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strong 'befiafiofiéd to slow up our campaign to ‘whomyouarepemnt.bedwselflztfor eonncnandonlysix.ltyouput"x’ :| beside seven or more namesâ€" your vote‘ d | is nvalid. Similarly, only three names \â€" ..| may be mdk:awd on the ballot for t flxeotherhmd you are not reâ€" «1nd the flwflwlmwmw for all six for council. print the: ‘follow~| 1f there are one, $wo, or thtee "ulurly wlfil to »insthepuflcuhrmenmsrebmk-; y | ing, for you deprive rival candidates ‘ atvobesbynoteonxplednztheballot. l o Themmyoum-keonthebanoc . idverylmportant Itmmtbeacrbui " _ in one form or ;noam ‘A â€" single _ _ "The operators may try this move â€" because they. falled to trick you. into â€" ; apcepting a contract without . any ;m increase . . . now they hope to .. get off as cheaply as possible. . ‘Such a wage. mmm would be the ‘« first â€" major victo â€" of. the. unionâ€" orâ€" \ ganizing dbive. The fact that it is even o on m enc s + ce 240 sooner the better," sui;t A represeAtaâ€" tive of Local 241. “It would be the best Christmas box the boys could pos- sibly get." | Hwever. the prospect of an increase appears to be regarded rather sourly in the international office of the union. Following are some‘ excerpts from the bulletin on the matter â€"issued by the International office â€" ((Messrs. Robinson, | Kennedy. â€" Wildman and Horowitz.) ' : Very strong rumors have been cirâ€" culating in the Porcupifie during the past week that a raise of 10 ‘cents per hour will be given employees in disâ€" trict mines in the very near future. â€"Not only has: this rumor reached such proportions that the international office of the IUMMBW has gone to the extent of issuing a bulletin conâ€" cerning the matter, but . considerable detaflastothepropmwcrease has been circulated through ‘the distrlct. oo c N se‘ When and if the increase comes into effect, it will be ‘retroact.ve till Deâ€" cember 1. It is said_that the raise may be announced before Christmas and may come in the form of a "Christmas box" to local miners. Reaction to the possibility of the raise is widely different in the two union factions in the camp. the f]‘ tbl‘k Mfle mt to trv thls new mamuw:e it will prove that still hope ‘they ‘can get away without A NY increase: “mmomber tOO. that the union has e o n t n ME S Anofthalzmdidatestorcouncfl peared atlsstnlsht’seiwummeet- ing at Harmony Hail. Karl Eyré, can> didate for the myoralty, was late due Esds _.3._‘â€"___ uL 4s mu on will r!umon. Ot course the woem such a raise. It has overdue. But it will not be "If. this is true, it is a fine thing. I certainly hope it happens and the arocepted | as a substitute for the full 2c or any of the other basic contract demands. Those demands still standâ€" -Anvmhrflmwmbe accented only as a ‘down payment‘ on what we intend to win through strong organization." uin sn o sfi e * it c ~ Harmony Boys â€" sharp tiff oecurred. last night at 1he elg:tion meeting at Harmony Hall bet «Councillor James P, Bartleâ€" man“ and candidate Les Banley Mr. Balley said that he was deterâ€" mined to take over Mr. Bartlieman‘s seat on council., ‘_Mr. Bonhomme also‘ attacked â€" the presence of Hollinger On town council when the new contract l en SCn ESm with Hollinger is made, He charged that the waterworks system had slipâ€" ped out of the town‘s hands in the first place in 1922 due .to the number of mine employees on council. When the waterworks problem was settled, the first need of the town was a filtration plant, Mr. Bonhomme declared. ~ ; After describing: a tallk concerning interest rates on which the town borâ€" rowed, which he said he had held with Mr \Bartleman a number of years ago, he stahgd that Mr. Bartleman had apâ€" mehed: him rccently with the sugâ€" ' _"n that he join a slate. with sevâ€" eral other candidates and spend $500 in advertising in the Advance. This he would not do, he said. 2s slates." $ ‘~Phen it is either his word or mine", Mr. Bailey announced to the hall. * "I certainly say that I mentioned advq'flsing in the Advance. for it‘s much better value for the money," but a slate. neover!". Mr. Bartleman reâ€" A strong attack at what he claimed was the manner in which the . water contract with Hollinger mine was bungled was made last night at Harâ€" mony Hall by J. Vincent Bonhomme, who is again in the race for council this year. . "I have no use whatever for sa "uviet uis y# A rwldent ,who arrived hera Iirs'h in1 19 x‘zmmmm“’saxd that . m his hion pas t coluhells: had: neg of the ‘nidst Anipottant bnas !