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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 17, ;873 -.—PAGE 3
Jack Riddell, Huron MPP
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17, 1948
-A 's1!atement by Health
ublic is sufficiently Minister, Richard Potter,
at the tax increase, revealed figures which substan-
nt action against one tiated his prediction that the
etailers demonstrates monthly cost of the Ontario
of the Government
licat on of Health Insurance plan would
in the app stabilize in the $40 to $45
ales tax retroactively. million range. The plan cost
tial Treasurer, John Ontario taxpayers $39.12
d intended that a bill million last August and $42.08
ng the 2% increase in million in September. Dr. Pot -
tax would be passed ter `'said the overall cost of
1 but the legislation ()HIP for the 1972-73 fiscal
led in second reading year would be about $540.85
apposition debates. The million. His' figures also
noµ, receiving third showed that 379 doctors made
with lengthy , more than $10,000 during
ons and proposed August, and 402'made in excess
ents by opposition of this amount in September.
all of which is futile Premier Davis refused to an-
overnrnent feels it has ewer questions about his
he creditability it can associations with Gerhard
lose by withdrawing Moog when asked by liberal
tax. In a statement member Eddie Sargent whether
o the Legislature, he was a guest of Mr. Moog in
e Minister Allan Florida in 1971 or any other
n said. the opposition time, and whether any of Mr.
ere quite accurate in Moog's companies had built or
at the present retails repaired the Davis cottage.
is basically 5% rather Premier Davis told the
7% which Ontario legislature that his private life
have been collecting
was his own business but
y 1, but he suggested Sargent retaliated by saying
collection of the retail that when hundreds of millions
at 7`>i is in keeping of dollars of contracts are in -
precedent which volved, (Moog's Canada
es the practice of Square Corporation is presently
taxes prior to the building a new head "office for
nt of enabling Ontario Hydro having 'been
n. Mr. Grossman has awarded a $44 million contract
cused by opposition
s f intimidating on a proposal basis). Mr. Davis'
by tel •' them to take association with Mr. Moog did
names a addresses matter to the people of Ontario.
refusing, to pay the Mr. Davis intimated that he
at it can be collected never let personal friendships
if terfere with his judgments as
leader, Stephen a public servant.
s said the tax increase The Ontario Legislature's
select committee, instructed to
sting tax illegally im
n his` statement, Mr. look into circumstances
said retailers them -surrounding the granting of a
ould collect the tax-, contract to Canada Square
use it is in their own Corporation Limited to build
Debate on the tax bill new head offices for Ontario
led to continue in the Hydro; held its first meeting
re this week although headed by John MacBeth (P.C.,
it> of collecting a tax York . West). The committee
islation is passed is quickly agreed on its counsel
g challenged' and fur- and decided to seek permission
ate might be con-
to meet while the full House is
mproper while action sitting. The counsel will be
e collection of the 7% Richard E. Shibley, senior part-
fore the courts. Such ner in the Toronto law firm of
was initiated by' Shibley, Righton and McCut
Smith after an official cheon, Proposals by James
Eaton Co. Ltd store : _Renwick .:1.D.P., Riverdale)
sell him merchandise and James Bulbrook (L. Sar -
paid the 7 sales" nia) to have all witnesses
hould be a very in- called on Speaker's warrants
case. The House were granted. However, their
lIv does not debate requests to have T.V. cameras
that are' before the and tape recorders permitted at
the committee hearings were
y -General Dalton denied by the Conservative
s introduced amend- members of the committee on
. the Law Society Act , the basis that the normal Han-
sard reporting system was
adequate. -
Ontario Labour Minister,
Fern Guindon, made the
statement in the House that he
intends to increase benefits
paid to injured workers by the
Workmen's , Compensation
Board. He plans to introduce
amendments to the Workmen's
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receive the interest on
mixed trust accounts.
ndation will use the
or legal aid, legal
legal research, and
ries. The bill proposes
ast 75 per cent of,the
to legal aid. These
n now be used for
urposes instead of Compensation Act which will
irely to private banks increase the minimum monthly
companies, payment for . permanent total
and 'partial disability and for
widows' pensions from $175 to
$250. The ceiling on earnings
on which benefits are based
will be raised from $9,000 a
year to $10,000. The increases
will cost about $12.4 million a
year or about 7.8 per cent over
the present costa. Money to pay
compensation benefits is levied
from employers. The totally
disabled, widows and children
will receive the major benefits
from the increases, as well as
those workmen who are tem-
porarily deprived of their usual
income from 'employment. The
minimum rate for temporary
total disability will also be
raised from $40 to $55. The
amendments will raise the
dependent widows' pension
minimum from $175 a month
to $250 and the minimum mon-
thly benefit to orphan children
will be raised from $70 to $80.
