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'lv'1`h\e anrlual business leetilxgi of . the Oro Football League will be held in" Town` Hall Oro, -Monday` night, Ma 10. at elglxt o'clock. . = 18:: A 5' dramatic` play, Eyes of'Leve," in `ante Hall.`Iw. Wednesdnv. Mav use per wgk : uununum we. 5 F F ATSEFRA Ills! lIcTEn""T5: % nnnnws sssmm, $350,000 F 16 ZVQUU 3 no UV Q I$_ $CIuIIIFIIE I IIIC VV III ill Increase os'N7.;'e1}" 1'iine Per Cent. 2: 1...: Yea. Rail: Thirty-Minute Limit Set fov.Po.rking..Con on the Main -Business Section of Dunlopggnd `jlizubetli "Stu; Bettei` Collection of Tax Arreuif-Reported; Approvalof Motor. "Camp Given; To Erect Si gnu Advertising Town. > o vv -nv - n Inurnuvy an` nrwuvnovxww. '1 wenty ye'ars ago on May 15, when Edward Luck: and J. .- D. Wisdom :bou'g'ht out the grocery business of-' James `Vair on:Essa St., this young . rm started out with a business name that hasseldom" been equalled, Luck,_. Wisdom & ` `Co., and though three years lateraMr. Luck sold out to go on the roadpluck has not deserted the`1-m, but under the name of J. D.` - Wisdom _& Co., with James Brunton ya a silent Jiartner, the business "has . grown etea ily. In order to mark the - twentieth anniversary of the business HIM-.hrlnv_ Hunt: sum nlnlrlno n nndvinl U""l1`y-hg iauoy was not called to give;,ev4 idence and his c ounsel`argued that the ap(i)el+lant"haad failed to show that` he. ha shot` thg ;_dog. Considerable time was occupied in argumer by counsel. J. R. Boysawpeared for the appellant; and Don-al Ross for the 'r`esponde{1t. _ V ' 8111111315. ` `1 bed at the time and he could `not could not recall anyg-conve1'_sp.tion? Frank Robertson, the fdjthert of the respondent, was celled by the ap- ellant. He stated that he was sick say whether or,_not his son had told him that he: had shot'the' dog. (:{1`he boy owned arias`, with which he `shot crows and ground ihogs,_, n a pretty "good `shot. . he tness ' was 3 with his son regarding the s-hootinf of the dog. . mvnnrfa nnnvn nnnn '.1'\\1'}\A;\'f"i h:{I1A`'7l us my uug In 0 , _ "" Experts were called by -both sides to give evidence as to the value of the dog, on which there was a great divergence of'opinion. Witnesses for the appellant valued the dogat from $100.to $150,.whi1e the value `placed - on the animal` by the respondent was only $10. - "Wan -I-inn uvua o.nI- nnlizui I-A nviIn- girl. av dog was shot on Mar. 30. Donald Blogg, son of the appellant, in nu. v_u-saw vvawnuvau _v?vas out hunting in the vicinity of Robertson's farm `on the fourteenth conce's_s ion,fwith thci dog, a valuable hound. The dog got out of sight and the boy` heard threes-hots and_ later found that the dog had -been shot. H_e did not see anyone about, nor did he see any sheep or other domestic animals. ..- I l !:\......l. 'n..a......a........ 1.1.... 1.4.1.... .1 myruuuceu a mouqn Unt me 'lJ1e!'K begauthorized to advertise for` appli- cations for ~, the .;position of tax col- lector. After some discussion. dur- ' in which it was ointed. out that the Chief of Police s now the tax col- lector` and he would have to bejre-' lieved of his duties` before-a new alp- polntment could be made, the motion was withdrawn, but Ald. Jarvis stat- ed that at the next meeting he will move that the by-law appointing: the Chief of` Police as tax collector be rescinded. ' ' l " Collection of Tax Azreers Better v ':Previouly, under the head Vof`in-A qujries, Ald.\Ja1{vis hadtasked a num- \ I Only one `case was dealt with in` Division Court on Tuesda , that be- ing an appeal from a ecision of -Magistrate Je s in the local police court, in which a charge of shooting: a dog, preferred b Wm. Blogg of Allandale against t e young son of Frank Robertson of Innisl, was dis- missed. `Hearing of the appeal last- ed nearly all day andjudgment was reserved by Judge Wismer. NIL; .1-.. -...... _L..A. _.. `II-.. nn lieputy-Reeve Mr-Cualg stated that at a special committee meeting held to consider the question. the mem- bers had gone over-the roll carefully, considering the names of the delinx V duenti: in four wards. and asseach name came up objection was. raised ntw nressinc that individual foi` pay- met; Why, now, after telling the Clerk not to press these peopl.e.