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the ial Jusiness ssse Sheu gs! hole assessment "of the County! | Schedules sgn, "of Ontario ollowing per- 0.8567; West Whitby xbridge 4.3914; Scott 6.8662; Rama 1.2647; dg mem Port Perry 2.7152} the County of Ontarip do pay] Clerk and Reporter, a counsel licitor re ny of the minor municipalities on the Court scale, and ala; Counsel and Solicitor for the County ky : Da Whith thignine day of December, A.D. 1982. Be ed) Robt. I uddy, J. Parker, James Moore. (Schedule amy REACH AND COUNTY OF ONTARIO. Schedule to report of Board hearing this Appeal (His Honour Judge Ruddy, | His Honour Judge Parker, and Dr: James Moore), Dated Dec. 19th, 1932. ELE i y 4 toa 3,8 soso 21,730.00 $920,086.46. 4,567,964.91 17.4224 (2/592,736.00 1,800.00 2,606,536.00 - Sun 10,8567 1.8858 2,265,784.96 8.6416 347,120.10 1.8240 1imes 4.83014 1,571, 6.0157 400.00 aT 1,414 per 5.3050 inn 15,880.00 2,730,866.00 2 245 10.0039 LL innes0000 6,700.00 1,740,101.00 1,800, 6.8662 200,358.00 7,780.00 298,088.00 BL.60 1.2647 Whitby Town... .2411,489.00 138,777.00. 12,545,266.00 2,605,838.24 Uxbridge Town 805,080.00 49,373.00 . 656,308.00 706,628.95 - Port Perry ...... 638,230.00 47,741.00 685,971.00 711,886.30. Cannington ..... 407,605.00 35,907.00 443,512.00 ' 455,286.80 1.7365 Beaverton ...... 467,279.00. 24,175.00 491,454.00 = 510,461.47 1.9469 o amangsenz 382,083.00 24,358,649.27 26,218,788.67 100% Schedule "B" "REACH AND COUNTY OF ONTARIO Schedule to Report.of Board hearing this Appeal (His Honour Judge Ruddy; . His Honour Judge Parker, and Dr, James Ww Dated Dee. 1932. 24 » fe es 5 ea 5 3,920,086.46 4,243,861.31 | .5:2,592,786.00 13,800.00 2,606,536.00 2,644,545.48 ....1,997,241.76 9,700.00 2,006,941.76 1,920,874.36 : ; 5,650.00 2,103,977.00 2,104,077.04 250.00 341,825.00 392,508.62 5,1,010471.30 1,069,685.72 , /1,400,525.00 1,465,343.26 1,367,426. 400.00 1,367,826.67 1,314,149.18 Le 850.00 ,865.00 es in tho Co Cc £ 400,525.00 2.7162 Municipality Pickering East ; West, Whitby "Ea 3s 4 $e SPOL: 98 us. are oll Qreat ed ho; ube Sr which has be follow the lead of 8. This desi desire to follow Britain is tempered by- the need to watch the action of the United States, as our peace is dependent upon 2 goofwill between Canada and the United States. Canada's wish to be true to her promises made when she became a member of the League of Nations. The important question which Canada would have to decide | is which side Eaton, would compel us to favour if there was a difference of opinion between Great Britain and 'the United States on any major question in world affairs. The great duty of Canada is to see that no such difference ever arises. This is merely a matter of plain common-sense and' self preservation, as in these modern times, Canada would not have the fighting chance of 1812, if we were really at war with| the United States. The odds are too great, and the machinery of war is too rapid and efficient. Considerable time was spent by the lecturer in explaining the situation in the Far East. Two or three points became clear as the story was unfolded. One was that Japan had taken advantage of She "do nothing" policy of the great nations 'to force a situation in China that will (if possible) give Japan a controlling influence 9.9380) 2.6951} in Cline aps and on the Pacific. effect of this action of Japan in Great Britain is not so Soe as it is in the United States, because the latter country fears a panese control of the Pacific. Here is one place where there ight arise a mmjor Jinerenes of interests between Great Britain igh the United Sta \ A second duty to Canada in international affairs is to see that proper steps are taken to have disputes re such matters as tariffs and war debts settled by conference rather than by force of arms, The League of Nations must be made truly effective by the whole hearted support of all the members of the League. The whole subject of international affairs bristles with dif- ficulties. But they are difficulties that must be met by conference, or the result may be the blotting out of our much vaunted civil- ization: Chief among the difficulties is the fact that most of the actual are old men. representatives of the countries composing the League of Nations They are men who are schooled in the old methods of government and diplomacy, and have not any great helief in the efficiency of conference. At present the nations do not trust each other, and if civilization is to be, retained, that is an attitude that has to be corrected. ~The lecture was most informative, and Prof. McKenzie did a real service by bringing the facts calmly to our stisntion. Ee ------ ; NEW PASSENGER CAR TIRE . GUARANTEE ANNOUNCED Much of the donfision incidental to tire adjustment claims will be elimi- nated by a new guarantee announced by all standard-line tire manufact- urers, Tire companies believe that no longer will car owners find themselves in dispute with dealers or manu- facturers as to the validity of their claims, The new guarantee, planned to re- move all contentious possibilities, warrants tires used in private pas- senger car service for 9 months or 12 months, depending on the type of tire, and a guarantee certificate accom- panies each tire. ~All road hazards, excepting pune- tures and running flat, are covered by the new guarantee and provision is made for a satisfactory repair or a pro rata adjustment based on.the term | of the guarantee. It will be seen that | under this new. warranty allowance be made