Allowances for funerals will be
raised from $400 to $500.
Premier William Davis an-
nounced a major reduction in
freight rates for Northern On-
tario. The freight rate structure
in Northern Ontario is most
inequitable and in riiany cases
the freight rates are plainly
unreasonable, thereby restric-
ting the domestic and export
markets for Northern Ontario
goods. The proposed reduction
on selected rates will average
about 18 per cent into and out
of the area served by the Nor-
thland Transportation Com-
mission. These reductions will
apply to selected inbound con-
sumer goods and manufac-
turing components and out-
bound manufactured products,
but will not be applied to ship-
ments of resource material.
Towards the end of,the week
Natural Resources Minister,
Leo Bernier, faced stiff
questioning in the Legislature
about the mercury pollution in
the Wabigoon and English
River systems in the northwest.
A governmental task force has
found that mercury levels in
the rivers' fish represent a
serious health hazard. In ad-
dition, the pollution which has
wiped out the commercial
fishery and damaged tourist
operations, has had significant.
role in the social deterioration.
of the Indian bands. Mr. Ber-
nier's advisory committee wilt
not be dealing with. mercury
pollution, but will discuss such
things as -the use of Crown
land, timber limits, hunting
seasons and the management of
wildlife, forest and m°ieral
resources. Mr. Bernier ` ta-s
asked if the - Angol-Canadian
Company which caused the
pollution shouldn't be pursued
legally to make some payment.
Mr. Bernier repeated the
Government's position that the
test case is its suit against Dow
Chemical of Canada Limited,
responsible for _ mercury
pollution in the St. Clair River
system.
Claude Bennett, Minister of
Industry and Tourism, told op-
position leader, Robert Nixon,
BY ASHLEY TOWNE
On Thursday, July 16, 1903,
the Goderich SIGNAL
heralded a new addition to the
weekly paper. Non -subscribers
were urged . -to do so—being
promised the remainder of 1903
for a mere 35c. Words such as,
"The story, were it published in
book form, would probably sell
at $1.25. Subscribe at once, and
get,ethe benefit of this offer", r
attempted to augment paper
sales.
The cause of all this ex-
citement was a story, to be
unravelled at the rate of one
chapter per week, which was to
first appearin the July 23rd
edition. "This delightfully
fascinating story will appear
next week in THE SIGNAL.
Don't fail to : read it." 2
The story was entitled "THE
MYSTERY OF GRASLOV",
under the authorship of Ashley
Towne. It takes place in the
wilds of Siberia where an
American, James Gordon, is oc-
cupied with the construction of
the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The main characters are Fran-
ces Gordon, the engineer's
daughter and secretary; Prince
Neserlov, a "powerful and un-
scrupulous Russian" r who is in
love with Frances; Jack Den-
ton, a bridge engineer and an
American who is also in love
with Frances; Vladimir
Paulpoff, an extremely strong,
young Russian blacksmith who
is, of course, another victim of
Frances' charm and beauty;
Olga, "a Russian princess who
has devoted her life to un-.
veiling the mystery of
Graslov" 4; and " Tansky, the
Superintendent of Police.
The story is cleverly told in
such a manner that should in-
spire a feeling of suspense as
well as an inducement to "read
on". The plot is fairly simple
and easy to follow. There' is a
great deal of excitement and in-
trigue and ends with the
mystery of Graslov being solved
which means Vladimir
Paulpoff, the Herculean
blacksmith, being unveiled as a
"long -lost, presumed -dead
Russian prince. At the con-
clusion of the serial, the lovely
and dynamic Frances Gordon is
in the arms of Jack Denton, the
brave American bridge -builder
and one is left to presume their
eternal happiness.
The pace of the story is quite
quick, the author wasting no
time on description and subtle
character development. It is '
somewhat melodramatic,
although it is very intriguing. -
At timeA, it is "overdone";
however, I am certain it was
not meant to be a great literary
work—it is merely an in-
teresting story—an older ver-
sion of the "soap -operas" upon
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that he will soon be raising
substantially the current
$75,000 limit on Government
loans to tourist camp operators.
Operators hurt by the mercury
pollution in the English
Wabigoon system, could use the
loans to relocate. Currently
their clients can only fish for
fun on the polluted waters. Mr.
Bernier's department is
discussing with the Indians af-
fected ways to put them in
touch with new sources of fish.
The Natural Resources
Ministry will ,cut roads to
nearby unpolluted lakes so the
Indian bands can fish thorn.
which the idle people of today
thrive. As far as literary con-
tent and value can be
examined, The MYSTERY OF
(,RASLOV is definitely
lacking. It is, however, worthy
of, exafninhtion for its presen-
tation of the. prevalent ideas of
the early twentieth century,
and the evidence of "the in-
fluence of the times".