=do you insist on taking more drastic ac- ` I tion? he -asked. He argued that `tax ,; collection is being done much more ` cheaply now, and probably as effic- ~ iently, as it would be by a collector. 1 In....u....'...| ._ _....- In\ 1 JUDGMENT RESERVED * IN Doc CASE APPEAL nusculuus. , _ Ald..Tyrer felt that it was time for drastic action in'the matter of collectiumthe taxes. Why `did you not talk that wav in committee? asked Mayor Craig. You had the {opportunity there and you were len- |ienJ. f ' I.-- '_____ Il.lV__,l, A I I I` want u an vuw vnlyvn Speelging to his mo ion, Ald.-.,Jar- via argued that the resent collector- is a.collectorin nem only, that he` is unable _to do` the Work, which falls on the shoulders of the Clerk-_Treas- urer, and that according to*.the"law the Treasurer cannot be a collector. He insisted that the duties of the col- lector arenot performed. 'l`he~roll is supposed to be returned and. `an affidavit ;taken by the collector V_t.at- `ing that any taxes unpaid cannot be collected.--This is not done and the "collector is not bonded as required by law. Aid. Jervis `branded the present} system of tax collection as I ridiculous. ALI m....-.. -`IL LL_L EL '____ 'rwEN'r'Y7rKIis IN BUSINESS. vvnuwu U73 /U npvwsvul: 19 van: ydlg `and ` that unpaid taxes amo M: to `$82,300, :of w.h_ieh;$4,872. taxes on the carriage factory, is assumed by the. town, leaving net arrears amountingto $27,439.13. The Clerk also stated that since the beginning 'of the `year $1'7~, 792 has been col- lected, compared with $7,543 in the same period last year. '~'_The' differ-' ence, he stated, was an indication, of- what had been accomp_lished `with ex- tra help in the oice. - G._-_I-!_.. 1.- L}- ___,.t _, AI: 6 Hr of questions relating to the ovoi- drnft and the amount of unpaid tax- as. which alinifml eh. iunwmmhn Ulllli BIICI H16 811101111` OI uppaxq tax- es, which elicited the information that the overdraft is $79,000,, on which 5% % interest is bein paid, and mm to I-:a2_. `(If u.m..i..2,1szv79 4...... .... -.... .. nu... via any n wvu V _(c9_nt!nu edVon page 17) ug- yunw wvt UV lulu vvvan .Ald.' Jarvis renewed his tfortsrto -have a tax collector a:'*,..mit'ed. He was assisted by Ald. Tyrer and the introduced a` motjgm that the `Chat }m'nnf'.hnv-imarl H1 uizhmv-Hun 4:-nr nun"- 138080 In `all, U16 851311113380 value. ranging -from $15 for re-shingling a ,ro_o_ to.-.$15,000, the estimated value .o,.the.stqre, showroom, `storage and repair shop being erected by F. W. Livingston on the site of the old .Queen s,H_otel on'Dunl.op St. ther .,:of. the larger iperniits issued are to `Thea. Blain. who: is `building two houses on the east.-sidd of Toronto St., south of the Children's Shelter on lots purchased from Mrs. Grant: Edwards. at an estimated value of '-$9000; D. McDougald,' for a stucco dwelling on the south. side of Blake- t., valued at $4000; J. D. Hatton, or a brick. veneer house and frame. garage at 238 Elizabeth St.,- $4000; Major Geo. R. Rodgers, stucco house on the east side of Drury Lane, $3.500; W.. 0." Partridge, `service sta- tion and rest room on Bay_i_leld St.,' $1000. The remainder of the `per- mits were issued for garages, addi- M tions, alterations and s-hingling. ' ,-e--Fur~ storage; protect your furs against re and moth.-Asimmons & . (`.n, '3- -vonvviv u-awn cola vnnw suayvnnnlvlnlvlcao It isimpossivble, he said, for each producer to know all the "market con- ditions, demands of the trade, traffic arrangements, acking and advertis- ig. so the pro lem has been solved by coming together as a group and hiring experts to handle these things. 'l2`.....~. .. .........a.:....`I ..L.....J....._L u.'-__- nnnnn 51 va-`awn. I19 vv Anunaulc IIIIUBU Illllllsn From a practical standpoint there is no difference between a.-farmers co`-operative marketing rganization and any other selling or anization. (Continued on page 4) ( 32.3u1L3iNc 'PERNTS : ' 1-`on TOTAL or $39,794 `Buil('iin`g permits issued by the Town`C1er since Apr;. 