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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1939-04-20, Page 3Pae:iamerta y Doings Wait Onearto'a Le :Waters, Spring, hates UN' Mein "Hero we are all fresh and fair; curly eyes and .bright blue hair" . Ontario's Legislators are back at worts following the Easter re- eess . casualties few, general air angelic ... and Grits and Tor - les a:id Mr. Oliver (U.F.O., sole Third Party member) look as if they mean business. The House has voted that when ensu:,ir is enough it is enough. A new rule just put into force clamps down on M.i,.A.'s who like to talk ... and talk, a measure pro- viding that if a majority of mem- bers uecide they have listened to enouna debate on any question they .ay vote for its termination. Mr. L_acaulay (Cons.) speaking against the adoption of the rule pointed out that great danger lay in the fact that the leader of the House could put such a motion at any t.me and carry it with his ma- jority, thus closing off debate be- fore the Opposition could be beard . . According to another new rule of procedure, if mem- bers cf the Legislature become un- ruly, the Speaker will be allowed to ad,;ourn the House till the next slay. Heard in the House: W. J. Stew- art (Con., Toronto-Parkdale) : "I suggest that Welfare Minister Eric Cross and myself dress in old clothe„ for a few days and live with the single unemployed in the Toronto Coliseum and other places. • Then the seriousness of the unemployment problem might be brought home to the Minister." Col. Drew (when members of the Government sought to embarrass him by tittering at his remarks): "Laugh, clowns, laugh!" Last week we talked about the Budget ... To the onslaught in the budget debate came the Op- positioa's financial critic Leslie Frost (Con., Victoria) who declar- ed that the Municipal Act should be revised and the whole setup of provincial and municipal adminis- tration and taxation in Ontario should be recast . . "shift the burden of taxation from real es- tate" .. • "inaugurate an 'honest' debt retirement scheme" . (Premier Hepburn invited. the Op- position to "go to town" on his estimates). During the coming year Ontar- io's tree population will be increas- ed . . Provincial Forester ari- nounces that 22,000,000 trees will be planted in the Province during 1939, more than twice as many as have been planted in any year since 1934. Said the Forester: "The public is becoming reforesta- tion -conscious" . . . thanks, we opine, to the Government's admir- - able conservation policy and the good work it has been doing the past couple of years. Should you wish to change your name (no, not get married!) the facilities of Ontario's judicial sys- tem are at your disposal . . a now "Act Respecting the Chang- ing of Names," now under con- sideration, puts, it somewhat that way . , The only trouble is you aren't allowed to change your name idly, for no reason at all you have to be prepared to tell in detail why your present monicker is distasteful , . . On second thoughts, we'll keep ours.. Helpful hint: Next time you're visiting the Queen City, drop in at the Parliament Buildings and see our Legislators in the flesh . . and in action. One -Quarter On Relief In Sask. 282,009 Persons In That West- ern Province Were Receiv- ing Government Aid In Jan- uary, 1939. Statements in the Saskatchewan Legislature by Hon. R. 3. M. Par- ker, minister of municipal affairs, as to the extent of relief in Sas- katchewan, are of pertinent inter- est In the light of situations, also referred to .by the minister, con- cerning alleged relief frauds, says the Regina Leader -Post. Me. Parker cited that as at Jan- uary tel of this year, which is close up to date, there were 282,009 per- sons on relief in this province. This is well over a quarter of the popula- tion of the province. As to possl- bia frauds under the relief system, the minister reported that there were investigation; into relief ad - Ministration in six municipalities last year, Some alleged frauds un dor the relief system have been before the courts over recent da;Ps. Pius weighing �yitons wer thrown I aa much as 15 feet in the air at Medicine. flat as the ice in the South Saskatchewan river broke up. Many of the chunks were thrown t..gainet bridge pier's. York County Jobless Protest 10% Relief Cut Holding a mass meeting in protest over the recent 10 per cent. cut in relief, York township jobless pledgedthemselves to win their relief strike with every legal means within their power and to avoid any acts of violence. Tom Montague, president of the York township union of unemployed is shown addressing the meeting. York township borders Toronto. The BOOK SHL' t Ely ELIZASE.TI-1 EEDY 4 __._----- --- "THEY WANTED TO LIVE" By Cecil Roberts Readers of Mr. Roberts' previ- ous novel, "Victoria 4:30" a popu- lar best seller will recall that the only character who did not em- bark on that momentous trip across Europe was James Brown, railway porter. Now he goes, on his honeymoon. Paris, Vienna, Budapest are on the itinerary, and in their night- clubs the couple see life at its gay- est. But in each city, and on the estate of a Hungarian noble, a developing drama darkens the ro- mance until it brings a crashing climax. Like its predecessor, this is a story to enthuse any reader. "They Wanted to Live" . by Cecil Roberts . . . Toronto:Mac- millan Company of Canada . . . $2.50. Poultry