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the tribune sicuffville out thursday may 2s 1953 the stouffville tribume established memwr of the canadian weekly newspaper association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations aatborlied as joodctas mail postorfie- dept ottawa printed and issued everv thursday at stouffville ont in canada 250 elsewhere s300 c h nolan editor j- thomas sport- assist a v nolan son publishers notes and comments automatic income tax refunds a curious disclosure in parliament recently was that in the event of any overpayment of income tax the only i way for the taxpayer to secure a refund is to enter a i formal claim for it if the payment actually made is less than it should i be the department loses no time in notifying the tax- payer and demanding the money why shouldnt this procedureinreverse apply to overpayment of income tax making out an income tax return is a difficult prob llem for the average individual and if there are some who take advantage of every pretext to reduce the i amount of the tax there are others who in their over- i anxiety to do the thing right quite frequently pay too i much the department as a matter of routine checks all i returns very carefully and knows whether or not there i has been overpayment it should not take advantage of the fact that some income taxpayers do not know that they have overpaid and are entitled to refunds the situation has its political possibilities just picture the glow of satisfaction of the income taxpayer who gets a refund of even a few dollars misrepdrl on church donation exemption owing to the large number of churches in town and in this immediate vicinity a recent statement in parliament with respect to deductions from income for tax purposes is of interest the statement was apparent- ly misinterpreted as meaning that such donations were no longer an exemption this is however not the case and the law permitting such exemptions has not been changed the point which was being made was that where there is no record of the contributions in church records or where the claim is for services rendered to a church and not a donation the amount claimed may be rejected the national revenue office reports that an exam ination has been made of church records in order to ascertain to what extent the amounts claimed were re corded and where it was found amounts claimed given by a large number were not apparent on church records the exemptions were disallowed as a protection to contributors church officials should make sure that dona tions are systematically recorded some taxpayers have also the mistaken impression that the value of services contributed may be claimed as a donation for income tax purposes and this is not the case but actual donations to churches when supported by church records and receipts are allowed now as they have always been covering councils the weekly editor resolutions passed recently by simcoe town council and norfolk county council give newspaper reporters permission to report discussions and deliberations in committeeofthewhole sessions of both councils this action was taken following the presentation of a brief by dick pearce news editor of the simcoe re former asking councils to open the way for complete coverage of meetings quoting from an opinion of the municipal world he explained that the press had the right to report committeeofthewhole which is purely a device to have the mayor or other presiding officer leave the chair so that a committee chairman may preside and bylaws or committee reports may be dealt with in detail while the rules of debate are relaxed also he pointed out that much of the reasoning behind council decisions was advanced during committee- ofthewhole discussion but never made available to the ratepayers through the press because councils by cus tom barred the press from taking notes or reporting committeeofthewhole he felt that the public would be better served by a change in procedure granting per mission for full coverage the majority of the members of simcoe town council and norfolk county council voted in favor of the news editor suggestion no dissenting opinions being ex pressed councillors asked only that the press use dis cretion when personalities became involved or when any council proposal in the opinion of reporters might be jeopardized by a premature report in the press although still in the tryout stage the new pro cedure has worked satisfactorily in the opinion of several councillors who were asked to comment on the changeover the danger of closed meetings being held as author- ized by the municipal act seems remote at the present time in addressing both councils mr pearce suggested that they continue with the old committeeofthewhole system if they thought that closed meetings would result from the proposed new procedure the old home town by stanley for pirnis only will it hurt by nancy clearer win it hurt mum a small likely see her small daughter child asks eagerly with his eyes working out her rtsemmen fixed on his mothers face his ever suffering as she vigorous- renis know that for the sake ly vaccinates her dolls in h his future good health they i jay during the next few days have planned an experience ivmeh will likelv cause him pain possibly a visit to the and may even want to vaccin ate