1 total $39,- ` 794."75. hirty-rtwo permits were issued in all, the `estimated value -|Innv:nn .-Pvvnvvr QTK `nu nn,a1-\3-nnoNo.m .. A--._- auwvur vauvvnnl you nuuu .In\4Il\ILJa g . The Ontario -honey producers, stat-gt ed Mr. Hart, have the most outstand-' . ing co-operative marketing organiza-,' tion in Canada, and possibly on the North American continent, and he_ emphasized the importance of eachi mem'ber realizing his personal re- ;sponsibility and turning out as good a product.as he possibly can. He` condemned the producers who, though not members of the associa- tion, get the benets of" group action without sharing the responsibilities. TL 3.: ____ ..:.L 1.. L- ..-2.1 A-.. _-_!_ auuaun pw. puruuuluuy gpuu. i There` was an attendance of about thirty members and addresses on spring management of ;bees and mar- ` keting were given by Messrs. Dice, M Hart and Weir. The secretary-tre'as- ' urer, R. G. Houghton, reported,re- ceiptsgduring the past year of $101.-. M 92 andexpenditures of $38.15, leav- ing a balance on hand of $69.78. It was decided -to hold the annual de- } monstration at John Hoover's yard, ' Craigvale, some time in June. - _ Officers Elected The following officers were elec . T. 'A..`Chapman, Beeton; ViceePres'., ed for the ensuing year :- President, A.- S. Millard. Hawkestone; Secy.-- Treas., R. G. Houghton, Barrie; Aud- itors.'J. -Walker, Uhtho , and W. H. G. Marwood, Barrie. ` ` Co-Operative Marketing Speaking on co-operative market- ing, F. 'C. Hart,-Director of the Mara ` keting and Co-Operation Branch of,` the Department of Agriculture, com-' pared the honey producers to 'wqrk-M men in` a factory with an output of .; six_ to ten milliongpounds of honey 1 annually. The production and the - quality of the article, hestated, de- 1 pendon the. individual workmen, but 3 it is essential that marketing be on ` the group system as inoa factory. ` . rnI._'_ n..4._._:- 1.----- .._.-.1._-__.,A 4,; ll . and when all had been heard and the F113 DUIICUC U0llIllJy\l38BKBpU1`lI ll!` so iatlon, held last Saturday after; ` noo in the" police <,!oI,1rt: cha_'mb`ers.AA These losses `were due mainly to starvation, many of the' beekeepers not having rovided sufficient stores!- to feed th ees durin the long win- ter.- The resident," ;.J. A;bernethy.. of Bond Head, asked /the meme ers present to place an estimate on t eir mdividual losses, w,hich/ ranged` all: thetway from ten to fifty per cent.', situation ummed up it was conclud`--l ed that the losses- would average thirty` per cent. A number of the members stated that the prospects ~ 1',or, the clover crop. in the coming season are. particularly good. Thnr was: an ntfnnrlnv-inn nf nhnuit , Losses sstained by -'a'pia'1"ists"r_ Simcoe County during the put win-A ter amount to thirty _per- cgri`t., ac-'~ cording` `to statements made by var ious rpm at the`nnx_1a1_ meAeting*9 the -Suncoe County\Beekeep_ers As- anninnn `hnl `nnf Rnfhllnm nftnf cm.-urmun 01 epwn UOIIIIIIIDBBG SllDI`n).l.i' a ..progres's` ` report of, expenditures in his `cg-apart ent` at` the first meetings In J y" and October, that the re by-law be pmended to pre- - vent res and that a draft by-law be_ su=bmitted to the, committee" that the repairing of the roof of the carriage factory be left over till it has been inspected, that no action be taken` wit regard to the communication of [Macaulay Pope,;and that `a court of revision `be he!d' on May 17, `10`a.m. rm... ...........g. `.1 4.1.- 'D.;.._.l -0 n1....I'._ or I AverageV R_epor_ted by Sim OE f B'eek`c_:epers;" Starved inr j: 4 Lg,ag Wintef. _ _` ,1.-ova BABY KITTENS IN 1111: Nzsru J?;13Uf1' ow I-[EN xzA|:ps~oN LAYING % "181: t unu unqer). . The following officers were elect- ed: 'Hon. '.Pres., W. A. Boys; M.P.; VPres., J. R. Boys; Vice-Pres., Rev. A. Ra Beverley; Se`cy.