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r.-wâ€"‘-" e §# M T us tatI? fit I t A aln %auflon Sz);rlfisl}gol?::g ziai _T his Time To Aid Stnkers , Wmes counell received an sppeal . | ‘‘Other fights on the card: Johnny Lavigne vs â€"Popeye> Gauthier: Andy Martin vs Beau Jack; Art Valler vs obby McNeill; Flash Chartrand vs Boots Breton; and Joey Dosti vs YÂ¥von Martin. . _ ; Headlining the show again is ‘Zliff Varin, one of the best lightweights to be developed in the North since prewar days. This time Varin takes en Alex Chorney at catchweights. Chorney is an experienced battler who considerably outweights Varin. card to uid the waiters fund takes place Monday evening in the‘ Finnish Hall which has been donâ€" ated by the IU.M.M.S.W. for the oc casion. + "In the semiâ€"final Bob O‘Donnell fights Pat Costello, the battling, shoeâ€" man. Costello is a new face in the local ring and Tuesday will tell if he has what it takes. ‘ «_ We observed with regret that Peeâ€" wee Chartier was the victim of a TKO in the feurth round, when the oldâ€" timer failed to answer the bell after hand injury in his bout with Sugar KRay Lavigne. @ Bob O‘Donell is co . Red hit the canvas geveral times during the battle royal on last week‘s card. The four ‘youngsters who enâ€" lered the ring blind;folded ganged up on the promctes, who wound up on the bottom of the heap beneath a flailing mass of arms and legs. â€"Bob ODonnell had his hands full with Joe Tremblay in another bout. Qutweighed by a heavy puncher, ODonnell had t6 fight bitterly to win. Last week‘s main event turned out to be a firstâ€"class bout, when Fern Lachapelle carrted the, fight to Cliff Varin in the opening rounds and had the North Ontario champ in trcuble seyeral ‘times before Varin came through with a win. _:Red Mustato, promoter par excelâ€" e of boxâ€"fights in the district. ll retthu to be quoted personally _fl; he feels about the current walt ; strike, but the big beerâ€"slingâ€" .6r froim Moneta inténds to do someâ€" thihg substantial in the form of aldâ€" flu liis fellow ; rays choeckâ€"full of ideas,‘ Red has decl d <to hold=a ‘benefit ca*d for astrikers,â€"and the way the show apâ€" pears to be shaping up, it looks like an evening cf knockâ€" emâ€"down. dragâ€" ‘emâ€"out mayhem. fA ff fA .. "This will positively be the greatâ€" at attractionâ€"ever to take place in the Pbretlpine ": quoth Red, who has hever, been noted for his modesty. No shrinking violet, heâ€"ll1 tell you anyâ€" thing, anywheére, anytime â€" at conâ€" giderable Jength and with intimate detail. Tt will even be better than the show last week, when I myself was knocked to the floor four t:mes while pet‘tormtng my duties as referree", he COCAâ€"COLA :l*WO _SPEEDERS Two persons charged with speed ng within the t@wn limits, were fined $15 and costs in police court this week. Nine â€"persons paid*fines for infractions Antoine Morin paid $100 into court here yesterday when he was found guilty by Magistrate S. Atkinson of driving a motor vehicle while his licence was under suspension. ~ i PA T AR “UU‘\'l; â€" J UW\J‘." l““lll\-ll ‘ Z A the 2875 tevel of Mcmiyre minge was attributed yesterday‘; wlth ‘ extinguishâ€" ing a fire which broke b’ug at the lunch place at that level. Theien wereâ€"Jo#. Ryan and (Dave Cicc“i who were on their way for matertal near No. 11 shaft when they,.smelled smoke. Plunging bravely intdo. the smoke, th» two men .found ; buhdle of clothing aflame on q P ih the lunch place. They extinguished 4€ at once. When the fire was reportcd above â€" ground, stench gas was poured into the mine 9nd all crews came w the sur face H.