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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-04-05, Page 3THE LEGISLATURE WEEK BY WEEK THURSDAY, MARCH 22ND— Attorney-General Price announced ; that Ontario will adopt silicosis as a compensatible disease under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Any silicotic (a diseased condition due to working in the mines) suffering from one of the three stages of the disease -—ante-primary, primary, or second­ ary— will be entitled to payment, pro­ vided that his total service in the mines of the province is not less than fl.ve years, ^■Ontario is the first province or state on the North ^American Continent to place silicosis 'among the compensat- ible diseases. Six bills were given third reading, and ten passed Committee of the House. Aurelien Belanger’s (Liberal, Russell) bill to amend the Theatres and Cinematographs Act was one of four given second reading. Hon. Geo, S. Henry, Acting Leader of the Gov­ ernment in the absence of Premier Ferguson, had no opposition to state. While the measure might require some “dressing up” in committee, the Government, he said, approved of its principle- FRIDAY, MARCH 23RD— The Legislature authorized the Gov­ ernment to negotiate a $50,600,pOOloan with which to meet its financial obli­ gations for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1927, It will be applied to depart­ mental administration and to matur­ ing bonds, and represents an increase of $10,000,060 over the loan author­ ized last session. There will be no special committee of the Legislature appointed at the present session to travel throughout the province during the recess to fmake a survey of the fish and game •situation. MONDAY, MARCH 26TH— Main estimates for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1929, Mind amounting to $38,639,318,' were tabled. This amount is approximately $6,000,000 less than the estimate for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1928, as tabled during last year's session of House. BY DEPARTMENTS, By departments the “1929” mates are as follows: Lieutenant-Governor's Office, 056; Primb Minister’s Department, $8,335,600; Legislation, $384,575; At­ torney-General’s Department, $2,061,- 415; Insurance Department, $49,625; Education Department, $7,900,189; Lands and Forests Department, $2,- 547, 450; Northern Development De­ partment, $499,725; Mines Depart­ ment, $360,600; Game and Fisheries Department, $527,825; Public Works Department, $1,262,165; Highways Department, $562,339; Health De­ partment, $686,450; Labor Depart­ ment, $2,675,705; Provincial Treasur­ er’s Department, $619,950; Provincial ■L Auditor’s Office, $98,725; Provincial ^"Secretary's Department, $,829,540; Agriculture Department, $2,608,390; Miscellaneous, $623,000- Chief reason foi” the falling off in this session’s vote can be found in the Hydro estimates. These, as voted a year ago, were more than $15,000,000, The total vote for 1929 is but $8,252,- 000. Of this last amount the Niagara ^•system is represented by $5,750,000, $1,000,060 of which goes to the Niag­ ara Falls- St. Thomas line, and $750,- 600 for rural extension. For the Geor­ gian Bay system" the estimate of $635,000; Ottawa-St. Lawrence sys­ tem, $375,000; Thunder Bay, $325,- 000; Central Ontario, $620,000; Nip- issing, $437,000; Algoma, $10,000. EDUCATION ESTIMATES. Education Department estimates contain a vote of $2,100,000 for grants to rural, public, and separate schools; $100,000 for consolidated schools; $55,000 for summer schools. One hundred and thirty thousand 6ix hundred dollars is voted for Eng­ lish-French training schools, as com­ pared with $143,600 of a year ago- Tho University of Toronto grant is set at $166,900, and Western Uni­ versity, $300,000. Estimates for the Dept, of,High­ ways show a slight increase. For 1929 they are $575,614, whereas for 1928 they were set at $562,339. LESS FOR HEALTH. Dept, of Health shows a falling off in requirement, the sum for 1929 be­ ing $686,450, as against $573,600 for last /year. Dept, of Labor shows a slight increase with a vote of $2,675,- 705 being asked. Provincial Treasur­ er’s Dept- is down below its 1928 mark. Six hundred and nineteen thousand nine hundred and fifty dol­ lars will be voted this session, where $663,450 was voted a year ago. Total