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The Clinton News Record, 1931-08-27, Page 6Tug CGINTON*NEWS RECORD Details _ n New Tariff e o al r� � n Magazines sore Announced Ditty on Y.S.IPublications is to be Govereed by Space Taken 'UP With Advertising, ltei en- ue Department" Reiterates OTTAWA, Aug. 20—•Itgulations governing the application} of the• nets tariff duty cu' magazines and other publications, which become' effective Sept. 1, were issued by the Department of National Revenue. here today..These define the nature and content of a magazine, and set forth the requi einents which must. be fulfilled by 'foreign publishers before such can be imported into this country. The principal demand is that publishers of those maga- zines, subject to the zone rates Ce 'postage in their country tri: origin, such " rates being based on the annount of advertising matter con- tained in the pttbiication, 'shall fur • nish a serni-annualstatement to the department showing the aver- age percentage of total space devot- ed. to advertising. - •The;regulations fellow: 1. For' the purpose hereof period- • iced publications will not be classi- fied as magazines when they con- sist almost wholly of fictive and do not. contain " an amount' o£ Critical' • and descriptive articles, news items I or articles relative thereto, or to current topics equal to at least 25 per cent of the whole, apart from advertising matter; or when He regularly issued at stated intervals as frequently as at least four'tinies a year; and nothing herein shall be so construed as to admit to alas- sifieation for the purposes hereof as a magazine any publication designed priinarly for advertising purposes. Prepayment of Duty 2. On goods imported by mail du- ties payable under terms 188b and 184d shall be prepaid by customs revenue stamps under' the same regulations, . as far as they are appli- cable thereto, as are now provided for prepayment of duty under item 178a of the Customs Tariff. 3. In the ease of magazines re- ferred to in item 184b and 184c where the space devoted to adver- timements determines the tariff classification thereof, the publish- ers shall, on or before the first day of. September, 1931, and on or before the first day of May and Novem- ber in each year' thereafter, file or cause to be filed with the Commis- sioner of Customs, Ottawa, Canada a statement showing the average percentage of total space devoted to advertisements as contained in the issues of such magazines pub- lished during the six months' per. iod expiring on the thirty-first day of March and the thirty-first day of September prior thereto+ respective- ly. The average percentage for the period March to September will be accepted by collectors of national revenue for determination of the tariff classification for the period of six months following the thirtieth day of September next thereafter; and the average percentage for the period September. to March will be accepted by collectors of ` national revenue for determination of the tariff classification for the period of six months following . the thirty first day of March.neit thereafter; provided, in cases where publishers do not comply withthe above re- quirements each publisher shall at the earliest date possible file with the Commissioner of Customs, Ot- tawa, Canada, a copy of each issue. together with a statement contain- ing true information as to the per- centage ,of total space thereof de- o,ted to advertisement. In all cases of shipments on which duty is not prepaid by customs duty stamps, such statement of • percen- age of space devoted to advertise- nents shall also be supplied to the onsignee for information of the cot- eetor of national revenue,. at ,the tort of entry. Liable to Seizure Any act resulting in evasion tf luty properly payable- will render he goods liable to seizureand for eiture and each pasty concerned in wet. infraction 'af the law subject to penalties as provided by the Customs Acc. 4. Provided, however, that in re- spect of subscriptions bona fide con- tracted for and accepted on 'or be- fore 2nd June, 1931, the duties im- posed by items 184b and 1844 shall be held not to apply until the first day of April, 1982. Tariff items 184, 184b, 184c and 184d provide as follows: General Tariff: -184, Newspapers unbound, n.o.p., tailors', milliners and mantle -makers. fashion plates when imported in single copies in sheet form with , periodical trade journals; magazines published in other than the English or the French language . free. 184b. ' 'Magazines, including agri- cultural, business, technical arc' trade journals, unbound or paper- bound, which, by reason of theirad. vertising content, are subject in the country of .origin tit zone rates ef'; postage (based,, upon such advertising Content: (1) When the space devoted to ad- vertisements exceeds twenty . per centum but dogs not exceed' thirty per eentum of the total space -tiler' copy 2 cents. (2) When the space devoted to ad- vertisements exceeds thirty per con tum of the total; space—per. copy G''`' cents. `'?1'.M1'11 184c. Magazines in -which the ads vertising matter does not exceed twenty per centum. of the total space and mngazr",ns maintained by. ' and in theinterests of religious, ,educa Hotel, scientific philanthropic, agri- nitui'aI, labor or'fraternal 'brguiiiz time at associations not organi ed profit, and hone of they fret in- !' , ma' of which 'Mures- to the benefit of any private individual . . free.. Newspapers 'Affected 184d. Periodicals or portions of newspapers' consisting largely of fie tion, and, or feature stories er ;ar- ticles, and comic supplements, per pound, 15 cents: Provided, the the duty under this tariff item shall be not less thanper copy, 15 cents. Provided, that nothing in tariff: itenis,184, 184a, 184b; 154e, or 184d shall affect in any way the provis. ions of item 1201. of . Schedule 0 to the customs tariff. • Pr:oidded, further, that the Govern or -in -Council may make such regu- lations as are deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of tariff items 184, 184a, 1846 and 184d.. Provided, further, that the rate of duty .specified in tariff items 184b and 184d shall be effective en and after the first day of ' September, 1981, except as regards the por- tions of newspapers, including coni- is suplements, referred to in tariff item '184d, in respect of, which,'news- pawn's and er siipplemegtsthe rates of duty specified in said item shall become effective 'ugorn`proclamation by the Governs,'-iin-Couneil. Note: PubIieations primarily for advertising purposes are dutiable un- der tariff iter! 178 at 15 cents ,per pound, but not less than sp per cent. ad valorem, general tariff. COUNTY NEWS B+LYTH: The hontieultu -al Soc- ietyconducted a flower show and d tea in Memorial Hall Thursday even- ing. The display was exceptionally fine this year, especially the glad- ioli and rose sections. Visitors pre- sent from surrounding towns and cities clainrfed some of the specimens were superior to those on exhibit in much larger places. Cages con- taining singing birds . were also a- mong the flowers, The crohestra and several pianists provided de- lightful music during the tea hour. A splendid supper was served .which THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1931 was much enjoyed. .The Society with Mrs, Duncan McCallup as president,. has had a successful year. 'Mern a. ial 'park is a niece of beauty now, and thestreet corners and boulevards have been 'made beautiful with flow- ers and shrubs. The society is grate- ful to any one who eontrihnted flowers of helped in anyway to make the display a success. DUNGANNON; A. serious acci- dent hapepned to James Chisholm, junior, of Leeburn, who, when work- ing with his threshing machine on Friday afternoon on the farm of Wilbur Stewart, concession 10, Col- borne, had his arm caught in the blower belt and altncyst torn from the socket. The bones of the arm were broken- in . three places and the arin was also badly mangled. He was rushed to Alexander Marine and General Hospital, but very little could be done for him, and his Con - clition is considered quite serious, BLYTH: Word has been received by relatives here of the critical can- anion of Benjamin Lockhart, who underwent a critical operation in Tc,- ronto General Hospital on Wednes- day last. His daughters,: the Kisses Mary and Edith Lockhart, hate left for Toronto. Mrs. Lc cichart, . who was Mies Kate Cluff,, was a former Dungannon woman, being a deuce- ter of Mrs, Ellen. Cluff of Dungan- aon. EXETER,: News of the death of Harriet Verity, widow of the late George W. Southcott, which nceur- red at Port Keewadin, Muskoka, reached here Thursday. She was in her 76th year and ":spent the past year here with her sister, Mrs. R. E. Pickard, going to Muskoka six weeks ago. She had been ill about four months, and her death was not un- expected. She was a valued member of the United church. The ,deceased Woman ' was a daughter ,of the late Mr. 'and Mrs. R. H. Verity, who many years. ago, owned and operated the Verity Plow Works here, which subsequently joined with the Massey Harris Co. and moved to Brantford. Her husband, George Southeott, who also was a former Exeter man, died at !Grand Bend five years ago and, was interred in the Exeter cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Southcott spent most c t their lives in . Santa Monica, Cal., • until his health failed and they re.. turned. to Exeter spending their sun;- mers at their cottage at Grand Bend; The surviving members of her fam- ily are: Mis. R g. Pickard, Exeter; Mas. Fred Burnett, Toronto; Mrs. W. E. Gundy, Windsor; Mrs. W. A. Braun, New York; R. H. Verity - of Verity Foundry, Los` Angeles, '611.; W. J. Verity,. of the Verity Plow Works,, Brantford; C. F. 'Verity,. Brantford; P. E. Verity, Supt, of Verity Products, Europe, Paris, France. Her remains were brought here for interment, being laid to rest in the Exeter Cemetery beside those of her husband on Saturday. GODERICII: In, Police : court last week Magistrate C. A.' Reid sen- tenced three Blyth men to terms in the county jail for breaking and en- tering the Blyth O.N.R. station and. stealing a quantity of liquor on July 13th last. Norman Hamar was given three and' six months' terms, on the two charges, sentences to run concurrently. The same sentence was meted out to Joseph Haggett.' Both linen pleaded guilty. Albert en was found guilty, being an accom- plice .with. the other two, men.. EXETER: The coupe of IYr. 'Misner, of Crediton, which was stol- en in the early hours of : Sunday- week undayweek from in front of the doctor's office and which was presumably us- ed to remove the ,$300 worth of lea stolen from the general store of Charles Zwickerx was. Iodated in Oshawa and was sent back. The number plates were not removed, but when found the car was minus the spare wheel and tire. As evidence that the ear was used by, the thieves three pairs of socks were left in the • car as silent witnesses. - SEAFORTH: 1Mlalcolm Beaton has disposed of his butcher business to. 1Vir. Kelterbourne of Milverton. Mr. and bbrs. J. G. Mullen have returned' from spending a few weeks in the Maritilne provinces. Miss : Mary Mul=• drew is ill at present in the hospi tal, Miss Elizabeth Smith of Wirtni- peg, who spent a en'iple rat weeks With A D. Scott, .eft to ... _ . ends Whndso .Scott, • in Stratford. Miss Clare Buck of Bowen, who did not plead guilty, was r is visiting Miss Betty* sentenced to one month in jail. 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