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"All The News | While It Is News" wh shawa Daily Times A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City CB VOL. 8--NO, 46 Tre Sond Om" Publi Hioltiare OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1931 Succeeding The Oshawa Daily Reformer 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy "EIGHT PAGES CO SW. Ward Ratepayers Hear Addresses on Gas Plant Sale COMPLETE STATEMENT IS GIVEN BY MAYOR MARKS | AND UTILITIES MEMBERS F. L. Mason Makes Reply to Criticisms Regarding the . Other Offers Which Were 'Rejected by Public Util ities' Commission G. D. CONANT SPEAKS OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN Mayor Marks Informs Rate- payers That Necessary Facilities for Plant Will Be Provided at Harbor by De- partment of Public Works Some fifty members of the South- west' Ward Ratepayers Association heard Mayor Ernie Marks, G. Conant, the - vice-chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, and F. L. Mason, a member of the commis- sion, explain the various points in tue proposed sale of the gas plant at Cen- tree street school last night. It was explained to the meeting when it was opened by E. Clarke, chairman, that the ratepayers had not met to pass any resolution either for or against the proposition, and consequently no formal motion on the matter was put before the assoication. : Rumors which have been flying around the city regarding "more fav- orable offers" for the plant were de- finitely spiked by Mr. Mason who produced a file containing all the correspondence that has been passed between the Public Utilities Commis- sion and all other partics relatives to the proposed sale of the plant. e referred particularly to one received only a little over two weeks ago, af- ter it had definitely been decided to the present proposition to the people, and showed conclusively that it was a hasty offer of a financial house that desired to. buy the plant from Oshawa, sell stock to refinance it, and then turn it over to some oth- er utility company to operate, with prospects as far as the city of Osh- awa 'was concerned, not as good as the 'proposition now before the rate- payers of the city. ' G. D. Conant The first speaker was G. D. Conant, wha traced the history of the Oshawa plant down to the point where hawa bought it from the Hydro- Electric Power Commission of On- tario, since when it has shown a de- ficit of $8,000. "The greatest need of Oshawa is industrial development, and it is nec- that all services be provided as cheaply as possible." Mr. Conant said.. Decreases had been and were being effetced in both the electric and watér rates, but further decreases weré impossible in the gas rate, des- pite the fact that it was now prohibi- tive for manufacturers and not econs omical for householders. "The only hope of lower gas rates lies in bring- ing the equipment up to date and en- . the market. Our only chance (Continued on page 2) FIRE DESTROYS SCHOOL BUILDING NEAR BELLEVILLE Continuation and Public Schools in Village of Ban- croft Fall Prey to Flames At. (Ci Press Di bh) Belleville, Feb, 24.--Fire which broke out today shortly before the pupils began to arrive this morn- ing, destroyed the public and con- tinuation school at Bancroft, with a loss estimated at twenty thous- and dollars. . Eight thousand dol lars fnsurance was carried on the structure. The blaze was discovered by Ed- win Whitefoot, caretaker, Who sounded the alarm and though the fire brigade and helpers were on' the scene shortly after, the entire structure was consumed by the flames. The work of reconstruction will be started immediately, but in the the three hundred pupils will -be accommodated in the Ora Hall, Community Hall and church basement, Forecasts--Lower Lake Re- to moderate .- mrs and mild. Wednes- + day==Cloudy not much change in temperature. Georgian Bay w=Moderate winds fair today and Wednesday with a little D.| Centre street school LOWER TAX RATE IS PREDICTED BY MAYOR MARKS Special Council Tomorrow Night to Deal With 1931 Esti mates Oshawa will have a lower mill rate this year than that which prevailed in 1930. This welcome news wag conveyed to a meeting of the South West Ward Ratepayers' Association in the last night by Mayor Ernie Marks, Mayor Marks did not state what the rate would be for 1931, but said definitely that it would be lower than the rate of 47 mills which prevailed last year. The \sayor stated that he consider- ed a reduction in the mill rate quite an accomplishment, in view of the extremely heavy relief bill which had to be met by the city. "If it were not for this relief cost, the rate could have been made considerably lower than it will be," the mayor asserted. A special meeting of the council has heen' called for tomorrow night, at which it is expected, the rate will be formally struck. OFFICERS BID FAREWELL TO LT.-COL. HODGINS Banquet and Ladies' Night at Armories to Bid Godspeed to Commanding Officer Pleasure mingled with regrot, when, at the annual banquet and ladies' Ontario Regiment, held in the Of- ficers' mess af thc armorles last night, & present tion was made to Lt.