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n mmm the tribune stouffville ont thursday july 11 1946 established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa 250 a v nolan so publishers notes and comments coin to jingle the royal mint makes more money than anybody since 1939 there has been more money coined at ottawa than ever before in canadian history during the five war years 550 million coins flowed from the mint 350 million of them pennies the pennies if laid end to end would reach from halifax to dawson city in the yukon if there were any point to it- happy hoarding is the main reason for this mass pro duction and everybody in canada including twin city citizens have played a part consider the factors there have been more coins jingling in pockets than before there have been more nickels dropped in juke boxes and pin- ball machines and telephone coin boxes more dimes in dime banks more pennies in piggy banks during the war there was the loose change dropped in the bottles for the milk to britain fund may the mint keep busy with vacations coming up the change is as good as a rest what do people read picton gazette a survey made in the united states for the book man ufacturers institute reveals that while the bible is still the most read book it is currently being pressed in popularity by the novel forever amber ninetyfive per cent of those polled said thev read the bible and 84 per cent read for ever amber while the majority may have read the bible or parts of it sometime in their life it is questionable that they are habitual readers a large percentage of bible readers read only a few verses in church on sunday we doubt if 30 per cent of the people make a practice of studying the bible daily or even once a week judging from the knowledge of biblical events shown by most people it used to be that much more emphasis was placed on bible reading than nowadays no christian home was without a bible display ed in a prominent place in the household often it was the large size book in which was recorded the births deaths and marriages nightly reading of the bible to the assembl ed family was more the practice than the exception it doesnt seem to be the fashion anymore however even apart from its inspirational value the bible pre sents the finest style in our literature its many stories hold an absorbing interest if you have not read it we advise you to read a chapter or so daily the book manufacturers poll also revealed that fiction accounts for 58 per cent of all books read and 37 per cent deal with non fiction adventure type stories are the most popular while least read is poetry required production is not ccntained in the budgei the reductions in personal taxes that are offered will prove inadequate and will be so delayed that they will not be reflected in returns until april 1948- the failure to reduce these taxes to a greater extent will be a disappointment to many wageearners and will indirectly add fuel to the fires of labor troubles which have been plaguing the country auditing costs on the jump twentyfive years ago municipalities like markham pickering and whitchurch townships got their books audited for 100 and even less stouffville paid only 40- all that is changed now with the increasing demands by higher authority for a more careful and exhaustive audit this year markham township is paying its firm of auditors 650 which is 200 more than they paid prior to the new regulation requiring the township auditors to audit the school books for all the township sections stouffville is paying 200 for a chartered accountant services the present method of auditing by professionals is so complicated that not five per cent of the ratepayers in any of the municipalities mentioned could gain the slightest information from the reports submitted however this does not mean that the reports are not well done and provide a safeguard for the ratepayers against monies going astray the auditing must be done in such a manner that government auditors are satisfied with the reports because the province is participating more and more in contributing to local taxation and they demand to know that the money is spent according to the formula prescribed the dept of highways pays half the township road expenditures and the dept of education meets half the rural school costs or more consequently they have a right to demand properly audited statements- domestic heating faced with an unprecedented shortage of fuel many canadian authorities who should be taking some action have been debating costs and ways and means while the nation is on the threshold of a shivering winter apart from the current coal strikes it may be said that coal as a means of domestic heating will shortly be a thing of the past within the last ten years oil has replaced coal in a large number of homes but oil is not the ultimate answer because the supply is limited- what future developments of atomic energy may be used to solve the heating problem is not at all known then there is electricity for some obscure reason many authorities keep insisting that it would be too expensive and altogether impractical true the present supply is woefully inadequate but potential electric power developments are limitless on the word of a very brilliant engineer the times- gazette of oshawa is told that even at present rates hydro heating of a wellinsulated home is possible and as the war demonstrated cost is no object in a national emergency a few years before the war ontario was said to be saddled with more power than it could possibly use that picture changed overnight if the coal situation is as bad as we have been led to believe many folks will turn to the elec tric heater to help out in mild weather there is plenty of evidence that hydro heating is practical though possibly expensive costly heat is better than no heat at all budget misses the boat daily commercial news after the obvious buildup of optimism that had been generated in the days preceding the presentation of the budget by rt hon j l ilsley minister of finance the provisions contained in it so far as tax reductions are con cerned seem inadequate to provide the incentive to national production that is urgently needed at the present time at a time when material supplies are in tremendous demand and when hardships are being endured by can adians because of such shortages many people had expected that there would be some immediate further relief from the burden of excess profits tax in the budget there is a reduction from 40 per cent to 30 per cent in corporation taxes but this does not take effect until january 1947 even when it does become operative however it is doubt ful the provision will be sufficient inducement for the pro- uction that is necessary to provide nearly full employment it is unfortunate that more inducement to stimulate the holland and the canadians canadian troops who fought through holland when that country was liberated by the first canadian army are soon to receive copies of a fine souvenir book holland and the canadians published in amsterdam by the canadanetherlands committee designed as a gift from the people of holland to their canadian liberators the book is an outstanding contribu tion to the literary and photographic records of the past war some 42000 copies