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~~ month pent more | a milion the Conservative mount for advertisin , radio broadcasts, private cars hart 'ne tiate any of its Social : os rtificates, and the Reconstru on Party had its war chest, The absentee voting syatem, w ich was introduced in the election proved very expensive, e far north it cost $800 to deliver and set up the inital Stor Jour votes, Sh » ® ® 3 _ During the year ending 'October 31st, there 245,285 visitors at the Royal Ontario 'Museum, 41,461 of whom were students from the Toronto University, College of Art, and from. public, Private and high schools of the city and Vicinity. i x . - 4 ~The King Roosevelt Feslprooity pact will permit United States |, magazines, pe cals and novels to enter the Dominion of Can- ada free, according to an Ottawa despatch, : A . . ® : 2s 1 A Demude, 'member of the DPontinion 'Parliament tor Wel- land County, with the cooperation of Mayor Frank Springer, who ig representing the local Board of Water Commissioners, is at- tempting to influence the Department of Railways and Canals at Ottawa to carry out beautification work in the canal area at Wel- land, The east bank of the' waterway has been left in a state of disrspals in the way of mud dumps. a The Canadian 'National Exhibition is said to have a surplus of $64,000. aver the cost of operation in 1985. A [BB : Twenty: yiew Princes éf the Church. to fill all but one ot te the Liberal arty a siuflap twenty-one vacant seats in.the Sacred College of Cardinals, will = be named in the secret consistory called. for. December 16 id 'Pope Pius XI, it was learned recently. nly . LS T * The only honour of its Kind every given a Canadian, hud Jones of Calgary has been awarded the degree of Fellow of the "Royal Academy of Music in. London, It Is one of the highest honours in music, eee A search for 900 pounds of poisoned baking sods. gold in San Francisco since October 23, started under the direction of Dr. J, C. Geiger, 'City Officer of Health. * Authorities said the soda already. has brou ght death to three persons: Alfred Terry 81, his daughter, 'Mrs. Bessie Shufelt, 53; and Mrs. Marie Ogle, 60. _ All, Dr. Geiger declardd, purchased the soda for medicinal purposes from the same store, It was, not : known how. the poison got into the soda. : Loan of $1,000,000 to the Government of Alberta is being. ar- ranged by the 'Federal Treasury "on exactly the same basis on which we have been assisting the other Provinces with respect to relief," Finance Minister Dunni said today. Premier Aberhart of Alberta announced in Edmonton that $1,000,000 had been ad- vanced as a loan to tide the Province over until the Dominfon- Provincial conference is held in Ottawa, opening Dec: 9. - "With the advances made by the Bennett Government, shortly before the election, this will make $3,600,0¢0 the Social Credit "Administration of Alberta has borrowed from the Federal Govern-|' ment since it came into office Jast August, Hon. David Croll, as te fotorast earlier, insisted that free 'textbooks must be. provided for all needy children, or none. . The} order was tempered at the same time by the Minister's stand that this was a relief measure and not an educational one. Mr. Croll also told the Toronto Board of Control that the Proyince was quite 'agreeable to pay for two-thirds of the cost of fiee texts- books supplied to public school children from relief homes. "Supply all indigent children with free books--or none," the Minister told the Mayor and Controllers. ~~ « \ "Suppose we decide against providing free books for children | in primary schools, will you withdraw the grant for free books for those in the secondary schools 7" Mayor Simpson asked. : BY is exactly what I mean' replied the Minister, in laying down the terms of his ultimatum. : Mr. Croll's order for provision of free textbooks to ) all children from Toxonto's relief homes will cost the Province $20,000, it was|. learned at his office, Ontario. provides two-thirds and the city one-third of such expenditures, which Have Nsretofofe not been authorized in Toronto's public or separate pri mary schools. "New York's first beats parlor or men 'only was opened. to- day on the twenty-second floor of a Fifth Avenue skyscraper. The first customer was a newspaperman, imbued with the inquisi- tiveness of his trade. For "art's sake" he asked for "the works", and this what he received: 'A facial mineral tone of the skin"; a steam pack; gland sti imulation pack; color- ~ restoring .massage; gland oil; ointment ironing for removal of 2 polishes' di a. inder the eyes; 'milk bath to restore softness of the skin." Then a The bi a _manfeurist" and a Pedicuriat, took over : the customer. * The bill--$15. 