Guide A great deal of valuable and seasonable information on the care • ' egAin ,a, Rtdae,,t .is,. co4ai,4r,, ed in the handsome combination calendar, catalogue and poultry guide issued by the Tweddle Chick Hatcheries, Limited, Fergus, Ontario. It is to be had for the asking. Ontario Gold Output Rises Increase Of 12.6 Per Cent. Re- corded In 1938 Dividends paid shareholders of Ontario mining companies in 1938 amounted to $04,800,000, the On- tario Legislature heard in the bud- get address of Premier Hepburn. The figure was lower than 1987 because of a drop in the price of base metals. Total value of all mine produc- tion in Canada i:t 1938 approximat- ed $455,000,000, of which Ontario produced $221,000,000. Gold pro- duction in Ontario was $101,900,- 000, a gain of 12.6 per cent. and almost 60 per cent. of. Canada's gold production, Considerable progress was re- ported in the const re'ion of the plant at. the Helen iron ore mine 'in the lViichipicoten district and it was anticipated this plant would be producing iron ore suitable for furnace treatme s at the rate of 300,000 tons a year. Approximately 34,000 men were employed in mines in the past year, "all drawing good wages." Motorists Scare Train Engineers 1 Railwaymen's Hair Is Made To Stand On End By Car Driv- ers Racing Across Tracks At Level Crossings. The thoughtless motorist who sends his car speeding right up to the railway crossing probably is more responsible for the nervous condition of many railway engin- eers than is all the shaking and hard usage the engineer gets in his regular duties of handling thou- sands of tons of live steel, Canadian Pacific Railway Engin- eer Harry Vines, of Goderich, told a Stratford Beacon -Herald r:.. ort- er last week that he would like to take some of those motorists with him for a week on daily runs. "Can't. Stop Quickly" "It would make their hair stand on end and their hearts stop beat- ing and that would probably be enough punishment. At least the car driver would remember the helpless engineer in his cab who can't stop his train as quickly as they can stop their cars." "It's an awful experience," he said. "You never know when they, ar .Ko eg to stop 'and,when they're .not. I've seen some of -Ilona ;ust, racing the train to the crossing and get over by a thin margin. Others haven't been able to make it and that's the part that hurts." n Getting Along With Other Peple And With Oneself --- Essentials For Successful Living To be able to face the daily re- quirements .if life with equanimity and a confidence that one is equal to the challenge of the day, or at least capable of accepting ,i -..,at philosophically. To be able to face realities, not run away from them through sub- terfuges. To be able to take one's place in everyday life without more than occasional friction ie. relationships With other persons. To be able to look with reason- able tolerance upon the annoyances which are inevitable in every life. To want to win, but to be able to lose gracefully. To cherish no grudges. To seek advancement, but with- out feverish grasping for more wealth, power, fame or success than one has capacity to win or to use. To be able to laugh at ones:..., perhaps. the greatest evidence of a well controlled mind. To accord tr. others a right to their own viewpoints and ideas. NTARIO UTDOORS By VIC BAKER ' ,A.RIO MORE ACTIVE IN HUNTING AND FISHING It's great sport to go a -fish- ing and pleasant relaxation to turn from our labours to rod and gun whenever the oppor- tunity presents itself, Onta- rio's citizens seen • to realize this simple truth more than any other group of Canadians be- cause this province is listed as one of the most active in hunt- ing and fishing sports in Can- ada. Indications of this fact were given recently (March 29) by Ontario's Minister of Game and Fisheries, the Hon. Barry C. Nixon, when he told the mem- bers of the Ontario Legisla- ture's Fish and Game Commit- tee that interest in the province in hunting and fishing was in- creasing by leaps and bounds each year, particularly among women. Mr. Nixon also told the or- ganization meeting, at which W. L. Miller, Liberal member for Algoma -Manitoulin, was el- ected chairman of this year's Committee, that a record was reached in 1938 in the distri- bution of game birds in Ontar- io by his Department. Twenty thousand mature birds were dis- tributed last year and about 30,000 would be handled in 1939 most of which would be pheasants. Not Public Property Sportsmen should never for- get that while game is public property, the land upon which it is found is, in most cases, privately owned. Therefore, there must be co-operation and goodwill between hunter and landowner, or posted lands will result and hunting become greatly restricted. Restricted hunting and a large measure of control through the issuing of a limited number of special licenses for each regulated area have had the effect of eliminating a great deal of illegal taking and de- structive practices and have al- so resulted in creating a defin- itely better feeling between farmer and hunter. VOICE. Foresees New Arctic Nation Fusion Of White And Eskimo Blood To Succeed Present Natives Of Northland. While the primordial Eskimo Z doomed to disappearance, except in books and films, a new Arctic race will develop from a fusion of white and Eskimo blood, and this will play an important part is the development of Canada's Arctic regions, believes Richard Finale, I+'.C.G.S., Arctic explorer. Speaking in Windsor last week, says the Windsor Daily Star, Mr. Finnie declared old Eskimo cus- toms and folkways have now disap- peared. "They ars being wiped. out by advancing civilization, and the lives of the Eskimos have been revolutionized. "The only salvation is a hybrid- ization, and the infusion of white blood. to build up their resistance the ministers, who are evidently going to do battle against the law - years who monopolize most of the seats in Parliament. We wonder when it will be time to call in the undertakers.