éil'ic planhixig-â€"namékv, provmon 'fOr the4 erection of town buildings required to provide municipal services. . : : "Up. to. ‘the present time no. e‘ffort; has been made to acquire land cefitral- ‘ ly located for "the: obvious reâ€" quirements of the town‘s expansionn in the way of a new fire hall, garage and machine shop, public library, ‘ filâ€" tration plant or : medicall â€" aboratory." Mr. Quinn said. "In fact, past councils have taken the very opposite course and have allowed private citizens to purchase very valuable ~land â€" sites which could have been .bought. by the town at very reasongable cost: such as the old Ballâ€" Parkâ€" and Hockey Areng. ‘Moreover, they: have sold hundreds of lots at tax sales which have subseâ€" quently become very . valuable and ‘which if purchased at the proper time ‘by* the. town itself would have: solved all these problems " Mr.\iQuinn said. ~.He said that oneâ€"of the immediate oonsideratinn of the new councit would be a reasonable and. equitable settleâ€" ment of the dispute concerning water bd-ween Hollinger Mine and the town. "We have to sit down and reach an agreement which would protect the town‘s interest as well as be fair to ce io want to point out to the public ; ter," said Mr. Bartleman. "This should that I can‘t be too bad .a sort of felâ€" | have been reported .to council when it Jow, The staunchest supportera and | happened.. Have you any witnesses?". workers I have are the Me who‘| "Yes," replied Mr. Brunette, ‘"and I work for me,": he sa.id with ‘a grin. | don‘t care if we go to court. again . Over ‘‘They seemto havqoonndence in the th13 I want this dirty matter cleaned boss ‘and if I can keep them happy, I| up. ~ have been mayor or'rlmmmp:dt think I can do my share in keeping | seven years and I am raising a family the people in Tlmnflns happy here in Timmins. I don‘t wan anyâ€" 7 Mr. Quitn uefie,vds that. eve% éffort ,sl;auld be made to obtainâ€"a lagger and TAirer share of the Mines Profit Tax now being: collecbetl bg'hw govetnment /"The svirg*‘)'eceive ‘of this tax is. in m‘y Ophfion, . serious mjus- tice. / The true facts: in the cagse. must be" given "the" Widest publicity . with a view : to prevailing::upon,. the:> gwem- ment: toâ€" appbrtion :these:funds in equitable manner,‘‘ he declared. â€" Mr, Qudnn, who 1g. president elect of the Timmins mwams Club, is proâ€" prietor of a tmckjnx business and disâ€" tributor of petroleum products in the district.‘ He is : the employer of a conâ€" siderable amount of labor. '- _ fl,,when‘f - char_ges of ,attempt- by Mayor ,Brunette, council daded by a two, to one ‘yofe that all ‘parties concerned in the. suit, would ‘share . equally in the costs which: had been a-wrded Mr ‘Bannino . and that DÂ¥ members, of the 1045 for $w9 ,-.e To Pension Suit . 1945 :Council Must Pay Don‘t Let Death Take Your Holiday â€" Chief i8 fi;er ‘of prmoiblé a.nd tll‘ab no. eéffort"HHd been ‘made by him to avoid payment He said that‘ if he "had avoid paymént he: *do{ud t;ped ‘the ‘entiré law, suit in the % by stbopinig to accept offers which d‘been: made to him by persans inâ€" rested ‘in â€" selung land to the town purchases of land were about to be made for the erec¢tion of Wartime gistrate. and taking the floor of the council chamber, the mayor said: â€" <â€""A member of: this group came to me and said that, if I couldl get the town to buy 72 lots atâ€" 18 centsâ€"a foot, heâ€"wouldâ€"see that the suit was dropped. Of course I refused to have anyvthing to do with such a deal. The following day we made arrangements for other purchases. Then the day after this, the same member of this organization: met me on the street.~He said that they would cut the price to 15 cents a foot if we would take the lots and that. all he had to do was go down . to Mr. Bannino‘s office and the suit would be dropped. I said no." . ~‘"‘I know nothing about such mat- ter," said Mr. Bartleman "This should have been reported .to council when it happened.. Have you any wibnessea?" "Yes," replied Mr. Brtmette “and I don‘t care if we go to .court. again.over this I want this dirty matter cleaned up. "~ have been mayor of Tlmmmp for seven years and I am raising a family Don‘t let deatii take your holiday! .drunk drivers and on the families of ‘That is the message th‘s week fromthese victims. Chief of Police Albert Lepic, as the: "It is a very sad affair when a man, Christmas season with its plethora of a woman or a child is struck down at drinking and celebrations draws near. this season of the year, when happiâ€" “‘I’he drunk driver is the . greatest ness should be prevaillng sentiment menace on our streets todav. the chief with everyone," he stated. * said. ‘"This year our .department is He also warned pedestrians to watch showi‘ns no mercy whatever for those their step in the rush of Chrlstmas individuals who imagine