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hhh nhhe= sions SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE FI Fyees Modern Store Opened l'oday By Royal House Furniture Company This morning, the new, modern store of the Royal ouse Furnishing Company, at 24 C.: aa Street, threw open ts doors to a waiting and. expectant public. The new store vhich has been under process of construction for several months, has been rushed to completion in the past few ays, and the final opening this morning. For the opening bccasion, Max Crozier, proprietor of the store, had ar- anged a splendid showing of all types of furniture, taste- ully arranged on the spacious floors of his new establish- nent. The new store which has overé ,600 feet of floor space on the main alone, has spacious showrooms oth on the main floor and in the sement of the building. Hardwood oors finished to a high polish add o the attractiveness of what is y a furniture salon decorated n such a manner as to show the ocks of house furnishings to the est advantage. : One of the most striking features f the new building is the all-glass ore front, which provides ample vindow display space, and also rmits a clear view of the whole ain floor showroom from outside Me store. Both floors of the building e lighted with modern fluorescent ghts throughout, giving a soft low to the interior during those ours when illumination by artificial ghting is necessary. The building 5 heated by an up-to-date hot wa- er system, to insure the comfort f customers. Max Crozier, the proprietor of the ew store building, is well-known retail business circles in Oshawa. fe has been a citizen of Oshawa for most a quarter of a century, and or the past seventeen years of that me he has been. in the furniture business, and has built up a large lientele by following sound but rogressive methods of merchand- sing. Mr. Crozier informed The mes-Gazette that he will be taking sonal charge of the management If the store, and will be assisted by staff of six capable and well- ualified salesmen. The new building of the Royal ffouse Furnishing Company makes fine addition to the business on of the city, and by being ated on Celina Street, just south |# King Street, has started a move- nent to bring retail business to hat has hitherto been regarded 8 one of the side streets, and its ttractive appearance will add auch to attract citizens to it. OLD FRENCH ORIGIN Identification of criminals by fin- erprints, started in France, was dopted by the police forces of ingland and Wales in 1£01. Canadian Art 'On Display At Waldorf New York, Dec. 4--(CP)-+One of the largest collection of Canadian paintings ever to be shown in the United States was put on display in the Canadiah Club. quarters at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel today. From the standpoint of geogra- rhical representation--both as to artists and subject matter--the ex- hibition has a greater range than any display shown in the United States. The exhibit is composed chiefly of landscapes. Also featured are some still lifes, studies and a few por- traits. Five of the original members of the Group of Seven and a later member of the famed Canadian group are represented. They are A. Y, Jackson, J. E. H. MacDonald, L. L. Fitzgerald, Arthur Lismer, E. H. Holgate and A. J. Casson. Six of Canada's official war artists also are included in the exhibition. Greatest interest has been focus- ed on the Group of Seven's work. Jackson and MacDonald have three paintings each exhibited, Fitzgerald and Holgate two apiece and single paintings are displayed by Lismer and Casson. Also represented in a place of honor is a single work by Emily Carr, artist and author, who prior to her death in 1945 made a great contribution to the understanding of the west coast regions of Canada. The painting is a predominantly blue study of totem poles called "Kitwancool." Other highlights in the one-week exhibition are paintings by Mon- treal-born Frederick W. Hutchin- son, Thoreau MacDonald of Toron- to, Louis Muhlstock of Montreal, A. H. Robinson of Hamilton, Annie Savage of Montreal and William Arthur Winter of Winnipeg. - Oshawa's Newest Furnishings Store Opened This Morning Above is a picture of the new home of the Royal House Furnishing Company at 19 Celina Street, which was opened this morning. The store is one of the most modern and up-to-date in Central Ontario, the main r being completely free of posts or other obstructions, The basement be completely finished as a show room where the public will have plenty of room