for such injuries as | blow-outs, cuts, bruises, Tim cuts, 447 | under inflation, 'wheels out of line, faulty brakes, etc, not previously overed. by tire guarantees. This is a new and definite advantage to the] 5] tire user. Dealers are now selling tires under the new guarantee and. motorists are warned that a certificate should be obtained with each new tive. The new through the elimination-of disputes and the broadened coverage of the warranty, Arr------ ~~ Pees OSHAWA PRESBYTERIAL W.M.S. HELD FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING AT COLUMBUS (Mrs. G. L. W., Press Secretary) The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Oshawa Presbyterial of the Woman's Missionary Society was held in Col- umbus United Church on Wednesday, January 18th. _The Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. D. Luery, of Myrtle Station, reported one new Mission Band, at Port Perry, one new Circle at Brooklin, and one new -Baby Band at Bl k, also 13 new Life Members. She said that systematic giving has increased, and is becoming more general. She told of many activities of the various auxiliaries, and drew attention par- ticularly to the extra mission work being done at the Oshawa All People's Mission by the Auxiliaries of King Street, Simcoe Street, and St. An- drew's. Treasurer's Report. The Treasurer, Mrs. S, 'Chapman, of Pickering, reported that a total of $10,307.12 has been raised, which is 79 _per cent. of the allocation of $13,000 for this Presbyterial. Four societies have raised their allocations. 'Thé Christian Stewardship Secre- tary, Mrs, H. Bascom, of Whitby, said that though we had not raised our allocation, we must not measure our progress this year by money alone, for our task is a varied one. One Secre: = (eontinged on page four) . kat, stimulate Canadian - trade, a long-handled spoon, still remains true. It is also well not to forget that the present rulers of Russia still re- fuse to pay that nation's just debts|' incurred by Rusia's rulers before the present outfit seized power, and in cold blood murdered the Czar, his wife and innocent children, besides thou- sands of intellectuals and priests. Should we also forget that the pres- ent rulers of Russia are the open and secret enemies of the whole British Empire, and are working for our down-fall every day of the year? The British Empire is builded upon God's law, and the present outfit in Russia have declared for the destruction of God and His law. The question then arises: Is trade "man's chief end?" as a Toronto paper seems to imply, and are we wise to seek to help with our goods these admitted repudiators of their debts, and in the end would it be any advantage to Canada to supply Russia with the hides necessary for Russian boots and saddlery for the army, which may be used in war against our Empire? From present indications war would seem more than likely to start before the hides were paid for, and before the army boots made therefrom were worn out. Is Canada in such dire need of trade, and jug-handled trade at that, that she should help equip the Russian Army for its impending war against our Empire? is a ques- tion for consideration by those in authority at Ottawa. We have seen the spectacle of a Toronto evening paper devoting page after page for weeks past in an en- deavor to hurrah unthinking people into the belief that such trade" would save Canadian farmers. Can the blind 18ad the blind with out both falling into the ditch? Should we forget that this same party paper devoted similar pages and worked up a similar hurrah for reciprocity with the United States a few years ago? Should we forget the window- ful of Buffalo bologna exhibited on King St. in a vain effort to entice Canadians, by a few cents per pound on bacon and bologna, to throw their trade to the United States instead of to Great Britian? Where would we be now if we had followed their unsound misleading advice then? We would have been deeper in the depths of the United States depression. Their advice re the alleged advantages of Russian trade is just as unsound and just as unwise to-day as was that tendered on reciprocity and actuated by the same party bias. The Labor Government in Britain, tinted red, was foolish enough to es- tablish credits to help. put Russia on her feet, but that is not evidence of wisdom--just plumb foolishness. Those credits should have been placed at the disposal of British taxpayers and not to Britain's greatest enemies. Debt repudiations, wholesale murderers and God-dethroners are rarely apt to be fair traders, so let us seek to unearth the Ethiopian in the proposed Russian trade woodpile. Russia wants to ship into Canada oil, 'and she insists on being paid for this oil in cash. Having received cash for her oil, she then wants to buy dairy cattle and hides, and she insists that Canada must put up the cash to pay for the Canadian cattle and hides, so that when the Russian ships sail for home they have in their possession the following: 1. $5,000,000 in cash for oil. 2. $5,000,000 in cattle and hides. And Canada has some notes due in two or three years' time for $5,000, 000. That is not a trade--it is a swindle, and the newspaper which pro- poses such a deal is no friend of thé Canadian farmer, because the farmer will have to make good in taxes if and when Russia defaults, as she is-certam] to do in the voming years, by de- war, If Canada has money to loan to surely 'channels can be found for it in Can< 7 instead J siviog both the money ~ ; -- December 1982, the Ro hE eh History of nal -- Port Perry As five of the Chartered Banks which have opened branches' in Port Perry have ceased to exist either through absorption or failure, it has been difficult to get accurate dates as to opening and closing in a few cases, but this is"the list: ' Name of Bank Fate of Agency ROYAL CANADIAN Date of opening not known. Failed in 1868. ONTARIO Date of opening not known. Withdrew in 1888. CENTRAL Failed in 1887. Branch only open a short time. Opened in March, 1888. Absorbed by Standard in 1909. WESTERN COMMERCE Opened in 1898. Still operating. STANDARD Took over Western in 1909. 