> Edenâ€" and â€"F. Rankin, the Mcintyre rescue team. proceeded unâ€" derground â€"at once to find the blaze extinguished. No damage was done exâ€" cept to the clothing and the bench. Work was resumed in the mine when the night shift came on at 7 p.m. Mcintyre Trackmen Extinguish Flames The matter was referred to the town solicitors for an opinion. Permission Needed, Mine Advises Town. plans." h o sc mt . tz The letter pomted out" that two permanent» docks had" been ‘erected at Gillies Lake without permission of the mining . company. ‘"‘The mining company doesn‘t own the water in the lake," said Mr. Barâ€" tleman. . o 0 20 t t t un h 2 + ow 127022 3 420 +A e % . L y# SCY * <in y Quick nction by tWo trackmen on 2. i4 i2 t m Lo‘ v-_‘.tf e % UNDER SUSPENSION For the forthcoming R.chelieu Conâ€" vention which is to be held in Monâ€" treal on the 22nd of this month, the local club has nominated three deleâ€" gates namelyv:; J. A. Cousineau, presiâ€" dent; Vincent Gauthier. viceâ€"president and Edmond Aube, (member of the executive. This will be the first Riâ€" chelieu Convention andâ€" all ~18 clubs have expressed their intentions,to send the required number of deélegates. December 11, 1947, has ben» set as the tentative date for the local Club‘s charter night. This date is to be conâ€" firmed the Convention. Mr. Armand Cousineau, the presiâ€" dent, announced the list of member speakers for the whole Winter. Club members will have to address the club on topics of their own choice. The various committees reported on their respective activities. Charter December 11 For Club Richelieu The Club Richelieu ds Timm‘ ns held its weekly luncheon meeting at the Algoma Hotel on Tuesday. noon. Stating that the cost of living was three times as high as in prewar years, he urged that all possible support be given the Japanese miss ons. Rev. R. J. Scott, of South United Church, who was recently clectâ€" ed new president of the Ministerial Association presided. In describing conditions in Japan, the missionary <stated that the most important problem facing the land was obtaining an adequate supply 6f food, He said that before the peoplit‘s minds returned to religion their stomâ€" achs must befed. At the present time the churches of U.S. and Canada are raising a fund for this purpose. More than one third of the Christian churches in Japan were destroyed during the war, the speaker said. At the present time army Quonset huts are being employed to conduct services. Dr. G. Ernest Bott, noted m:ssicuary to Japan, who was one of the two first missionari¢s to reâ€"enter that country after the cessation of hosiilâ€" ities, was guest Speaker, at the monthiy meeting of the Porcupine Ministerial Association at the Pentecostal Church, South Porcupine. this week. When council received an appeal for food for Britain from an â€"unknown tion at yesterday‘s© meeting they regarded it dubflously. "We don‘t know anything about the people making this request," warned Mayor Brunette, ‘"Caution should be used here." The matter will be tnmed over to: ;_‘O.Q.E who will investigate the orâ€" YP“V'A 57 * e ,z.,;“«::',\;fi_; )l:; ary to Japs es Clergy ToÂ¥ £ ‘On Nov. 6, one day belore the strlke broke out Umon R«»presentatlves made two offers to Mr. Gregory T. Evans, the Ass0c1at10n laqu\r (1) That the Union and the Association send a Joint appllcatlon to the Minister of Labour for a conciliator to settl@ the dispute. â€" â€"(2 That the hotel owners sign a memorandum giving the hotel workers $35.00 and 42.50 weekly and the 48-hounf week. _ . Agreement on these two pomts would have pre‘gented the strike. The Hotel Association did not even; 'ther to reply to th\ese two proposals. We believé that you the Generai P"ubl_xc, wfll ]udge as to Who is responsible for. "=this strike and that you will contini nue yom' support to the hotel employees Our _ demands are reasonable. We give you our sincere thanks f or your co-operatwn, wd