_ Hollinger Employees _ Earnings Up 66 per cent. e informal picture of Her Majesty Queen Mary engaged on tapestry work tn the garden of Marlborough House has recently been released. as the beautâ€" i nul gros point carpet which Her Majesty took eight years to make, has been â€" on display at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, The cverage daily earnings of all Hicllinger employees (wages, salaries and benefits) has increased from $6.26 to $10.37 per day since 1939, accordâ€" ing to the company brief dated May 8, are the following: Share for Employses The employees receive their share in various ways â€" direct wages, cost of living bonus, and benefit plans, both voluntary and statutory. The 2060 Fiollinger employees received 60.7% of the value of the bullion produced in 1949; a percentage which has inâ€" creased steadily over the years. Acâ€" Labour Gazette (March 1950), Hollinâ€" ger employees‘ average weekly .take home pay of $54.73 is higher than the average weekly pay of any other inâ€" dustry in Canada, except the pulp and paper industry. Electrical:; $48.48 The average weekly earning of Holâ€" linger Electrical Department employâ€" ces, of $48.48, ranks very favorably with the weekly pay of employees in other industries. The tables of the Lâ€"bour Gazette indicate that the avâ€" erage number of hours worked per week at Hollinger is higher than in most other industries, but they also establish that Hollinger employess have average weekly incomes as large as, if not longer than, most other emâ€" ployees in Canada. The benefit plans and the availability of steady employâ€" ment. along w i t h relatively high weekly pay compared to other indusâ€" tries, offset the somewhat higher weekly hours. The Union has requested during negotiations that the wage rates be ‘rectionalized‘. This was to result in an upward adjustment of the rates for tradesmen. Cannot Take to Give | The Company maintains that the facts of the situation establish quite definitely that all the money that is available for employees is now being distributed. The only way that present wage rates might be reationalized, as the Union requests, would be to reâ€" distribute what is now available.. If the money is to «be .redistributed, someone must take less. The Company is of the opinion that, to take fron‘ ‘some to giveâ€"to="others is not accept=: able. | | The base rates now in effect result from the payment of steady wage inâ€" creases by the Company, which have amounted to 20c péer hour since 1939. In sddition. a cost of living bonus willingly instituted in January, 1948, when the Emergency Gold Mines Asâ€" sistance Act was passed, has now reached 15 cénts per hour. The last 4 cents per hour adjustment was added Other points contained in the brief Drunk Drivers May Have Blood Testing There has been approximately six cases of persons charges with drunken driving in Timmins this year, Chief Lepic affirmed. VOL. XXXV No. 19 fn future, such persons may be comâ€" pelled to undergo compulsory blood tests. Mr. J. G. Diefenbaker (Lake Cenâ€" tre): Mr. Speaker, I should like to ask having to do with a report in this evening‘s issue of the Ottawa Journal to the effect that consideration is be.â€" ing given by the Department of Jusâ€" tice to introducing amendments which would permit of compulsory blood tests being taken in respect of perâ€" sons accused of drivng motor vehicles while intoxicated. It further states that submission is | NO BAT] being made to the various provinces, in this regard to the effect that loopâ€" Thousands of T holss now existing which deny conâ€" have never been in viction in many clear cases will thereâ€" | The Advance. 16.1 by be avoided and convictions more readily obtained. Is the minister in a BASKET INDUS!] position to say whether the report is correct, and whether it is expected | The basket bott that legislation to this effect will be.'begin in about one introduced,. provided the provinces W. Brewer, manager in October, 1949, when the price of gold returned to $38.50 per ounce, in Canadian Funds. Benefits j The Company has instituted various bencfit plans. Since these plans are maintained on a group basis, the cost is much lower than could be obtained by an individual employee. Through these plons the employees are affordâ€" ed a high degree of security. Some of the plons are statutory. Gone Forever Kollinger mining has resulted in a high percentage of the ore supply beâ€" coming included in sills, pillars, subâ€" levels. In many parts of the mine, the situâ€" ation is such that a bloek of ground vwhich is uneconomical to recover now, will have to be abandoned because the succeeding "mining operation will make it inaccessible. In this case, neither improved minâ€" ing technique nor reduced costs can ~dd this block toi the ore supply in the future. The sequence of mining is definite and must be followed. This