-Col. E. C. and Mrs. Hodgins, who are leaving shortly for their new home in Kingston. There was pleasure in the happy cqmradeship which prevailed at the gathering and regret that the regiment is soon to lose its popular and 'effi- cient commanding officer and his wife. The officers' mess was made gay for the occasion and the guests, who included the active officers, the honorary and service members of the Ontario Regiment, with their ladies, sat at the charmingly decorated banquet tables which had been formed in the shape of a horseshoe, with Captain James Hanning, president of the mess and toastmaster, at the head of 'the horseshoe. On behalf of the officers of the regiment, Lt.-Col. Hodgins was presented with a handsome Shef- field cocktail tray, with cups, the tray being beautifully engraved with the regimental crest. A pret- ty bouquet of flowers was also pre- sented to Mrs. Hodgins. The regret of the officers which has been occasioned by Lt.-Col. Hodgins' transferenes to Kingston was expressed in a sincere and con- sincing manner by Captain Han- ing in the address of presentation. The whole regiment, he sald, ap- preciated the splendid leadership which it has been given by the com- manding officer and felt that he would be greatly niissed. A shaker to match the tray and cups was then presented to Lt.-Col, Hodgins by Mr. Newman on behalf (Continued on page 3) PROIBITION LAW SUSTAINED United States Supreme Court Declares the Eighteenth Amendment to Constitu- tion Valid (© Press Despatch Washington, Feb. 24. -- The Eighteenth Amendment was sus- tained as valid today by the su- preme court. Under the decision the government will continue {ts efforts to enforce the Volstead law. The ruling was handed down in the government's appeal from the decision: of Federal Judge Clark of New Jersey, who held the-ame endment invalid because it was Im- [= ght of the officers of the | | Meeting of City W. G. BUNKER Elected Horticultural Society at the organi. zation meeting last night, A. L. BOUCKLEY newly organized Oshawa Horticul- tural Society, R. S. MORPHY resident of the "Oshawa Who is the first vice-president of the Who has been elected to serve the Who was last night elected second Oshawa Horticultural Society as its Treasurer, ; Hit 8 GEORGE HART vice-president of the Oshawa Hor- ticultural Society, PREMIER SPEAKS OUT ON BEHALF OF MOTOR INDUSTRY Mr. Bennett Tells Importers Government Is Determin- ed to Keep Industry in Ex- istence (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, Feb, 24.--Because the goverment had decided not to be a party to the destruction of the motor industry in Canada, it had taken its recent action whereby discounts on United States motor cars. were fixed at-twepty pew cont. Premier Bennett informed the cabi- net tariff hearr:g toc:zy. Speaking to Minister asserted the government had been confronted with evidence indicatinz that if Ligh discounts | were permitted to continue, Cana- dian manufacturers would have to ra out ofs business at once and hand over the market to United tates competitors. "We have chosen fo believe the Canadan people want the mot- or industry to continue', the Pre mier said. In reply to Mr. Prit- chard, thé premier said the govern- ment was satisfied in respect to the indications that the industry was faced with destruction. "Wa are confident" the Prime Minister replied, 'the situation is this--shall the industry continue in Canada or not", The industry undoubtedly was showing signs of crumbling in Canada, Premier Bennett again replied to Mr. Pritchard. There were from five to seven hundred industries dependent on the mot- or_industry in Canada, he sald. "No sophistry can get us away from the simple issue', he added. "Is it worth while for Canada to have a motor industry or not?" MUSICAL TREAT ATROTARY CLUB Members of O.C.V.L. Orches- tra Provided an Excellent Program at Luncheon Yes- terday ' A rare musical treat was served up to the Rotarians of Oshawa at their weekly luncheon yesterday, when the Oshawa Collegiate and Vo- cational Institute Orchestra provided the program for the occasion. These young musiolans, who have been trained by Leo Richer, supervisor of music in the schools, gave a splen- did account of themselves, Unfor- tunately, Mr, Richer, owing to ill- ness, was unable to be present to conduct the orchestra personally, but his place as conductor was taken by Harrison Murphy, of the O.C.V.L staff, the pianist of the orchestra, and the Rotarians were given a gen- uine surprise in the quality of the music presented, r The meeting was turned over to Principal A. E. O'Neil, of the 0.C.V.L, who, in a brief address, introduced the orchestra members who were present, and testified to the splendid work Mr. Richer was doing in the development of musical talent, At the close of the musical program of orchestra selections, Dave Brown, in moving a vote of thanks, paid a high tribute to the orchestra, and urged its members to continue their musi- cal training, saying that ability as a musician was a valuable asset. properly ratified. The. members of the orchestra who! 