5. Ce figs an order soumie! which 'Dominion out, all conztiod \ has paged all stages, the vernment prohibits loans and credits to Italy; shuts ports gon 'that country; and stops exports certain ities useful f 9 military operations. At the end of last Jrongh ited gxport, of arms and smmunigion to Italian torrito : : "0 Rota Hal, i heel aha olay lin gro SH oa e-half years hard to Botley. ~ But American Bankers' As- scrub "to restore the : Cate ~ Ontario The financing of eddsation in On- 'tario County is in a bad tangle. What is true in Ontario County is true in vince of Ontario. The reason--very inyolved, and almost incomprehensible Jegal enactments governing the fin- 'ancing of education. Very few per- sons, who are responsible for the ad- ministration of" schools, understand the laws which govern financing. The jopigeat law is very difficult to inter- pret, and the amendments have added to the confusion. 88 elsewhere throughout the Province, | there have been' numerous overpay- "ments and underpayments so that the 'task of securing an equitable assess- ment of costs is an almost hopeless |, tangle involving many thousands of |, | dollars, "The chief cause of the confusion is found in the amendment of 1930 which reads as follows: ' . "(a) There shall be paid also by the County to the high school board the share of the cost of education of county pupils which the high school district which maintains the high school paid to the county during the preceding year as included in the cording to the relative equalized value and the: total' amount so: ascertained shall be the sum payablé by the coun- tion of county pupils shall not be deemed to include any sum paid by a high school district to a board of high or_.¢ontinuation school trustees or a board of education in any other coun- ty or in any city or separated town in the same or any other county on ac- are resident in the county of which' this: high school district is a part at schools in other counties, cities or separated towns, or on account of the attendance of pupils resident within] the high school district at other high schools within the county, 130, c 63, 8, 16 (2)." The County Council makes a gen- eral levy for education upon all muni- cipalities, and returns the levy to such municipalities as maintain = High Schools -- Whitby, Uxbridge, Port Perry, Beaverton and Cannington. The amendment of 1030 reduced the amount that should have been return- ed to these five municipalities, by a percentage of the amount paid by the County to other counties for the edu~ cation of these Ontario County pupils in schools not within Ontario County. Ontario County is now seeking to recover these overpayments, and the Educational Committee report recom- mended this action, togéther with the payments of the amounts due to Port Perry because of under payments, and restoring to rural municipalities such moneys as they have overpaid in this respect, The report was. at first passed, but was almost immediately' | rescinded because of legal entangle- | ments, The result is that the case of Port Perry against the County for 'under payments is to be pushed for- ward as a test case. But this action cannot now be tried until the new -| year unless it be by special court. The following is the report of the meeting dealing with these matters, as it appeared in the 4 "Oshawa Daily Times": _ Ontario County Council will take no bridge, Port. Perry, Beaverton, and Cannington, certain amounts alleged to be owing to the County on account of overpayment of school grants for the year 1983, until such time as an action 'entered against the County of Ontario by Port Perry Village, to re- cover a sum of money: claimed to be owing by the county on account of educational grants and involving, it is said over $6,000, which 'includes in- terest to date and up until the time of judgment. Nor will the eouncil pay to Port Perry or Pickering, until after this action has been decided. claims made by them for educational grants, 'and owing to them through errors || made By the school board. secretaries, r | when the claims were made. * Leéss than an hour after the Coun large 'measure throughout the Pro- 'The result is that in Ontario County | rates levied by the county council ac- | cil to the board; but for the purposes |, of this subsection the cost of educa-|F count of the attendance of pupils who]. action to collect from Whitby, Ux-| Financing Education in County adopted a recommendation brought in by the Committee on Education, of which Reeve W. M. Letcher, of Port Perry is chairman, instructing the clerk and solicitor .to collect the amounts said to be owing to the county by Whitby, Beaverton, Ux- bridge, Port Perry and Cannington, 'and to pay the claims against the county filed by Pickering and Port Perry, a unainmous vote was taken to reverse the decision and to await | the outcome of the Port Perry vs. County of Ontario litigation, County Clerk and Solicitor R. R. Ruddy, after the motion was passed to reverse Council's decision, assured 'the Council that the action in question would be brought to trial at as early a date as possible. The. action has been pending for many months, while 'the contentious school matters have been before the Council for two years. The report of the Committee on Education was brought in during the dying hours of the Council of 1935. 