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a THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1929 PACE FIVE City Council Held B usy Session at Its Meeting Last Night Sir John Gibson Reached the Peak in All His Activities Sir John M. Gibson, former lieutenant-governor of Ontario, financier, industrialist, philan- thropist and "grand old man of Canadian militia,' died at Ravens. cliffe, his Hamil residence, yes- LATE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNO.:, yavasCikg his death was not expected. He en- joyed the distinction of having reached the highest office in each of his many pursuits. Lady Gib- son and her family have received dol from every terday afternoon. He been in ill health for several months but ages of ¢ part of the Dominion. The funeral, Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock, will be in charge of the 13th Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, of which he was an honorary colonel, The layout shows, (1) Sir John M. Gibson in his twenties (2) as (Sov. ereign) Grand Commander of the Supreme Council. A, and A. 8. R. for the Dominion of Canada, his AND PHILANTHROPIST AT WORK AND PLAY most. recent studio portrait, (3) Sir John in his uniform as a major- general, (4) in his office at the government house, Toronto, dur- ing his tenure as licutenant-gover- nor, (5) as winner of the Prince of Wales prize at Bisley in 1879. (6) Ravenscliffe, the Gibson home /] in Hamilton, and (7) the Christ- mas card sent by Lady Gibson to her friends last year. It shows Sir John and Lady Gibson with Miss Eugenia Gibson lounging in the garden at Ravenscliffe last sum- mer. City of Oshawa Agreement Wi Is Renewed h the County of Ontario For Five Years Was First Made When Oshawa Became a City and Separ- ated From the County Five Years Ago, and Provides for Division of Costs--May Set Up Local Board to Handle Applications for Old Age Pensions--Time for Payment of First Instalment of Taxes Extended to June 15 Oshawa's agreement with the County of Ontario, made five years ago when the town was elevated Into a city and separated from the county, was last night renewed by the council for a further five year period. The council also received a report that steps were taken to have a full hearing of the Dominion Railway Board oa hte subway question, and it en- dorsed the action of the finance committee in extending the time for the payment of the first in- stalment of taxes without penalty to June 15. The agreement with the county | was renewed with a few minor changes that had been approved by the county council and which brought the agreement up to date without changing its original meaning. This agreement provided for the basis of the division of the cost of administration of justice and other matters in which both the city and the county share. A. W. Greene, K.C., Ottawa, the city's counsel in the subway mat- ter, informed the council that he had the matter of making applica- tion for a re-hearing of the sub- way argument before a full sitting of the Board of Railway Commis- sioners in hand, and that he would advise further on developments, The council at its last meeting decided to apply for this hearing in order to endeavor to secure a better division of cost for the city on the pavement through the sub- way and other points of construc- tion. On the recommendation of the finance committee, the council en- dorsed the action of this commit- tee in extending the time for the Payment of the first instalment of 1929 taxes without penalty to June 15. The ordinary final date of payment without penalty 'is June 1, Miss B. Farewell, who has been employed temporarily in the as- sessment department, was placed on the permanent staff of that de- partment and R. N. Stockhill, po- lice court clerk was transferred to the police magistrate's office to take over the additional : duty of stenographer in the magistrate's office, on recommendation of the finance committee, . + Slaughter'Houses .. . .. A bylaw to provide for the con- trol of slaughter houses, by regu- lating the disposal of carcasses of diseased and other meats, was laid over as the council wished to con- fer further with the Board of Health on it. The Dominion Securities Cor- poration and the Canadian Bank of Commerce were granted an ex- tension of one month, on their option to purchase city debentures. On recommendation of the city Property committee, the council being B= ore-- decided to purchase 25 benches for Memerial Park, at a cost of $12 each. A new flag will also be bought to adorn the city hall, and the signs at the east and west en- trances to the city will be bright- ened up with a new coat of paint. Alderman Preston reported for the special hydro committee that public meetings would be held soon to inform the