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o r Ti _ How Support Family? _ Irate W omen Enguire Hament for Cochrane South andâ€"reâ€" cent delegate to the United Nations gonference, came out a distinct second best on Tuesday morning this week in an encounter with 25 local houseâ€" wives in the lobby of the Empire hotel. After what: the housewives termed "belng given the runaround" for ‘sevâ€" éral days, the grayâ€"headed MP. agreed to méeet them on their own ‘ground in‘ a discussion conceming the cost of living. - . Several gem.s passed from the MP.‘s lips. Viz: When asked how a parent was â€" to support a family at today‘s cost: of tiving, he said: "It is not a probâ€" lem I am acauainted w.th. No doubt most of you are mothers, but I hap- fpen. unxormnatelx to be a tachelor." Quoting a recent editorial in the Financial Post, he said the only soâ€" lution to today‘s problm was "Hard *work, hope and prayer."‘ s "Why don‘t some of you try Dpr, L. B. ?e ‘s budget?" he suggested. . . Ppett is the budget chief â€"of the :Eealt.h Department tit [Ottawa. He recently . proposed a budget of $16.36 a week to support a famlly of five. 1)r Petl‘s proposals were howled down Leader of the housewives was Mrs. Ray Stevenson, wife of the Labor Prcâ€" gressive organizer in North Ontario. Mr. Bradette not on‘y astounded the 25 ladies who interviewed him Tues~ day. but he also managed to .astound the . Advance reporter who ‘listened in on the parley, and the Advance reporter is definitely not a Commumsb Dr. Pett‘s p r.fii in United States," the M. P. M eimother point. "Here one can tA reshurant. get a get ak 1for Ql Whi 4 éih‘ Btates T ‘had, to pay $4.25 for d‘h same thing.. So you see, there is some price control after all. t 9k w Bradel:be made this remark in answer â€"to the protest of a mother of 11 children. ‘The impother.did, not state when the last timne was she and her famuy ate Tâ€"bone steak. ~ When Mrs. Stevenson urged that the excess profits be reimposed in view of the skyrocketing profits teâ€" corded by business in 1947 and pubâ€" by Mr. Coldwell in a speech in the House, Mr. Bradette said. "Mr. Colwell had no business in making these figures public. However if these people made exhorbitant proâ€" fits they. sholuld be prosecuted." Proposals put forward to Mr. Braâ€" dette by the housewives, who call themâ€" selves the Consumers League of 'rim mins were (1) price controls on al essential consumer‘s goods (2) prices Kiwan‘s club took the form of a Barns mâ€"wnwnmmam Day. Until last Saturday it was. exâ€" pected that the guest speaker would be Jos. A. Bradette, M.P.. but it was learned that Mr. Bradette could not reach here in time for the. luncheon. Onthhflmm‘wtflxpm- | ‘,~'~butitpfiwed unusually successful and: enjoyable. Kiwanian G. N. Ross acted as chairâ€" man for the prograamnme, his happy Scottish wit making him the ideal } AdmpofSoowhwasgivw even to me community singing, the songs given. mmumodasledhymmhn Dom\l’ Joseph A. Bradette, rgem}?er of _ parâ€" the W gelections by Piper Jack Arnot. : mm:mlectmplewd Road to the Isles" with special fervour. Kiwanis would not consider a Burns r women across Canada. "You‘re not as bad off here as Monday‘s luncheon of the Timmins Magistrate Atkinson Displays, Some Ire ‘_Every now and then ‘n lecal police court, Magistrate S. Atkinson displays a flash cof ire. This happened this week when a lkcal housewife charged her br.ckâ€"layer husband with nonâ€" support. â€" _ The woman said her husband wouldâ€" n‘t work; the man said. that he was employed on the construction of the new Legion hall and when he didn‘t work it was because nobody worked <n the job due to the weather. The woman said he sometimes got behind with the grocery bills. He proâ€" duced the bills and sa‘d that everyâ€" thing was paid to date. â€"The woman said tha.t. qhe had had to 'bbain Frewogd from her mother. The that ‘he had gone to her moiher to pay for the wood but the mother had refused to accept his money. _ returned to the dovels of _January, 1946 (3)subsidies on feods such as bread, butter, es and milk (4)] removal of > gales tax and excise taxes (§) Teâ€"imposition of excess proâ€" As the woman left the witness stand on ‘dismirsal of the charge, she made faces at her ‘husband‘s back as ‘he left "What is going on here?" burst fircm the magistrate. "Your mother wouldn‘t accept money for the wood? Ths case is so much rubbish!" the rcom. " Mrs. Stetvenson said that the govern, nrnt . wilt, end its: fiscal. year ‘with :a surplus of $500,000,000 ‘‘and argued that this meney: should be applied to subsidies to essential commodities. ‘‘The meeting endcd with a touch of amity, Mr. Bradette stating that he would see what could be done about the of. Nogrthern housewives but warning that it would take time as he had 135,000 consiituents to l0ok after The ladies said they