limitation restricts the choice of the ground to be mined. Loss to Community The average value per ton, of the ore milled is maintained at about oz. of gold per ton. Under the present.operating condiâ€" tions this is the economic optimum of sverage g r a d e, and is obtained through mixing the ‘"above â€" average grade" ore with the "belowâ€"average grade" ore. During the past year increased costs necessitzcted a five percent increase in the ratio of the "aboveâ€"average grade" ore. This slight change resulted in an adcitional amount of the "aboveâ€"avâ€" erage grade" ore being used which would otherwise have permitted the mining and milling of 123,000 tons of "belowâ€"average grade" ore. The mining and milling of this 123,â€" 000 tons would have required a total of 60,000 man shifts of work, or the daily employment of 200 men for one year. This work has been lost to thd employees and the community by shOrtening the life of the mine. Employees First; Longmore It is the responsiblity of the manâ€" agement to extrect ~the â€"metals from the ore deposits such that it will enâ€" sure . the following, declares E. L. Longmore: 1. A fair and equitable return to the employees. 2. A fair and equitable return to the shareholders. 3. A m;ximum recovery of all ore deposits. 4. Maximum security for all conâ€" cerned and the community. have no objection, at the present sesâ€" son of parliament? Hon. Stuart S. Garson (Minister of Justice): Mr. Speaker, unfortunately I cid not have any leisure in which to read newspapers this evening because iwas read.in-g copy from Hansard and having my dinner right up until eight o‘clock. However, I shall be glad to look at the report in question and bring down a statement tomorrow â€" as to whether or not it is correct. I think offfhand that it is not correct. However, I shall look at the report and make a stateâ€" ment concerning it tomorrow. Hansard, 1.5.50 Thousands of Timmins children have never been in a modern bath. The Advance. 16.11.47. The basket bottom industry will gin in about one month, said Mr. BASKET INDUSTRY TO BEGIN Published in Timmins, Ont., EVERY THURSFAY NO BATHTUBS WINS RTADITIONAL GOLD CANE RACE: The 10,000â€"ton Canadian Pa@CIIIC Cal5gU i111CL DC YE cove won for her master,â€"Capt. S. W. Keay, O.B.E., the traditional goldâ€"headed cane awarded annuâ€" ally to the skipper of the first overscas vessel to enter the Port of Montreal at the beginning of the navigation season. Ice condition in the St. Lawre nce River, which caused ships to dock temporarily at Quebec City, helped make the race one of the tightest ever, â€"with the Beavercove making the voyage in just ten hours and ten minutes. Inset shows Capt. Keay (right) receiving the gold headâ€" ed cane from A. Gordon Murphy, Montreal Portm aster. This marked the second time that Capt. Keay had won the award, taking it first in 1945 aboard the freighter Gatineau Park while still on service with the Admiralty. For the ship‘s pilot, A ndre Gauthier, it was the fourth time that he had been* aboard the winning ship, each time a Canadian Pacific vessel. : [ L Oe ammmess a counmmescomay, c . Library Board Gets A Shot in the Arm Kathleen Ardogh, theâ€" qualified librarian, who spent about one month in the Timmins Public Library, beâ€" fore leaving on Sunday last, made the following obseqvations to the local board, as ngainst other libraries in the province. 1. Staff holidays were of two weeks duration, instead of three. £. Salsries were too low. : 3. There was no pension plan. 4. There was no Blue Cross plan in effect 5. There was no adequate sick leave plan. 6. The room for repairs (number six in town hall), used for rebinding and other repairs, might have been ad:â€" quate 12 years ago, but was not adeâ€" quate now. 7. ~Theâ€"library, considering the "traffic,‘"‘ the number of books comâ€" ing and going, and the other work to be attended to, was understaffed. 8. The cataloging system now in effect, separate children‘s, French, English and Adult arrangements, was incorrect, should be modified. She also told the board thet she was neither young enough nor strong enough, to do pioneering work, enough of which she has already done. Librarian staff halidays have now been extended from two weeks to three, John Blackshaw, chairman of the board, announced. The bocrd, represented by Mr. Blackshaw at a librarian convention in Windsor on May 22, will make enquiries about another qualified librarian. Porcupine Mourns Fine Minerâ€"Singer He attended the festival twice last week â€" perfectly well, and healthy â€" a talented miner who had won festival honours a couple of years ago. On Tuesday night he fell in the mine. On Wednesday his relatives arrived. On Thursday he died. "Romeo Fortin would have been v<a@a. really great singer." avers Mrs. Therigult, who herself taught him for some years, "had he had early training." He had a voice in z2 