electors on the by-laws on which they are voting on June 15, for the purchase of L the local clecttical and gas plants and for the raising of debentures to establish an industrial area. Frank Grimshaw and other resi- dents of Warren avenue protested against the smoke nuisance from the ice cream manufacturing plant on Warren avenue, The genéral purpose committee will look into the matier, Local Pension Board The Bureau of Municipal Affairs informed the council that a local commission should be set®up to handle the granting of old age pensions, All applications for the pension should be made to either the council or to this local board, it stated. A request of the Xnights of Pythias to hold-a .carnival at Cowan Park from July 18 to 24 was referred to the general pur- pose committee, and the lodge was formed that permission to use e park must be obtained also rom the parks commission. The Carnegie-Hutcheson land company offered to pay the full cost, $1 per foot, for the laying of about 900 feet of sewer on Hib- bert avenue, if the council would extend its sewer system to this point. The request was referred to the Board of Works. The Globe Indemnity which holds the city's Company, policy for public liabilfdy. insurance, inform- ed the council that after investi- igating the claim for damages of Alma and Carman Pauley, arising out of an accident when a branch of a tree fell across their car, injuring Mr, Pauley, the company had decided that there was no negligence on the part #f the city ing at the time, The report was referred to the finance committee. On invitation from Rev. 8. C. Jarrett, the council decided to at- tend service at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday morning, June as there was a strong wind blow- 6. The city engineer presented a report, as requested at the last meeting, on a nes division of the assessment of the owner's share of the cost of opening William street easterly from Ritson road to Osh- awa boulevard. The total cost was about $3,178, of which half was to be borne by the property owners and half by the city, The assess- ment is spread over a wider area under the new division of the cost and takes in property owners in the vicinity that do not live on the proposed street extension. Frank Johns applied for the position of life guard at the lake. The application w referred to the finance committd® The council decided to take no action on a rd@lution of the coun- cil of Brantford that the auto license fee in the I'rovince be in- creased to include an amount necessary provide compulsory public liability insurance on every car owner, ALDERMAN GARNELL MAKES PROPOSALS Continued from Page 1) tion of 1,891 and an assessment last year of. $565,475. Three by-laws, providing for the extension of the term of office for members of the council to two years; the taking of a vote on the question "Are you in favor of paying the al- dermen of the city for their attend- ance at meetings of the council or of its committees at the rate of not ex- ceeding $5 each for each meeting?" and to reduce the number of alder- men in each ward from three to two, had been prepared by the city soli- citor at the request of Alderman Car- nell, but were referred to the finance committee for consideration, along with the proposal to create two new wards, without having been present- ed to the council. \ ~ Viancgers from All Over the World Meet at Oshawa ference at Oshawa yesterday. The group picture shows: (1) Eleanor Mclausblin. ES GENERAL MOTORS EXPORT MANAGERS IN Export representatives of Gen- | cap taking a jump on Michael and | (3) G: C. Seers, ,managing direc- eral Motors from many parts of | Jerry for the entertainment of the |tor of General Motors of India, the world were gathered for a con- | visitors. (2) Mrs. Eric Phillips and | Bombay. (4) E. M. VanVoorhees, Miss RAR anor McLaughlin, daughters of ughlin, . presiden: 8) SESSION AT CANADIAN PLANT J Osaka, Japan. (5) Louis do la or Motors' export division, (7) W. McHardy Forman, New . Zealand. (8) Innes Randolph, Melbourne, A lia. (9) A. N. Lawrence, of A Creat special purchase. ly finished dresses, Fast co! S59 Girls' Pantie Dresses 2 TO 6 YEARS -- FANCY CHECK GINGHAMS WEDNESDAY MORNING Pretty styles, neat- lor ginghams, C ially for Mercerized Broadcloth Hoover Aprons Colors Rose, Blue, 'Green. Splendidly made garments that usually sell at much more. Bought Sgec- Wednesday Morning Selling at $1.29 Sizes 36 to 44. Japanese Coolie Coat KIMONAS Rich Oriental colors and patterns. Suit- able for beach or home wear. A value that is quite unique. Choose one on Wednes- day morning. They are on sale at, 98c G. D. Conant Gives Enlight] ening Data on Conditions at General Hospital at Graduation Exercises Las Night yen Realizing the necessity for an addi- tion