would watch and see what happened. One Tocal youth wa§ fined $20 and costs on a charge of disorderly.conâ€" duct when he appeared beforeâ€"Magâ€" istrate S. Atkinson in police court this week. A waiter at the Grand Hotel stated that the youth had perâ€" sisted in attempting to gain entry to the ladies side of the beverage room, although he was not escorted by a feâ€" male. very interest.ng and‘ thoughtful adâ€" dress on Burns and his poetry, lightâ€" ening the address with Scottish humour. He termed Robert Burns as "the poet of denwcracy s of ‘liberty, and of huâ€" manity," and he ably proved his case by apt quotations from the pcems of ~President Barney Qu in called speâ€" clal attention to the Kiwanis meetâ€" ing next week. It will be a joint meetâ€" ing of the Tinunins and South Porcuâ€" pne Kiwanis clubs. It will be held in the Mclntyre, commencing sharp at neth P. Greenaway, of Gueliph, it will mark the 53rg birthday of Kiwanis mtematioml ‘and the 2th anniverâ€" sary of the" grantirg of the charter 7 pm.. While primarily to welcome the visit of Kiwanis Governor Kenâ€" It will be a lndies‘ sight, ~as Mrs. Greenaway is accompanying the Kiâ€" wanis Governor cn his tour. A joint committee of thse Timmins and South Porcupine clubs has arrangements well under way. and. Ufe event is one that LIKES LADIES‘ SIDE The 24 volunteer members of the South <Porcupine . Fire Brigade are walking arqund.town with. their chests sticking \ogt x'fi;élr. twhng tg'el, South End ‘boys;in blue‘"Rave a reason to be‘ proud; ‘for ; this small Porcupine community,; without a fullâ€"time fireâ€" man on‘ its payroll, scored the re=â€" markable record of standing cignth in the Dominionâ€"wide Fire Prevention Week contest of last Fall, in which a grand total of 605 Canadian cities and towns took part. For South End F tremen s Only municipalities leading South Porcupfne in toe contest were Ottawa, Hull, Brantford, Sherbrooke, ~St. Josâ€" eph d‘Alma, Kitchener and Valley- ‘field. ‘ South End was the only fire departâ€" ment in Canada not employing fuliâ€" time, professional firemen which came eiven remotely near the top of the list. â€"It was one of 15 towns and cities in Canada whxco obtained a grade of 90 percent or more. _ â€"Other _ Northern â€" â€" municipalities whxch won merit awards in the conâ€" test were Timmins and Kapuskasing. Timmins stood 16th, while Kap was 25th. Both were bracketed in the 80 to 89 percent grade. eS e o o2 22 #e®q e c _ oR * _ > g* _ __iA1L *"*You can bet we‘re pretty proud," Fire Chief Bill Farren of South End told the Advance. "It is unusual for a small community such as ours to obtain such a position,. But all the boys worked hard and I think we earned our place." He said the department had reâ€" ceived rongratulatory wires from both the Dominion Fire Commissioner and the Ontario Fire Marshal. a‘ member of the brigade since 1926 and served overseas with the Canadâ€" ian Corps of Firefighters during the The â€"volunteers of South End briâ€" gade went all out during Fire Preâ€" vention Week to drive home tothe public the necessity of guarding aâ€" gainst firé. One outstanding part of their effort was the inspection of The brigade gave fire prevention demâ€" every home in town for fire hazards. onstrationo and lectures in the schools. It rented the Legion Hall to show fire prevention films.. It ran a conâ€" #est on fire prevention in the schools and donated prizes for winners. It ‘used every avaiable publicity medium Chief Farren has headed South Porâ€" cupine fire brigade since the wellâ€" known Max Smith died. has been Hey! That‘s Our Livelihood You‘re Playing With! get the lesson of fire prevention Teenâ€"agers Receiveâ€" 4-m0nth Sentfllée Ronald Noble a,n Sex‘ge Bei‘(flinfl } 18-year-old local youths, were: senâ€" tenced to four ‘months definite and six months indefinite in reformwwry, when they a,pp;ared for sentence beâ€" fore Magxstrate S. Atkinson on counts of robbery with viélence ‘against a fellow miner at Aunor. The youths beat up the older man and removed $6 from his pockets. They had been convicted last week and remanded for sentence till this week. "It. is very hard to tell what to do with boys like you,"* said the magisâ€" trate, "You are not criminals and I don‘t~like to put you. where you are likely to becomeâ€"them . .. But you gave this man a beating and it was a bad beating." What was the "dirty remark" which Joe Lieberman, local barrister, is alâ€" leged to have made to Walter Finkelâ€" man, local businessman, after he bargâ€" ed into Finkelman‘s upstairs office in his garage on Pine Street S. and ‘slapped down a Supreme â€"Court writ on Finkleman‘s ‘desk? Did Mr. Licberâ€" man actually make this "dirtyâ€"remark abcut a woman," and, if he did, why couldn‘t Walter Finkleman remember the remark whern he appeared before Magistrate S. Atkinson in police