'W.G. Bunker is Elected as First President of Oshawa | i? Site 5 i ; al So : ty hE W. Gordon Bunker was elected president of the newly organized Oshawa Horticultural Society at a well attended meeting held in the Genosha Hotel auditorium last night. Other officers who were unanimously elected upon the report of the special nominating committee included A. L. Bouckley, 1st vice-president; George Hart, 2nd vice-president; Mrs, H. Bowman, secretary; R. S. Morphy, treasuver; J. C, Young and P, Sims, auditors. A number of names were sub- mitted by the nominating committee as possible directors and eleven were elected although it had originally been intended to have the board of diveetors consist of tén members only. On aceount of a tie vote for the tenth director it was decided to H. 8. Pritchard, | augment the board by one, the sug- Windsor, Ont., appearing for Cana- | gestien being made by J. Lockie Wil- dian avtomobile importers, Prime |son, inspector of horticultural socie- ties in Ontario, The directors who were elected by ballot last night are W. R. Allchin, J. L. Beaton, Robert Brooks, Mrs. G. D. Conant, J, S. Kyle, F. T, Lamble, John Sargent, Christopher Vann, Mrs. J. C. Young, Ross Mc- Kinnon and Thos. Wragg. Appreciation for the which had been shown in him was expressed by the newly elected presi- dent who stated that he would en- deavor to give of his very best in the interests of the city. Want 1,000 Members "We aim to have at least a 1,000 members in our horticultural socie- ty," President Bunker said in con- tinuing, "and to do this every mem- ber will have to do his or her part In adding new names to the roll. I am convinced that the society can do much to beautify Oshawa and that eventually we may have here the most beautiful city in Ontario," Col. McCormick Col. B. J. McCormick, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who has been one of the moving spirits in (Continued on page 4) J. Lockie Wilson Sees Bright Future | for Oshawa Horticultural Society The possibility which lies before any horticultural society in any com. munity to make that community a more beautiful, a brighter and hap- pler place in which to live, was clearly outlined byeJ. Lockie Wilson, inspector of horticultural societies for Ontario and noted horticulturist, in a splendid address before the Osh- awa Horticultural Society last night. Judging from the keen enthusiasm displayed at last night's meeting, Mr. Wilson predicted a glowing fu- ture in store for the newly organ- ized society. Over twenty years ago, Mr. Wil son sald, the horticultural societies of Ontario were more or less in thelr infancy and were having a hard struggle to maintain themselves. At that time the societies scarcely rea- lized the value of environment in re- lation to humanity--the brightening up of homes and communities which niay be wrought by flowers, trees, shrubs and vines. Now howevem it is accepted as a fact that flowers, trees and so forth make for a batter and happier environment, the value of horticultural societies is recog- nized and there are now 288 flourish- ing societies in Ontario with a total membership of over 80,000 men and women. The speaker recalled that a horti- cultural society had existed here a few years ago. But in 1928, for (Continued on page 2) ROTARLANS WILL HELP KIWANIANS Good Response Made to Ap- peal for Assistance - With This Week's Winter Fair When the Kiwanis Club Winter Fair and Carnival is held at the Osh- awa Armories on Thursday and Fri- day of this week, members of Rotary Club will be seen working side by side with them in their effort to raise money for the boys' work of the club, W. E. Davis, honorary presi- dent of the Kiwanis Club attended the Rotary luncheon yesterday, and after being introduced by Rotarian Frank Chappell, he appealed to the Rotary Club for assistance, stressin the nature of the community wor! which was to be undertaken with the money raised. The Rotarians were not slow in re- sponding to the appeal and a large number signed their names as being willing to turn out at the Armories, roll up their sleeves and help their fellow service club members of the Kiwanis Club to reach their objective of $5,000, were present were: Harrison Morphy, planist and conductor; Olliveen Ward, Madeline Gusott, Joseph Sharpe, Gerald Tonkin, Henry Price, Stanley Sargent, Harold Greenley, Harold Farrow, Don. , Thompson, Alex Blyth, John Holick, R. E. Ardiel, Jack Naylor, Cyril Powell, Albert Watts, T.orenzo Powell and Bruce Halleran, VR hh iE tH -- 1S. VIGE- CONSULS VISITED OSHAWA Came to City Yesterday lo Secure Information Re- garding Industrial Situa- tion Here Robert W.A, Harding, the new vicg-consul for the United States at Toronto, and Fred A. Bohne, whom he is succeeding as vice-consul, were visitors in the city yesterday, and spent the day in the care of B. J. McCormick, secretary of the Osh- awa Chamber of Commerce. Their purpose in visiting the city was to secure *all the information available reregarding Oshawa from an indus- trial standpoint, and when they lest they were well posted with the latest data. "In addition to making a tour of inspection of the city, they attend- ed the luncheon' of the Oshawa Ro- tary Club, and met a number of the prominent citizens of Oshawa at that function, JUDGE TAYLOR DIES Edomnton, Feb. 24--~Senior Judge of the District Court of Edmonton and resident of this city for 40 years. Hon, Hedley C. Taylor, M.A, ire, aged 67, died at Victoria, B.C, LIVES LOST IN STORM Palermo, Sicily, Feb, 24.