'The delay, according to inside infor- mation, in bringing it in, was due to the fact that several efforts were made to have the Committee delay|, 'recommendation regarding the school grants until after the action against the County has been heard because it felt that the Court's: decision "on: "the question. of "the liability to Port Perry and ring, and the liability to the County of the five municipalities al- ready mentioned. In this way, it was felt, considerable expense and no end of trouble would be saved for all 'con- cerned] However, the Committee, after much debate and delay, decided to bring in the report which was the subject of very keen debate, delaying the end of the Council session. - As a matter of fact, there were members of Council who wanted to come back on Saturday morning, to decide the issue, while there were other who wanted to come back next Wednesday. Warden Fred T. Rowe expressed himself' as opposed to_an' adjourned session. with its attendant expense, while Deputy Reeve Gifford, of East Whitby, arising from his seat in Council declared that he for one would not come back on account of the expense to which the County would be put. "If anything is done in my absence, I am prepared to answer to the ratepayers for it," he told his Council colleagues. Warning by Solicitor "R. Donald Ruddy, who is also County Clerk, that the Council's action in deciding to by the five municipalities, and ta: pay the claim of Port Perry and Pickering, 'woud involve costly and serious com- plications, and might even result in the members who voted for them to pay back personally monies that might be declared by the Courts to have been illegally paid out, together with the revealed amounts claimed by Port Perry and Pickering, served to change the decision of the Council just before the session ended. There was also the challenging declaration by Reeve Albert W, Jack- son of Whitby, in reply to a sugges- tion, by Reeve William Parrott, of Reach Township, and taken as a threat, that educational grants for the next year until the county's' claims "had been pajd, that if this. was: at- tempted the Town of Whitby would next year pay nothing to the County on account of education. "The Town of Whitby stands willing to pay every dollar it justly owes, but it absolutely refuses to,pay a dollar regarding which there is a legal doubt, and 1 contend, Mr. Chairman, that there is a grave doubt regardng the town's libility for the amount claimed from it, and also regarding the county's liability to Pickering and Port Perry" Reeve Jackson declared emphatically, as he urged the Council to reconsider its decision until after the Port Perry action had been®settled. To a charge made by Deputy-Reeve Mowbray, of Pickering, that the op- o Note--The amount of Port Perry's claim totals 8.371.16 instead of $5000 by a large marjority had voted to as stated in this report. collect: the amounts said to be owing |. maintenance of County pupils for|" 1986 be withheld by the treasurer position to payment of the lang to his municipality and Pickering came from the representatives of the muni- | cipalities who owed the county, Reeve G. B. Johnston, Cannington, declared | that if hs municipality could be shown to be debtor to the county in the 'amount claimed, it would pay. Can. nington did not wish to repudiate its just debts, but it must be shown be- yond all doubt that it owed the county, As the Council discussed the recom- mendation of the Committee that the claims against the five municipalities | be collected and 'that Pickering and Port Perry claims be paid, the County | Clerk and solicitor recalled that the| 'best legal opinion obtained, at the "Council's request, was to the effect that the County could not legally col- lect the alleged overpayments made to municipalities in the county at this late date, nor had it the legal right to pay back grants said to have been 'withheld in error by the County from Port Perry nad Pckering. Mr. Ruddy advised the Council that in adopting the Education Committee's report it was in his opinion taking a wrong and "costly step. How, for instance, was he to collect from the five munici- paliities. Both Whitby and Uxbridge have declined to pay. Beaverton Rad paid. Would he issue a writ against on or all of them which in either event would be costly and might prove serious if the County lost out? He also wanted to know where he would 'get the money to pay Pickering and| Port Perry as it had been held that the county could not now levy for monies required to pay grants that should have been paid years: ago, in vigw.