court here Tuesday? The 21 (below zero temperature which wraps the Porcupine in a freezâ€" ing embrace today is expected to conâ€" tinue till Saturday. â€" Mr, Platus case eolhpud like a house of cards. ~â€" Magistrate Atkimon lmpoaed a fine Ldwyer, Garageman Engage In Court Battle More DP‘s For Holly ; Last Group to Arrive Before Spring Breakâ€"up Miss Kelly, convenor of the Parent Education section of the Timmins Adâ€" ult Education Group, reported tg the executive meeting on Friday last that a course in parent education had been started in connection with one of the socienes of the United Church, and was proving popular and valuable. The course deals with all phrases of parental and should prove of great interest and importance to ~â€"parents, especially thosc m the younger group. l As convenor of the drama sectiopn, Mrs. J. A. Theriault gave an interâ€" estihg report to the. executive on the progress made.. Committées were acâ€" =ct1ve19 at wbx‘k ‘anid there wbtfld be at Aleast:‘ seven drama groups from Timâ€" ‘mins entered in the drama festival to, ‘be held here in the third week of Febâ€" ruary. In addition, it was expected that South Porcupine, Iroquois -Ffils, ‘Kapuskasing and Cochrane, and maybe some other ‘centzes> would, be represented. Adult Educationists Stress Child‘s Care The next meeting of the executive of the Timmins Adult . Education Group will te held in R. E. Sturgeqp § office in the municipal building on Wednesday of next weeek, Jan. 28th, atâ€"3 p.m. . Attention is given to the physical, mental and moral care of the child, featuring the considered findings of experienced and expert specialists. Mrs. Theriault thought that there might be groups at the smaller mining céntres who would like to enter the drama festival here, and she would be very pleased to welcome them. Any such groups should ‘get in touch with Mrs. Theriault, at once. Any other societies orâ€"groups who have maferial for: dramatic work would do well to get in touch with Mrs. Theriault. There is accommodation in the préesâ€" ent clasSes for some more, and . other: classes will be opened as the demand requires Societies, or other. groups, or‘ individuals, interested, shquld. get in touch with Miss Kelly, the convenor. determined to serve his writ, stayed: on ~the premises and meanwhile Harry Freeland, who also wished to see Mr. Finkelman, entered the building. What happened then is not exactly clear. Mtr. Martin testified in court that Mr. Liebermar had said, ‘"What‘s the hold up? Has he got a woman in there, Has he got a bed in there? Is he asleep?" ; On the other hand, Mr. Freeland told the court that he himself had made some remarks about a "blonde" being in the office and that Mr? Lieâ€" berman had not mentioned a woman at all. , In the meantime, through an interâ€" ofliee communicafion system, Mr. Finâ€" kleman could hear every remark said in the outer office and deffence attorâ€" ney Platus intimated to theâ€"court that remarks of this nature were sufficient to irritate any man. Presently Mr. Lieberman asked aâ€" gain to see Mr. Finkelman and was told again that he was busy.. Nothing daunted, the lawyer had yanked open the office door and walked in. Final shipment of D.P.‘s for work at Hullinger Consolidated Gold Mine arrived here Monday evenâ€" ing. They were 12 in number. Hollinger cfficials s‘ated that th‘s group would be the last of the D.P.‘s to arrive at the mine till present production problems due to the curtailment of @lectrigq pcower were solved. , This means that no more DP.‘s will arrive at Hcllinger till after the Spring breakâ€"up. Hollinger Tax More. _ Than Town‘s Cost With the publication this week of figuresâ€" outlining the amount of taxes Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines has paid. to the Dominion and Proâ€" vincial governments since the incepâ€" tion of the mine and with a breakâ€" down of taxes paid during the period between 1938 and 1946, three different factors of vital mterest to the North become â€"evident. (1) That the town of Timmins and other mining municipalities: of . this district receive a truly infinitesmal amount of the money paid in taxes by the mines. (2) That if the tax burden were substantialy ° reduced, â€" local â€"mines could pay considerably higher wages. (3) That for the amount of tax revenue taken from the mines, the North as a whole receives a ~disproâ€" portionately small return in ‘public works. " ' Figures of what the other 15 proâ€" duding mines of the Porcupine pay annually are not available, but on a basis. of :compatative. output,, many According to the figures released this week, Hollinger has paid in taxes up. to theâ€"end of 1946 a grandâ€" total of more than $24,000.000. During the eightâ€" year period. between 1938 and 1946 $his .mine handed.pver.to the Doms basis of ;con}_?qtftiye:':. output, . :many