Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 17 Nov 1949, p. 7

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no Specially Written For The Bottle Sundae By KEN METHBRAL OTTAWA Nov CHCanad ians acrm the land had good rea son to know that Parliament was in session last week Two reports one coupled with the resignation of high civil ser vant and an announcement that affected large proportion of the Dominions citizens kept all eyes Elucd on Parliament Hill The first report was searchin revealing criticism of Canada senior servicethe hairy The slariling 27000word document made 41 recommendations for changes in max life that ranged from Canada tabs on sailor3 uni IVE runs up till coil sum or III LA TI Im through tho cool carrying he Ind the cellar oor have installed on automatic Toridhcct 011 human The house will be warm we want it Leo cleaning for the wife too Toridhcet in enilywithln your reach Com little to operate Auk to quote inundation and heating costs No obligation Installed Complete with yr oil contract a355M Monarch Refrigralion 118 Dunlop St PHONE 2059 TQRIDHEET AUYOMATIC OIL Hear was 25 Per Gallo in Buyers policy and officerother relation The second upon to be uhua lathe House this week nw the IDaaunions top trustbuster hand tin his reugna tion because he had gbeeome aware of tendencies tng ment months lo sodomy Sthreaten the usefulness of the Combines Investigation Act The report culminating in the iresignation of Glsyearoid lMcGregor In one he made into alleged pricefixing in Canadas flour milling industry Mr Mc Gxegor took the drastic step al though he was within four years of normal retirement age Even as the country pondered the meaning of Mr McGregors resignation Finance Minister Doug las Abbott rose in the House of Commons and tossed out bomb shell announcementdent con trols would be relaxed by 20 to 25 per cent WHERE IT HURTS Most Canadians forgot the navy report and the stilltobetabled flour mill report This was news that hit them right Where it mat tered mostin the pocketbook As Mr Abbott spoke this is the picture that he formed Rental controls would be and to allow landlords to charge be tween 20 and per cent extra on special types of accommodation on which leases are coming up for re newal The rentals increase will permit jump of flat 20 per cent on rooms flats and similar accom modation in which toilet facilities but shared Landlords also will be given more leeway in obtaining premises for their own use and all changes would take effect Dec 15 And finally the government would test the validity of rental control legislation before the Su preme Court of Canada If the controls are ruled valid the gov lernment will ask Parliament for an extension beyond the present termination date of next March 31 Landlords greeted the news with wide grins This was what they had been pressing for since the end of the Second World War Most landlords said about time and began thinking of how much they could boost their rents if they decided to take advantage of the situation Finance Minister Abbott sug igosted that landlords probably wouldnt take advantage of the full allowable increase He gave no immediate reason for the sugo gestion WAVEDF PROTEST IQhe landlords were happy the tenants were not Mr Abbott had hardly finished speaking befoie murmur of pro test started wcllirig from tenants across the country The murmur as Container BARRIE gFLQJUR MILLS 11pr as andson lnnisl Pin kers Last mm mm rWamaivmnic onvvr Monday night Aid Harrison and be had had inquiries about Schoot taxation him that faitpaycrs had had their school tax support transferred to the separate school without their consent Assess Allision Residences Up To 22c Cubic Foot The burned strippeddown hull of the SS Noroni is towed from Toronto harbor last week to start its last voyage heLpassemngers mounted rapidly until it reached fullthroated roarat the weekend In Ottawa where between 30000 and 50000 ferhts listened with consternation the heads of the countrys two main labor organ izations condemned the increase an official of the Federal Civil Service Federation indicated gov ernment employees might have to seek higher wages and the leader of one of the opposition parties lashed out at the government for the move Caldwell national leader of the CCF said the governments movo shows an entire disregard for the interest and welfare of the great mass of the Canadian people Moshcr president of the Canadian Congress of Labor said the increase would mean fur ther boost in the cost of living and good many people are already paying rents above what they can afford Percy Bengough head of the Trades and Labor Congress said 10 of people with limited in come are havmg enough trouble meetingthc landlord and grocer now In Montreal an irate union of ficial suggested that labor stage oneday Canadaswide protest strike while Canadian Legion of ficials bitterly assailed the legis lation The Legions national ex ecutive probably will lay formal protest before the cabinet this week Provincial premiers generally speaking were steering clear of the rentals controversy Mr Abbott said the government was quite willing to let the provinces take over rental controls if they wanted to At weekend only Saskatche wans CCF government appeared likely to step in and take over controls if that became necessary NAVY innsrnnnaucr The sweeping searching naval re portwork of threeman com mission appointed by Defence Minister Brooke Claxton affera series of sitdown incidents on three Canadian warshipsfound the chain of naval command weak ening at vital point because of deteriorating relations between officers and petty officers and be Phones 3095 $33511 MlleWestl of Barrie on