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OSHAWA DAILY 11 ES, WEDNESDAY NERIT RATE PLAN "OF INSURANCE ISGRITICIZED Official 'Admits, However, That Careful Driver De- serves Pr . nium % » (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) +Toronfo, April 17.--Disapproval "the merit-rating plan of automo- insurance, now in éperation in the States, was expressed by Otto Patterson, assistant secretary of the Americar Automobile Insurance pany, St. uis, yesterday af- noon before the royal commission ire investigating automobile in- yance rates. | "I dave not tell it in the words 1 woul( like to," said Mr. Patter- ) 'In certain territories in the ted States, we have adopted the n ir order to protect our busi- s, loping it will be abolished." rp htelligent merit-rating plan, jajd Mr. Patterson, cannot be done i" all times, although he agreed h we principle a careful driver *enttled to a rednced premium r be reckless driver. ompan- , hedeclared, will "sour" on the an. Ip cities. Lie sald the traflic blen bad been solved to a cer- in dgree but iz the souniry he Pelievd conditions are. becoming gorse Although the plan has al- ¢ady been introduced in the state ot Yow York, he declared the state Weprtment is not entirely favor- ib} to it. i Jonald G. Overman, assistant mnager of te underwriting de- ment of the General Exchange ce Corporation, New York, gmed the commission his com- gy aad found conditions in On- 0 generally favorable, 0 INVESTIGATE {THE SALARIES OF |. TECHNICAL STAFE Ottawa, April 17.--The three men selected to investigate the 'salaries of technical and profes- glonal members of the Civil Service are: Edward W. Beatty, President and Chairman of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway; Sir George Garneau of Quebec City, and Dr. Walter C. Murray of the University of Saskat- chewan, Saskatoon. This was an- nounced by Hon. ames A, Robb, Finance Minister in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon. "It has been represented," Mr. Robb said, "that the remuneration provided in the Government service is no longer attractive to persons of superior, technical or professional' 'training." After announcing the personnel f the Commission, Mr. Robb ex- lained that they would inquire in- t various o and report on these phases and thereby provide the Government with information per mitting a readjustment fair to all interested. si "May I add," Mr. Robb conclnd- ed, "that the Government feel that this House will agree the country is fortunate in being able to secure the advice of men of such wide ex- rence." JOHV KENNEDY'S DEATH ACCIDENTAL (Continued from page 1) tracks east of Darlington, due to the floods. The foreman believed it safe to proceed although he re- nlized the condition of affairs and declared them to the conductor at the time. "The train stopped and after a conversation between Mr. Kennedy and the section man, pro- ceeded on at about 10 miles an hour. At Bowmanville another halt took place but only for a short time," said Mr. Leddy. The conductor described the po- sition in which he found the engine and four cars following the derail- ment which occurred while he was gone to flag another train due to pass that point at any time. A slow order had been put into effect because of the condition of a culvert farther on. the tracks, This did not affect the point where the accident occurred, however, wit- ness said. Fireman's Story Tireman Michael Ross, Toronto, of the C. N. train was next called. Mr. Ross corroborated the evidence elicited from conductor Leddy in relation to the flagging of the train, Witness had been unaware that any danger was ahead, and had been in the cab when the ac- cident occurred. He jumped for the window when the car turned over on its side and was unable to locate Kennedy's body owing to, the presence of a great amount of steam. H. F, Holmes, brakeman, testified that he examined the track when first the train was flag- god in Darlington and had said it was safe enough to pull over slow- ly. The accident occurred a short time later as the train went over the washout on the line. The section foreman of the dis- trict of Bowmanville, Walter Cro- thers, had inspected the track sev- eral times previous to the acei- dent and pronounced everything In perfect condition previous to the gtorm, The Jury The jury was composed of C. A. Smith, foreman; Blake McMurtry, John Hately, Ezra Gifford, Robert Nicholson, Norman Plummer, Ar- thur Cole, W. P, Corbett and Thomas Dustan, Ambitious Air Mail Program Is Planned