her playmates too johnny may have to have a lsts office for a filling of hole in a tooth drilled and fil- a cavity or an extraction is a- hcai of him perhaps it is an injection innoculation or a vaccination the child may have to have special treatment for a dis- ease or his adenoids tonsils o- appendix removed and he never been away from home iftther is dreading this separation she suspects that the ache of homesickness may e t- great as his physical dis comfort if he lives in the a untry a long distance from the hospital or if other home duties will make it difficult for her to visit her child frequent ly he hesitates to reply how she going to answer her i- but he will accept this more udily if he knows that this w a save the tooth from fur ther decay he needs his teeth to chew his food properly mo ther can also tell him that al though this may hurt a bit it will be a lot more painful if he delays his visit several weeks and lets the cavity get much bigger quite naturally children fre quently want to know how long will the hurt last if mo ther can honestiy predict that the duration will not be very long this decreases the childs panic she can tell him that lie i wont be hurt any longer than lis absolutely necessary if child must have a series of in jections once he knows that his skin is just punctured and the pain is very fleeting his fear subsides a child who knows what to expect is better prepared for a ow on the other hand she disagreeable experience and frt- alues her childs faith in her queiitly this helps him come through it more easilv and with less shock not long ago re search was done on a group of small patients who were pre pared for a tonsil operation compared with another group who did not know what to ex pect or that their throats would likely be a bit sore afterwards the first group faired much better than the second in their rate of recovery children have sometimes been described as hardhee ed little wretches but tender ness is only born of experience the chinese have a saying when your tooth aches you know how to sympathize with one who has a toothache one small lad who had had a num ber of injections confided to his little chum who was quak ing in his shoes while he wait ed in the lineup at the medic al clinic for his first shot dont be afraid each time the doctors needle gets smaller and smaller childs question in a situation like this a mother is often perplexed glaci- ly would she suffer in his place should she cloud his sunshine today by admitting there will even a few clouds to-mor- he has been trying to build in him a regard for the truth and a hatred for lies perhaps she remembers mark twains ad vice when in doubt tell the truth xo good comes from iying to anyone particularly to a member of ones own fam- iy if the experience ahead of him will be painful she might as well admit it at the same time it is im portant that mothers attitude should be not only loving but also reassuring fear is very contagious and a child senses a mothers apprehension in a flash if the child is old enough o grasp ideas it is often wise to explain briefly and simply why the experience is necess ary perhaps susan has been told what to look for when she is vaccinated all the same she kicks up quite a fuss at the time there is no use expecting perfection mother need not feel too humiliated she will parliament has prorogued armada of 200 ships but it and all is now quiet on pari- j will serve as a reminder that hnmeht hill after a session as our country moves up the which lasted from november scale of world powers she takes to may it was likely the last her place beside britain and session before a general elecl other freedom loving countries tion which is expected to be whose naval forces stand as a called sometime before the barrier against world enslave- snow flies the world situation ment is still in a troubled state and history was made in the there lire some danger points closing days of the session which are causing quite some when the prime minister an- concern in official circles these pounced the appointment of days in case of emergency opposition leader george parliament could be called on drew as a member of the privy short notice i will be home in north york for some time now and will be available at my office in rich mond hill for any who wish to see me i trust that any hav ing problems relating to feder al administration will feel very free to contact me at any time the address is j e smith mp richmond hill and telephone is tui1261 the prime minister and the ollicial delegation are on their way overseas for the corona tion and plan to return to canada in early june canada will occupy an important place ii the coronation proceedings and our official delegation as well as our detachments of rcmp will 1 am sure make army navy and air force a favorable impression in lon council of canada this is the first time in history such an appointment has been made and it was applauded as a gracious act by members in all sections of the house speakers of the house of commons and the senate similarly honored al ong with the opposition lead er will be members of canadas the efficia delegation to the cor onation the government is not los ing any time or sparing any effort in pushing the st law rence seaway development this great project which will mean so