Camp Borden Road Fill Your Prozen Food locker Now at these low prices Quarters Beef TOP CommerciolGrade Average want said 100 lbs rooms 33c 1b HINDs lb H3135n0iirtmllijmkf frrisjsiibieciemitterChange IlAMnsvrmanaBLE The Noronlc being towed by the tug Rival and supported by the steam ship Massey is on its wav to Hamilton Ont to be reduced to scrap cruise ship as she lay at her berth in Flames swept the Toronto on Sept 17 resulting in the death of over 140 of Visitors Praise Arena Enlargement At Barrie Fiftyfive delegates of the On tario Arenas Association inspect ed Barries remodelled enlarged arena Sunday and were high in their praise of the completed job The November monthly meeting of the 0AA was held here with mem bers present from many parts of the province including Schumach cr Sault Ste Marie Cornwall and Wallaceburg Visiting arena managers and members of commissions gathered at Barrie Arena at 11 oclock for an inspection of the building with its major renovations They were much imprebsed with the transi tion Canadian Ice Machine Co had display of rink equi ment such as flooders scrapers Includ ed was the new ice planer recent ly purchased by Barrie Arena Commission Canadian Ice Ma tween petty officers and men The commission criticized many things including the navys public relations and the soap opera re cruiting methods used by the sen ior service But above all else it reflected cry from the sailors themselves that the time has come to make the Canadian navy more Canadian to cease the pallid imitations of the Royal Navy and to turn this most British of Canadian forces loose in the surge of Canadian conscious ness The cry and the commissions recommendations to make the navy less British and more Can adian is no reflection on the mag ficent traditions of theRoyai Navy nor cry for removal of all its heritage it is merely the Can adian sailors desire to be real Canadian sailor with no halfway measures about it In fourhour House of Com mons debate Monday night govern ment and opposition leaders tangl ed over 60000word report alleg ing pricefixing activities in the flourmilling industry Justice Minister Garson tabled the report in which McGregor chief combines investigator chargo ed Canadas 11 main flour and mill ing companies with agreeing from 1936 to 1947 to fix common prices for their products In the debate which fellowed Prime Minister St Laurent Trade Minister Howe and Mr Garson join ed to defend the governments de cision not to prosecute the com paniesThey also defended the gav ernments action in not tabling the report datcdDec 29 1948 Theministers said the milling in dustry was assured during the war that uniformpricefixingwould not be subject to prosecution under the Combines Investigation Act In fact they said the Prices Board en couraged uniform prices to simplify administrative problems in the com plex field Progressive Conservative spokes man John Diefenbaltcr charged the government with breach of the Combines Investigation Act for not tabling the jreport in Parliament within 15 days after it Was receiv ed CCF leadr Coldwell joined the attack againstthe gov ernment holding that regardless of the wartime situation the flourmil ling industry should be prosecuted for alleged pricefixing activities prior tailbawarig Mr MoGregor Whose resignation was made partly over the govern mentsdelay in tabling his report made thefollowing charges against the 11 firms which represent 70 per cent of Canadas flourmilling pro duction Since 1936 the principalirnilllng to secure andmaintal sr menisamongsttbemelws nitwith others which would fix prices for the sale of flour rolled oatsmillfecds and coarseigrainsl During many periods between 1936 andilllffzthese agreements had then threatened wit they did not finduco them been fcompletcly effective Afte Prices Board ilrms conlinued to bendent plumatlpally approached is if kee which in ice plant in chine Co is the firm stalled the artificial Barrie in September 1945 The president Mr Shipley addressed the association on Sunday His company planned to offer short course of instruction on refriger anies had made conrming ci ation for arena engineers At the luncheon the visitors were welcomed by Mayor Grant Mayor chairman of Barrie Arena Com mission In the absence of the 0AA president George Paterson of Brantford vicepresident Allsopp manager of Barrie Arena presided There was business meeting and discussion of matters pertain ing to the management of arenas Delegates welcomed for the first time were from Port Hope Allis ton and Newmarket Bob Crosby manager of McIntyre Arena and secre tary of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association gave talk on the operation of summer fig ure skating school which has been feature for number of years at Sehumacher Mr Crosby also spoke on relations between the 0AA and the NOHA It is desired that there be closer liaison between the 0AA and the two hockey governing bodies the OHA and NOHA In this connec tion committee was named in cluding Mr Paterson and Mr Allsopp to meet with the OHA executive inToronto this Friday It is hoped that there will be mutual representation on the ex iecutive of the two associations Iona will be held at Weston The December meeting of the co Record 118 Entries For Kings Guineas Royal Winter Fair One hundred and eighteen ent ries new record have been filmed in for the Kings Guineas Aid Harriso Asks About School Taxation Transfers mum Mmanaouiuumpnub odioolsandbowlmedtomrsif anytlungcouldbedouemlt Aid Gladston CurioWW that no clam mild be and In the uxgallotment after the sitting of the bout of revision George Moan member of the public school board in cm and Reeve James Hart invited him to say word