Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 28 Jul 1961, p. 2

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but we were detinitly ordered INQUIRING REPORTER What DOgYoiu HOB LOUNSBURY bank clerk think it is very good idea that people should have regular driving tests There are lot of people around who havent had any tests 1303 DUNCAN $5 lulu man Donnivlew Dr People between the ages of is and 25 shon be tested every Your Also thosa over the age of 60 This idea is step in that direction is good suggestion know myself that you forget things alter while If you were forced to take test at reg ular intervals youd have to brush up on driving habits hink eraYearpfiuing GEORGE HEW cu ulumon Pcoplo should know the rules of the road There would be lot fewer accidents if they did and reg ular tests would help in this CALL TENDERS PROBE Continued from page one He continued was the suc ccssful blddervwhen the tender was called with price of $1215 cubic yard The other two tender bidders both in the city submitted tenders with prices the some to the coat $1300 cubic yard GOT CONTRACT 0n the basis of my lower bid was awarded the contract and actually hauled some £500 worth of readymix to the city At the time thought it was pcculiar that we didnt receive purchase order from the city to start delivery and we did Mr Martin continued saying about three weeks later our plant was visited by the then City Engineer Alderscy and director of the Public Works department Stirling They informed me that our company had only been award ed the contract on trial basLs They showed me at that time photostat copy of letter from Nixon Building Pro ducts stating that my plant was incapable of meeting the speci fications of the contract Mr Martin said he was told that his contract had been cut off and he was advised to have an independent test carried out on his plant and product to at tempt to refute the accusation was told that before deliver ies could start again it was nec essary for the city to approve the entire operation Mr Martin said he had ord ercd complete test mode by commercial testing firm and the results indicated that the plant and product met speci fications in every way with one exception We were in formed that Canadian Stand ards Associnuon specifications called for the mixing oi gravel TODAYS STOCK PRICES Compiled by Flynn 93 Dunlop St Barrie mnnsman Asbestos Abltibi Algalin Stool Aluminium ildifsa to Elna Montreal 66 link of N5 Bell Tel Brazilian BA mi 110 Power Cdn Bk ot Com cdn Breweries CPR Canada Ccmcnt Can Chemical can on Cor iun do Sm pom Found Famous Pin Gt Lakes Gut Pow iIorno Pit Imp Oil ind Accept inland NG Labit iiic Powell luv liIusoy Fern Norlnda Dom Stores Dom Tu mquisits Pfd Hardee Farm Home on Hudson Bay luin imp Tobacco inter Nickel lntnrprnv Pips Jockey Club Nor DnL NG Moore colp 0mm Pacific PeiI ch Pipe Que Not GII has adminus itoynl annlr Solndl Shtnfl Simpsona Stafford Steel or can Steinberg Tor nnns ilk Tran Can Pl Train in Pin Traders Fin Texaco Union an Walker Gitw MINING all Hnillnxci KerrAddison Con chnison Lsmsque Con Hull Sullivan Falconbrldxe Geco hIlne Nomctal 0pcmlskn Long Llc Maritime Quemont Sher Gordon steep Rock United oil Venturu Wliroy FIVE MOST ACTIVE srooxs Campiru qaio Kerr Nnrnnda so errttt TorontirDomtnlon sunk DOWJONES NEW YORK AVERAGES Industrial up 260 hsus up 73 Utilities up 11 ronoruo STUCK EXCHANGE lNozx Industrial up 194 Golds up 21 Metal up Lee Oils up 11 DIVIDEND nncnmnoxs STOCK MARKET Chalk Up 4th Day Of Rising Prices TORONTO CPIThe stock market moved into fourth consecutive day of rising Pikes and light trading today Base metals pushed up an otherrhigh of 20235 up 160 This is the highest point the metals have reached an index since June 1957 The industrial upswing was led maiqu by banks papers and refining oilsL Most gains lvereffracbonai Among banks and financial institutions Mont realvpanodian Imperial Bank of Commerceloronto Dominion Investors Syndicate Traders Finance and Industrial Ac ceptance Corporation gain munv to 44 papersand refining oils Abltlbi Consolidated and Mac Milian Bloedel were up fraction reaching high of 51 up Geco Consolidated Mining and Smelting and Ventures made smaller gains Golds were quiet Hoilinger and Kerr Addison added few cents The market