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Br Berar i Che it 2 ZI cRPopP Rong tc SheZom.e<Eabse am kh So ec 134vS Odd THE DAILY TIMES-CGAZETTE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1 PAGE SIXTEEN PLANNING ON BUILDING OR RE-MODELLING? | { w-------------- Chec eck This Builders * Page for All Your Needs! wm Building Activity On New Housing Project TURN RAW WOOD INTO. BUILDING BOARD 'AT GATINEAU, P.Q. The mountains of timber (top) pictured in mill-yards along the Ottawa River will soon be turned into Presd- wood, a processed building board harder, stronger and more adapted 'to modern building requirements than natural lumber. The miracle is worked by exploding the wood after it has been reduced to chips, then weld- ing the fibres into a solid panel under heat and pressure. The resultant hoard is grainless and knot-free and is equally strong over its entire surface. Below, the mass of wood fibre, st ill soft, wet and unvoressed, is shown moving through a forming machine in the Gatineay, P.Q., plant. Recent additions to the mill have doubled production capacity ending a shortage of Presdwood which has existed since early war years. New Building Project Adds To Housing Area Figures released by the city<en- gineer"s department this week shows that there is an unusual amount of building activity geing on in Oshawa for this time of the year. It would. almost appear as if some of the prospective home-own- ers had a huneh that this would be a mild, open fall and early winter, since, 26 permits for new homes were "taken out during the month, and good progress has already been made on a number of these homes. Of particular interest is the new building project started on Beverly Street by N. Johansen and Sons, building contractors, who are build- ing ten houses on that street, while alongside them are two others being built by private individuals. On this page appears a picture of some of the houses now under construc- tion on the Johansen project, show- ing the modern type of construction that is being used. Development in very rapidly during the year which is now drawing to a close, and it has become a compact, well-built up | three Prairie provinces area of modern homes. The de- mand for such homes is still very keen, and so far as Oshawa is con- cerned, there is no sign that there : PENAL REFORM Edmonton, Dec. 4--(CP) -- The will urge the Dominion government to im- plement recommendations of Archambault report dealing with penal reform, the it was announced has been any reduction in the cost | Prigay night. One of the main re- of building them, although the costs | here continue to be lower than for |; the same type of houses in the To- { ronto 'area. prisons commendations is that the Domin- on government take control of all with the provinces retain- '| down, SIXTH DIVORCE this part of the city had gone on Reno, Nev., Dec, 4--(AP) -- The |i sixth wife of band leader Artie ing a sufficient number fot offen- ders against provincial statutes, pri- soners on remand and those Serve ng short sentences. Shaw divorced him Friday. She was Kathleen Winsor Herwig Shaw, 32, author of "Forever Amber." After a hearing of only four minutes, Judge A. J. Maestreti gave her a divorce on grounds of extreme mental cruelty. PLUMBING & .1EATING Installation and Repairs WM. SEVERS 512 Drew St. -- Phone 1739 ONTARIO HARDWOOD FLOOR SANDERS Reasonable! Old Floors Refinished! Laid e Sandeo TILE FLOORS Variety Colors a zs Phone 4128w13 or 723w2 The Fire King Furnace For new or replacement use work. Hundreds, in locally. FEATURE 8S: arc welded chamber. Heavy ribbed fire pot -- almost straight. Unique and efficient grate. one. designed cast - ge feed and ashpit pases with ground joints. Adaptable to coal or oil Supplied with cound or square casing. Ideal for forced air jobs ing. pe, GYPSUM LATH BELGIUM CEMENT McLAUGHLIN COAL & SUPPLIES LTD. 110 KING ST. W. PHONE 1246 _ Show First Sign |Of Coming Down "Canada's Noo 5 price structure 'is sagging, says Clive H. Chattoe in The Financial Post. = For 'the first time 'in the post level. of ;{And the trend 'has been noted by: .makers and users of wood, 'and: other building, furniture and packaging materials.) Bit lumber's downslip hasn't vob reached slump 'proportions. At this juncture it . présénts no critical problem for - producers and diss tributors, industry spokesmen tell The Financial Bost.. Higher -grades; 'lor "clears," they say, still sell fast :| at, or close to, 1947 prices. Lower-grade lumber, on the other hand, almost suddenly has piled up in unsold 'stocks at sawniills and in ing slowly, and at 85 'to $15 less per '| thousand board feet: than .it come manded three months ago. Ontario and' Quebec's "central region" low-grade