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the tribune stouffville ont thursday march 31 1949 township of markham mr farmer and poultryman an adjourned meeting of the farmers and poultry- men and all those concerned with the eradication of foxes and skunks in markham township will be held in the township hall unionville on friday april 1st 830 pm the township codncil and game committee are aware that foxes and skunks do thousands of dollars worth of damage to our poultry and pheasant flocks in the township each year the meeting will discuss the advisability of distributing gas free of charge to all farmers and poultrymen to try and get rid of these pests this is an adjourned session called last friday night the municipal council and game committee ottawa letter by j e smith mp taxes cut and how this was the headline in the ottawa citizen following the presentation of the abbott sunshine budget last week the budget announcing the most substantial tax reduc tions in canadian history con tinues to be the main topic of dis cussion here in the capital more than 750000 canadians were re moved from the income tax roils by the increased exemptions and the taxes of canadians reduced by nearly 370000000 the most striking reductions were in income taxes which were cut by nearly onethird this has been achieved by increasing exemptions for single persons from s7o0 to s1000 and married people from s1g0o to 2000 in addition the rates of taxation have been reduc ed so that not only will there be fewer taxpayers but those who still pay taxes will be paying less both reductions are effective as of january 1 1910 exemptions for children and other dependents are increased the removal of the special tax on soft drinks gum and candy has been hailed with satisfaction especially by teenagers the tax on jewellery cosmetics and toilet pre parations is reduced by 15 per cent two items which are not subject to tax reductions are liquor and tobacco the financial record of the pre sent government is one in which government members take justifi able pride in october 1945 the government provided tax reduc tions of 300 million a year in 1940 tax reductions amounted to 20c million a year in april 1947 reductions amounted to 265 mil lion a year and last year reduc tions amounted to 265 million a year and last year reductions amounted to s92 million a year this consistent program of tax reductions is climaxed by this 1919 budget giving tax reductions of 369 million a year in these five successive budgets tax reductions have been made totalling 1300 million a year moreover it is particularly gratifying to the canj adian people that we have reduced our net debit by 1625 million i had the pleasure of attending an informal dinner this week with the hon gordon f bradley kc of st johns newfoundland who accordingly to the best sources of information here shortlv will be- come a member of the canadian cabinet representing the new province public ceremonies to mark newfoundlands entry into confederation will be held april 1st here in ottawa and in stjohns capital city of the new province mr bradley who will enter the canadian go is a former attorney generaf of newfoundland and has long been prominent in the public life of his native island he was an active worker on be half of confederation with canada and he has made a deep impres sion here by the stature of his statesmanship on june 24th next which is newfoundlands chief national holiday viscount alex ander of tunis governorgeneral prime minister stlaurent and several cabinet ministers are scheduled to make a formal visit to st johns by way of a cere monial celebration there of the islands entry into confederation a new calendar as i have said before an mps mail contains many interesting and helpful suggestions as well as the expected odd brickbat our mail this week brought a letter from a north yorker interested in the establishing of a world calendar perpetual this proposed new calendar suggested to replace the one now in use would have the following features 1 each quarter has 31 days in its first month and 30 days in the remaining 2 2 each quarter begins on sun day and ends on saturday 3 each month has 20 week days plus 4 or 5 sundays- 4 each year begins on sunday jan 1 and ends on saturday dec 30 5 month dates always fall on the same week days eg christmas is always on monday 31 plus 30 plus 30 equals 91 91 x 4 equals 364 6 the 365th days is eworld holi day between dec 30 and jan 1- 7 every 4 years a second world holiday between june 30 and july 1 takes care of leap year sweden has dug deep into granite formations to set up atomicage factories for manu facturing imiortant defense items while material and spiritual healing are opposite both camps are against state medicine al though for different reasons we hope to see you march 31st april 1st 2nd at our we have shopped around to find for you these interesting specials at saving prices visit all the departments and look over new spring lines we are featuring floorcoverings and more floorcoverings in hard surface 2 yd wide feltal 110 running yard 3 yd wide feltal 198 running yard 3 yd wide congoleum 225 running yard 2 yd wide printed linoleum 370 running yard 2 yd inlaid linoleum 490 up running yd 2 yd wide battleship linoleum 490 run ning yard baroleum feltal and congoleum rugs all sizes and assorted patterns home furnishings 42 fine marquisette curtaining 49c per yard 24 frilled marquisette curtaining 32c per yard 36 colorful patterns in chintz 49c per yard 36 floral patterned cretonne 98c per yard 47 english shadowcloth 98c per yard 47 striped or plaid homespun 98c per yard 54 rich rayon damask 325 per yard 36 window shades white cream green 119 each snowywhite cotton sheets 81x99 895 pair sturdy quality pillow cases 169 pair in carpets and rugs 27 stair and hall runner 495 up barrymore rugs assorted sizes patterns english ax minster english kandahar canadian wilton canadian sarukhan reversible smyrna scatter rugs colorful oval braided mats 20x34 239 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