to the Oshawa General Hospital the Board o {Trustees through Gor- don Conant, chairman, presented to a large number of citizens who at- tended the Graduation Exercises last night at St. Andrew's church statis- tical and forceful data which showed affirmatively that such an addition was practical and necessary. Mr. Conant went so far as to say that the addition would become a dire necessity within a very few years if not months and declared that the accomodation at the hospital at the present time was becoming so taxed that trustees were finding it difficult to take care of cases, insofar as bed accomodation was concerned, in the proper manner, "The Oshawa General Hospital is an institution operating now without a cent of a debt," he declared and there is a great deal of satisfaction in knowing that it is run on this suc- cessful basis," Mr. Conant then made®the astound- ing statement that it costs $200 a day to operate the hospital, a fact made possible only by the continued moral and financial support of local citiz- ens, besides municipal and govern- ment grants. In an interview today, Mr. Con- ant reviewed the various constructive phrases of the development program of the hospital from the date of its being built in 1910: The hospital, was erected in that year and at the present date forms the centre of the present plant. At the time there was 25 bed accomo- dation which was increased by 4: beds when through the generosity of the Pedlar family, the Pedlar wing was built in 1917. In 1922 George and R, S. McLaughlin provided for a further addition, the McLaughlin wing, specifically for the purpose of providing better accomodation for maternity cases. Twenty more beds were added by this addition. The roof of the original structure being lower than the two recently bhilt wings, the board saw its way clear in 1924 to raise this, giving room for adding five beds The construction of the central hea- ting plant recently gave further pro- vision for bed space when rooms formerly By up through the ne- 1 and space Bed Accomodation at the (Oshawa Hospital Inadequate, Says Chairman of Board fwere cleared to allow for the addi- tion of five more beds. Within the last year conditions were so crowded that it was found necessary to devote rooms designed and used for sun rooms to further sleeping quarters which provided six additional beds. Yet more recently, within the last six or nine months, the accomodation was taxed to such an extent that 24 cots were purcha- sed, making in all 102 cots, beds and improvised sleeping case quarters, It was pointed out that the mini- mum hospital accomodation required was five beds per thousand popula- tion, At this rate the Oshawa General Hospital should be a 125 bed institu- tion, Mr, Conant stated. On the other hand twenty per cent. of the bed accomodation is taken up by people coming in from outside the city, so that to adequately pro- vide for incoming general cases, it appears necessary to have a 150 bed hospital, BELGIUM ACCEPTS GERMAN PROPOSALS Continued from Page 1) districts she obtained by the Treaty of Versailles. The reparations = experts brought their efforts to solve the reparations problem to a successful issue about one o'clock this afternoon when the Belgians announced acceptance of the proposed procedure for settle- ment of the question of German marks, This disposed of the last contested point in four months of negotiations in the course of which the conference was twice on the point of breaking up abruptly. The agreement reduces Germany's reparations debt from about $33,000,- 000,000 present value to $9,000,000,000. It will eventually give France be- tween 40,000,000,000 and*.50,000,000,000 francs (between $1,600,000,000 and $2,000,000,000) to reduce her interior debt relieving the budget of from 2,000,000,000 to 2,500,000,000 francs. The accord incidentally is expected to facilitate ratification of the Allied war debts toward the United States since the settlement provides that annuities are to run throughout the period of the debt payments to amounts sufficient to meet them. It will also lead to evacuation of the Rhineland by the Allied armies of occupation within the space of time required for neccessary negotia- tions and material arrangements to Machinery Repairing NOTHING TOO LARGE NOTHING TOO SMALL Adanac Machine Shop 161 King St. W. Phone 1214 DIAMONDS Burns' Jewelry Store Corner King and Prince Hy that is fine and withdraw the forces now there, LTIRAUB {/ RINGS --the ideal of all new in ri revealing te fidelity to highest quality and a fine- (Iness of finish and design heretofore unapproeached. May we show the combination } pictured above -- an unusual value. Set with fine quality diamond and five stone wed- ae D.J.Browa The Jeweller | 8 WwW. ; Hwa 7 Phone 189