HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-10-31, Page 9Report from
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By Murray Gaunt ,•M P.P.
Allan McCall aL
koffe ring servkt
Preshyterfnl
day evening wh ey
:g was glieS SPea!
tifc Donald, nurse,
oodstock nospiki
nd at the homeot
and Mrs. Alvin
as of the t.j.c.k
'ch attended ills
ervice on wed.
in the Brusse4
when Mrs.
showed pictures
:ndia and she told
living conditions
Ividso
to UC
The dispersai saie oiModern-
crest Holsteins, owned by Wit
liam Gerrits, Clinton, totalled
$92,195.00 for 130 head, an aver-
, age of $'709.10.. The purebred
portion of the herd, numbering
101 head, sold for $74;630.00 or
an average of $738.91.
Top price of the day was
.$2,000,00 paid by Gino Da Re,
Downsview, for Moderncrest Re-
tainer Jean. Born September,
:1969, she has a record at three
years of age of 17,354 lbs. milk,
(1,878 kgs.) testing 3.19% or 554
lbs. fat (251 lgs.) in 329 days.
she was sired by Divident Clippe r
;:and her dam is rated Good Plus
'tor type with a record at twelve
years of age of 18,888 lbs. milk
(8,575 kgs.) testing 3.61% for 681
fat (309 kgs.) in 314 days.
Other high sales included
$1,850.00 paid by VVhitecairn
ispersal sale brings
ood prices in Clinton
Farm, Woodstock, fOr a,milking
female; $1,500.00 paid by Lionel
Jacques, Lennoxville, Que., for a
bred heifer; $1,400.00 paid by
Rene Ruel, waterville, Que., for
a bred heifer, and $1,400.00 paid
by Pless Hodges, Dob§on, North
Carolina, for a bred heifer. Ken
M. Howatt, Blyth, Ont., paid
$1,500.00 for a milking female.
A total of seventeen animals
rang up four4igure sales. Buy-
ers from United States, England
and Barbados were represented.
at the sale.
The following is a report of
the purebred averages: 46 milk-
ing females averaged $844.00; 21
bred heifers. averaged $871.90; 21
open yearlings averaged $484.05;
13 heifer calves averaged $526.54
and one baby sold for $475.00.
.enson, president
,s. U.C.W. wet;
ladies fromsis.
I neighboring*,
nkoff ering
evening octobeg‘
parlour.
las chaired the.
ens is ted of Bible
ers and hymns,
Betty Campbell,
arah Stephenson
stcheon, ac ont.,
Bryans, pianist;
aple of numbers,'
ay introduced the
ane Davidson of •
had lived in ndli
Mrs. Davidson
and in a capable
often amusing
tted on the work
ier involvement
eople.
vented with a gift '
:hanked by Barb
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As many as 40,000 vehicles
issued certifiOates of mechani
cal fitness last year could be
unsafe because they were never
checked by Mechanics, .Trans-
portation Minister Gordon Carton
told the Legislature this week.
In answering a question by
Opposition Leader Robert Nixon,
Mr. Carton said he was planning
legislation to reduce the number
of fraudulent certificates and the
black marketing of thesecertifi-
cates for a direct charge.
Mr. carton said be hopes to
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have the. Bill require all garages,
car deale,rships, and mechanics
allowed to perform the tests be
given a Ministry licence, which
could be revoked for issuing a
fraudulent certificate.
Jack McNie, Minister of
Colleges and Universities indi-
eaten that there will be a total
of 138,245 students enrolled in
Provincially assisted degree
granting institutions as of the
1st December this year, an ex-
cess of 3% over the '133,330
registered last year. He said
he I s pleased to see the figures.
levelling out. .
Ontario Hydro does not have
a policy of building ,generating
plants to provide electricity for
export, but does have a policy
of maintaining a reserve and
thiS reserve may be exported.
Hydro's generating reserve is
approximately 22% More than
actual power needs. Darcy
• Mckeongh, Ontario's Energy
Minister, said he. didn't See any-!'
thing wrong with exporting this
power.
Ontario Hydro has an applii-
, cation to export 'power- to the U.S.
befoit the National Energy Board
at the moment. Hydro has said
that if they are not allowed to do
so the uA, may retaliate bypre,
Venting coal shipments t o this
country. . P UNCH LINE
OF THE WEEK
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• Norma Riley, Winthrop, holds her German Shepherd while Dr. Stan Alkemade Administers a
.rabies shot. The annual rabies clinic, held at the Seaforth arena under the auspices of the
Department of AgricultUre, Health of Animals Branch, was well attended.
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