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f A Growing Newspaper in a Growing City | The Osh mua Dail Succeeding The Oshawa Reformer y Ti mex | PROBS, Fair and Cold Today and Wednesday, Then Moderating VOL. 10--NO. 45 OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1932 12 Cents a Week; 3 Cents a Copy FOURTEEN PACES SCHOOL BOARD MET PREMIER HENRY Commerce Chamber Opens Re-organization Campaign | WORKERS CONFIDENT OF [CHINESE STIL LOYAL SUPPORT FROM OSHAWA SUBSCRIBERS Enthusiastic Gathering Last | Night Completed Ar] rangements For Intens- ive Canvass for Increas- ed Membership HAVE THREE DAYS TO . "GO OVER THE TOP" President of the Belleville Chamber Outlined Ur- gent Necessity of Active Organization in Every City At an enthusiastic 'gathering of workers, the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce membership and re-or- ganization campaign was officially launched last night, and this morn- ing the team of canvassers are out at their task of placing the organ- ization on a solid foundation for the future. The gathering took the form of a supper meeting in the Hotel Genosha, with about fifty workers present, and with Ross Mackinnon, general chairman of the campaign, occupying the chair, The feature of the evening wag an in- formative and inspiring success bh) E. V. llisey, president of the Bell ville Chamber of Commerce, wil W, M. Gilbert, George Hart, F, Mason, and M. McInytre Hood, h 0 gave brief addresses, touching on | salient points which should be | borne in mind by the workers in approaching their task of the next three days. Seeks Prospective Members Today; the teams of workers are busy seeking out prospective mem- bers, and have gone at their tasks with a spirit which augurs well for the success of the campaign. The work has been thoroughly organiz- ed, and with the team captains en- thused by last night's gathering, the campaign is off to a splendid start. In opening the proceedings after supper, Ross Mackinnon, general chairman, outlined the organization which had been effected, and dis- tributed the campaign material to . the workers present. He urged the importance of personal contacts with prospects, an announced that the committee which secured the greatést percentage of its prospects on the dotted line would be guests at a special dinner, : M. Mcintyre Hood, in a brief speech, said that whenever a great task presented itself, there were men to undertake it, and that was the type of task which was set before the workers in the campaign. He stressed the necessity of each man taking his own share of the respon- sibility, so that every part of the or- ganization machine would function perfectly and produce the desired results, which would mean the build ing up of a greater community in Oshawa. Necessary for Self-Preservation W. M. Gilbert said that the biuld- ing up-of the Chamber of Com- merce was a necessity for self-pre- 'servation, and to enable Oshawa to compete successfully with other progressive communities, He re- sented the suggestion, he said, that the former directors of the organi- zation merited criticism. Rather did they deserve the warmest com- mendation for that whey had done, articularly in making it possible i the Coulter Company to come to Oshawa, The present campaign, he (Continued on page 3) DE VALERA HAS SAFE MAJORITY . Obtained Necessary 77 Seats to Sway the Dail Eireann ------ Dublin, Irish Free State, Feb. 23.--Presuming support from two Independent Laborites, Eamonn de Valera's Fianna Fail (Repub- lican Party) and its allies last night had the necessary 77 seats to give them a majority in the Dail Eireann as tabulation of re- sults in the 145 ridings which voted in last Tuesday's Free State election came to an end. oye standing of the parties Fisna 3 Fail Independent Tabor sursen.. Independent and Farmers .. i5 Government 53 Eris iidee 48 Without the support of either Labor or. Independent Labor the Fianna Fail's 68 seats exactly bal- anced those of President William T. Cosgrave's Government party BELLEVILLE MAN ATROTARY CLUB =: 8% 2. ties are in need of the following TWO FLANK ATTACKS 8 Japanese C EAMONN DE VALERA lead of Irish Republican Party, returned to power in recent clections. i! ------ n { Ruins onets, dealing death over the entire | Kiangwan a far-flung attempt to complete a surrounding movement, and starve out the stationed Kiangwan Village, | heavy loss aeroplanes destroyed the aerodrome at Hungjao, Shanghai, five bomb | within were consumed by fire that | HOLD HIANGWAN INSPITE OF ALL 'Bravely Defended | by Small Garrison This * Morning Suffer Heavy Casualtics--Chinese Aerodrome Destroyed Shanghai, Feb, 23--Japanese sol- liers lunged against. Chinese bay- Chapei front today, in | handful