to make their selections. --Times-Cazette Staff Photo Four Accidents In Five Minutes At West Hill Four separate accidents in five minutes, on the West Hill bridge on No, 2 Highway, tied up rush- hour traffic last night, and put a man and boy in the East General Hospital, A woman and a little girl were treated at the hospital, then went home, The first accident happened at the east end of the bridge when cars driven by Carl Burns, 28 of Pickering, and Peter Kissick, 45, of Toronto, crasheds head-on. Burns was uninjured but Kissick suffer- ed severe cuts¢ to the head and face. As the traffic crawled around the damaged cars, Norman Liberty, 15, of West Hill, who had left his sup- per to look at the first accident, ran out into the front of a car driven by Douglas Freeman, 19, of Armadale Ave. Norman suffered a broken leg. Playmates said the boy had been at a safety lecture at West Hill School that afternoon. Meantime, Hugh Reyce of De- troit was travelling west on the bridge when a car driven by James Shaw of Highland Creek, came ov- er the crest of the bridge and the two vehicles crashed head-on. Mrs. Mary Barnett, 26, and her 3-year- old - daughter, Bunty, passengers in the Reyce car, were shaken up and bruised. : While traffic was slowed down and provincial and Scarboro police tried to straighten out the mess, two more cars collided on the west end of the bridge with only proper- ty damage resulting. Kissick, Liberty, Mrs. Barnett and Bunty ware taken to hospital Provincial Constable D. Tullock is investigating. PLUMBING All the Plumbing at the NEW ROYAL HOUSE FURNISHINGS Company Building Was Done by LIBBY PLUMBING Co. 23 CELINA ST. The { Complete Heating System At the New ROYAL HOUSE FURNISHING Co. Was Installed By 'G. D. BURNETT 10 Athol St. W. HEATING Phone 4296 Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. M. Crozier, House Furnishing Co. success. : proprietors of the new Royal May this new venture prove to be.an unbounded More 'Cuff' Sales In Used Car Boom The used-car market, one of the most sensitive economic bar- ometers, is still booming according to The Financial Post, In the United States, prices are reported off 10%-40%. There may be the odd soft spot here, but a survey of Toronto dealers shows prices and demand still holding up. i What is more, leading used-car cperators see no sign of a break for at least six months, However, there is one straw in the wind: more people are buying cars on time. This is true of new cars as well. One. of Toronto's largest dealers said last month was the best November he'd had in six years. Others reported seasonal slowing down; but nearly all said it wasn't as noticeable as usyal. "Prices haven't come down a dollar," commented one when questioned about full-page ads announcing price cuts. Another admitted that it might be possible to get the odd late model car $200 or $300 more cheaply; but in nine cases out of 10 there would be a good reason for it. Still Paying Premiums A survey of dealers along Can- ada's "Used Car Row," a 10- block stretch of Toronto's Dan- forth Ave, shows they are still paying up to $300 premium for new Chevrolets, Pontiacs, Ply- mouths and Dodges. Add to this the used car dealer's markup, and by the time the cus- tomer gets a car, he's paying out at least $400 more than the manu- faéturer's price: Incidentally, if you happen to have a 1948 Cadillac lying around the garage, you can get 6 $1,000 more than you paid for it from almost any dealer. New Ford products draw pre- miums of $50-$100. The reason the bonus is lower than on Chevs. or Plymouths is that the original price is that much higher (about $250 on Fords and Meteors) thus putting "them beyond the reach of many potential used-car cus- temers. This week, for example, a man took his brand new Ford to a big Toronto dealer. It was a cus- tom job, loaded with extras. He had paid $2520 for the works. | The owner wanted more than that | for it. The dealer said he had to turn it down. By the time he added the premium the owner wanted .and his own markup, the price would have been prohibitive for a car still in the so-called "low-price" range." Older models are slightly higher, if anything. Cars in the $1,000 bracket are going like hot cakes. This is the only sign that money is tightening up. Once 1946-47 cars were in greatest de- mand. Now 1939-42 models top the list. Meanwhile, new cars are just as hard to get. There is every in- dication that they will be a lot harder before they get easier. For the first 10 months of this year, sales of cars, trucks, buses, were down 10%. However, this was not. due to any substantial lessening in demand. Most of it could be attributed to fewer cars being available. Ford was shut down during this summer's model change; which cost around 500 | units a day. Next year the same situation will prevail; the other two mem- bers of .the "Big Three" are due to start changing over to their first new postwar models. General Motors will likely close down around Christmas to permit changing of dies, tools and equip- ment. The first of the new models -- a truck -- will probably 'ap- pear early in January. First of the new passenger cars -- probably Pontiac -- will ap- pear about two weeks later. 