vote of tho Provincial Secre­ tary’s Dept, is $6,829,540 for 1929, as . compared with $7,068,191 for 1928. The Agriculture Dept, vote is placed at $2,620,490—practically the same figure as brought down a year ago. A new sub-section to the Liquor Control Act proides Stiff penalties for those who consume or obtain for bev-> erage purpose patent medicines or essences of alcoholic content, and an­ other item in the tightening-up pro­ cess is to the effect that an offence committed by any occupant of a house shall disqualify the residence for one year us a place where liquor may legally be kept. Section 80, providing that liquor must be kept in the bottle In which it was purchased is amended to provide that the Government label must re­ main on the receptacle until the liquor is consumed. Hon. William Finlayson obtained first reading for the annual malgama- ’lion of amendments to too Munlclnal the esti- $6,- Act, and Premier Ferguson introduc­ ed the School Law Amendment Act, 1928. E. Proulx (Prescott) introduced his bill providing for exemption from vaccination of conscientious objectors, and removing the compulsory feature ip relation to vaccination upon en­ trance to schools and colleges. Premier Ferguson obtained first reading for a bill “To Make Provision • for the University of Western On­ tario, As vigorous as ever in their criti­ cism of Premier Ferguson’s Township School Boards Bill, Opposition mem­ bers bombarded the Government with protests when the revised measure' came up in the House for second reading. For two hours the debate swung back and forward. Finally the Prime Minister, who had started the argument, adjourned it to continue it. The new east block was formally opened with due ceremony at night. TUESDAY, MARCH 27TH— The Government and Legislature, are hopeful that there will be no pri-' vate bills next year arising out of, church union controversies. The dayj was taken up considering and adopt-' ing the report of the Private Bills Committee on the five bills remaining, I settling the troubles arising out ‘of church union- Several private and local bills received attention and were passed. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28TH— A request that the Ontario Govern­ ment proclaim an Act passed by the Drury Government in 1922 making provision for co-operative banking in the Province of Ontario, was made during the consideration of -the esti­ mates for the year by A. Belanger (Lib., Russell). Wllat were known as co-operative banks were doing busi­ ness today in the province, and were materially aiding the farmer by giv- [ ing him loans which he would npt have been able to get otherwise, There were some seven or eight, be ’ believed, at present in existence in the province, while in Quebec they were numerous. “They are operating without char- • ter,” the Attorney-General suggested. “Yes,” Mr. Belanger replied; “they • are operating in a very unsatisfac- i tory planner under the name of triis- • tees.” The matter will be inquired • into. Estimates passed for the Insurance Dept, totalled $49,625; for the Dept, of Mines, $860,060; for the Dept, of Game and Fisheries, $527,825—a to­ tal for the day of $8,778,580. THURSDAY, MARCH 29TH— With the traditional form and cere­ mony concluding the passage of the annual Finance bill, the Legislature at night approved the expenditure of $38,639,318 on the affairs of the province for the fiscal year of 1929. Films displayed in Ontario picture theatres are to be stamped in a way that will indicate whether or not they are considered suitable for children. The plan will be worked out under regulations of the Pi'ovincial Treas­ urer’s Dept,, and not by statute. Premier Ferguson gave this in­ formation in asking withdrawal of a bill sponsored by A. Belanger, Rus­ sell, which would have prohibited at­ tendance of-juveniles, whether in com­ pany of their parents or not, at the­ atres displaying films not passed by the Board as fit for children. The bill had another clause which wopld have raised the age limit for unaccompan­ ied children from 15 to 16, and J. A. Pinard, in Mr- Belanger’s absence, urged that this be enacted,"but the Prime Minister thought that it was not worth while putting into legisla­ tion. FRIDAY, MARCH 30TH— THE LAST DAY. The second session of Ontario’s Seventeenth Legislature