-Treas., Dr. W. C. Little;.'Cnmmittee. Miss Edith Cres- Vwick'e,t Mrs. G. -E. Brooke's, R. R White, Rowand Calderwood, Hmni Sprp'lt_;_ Captain", J. R. Boys. ' The annual meeting of the Barrie] Tennis` Club was held on Monday night" in the police court chamber. Barrie is entered in `the Western Ontario Tennis League and is group- ed with Midland and Penetang. Last year the;-local team reached the semi- nals,`but were forced to default the nal games to St. Catharines. It is `oped that. this season the citizens of Barrie may again have the oppor- tunity of seeing` some good tennis. The game i fast becoming very pop- in th local, club" is expected. Play is e_ acted, to commence in about two weeks-. "n`-manna no-un nnynn l'\'nIII1nn:luv\ nl rflunl `ular and a much larger membership 7 I; W U _ W085!`- I O I `There, was some d1scuss1on at the meting regarding an` increase in the metpbrship fees, but it was nally declded to leave them as inother years`: $500 for ladies, $8.00 for men and $3.00` for` juniors (16 years and under); 'l`1u:~ -fnllnh-no nlhbru `nun-n clan}- , the two chargeswould follow immed- -`iately; that, whereas according to a `angst: uuluwuber LU Vlcborlu naroory 3! that Victoria Harbor, Ebenezer and Part McNicol-l be one charge, union to be consummated by the end.of the next-conference year (1927) unless one of the present ministers should accept a" call, in which case union of raga:-rangement in the Presbytery of `Toronto Centre, Holland Landing was left, unprovided for, this appoint- :-ment beattached to Bradford; that `Ebenezer, vformerly attached to Bradford, be now connected with Churchill and Gilford; that Lefro and Stroud remain as at nresent;` that -Cookstown, Nicolston and Beth- esda form a` pastoral charge, with the understanding that Bethesda be supplied by Rev. R. .B. Beynon of Thornton; that the New Lowll of- cial board be given authority ,to deal with. the rentwood appointment as they see t; that the Mission Super- intendents be asked to report on the Hobart situation at the next meeting - of Presbytery. -In this,last case, Rev. Mr. Morris of Hillsdale, of which charge Hobart is an appoint-| ment, asked that some other way be found of supplying Hobart, as, (laur- lnnnfinuun nn noun A1 BARRIE TENNIS CLUB ` ELECTS rrs OEFICERSI With _ regard to -propdsed adjust- ments inthe boundaries of some pas- ltoral charges in Simcoe Presbytery ,-' a further report was presented by the committee appointed-to deal with gtery on Thursday of last week. (A report from this committee Was dealt - with and accepted at the March meet- ingof Presbytery,_ subject to the ap- proval -of the congregations interest- ed ; That report was varied by` the recommendations submitted at the .thisAmatter, at the meeting `of Pres-I last meeting. "EL- .'.___.-....,__ J71"- , B A! D`! V fl-Inhrln hf`! IIWIUI ll OVOKJ iv U , G`! V! The report 0 _ presented `by Reeve Lowe, recom- mended thab a suitable road drag be purchased, that the road-making ma- ; the Board of War]; I chinery be put in good condition, that" a ditch be opened` on Sanford St. between Brock St..and the..ewamp to avoid damage .by water to rropertyn 318' on Brock St., and that lac of a cement cover over the rain on So- phia 'St. be laid over.` - AI.lv 'l-....._ _-..----`J 1-5- ;&---I-~ LA The recommendations of the com- mijztee were: That Coldwater remain I asjat present (it-had previously -been I suggested to transfer-eWaubaushenel from Coldwater to Victoria Harbor); gfhlf Vinfnrin T-Tnvvknv mknnnunu onrll .-up-av uuyvvaansu loMm %g%WRHNMHf0N BOUNDARES ss Annie Lennox,'. of Ever- ., x'ar'rn,| Redvers, _Sask._. daugh- ;= ,_ _, _`, ' ddrew Lennox, of Gle`dhow, ' and niece of James A. Lennox. `5 _1{5n.,.,;:St.,'Bauie, had a narrow es- A;-_,*?_l|De r`;1;1 9qm -being kiuea bya ::ta!lidn `sturday, Apr. 24, and, though 's{z g"red very painful in- M irinjiz ' ' ` = - While her Brothers were taking ..o`_:t their horses to water at noon, `just before going out to harrow, Miss ` pnnbx, looking for eggs, went into; "the" stall of their big stallion. .- "When in her ,s_earch "she leaned -loifer l-the horse's ' manger, the '. at_li_n1al*=without any warning suddenly ' "truk*.J1er, knocking her into the igiangier, then seized her by the right i i ai1_l threw her behind him. For- tgnatelly` he was tied with two ropes, 1 n 4 :1 Passed--by Si-mc;)e Presbytery; Stroud and Lefroy` Stay as at Present ' I {AcK_1~:n 1N%_s'nABLE; BY ASTALLION WOMAN surnans SEVERE INJURIES - ....