registered its sec ond day of steady gains Thurs day Three highs were set dur ing the day in the base metals index Trading was light The metals index first broke through atnnon and then again at and High point was the pm gure of 20097 In dustrials appeared to beled by metals but proved stronger at the close The industrial index finished at 58506 up 225 In the banks Royal rose wbile trading ex dividend 55 cents Nova Scotia and Imperial aggregate from separate bins and this our plant is not equlplt ped to do However the re port submitted to us indicated that tilts failure in no way aff ected the quality of the product we were supplying to the city in fact our product met and exceeded the laid down specifi cations TECHNICALITY We feel that we lost the con tract on an insignificant tech nicality Mr Martin also asked why the price currently being paid by the city for roudyAmlx was $110 higher than the suppliers tendered price of 51 City Manager Walter Gigg confirmed that the price cur rently being paid for readyvmix was $1410 but added that it was understood that the town would receive credit from the Nixon and Sarjcant companies to bring the price in line with the tender price Mr Martin said that it was peculiar way of doing busi ness in his estimation The $2500 we received in payment for the product we delivered was in direct ratio to our qu0 ted price of $1215 cubic yard The Martin tender bid was disallowed by Council early in June At that time the vote was cioseiy contested Last Mondays Public Works Committee report also indica ted that sneciiicatlons for pro viding chips for the local street renovation program were not being met by the successful tenderer CALL FOR WASHING The report stated our quali fications called for clean wash ed Chips Upon investigation it is found that Limestone Quar ries Ltd who was awarded same does not wash their pro duct and are of little coarser nfix The report stated that the product despite its variances from specifications was beili used The Martin company was an unsuccessful tenderer on this contract tender on the basis of the speci fications said Mr Martin We could have provided the product to exacting require ments Our price per ton de livered was 15 cents more than Limestone Quarries at $265 but in our estimation the cost of washing is woth at least 70 cean per ton more and our price was based on this stated requiremnt Board of Works Vicechair man Fred Smith when asked for an opinion this morning re plied No comment at this Lime PRODUCE TORONTO CP churning cream and butter print prices were reported unchanged today The egg market was weak with offerings int excess of poor demand County dealers are quoted by the federal department of agri culture on Canada grade eggs delivered Toronto in fibre cases large 43 medium 38 small 28 and grades no market Butter prices Canada first grade Ontario tenderabie $3 nontenderabie 515462 in light We submitted our PONY NOT LOST BUT OWNER IS Anybotb lose pony This is question being asked by Mr and Mrs Fred Smith Dalton Street to day doppledgrey Shetland pony turned up in their back yard this morning and contentediy began eating grass shrubs flowers plants and anything else that caught his eye The pony was first nolt ticcd by the Smiths son Douglas about 530 nm fie phoned Barrie police to re port it and was greeted with sigh of relief from the officer at the desk it seems the police depart ment had received num ber of coils from motorists who narrowly averted hit ting thn animal as it tour ed the Hayfield and Grove streets area Officers had becn detailed but had searched off and on for more than two hours with out success Mr Smith kindly offer ed to let the animal stny tethered in his yard until the owner is found hichINNON 35 Arman 0n1 Regular driving tests would spot those drivers who have bad eyes or other de fects which could make them menace to others on the road Cancel All Leaves OPP Sgt Reveals Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Clark of Toronto has cancelled all leaves this weekend for OPP detachments in Ontario OPP Sgt Andrews announced today Every police cruiser will be on highway duty this weekend July to 30 in an effort to cut down on the number of ac ddanI want to advise the public Commissioner Clark said that thcre will be strict