The most important of the
above-mentioned influences is
the building of the Trans-
Siberian Railway in the story.
During the latter nineteenth
century, people were overcome
by the necessity and increasing
importance of railways. This
idea was especially prevalent in
Canada, where the country was
so immense—there was a
definite need for linkage of the
provinces --both for transpor-
tation and communication. In a
speech about the railway, it is
said that, "It ,'gave them a
speedy,entrance into a region of
their domain the crossing of
which had formerly occupied
months and involved much
hardship'.', This had been a
replica of the great problem
which Canada had faced just a
short time before. The railway
was of utmost importance to
the growth of their country and
the Canadians, at this - time,
were fully aware of this impor-
tance. With reference to James
Gordon, the American
engineer, it is stated that he
"was to take charge of the im-
portant part of putting through
the railway that was destined
to revolutionize the trade and
commerce of the world
The ideas expressed- by and
about Frances Gordon give, the
reader a clear. indication of the
ideals and values which were
prevalent at this time. It is
stated of this young lady, "She
is a real,' whole, healthy
woman. She doesn't smoke
cigarettes, gamble at cards and
race after titles and wealth."
It was not until the 1920's that
the restrictions on women were
somewhat slackened. At the
time of the appearance of this
story, it was obviously not un-
ckath for - a woman to smoke,
gamble or to marry a man for
his wealth, rather than for love.
Frances' father, James Gor-
don, is quite aware of this fact
as he is certain of his
daughter's wholesomeness for
he says to one of her enchanted
suitors, the rich and powerful
Prince Neserlov, "unless she
loves you, your case is
hopeless"." Sometimes there is
even a definite suggestion of
some puritan ethics—"The
threatening lips, the touch of
which would mean pollution,
were near her. own."`' There is
0 great emphasis on the
morality of the men also, and
kindness • rather than
aggressiveness is stressed. Jan-
sky, the Superintendent of
Police, is described' as "am-
bitious t_ o rise, and was of that
mental and physical calibre
that makes a man successful
when he bends all his energies,
regardless of all scruples, to the
attainment of his goal." Hi
Vladimir Paulpoff, however, is
hailed as a hero and described
as a man "who never refused a
request if ,he could help a
human being" I1
Throughout the story, there
is a ,great deal of }American
propaganda. It is stated either
as a "building -up" of the
United States or as a
"knockingdown" of the Soviet
Union. Most of the 'statements
are obviously propaganda, and
are in fact often too blatant to
be effective. Perhaps this is
because people of our modern
day, especially Canadians, are
somewhat accustomed to con-
stant attempts by the U.S. to
build-up its image,in our eyes.
Perhaps the citizens -of 1903
would not realize the
propaganda and if such a case
were tro,e, it would probably be
quite effective.
At one point during the story,
Frances Gordon thanks Jack
Denton, the brave American
bridge -builder for saving her
life, As it were, and tie replies
"Never mind thanking. me. I
merely did what any other
American would have
done..." 1. And when Frances
states later on that the man she
loved "must be patient .and
must not use his :strength
against the weak", she is an-
swered, "You must look outside
of Russia". 1 r At another time,
the princess Olga says, "Our
nobles have too much wealth
and our lower classes have too
little opportunity to ri3e. It is
not so in England, France or
4'Anrerica." 14
There is a great deal of
criticism of Russian justice,
along with adequate im-
plications that God is on the
Second in a new series
multitudes of technological ad-
vances—but in essence
Canadians are still being
"brainwashed" by American
propaganda—subtle or other-
wise. In fact, they've bean
telling us for over a century
that we are fortunate to live
beside such a liberated,
democratic, Christian country,
and that evil is the basis of
communism. Unfortunately, we
are beginning to believe it....
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
side of the' Americans and an
innocent man can never be
found guilty; by a jury. During
the story, the Paulpoff family
are "framed" by Prince
Neserlov and sent to Siberia,
although they are completely
innocent of any crime. "The
word of a prince a governor
was not to be doubted. There
was no trial, no hearing,
nothing but a report to the
minister of justice at St. Peter-
sburg. -15 "Frances swayed a
little. She had studied Russian
customs and Russian justice
and shuddered as she realized
the horrible torture in store for
this simple work people who
had never, she felt convinced,
harboured an evil thought
against any man." l'
Things really haven't
changed much since 1903 --cer-
tainly there have been
1 THE SIGNAL,
1903 (page 6)
2 THE SIGNAL,
1903 (page 6)
3 Ibid
4 Ibid
5 THE SIGNAL,
1903 (page 6)
6 Ibid
7 Ibid
8 Ibid
9 THE ,SIGNAL,
1903 (page 6)
10 THE SIGNAL,
1903 (page 6)
11 Ibid
12' THE SIGNAL,
1903 (page 6)
13 THE SIGNAL,
1903 (page 6)
14 THE SIGNAL,
3, 1903 (page 6)
