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® THE TIMES-GAZETTE OSHAWA : WHITBY THE OSHAWA es (Estaplished ) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) An independent newspaper published every Tuescey, Thursday and Saturday by The Times Publishing Company of Oshawa, Limited, Arthur R. Alloway, President and Managing Director. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Osha"a, Whitby, Brooklin, Port Perry, Ajax or Pickering, 24c for two weeks. $6.24 per year if paid in advance. By mail outside carrier delivery ares anywhere in Canada ard Eng- land $400 per year. United States subscriptions $5.00 per year. Authorized as Second Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Net Paid Circulation "BEE 10,083 FOR JUNE THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1946 Efficient Public Service Since there is ample justification for deploring the "bumbledom" tendencies of many ci¥il servants, any move to improve and strengthen the calibre of civil service personnel generally, must be heartily welcomed, The cheeseparing policy and political patronage of pre-war years should never -- be allowed to recur. It is beyond all reason that service to the country should be ill-rewarded or inefficiency in such service be lightly noted behind the security of a lifetime job. However, apparent indifference to these conditions by Governments in the past, has meant that private industry in this and other countries held greater attraction for progress and recognition of the merits of many thousands of our finest young people. It was such people as these, now.thoroughly matured in technical and business life who, in the crisis of war came to the aid of the government as "dollar-a-year" men. Now that they return to their former posts, it becomes abundantly elear that greater inducement must be offered in future to secure the continuous specs of equally competent personnel. Particularly impor! is the need for such service during the long period of reconstruction that lies ahead. Consequently, the comprehensive survey of the Royal Commission on Administrative Classifications in Public Service is being observed with hopeful interest. To this body the memorandum and recommendations submitted by the special Reconstruction sub-Committee of the Canadian Chambers of Commerce are noteworthy and commendable. Coming from an organization with Dominion-wide affilia- tions, it represents the views of all classes of industry, com- 'merce and finance. Lie Among other things they advise: remuneration compar- able at least with that paid by other employers; advancement or promotion by merit regardless of seniority or length of service; freedom of action with regard to employment or dis. missal; a continuous study of conditions of employment, in order to ensure that the general spirit and well-being of Government employees receive adequate consideration. It is obvious that these are proven factors in the success- ful development and maintenance of any creditable organ- ization. They are equally important to the success of any branch of Government service. The modern, rapidly chang- ing scene demands the highest quality service in all branches, from Deputy Ministers down to the humblest filing clerk. There is great hope that the work of the Royal Commission will mean the removal of many old time fetishes that have encumbered the Civil Service in the past and open the road to greater efficiency in all departments. Nom Monday Holidays The long .Dominion Day holiday week-end, permitting as it did many citizens to visit relatives and friends at a distance, again draws attention to the advisability of chang- ing the majority of the public holidays to Monday. If holidays were changed to the nearest Monday it would . provide long week-ends which would be most beneficial to office and plant workers who today are working under greater pressure than ever before. At the same time it would eliminate the disruption which occurs when a holiday falls in the mi a week. Many business executives are favorable to the change as they deem it would be a sound and sensible idea. Moreover they feel that the holidays in question can be altered without affecting either their significance or their general observance by the Canadian public. The idea is one which the federal government might well take under consideration, The only direct air service to Chicago & Flights Daily 2.05 p.m. For fast and comfortable travel 9.05 p.m, go T.C.As - Royal 'York Hotel Arcade and King & Yonge Sts, Phone AD, 5231 or your Travel Agent Lv. TOR EST. 4.05 