7 Absorbed by Commerce in 1928. Opened in 1928. Withdrew December 31st, 1932. The Royal Canadian Bank has been forgotten by all save some of the older citizens. Joseph Bigelow was its local manager and the office was near where I. R. Bentley's store now stands. This Bank failed abput sixty years ago. The Ontario Bank seems to have had a branch here at the same time, the first manager was a Mr. Mowbray and was followed by A. A, Allin, who resigned and became Cashier, (as the General Manager was called at that time,) of the new Central Bank, his place was taken by W. J. Mc- Murtry. The office was where the Red and White Grocery now stands. At the time of the big fire it moved into a temporary office in the mill office building, now used as a dwelling by Mr. Birkett. When the Ross Block was being rebuilt, offices were prepared for it on the old site and these remained as bank offices till 1929. The saw-mill industry collapsed locally and the Bank sustained considerable losses and when a run was started on the local branch they decided to close the office. Mr. McMurtry was allowed to resign and a Mr. McDonald was sent down to wind the branch up about this time in 1888. The Ontario Bank had been neither progressive nor successful. It was started in Bowman- ville where a very fine building was erected which is now oc- cupied by the Bank of Montreal. ' Later the Head Office was moved to Toronto. The Bank eventually collapsed.and its various branches were allotted to and taken over by other Banks and loss to depositors averted. Prior to this Allin, on taking charge of the Central Bank had opened an agency in Port Perry, with William McGill, a highly respected retired farmer as local manager, Offices were opened in the Willard Block, in what is now the west half of the Archer motor sales. The Central Bank was an ill-fated venture from the start and the Bank failed about the end of 1887. The failure of the Central and the withdrawal of the Ontario left the town facing famine in-credits. Times were very bad then and the situation was not attractive to a bank to open as all the money deposited in the Central Bank was tied up for a period and just how much would be a loss was not known, the run on the Ontario had sent district deposits to other towns. Prices for com- modities were low, mortgages were being foreclosed and loans were far from attractive and it was almost an exceptional thing for a bank to open a new branch. However a deputation went to Oshawa to interview the Head Officials of the new Western Bank which had been started by Oshawa men and the result was a favorable hearing. The manager of the Central Bank; William McGill was appointed manager and the Ontario office was taken over. The Ontario Bank moved its office to the Central Bank while liquidating its affairs, and in March, 1888 the new branch opened for business. In 1898 the officials of the Western Bank got into an alterca- tion with its local manager and some prominent citizens, which ended in McGill resigning and the trouble being carried to the courts. Mr. H..G. Hutcheson who came to the branch in 1888, as junior clerk was appointed manager in McGill's place. The busi- ness men mostly sided with McGill and his party and a petition was circulated to get another bank here which was signed by all the business men except E. H. Purdy, Chas. Vickery and J. M. Brooks of the Sebert House. This petition was carried to the Bank of Commerce who gave ear to the support back of it and opened their branch here under G. M. Gibbs, who opened a vigor- ous campaign from temporary offices in the Blong Block to get the business from the Western. The Western decided to stick and fight it out and to assure this to its supporters it bought the Ross Block. A re-action set in and while the Western lost some busi- ness, new business came along and soon both Banks found ther selves, largely through improvement in affaifs generally; p up new business. The late James Carnegie built the present B of Commerce building and evéntually sold it to the Bank. Gibbs was followed in the manager's chair by Dunsford, Ballard, Ver- chere, Murray, Worrel, White, and Walker. In 1909 the Western Bank was absorbed by the Standard Bank and the staff retained. The Standard carried on until 1928 at which time the Standard was absorbed by the Bank of Commerce. This threatened to leave the town with only one bank but in a few days an office was opened in the Blong Block by The Royal Bank of Canada under the management of B. D. Henry, as the Standard office was continued with the same staff, the town three banks until 1929 when the Standard office was moved into and merged with the business of the Commerce with H. G. af} Rutdheson as manager. When Mr. Hutcheson retired on pension in 1931, his place was taken by Ernest re the {he present 1 Bank whi 'erguson ; that it would close is office quarters in the | :