâ€" iirty miles, Wedâ€" back forty miles, us back fifty 1e Ontario Seâ€" or amended in pector and the the prospector to finance the operties in the enterprises are iblic being proâ€" misrepresentaâ€" friend (quUl pushed back shall be home is lad on the if you knew His name is to live in the epre. Another a course here more to yell n T will write more to talk ) to. Scotland t a leave but he bi md with gambling _ _â€"Goldfields â€" is the ible to oting _ had sized PuUnD ‘ in est / Some Interesting © Statistics on Bm ,f Sceout Work |"* PRINCESS | O(‘ROURKE " During 1943, 10,919 Boy Scouts atâ€" tended summer camps under Scout auspices, despite difficulties of transâ€" portation and rationing. This does not include a number of short duration Wolf Cub camps. To give some idea of the effects of the war on the Rover Section of the Scout Movement (aged 17 and up) comâ€" parative figures show in 1939, 3,.221 Rover Scouts, and in 1943, 852 Rover scouts. Every physicially fit Rover Scout in Canada is believed to be in the armed forces. In rural sections where it is not posâ€" sible to operate Scout Troops, Lone Scouts are operated, inviduals carrying out the Scout programme either alone or in company with a few other boys in their area. In 1943 there woere 89 Lone scouts in Canada. Lastest census returns, completed in January, show Canada‘s total of Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs to tbe 87,095, an increase of 1,366 over the previous year. These figures do not include several thousand members of Local Associaâ€" tions and Group Committees. There are 6,699 Scoutmasters, Cubâ€" masters. Rover Leaders and assistants in the organization in Canada. Spread across the Dominion are 1,723 Boy Scout Troops, 1,5091 Wolb Cub Packs, 68 Rover Crews, 41 Sea Scout Troops. Rover Crews are greatly reâ€" duced in numbers as Scouts of Rover age are all eligible for service in the armed forces. Breakdown of Scout population by Provinces shows Prince Edward Island, 289; Nova Scotia, 5,236; New Brunsâ€" wick, 4,558; Quebec, 8.176; Ontario, 40,320; Manitoba, 6,536: Saskatchewan, 3,053; Alberta, 4,563; British Columbia, 8,085; ;Salvation Army Scouts, 1,571; scouts Catholiques, 4,208. T‘ North of the Rockies Higher and Higher BROAD W AY NCW s A FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRE * MOTHER RILEY JOINS UP" THE SINATRA SHOW! Arthur Lucan, New Briâ€" tish Comedian I N ALSO ON THE SAME PROGRAM Chapiter No. 7 ROBERT CUMMINGS OQOLIVIA DeHAVILAND Last Day to See This Big Double Bill t STARTS SATURDAY! "JUNIOR Gâ€"MEN OF THE AIR" TODAY and FRIDAY Coming Mon. Tues. 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