closed, amid the usual bombardment of papers from the Press Gallery. The'session was dull. Last year there was the Liquor Control Act to scrap over. This year there was no contentious legis­ lation of such dimensions, although the thrice ill-starred Hawkers and Peddlers Dill caused a lot of heated argument before the Private Bills Committee, even if it got no distance at all in the House proper. PROVIDED FIREWORKS. One of the main features of the session was Liberal Leader Sinclair’s “wandering ballots” revelation, which eventually had to be taken out of the hands of the Privileges and Elections Committee, " because of partisan play in the ranks of that body, and trans­ ferred to a Royal Commission for a solution. While this inquiry undoubt­ edly provided tho most fireworks of tile ’ session, Premier Ferguson’s an­ nouncement of Sir Joseph Flav^lle’s acceptance of the chairmanship of the Research Foundation which the Pixx- vinCo will establish, in conjunction with Ontario manufacturing interests, carried with it, perhaps, more actual importance than anything else during the sitting. Considerable legislation with far- reaching effects went through, stich as Attorney-General Price’s Security Fraud's Prevention Act, and its com­ panion measures, an act to amend the Companies Act and the Companies Information Act} Hon. Lincoln Goldie’s Hospital Act amendment, and Premier Ferguson’s Research Founda­ tion and Training of Apprentices Acts. Sportsmen have some satisfaction In knowing that, after biological stu­ dies now being undertaken by the De­ partment of Game and Fisheries are Old Soldiers Will Ask Why the Salute? In West Africa i CERIMONIAL WHEN KING MEET S KING»-—<■ hE «^aeZ/rtheguard of honor at T,acW“Paniea His Majesty King George in the inspection of the smart- or nonoi at tictoim Station, Lo ndon. The Eastern Potentate appears to be saluting the camera. completed, action will be taken to con­ serve the game and fish- . Other features of the session, were EMPIRE SHOPPING WEEK Provincial Treasurer Monteith's an­ nouncement of a. balanced Budget and' a surplus of $359,060 for the-fiscal year ended, and the forecast of an­ other surplus for the current year; the Government’s express intention of strengthening “movie” censorship re­ flations; the House’s emphatic re­ jection of the principle of “be*er-by-! k>f the Government s policy to conduct. think first of Great Britain, Canada mulSa^vokir^uatwn.befoiVor-'Australia, India, South Africa and t y t 88 Prions scheme; New Zealand. Unfamiliar places with Promptness with which the curious names, seen only once or twice Government authorized a Royal Com-1 perhaps over a period of years escape mission j'nmnrv info the r L 7. 1V? .. Plans All Laid and all Classes Behind Drive to Boost ''Empire Contained" Business Flood Cost 100,000 Acres On Los Angeles -Put to Rubber City Assumes Big Task of Re* habilitating Santa Clara ! Valley | Ix>s Angeles—Having acknowledged through Mayor George Cryer its “mor­ al responsibility” for the fatalities and loss of property la the St. Francis flora collapse, the city of Los Angeles has assumed the task of making re­ stitution to the valley, > The Mayor, who spoke in behalf of (he municipality at a conference of ' city councilmen and other officials, did 1 not say to what length the -city would go In restoring the valley, but the Los ; Angeles Chamber of Commerce an- , nounced It would propose to the- coua- , cil a rehabilitation pro-gram, based j on an estimate of $1,060,000 property ( damage. This is at least $4,000,000 , below the lowest estimate of the dam­ age, j; The number of persons left without. ho-mea, food or clothing stood at 763,1 with relief organizations taking care of that number. Official figures from Ventura County showed 273 homes in the Santa Clans River Valley alone had been wiped out, In addition to numberless small homes in the groves immediately below the dam. Hun­ dreds of acres of orange and lemon groves were burled under the silt, > - — , - . - _.The plan of the Chamber of Com- pJanted, and, according to Mr. Fire- merce for rehabilitation calls for $1,- si°ne> toe first trees will bear within 000,060 being made Immediately. available in the City Council for re- construction; a commission of Los Angeles business men to direct the • __project, and division of the work into 5ong' .tOT?s T¥S Js appro l" thr« ot orcWd and farm regions, rebuilding of busi- industrial and residence prop- i Firestone Development in 1 Liberia Begins as First ^Units Are Planted * *. «i Now York.