15 THE SIGNAL,
30, 1903 (page 6
16 Ibid.
July 16,1
July 23,
August 6,
July 30,
August 27,
October 1,
September
September
Murray Gaunt questions
high school drug scene
Murray Gaunt, the member
of Provincial Parliament from
Huron -Bruce questioned the
Minister of Education, Thomas
Wells concerning the incidence
of drugs in the schools of On-
tario elementary schools as
well as secondary' schools.
The full report of that con-
•frontation is printed as follows:_
Mr. M. Gaunt (Huron -
Bruce): Mr. Speaker, I have a
question of the Minister of
Education.
In view of the reports of
recurring incidents of use of
drugs -in the high .schools, and
even in the public schools, what
is the minister doing now -to
correct this situation and what
does he- intend to do in the
future about it? What plans
does he have to cape with this
problem?
Mr. Roy: He'll study it. He' 11
give the standard answer.
An hon. member: He'll ap-
point a task force. esx
Mrs. Campbell: -Hell just do
nothing.
Hon. Mr. Wells: That's all
the members opposite ever do.
Mr. Speaker, the health
education -programme has a
component concerned with
drug education and education
on the use of alcohol which, I
am sure my friend is aware, is
really the major number one
problem today—
Mr. Reid: In schools?
Hon. Mr. Wells: In schools
and elsewhere.
Mr. Reid: I didn't think it
was a major- problem in
schools.
Hon. Mr. Wells: -If one reads
the rcperts of the Addiction
Research Foundation, the num-
ber one drug problem in this
country today is alcoholism. I
think that we have to he aware
of. that; and it certainly is part,
of the health education
programmes used in most
schools across this province.
Mr. Speaker: A Supplemen-
tary?
Mr. Reid; A supplementary—
Mr. Gaunt: A supplementary,
Mr. Speaker •
—
Mr. Speaker: We will allow
one supplementary. The time
has nearly expired; I don't
think we should spend too
much time on any cine question.
The member for Huron
Bruce can ask one question. •
Mr. -Gatunt; Since the use of
drugs apparently has increased
since the minister started this
particular programme, does he
have any other programmes in
mind in order to cope with this
situation?
Hon. Mr. Wells: Well, of
course, Mr. Speaker, it's that
kind of irresponsible statement
not based on fact, that inflames
this situation.
Mr. Gaunt. It is based on
fact! Let the minister tell me
his facts.
Hon. Mr. Wells: If my hon.
friend"can somehow show that
the use of drugs has increased
in the past few years in schools,
let him put it out on the table.
Mr. Gaunt: It has—and the
minister knows it.
Hon. Mr. Wells: But read the
kind of reports that the Addic-
tion Research Foundation is
putting out. As I told him, the
latest reports say ..that alcohol
is the major problem—
Mr. Reid: That's drug!
Hon. Mr. Wells: I think we
have put a lot of attention •
toward that, and the schools
are doing just that—
Mr: Roy: But drugs are in:
creasing.
Hon. Mr._ Wells: =-but to
make a statement that the use
of drugs has increased in the
last few years without
documenting it is irresponsihl'.
Mr. Gaunt: Well, it has!
Mr.' Reid: Where has the
minister been!
Hon. Mr. Welts: Read the.
speeches I made on this subject.
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responsible 'for some of the
know-how displayed by GDCI
athletes, including Tim McGee.
It is perhaps unfortunate,
though, that GDCI does not
provide just a little more in the
way of track and field for those
iriterested. It has been
suggested thatan all GDCI
track and field competition
followed by a Huron County
meet should go before the
Huron Perth track 'and field
event .... if' for no other reason
than to expose more students to
track and field and give those
who eventually do .-make the
track team more time to get ilr
shape for the season.
There are other side benefits,
too, of course. One of them
might be the building of school
spirit, a trethendous asset when
one is looking for award win-
ners in any avenue of school
life.
it might be something to cdn-
aider for another year by the
GDCI physical education staff.
In the eantime,
e hgratulati6ns tor -a supreme
effort by all.
With rain and slippery pavement conditions Friday night
seemed like a most likely evening for motor vehicle accidents
but weather does not always seem to,be the underlying fac-
tor in traffic mishaps police say. Friday there were throe
crashes In all. This mishap occurred on Victoria Streit, at -
the'Intersection of .Wolfe. Constable Larry Webb conducts
the Investigation. (staff photo)