mofte frriilli'énb. of dollm‘s‘;; léeave this district eatch yeat. _ . ' Last year, the town, of Timmins, which supplics vital services to Holâ€" linger and its employees, received only $22,000 in taxes from the mine in conâ€" trast to the stupendous amount ‘paid to the Dominiom and Provincial~gevermâ€" ments. The town was also thrown a sop in the form of a $22,000 bonus from the provincial_government, but this money came from a pool of tax money collected from all mines in the province. inion and Provincial governments the sum. of 813 500, 000, or considerably more than one and a half million dolâ€" lars a year. _ _ 1 Hollinger alone pays considerably more in taxgs per year than it reâ€" quires to operate the town of 'l.m- mins for a year. : Mine officials say that if the tax burden were: substantially reduced boosts in pay would certainly become feasible. They state that a reduction in taxes would substantially contriâ€" bute to, the increase in production the Mr. Platus in «cross examination, "What were you as a barrister doing serving a writ yourself? It was this man‘s private office and you were told twice not to go in. You were trespassing. You simply forced your way in." "I didn‘t force my way in, "Mr. Lieberman replied. "I knew he was in the office all the time. I wanted to serve the writ." 6 there i_n_ihé first pl%:e?" demanded job. He said, that Mr. had made another lunge at ‘him near the stairs and, that "fortunately" ~Mr. Freeland had jumped between them. When Mr. Freeland took the stand he verified this evidence Both Freeland â€" and Martin tesufied that no actual blows had been stmck by either party. Mr. Finkelman took the stand to| asked <~the crown, ‘"You must hiavée testuythttbehadmd voices over knownâ€" 16. Hehuamevom” "Wcfl.bctflkfilot ; Inmmfumwmma: BY> DON DELAPLANTE > 1Editor, The Advance )perate A Year Two Timmins Men Qualify After Ski School Grind Dominion is attempting to foster by roundabout methods of subsidy. â€" (In Australia, taxes of every deâ€" scription have been reémoved from gold mines to enable that country to compete in the "race for gold". _A reâ€" markable increase in production has resulted.) After a sixâ€"day grind in which they spent most hours of the day on, skis. two Timmins men qualified last week as authorized amateur instructors of the Canadian Ski Association at the Canadian â€" Travelling Ski School at Huntsville. The two men were Jules Baderskl and Dave Rose.. Also studying at: the school . and completing the strenuous ecurse were Lee Murray and Rhea Mc Neil of Timmins. It is a selfâ€"@vident fact that the Dominion and Provincial governments are milkingâ€"the mines without glvlng a proportionate return to North Ontâ€" ario in public works. ~All roads North of. North Bay mre in second class or worse shape, while the Transâ€"Canada worse shape, while the Transâ€"Canada ighway whtem 18* the "tfansâ€"continâ€" The subject of" mine taxation was broached again in Toronto this: waek at the annual meeting ot ih n _ Municipal Association. wiflt Karl Eyre repr’esenting‘:[‘ nm W. S. Bepton of Sud'bum, vho reâ€" iterated the familiar aEguments a bigger share of mine tax for Northem municlpauties "Just what the outcome of the petiâ€" tion will be cannot be predicted, but it is expected that no radical change in tax division will be made., _ ental artery for this district has been branded during the past. year by Amâ€" erican tourists as the worst road on the continent. ) > The North is a goose which lays a golden egg for both the province and the Dominion. Up to the present neither has shown inclination to proâ€" vide this goose with sufficient food to sustain it properly. If conditions for the municipalities, the mines them- selves, the men who work in them and the general public are to improve, at least a part of the tremendous sum which is taken from the mines in taxation must be put back into this country. "No, but if I had wanted to I could easily have done «it," replied the g@râ€" ageman with a grin. bout a woman and I lost my tamper," the garageman said, "I grabbeéd hold of him and pushed nim out of my efâ€" fice and across the other office and told him to get out. I told â€"him there were bailiffs who made their living at the kind of job he was. doing." "Did you try to throw him down the stairs?" asked Crown Attorney SBam Caldbick. "I don‘t just remember, but it was a dirty one about a woman." . ‘"What was the. remark. thit made you lose: your temper?" “Surely you renmw that remark if it is the one that made you lose your temper. You remembered the remarks made in the outer office." But Mr. Finkelman couldn‘t recau the remark, despite insistence from Magistrate Atkinson, too, that he must remember it, if it was actually made. "Didn‘t you recognize ‘ Mr. Liseberâ€" man‘s voice over the ‘loudspeaker?" asked the crown, "You must hive