'It will be some time after that be- fore they will be in real volume. New G. M. models went on dis play for U. S. dealers last week. Chrysler is expected to start chang- ing lines about the same time. All signs point to further price increases, thus strengthening used car prices. When the new Fords came out, prices jumped around 17% in Canada. Another advance may be in the cards. In Philadel- phia" recently, Henry Ford II warned another round of wage in- creases seemed certain, there- fore another price increase would inevitably follow. On new Buick and Cadillac 'models 'introduced recently in the United States, price increases were not so big as some authorities ex- pected. In Buick's case, the jump was about 4%; only 32%. Some. U. 8S. observers seem to think these. comparatively small Buick and Cadillac boosts may have arrested. the general trend which saw some makers hoist prices 20%. Whether this will have any effect on Canadian manufacturers is doubtful, in view of the current spread of around $250 between new Fords and today's Chevrolets, Plymouths and Dodges. Denies Thefts Of Gasoline Port Hope, Dec. 3.--Albert War- ren, former sergeant on the Port Hope police force, today entered a plea of not guilty when he appeared in magistrate's colrt charged with theft of gasoline from a taxi firm. The case was adjourned to Dec. 29, and Warran freed on $1,000 bail. Charles Trenouth, despatcher for the cab firm, testified he had seen Warren take the pump keys from the taxi office and he and William Greenaway and Cecil McMahon had watched the officer, in uniférm, taking gasoline. Chief C. W. Graham, who sus- pended Warren and charged him with theft, sald he had found a can of gasoline in Warren's car on Nov. 11. P.C. Bill Smith said Warren told him that "they caught me Sealine gas from the Diamond axi." Cadillac, FLYING HOME Ottawa, Dec. 4--(CP) -- Arrange- ments have been made for some 80 Canadians in China to return home by air, the External Affairs Depart- ment announced Friday. The de- partment explained in a statement that transporation is the main headache of persons wanting to leave Shanghai. The persons in- volved in the movement are not fi- nancially distressed and are travel- ling at their own expense. The de- partment has arranged to charter two aircraft. FOOLED THE DOCTORS SPECTACLES AND LIGHT Totland Bay, Isle of Wight--(CP) Prior to the invention of spece --Meteorologist John Dover, 86, told | tacles about five centuries ago, by doctors in 1886 he had only two | little was kaown about the come years to live, died here recently. position of light. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS | Royal House Furnishings Company Building Crysler Electric and Furniture 56 KING ST. WEST OSHAWA Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Crozier on their fine new house furnishings structure. PLASTERING The plastering contract for the magnificent new ROYAL HOUSE FURNISHING on Celina Street, was accomplished by Anderson Plastering Contractors Our congratulations are extended to Mr. and Mrs. M. Crozier on their fine new structure which will be the home of the Royal House Furnishing Co., Oshawa. It is our sincere hope that they will enjoy continued success in their merchandising activities. PLANTS OUR SERVICE ACCESSORIES: MOTORISTS! FARMERS! TRUCK OPERATORS! Announcement. : We are pleased to announce to the public and friends the formation of our new company "Bond Bros. Ltd." Our plans are to expand our merchan- dise and services to meet your many requirements. We solicit your patron- age of the products for which we are agents and the complete automotive, farm equipment and truck service we are able to offer. Take advantage of our parts stockroom featuring parts service on International Implements. In- ternational Truck and General Automotive Parts and Accessories. 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