million," she added. Mr. Fortin was a member (tener) of the Porcupine Male Voice Choir, which was directed by Ron Jones. When he came first in the 1948 festival, he sang "Flower Song," from Carmen, the grand opera. His first effort in public took place in Kirkland Lake, upon inâ€" vitation, where he made a big hit, and his last offering in public, zbout a month ago, was broadcast over CKGB. (For funeral details please see "Jasons," on page two.) The Timmins branch of the Canadian Red Cross has been reâ€" organized, its principal function now being the homeâ€"making serâ€" vice. Gill Nettleton is president of the Timmins branch. Mrs. â€"Nankervis (telephone 274â€"J) is in charge of the homeâ€" making service. She has thres trained women at your disposal. These women can cook, mind the stove, tehphone, childreri, and | generally serve for the convalescâ€" ing mother of the home. Each of these women has been trained in Toronto in a homeâ€" making course sponsored by the Red Cross. Homeâ€"Making Service THURSDAY, MAY11th, 1950 The annual meeting of the Timmins Golf Club will be held tonight at 7.00 p.m. in the Fimmins Golf Club.' In addition to Genersl Business and the Financial Statement we would like to get the opinion of the memâ€" bers on some suggested changes to the N.O.G.A.. the secretary requests. A Dairy Herd Improvement Assoâ€" ciation has been incepted, Mr. Hanlan announced yesterday. Laurent Laferrier, supervisor, will visit district herds monthly, and test the milk of every cow. "And so," Mr. Hanlan explained, "at the end of the yesr he will hand every farmer a statement of how: many pounds of milk, per cow, butter< fat content, and how much money each cow is making." There are 24 dairy herds in the district. Twelve have already signcd up, he added. Mr. Laferrier is a graduate of the Ville Marie Agricultural College (two years) and is at present living at the home of Mr. A. Lefort, 15 Joseph Street, Timmins. MR. CHEVRIER (Minister _ of Transport): It is the Auditor General who audits this account. The stores branch recommended this change after consultation so I am informed by my officials â€" and‘this proposed amendment results. It is at the reâ€" commendation, I am informed, of the Auditor General. Lois Kelly., health unit superinâ€" tendant. now wears a small pin, about the size of peanut, which embodies a porcupine, encircled with a blue border, containing the words, "Porcupine Health Unit." The pin is now standard equipâ€" ment, part of a nurse‘s uniform, she contends, adding that the porcupine die which Birks used to stamp the pins, was derived from the porcupine on The Advance letterheads. MR. KNOWLES: To keep the miniâ€" ster. out of jail. MR. CHEVRIER: Right. 12 Dairy Farmers Start Improvement Association one? Basebcrlls are in evidence now. in back yards and lanes. It is good to see them. "Ch, yes, said. Yes, if she pays for it." Can she give one to a boy friend (s)? Health Unit Uses ‘Advance‘ Porcupine Hansard, 5.5.50 GoLF CLUB MEETING Jail For Ministers PCV Em EnV ns ® eE e en e Ee oi s U s CC 0 S en ns P e ns â€" «~â€"2 WÂ¥ B8 PB0t9 World‘s first turbojet flying boat, the XP5Yâ€"1, is tested at San Diego, Cal., for the U.S. navy. The plane, described as a 250 per cent improvement in hull design over previous flying boats," is powered ty four Allison XT4O0â€"Aâ€"4 gas turbine engines which combine propeller drive and jet thrust. It is fastest plane of the flying boat type ever built. z2 nurse have more than U.S. Navy‘s First Turbojet Flying Boat certainly," Miss Kelly BASEBALLS 10,000“-ton Canadian Pacific cargo liner Beaverâ€" the traditional goldâ€"headed cane awarded annuâ€" enter the Port of Montreal at the peg_'inning of the The following motions were carried this week: THAT all Councillors and the Clerk and Treasurer be and are hereby auâ€" thorized to attend a meeting of the Northern Mining Municipszlitiee to be held today. ' Proposed by L. Del Villano Seconded by W. P. McDermott THAT the Kinette Club be authorâ€" ized to use the Timmins Market for the purpose of holding a Rummage Sale on June 2nd, 1950. Proposed by L. Laporte â€" Seconded by W. P. McDermott THAT the Provincial Government be petitioned to enact legislation| whereby mining municipalities would receive sufficient â€" taxation revenue'{ from Gold and Base Metal Mines to maintain a stzbalized economy in a like manner as other Ontario Indusâ€" trial centres. (Not carried).