-- Ships in the Mediterranean last night were bucking heavy seas and high winds in a storm which began Sat- urday night and was still contin- uing. Commerce was delayed and there was some loss of life. confidence JOSEPH WELSH Sudden Death of Well known Caterer Causes Widespread Regret in Community 4 Joseph Welsh, one of the best | known businss men of this city, was found dead in bed this morn- ing, at his residence, 292 King street east. Mr. Welsh passed away in his sleep, from heart fail- ure. and although he had mot been dead very long when the discovery was made, efforts to rovive him failed. He had been active and apparently in fairly good liealth, | and indeed had catered to the an- | nual dinner and ladies' night of | Regiment, only last evening. i Mr. Welsh was the proprietor of Welsh's Parlors and had for sev- eral years been host to the Rotary Club and, after they were orga- nized more recently, to the Ki- | wanis and Kinsmen's clubs in this city, His banquet hall was also a popular place for the holding of banquets by various organizations. He was quite active in the sport- ing world, taking a particular in- terest in amateur hockey, of which he was a staunch supporter, He has heen prominent in hockey cir- cles here for many years, and has been a member of the executive (Continued on page 3) LOCAL ORCHESTRA PLAYS IN TORONTO Snell's Orchestra Highly Praised at Gathering in | Royal York Hotel Last] Night Snell's Dance Orchestra, of this city, provided the music at 4 large 'gathering of wholesale frult dis- tributors of Western Ontario who assembled in the Royal York Hotel Toronto, last night as the guests of "Dick" Palmer, well-known fruit distributor. In brief, but "well-chosen re- marks, Mr. Palmer expressed ap- preciation for the orchestra, the members of which all come from the Motor City. The organization, he sald, played for the majority of dances in Oshawa and he consid- ered that the fruit distributors had been fortunate in obtaining its ser- vices. Optimism in the future of Can- ada was expressed by Mr. Palmer who, although admitting that busi- ness conditions have been bad, claimed that they were already quickly improving. Since the new tariff became effective the wheels of Canadian industry have started to roll and are steadily gaining speed, ho said. At the end of six months he thought that there would be a remarkable change in Canada and that employment might be found for all. SAULT HOTEL OPENS Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, Feb, 24-- The formal opening of the new $650, 000 Windsor Hotel last night took the form of a dinner About 300 citizens atterided. LEAVES HOSPITAL Baltimore, Md., Feb. 24--Hon. Er- nest Lapointe, former Canadian Min- ister of Justice, Jericeday left Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he has been and dance | LTER CO. EXPECTS TO START MARCH 25 a ---------- PRESIDENT OF COMPANY SAYS FIRM ANXIOUS TO START OPERATIONS HERE E. WHITBY RELIEF | WORK DISCUSSED BY RATEPAYERS Meeting of Westmount Rate: payers' Association Ad- dressed by Reeve and! Councillor At a fairly well attended meeting | of the Westmount Ratepayers' Asso- ciation held last night in Westmount School, Reeve John Ross and Coun- cillor IE, Warne, of East Whitby Township explained to the members many of the contenious questions that had been in their minds and stat- ed that while to those outside the council it looked at times as though the right thing were not being done the council were working for the good of the municipality at all times, Mr, H. Boston, president of the associa- tion, presided. One of the matters that came up was the item in the council report that showed that $1000 had been paid to Mr. Ross and Councillor Lavis. Mr. Ross explained this by stating that the township had a number of men working on relief work who would have to wait nntil the council met to receive their cheques, In or- der that these men might receive their money each Friday, night the money in question was paid to hime self and Mr. Lavis who in turn is-| sued cheques to the men, The can- | world go to the town- | ship auditor, Mr. Ross said. Mr. Ross ted to those present that a man who drove a car and had | a telephone in his home had no right to be on relief. Mr, Ross also said | that theré were 75 men working on | the Park Road sewer. These