`..L..-.,.-. ...v-...~..., -. Zcontinued on page 4) In GIIUDHUIH . Friendship is needed, not only in international relations but in the in- dividual world. If men were more friendly and frank with each other. if capital and labor could come and sit as friends at a common table, many problems would be solved. There is a great need for friendship,` man with man, in 'every relation of life and if friendship with God is rmly established the second will follow. v ' _ K It is not the business of Oddfellow- ship to start out on`a great crusade to battle with social ills, but it can be the centre of moral and spiritual power. The country does not need more laws and dogma and less liber- ty so much as it needs better men. Oddfellowship is not a religion, but it is religion, and a true Oddfellow cannot. help being a good man, be- cause Oddfellowship makes a man aware of the divine in him. i 'WUl'lSlllg' (JUL 1118 Will uuu purpose. The order also implies friendship with all men, of every race and creed. The great need of the world today `is the need of real friendship, stated Mr. Greenslade. We have only tollook at world affairs where representatives of the nations have met" and `tried to `solve international vproblems. We nd the spirit of sus- gicion, jealousy and hatred. We were uoyed up aj few months ago` by the treaty of Locarno, ,but it is not work- ing .out"i,as promised and the reason is a lack of qondence of one nation in i1other.` ` ' - 'I:\_.-.-..l..`I..:.. :. _.....I-.l _-L _..1-- :.. an. :9 in: can . uuvy ucunu UL AIJKIII. Oddfellowshi-p stands for friend- ship, stated the speaker. Belief in the Supreme Being is fundamental in `the Order and without it 'Oddfellow- ship would be meaningless, but the lmembers must go one step further lthan belief in God. They must have friendship with God in a practical way, being - obedient to Him and working out His will and purpose. i Tho nv-Haw an imnlinu fwiavulalrin whole rateable propertv within the. assessed value of suchpropertjv ac- BUBBIIIUIIM ' While it would, perhaps, be more- satisfactory in the minds of some rateayers to leave the assessment on t e present -basis and let the tax rate go up, this can't be done. ` The Municipal Act states that the,coun- cil of every municipality shall in each year assess and levy on the municipality a sum-' suii i`cient' to pay`- all the ,debts of the corporation, whether principal or interest. falling, due within the year, but it shall not` assess or levy in any year more than twenty-ve mills on the dollar on the cording to the last revised assess-. ment roll, with the exception of school and local improvement rates." , arking Limit Set P . A chahge was made in the traffic by-law, limiting the time allowedfor parking on the main street to thirty report of the Fire and Police" Com- mittee, presented by.First Deputy- 7 Reeve Byrne. Other,_recommenda- -tions in the report were that MUD; 7 minutes. This was embodied in the I . tion of the Firemen s Assor-.iatio'n of Committee, recommending -that the Cubitt-Nicholls be paid $10 as reim- rbursement for his legal costs in con- nection with a police court; case heard in the winter, in which he was the complainant. and thatino action be.taken regarding the communica- Ontario`, soliciting membership; .' To Keep T b on Expenditures Second D puty+Reeve McCuaig presented the report of the Finance chairman of each committee submit progress "report g`epar`Rnent, at? rst 1 October, A non: 11.13!!! kn |nvv|AnoInoI'J-A man. 1 WUUIU CUIISU LU 1lVUn This mission of Oddfellowship, Mr. Greenslade said, is to form mankind into a redemptive brotherhood, a league of free men attempting to work out the will of God. It appeals to every class of individual. Wheth- er rich or poor, learned or ignorant. old or young, the moment they stand in the lodge room they are lifted to a common brotherhood. Its greatest appeal is to the deep heart of man. l'\.I.