know you will conâ€" ~â€" tinue your support. Please ask your friends not to cross orir picket lines. We suggest the only reason many of the hotel owners haye not signed is beâ€" ° e they were asked to Slgll $1,000 onds. â€" They are being misâ€"led by the Ass f re e true Efing the signing of these bcmds, THE Gather at Ki Maurice : Travis, international presiâ€" dent, Reid Robinson, eastern v.ceâ€"préâ€" sident, and staff® member Robert Carling will addréss the mecting, the purpose of whichâ€" ‘will be to coâ€"ordinâ€" ate organizing through the district. will meet at Kirkland Lake on the coming Sunday. Harlow Wildman, In- ternational organizer, announced toâ€" All locals of the International Union of Mine, Mill Smelter Workers in the provinces of Ontario and Queébec Members of the delegation from _ "THETLEAW SAYS 48 HOURS _ wHY D0 WEHAVE TO WORK MORE" ~‘_~ . Instead of Questlonmg thxe Wordmg of Our Picket ' Slgns the Hotel Owners Would Do Well to Explam 4d 'Fhelr ‘Hegal Actlon in Workmg Some of Thei % ‘Employees As Much As 72 Hours Weekly The hotel owners shout to hlgh heaven about the agreement, Lheck-oif and certification 5 .~,;(a) . The Union tried for two months to get the hotel owners to negotiate:: uo o j oc ' (b) _ It is not illegal to sign an agreement without certification. Many of the Union agreements in effect in Canada are signed by ;. Umons that were never certified. j | <~(c) ~Certification merely is a manner of proving that a Union has _ more than 50 per cent membership in case of dispute. The hotel waiters union proposed to the hotel owners that the membership ~cards be checked to prove a majority. We were and are willing to certify to them that we doâ€"ha‘ve a majority. â€" ' (d) The Hotelmen‘s Association points out that members have _ to suffer in the eyes of the public because of misgrepresentation * . regarding the 44 and 48 hour week, We ask the Hfitel'As”sOciat_ion' to ,'read. the picket signs again. There is no misâ€" representation. The proposal was for a 44â€"hour week. s Here Are The Facts Concerning: _ Hotel Workers Strike The Hotel Owners Are ResponSIble _For The Strike _ als RetailMerchants Offer â€" â€"__~4~ _ Street Lighting To Town : The Picket Sfign's‘ Read As Follows In a letetr from Cy Kearns, secreâ€" PP tw reper ~<G. ue wl s % iss.. infond Nath | ~ u'.’. 14 ty Association offered the town free of charge the decorative street ligthing system purchased by the merchants before the war, but council shelved the matter temporarily at its meeting yesâ€" terday. ~**We had besser maxke no. decision till the present rationing of Hydro Electric Power is discontinued," â€"said Mayor Brunctte. ; Local 241 will be Ivan Vachon, Stan Germaine, Ralph Carlin, Stan Kremyr, Art Léeblanc, Ernie White, Bob Miner and Dave Walsh. * 6 4 This Add Inserted by o The annexation of Feidman townâ€" site to the Town of Timmins is still very much undecided. For in a letter to council yesterday, the trustees of the Improvement District of Mountjoy stated that they would not sanction the annexation on the basis of the present petition drawn up by residents; The trustees asked that a new petiâ€" tion to be drawn upp, using the names of property. owners only and listing their properties. in this event anâ€" nexation would be reâ€"considered. ‘"Mountjoy seems to think we ars interested in annexing these people," Mountjoy, Rejects Feldman Annexation "We are cortainly not interested enough to circulate a petition," said Magistrate S. Atkinson imposed a fine of $25 and costs on Jotp# Makela, when the latter appeared in Timmins police court yesterday. Makella was charged with failing to return income _â€"Counci!l decided to take no action on the matter." Rartlieman. "That‘s not the C m o o. Lk iess 5) _ . y t fa‘s