—The Firestone Planta­ tions Company has laid, out two 50,- 000-aere plantations as the first finite of the crude rubber development in Liberia, according to word which has just been received here from Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., vice-president of the company. Mr. Firestone is at present in Li­ beria, where he is inspecting the prop­ erties of the company, which is a sub­ sidiary of the Firestone Tire & Rub­ ber Company. The company has leas­ ed 1,660,000 acres from the Liberian Government and contemplates an ex­ penditure of $100,000,060 in its de­ velopment. IMPORTANT MOVE- The activities of the Firestone Co, and of Henry Ford are regarded as important movements in the new ef­ forts being made by American manu­ facturers to develop their own crude rubber supply. Th© Firestone development in Li­ beria was undertaken late in 1925, Last year 15,000 acres had been I The potential production of the ' completed Firestone project is esti­ mated at between 150,600 and 200,000 I BUY BRITISH The vastness and unity of the Brit­ ish Empire are two things difficult for the average person to realize. In mission inquiry into the Hollinger Mine disaster. News for Hunters general notice. Yet these also forpf stout links in the great chain of Em­ pire. They are all sharing in Empire Shopping Week in Canada, April 21st to 28th, for the Executive Committee of Empire Shopping Week have seen Here’s when and where you may go' to it—that every part of the British in Ontario for your deer this fall: I Empire is invited to participate in 1. In $he district south of the the great effort. French and Mattawa Rivers—Nov. 5| OTHER AIMS AND PURPOSES, to Nov. 2'0,both days inclusive. L——j —D ........ v. 2. In tho district north of the Empire Shopping Week in Canada is French River and south'of the Can- stimulate the purchase and sale of adian Pacific Railway, from North aia^!Ta-U^aC^UraS ia Bay to Heron Bay on Lake Superior " "" —Nov. 1 to Nov- 25. of OthrCanaZnVacm7Rrilw>^m and showcards for retailers are being North Bay to Heron Bay and south ^4,°?^' of the north line of the Canadian Na- "T , tional Railways, with the exception of, ^cognized principle m Empire Shop- that section from Heron Baj, to the, French Riven—Oct. 20 to Nov. 25. 4. North of the north line of the Canadian National Railways—-Sept. 15 to Nov. 25. 5. St- Joseph’s Island—Nov. 10 to Nov. 25. sumed by the United States last year. ne<ss. industrial and residence prop-! HUGE FORD PROJECT, erty and relief of flood sufferers. I The Ford project i3 even less ad- The work or repairing the highway; vanced than the Firestone operations, and railroad throughout the valley.is under way. The Ford concessions, recently obtain­ ed from the Brazilian Government, covers approximately 3,766,000 acres. It lies 675 miles inland from Para and is said to contain some of the most adaptable land for rubber production in South America- Under the contract with the Bra­ zilian^ Government, at least 3,060 acres will be planted within the next four years. play contests, pa fades of decorated floats, fancy chess balls, and many other special features. Empire Shoppings Weeks are not a novelty. They have been tried with great success in other parte of the Empire, notably In Australia, British West Indies, and in Great Britain. Imports from foreign countries into Canada rose since 1914 from $298,- 060,000 to $800,000,000 in 1927—62 per cent, increase in the last five years —thus constituting an excellent im-(. . _ mediate reason for considering the Great Lakes ports, including Chicago, present movement opportune. [Milwaukee, Buffalo, and Michigan Ths Advisory Council of Empire cities, are to be placed in operation Shopping Week in Canada holds beginning May 1 by the American strongly to the view—that the type of Shipping Co. of New York, according civilization and its promise of de-4 to announcement here, velopment as shown in countries of | The freighters will be of type suit- F TiA 1F1C! L wn vs i __-it* FV» n F n vt /.Da Fzv F ««-* <« .s-atX* I-L « 1* [ adans desire to encourage for the sake1 canals and the