-: Proposed by J. P. Bartleman Seconded by L. Del Villano THAT the Provincial Government be petitioned to enact legislation to permit mining municipalities to assess mining land and properties in a like manner as other industries in Ontario, allowing consideration for mines in their initial stages. Agzinst: L. Laporte W. P. McDermott THAT the Mayor be and is hereby authomzed to proclaim the morning of May 25th till 1.00 p.m.. as a Civic Holiâ€" day and that the citizens of Timmins be kindly requested to observe same in honour of the visit of Lord and Lady Alexander. j Proposed by J. P. Bartleman Ssconded by L. Del Villano THAT the Clerk be and is hereby authorized to arrange for the purchase of a sewer and water easement a 15. foot strip on the future projection of Ross Avenue cross Block "A" Plan MS51C for the sum of $500.00. Proposed by J‘. P. Bartleman Seconded by L. Del Villano THAT Caldbick Yates be and are hereby authorized to negotiate for procuring street rightâ€"ofâ€"ways from the Hollinger Cons. Gold Mines Ltd. namely: Powerline Crossings Jubilee Ave. Street and Sewer and Water Old Highway 67 West of Sudâ€" bury and to report to Council on reâ€" sult of negotiations. Proposed by J. P. Bartleman Seconded by L. Del Villano THAT this Council recommends the construction of a crossing at the O. N. R. spur line in front of Lots 9 and 10 on Algonquin Blyvd., West to provxde ingress and egress for the above menâ€" tioned lots. COUNCIL NOTES Published In Timmins, Ont.. Canada EVERY THURSDAY Talented Musicians Give Performance To Kiwanis Lousy Children Greatly Reduced There were 340 Timmins schoolâ€" children afflicted with head lice in November, 199. That number has now been reduced to approximately 85, which is a reduction of 75 per cent in little more than two years. This has ‘been done, Dr. Lane exâ€" plained, by the use of DDT powder, porticularly after holidays. "We find a large number of chilâ€" gdren have head lice," he said, "when they have been away from school, because they are not then under conâ€" stant teacher and nurse supervision." "We find that if we recommend to parents that their children be sent to the family doctorâ€"they don‘t do it. And if one member of the family has head lice, others contact it. So we send the nurse to the home." "And particularly after holidays, summer, Christmas, and Easter, when the children have been without conâ€" stant supervisionâ€"just a little sprinkâ€" ling effects a cure." Miss Ardagh,. a graduate libâ€" rarian and recent addition to the Timmins public library staff, head of the adult departmest, has reâ€" signed. She left town on Sunday last after about one month of work here. Why? "It did not take me long to size things up," she said. "There are now two librery workers laid ~up with nervous breakâ€" downs." Any other reasons? ‘"There is not enough room to work. And you cannot do two or three things at the same time." She said thet when people are left to browse alone they ‘"never get anywhere," that they need enlightment, which could not be â€"renderedâ€"when one has "two or three other things to do at the same time,‘" and that the job should go to someone younger, preferably a man. MR. DREW: This Communism is not a political doctrine as we underâ€" stand a political doctrine. This is a plan to carry out revolution in Canada. Drew Gauthier Address MR. GATHIER (Portneut): It is more than that. ! Following is the letter she wrote: | Salvation Army, \ Timmins. Dear Sirs, Would you please advise me what I could do on the following matter. MR. DREW: Yes, a great deal more thon that. It is the kind of revolution that matters, as well as the revolution itself. that. It is a religion MR. DREW : It is a Godless religion, and that is the horrible feature of it. It is a religion without God . It is a religion which makes materialism in its grossest form the ideal, if possible, of those who serve this cause. is in all} truth the antiâ€"Christ pictured by the Bible. I do not wish anyone for one moment to think that I feel‘ any less deeply about this matter than my words would indicate. House of Commons, Ottawa. Electric wire lines from the town to Pinecrest school have been set directâ€" ly across=the Gauthier property, the shortest route. Towards explaining these reâ€" marks, she said thet a librarian‘s job was to induce better reading. by gradually learning individuals‘ interests, and catering to them well. Gauthier Gauthierâ€"could object to this, Mr. Bartleman explained. Apprrently they have no objection to electric wiring crossing their proâ€" perty. Miss Pâ€", in a "family way". sixth I am 18 and am in the family way, month, rejected ct home, refused by ] and am nearly going crazy worrying what to do. So I consulted my girl friâ€" end who is over 20 and she told me ‘ the best thing to do was to get in con.