they. can .shopping. drink and drive a car at the. same, "This is one time of the year where time, Any man who drinks and. drives .the old rule of stop, look and .listen is going to get what is coming to:him, before crossingâ€" the street really apâ€" as far as we are concerned." . . plies. Pedestrians must remember that said that the tragic part of holi« drivers caff.not stop as quickly when da aocidents was the needless sorrow bhe streets® ate coated with: ice and U tisery inflicted on . victims. . of snow," he sal‘hfi io Abandoning his chair of chief maâ€" Hollinger Reaffirm s Ojg Wa body pointing their finger at me and saying I tried to get: Away â€"with anyâ€" which caused a nineâ€"day wonder in the newspapers, hawled the town‘s aged employees out of their homes‘anid Timmins and ‘all persons concernigd considerable time, worry and money The _current dispute between Hollingér and the town of Timâ€" mins on town waterworks system was mentioned in. council again this week, when a létter was rEgeived . froi PXCA Finlay,) legal 1@ esenbatfié}'-_’o;@:tl}'e minte3 .. 3 "Thiss. a . terribly . oneâ€"sided letter," d Mr Ba.rtleman "All Hofiinéer? wants |is ‘everything.‘" 'Hoflmééf'? wants |is" evex‘ytlih’xg £ “‘We shonl have leff the whterâ€" works as it was ‘" gaid Mayor Brunâ€" ette. "It "was. a . mistake to" start the matter in the first6 place." fightfiil Owner aterworksâ€"System CÂ¥ dite WEA ht ce ie (Previously J V Bonhomme : made passing reference in his speech to "somebody. financing. someone â€" a firm of contractors I am told. Rest agâ€" sured that this firm of contractors will now get no business at the town while I am there.") "I would like to ask Mr. Ostrowskl A question,” the member of the: a.uciienne : said, ‘are these people paying the ex- nses of your group." FEvidently surprised at the tumi. of events, Mr, Ostrowsli rose to his feet . ‘ and paused momentarily. _ _« "T‘ll admit there is a group ot public . | spirited citizens backing us financialâ€" ly and morally," he sad. ‘"But pérsen a‘lly I am. payng all my own-“_l “~_ $100 on the. campa.lgm 'rhere ate mmew than fifty people backing. Ius.” ..would you mindita_f: gfie w*_.-;.a I couldn’t . remembér _ names of all flfity plie} . ; ‘ posaible to rememfl‘élif g e names. + "Then Will gfiea no the names â€" â€"of : 8.11 Of thb 50® ‘Yyou c * "é?u .‘_~,? * Mr, Oatrowiki peused RBkthle ) â€" "No, T can‘b say that I willi! g; | ..Volce from the centre. dt 1 h#; | "t think Mr. Ostrowski shov :who is putting up the mant ‘Ts> are domg it" in their own interest." - Positive charges which went unreâ€" futed directly that the "Slate for 48", a group ofâ€" six candidates for council, were gelnx financed in their clection campaigns ‘ by "large construction firm which hadn‘t liked the recent treatment it had received at the town hall with regard to contracts‘"‘ were made last night at Harmony Hall by Councillior J. P. Bartieman and J. V. Bonhomme. . ' Two representatives of "The Slate" 2. J. "Z2ig" Ostrowsklt and . Barney Quinn, stated flatly that they . were paying their own . advertising exâ€" penses, but they did not deny that the charges laid by Messrs Bartleman and Bonhomme were false. The four remaining members of the "Slate for 48"â€"Philip Fay, Fred Quesâ€" nel, Urbain Aubrey and Leslie® Bailey, sat in silence on the hall platform when, during. and after the charges were made. It all began when a membeé . audience rose during the question an;l answer period after the speeches of the candidates and that he had heard ‘"No, I wont” replled Mr Ofitro- weki. * Mr. Quinn rose "I am paying my own expenses entirely", he .said, deliberately and â€" with eonviction. ‘"But if 40‘ 01‘30 ‘people. are dixutlsfied with the way _ ‘the town.ball is run, they are qntitled to assist those whom they tbh;k can tun ‘it properly". . ‘Leo Lalonde spoke from thc buh ‘Of. the hall: "I think that this is setâ€" . l:il ‘a good precedent. But next year, businessmen : getting . toâ€" gether.it will be. workers. . I wouli like to: see the workers of: the do the same thing." - ‘Another voice form the [askedm Quinn would reveal â€" thei"names <of the persons backing the "Slate For 48". Construction Company and .......... Bus Line were financing the campaign of the "Slate for ‘48." CAl I’\rp got to say is that I‘m payâ€" ing own way", said Mr. Ostrowslkt: At this Mr. Bartleman rose td ibin the questioniug. "If‘I mention two names ~"tti You, will you tell me whether these names are among those acking you"" Mr. Bartleman asked. _ R by ant "I don‘t consider it my business to give their names".Mr. Quinn replied. "And I repeat that as far as I am concerned I am Winmy own u- peoses entirely," * se tCt