of defenders still in blasted ruins of the Force suffered a eight Japanese | The Chinese Air when five miles west of with a rain of twenty- 11 hangars and planes | woke out with the bombs' explo- | fon, Vicious Attacks Rebuffed in every onslaught they nay have made on the centre of the Chinese line at Kiangwan, the E. V. 1llsey Spoke on Work of Chamber of Commerce The place of the Commerce in the community was the subject of a highly informa- tive and Interestinz address de- livered by E. V. lllsey, president of the Belleville Chamber of Com- merce at yesterday's luncheon of the Oshawa Rotary Club. The speaker, who was introduced to the gathering by C. D. Conant, gave a comprehensive picture of the genesis of the Chamber of Commerce movement, and, speak- ing from wide experience, told of some of the functions of such an organization in the community. At the close of a very able ad- dress, the thanks of the club to Mr, Illsey were expressed by D. F. Johnston, C. D. Lyons, mguager of the Oshawa Branch of the Can- adfan Dank of Commerce, was present as a guest. Vital To Welfare "A Chamber of Commerce, said the egpeaker, "is so vital to the welfare of any community that the question is not one of whether it should have a Cham- ber of Commerce, but what sort of an organization it ought to be." Dipping into the pages of his- tory, Mr. lllsey showed the ten- dency of man to organize for mutual benefit, and pointing out that human nature had not chang- ed. History was being made in these days at a greater rate than ever before, and great opportuni- ties and privileges were being provided for those who had the courage to enjoy the develop- ments that were taking place. "If ever there was a need for co-operative effort," sald the speaker, "that time is now. We are struggling against conditions rot of our own making, but which are the cumulative effect of individuals all over the world being affected by selfish acquisi- tiveness. If we are to learn any- thing for to-day, it is that there is a great need for more unsel- fishness in recognizing the rights and the requirements of others. I believe that the nation or com- munity that is organized for pro- gress, must make it its business to take stock of itself, correct its weaknesses and emerge and go forward in an advance such as has nevir been geen before." Meet. Difficulties Manfully Mr. Illsey appealed to his hear- ers to be ready to meet difficul- ties in the British way, for in these times of testing difficulties had to be met manfully and with courage and vision. Mr. Illsey said the question .before Oshawa was what type of a Chamber of Commerce the city is going to have, and he urged the Rotarians to realize that they must take a large part in the effort to reju- venate and revive the Chamber of Commerce. He stressed its (Continued on page 3) WELFARE APPEAL "he Associated Welfare Socie- articles to supply to indigent familles of the city: two cooking stoves, one of them for a family of seven, one baby carriage, one three-quarter hed size mattress and a small girl's coat, size 8 to 10 years. Kindly telephone to the Wel- fare headquarters at number and its independent and farmer #upporters, 1206 if you can fill any of these requests. entire Sha suffering having Chamber of | night's fighting. ifn a sti | limits outskirts of Kiangw | Mo Hang Chen, two miles beyond Kiangwan, planes showered ¢ entrenched Chinese offensive, | Chinese away from the positions | Conviction of Eng Wong in mitted, AUDITORIUM WAS noon, half an hour before the formal opening of the Oshawa Cooking School being held in the auditorium of the Masonic Temple, a capacity crowd fill- ed th unable to gain admission. who wish to attend this series of demonstrations will be well advised to be early if they do not want to be disappointed, Japanese flung their full strength | at the Chinese positions on both | sides of the village. They launch- one to the other to the attacks and the d vieious Soon the battle had developed | into a major engagement over the line stretching north of The Japanese admitted they were severe casualties, after st at least twenty killed wounded during the and sixty The hostile forces were at grips zle of death, from the { Chapel northward to the in and north- the Village of westward through Put Down Barrage From the Japanese lines a bar- | rage of artillery cut the way for | the infantry advance, while aero- plosives on the : The Japanese soldiers crept forward behind | smoke screens, «(iawn across their route to protect them against the | vigilant eyes of the Chinese gun- ners, The Japanese were clearly on the seeking to clear the in front, but made slow headway | | » {against the smashing Chinese fire. They pushed forward