`l-1`l__..`I.:._ ._L__..l.. L-.. 1,3. .1 I Lllllh ' Outside of the home and the `church, there is nothing more beau- tiful than Oddfllowship, stated Mr. Greenslade, but the sacred obliga- tions which bind its members togeth- er in brotherhood can never take the place of the hallowed inuence of the home or the, place of the church." a He warned against a tendency\to ex- alt the lodge above the church and the home, stating that had it not been for theL`chur'ch this andkindred 01'- ganizations would never havevcome into being, and if -it were not for the present inuence of the church they would cease to `live. fI"I..:_ ....'....:.._ .. f\J.I..1I.....-._L.. 11.. In conn ction with the celebration of the 10 th anniversary of Oddfel- =1owship, members of Barrie Lodge, I.O.-0.F., No. 63, and `Beaver Re- bekah Lodge, No. 190, attended ser- vice on Sunday evening in Collier St. United Church, where an approp- riate address on the principles of the Order was given by the minister, Rev. S. H. Greenslade. The Odd- fellows formed up in front of their Temple and, led by the B.C.I. band, marched by way of Collier, Clapper- ton, Dunlop, Mulcaster and Collier Sts. to the church where the mem- if-lnnwl bers of the Rebek ah Lodge awaited ' U61`! l them. I un.. `-Latest reports stated that Miss ~.Lennox was making satisfactory pro- g'ress but would be in bed for at least three weeks. At the time she met with the . accident described above, she was just recovering from a se- vere attack of u. Her brothers, returning to the sta- ble, found her lying on the oor al- most` ' unconscious from the shock. Quickly carrying her into the house, they telephoned to Redvers for a doc- tor. Examination showed that she had two ri.-bs broken, her right arm badly bittexi, bruises over her body," one `hip injured, a large lump ; on the back of her head, and that she 'was suffering` severely from shock. lWeI1Attended Church Parade Hid on Anniversary of 1.o.o.1=. _ on each side; nd so co.uld not follow up his `infuriated -attack. v mm: YEAR or | THETHREE-LINK . snornakuoonl _ No. 18. M uuu,uu'.. . e `. l'he question was dealt with in committee of the `whole. `E. `Wh`te- bread, the assessor, waspresent nd the matter was gone `into; thoroughly. to determine how the increase should be made. The outcome of the dis- cussion `in committee was the adop- tion of a motion , presented by Ald- ermen Tyrer and Jarvis, that Council advise the assessor` that an increase M or $850,000 in the assessment will be ~ necessary to keep within the legal rate in 1927 and that this be done by an equitable adjustment, of the as- sessment. ~ 1171-31.. :3 -....IA _-..`I........ L- ...-..... I120 PAGES -v.., -ova...--..-5 v-ngy -_nu During the past month consider- able painting and decorating has been done in the interior of the building. The House Committee was authorized to replace the wood oor in the laundry and west basement hall with concrete; ........_..`u..... ....... ..........:...&...l A... R1 UBUC made -asp-up - a-- .-w-----' `At the monthly meeting of the Royal Victoria Hospital Board, held on Monday afternoon_,_ approval was given to the plan to have two of the nurses take an affiliated short course at the Toronto Free Hospital, Wes- ton, beginning June 1st. -_..__._ 1.1.- _-_A. ._.__A.L --__:.I___ v- ...-......-y ...-y.,- Committee Counsel Calder read.a series of letters exchanged bc-twc.-en W. A. Boys, M.P. for North Simcoe, and Hon. Jacques Bureau. Minister of "Customs, in November, 1922. Ac- cording to one letter. Waisberg had offered $50 to the officer and gener- ally employed such crude efforts" that he was obviously green to the business. He had been charged "don. t ble duty on the trunkload of silks he was smuggling in; he had been charg- ed a sales tax, and "Mr. Boys thought he had been sufficiently punished for a rst offence. Further prosecution would be a blow to his familv and Mr. Boys SlT_.0`g'e ~`t9d that the M*v.i"-. rm.