—Simcoe Reformer. MOTES AND BEAMS Of -course, there is a ,small dis- ruptive minority in Quebec, as there is a small disruptive minor- ity in Nova Scotia but the Que- bec minority is no more represen- tative of the thought and attitude of that province than the Nova Scotia minority—the Nova Scotia handful—is of the thought and attitude of the Nova Scotia citi- zenship.—Halifax Herald. to our disease and to make them aditptable to our customs. In the /intern Arctic 70 per cent. of the ISskimoa now have some white blood. Therein. lies their salvation. Whits Eskimos, Hybrid Raced "They ve" t'i c -t surd and snub tiply and work for las and with us in the Arctic. They will be import- :. ant to us economically, able to BYO comfortably in an area where pure white men do not care to Tiro. They will constitute the "white" Eskimo, rather than the "blonde" Eskimo, an Arctic race. "They will be herders of reindeer and trappers, and the Eskimos now take $1,000,000 in white fox furs alone every year. That show the wealth they can contribute to £'its country. Colored Licenses For Poor Drivers Those Who Have Committed Several Infractions Of The Law In Sriskatchewan Will Be Given Red Licences. tinder a new section of the Sas- katchewan Vehicles Act put through committee in the Legis- lature, motorists committing in- fractions of the act will be- issued licences in various colors. General Licence, Whito The general licence will be on white paper. After one conviction the white licence must he surren- dered for a blue one. If the mo- torist commits further infractions he will be issued a red licence. If he then has no trouble for a year he may work back from red to blue and up the scale again to white. LIE -1939 MODEL A new definition of a lie is the disagreement of a democracy with a dictator.—Hamilton Spectator. THE WORST OF FREE SPEECH Of course, one trouble with free speech is that it means letting the other fellow express his views. --- Edmonton Journal. DON'T MIX 'EM The government gets its princi- pal revenues from gas and alco- hol, which should be kept definite- ly at different ends of the car and not mixed near the steering wheel. —Port Arthur News -Chronicle. WILL SEE ONLY FLAGS If all the school children who go to see the King and Queen are given flags to wave, most of the kiddies won't see anything but a mass of fluttering flags before their eyes unless they are in the front row.—St. Thomas Times - Journal. KNOWS HIS DAIRY FARMING Ontario's farmer -premier not only knows his onions but evident- ly also his dairy farming. In his budget speech he emphasized the need for more and better cheese rather than butter.—Kingston Whig -Standard. WILL THEY FINISH IT? The Leadership League has been turned 'over to the doctors and WONDERLAND OF OZ LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Nen "That's so I won't miss Mr. Pip while he's away on a trip.” By 6.. Frank Baum ""rhe (ii'Owle.ygogt want a few of the Os people for their slaves,' said thelia. Pte did riot tell Buggedo that the G ow- leygogs demanded twenty thonsantt sin cog, It would be time enough for that ivhc Os was conquered. ".t 'very IVO R(,11'' Oh- r,•. quest, - ltuest, 1'in sure." remarked Yhr>. ion% "J tntist congratulate t-bli, t4iti h, i,la071 t '.,' wonderful success of ;vow j,ritritt'y." "d'"'t that is not all," said ii10 rlt,•t ;', p1 IX. The Xing seemed astonished. ,.$ptrita out:" lin commanded. "t have Re,'.t 1110 l'httntnsin+ of the mountain of '!'inttt:,Fl:ea told iheY Fill assist us." "lb'itui:" Pried the li.ing, the Phantasms. Von don't mewl it, Gtu7h." "1 do," de- t•lnaed 111- t,eneai,l, proudly. The Sling's ir:•a,iW l velt,l.IAii, "1 aro Afraid," he Said. a antis l?. "that the First and leoreeeest tttt,.4 pro,:r' at`: (170141't'ott:I to as as to the t!: 4'r•00 a. it his terrible. band eemes ,i„„l , 1 < 1 tlt, ntou:ttainYthey rntty decide to 000quoi. 1,11 Atil,ilte&. ".Pahl That is a foolish idea," retorted Guph, irritably, but ho knew in his heart that the 1iing was right "The First and Foremost is a particular friend of mine and will de us no harm, for when 1 was there he even invited me into his house." The General neglected to telt the ICtng that hey had been dragged into the hut of the First and Foremost by means of It brass hoop, and that he had been treated other than courteously by that creature. ":you are a wonderful gnome." said the King."Blit what reward did the Virst and Foremost demand?" "Nothing at all," answered G1upli. All he wishes is to des- troy the Oz people. This pleasure will amply repay him. now is, the tunnel ootn- ing' along?" "Vire are half way under the desert now," said the ltinw. "it has to be drilled through solid rock. but after we have passed the desert it will not take us longtm to extend the tnel to the 711%- erald City."