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the tribune stouffville ont wednesday dec 31 1947 bp ltmrffmlle itribunr established 18s8 wmr oi the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations paidinadvance circulation as of september 30 2575 issued every thursday at stourfville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 200 in usa s a- v nolan son publishers notes arid comments almost unbelievable 1 christian people must have been disheartened to read last week where members of the baptist faith living in northern quebec had been lodged in jail and placed on trial charged with an infraction of local bylaw imposed by a communitv where the baptist folk have a church and carry on their work one may well exclaim can this be canada these people were guilty ot holding a street meeting without permission which of course would never be given them ottawa stands idly by and permits communities steeped in bigotry to enact such a bylaw probably and more likelv it is an authority from the province of quebec that the northern town gets its authority in any case no provincial government should be permitted the authority to stem the christian religion or any other religion that does not preach the overthrow of our system of government these people going out into the highways and byways preaching in a group on street corners just as the sal vation army is doing all over the world yet they are shouldered off to prison and a nation stands idly by with no outcry who would ever have believed that such a con dition could come to pass in this fair canada of ours ontario farms the trend in the number of farms in ontario has followed the trend in rural population up until 1911 the number of farms in this province continued to increase but since that time they have shown a decrease at each census there were 178204 farms in 1941 as against 192174 in 1931 a decrease of 73 per cent in 1911 there were 212108 farms the number of acres in ontario farms increased to a peak in 1931 when there were 22823418 by 1941 the number had fallen to 22364316 a decrease of two per cent the last 30 years have seen the development of larger farms in ontario small holdings under 50 acres declined sharply farms having 5099 acres decreased by 192 per cent from 1911 to 1941 farms having 100199 acres decreased by 35 per cent from 1921 to 1941 but farms having 200 acres or over increased by 372 per cent from 1911 to 1941 southern ontario has the largest number of small holdings as one might expect from a region of specialized farming fruits market gardening dairying etc eastern ontario has the largest number of farms having 200 or more acres extra juryman plan cornwall standardfreeholder a number of recent cases in which the illness of a juror has forced the rehearing of evidence in a trial has led to a suggestion that an extra juror always be appointed to take care of such cases the most recent example is in the case of dr raymond boyer tried in montreal for alleged espionage activities the illness of a juror forced abandonment of the first trial in the second one a jury man was taken ill but recovered after some delay part of the evidence in the third trial was heard in cramped quarters in an improvised bedroom in the house as a juror in the third trial came down with influenza if 13 jurymen were chosen instead of the customary 12 there would always be an alternate available for cases like this he would sit throughout the entire trial of course and hear all the evidence but he wouldnt be required to enter into the jury deliberations unless an emergency forced him to take a place the cost to the state of the extra jurymen would be comparatively small and very probably it would be more than offset by the enormous expense involved in postponing or rehearing a case halted by a jurors illness it would be much fairer to the accused person as well whether dr boyer is innocent or guilty he shouldnt be forced to go through the enormous ordeal of three trials to settle the point the same is true in every other action heard before a jury then too the court is reluctant to release a juror in a case like this theres always a reluctance to introduce changes in the machinery of our legal system and as a general rule its not wise to tamper with it but in this case the change would be valuable it would not only save costly retrials but would help to maintain the true principles of british justice the tribune would advance another idea instead of thirteen jurymen why not change the law so that eleven out of the twelve would be effective in the event of one juryman taking ill then there would be no extra cost and just as good decisions could be expected christadelphians the divine plan of partitioning palestine kzekicl 18 in recent weeks we have considered main features of gods covenant to his people and concerning his land we see the abrahamic covenant an integral part of the gospel or glad tidings of the kingdom gen 177 8 2217 gal 3s we note jesus and his disciples during his 3 years preaching of the gospel did not dwell on his sacrificial mission other than to demonstrate that jesus was the christ the theme of their teaching was the gospel of the kingdom note the various passages depicting their efforts mark 1 11 luke 418 13 8 1 matt 4 17 107 s acts 812 1122 2025 28 23 31 2 pet 1 11 also note that the kingdom of god and the kingdom ot heaven are interchangeably employed seematt 1311 with mark 411 luke 92 matt 1111 with luke 728 matt 19 it with mark 10 14 christs disciples really believed in the literal reign of christ on the reestablished throne of israel in anticipation of this the angels when christ ascended to heaven gave them the promise of his return see acts 16 7 11 free literature on kindred subjects may be obtained from robert stapley rri stouffville ont a ni a editors mail i flour saved fifty years i dear sir with the house of commons and senate deserted temporarily until sessions are resumed towards the end of january as legislators enjoy their holidays under normal condi tions one would expect this capital to be quiet and signs of a lessened activity on parliament hill to be evident however no better indica tion of the abnormality of the times can be observed than by the feverish activities even at these times in governmental offices and conference rooms as well as the various hotels of the capital with big business and little business representatives invading ottawa to determine their position under the socalled austerity program many of them are in fighting mood and it would be no surprise if their reaction will be reflected when parliament reconvenes on jan 26 prior to the holiday adjournment this fighting spirit was developing already and with many contentious items on the agenda for early dis cussion the parliamentary program should make some headlines it is reported here that canadas treasury had a surplus of s572916- 120 for the first eight months of the current fiscal year or s38s796421 