â€" parents, jobless, penniless â€" Miss Pâ€" wrote to the Timmins Salvation Army, as reported last week. tact with you people and ask for help She came to Timmins. i and advice. What happened? I was working up till a month She has been sent o Torono, Major : but had to quit on account of my conâ€" Majury reports. Cition. I had a quarrel with my parâ€" Why? !ents about z month or so ago and they Well, she wanted to go to Toronto, | turned me out. £o I am left homeless just to get away from this district, alâ€" | and helpless. No one to turnâ€"to. I now though we could have dealt with the ; have a room, but at present am withâ€" _case right here, the Mejor said. out money. My board is paid till Friâ€" 30 0 dn atromy § ind t it 1 on ied Short Lines To Pinecrest Wire, W alk, Then Roads? Timmins Too Toeugh? The S:lavation Army in Toronto will attend to her. she may stay and work there, the Major was not sure about that. but he was sure, he said, in her heart, which was not so before. is more than The entertainment part of the proâ€" gramme at the weekly luncheon of the Timmins Kiwanis Club at the Empâ€" ire Hotel on Monday was in charge of the "Fortyâ€"Niners"(the new members added during 1949). Don Paver was i‘chairman for this feature of the day. The other members of the group were Fred DeCruyenaere, Jack Weinstein, Jack Rooney and Frank Joyce. They ctarted to do their stuff during the community singing which was led. by Ted Bartlett, with Secretary W. H. Wilson at the piano. The Fortyâ€" ~Niners pepped up the singâ€"song with ‘a bubbling rendition of "he Old Gray : Mare." More Outsanding Music In the other feature of the entertainâ€" ment provided, the Fortyâ€"Niners were particularly happy in securing Ted Bartlett and four of the prizeâ€"winners in the recent Porcupine Music Festival Fortyâ€"Niner Jack Rooney did not overâ€" state the facts when he complimented the young people on their musical talent and expressed the appreciation of the club for the numbers givien. The pnano duet by Misses Leone Platus and Doreen Essa showed talentâ€" ed handling of a difficult number. Tommy Bennett‘s violin playing broâ€" ught much hearty applause. This lad, who is a pupil of Andrew Gordon, showed much promise. _ The coneludâ€" ing number was a talented piano solo by Miss Norma Andrighetti, winner of the Doran senior piano trophy at the recent Music Festival. Miss Andrighetti also played the accomp- animent for the violin solo. ao e . 0 4C T mm un \ \ President Geo. Knowles, in thanking the artists, also added a special word of appreciation for the Fortyâ€"Niners. About The Proposed Arean President Geo. Knowles read a letter from the Community Memorial Buildâ€" ing Committee regarding the finances of the preliminary work in connection with the proposed arena for Timmins. The letter suggested that the service clubs in town might advance the funds necessary for the preliminary exâ€" penses, the money to be returned whes the project got under way. If each member of each service club gave five dollars, the total would be sufficient to cover the amount required for he opening expenses of the campaign. The letter was turned over to the club directorate to be dealt with. Special Card From Florida As this is "All Kiwanis Week" to all the 2.00 and more clubs on the continent .as the Kiwanis Internationâ€" al convention is being held in Miami there was interest in the card from{ the St. Petersburgh, Florida, Kiwanis Club. announcing that Nick Basciano, treasurer of the Timmins Club, on his way as a delegate to the International convention at Miami, had been welâ€" comed at the St. Petersburgh club. New Liskeard Kiwanis Club sent 2 hearty invitation to‘any and all Kiwanis members from Timmins to attend a special dinner at New Liskâ€" eard on May 22nd. President Knowâ€" les suggested that any local members who could attend should notify Secretâ€" ary "Scotty" Wilson. Promised Flights For Air Cadets Chairman J‘ackBeattie reported that an RCAF plane from Trenton would be at Porquois Junction on Saturday May 20th, with the idea of giving flights to Air Cadets here, He asked for members to volunteer their cars to transport Cadets to and from Porquois Junction. Enough volunteering reâ€" ‘culted to assure opportunity for all Air Cadets eligible and able to take the trip to be given the chance of a flight on May 22nd. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents Chirman G. N. Ross, of the midway committee, called attention again to the fact that the Cameron Street grounds had not been levelled as reâ€" quired for the Barry and Bernard Shows coming here in June under the cuspices of Timmins Kiwanis Club. President Knowles gave assurance that the necessary levelling would be done in the next week or so. I was working up till a month ago; but had to quit on account of my con« Cition. I had a quarrel with my parâ€" ents about z month or so ago and they turned me out. £o I am left homeless and helpless. No one to turn to. I now have a room, but at present am withâ€" out money. My board is paid till Friâ€" day, but a f t e r that I don‘t know where T‘ll go. I wrote yesterday to the Unemployâ€" ment Insurance to see if I could draw any insurance. If I do it will help. I am also getting bills which I owe and they want prompt payment. I believe I have told you as much as I could. So would you please try your best to help me. It will be greatly appreciated. P 4.Q,