have been allocated by the com mittee for distribution in canada and these have now been shipped from ottawa to army public relations officers in each of the nine provinces unfortunately there are too few books available to provide copies for every canadian soldier who saw service in holland soldiers who served in holland and- who desire a copy should communicate with the headquarters of their unit as a limited number of books have been sent to each unit the active battalion of which served in holland for distri bution our capital correspondent since the heat in this capital has been excessive lately and the session has been lasting quite a long time now it would be no great surprise to observers on parliament hill if more speed would be applied soon to the activities in order that parliament may move more rapidly towards prorogation indeed ff early prorogation is to be aceom plished more sittings of parlia merit may bo inaugurated it is hinted and this may be continued until the session is prorogated in cidentally there has been much talk in the lobbies about the small number of members present on some occasions recently as revealed in the voting figures such as in such important measures as the redistribution bill debate when two divisions found the figures to be 129 and 150 votes in a parlia ment of 2o members on other divisions it was noted for instance on tiie governments farm prices programme there were only 10 i votes on one occasion and 03 on another on the canadian broad casting corporation dispute there were only 155 votes on the crown companies dispute there were 151 votes there were somewhat small numbers of members present on other occasions when important statements of policy were made and other significant discussions took place including topics like atomic energy international affairs etc according to orderincouncil u appears that the regulations on family allowance- may be tight ened up since under certain cir cumstances it is provided the director may order that the allow ance be paid to such other person or agency deemed in the best interests of the child where in his opinion the person receiving the allowance does not apply exclusive ly same towards the child in respecj of whom it is paid at with an expenditure of no less than 620000000 in tne current fiscal year in different payments to or on behalf of war veterans in eluding war service gratuities benefits reestablishment credits etc it is disclosed in ottawa that almost one quarter of all expend tures of the federal government this year will be directly for the benefit of veterans and their families reconstruction minister rt hon c d howe has informed the veterans committee of the house of commons in ottawa that the priority system for veterans on new cars or trucks has bogged down and charged that veterans have been reselling their cars at times to civilians after buying them on a colossal scale a delegation from the north american indian brotherhood of canada and the united states in colorful dress worn bv some of them marched along parliament hill and into the building in order to request consideration of an amendment to the indian act to assure the better welfare of indian tribes throughout this country in the colorful march could be seen the president of the association andrew paull of north vancouver and the vicepresident 1 delisle of caughnawaga one indian alex mckinnon of st james bc was said to have travelled 05 miles on snowshoes to reach his own tribe as well as to arrange for a delegation to ik sent to this meeting i canada has carried onefifth of the entire burden of supplying food to the faminestriken nations of the world said in ottawa the former president of the united states her bert hoover during his visit to this city in order to talk things over on food matters just beeuse a child grows to manhood there is no reason for it to lose its affec tion for its parents said in an address hero canadas fisheries minister bridges so with our nation and its growth i like that word commonwealth it means that we britain canada south africa australia and new zealand are united together for th com mon wealth of all of us members of parliament have emphasized the need for more crime prevention as well as rehabil itation of prisoners including the establishment of the borstal system which has saved many young criminals in the united kingdom from careers of crime to become useful and better citizens a two day conference has been held in this capital by about 25 matrons from centres across this country by the veterans affairs department nursing association and it has dealt with future policies as well as plans with this being the first meeting of its kind dr george miller bacon expert of the federal department of agriculture has been sent to britain in order to report on british reception of can adas improved bacon products jacques greber the world famous town planner has returned to ottawa with his master plan to beautify this nations capital claim ing that the work on these plans lias been proceeding much faster than anticipated initially including two years work in one year a distinguished professor of paedia tries dr f f tisdall obe has stated in ottawa that people on a poor milk diet age more rapidly and have considerably less adult vital ity that those who get sufficient milk with the added remark by you may never sell gas to us motorists i canadas tourist business is your business tourist money sprevis around the garage man the grocer the firmer cvcrylfxiy benefits directly or indi rectly the tourtt industry is profitable business worth protecting especially this year when the impression american visitors tale hack with them will influ ence canadas tourist industry through all the vears to come canadian travel bureau oporrair of trod a cemmrc ottawa him that all persons should include milk around their diets this being a food and not a beverage can adas north american figure skat ing champion miss barbara ann scott of ottawa has become a great enthusiast for aviation and she has made her first solo flight the leader of the ccf party m j coldwell was shaken up somewhat and his automobile damaged to some extent as a result of an acci dent between his car and a tram in this capital ottawa may have an hinterland such as no capital in the world has was the statement made before the senate tourist traffic committee in this capital when a suggestion was made that an additional 80000 to 10000 acres should be added to beautiful gati- neau park near this capital with the president of the federal wood lands preservation league r percy sparks proposing plans to extend this park from its present area of 10000 to 50000 acres reproduction prohibited 1946 federal features syndicate mayfair restaurant homecooked meals dinners served from 1130 to 2 suppers from 5 to all baking done on the premises closed sundays holidays dancing wednesdays fridays and saturdays lake musselmans cedar beach gardens george smith and his nine music makers 3 nights a week one of torontos finest orchestras the place to enjoy vour private or club picnic is at c e d a r b e a c ii v a r k one of canadas little beauty spots do it right with sealtite sealtite rockwool home insultation blowing method district agent frank armstrong phone 28 cedar suajax stouffville 168