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PAGE FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1932 The Oshawa Daily Times i Succeeding _ THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) -- An independent newspader published every after noun except Sundays and legal holidays at Osh- awa, Canada, by The Times Publishing Com- pany of Osbawa, Limited. Chas, M, Mundy, President, A. R. Alloway, Managing Director. ; Oshawa Daily Times is a member of Tho Lig Tro mid the Canadian Dally News- per Association, tbe Ontario Provincial Patios aud the Audit Burcau of Cireulations, SUBSCRIPTION FATES 3 auburn 4 ed by carrier in Oshawa and # , Dalisers wed. By mal) in Canada (outside Osh- awa carrier delivery limits) $3.00 a year. United States $4.00 a year, TORONTO OFVICE 18 Bond Building, 66. Temperance Street, Tele- | phone Adelaide 0107. Ti, D, Tresidder, repre sentative. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9th, 1932. Is the Battle Over? 1t is to be hoped that the resolution which was passed by the city council at its meeting on Monday night means the end of the controversy between that body and the board of education regarding the educational estimates for 1932. This reso- lution stated 'that the council undertakes to provide the funds required by the board of education for the waintenance of schools during the current year, but at the same time urges on the hoard that it do every- thing possible to keep its expenditures within the amount fixed in the city coun- cil's estimates on which the tax rate is based, This does not, of course, concede the point raised by the hoard of education, that the council must provide in its esti- mates for the exact amount of money set in the board's budget. From this stand- point, the board of education may still feel that it has not secured satisfaction at the hands of the council. Yet it does give a definite assurance that the requisitions of the board of education for the current year will be met, and that is really the main point at issue in the whole dispute. The board of education cannot very well take exception to the clause urging it to exercise the greatest possible measure of economy. That is doubtless the inggntion of the board in any case, and it will pro- bably fall in line with the council's wishes in this respect, There are still points left unsettled, of course. At the end of the year, should the board of education's expenditures ex- ceed the amount allowed by the council, but gome within its own estimates, the battle is likely to break out all over again, because, from the council's standpoint, the board would have a deficit, while from the board's own standpoint, there would be a surplus. But it is time enough to cross bridges when they are reached, and that is a matter for the end of the year to decide, Our hope is that the board of education will be able to accept the compromise of- fered by the city council, This controversy has dragged out tog Jong, and has been too gerimonious, for the public good. There has been displayed a certain amount of childishness which is not becoming to men 'holding public office. The ratepayers of the city are heartily sick of the discussion, and it is likely that the members of the two bodies ave also sufficiently sick of it to let the matter drop now that the council stated its intention of providing for the board's requirements, What is There to Hide? The Sault Ste. Marie Star seems to have hit the nail on the head in its discus- sion of the action of the Ontario govern- ment in limiting the scope of the hydro Investigation by Mr, Justice Middleton. In an editorial on the subject, there appears this significant sentence, which expresses the opinion of a large number of thinking men of Ontario: "Everybody believes that there would have been a real probe if there hadn't been something serious to cover up." t This opinion is by no means confined to ¢ the Sault Ste. Marie Star. It is not con- i fined to what*might be called the partisan press opposed to the government. It is heard on every side, and newspapers which = are independent in politics are taking the lead in asking the government why it has ~ been deemed expedient to limit the scope i of the inquiry to such an extent as to . prevent an investigation into the very © 'things which need it most. throw the doors wide open, and let the floodlight of truth blaze in open every action of the Hydro-Electric Power Com- mission that is being questioned, Every Dog Has His Day These are great days for the dog; per- haps not always to his benefit, Apparently he has become a victim of the "racket", and his right to assist man in the hunting season is being questioned. Consequently the dog has "made" the front page of the newspapers, the legislative halls of the Province, and the exclusive circles of the University. News from Oshawa indicates that a "racket" in dogs has been in operation there, and that many valued pets have found their way to the University for pur- poses of research by vivisection and experi- ments in the way of effects of diet. It is admitted that all kinds of animals are pur- 'chased by the University authorities for this purpose. But it will be a shock to lovers of animals to learn that the provid- ing of these has become a business, with no regard for ownership, If this is so, no dog running loose is safe. Such a "racket" is only a degree less reprehensible than the kidnapping of innocent children. In the Legislature today the dog will, figuratively speaking, make his bow (or is it bow-wow ?) before Mr. Speaker, The dog as an auxiliary to the hunter cannot now perform in certain sections where the deer runs wild. It may not be generally known that the Ontario Government has a dog policy ; but this is the fact. At last session the hound of the nimrod was banned in hunting operations north and west of the French and Mattawa Rivers, with an im- plied threat that he might be muzzled in all other sections of the Province; This has aroused a furious controversy, and the public is dividing on the question of dogging the deer or leaving him to the houndless hunter, with a fair chance for his life. It is a new issue in public affairs. There is no intimation as to how the par- ties in the Legislature will line up on the question; and the dogs appear to be quite indifferent.