foot-hy-foot, | dodging grave mound constant spurt of Chinese bullets, from grave mound tp in the face of the THIRD CHINESE WON HIS APPEAL Juvenile Court Is Quashed (By Canadian Press) Toronto, Feb. 23, -- The three | convictions against Chinese waiters employed in an Oshawa restaurant made under the Ju- venlle Delinquency Act have now heen quashed, Charlie Sing and Jack Yuen crizinally appealed their convie- tions made by Rev. 8, C. Jar- 1eif, Juvenile Court Magistrate, Lefore Chief Justice Rose and today Mr. Justice Raney quashed the conviction against the third mun, Eng Wong, The men were fined $200 each on a charge of contributing to delinquency of a girl. Lack of corroboration of the testimony of the girl was one of the main grounds of appeal. The evidence against Wong "was even weaker," than that against the others, Mr. Joseph Sedgewick, . for the Orown, ad- CROWDED TO DOORS At 2.30 o'clock this after- e hall, many ladies being To-morrow afternoon those Chairman of Finance Addressed Ratepayers Ald. William Boddy Spoke to South West Ward Associ. ation Replying to School Trustee Allin F. Annis-- Thomas King Elected Association's President for En- suing Year The regular meeting of the South West Ward Ratepayers' Association held last night in Centre Street School, was of unusual interest in ag much as it was the annual elec- tion of officers; and also due to .the fact that the meeting was addressed by Alderman William Boddy, chair- man of the finance committee of the City Council, who presented the position of the City Council with | regard to the controversy with the Board of Lducation and made some very enlightening remarks concern ing remarks made by Trustee A. F. Annis at a recent meeting of the North Fast Ward Ratepayers' As socration, Officers Elected The slate of officers who will « rect the affairs of the during the year as President, Thomas King; ident, Charles Hunter; I'reasurer, A. M, Heist; ( mmittee, J. A Bickel, Dan Smith, George Bli Brown, Robert King and Josep! Groves. The representatives of 1! 1ssociation who will attend the Cen- iral Council will be appointed by the executive, Th, riewly elected executive was installed in a very able manner by William Boddy, while the vote of thanks to the retiring officers was proposed by F. (§) wy and replied to by the re- I president, Edwin Clark. Alderman W. Boddy 'The City Council started the year under conditions no Ii Hey those of year azo," ass in Boddy, "and the fi mittee has a real job on i This year, he stated, the associat follows ~ Vice Pre- Secretary Executive F, Daf council { initiative gden, H. w | found they were facing a situation which there wag no use in sidestep ping, so that they adopted the prin- ciple of spending 'no more money that was collected in last year's tax- | es, thers being over $400,( 00 arrcars in taxes at the beginning of the vear, A reduction in expenditures of 20 per cent was at first con- sidered but this it was thought might be too drastic, so the various ic boards were asked to cut their t 11 expenditures 20 per cent nd their salaries 10 per cent, this itein fo be worked out on a ng scale Bodd, year, Je their budget early snd! Allerman this was a a large neil, felt that "with amount of ny taxes, nust take the i tell civic boards that t council believed they could make certain reductions ine xpendi- | turce. Most of these bodies agreed t { N they » thi : which Mr, Boddie » this 1ng which was ths Police nnmission over whith the council had no direct control. The Board f Education, taking into considera- tion their balance frome last ycar vere only asked for a reduction of | 1422 per cent, Alderman Boddy as- csted, and went on to say that he 10t wish to detract from the I the Board of Educa- * them, but th ly and 1 t the City ( tha rm stand wag the only lure to take under the circum Replied. to Trustee Annis rer $s 'made Uy Continues pin page 3) In KIWANIS HAVE FINE PROGRAM | Committee Ice Camival To-morrow Night Will Overshadow All Similar Events The program of the Kiwanis Club Carnival to be held in Ham- bly's Arena tomorrow evening promises to be ong of the best in the history of this annual event, Hockey, comedy and graceful figure skating have been | hiended in the evening's enter- | tainment so that every taste will be appealed to. The purpose of the carnival, as in past years, is to raise funds to carry on the work of the club among the underprivileged boys of the city that the boys' camp fourded by the club may not be forced to close its gates this sum- mer, Fast Hockey Game Prominent in the program will be.the junior hockey game be- tween the Oshawa Blue Imps and National Sea Flea Juniors, of To- ronto. These two teams met in the first round of the S.P.A. series in