men! (Continued on page 7) celled chemyes DIED SUDDENLY the officers' mess of the Ontario * | and 'nickel-plated Installation of Machinery Will Be Started as Soon as the Interior of New Face tory Is Ready for It EXPECT TO START WITH 100 WORKERS Most of Employees Will Be Drawn From Ranks of Oshawa Labor -- About 500 Applications Already Received Manufacturing operations in the plant of Oshawa's newest major in- dustry, the Coulter 'Manufacturing Company, will commence about March 25. It is expected that the building will be completed by March 15, or perhaps carlier, and that in- stallation of machinery can be finished sufficiently to start actual produc tion work before the end of the month. Approximately 100 employees will be given work. at the new Osh- awa plant soon after it starts operat- ing, and most of these will be men who are now residing in this city, In an interview with ~The Times yesterday afternoon, A, E, Coulter, president of the company, outlined the plans of the firm in connection with its operations here, The com- pany has many orders on hand for products that it expects to make in Oshawa, and is anxious to get into production at the earliest possible date, he said, "The directors of the company were in Oshawa a couple of days ago, inspecting the plant, and they are all highly pleased with it and desirous of getting production started as quickly as possible," Mr. Coulter stated, The Company's Products There will be seven departments in the plant now nearing completion on the Oshawa industrial area on Simcoe street south. They are, tool room, | press room, stamping, lacquering, plat- ing, polishing and assembly. It is expected that about one-half of the production of the local plant will be for the automobile trade, and one lialf for the general hardware and other trades. All types of stampings fittings will be manufactured, with special attention to small parts for practically all in- dustries, Many parts for automobiles | will be manufactured, including robe JOSEPH WELSH Well-known local caterer, who was found dead in bed at his home on King Street East this morning. FIRE IN OSHAWA SERVICE STATION | Outbreak in Furnace Pipe at Mercury Service Station Does Little Damage At 7.30 o'clock this morning the fire department was called to the Mercury Service Station, King street cast, where a fire had broken out in the pipe connecting an oil burning furnace with the chimney. The firemen, tnder fhe direction of Captain Culling, ex- tinguished the flames with little difficulty and no appreciable dam- | age was done, Dirt, which had accumulated in the pipé, was blamed for the cause of the fire while a sheet of mater- fal which had been inserted at the bottom of the chimney was found to be inflammable and not fire- proof as had been thought. The fire department did not Have any calls last night or yesterday. ACCORD 1S REACHED ON NAVAL PRINCIPLE Paris, Peb. 24.--Foreign Minis- ter Arstide Briand and Charles Du- mont, minister of the navy, an- nounced that Great Britain and France had reached a naval accord in principle, conditional upon rati- fication by Italy. They added the undergoing treatment since the mfid- dle of December. agreement would be held secret racks, foot rests, radiator shells, door fittings, and all types of small parts that are chromium or nickel-plated or lacquered Supplies for many other industries will also be manufactured, For the plumbing trade, there will be all types of bathroom and kitchen fix~ tures, such as towel racks, etc, as well as many other articles. The firm will make a specialty of making stampings for the manufacture of ra« dios, and will supply many articles that are included in the standard line of hardware dealers. An effort will also be made to provide considerable (Continued on page 6) J.C. ANDERSONS NEW DIRECTOR OF PENNY BANK Member of Board of Educa tion at Meeting Yesterday ~--Funds Invested in Osh~ awa and E. Whitby Bonds J. C. Anderson, of this city, was last night welcomed to tho first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Penny Bank of Ontario held 'since his election to the Board. The eting was held in the Board of Boucation administrative offices Toronto. i Mr. Anderson informed The Times this morning that Oshawa and East Whitby township had been recognized since the penny bank system was imtroduced into the local schools, the board hav- ing invested $15,000 of its surplus funds in the city of Oshawa deben- tures and $25,000 in East Whitby debentures. Both J. R. Littleproud, inspector of Penny Banks for the province, and Prof. M. A, MacKenzie, ehair« man of the board, expressed the opinion last night that the peak of the depression was passed, as indi- cated by a recovery of deposits in the On/ario Penny Bank system, Mr. Anderson said. The number of depositors at the end of 1930 was about $0,000, the same as at the end of 1929, while the amount on deposit in December was $1,343, 170, an inereass over the figure at the end of 1029 which was $1m ) until its approval by Italy. 263,459.