enforcement this weekend We will do ev rythlng possible to decrease the accident rate NOON DOLLAR MONTREAL CPlThe US dollar was at premium of 3v per cent in terms of Canadian funds the Bank of Montreal re ported near noon today Thurs dav the noon rate was 103 Pound sterling 32m 1516 down He NEW YORK CPlCnnadlan dollar unchanged at 97 in terms of us funds Pound sterling 118 lower at 3279 Cuban Sugar Seized In Montreal Pending Ruling 0n Ownership MONIREALICP sugar company that had its holdings in Cuba confiscated by Premier Fidel Castro Thursday obtained court order seizing 2000 tons of Cuban sugar worth an esti mated $Z00000 pending court ruling on ownership of the sugar The company is the Hershey Sugar Corporation formerly of Havana An affidavit accom panying the seizure order gave its present headquarters as New York The companys claim will be heard in Quebec Superior Court The sugar was carried to Montreal in Cuban freighter the Bahia de Santiago whi also is the centre of two claims The vessel was placed under arrest after she docked Tues day din settlement of claims filed by an export com pany and the former owners of the vessel Westhiil Limited claims compensation for unspe citied goods it says were deh ered to Cuba but not paid for The Linea de Navigation Gulfo imc MOTORS AUIHORIIED 6Eli MOTOR SALES SERWCED Cuba SA claims damages for the expropriation of the vessel last summer by the Cuban gov eminent These claims are expected to be heard in Admiralty Court within week The sugar companys claim against the sugar aboard the vessel halted the unloading of the cargo by Montreal long shoremen Most of the sugar was reported still aboard As result of the court or der seizing the sugar the Bak ery and Confectionery Workers International Union CLC with drew its picket line from wharf near the vessel The un ion set up the line claiming Cuba planned to dump the sugar on the Canadian market at 50 cents under the Canadian price of $7 hundredweight TRY AN EXAMINER WANT AD PHONE PA 82414 trnnualuzznnmxn nmlixu1xxsm Tests Hint UK Aims To Be Member Of Rival Group GENEVA AP Plagued by another economic crisis Britain dentin trade partners in the was expected to tell her confl European Free Trade Anodm liontodaythatsbcplnnrtoopen negotiations to loin the booming rival Common Market Prime Minister Macmillan is scheduled to set forth the British position in the House of Com mons Monday and precautions were taken to prevent leak beforehand But Reginald Maud iing president of the British Board of Trade and Edward Heath No1 man at the foreign office were to give the other EFrA members preview at meeting here today After cabinet meeting in london Thursday Home Secre tary Butler told the House of Commons the government had settled its policy toward the Common Market and would can vass Conservative members for support it was generally understood Mncmiilans government de spite opposition at home and from other Commonwealth gov ernments is ready to link up with the Common Market if France permits certain conces sions to Commonwealth trade DROP TARIFFS EFTA is composed of Britain Norway Denmark Switzerland Austria and Portu gal and Finland is an associ ated member The Common lifarkei ls made up of France West Germany Italy Belgium The Netherlands and Luxem bourg and already has long start toward completely free trade among the six nations and common tariff barrier against the rest of the world Britain which must export to live is anxious not to be shut off fmm the 200000000 potential customers in the Common Mar ket countries At the some time she does not want to undermine the economies of the Common PHONE NUMBERS FOR EMERGENCY City Police PA 85588 Provincial Police PA 66434 Fire Department PA 831521 Royal Victoria Hospital PA 85951 DEATHS By THE CANADIAN PRESS Brandon Man Hugh Alex ander Sandy McNeiil about 67 former outstanding amateur hockey player and once presi dent of the Association of Kins men Clubs Toronto Rev Cuthbert Charles Weilerman 82 retired United Church pastor who served many years in Northern 0n tario WILL PROVE AID MOSCOW tAPlThe Soviet Union has agreed to furnish Sudan with economic and tech nical aid Thursday in communique signed by Premier Khnlshchov and visiting Sudanese Premier Ibraharn Abboud Khrushchev