-of the two municipalities, 'Council could not this year or next| levy for any grrors of the past. And, further, if Council took the contem- plated action, it would be deprived of getting a Court interpretation of the Act at a time when the Port Perry case was pending in the courts. Reeve Jackson, Whitby, said that Whitby wanted to pay it just obliga- tions if backed up by legal opinion an dsanction. It was a dangerous thing, however, for any Council.to pay out money which might not legally be paid. -Reeve William Parrott, Reach, who has been actively engaged in prepar- ing the claims of the two munici- palities based on his interpretation and that of other of the Education Act, and also was the mover in the matter of collecting alleged claims from the five municipalities, argued pay the two municipalities from edu- cational grants received. He also contended that the amounts recovered from the five municipalites should be distributed among the urban °centres entitled to receive same. This latter|' contention, it might be noted, was embodied in the recommendations of thé. Committee on Education. After further arguments, and as the clock hands neared six, a motion was unanimously passed rescinding the adopion of the conténtious recom- mendations in the Committee's re- ports. When the committee's report was first "adopted, Reeve Jackson, of Whitby, called for the yeas and nays and the clerk recorded the vote as follows: : Yeas:--Lick, Gerrow, Warne, Let- cher, Gifford, Crosier; Parrott, Mc- Donald, Phair, Bruce, McGee, Feather- stone, Clayton, Bain, James, Pickard, Mowbray, and Reesor, Nays:--Rowe, Jackson, Doherty and Low. A recommendation that the muni- cipalites in future making claims for education of, county pupils take more care, was adopted, Mr. M. A James Dies at Bowmanville The passing of Mr. M, A, James marks the close of a career rich in kindly service to his community. It would be difficult "to . estimate the wholesome influence of this man, who for 57 years was editor of the Bow- manville Statesman; and whose writ- ings were always characterized by good sense and high ideals, The Toronto Globe printed this out- line of his ilfe history: "Mr. James, who. was in his eighty- seventh year, had been ill for some time, A former mayor of the town, Johnston, year. The editor of the Statesman. 'Order of Foresters, 4450 por yeu naira ; he was active in virtually every walk of community life, besides being 'con- sidered outstanding as a writer ane a business man in the newspaper pro- fession. y He was born in Bradworthy, Devon- | shire, "England, on January 14, 1849, and when three years of age came to}. Canada with his parents on a sailing vessel, the trip taking some. nine weeks and three days. Up until the age of 20, Mr, James remained on the "farm with his parents in Whitby and Darlington Townships, He then took up school: teaching, and for ten years received the highest salary paid a "teacher in Durham County, $800 per In 1878, without any previous experience, he purchased the plant and goodwill of the Canadian Statesman, "which he operated successfully for more than half a century, absorbing during that time no less than eight .other local news papers, He was an indefatigable worker in anything he undertook, and was .ac- tive in municipal, agricultural, church and fraternal affairs. In 1908 and | 1904 he served as Mayor of Bowman- ville, while for many years he was a member of the Town Council and 'Reeve. He also served as a Commis- sioner for the united counties of Northumberland and Durham. In agricultural circles he was Secretary-Treasurer for many years of the West Durham Agricultural So- ciety, Secretary of the Darlington Township Agricultural Society, Presi- dent of the West Durham: Farmer's Institute, and a divectot of Bowman- ville Horticultural Society. In church affairs he was closely associated with the Methodist and United Churches, being for forty years Treasurer of Trinity Church, Bowmanville;~a position now held by his son George W. James, present He was also a member of the Trustee Board, the Quarterly Board, the Sunday School Board and numerous other church societies, = In fraternal circles he was a mem- ber of Jerusalem Lodge, A.F. & A.M, being the oldest Freemagon in Bow- manville, having joined nearly sixty years ago. He was also a Past Presi- dent of Wellington Lodge, Sons of 'England, Past District Deputy of the of the Ancient the Order of United Workmen, Royal Arcanum and the Royal Templears. For "thirty five years he was Secretary of the 1.0.0.F., member 'West Durham Liberal Association, that the County could find money to} and was at one .tilme mentioned as candidate for the Federal Parliament, and honor which he declined at accept. For half a century he directly edited the Statesman, handing that business over "in '1919 to his sons, Norman S. B., James and George W. James, the former passing away in] 1929." / Congratulations! ARTHUR DOWSON'S HORSE WINS GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP AT ROYAL. Other County Winners The opening day of the Royal Winter Fair saw Ontario County step right into lime-light in the judg- ing of some of the outstanding horse classes, A signal success was record- 'ed when Baba Vini, a nine-year-old trotter shown by Arthur G. Dowson, of Port Perry, carried off the senior and grand championship for stan- dard-bred stallions, after taking first 'place in its class. Robert Duff and Son, of Myrtle, gathered in a nice share of the awards in the classes for heavy draught horses, In the class for three-year-olds, they had the first, sevond, fourth and sixth awards, with Chief, Landmark, Joe and. Harry. In the class for Canadian-bred heavy draught .geldings or. mares, 'Chief again took first place" and Landmark was placed third. The Duff entries, George and Bonnie, won second and forth places respectively in the farm. 