on the subject were in Qumrml Mr Cadogan said the public mg place in the canyon school board had not asked our Weed Cmtmi in Ora Towmltlp taxpayers to transfer their support um ed Gang mg Wm boom EU weremiklviri of Orillia and Mr and Mrs parents who sent their children to wan Sum and children public school while their tax sup with port went to the Separate school gidhfngzdngr 11 $3312 The member ofthe school boardl The WA 01 Crown Hill held Said these Persons Who had Olivery successful bake sale and bah Mist it 13 Support Mom on Saturday at the Market the public schools had been noti jamming Barrie ed the pupns were no mg The Womens institute members titled to attend public schools ned win we Damon WI on School Trustee Cadogan added Thursday afternoon The sum ht there were cheralmtlicr speaker was Mrs Miller anddier children of Roman Catholic fam talk was much enjoyed by all pres iiies attending public schools wliol cnt Crown Hill WI provided the were entitled to do so because their social program after Which she lax support was going to the public Dalston ladies served most dclect able lunch Al the town council meeting It had been reported to Ker Crime and him lie said the public school board had advised these pupils Alliston Herald The 1950 assessment follows the county card system By this mc ihod valuation of land buildings and businesses are established ac cording to regulations which allow comparatively little scope to the personal judgment of The assessor Land The entire area of Alliston is zoned in to sections of equal land value Valuations range from $30 per fool of frontage to $8 per foot in the business section in the residential parts of town the range is from $4 to 50 Cents per frontage foot Deductions or additions are made lo the valuation so determined if the property is less or more than the regulation depth Buildings detailed inventory of the con struclion facilities and finishing of all buildings is rst taken This information determines the classcs mto which they can be grouped The valuation per cubic foot l0 pends on the class of building and is set forth in the assessors man ual The basement is included in the cubic measurement of build Ing For residences the valuation pcr cubic foot ranges from ii to 22 cents For commercial and indus trial buildings the range is from cents to 25 cents with the majority at 17 cents per cubic foot From the valuation of the build ing thus determined is deducted ill percent Barrie valuations remain at 100 percent percentage of the balance is then deducted to make allowance for the age of the building This percentage increases with the age ofthe building Business The business assessment is per centage of the value of the part ofihc building used by the busi ness The percentage used is set forth in schedules of the provincial assessment act and vary depend ing on the type of business Total Assessment Assessment to residences is the totalof the lab and building asl scsnient For businesses it is the total Of the land building and business assessments oop morn sm For Better LivestOck Feeding Minerals play an important part in the animals life and deficiency of one or more minerals may cause disease lower production and sterility COOP CATTLE MINERAL Cwl $375 COOP HOG MINERAL $285 Why Pay More Other mineral itemsfrom Coop Stock FEEDING BONE MEAL per owt $500 CALCIUM CARBONATE per cwt 95c BONE CHAR per cwt $335 CORN KING REGULATOR cwt $875 EGGSHELL BRAND OYSTER SHELL bag $132 WHITE STAR GRANITE GRIT cwt $115 LIMESHELL per cwt $100 FEEDING CHARCOAL 50 lb bag $225 DilliniCOOP PHONE 2429 SERVICES BARBIE Livestock Competition at the Royal Winter Fair this year In this event 50 guineas is offer ed as prize for the owner of the champion Baby Beef Steer The award Will be presented to the win ner by Col the Hon Kennedy Ontario Minister of Agriculture Judging takes place on Monday Nov Exhibits must reach the fair not later than Saturday Nov 19 The animals will be paraded during the Monday night Horse Show They will be sold by auc tion on the Wednesday following Nearly century ago the late King Edward VII then Prince of Wales created fund for develop ment of agriculture in Ontario The moneywas placed in trust with the Agricultural and Arts Society of Ontario Later when this group ceased to function the money was turned over to the Ontario Depart ment of Agriculture Proceeds were to be used at discretion of the Minister Twoyears ago HonT Ken nedy decided to launch thelKings Guineas Competition The winner last fond theyear before was Keng neglinacKinnon 19yearoldfarniL or from Hillsburg in Wellington County The Black Angus Steer which won him the award wassold inns for the record price of $10600 Last yearthe pricaof his winning Angus Steer only reached $3 as poundior the lilopound animal and the animal wassold by auction Regulations of the competition require that all exhibitors must be members in good standing of the 1949 Boys and Girls Calf Clubs of Exhibits in this event gible for other classes of breedingbs the Sire Calves for thefcompetition must lie born he tween May 1948 and February 1949JiLiveweight of650 pounds or and entDay shduldbe madethro gh ir and all must be sold 0w Guaranteeall merchandiseol If your ommu re Is unconditionally guaranteed to give you 100 iotisfocfion rim HILLSID 15c 27 stirrupmots as wrx BEANS p25 LYNN VALLEY Walnuts GREEN PEAS 21 DEL REY Seeded Raisins Oz Pkg gracing Sap36m 11 01 Pkg OI Tins DATES we sucro PEACHES i6 RED SEAL3ICTFACIIFANCY RED COHOE SALMON 31 ncmc outime MIXED 7PICK1ESr 26 ioninns sniiimitf WING BLESS mourn Trimmed roan film lamination cultural Representativsin respective Dally Be

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