a.m, 10.05 a.m. Passenger + Air Mail « Air Express TRANS -CANADA Ao fons CANADA'S NATIONAL AIR SERVICE N. SHORE RADIO CLUB REQUESTS (LEAR CHANNEL Protest Move To Conform Canadian Regulations To U.S.A. . The fifth meeting of the North Shore Radio Club was held in the Rose Room of the Genosha Hotel 'at 8 p.m. Monday, July 15. The president, Al Derumaux, VE3JV, opened the meeting by call- ing on the various committees to report. The treasurer, M, Dzendrow- ski, reported that the club's present low dues are sufficient to meet ex- isting expenses and with new mem- bers constantly joining, the club's finances are quite stable, The pres- ident read a letter received from the Victoria Short Wave Club suggest- ing that the Canadian Amateur Radio Operators Association (CAR~ OAA) represent the Canadian Am- ateurs at future International Con- ventions. The subject was promised discussion at future meetings. | A subject of much more immedi- ate importance, a request to the Canadian General Manager of the Amateur Radio Relay League from the Board of Directors of the ARRL in the UBS.A, requesting him to se- cure uniformity in the Canadian phone regulations to conform with those of the United States, was next considered. The officers of the North Shore Radio Club, representing Radio Amateurs in Oshawa, Bowmanville, Ajax, Whitby, Brougham, Colum- bus and Ashburn reported that they had immediately dispatched a telegram to A, Reid of Toronto, the Canadian representative to ARRL, emphatically protesting that such a request be made, With the Ameri- can Amateurs allowed to run 1,000 watts maximum compared to the Canadian 500 watts, and radio equipment costing considerably more in Canada than in the US, the Canadian amateurs feel that even a small band of frequencies free of the high-powered American interference, is their only hope to contact distant countries. A vote of confidence in the action thus taken was proposed by J. L, Doreen, , seconded and unanimously appfoved by all presenf%was then tendered to the presidents and offi- cers of the North Shore Radio Club, For those members who were un- able to attend the Air Show at the Oshawa Airport, an outline of the radio equipment used and activities $54 then given by D. Hinton, VE3- He mentioned that an amateur radio network of stations from Montreal, east, to Windsor, west, was organized to communicate with the Oshawa airport. Tower con- trol on 52 Mcs was also set up which was in constant touch with both the outlying cities of the net- work and a radio-equipped jeep which was out on the airstrip and in a much more favorable position to give the spectators a close-up description of activities out on the fleld, He reported that all ' the equipment used operated smoothly and without trouble or breakdowns of any kind, A letter of thanks was read from the Oshawa Flying Club to the North Shore Radio Club ex- pressing their appreciation of the wide radio services rendered. A motion was made and seconded that a post office box be obtained to assist the post office employees in distributing QSL cards to their proper recipients. Postcards are re ceived from other amateur operators from all over the world, and as | cme of them are improperly ad- dressed, a box would aid consider- ably in their correct delivery, A door prize, a pair of voltage: regulator tubes, was drawn for and won by VE3BIB, Frank Baker. Any person interested in radio as a hobe $y is invited to attend the next Hieeuns to be held Monday, August County Crops 93 to 105 P.C. Field crops in Ontario County at July 1 for the most part range from 93 to 105 per cent of normal, accord. ing to Ontario Department of Agri- culture reports. Similar conditions hold in Durham County. The best crop in Ontario County is barley which shows 105 per cent of normal while spring wheat and oats are each 104 per cent, Mixed grains show 103 per cent with flax 102 per cent and rye, peas, soy beans, buck- wheat and corn for husking each considered 100 per cent. Crops between 90 and 100 per cent are fall wheat 93, beans 95, pastures 92, potatoes 98, roots 97 and fodder corn 96, Alfalfa crops are 78 per Fonte! normal and hay and clover In Durham County oats and bar- ley are best with 1068 per cent while spring wheat and peas each are 104, flax, mixed grains and soy beans 103, rye 102 and potatoes 101. Others are fall wheat 95, beans 99, alfalfa 85, hay and clover 80, pas- | tures 95, buckwheat 98, roots 97 and | fodder corn 97. Warn Car Famine May Be Prolonged Detroit, July 17 -- (BUP) -- A shortage of steel and other key supplies was blamed today