lumber is least down -- about $5 a thousand board feet, against $10 in the Prairie re- gion, and $15 on the Pacific coast, industry officials say. Vancouver at the moment is cen- tre of Canada's biggest lumber price "scare." For the first time in two years, Britain has negotiated a contract to buy lumber from British Columbia--an order for 100 million board feet, worth $7 million. and to run from Jan. 1 to June 30, 1949. But B.C. lumber producers say theyre only moderately pleased-- they "don't think the order will make much difference"; had hoped Britain's 1949 call might run to double the figure now determined. British Columbia is reported nearing a position of overproduc- tion in lower grades of lumber. Britain now asks specifically that (a) higher grades or "clears" make up at least 807% of its B.C. contract, and (b) the balance be of "good" quality, B.C. already has a pressing market for Yclears" in United States as well as Canada, so the UK. deal won't greatly alter price and supply in the Pacific coast market, producers tell the Post. For lower B.C. grades, demand and prices are off sharply. Already the pinch is being felt in some marginal mils, especially in the in- terior of the province. Some opera- Mr. Builder ® Your business should be listed on this page. ® People read this page every week in order to keep posted on the "Whys. and Wheres" in building construc- tion. Home Appliances are now in demand. Phone 35 THE TIMES-GAZETTE Lumber Prices war period, the national average of lumber prices has moved local yards across Canada. It's sell: tions without kilns or planers, whose output 'has been mainly "green" lumber, recently have faced an increasingly difficult selling job. More than 20 smaller mills in. the B.C. interior have shut down since | summer. Living Costs Stop Rising Ottawa, Dec. 4 -- (CP) -- The consumer had his first good: news on prices in 21 months today. He learned the cost of living had stopped climbing after an uninter- rupted ascension' since January of 1947, However, there was no assurance that inflation was at an end, and government officials advised against buyers throwing their hats in the air. An October drop in food costs ac- counted wholly for the cost-of-liv- ing index having been stopped at Nov. 1, There was no assurance this drop was to continue. Other cost- of-living components were still on the way up. The Nov. 1 index as announced by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics stood at 159.6--Exactly the 'same as at Oct. 1. The base of 100 is the 1935-39 average. While checked in its rise, the in- dex was still far above last year. A year previous to Nov. 1, it had been 16 points lower. In the last pre- war month of August, 1939, it had been 58.3 points below the Nov. 1 figure. October decreases in the prices of meats and vegetables brought the indicator down at Nov. 1, over- balancing an increase in egg prices 1; to carry the general food price in- dex down from 205.4 at Oct. 1 to 204.7. This drop exactly matched in- creases in the other living cost components of home furnishings and services, clothing, fuel and light and miscellaneous. There was no change in the rent index, which is computed at quar- terly intervals. However, an in- crease in this factor may be expect- ed in the mext tabulation a month from now as the index reflects in- creases authorized by the govern- ment in October, Hardwood Flooring Floors Laid, Sanded ° and Finished! o Floor Sanders o Polishers TO RENT! Also Finishing Materials For Sale Phone 3744 3744-W-1 M. Leggette and air condition! Manufactured by Im Iron Corporation Ltd. St. Catharines. Sold and Installed by R. 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James Cruikshank, 23, of Ham- ilton, killed by a bullet through the head. His body was found Wed- nesday in a lonely hunting cabin eight miles south of here by a fel- low R.C.AF. officer. A coroner said Friday no inquest would be necessary. New York, Dec. 4--(AP)--S. 7. Woolf, 68, who combined his talents | as artist and writer to make him! an intimate ofmany world famous & SON Plastering And Repairs figures, died Thursday night. Most of his art and the pen portraits of the noted people he interviewed were done for the New York Times, but he also contributed to various magazines and was the author of several books including "A Short History of Art," "Drawn From Life," end "Here Am 1." 14 Inch Fir Pl {) ERNIE CAY LUMBE : Deepening or Digging Wells by the Foot or by the Hour. GIL-BURNER SALES & SERVICE 4 OAK ST., AJAX REPAIRS TO ALL KINDS The Robert Dixon Co. Ltd. 108 WALNUT ST. WHITBY 79 Highland Ave. Phone 38134 PHONE 262 313 Albert St. Oshawa PHONE 2256 Reduce Your Heating Costs! 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