Toronto in December last with the result that the Tor- onto team took a 2 to 0 victory from the Oshawa boys, | To Play Broomball Another feature of the even- ng will be an exhibition of the newest sport that has come to Oshawa, namely "Broomball." The contending teams will ba the Ilremen and the Kinsmen Club. These teams met in a game at the Graboski bemefit night with the Kinsmen faking the win by a good margin on the territorial play. The Firemen, however were not at all satisfied with the result, claiming that they were playing under conditions which enabled their opponents to run off with the game, The game tomorrow evening wlil decide all arguments and the loser has agreed to ablde by the referee's decision. Skating Carnival Fancy skating will also play an important part in the program being put on by some or the fore- mest exponents of the are in Can- ada. While unable to learn the names of the skaters who will take part, The Times was assured that the best skaters obtainable will be on hand to give those in attendance a real thrill with their grace and expertness, while the names of those who may ap- near are known all over this con- tinent. Band m Added attractions will include the presence of the band of the Ontario Regiment through the kind permission of Lieut.-Col. R. R. Smith. . The band will be un- der the difection of Bandmaster Dempsey, W.0.I., and fine pro- gram of music is agsured. A ton of coal ig being offered as an at- tendance prize by Kiwanian Kl- mer Dizon. HAS BIG TASK ON EQUALIZATION | ane of Council Gets Down to Work on June 1 The special committee appoint- ed by Warden Robert Somerville at the County Council last week i to go into the whole equalized as- | scssment of the county and make a report will, it is learned, meet to begin its work in Whithy on | June 1, under the chairmanship | of Reeve Charles L, Mackey, of | Whitby Township, | This committee will, of course, | not do all of its work inh Whitby as it will bo necessary to visit | several or all of the municipali- ties of the county. It will have to go over all assessment rolle, make comparisons and set cer- tain values, and enquire into the complaint of the Township of Reach which has heen before County Councils for the past five years, The table of assessments of the various municipalities which has been in effect for five years, was made effective' for another five without change by by-law 1201. This table was made by valuators appointed in 1926 by the Coun- cil and when certain appeals were lodged a court was appointed and made a report en December Tth of that year. This report will no doubt be used as a basis by the findings by the 1932 equalization committee, and it is admitted by all who know anything of the work entailed that the committee have no easy task before them. The complaint of the Township of Reach alone will take gome time to look into. The total equalized assess- ments for the purposes of 1932, together with the percentage of the total county assessment borne by each municlpality, are as fol- Jows: Total Per Assess, Centage $17.50 Place Pickering $4,462,433.50 East Whitby 2,248,521.00 West. Whitby 2,083,049.00 2,600,825.50 366,853.00 1.246,214.00 1,503,481.50 Thorah ,. 1,478,933.50 Brock ... 3,016,101.00 Mara .....1,899,887.50 Rama ... 347,647.00 Whitby Town 2,085,326.00 Uxbridge Town 707,669.50 680,786.50 >» -1 ~ Roach ... Scugog ... Uxbridge Scott: .... -- It Het a eS» WRT adams DS NID WWI te» PD Port Perry Cannington 447,252.00 531,358.50 Totals $25,706,239.00 100,00 Note that the total equalized assessment for Reach Townehip dnd ad 0 Beaverton is $2,600,825.00. The Township claims that this is away too high. CY were | 10t a collect- | our weil | JAPAN T0 DOUBLE ARMY'S STRENGTH AGAINST CHINA vit Decision "Announced | Owing to Reports From Shanghai ADMIT FAILURE Chinese Have Successfully Stopped Japan's Big Offensive (By Canadian Press) Tokio, Feb, 23, - The Jap- anese Government decided Light to double the strength of its army at Shanghal, reports from there saying the Chiness defenders of the city, suring three days fighting, had Hy stoppe d the power of The proposal to send additional i troops to Shanghal was placed bcfecre the cabinet early today by the Minister of War, General Sa do Araki, of military leaders calied at General shortly after messages were re- ceived from Shanghai iast night, which China on Offensive Shanghai, Feb, 23. -- During Monday's fighting the took the offensive first by send- ng over an assault line against thea enemy's. Hongkew storm the Japanese positions at Woosung, which had been weak- County ' ened to provide man-power for the still unsuccessful Japanese aush against Kiangwan, Japanese headquarters declar- ed that neither at