St. Lawrence River, of the present and the future genera-! They will be able to carry approxl- tions. All this, it is conceived, is in-[ mately 2,060 tons of freight to the timately bound up with the economic inland ports and nearly double” this and business side of affars—that play tonnage on the return trip after clear- so great a part in the daily lives of ing the fresh waterways. Refriger­ ator service will be provided- - The proposed sailing schedule calls for boats in and out of tip various Great Lakes ports at least once a week, it is explained. When business so warrants the service "’will be ex- Lakes to Sea Service May 1 Ocean Freighter3 to Run Between Chicago and West Indies Milwaukee, Wis.—Ocean freighters, plying between the West Indies and India to Push Foreign Trade Briefly stated, one mam purpose of the British Empire—is one that Can- able to travel through the Great Lakes mnirft ShAnniniy WapIc in Cn'nnna 4a 4-v. j _ m. t______ -r»?__ Canada. An ample press coverage on inspirational and economic lines is ’3.UFromWtheV Mattawa River north' bei^ arranged and window streamers Produced in ‘Canada is Produced in the Empire. It is a so many Canadian citizens.Get behind the movement—buy British goods. % Peg Leg Cracked, City Sued Seattle.—Alleging that a street sprinklei* operated by the city sprayed water all over him and caused his peg leg to crack, D. Rastelli has filed a $165 claim for damages with the City Council­ * - This may go down as the year of the great war—between low-priced cars. ___ j country in which the Week is held should be favored first—then the pro­ ducts of other parts of the Empire- It rests, therefore, with individual Can­ adian producers and manufacturers and producers and manufacturers in other parts of the Empire .to create for themselves—with the willing help of many local organizations, the best retail and advertising link-up they can—with the general educational and publicity campaign of the Em­ pire Shopping Week in Canada. The Executive Committee and local com­ mittees welcome ideas and suggestions by which the Committee can co-oper­ ate with individual advertisers. In other places where "Weeks” have been held, local committees have successfully carried on window dis- Long Flights London Dally Telegraph With the coming of spring and better weather conditions there will inevita­ bly be a recrudescence of attempts by courageous men and women to make very long fights, and it cannot be too strongly emphasized that, in the best' interests of air travel, those who are j inclined to risk their lives needlessly for the sake of notoriety should be forcibly restrained from attempting journeys which there is little or no chance of bringing to a successful Is­ sue. An incalculable amount of dam­ age to the cause of aviation was done last season by a few men and women who insisted, In the face of all expert advice, on throwing their Uvea away to satisfy an explicable personal caprice. (Cons.):so warrants the service will be tended to South American ports. Premier Denies Press Report 600 Swans Killed in “Ride” Over Niagara Falls j? y/ ? -■ I/ W4 HUNDREDS OF OTHERS INJURE D AND RESCUED According to the latest estimate at least 600 wild swans were killed and hundreds of others Injured when they were swept over the Horseshoe falls recently. The birds had alighted above the falls and all efforts to frighten them were in vain. Several hundred were rescued by William “Red Hill and other rlvqpne , ga wardens and officers of the Victoria Park Commission. The injured birds are being cared for by the commission until they can be sent to Jack Miner’s sanatorium at Kingsville.-A carload of bodies was taken from the rive . Hundreds of spectators lined the Canadian boulevard to watch the rescue efforts. While there they witnessed another tragedy when a large flock of these strange birds became bewildered and flew into the drawing shows the wild swans battling tho torrents on the brink of the falls. Those who failed in their strug­ gle for life were swept over the fails _backwards* Ottawa.