much to the future development of canada and to the iiower supply of industrial ontario has top priority here and there is real optimism that despite red tape and tardy cooperation from the us a 100000 1600000 how much does a wildcat cost a wildcat is a well drilled in an area where oil has never been found drilling costs vary but the average wildcat in western canada runs to more than s 100000 one well cost 1600000 and found ho oil oil is making an increasingly important contribution to our standard of living how many of these questions about it can you answer how many wildcat wells find a new oil field i in 3 1 in 7 1 in 23 since 1939 the cost of living index has risen by 85 during that time has the price you pay for gasoline gone up by 447 79 103 a lot of oil has been discovered in the west since 1946 in that time have canadas oil reserves increased 4 times 23 times 37 times i low many companies would you say irc engaged in the oil business in canada 23 174 750 canadas growing oil industry means orders for many businesses jobs for many canadians last year imperials purchasing department bought equip ment and supplies from canadian firms amounting to 12 millions 5 6 millions 110 millions the longterm average hi western canatla is i in 23 only 1 in 87 has jonnd a field capable of producing as much as 2000 barrels a day the average retail price of gasoline is only 44 higher than prewar even with higher road taxes in all provinces reserves have increased 23fold in the past six years canadian fields now supply all the prairies and part of bc and ontario about 750 companies in mich the public has an investment interest as well as several hundred private firms and partnerships and this doesnt include the thousands of privately operated service stations and other retail and wholesale outlets for oil products 56 milions about 4500 canadian companies sold imperial supplies rang ing from heavy steel plates to paper clips imperial oil limited oil makes a country strong urn and in everv way be a cre- work will start on the big dit to canada development this fall prime for example i am sure it will be a source of pride to all canadians that when on june 15 otf spithead england one of historys greatest assemb lages of ships sail past her majesty queen elizabeth in the j minister st laurent and all members of the government are giving it full and all out support british markets canadian goods continue to cl heavily in the british mar- canadian ex- 22 per cent traditional coronation review ket although in recent years of the fleet canada will be there have been changes in the well represented kind of goods sold proudly taking their stations last year 1052 canada was ii this array will be six ships i the biggest supplier britain of the royal canadian navy i had in the world britain took crosssection of canadas rel- 1 canadian goods to the value of ativelv small but expanding sea sss3 million according to brit forces v canadas coronation squad ron will be headed by the air craft carrier magnificent the cruisers ontario and quebec will be on hand the destroyer sioux tested in the korean war will be there the frigates swansea and la hulloise will represent canadas world war 1 naval construction effort that helped turn the tide in the battle of the atlantic our countrys peacetime skills will be on view too in the department of transports new icebreaker diberville de signed and built in canada and which in time of war could be used for defence purposes canadas contingent mav not loom large numerically in the if adopted would have meant many more millions to be lev ied on taxpayers reasonable and thinking people appreciate that it is not sensible to criticize the ad ministration for the present level of taxation and in the next breath suggest increasing expenditures by manv millions of dollars in this session the govern ment has listened to the op position make suggestions which if adopted would have increased expenditures by some 1 billion your governments policy has been to extend social ser vices in keeping with the econ omy of our country we have ever kept in mind and en deavoured to strike a fair bal ance between the needs of the people and the ability of the people to bear the resulting levy of taxation sometimes opposition members in an ef fort to make appeals to sect ions or groups seem to forget that the governments only source of revenue is taxation smart people dont worry and smarter ones dont worry other people ish figures that meant ports increased over 1051 and set a new peace time record the united states was britains second largest supplier and australia came in third place canadian ship ments amount to 03 per cent of all britains imports com pared to 8 per cent in 1038 commenting on the situation the magazine foreign trade says obviously canada is re taining her hold on this mar ket taxes and spending during the session the house heard many complaints re- gardinz high taxation and also heard from the opposition timej nd again suggestions which flokm land of sunshine a flying side trip to havana where you spend two nights and one day sightieeing if a feature of thi attractive four in florida you vt st augustine silver springs tampa and st petersburg in miami you enjoy a tour of miami and miami beach then 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