Hongkew nor at Woosung were the Chinese able to gain an inch. But an of- ficlal Chinese communique bhoast- ed that a rapid advance was made all along the line of battle and that the hard pressed Jap- | se retreated steadily despite 'he fact that they brought up re- rves to stop the onslaught, A "Red Letter Day" I' was--said the Chinese eom- munique-- under way it would be pressed unremittingly until the Japaneses were pushed back into the Shang- hai international settlement, Still Holding Out Shanghai, Feb, 23. (3 p.m, E.8.T.) Japanese Ieadquar- terg admitted early this morning that the terrific onslaught against Kiarngwan had failed to dislodge the defence and that it appeared the Chinese were capable of hold- ing out for a long time, DOUBLES AMOUNT OF SUBSCRIPTION Toronto Firm Appreciates Chamber of Commerce in Oshawa Some jdea of the enthusiasm with which the re-organization campaign of the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce is being met by manufacturers outside of the city may be gathered from the follow- ing extract of a letter received from R. Norman Brown, presi- dent of The Brown Brothers Ltd., manufacturers of stationery sup- plies, Toronto, by Gorden D. Con- ant, who is in charge of obtain- ing out-of-town subscriptions. Mr. Brown writes as fqllows: "1 have read with pleasure your circular of the 17th inst. re your activities, and as we have always had a good reputa- tion for service in our business IT am trying to live up to that by enclosing our cheque for double the amount that we subscribed last year. "As a business house we ap- preciate very much our deal- ings with the various firms in Oshawa that it has been our pleasure to have any husiness connections with, and if in-any small way we can he of use to vour Chamber of Commerce we trust that you will not hesitate to get in touch with us." HIGHWAY VERY SLIPPERY Although no serious accidents were reported to the police dure ing the night the highway both east and west of the city was in a very slippery condition due. to the fall of snow which packed hard on the pavement, and made driving extremely hazardous. At least one car and a truck came to brief between Whitby and Osh- awa. After midnight a car enter- ed the ditch near the Union Cemetery while a truck was to be seen on its side in the ditch near Whitby this morning. GREAT BRITAIN to- | in tho face of | that | following a conference | was | Araki's home | officials | Chinese | strong- | holds and later by attempting to | a red letter Monday, | and now that the offensive was | EXPLAINS POLICY | Foreign Secretary Declares Stand on Shanghai Problem London, Feb, 23. -- Great Bri- tain {8 convinced that the best method of restoring peace | in | China 18 through "affirmation of | the principles of the League of | Nationg with boldness and sin- cerity," Sir John Simon, the For- cign Secretary, declared last night in a statemen. to the House of Commons, . The Foreign Secretary's state- ent was made after Prime Min- ito; J. Ramsay MacDonald had couferred with King George at Buckingham Palace, and after it itad been announced that no steps for resumption of peace negotia- tivns were contemplated. Evacuation Not Yet Necessary The Government does not yet believe that evacuation of British subjects from Shanghai is ne- cessary, but, if shelling of the settlement area increases, British nationals will take refuge on the ground floors of large buildings or in specially built shelters. There are 8,450 British sub- iects, including 4,000 women and | ¢calldren, in the zone, Outlined Policy Simon outlined the British poilcy toward the Shanghai war- fare as follows: 1--Direct and full influence*in | conjunction with other powers, | whether members of the League | or not, to support the moral au- thority of the League. --A readiness to tender Bri- |-tlsh good offices with the oth | er members of the League . or | with the United, States in any | other way. 3----Protection of the British interests in China, with which Great Britain is charged to a special degree. Simon made his statement in reply to the insistence of George Lansbury, Labor leader, that the League quickly 'decide on some appropriate action, PREDICTS CHINA WILL BE VICTOR Wycliffe College Man Spoke as Former Resident of Shanghai E. G. Ottewell of Wycliffe Col- lege, Toronto, spoke at Christ Church last evening under the auspices of the A.Y.P.A. Mr, Ottwell is a former accountant for the Church Missionary So- clety of England and lived for five years in Shanghai. He en- deavored, last evening to make clear why the Japanese are in Mranchuria and in Shanghai, and wiile his sympathies are with the Chinese, he gave impartial and fluminating exposition. of {he situation, Under the new