'ers' class for joursyesr-on geldings ,or mares, "The entry of Beath Fars carried off first place honours in the senior -champion boar, nine months or over. A, W. Glenny, of Newcastle, with Helen Zombro, was third in the stan- dard-bred class for yield mares foaled |: previous to January 1, 1932. Mrs. Robert Swanick, of Uxbridge, won sixth prize in the butter class--|g 10 one-pound prints in dairy butter. "lit § cents single copy Watch vine label tale whe pi 2 Myrtle Station The community was shocked to hear of the sad death of Mrs. Geo, Houston of Toronto, who passed away sudden- - ly at the home of hr parents Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Beacock, late Sunday even- ing. The deceased, with her aunt, Mrs. McDonald, was spending a happy week end with her parents, when after a pleasant evening she bid them good- night and retired to her room, where she almost immediately passed away. Remains were taken to her home in Toronto, where the funeral was held on Wednesday, The sympathy of the entire community is extended to all the bereaved relativs, The anniversary services of last Sunday were much enjoyed by a large congregation. Rev. H. Latimer preached excellent sermons at both services. In the morning he read the 13th chapter of 1st Corinthians and ° his text was Luke 2 and 14--"Glory to God in the highest and on. each peace, goodwill toward men." The male quiritette sang 'in a pleasing manner. In the evening the church was filled to capacity. The Brooklin , =.. male choir' was a real treat, and sang - three anthems. The lesson read was John 2:1-11 and the text was verse § --"Whatsoever he saith unto you, do We appreciate the attendance of many visitors from Ashburn, 'Raglan, Prospect, Manchester, Brooklin, Port Perry and Solina. Congratulations | to Mr. Ray Dow- ney, who won The Robert Graham Memgrial Trophy, for the contestant who makes the highest marks in judg- ing two classes each of heavy horses and light horses at the Royal Fair. The W. M. S. met at the home of Mrs, , 0. H. Downey last Thursday and spent the afternoon and evening at quilting the quilt they have made for the missions. A dainty lunch was served by some of the members. The Young Peope's Society went to Brooklin this week to visit the Brook- lin Society.. were Miss Corniltie Pearce, Miss M. Grant, Mr. Jack Crank and Mr. Geo. Bamsey, " Miss Mary Martin spent a few days of last week with relatives in Toronto. Mr. H. R. Bright and son John, and Gordon Harrison, attended the Royal Winter Fair last week. Mrs. Oliver. Hubbard and Miss Marion, of 'Mount Carmel, were Sun- - day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Morley Cook, : Mr. and Mrs. David Broome, of Solina, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Percy. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Simkin and . son Donald, of Islington, and Miss D. Simkin, of Toronto, spent Sunday with. their parents. Mrs. McDonald, of Toronto, spent the week end with her sister Mrs. J. E. Beacock. 'Rev. W. E. Honey motored to Wil- 'fred on Sunday where he had charge of Rev. Mr. Latimer's circuit. Please remember "that on Tuegday, Dec. 3rd, the Faithful Workers' Class will hold a bazaar in the Church base- ment. A great variety of things will be sold. Afternoon tea will be served, also a good program will be put on in the evening, with Mr. McLaughlin, a Scotch comedian, of Toronto, taking part, besides local talent. Everybody welcome. GREENBANK Mr. Elmer Lee, of Toronto, at his home here on Sunday. Mrs. Wren and. Miss Wren, of Ux- bridge, at Mr. T. Sharp's, a few days last week. Several from here attended the Hot Fowl Supper and concert at Wick last Wednesday evening. Mr. Stewart and daughter of New- tonville, visited with Rev. and- Mrs. Wallace, on Sunday. The Friendship Club held their first socal evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, last Friday. Mr. J. Phoenix, Brown Hill, are spending a few days at the home of Mr. T. Sharp. Mr. and Mrs. Fleetwood Beate were in Torénto, on Monday. The beef ring held their meeting last Wednsday night 'and organjzed for another. year. It has been going continuously for over forty years. % Mr "and Mrs. White, Toronto, at Mrs. J. Stone's on Sunday. Pleased to report that, our local ers have been successful at the Royal Winter Fair, TD TR LA : TS eR