` might very well show clemency in this case. `Mr. Bureau sent Mr- Boys a pzv-t of the departmental le, .which, he said, would indicate that Waisberg s offence was greater than he had ob- viously admitted to Mr. Boys. There was every indication from the reports of the Customs people in Barrie of an attempt to establish a smggling ring, andeWaisbe1'g must have been in the ring. `I_. T')___,, LL-.. __`I_-_l LI__L j,,` ` " Mr. Boys then asked that decision be postponed until the following .week, so that he could discuss the matter with Mr. Bureau during a visit to Ottawa that week-end. The discussion apparently took place and after he returned to Barrie Mr. Boys wrote to the\Minister expressing the hope that the local Customs Col- lector would be instructed to call off further prosecution. Instruction from Superiors C. P. Blair, General Executive A81 sistant of the Customs Department, was called to the stand and asked to explain why he had made a recom- mendation that Waisbergbe allowed to go on payment of double duty and" sales tax. He said that he had done this on. instructions from Deputy_ Minister R. R. Farrow. Mr. Farrow, while very anxious that the prosecu. tion against .Waisberg he proceeded with, told him that the Minister had arranged with Mr. Boys that there would be no prosecution if double duty and sales tax were paid. The recommendation, while bearing his signature, was written on instruc- tions from his superi_ors, Mr. Blair insisted, Mr. Farrow, said the wit- ness, was very anxious that prosecu- tion be proceeded with. but had told him that the then Minister (Hon. Jacques Bureau) intended not to nvnannrnfn Ilnnnoncn A? van -n1nnnnn+a4>nna uayquca prosecute `bl: `rnnn fn JG quouu. Lne LFUIIK was.se1zea 8110 placed in the bond-room, but the smuggler was allowed to go. A re- port on,the case was sent to the De- partment. Letters on Waisberg s Behalf R. L. Calder, K._C., committee, counsel. read a letter from W. A. Boys, Chief Conservative VVhip, to R. R. Farrow, Deputy Minister of Customs, asking him to delay pro-. ceedings in this case until I see you. The upshot of the whole case was that there was no prosecution, Mr. Calder said. The trunk of silk was released to Waisberg on payment of double duty. i l'I-_-.__:LL_- ('1 _ . . _ __1 (1-11 , 1 Barrie was in the limelight at the Customs Inquiry at Ottawa last Fri- day afternoon, when Customs Officer C. R. Kendall, examined concerning the Waisberg case * of attempted smuggling, told of attempts to bribe him by the offer of. $2000 or $3000. This was in the fall of 1922. Prior to. that Waisberg was in business in Barrie for a time. He was a res- ident of Toronto when the smuggling incident occurred. Particulars of Friday s hearing are given in a pub- lished -report from Ottawa as follpws: I IN `I ! VI'_.._I_III I)__._.'._ L_I.I .5 __ merit on which. the 1921 taxesewill be `levied was ordered `by the Town Council at their regular meeting on Monday `night. This is mue necess sat-y by the fact that, with more mad _debent'az-es becoming payable next year, the `general "tax rate, if based on the present assessment, would exceed the"leg'al,~1imit o twenty-ve miijs. The increase in the assess,-_ ment wi`!1"emount to about nine per cent., the present assessment i?er_tnx- aticn purposes being slightly over $4 000,000. . `F119 n11-nu!-inn umn rlnnv with {an Increase of $350,005 in the issess-i ' |-----~- ~vrv-- -- -'--- V----".- -3-' -V--`_' "-" C. R. Kendall, Barrie,` told of an offer. made to him by D. Waisberg of Toronto in. October, 1922. Waisberg had offered him` from two to three thousand dollars a year if he would pass one trunk of silk a week. He haderefused the offer and told Wais-`_ berg he had better not attempt such bribes. Later, however, Waisberg. had come to him and asked him to pass a trunk of `silk, again offering. him a bribe. . The witness said that he had gone and opened the trunk, found that it contained silk, and thereupon placed the man under arrest. The value of the silk was estimated at about $1660. The trunk was.seized and nlannrl -In I-`Inn Ln-nap} 1-an-n In-& LL- Q) a L F \ P. i 3 I 5'. 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