arrangement in Manchuria Mr, Ottewell believes that the area will pass under Japanese control as did Korea and Formosa. As for eventuali- ties in Shanghai, he asserted, that the Chinese character and num- bers would swing victory in their faver., Tn the Shanghai area, Ja- pan had $800,000,000 invested and 15,000 nationals involved; | 10,000 nationals while the United States had some $600,000,000 and 4,000 nationals. Apart from the material inter- est involved he did not see how the internationals could honor- ably withdraw, and leave the 'matter to he fought out between China and Japan, though it might ho the only way out, He thought the matter might have been am- fcably settled while the affair was confined to Manchuria had Japan referred her needs for room for expansion to the League of Nations at Geneva. China would have granted in his opine fon, to Japan, those extra-terri- torial rights. China, he said, was mightily equipped in numbers end had no national debt and, though lack« ing in unity, would rapidly fuse together in the white heat of her national peril. He conceded that the situation, at the moment, was fraught with terrible possibili- ties for the peace of the western uations, T want you to have this trait of persistency in common with a cer- tain negro, who said to the judge: "Not see me here again? Why, judge, you ain't fixin' to resign, is youd" Fugland had $1,000,000,000 and. CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES ATTITUDE REMAINS PRECISELY THE SAME * Meiers of Board Were Invited to Meet Mr. Henry and Talk Over Controversy With City Council NO LEGAL ACTION EARLY TODAY Board's Legal Counsel Con- sidering Formal Applica- tion for Mandamus This Afternoon # (Special to The Times) Toronto, Feb. 23.--A deputa- tion from the Oshawa Board of Fducation met Premier George 8, Henry, at the Premier's invita= tion, yesterday afternoon in or= der to discuss the controversy which has arisen between the School Board and the City Couns cil in connection with the latter body paring the Board's estimates in compiling the civie budget. It will be re-called that a dep= utation from the Oshawa City Council sought a similar confers ence with the Premier recently, following which Mr, Henry proms ised to interview the Board of Education, Attitude Unchanged Tt Is understood that the talk was quite informal, with no defi nite advice being offered by the Premier beyond an expression of regret that the controversy should have arisen. Following the interview it was stated by one of those who were present that "the attitude of the Oshawa School Board remained unchanged", The Board of Education .was represented by Dr. F. J, Donevan the chairman, Trustee Allin F. Annis, Trustee J. C. Anderson, Trustee B, A. Brown, and C, H. Fuller the Business Administra tor and Secretary Treasurer, . Precisely The Same" The Chairman of the Board of Education could add little to this report when spoken to at noon today by The Times. 'The attitude of the Board is precisely the same as it was bee fore our Interview with the Pree mier", said Dr. Donevan, Considering Action Today A long distance telephone call from The Times to Gideon Grant, K.C., Toronto, legal counsel tn the Board of Education, elicited the information early this after- noon that no legal action had yet been brought in the Supreme Court for a mandamus against the City Council, Asked whether such an appli cation was likely to be tiled at Osgood Hall this afternoon Mr, Grant stated "T do not know yet, We are working on it now", MUST PRESERVE ROAD SYSTEMS Minister of Highways Ans nounces Policy of Econ~ omy, However ~ (By Canadian Press) ~~ Toronto, Feb, 23, -- While Ofie tario must preserve its road sysy tem, every effort must be madi to accomplish this arm as inex= pensively as possible, declared Hon, Leopold Macauley, Minister of Highways, before a conference of county road representatives with the Government today. The Province has an invests ment of $225,000,000 in King's Highways and Couuty Roads, said the minister and this invests ment must be protected, Thera would be a greatly reduced pros gram of construction this year and the Government would en~ deavor to hold maintenances to a minimum, Representatives from all parts of the province attended the coll, ference, ow ; Ani TORONTO FIXES SUMMER TIME Toronto, Feb. 2 23. -- Daylights saving dates for 1932 were fixed as from May 1 to September hal by City Council yesierday. . By a vote of 21 to 6, the co" cil added two weeks to "the pe recommended by the Board Control, which ended September: 11, The hoard itself had divided three to two on the shortened, period. J The proposed reduction of five per cent. in the pay of the Irish Free State police is aot to be made,