Ottawa, 9pril 17, -- Hon, P. J. Beniot, postmaster-general, outlin- ed an ambitious program for a trans-Canada air-maid route when the house of commons went into committee of supply last night and considered the outside service vote of the post office department. This service includes all air mail routes in the dominion, Mr. Veniot declar- ed. The total rate including sai aries and allowances is $34,926,~ 639. Progress was reported. little adventure on A Par . . , just a question of balance! Anchor-Donaldson deck sports put you in a wonderful frame of mind to enjoy the de- lights of Scotland . . . and the service suggests the hospitality of a great house in the Sail Anchor-Donaldson! * 'Book through The 'Robert Riford 0. 7 . Bay and Wellington "8s., Toronto (Tel. Elgin 3471), or any 'steamship Ey Rts Saigon, lpn to" Ireland, Scotland oi] By England in conjunction wi commenc- 4 ing May 3 Nn LINE J Cabin, Tourist Third Cabin and Third a SA.308 Class, CLAIM FOR LIQUOR TAX BEING HEARD Government Is Claiming $421,000 from Carling Company Toronto, April 17.--Hearing of the action brought by the attorney- general of Canada against the Carling Export Brewing and Malt- ing company, claiming $421, 000 as sales and gallonage tuxes, alleged to be due to the dominion, will be continued in the exchequer court today before Mr. Justice Aud- ette. The government's claim is for sale taxes of $149,160 and gal- lonage taxes of $272,240 on beer made from April 1, 1924, to May 1 1927. ' The action is defended on the ground that the beer on which rev- enue is claimed was exported. The allegation of the attorney-general is that the sales were completed in Canada. 54 CHURCH STREET GARDEN SEEDS We carry a complete line of first-class garden seeds. Our policy of buying direct from the grow- er enables us to quote very attractive prices, and we know the quality will be satisfactory. Remember -- SEEDS IS OUR BUSINESS LAWN GRASS SEED To insure a rich velvety lawn sow our choice lawn grass mixture made from a proper blending of eight different grasses. HOGG © LYTLE, LIMITED PHONE 203 ------ I AUTO ACCIDENTS Pedestrian Suffers " Toronto.--Struck down by a car driven by Frank Litice, 59 Kings- bury avenue, Long Branch, shortly before nine o'clock last might 14- year-old Neil Wright, 913° Queen street west, was taken to Western Hospital. He suffered bad head injuries but was reported to be in fair condition late last night. Killed by Motoxcycle Ottawa, April .17.--Ten-year-old Cecil Voisey was . fatally injured here when struck by a motorcycle | 48 he attempted to cross the street, The boy had been removed to hos- pital, but on maintaining that he was feeling all right was released | to his home. He died a few hours later. No charge has been laid against the driver of the motorey- cle. 3 May Not Recover Toronto. -- With just a slight chance of recovery, five-year-old Roy Huntley of 531 Queen Street east, is Iping in St. Michael's hos- pital with head injuries, bodily hurts and a possible fracture oi the skull. The child was struck and run over yesterday by a truck driven bp Joseph Belmont of 52 Grace street on River street. The little vietim was in a semi-conscious conditon when picked up, VERDICT ON DEATH (Continued from page 1) wreck and that .after everything had been declared to be in splen- did condition, proceeded on. It had not gone far before the engine lurched, he said, and then turned over on its right side. "I climbed out over the windows and later helped to locate Mr. Milne's body which was found un- derneath the - tender," said Mr. Dewey. Michael J. Boyd, travelling fire- man, had got on the train at Dan- ford, and was accompanying the engineer and fireman to Toronto. He was in the cab at the time of the fatal accident. Mr. Boyd said he too had watched Mr. Milne, the deceased engineer, go up to the wash-out, heard him say every- thing was all right, and proceed toward Toronto. "Then what did you do?" sara Mr. Kerr. "We reached the section of track which was washed out, halted again, but not in time, and the en- gine turned over," was the answer. "You got out also?" "I climbed out the door." Witness corroborated the fire man's evidence to the effect that there was no doubt that Mr. Milne's death was due to the acci- dent, Finding of Body The next. witness, Fred Chap- man, was special agent on the C.N. train and the body was not found until he arrived. He said he or- dered the section men to remove the coal lying loosely around the coal-car. When a foot of this mua been taken away an