and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev also have accepted Abbouds invitation to visit Sir dan at an unspecified date st Thomas it was disclosed wealth countries who fear their privileged trading position in the British market will be alert ficed Freud President do Gaulle lees the Common Market as an rapportung to unite gontlnentai stern urope poll catty unlt der French leadership and is not anxious to share the nine with the British At his urging the xixnation group took tatlve step toward political as sooiatlon last week in move interpreted as deterrent to the British IS OPPOSED De Gaulle is also opposed to reservations and exceptions in the tariff structure to benefit the Commonwealth countries Macmillan faces tough struggle in Britain itself on the Common Market question Thirtytwo members of Parlia ment from his own Conservative party have signed motion can damning any move toward get ting into the group if it involves any loss of British sovereignty Nevertheless there is grow ing body of opinion in Britain that the ills of the island king doms mnomy can only be cured by selling more to the Continent and that that can be achieved only by Joining the Common Market WEATHER Forecasts issued by the Torr onto weather office at am EDT synopsis Considerable cloudl has today and Saturday will be accompanied by few scattered showers or thundershowers in all Ontario regions Lake Erie Lake Huron Nin garn western Lake Ontario Georgian Bay Algoma Timu gaml Cochrane regions Wind sor London Hamilton Toronto North Bay sault Ste Marie and Sudbury Partly cloudy today few widely scattered showers and thundershowers this after noon and this evening Saturday increasing cloudiness with scat tered showers and thundershow ers continuing warm Eastern Lake Ontario Hali burton regions Partly cloudy today and Saturday with few scattered showers and thunder showers in the afternoon and evening both ways continuing warm Winds light except gusty in thunders wers White R1 or region Partly cloudy today Scattered show ers and thundershowers this afternoon and this evening Sa turday cloudy with occasional showels and th rstorms Warm today little cooler Sa turday Forecast Temperature Low tonight high Saturday Windsor 65 London latchener Wingham Hamilton St Catharines Toronto Peterborough Trenton heaton Klllaloe Muskoka North Bay Sudbury Earlton sescemsaenssssss sonnannannaesanea CAPSULE NEWS Workers Protest GLOUCESTER England mammalNearly 2000 work men at Berkeley power station near here laid down their tools tools Thursday in protest strike against inadequate saf ety precautions for handbag ro dioactive materials Nazi To Testify JERUSALEM AP Adolf Eichmann will testify as wit ness in connection with leveral forthcoming war crime trials against former SS men before court In Germany reliable source said Thursday Blair menu will answer questions put to him here by Dr Dictridl Eng West German prosocu Tracks Blocked KAMLOOPS EC CHCt nodian National Railways mainline will be blocked until about noon today by the dumb meat of mist bound freight train so miles east of here There were no iniuru in the mishap which forced 23 box cars off the track Wednesday night Cause of the derailment has not been determined Second Success AP Minuteman missile the weapon designed for push button war capability blazed about 5000 miles down the At lantic range Thursday scoring its second success in three test lannohings The air force reported the so foot missile performed as planned on the nearly 30minute flight Crew Returns New Instructions WINNIPEG CPI Six crew members of the sunken Hud sons Bay Company supply ship Fort Hearne have reached tuk toyalrtuk on the Arctic coast near the mouth of the Macken zie River company spokes man said here Thursday Three others Capt Adey Mate Starkes and an Eskimo dedrhnndare remain ing at Bernard Harbour NWT where the sinking vessel was run aground July 19 in 20 feet of water after she was taken in tow by an icebreaker WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND TELElilSIIlN ELECTRONICS FUND ABM EXCEILENT INVESTMENT IN AMERICAN GROWTH STOCKS CALL NESBITT THOMSON AND COMPANY LIMITED as panic st suite lo Entrance Fred Grant Seam rA 824i2 BARRIE Peter Went Manner MEMBERS Toronto Mont 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