more than for the same period in the preceeding year so that wide spread speculations suggest that sizeable tax exemptions may be forthcoming in the next budget at the end of the fiscal year on march 31 still in face of this prediction inquiries do not show that the man- inthestreet across canada should depend too much on sizeable cuts if any because there are hints here and there in the capital insinuating that it is by no means a certainty indeed if any tax cuts are made they may be on a much smaller scale than generally anticipated by the maninthestreet states gossip along parliament hill though so far the surplus has been rather impressive and the demands for tax reductions insistent it is learned that the annual meeting in ottawa of the national advisory council of the national liberal federation will take place here jan 19 and20 with unusual interest ibeing displayed in this gathering because of the flood of rumors which have been circulating about the possible retirement of premier king before long a possible snap election in 1948 and others all clearly rumors with out any official confirmation or basis veteran observers neverthe less seem to attach more than ordinary importance to this gather ing and hope that some light may be thrown either to flatly deny these rumors or produce evidence of what may be in the cards about the partys plans though canada and britain have reached a compromise agreement on food shipments yet whispers backstage in the capital continue to hint that both sides did not get what they wanted witli observers noting in particular that the long deadlock before the compromise was revealed suggested that all was not well on the principle of long- range food undertakings it was obvious that canada did not get as high a price scale as this country would like for certain foodstuffs and that canada may be losing badly needed us currency by selling nonferrous metals lumber etc to the united kingdom it appears in ottawa that tele vision is coming to this country much faster than the man-in-the- street seems to realize as more and more evidence of this is making it clear that considerable unpublicized progress is being made it is know that the head of a big moving picture chain organization visited the united states recently to form ulate plans to introduce television entertainment in canadian theatres with application said to have been made to the cbc for licenses the bell telephone co of canadas bill in the senate to in crease its capital to 500000000 and to clarify its powers mentions tele vision officials of the cbc are show unusual interestin television nowadnvs the other day 1 received a copy l vour local newspaper the jstoiiirville tribune- 1 could not 1 think of who would send it but you i might add that i thoroughly i enjoyed reading it i i left the employment of the i national sanitarium association last august 1 am now an under writer with a general insurance company while with the san i can truth fully saw that of all the surveys in which i took part the one in vour town was the most enjoyable you and those who assisted us were most cooperative and certainly made us feel at home with your generous hospitality the survey was a complete success except for the mechanical break down which prevented us from offering you the fullest service i would like to take this appor- tunity to wish you and those people 1 met while working in stouffville best wishes for christ- i mas and the new year thanking i you for sending me your paper i am yours truly charles r hollwey formerly xray technician nat san ass dear sir i note you are urging the con sumer to conserve hydro may i ask where is all that hydro hepburn and roebuck assured us we had to spare and that we would never need back ten years ago george i henry wasnt so wrong in those i days it is now proven and when i we think of how hepburn aided i by roebeck made light of our future needs and tried to kill the development of additional hydro it makes one mad especially do i boil when i think that roebeck has been given a soft seat in the canadian senate imagine a man who did nothing to deserve recognition for life unless you consider his blinded politics of voting grit right or wrong and no other way yes its christmas and time for charity but my god what rotten politics we have in this fair country of ours when men can get a soft seat for life because he is a political heeler disturbed prepared for moscow cold in moscow with the british trade delegation headed by harold wilson president of the board of trade is mrsvera card of london who is all set for whatever comes along in a- weather way with fur hat stormproof coat and warm boots britain with butter prices rising in van- canada wishes to continue to lls parts of canada the importa send to the united kingdom all tion of butter from new zealand those supplies of foodstuffs and raw materials which are playing such a vital part in sustaining the united kingdoms reconstruction pro gram said premier king here is talked aljout along parliament hill including the possibility of arranging a 10000000pounds ship ment public funds are not being used e may not see a world govern- lo send a canadian hockey team to ment in our time but we must tne olympic games in switzerland work toward some such goal since jn fac0 of ru to the contrary the alternatives are slavery or a stories about senate appoint- tribune classified ads give results terrible destructive war dr o m ments are being heard frequently solandt chairman defence re- j in this capital and some claim earch board told an audience in this capital that at least two ministers are desirous to move into the upper no frenchcanadian should be chamber in 19 is with one or two given a job because he is a french- veteran mps doing likewise in- canadian he should only get a job c hon c g power former because he is qualified for it minister and 30vears a member of emphasized hon joseph jean house of commons about 1000 geologists from solicitorgeneral of canada speak ing on equal rights for french- speaking people in the civil service on which he has been working for some time now north america and foreign coun tries are attending a meeting in ottawa marking the first time such a gathering of the geological society of america has gathered in notice has been given on the this capital house of commons order paper of domestic egg prices may drop a private bill to amend the supreme sharply early in i9ss as the result court of canada act whereby this of a cut of about eight cents a j court would become the last resort dozen in the level paid by the and bring the abolishment of governments special products appeals to the privy council in board says a report here 290 delorame ave toronto 12 ontj december 17 1947 judging from the check being given to applications for american brantford dec 20 back in the ioll b canadians seeking to go ood old das thev made thing- to t0 j- f 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