—-‘The Canadian Premier,' W. L. Mackenzie King, denied in the j House of Commons the accuracy of j reports that Canada had threatened to discontinue negotiations with the' United States on the St. Lawrence waterways project unless several de­ mands are met. The reports, printed in the Toronto Globe, purported to be a summary of the last Canadian note. Tho newspaper account said that Canada had demanded discussion of the desirability of lowering the tariff on certain Canadian products, includ­ ing wheat and livestock, the waiving by the United States of all claim to! the exportation of power obtained from the St. Lawrence project, and settlement of the Chicago water di­ version controversy, as prior requi­ sites to the resumption of negotia­ tions- TRY TO BLOW Uh SHIP THREE TIMES IN VAIN London.—The third attempt by a moving picture company to blow up the schooner Amy in the English Channel to complete its film story of Britain’s famous “Q Ships,” which laid traps for tho German submarines, failed recently because, according to seafaring men, she is either haunted or has a charmed life. The senmen said that it was un­ lucky to remove her old figurehead of a woman clasping a bunch of flowers, now on view in a Weymouth hotel. “No vessel ever sunk without her figurehead,” said an old salt. The Amy was towed to midchannel accompanied by naval vessels. The Officers placed a charge in the epot where it was convenient to sink her, but trouble hogan when the electric leads between the Amy and the tug parted twice. Tho schooner’s decks and salts were then soaked with kerosene, flares wore laid and the crew abandoned her, but still sh6 refused to burn. A submar­ ine afterwards cruised around the schooner to make sure that tho fires were out- The demolition drew was ordered to return but refused and the movie company had to tow her back to Portland. She is still there, lying defiantly at anchor* ’ > Commissioners May Be Sent Out to Develop Markets in All Countries Bombay.—The appointment of trade commissioners or commercial ‘ attaches in colonies of the British Empire and in the countries of Eur­ ope and America in order to develop Indian trade and commerce with these countries was favorably reported upon in the Council of State, in its ■ session at Delhi. I Sir Phiroze Sethpa declared that 1 even in the field of curios Japan had beaten India because India did not send out anything new. Considering the class of people who produced those articles it was the duty of Gov­ ernment to point out to them the de­ fects and explain to them what was wanted by the importing countries. I If they had trade commissioners to ! guide their dealers there would no [ doubt be a large and growing trade, I even in their curios and handicrafts. The speaker said Canada establish­ ed its commercial intelligence service in 1606. Since then there had been an increase of 540 per cent, in Can­ ada's exports and of 360 per cent, in "imports. Sir Phiroze Sethna requested the Government to send out men to such countries as Canada, South Africa, Australia, the United States, and Germany and by degrees to other countries and to throw open the new 1 posts in the first instance to Indians, Sir Geoffrey Corbett, Secretary of the Dept, of Commerce, expressed the acceptance of the resolution on behalf of the Government. He expatiated on the need of participating in exhibi­ tions under the auspices of the Em­ pire Marketing Board and expressed gratification that the proposal to ’ make the Indian Trade Commissioner­ ship permanent had been approved' by the Finance Committee of the Legis­ lative Assembly. Income Tax London Evening Standard (IiA Cons.): Mr. Churchill said not only that he had not the money for an In­ come-tax reduction, but also that he would not use it for that purpose if he had. . . There does seem to be in> piled In this opinion that lncomo-tax now stands at a normal levek and to ,110 longer an excessive burden which it should be a first care of the Gov­ ernment to relieve. That is really < sinister intimation. For It -cannot b< too often repeated that he effects <4 Oppressva direct taxation are not con­ fined o tho relatively small class from which the money is actually raided* They permeate the whole of ou-r na* tional economy, and adversely hflteot the national well-being nt every tuna,-- ....... “Plugging la” a few years ago usual­ ly referred to working hard, but now* ad ays it usually carries the thought ot relief from much bawl wotK We must not Judge of * merits by his great quaUllos, but fey too use ho makes of toom^-ritA iftochefoacauld.