for a lag in" automobile production and | two officials of the Ford Motor Co. warned that the famine in cars will continue for another 12 to 15 | months before full production is | reached. . | Despite the fact that nearly a year has elapsed since the end of the war, the automobile industry is producing at only 50 per cent of capacity. John R. Davis, Ford vice- president in charge of sales, and M, L. Bricker, vice-president in ® A Bible Thqught "Most people need their religion lowered a foot--from the head to the heart." (D. L. Moody)~"For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness , . , * (Rom. 10:9) ~The Last Road Back hi in the Christian Science Monitor. charge of manufacturing, ried, The Ford Motor Co. which has a dally capacity of 6,000 units, is pro- ducing only 3,200, they said, Material shortages, principally steel, would hold Ford and other companies to levels not much above a slight improvement in production is anticipated. LIFEBOATS BUSY London--(CP)--During the first six months of 1946 British lifeboats put out 266. times to help vessels the current output far into 1947, |and aircraft in distress and rescued Bricker said. However, he added, | 381 persons. Testing New otato Type A new variety of potato which promises to have resistance to the very destructive and dreaded dis- ease of bacterial ring rot is being tested in 'various parts of- Ontario this year, reports R. E, Goodin, Potato Fieldman for the Ontario Department of Agric. 'This variety LOCAL IMPROVEMENT - SIDEWALKS | a8 "Teton" A quantity of seed was obtained by the Crops, and Weeds Branch, Ontario partment of Agric., from officials of the Department of Agriculture in Wyoming, U.S.A, early in the seas- on and it is now under very thor- ough test. Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathe Racicot, ology, 8t. Catharines; H. N, Division of Botany and Plant Pathe ology, Dominion . Farm, Ottawa and Prof. E. f Bacteriology Department, ©. Guelph. Nine selected potato grow=- ers in the counties of The quantity obtained was divid- | Nort! ed*in order that several tests might be made in ferent parts of the Province under varied conditions. Disease resistance is being further investigated by Dr. G. H. Berkley, TAKE NOTICE THAT: The Council of the Corporation of th b t 1. Sidewalks on the 8 STREET Athol St, E. Athol St. E. ++ Cadillac Ave. to Highland Ave, ++ Cadillac Ave, to Highland Ave. he points mentioned: -- LOCATION "eve nse ety under actual growing in their fields. Observations will be closely followed throughout' the season e City of Oshawa intends to construct as a local improvement, SIDE WIDTH LENGTH 249.00 Brock St. W. ..40 Ft. West of E/Limit of Lot 9, Plin M, to 266 Ft. West of E/Limit of Lot 9, Plan M Burk St. ......North Limit of BI o f Block B, Plan Currie Ave. Cubert St, . Clarke St. ,. ock B, P 194 .Ritson Rd. to East Limit of Lot 50, Plan 258 «Johnston Blvd. to 42 Ft, North of 8/Limit of Lo .Stacey Ave, to North Limit of Lot 170, Plan 145 .. Drew St. .......North Limit of Lot 23, Plan 147 to Olive Ave, , Drew St. ,......Beatty Ave. to First AVE. ......ovvevvrrees "ee Graburn Ave, ..Ritson Rd. to Drew St, ies nnes . Gliddon Ave, , Ritson Rd. to Rowe St. Hillcroft St. Miu st. t +.Hayes St, to East Limit of sieves 246" East of W/Limit Lot C-18, Sheet 22 Mun, Pla: West of E/Limit of Lot C-17, Sheet 22, Mun. Plan Patricia Ave, .. St. Julien St. .. Gliddon Ave, to Eulalie Ave, Bloor St. to Fourth Ave, ... Bloor St. to North Limit of L Jarvis st, Hillcroft St. .., Grierson St. to Hayes St. 2. The estimated cost of the work is $10,167.50, of which $4,692.80 is to be paid by the Corporation. The estimated cost per foot frontage is $1.40, The special assessment is to be paid in ten equal annual stalments and the estimated annual rate per foot frontage to. the property. owner is approximately .09'zc. 3. Application will be made by the Corporation to the Ontario Municipal Board for its approval of the undertaking of the said work and any owner may within twenty-one days after the first publication of this notice e with the Board his objection to the said work being undertaken. 4. The said Board may approve of the said work being undertaken but before doing so it may ap- point a time and place when any objections to the said work will be considered. Dated, Oshawa, July 17th, 1946. F. E. HARE, City Clerk. DOMINION FOUNDRIES + + vr -- tit ss So a ce MALLEABLE OR ANY TYPE CASTING? We have successfully substituted STEEL CASTINGS to the complete satisfaction of many Canadian manufacturers EXCELLENT DELIVERY DATES TTA T