--Toronto Globe, Editorial Notes It is satisfying to note that there is no truth in the report that the Ontario gov- ernment is considering instituting the dole in this province. Surely we have not yet reached that level in Ontario. March is certainly trying ha#? to make up for the mildness of the other months of the winter, The phrase "Mad as a March hare" may soon be replaced by "Wild as a March winter." | Other Editor's Comments CITY NEIGHBORS (Detroit Free: Press) It will be a pity and a great loss if returning prosperity robs us of a blessing which has come in these months when we have been deeply conscious of our responsibility to keep our less fortunate brothers, There are compensationg tor all, even in the most trying times, and in the organization of the "volunteer neighhors" associated with local relief agencies Detroit should recognize such a factor." foo often in a great city like Detroit we have licard the complaint that one has no neighbors, One carcelv knows who occupies the apartments around There is no "running in" of a morning, no evening visits, no sharing of cooked goadies between no exchange of gardening hints between the women, the men But the increased thoughtfulness of these days has changed all this for many helpless, lonely souls, The 'volunteer neighbors" have been working quiet lv, Dut out of their gifts of leisure, resourcefulness and sympathetic understanding they are making a distinct contribution when it is vitally important to maintain the morale of the entire population, Taking the name of neighbor in the literal sense of one who dwells near, they have injected into the mere routine of feeding and clothing the needy that personal equation of friendly attention which does more than anything else to hearten the discouraged and give them hope to carry on, The services of these volunteers are varied, but in their informal program is everything one understands and remem- bers fro mthe actual neighborliness of the smaller community, To this warm human interest one might apply the words of Browning: "The little more, and how much it is; the little less, and what worlds away." BITS OF HUMOR "You admit tearing a handful of hai air fro husband's head?" Your "Yes, I wanted to put it in a locket. ------ A story is told of an aged negro who saw an ex- traordinary-looking instrument in the shop of an optician, - He gazed in open-mouthed wonder, and, turning to the optician inquired: "What is it boss?" "That," replied the optician, "is an opthalometer." 'Sho," muttered the other, his eves fastened on 'What Others Say "ALDERMAN KIRBY . UENSURE"" To the Editor of The Oshawa Daily Times, Oshawa, Ont, Sir: Being the sponsor of the motion of censure to Alderman Kirby and being called to account by two eitizens of Oshawa, I feel it my duty to lay before the plous minds of the citizens of Oshawa that momentous Sunday after- noon meeting and to Jet them judge for themselves, The same procedure which governs our City Fathers governs the Central Ratepayers' Association, namely, special meeting nights, and the call of the chair. Through some misunderstanding with another organized body, we were not able to hold our monthly meeting, which is the last Friday in each month, Our worthy secretary, Mr, Watkinson, having a volume of motions, such as (a) a light on Nassau Street, (bh) a representa- tive on the Revision Court, and others too numerous to mention, with the first City Council meet- ing only twenty-four hours away, and these recommendations to be debated upon, As a Council on a whole, knowing that if the afore- said recommendations did not reach the hand of Mr, Hare, they would be delayed six weeks, Our secretary then got in communica tion with our president and he in turn called an emergency meet. ing. This was the first Sunday meeting that was ever called by our worthy presiednt, and I might say In passing, that outside of the officials and delegates there was only Mr. Roeg McKinnon and Al- moral | derman Clark present, Business wag concluded, and we left the chamber at four-thirty, Why did not Alderman Kirby go the whole way with his motion and stop the City Fathers from holding meet- ings on Sunday? For at the same time as the Central Ratepayeras' Association were meeting in con- ference in the Council Chamber, the City Fathers were holding a meeting in the City Hall, My de- duction is that Alderman Kirby wished to bring into disrepute the actions of the Central Rate. payers' Association, To the pious minds of the citizens of Oshawa in conclusion I would like to point out to Mr. Beddington that the electors of the South Ward will have on January 8th next the same privilege of marking their ballot for or azainst Alder- man Kirby should he still aspire to municipal honours, Thanking you in anticipation, I remain, Yours respectfully, C. H. MATTHEWS, 763 Gifford St, Oshawa, Ont, March 7, 1932, Brockville, ~-- Mormerly postmis- tress of Westport and a notary public and conveyancer, doing busi- ness there, Mrs. Mary Whalen, who was arrested in Toronto on a charge of misappropriation of funds entrusted to her for investment pur- poses two year8 ago, 18 in county jail here awaiting trial in Ganan- oque police court, When she ap- peared there recently she was re- manded for a week, Lail being fixed at $5,000, which was not forthcom ing. The charge was laid hy W. J. Laidlaw, of Westport, and involving of £1,000 the sum ] Eve Care and Eye Strain by C. H. Tuek, Opt. D | (Copyright, 3938) YOUR CHILD AND THE EYES Part 20 vision in early life does not wil- lingly give it up, yet ft ig gur- rrising how many gradually loge vision and never seem to note the loss, It being so gradual and extending over $0 long a period, Then again a low error that can be overcome is more likely to cause a noticeable strain than a nigher fault that cannot be over- come by strain, Many of the coms= mon symptoms of girain coming on at this time of life are often laid to something else, over-look- ed or misinterpreted, Many, very many, cannot give a definite ac- count of thelr trouble, Many 1 comfort in the | relief tn any case regardless .of A person accustomed to good others will not, vanced ago are experienced In early life, tive overflow of tears Excens- may be the person fty to concentrate reading, ete, The become sleepy may vary in thelr degree of dig- The symptoms even at this ad- | similar to those | noticed, There may ulso he fnani- | mind on | may | Some of these | individual but | uke will be appreciated. Even though not expected, eyestrain is | | oiten a cause of your trouble, I carried this article through from | ciildhood to advanced age and | wish to emphasize again that | trany of the symptoms of eye- : strain are the same In the child as in the patient of more mature | years, (To be continued) After giving the matter much thought, we are convinced that the analogy between armed war | and a tariff wag fg.falde, The lat- | ter ig a matter of mathematics and the former a matter of hu- | man passloss and primitive say- gery. Books and articles have heen vritten lately holding that war is indeed banished, but that the present economic chaos of the | world has given us a glimpse of | a new kind of a war which, the | Jeremlahs say, may be worse than the war of exploglves and steel, We do not believe that. 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