arm was seen projecting nd later the body of the dead engineer extricated from the mass of wreckage. Condition of Track Charles Mutton, section foreman, who has charge of the section of the line taking in the scene of the wreck, gave important evidenw dealing with the condition of the track previous to the accident. He stated he had been around the track at the height of the storm the morning of the accident. The water in the small creek had crept up to the track and for a half mile on either side of the scene of the accident was at times level with the ties. "Had you apprehended any dan- er to the trains?" asked Mr, Kerr, "No, I was asleep, but I was awakened by the storm and went down to the tracks, finding six or oight inches of water over them at different points at the worst part of the storm." The jury was composed of thy following: Charles Rice, foreman; W. J. Dudley, Wesley Percy, BH. Brimacombe, Charles Bagnell, F. Greeness, H, Knight, T. H. Knigh, and F. Palmer. D. Marchington of Montreal wa present to represent the C. N. 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I INBOWHALLE {Continued from op) and auto; arts Iissing from the Bron Ne car had contained auto- Mbiies which were stipped, witness stated. oter accessories disappd from % Loca Lcording to furt thre men statrted on a comusation for the C,JR. fom- pol out that a maxim penal- 14 years in batipy have ho lieved that a terrpf 10 days butiat the or not be f hower, ner to bring a heder penalty® Plea For Dence Strike, Bowmanville mai 'number of he defendants andt np a splen/d plea in their bell That his clints were mere- ¥ king sonven's, was his con- railwayman im- , car. well- and 1 3 herfdence, offwman- of lice of fledgd the reh tor tingon in- formtion received froparious i souks, a good deal of The froneach car was valyat ap- promately-$50, making 50 sto ¢n bm the three cars/Of this amait $60 worth was [imately retuned, Magistrate Wasthought stolen taken ufficent tmey Kerr offence, offender ely to act repetition would king liber- property, ehalf of a who had souvenirs up. The their sou- were the Mr. Strike They had + | right that we should make an ex- received no warning and must bear the brunt of the many who were responsible for the disappearance of the motor accessories. Those whom Mr, Strike repre- sented were Ray Brown, Melvin Graham, Gordon Laking, Alfred Graham, George Walton, H, Dean, Glen Dunn' and. George Meaodws and Howard Gibson. i : A Fundamental Wrong = ° "The fundamental wrong," stat- ed Mr, Kerr to His Worship, "is the intent of these people to take the' goods knowing it to be the property of others. It is just and ample of them 3) hpusn.1 in 10 alot die "spamming 2 be gistered, so that if 'a repetition is. concerned. 2 be imposed the 1 time." * Mts Kerr favored the sus.' pension of' carrying out the 'fen- day sentence in each case, § The trial evoked considerable and alty to fib i 'and a pena E07 P | ! comment during its 'course = ana Chief Venton was forced to demand order several times, . : rap CHAOS REIGNS IN INTERIOR OF CHINA and Rear (By Canadian ,Press Leased Wire) Shanghai, April 17.--~Chaos reigned along a stretch of the Upper Yangtze-Kiang, hundreds of miles long as Wuhan rebels fought with loyal Nankingese who attack- ed them at both front and rear. Shipping plying the river was raked with machine gun fire, and heavy field guns were trained on the stream at points where if they were brought into commission such boats ag still were left would have to seek cover. Commercial boats fadled to go above Hankow yester- ay. Attack Rebels in Front |J'-- =--OF THE Milk Producers and Stock Breeders: Township of Whitby and Adjoining Townships © | Will be held in the Municipal Hall, Brooklin On THURSDAY, APRIL 25th, 1929 At the hour of 8 o'clock P, M. For the purpose of discussing the disease known 'as Contagious | Abortion in its relation to animal and mankind. NG Dr. W. J. Bell, Deputy Minister of Health, Province of Ontario Dr. McNabb, Veterinary Bacterologist Provincial Laboratories, Toronto, Dr. McKay, Bacterologist, Provincial Laboratories, Toronto, Dr. McKay, Medical Officer of Health, City of Oshawa, will address the meeting As a number of deaths have occurred in the Province of Ontario during 1928 from this infection in human beings, it is highly important that farmers should have presenfed to them, all the latest information available on this subject, r The meeting is open to all interested. God Save the King, JAS. 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