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were sold by Nick Kloostra of
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Gross $121,000
ls Largest Ever s
453 head of cattle sold at the
Lucknow Community Sale stocker
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`WEDNE$DAY, NOVEMBER 1st,. 1972 Single Copy 15c 20 Pages
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LUCKNO
BRUCE AND -HURON-RIDINGS WILI HAVE
MEMBERS. BOTH :SIDES OF .THE HOUSE
Canada plunged into a minority
government situation following •
Monday's election.
Heavy Liberal party losses' and
Conservative and N.D.P. gains
across the Country set the final
party standings on Tuesday morn-
ing at Liberals 108 seats, Con-
servatives 107., NDP 32, Social
Credit 15, Others 2.
The final outcome is difficult
to determine 'Until all seats are,
finalized. The above figure's are •
subject to change as final returns
are counted and recounts made.
The two local Federal ridings ,
Progressive Conservative Bob' of which Lucknow sits on-the
McKinley of . Zuric,h., piling boundary line, will be represented
up a huge Majority in Monday's in the next parliament, as before,
election, will again represent • by a Liberal and a Consetvative.
Huron Riding in the House of
. .
Ross Whicher of, Wiarton, Lib- Commons. ' eral incumbent in Bruce Riding,
withstood a COnservative trend
across Ontario and Canada and
Managed to edge Conservative Liberal Rciss Whicher is pictur-
John Loney of Tiverton by a close 'ed with' his wife Jean, a former •
margin of 682 votes in Monday's Lucknow resident. Mr. Whicher
National Scene Is A Draw
will again represent Bruce Riding
in the House of Commons at
Ottawa.
Masonic Lodge
Hold Ladies'
-Hall on l'esdaynight of last
week, • ,
Mr. McCall is owner of the.
Brussels Community Sale and is a
native of Oxford. County.
littmourous and pointed- address
CONTINUED ON PAGE 15
Bruce McCall of Brussels, a.
33rd degree Mason and 'a former
member of the board of general
purpose in Masonry, was the guest
speaker at the annual ladies'
' night of Old Light Lodge , No.
ill Face Nevi Rules In Bids I
Twenty-four-year-old John
Walden of Huron Township was
admitted to St .Joseph's Hotpital
in London after being run over by
a bulldozer on Monday of last
week. Kincardine 0.P. P. said
Walden suffered a broken leg,
broken pelvis and minor internal
injuries,
Police said 20-yearLold Brian
Cornish of R. R. 4 Ripley was
working on the farm of Elden
Lowry, iiurbn Township,
excavating a' barnyard with a
front end loader on a bulldozer.
The Machine was owned by Lowry
ConstrUction. Cornish did not '
kn9w Walden was in the vicinity
at the time of the accident and
was aware of his 'presence only
after he had backed over the low-
er part of*Walden's body. The
Lowry farm is located on the •
fourth concession of Huron Town-
ship,
_The-am-bur an -ezfrom--thip—
cardine and. District General -
Hospital was called and Walden
was removed to hospital where he
was treated by Dr. J. "B, Tindall
before being transferred, to St.
Joseph's by ambulance.. .)
and Tom Thompson, NDP Cand-
idate from Southampton, 3766
votes. "
John Loney won the riding for
the Conservative party in 1963
after the, retirement "of Andy Rob-
inson. He won it again in 1965
by a majority of 1485 but in 1968 .
lost the riding to Ross Which& of
Wiarton, a' veteran Liberal piov-
-incial politician making his first
attempt at .Federal politics.
Whicher's majority in 1968 was
1011. : •
To 'the south of Lucknow, in'
Huron Riding, Progressiye Con-
servative Bob McKinley of Zur-
ich.Letorded-a-massive-Octory
and ,ran up a:10,500 vote Major:-
4y over Liberal Charles Thomas
of Brussels.
Mr. McKinley polled 19,131 •
votes, Mr. Thomas 8631 votes,
NDP candidate 'Mrs. Shirley
. Weary of Goderich 1869 vote's
with Independent Ed Bain of
Goderich record-ing ,85-vote
Bob McKihley was first elected
to represent Huron in' 1965 when
Elston Cardiff of Brussels retired
after a long period of service in
parliament as a Conservative
member.
CONTINUED "ON PAGE 2
Based on rising trends in energy
costi, rate increases for all Ont-
ario Hydro customers were annourr
ced Tuesday by 'Hydro .Chairman
George Gathercole.
Interim wholesale rates to'mun-
icipal commissions will rise 'by
an average of'81G, while the avers
age increase 'to direct industrial, •
customers will be 1250.
Both these increases are effect-
ive January I, 1973.
to retail customers, cottages,
rural residences; farms, the' ay ,
erage increase is m and is
effective on bills payable Feb-
ruary 5, 1973.
There has beeh no increase in
rates to Ontario Hydro direct
,industril and -Tura
the last two years ,, whereas there
was an increase of 810 in the
interim rates to municipal utilit-
ies effective last July 1st.
Mr. Gathercole cited inflation
and -result-ant- escalatoriin-costs---
of equipment and supplies, inter-
est rate,s, W•ages ,and salaries,
&swum/mum
C and M Transport
Hauls 1554 Tons
To Aid Project
Community. minded residents
of the area continue to support
the swimming pool project in
various ways.
Ab Mutray of C and M Trans-
port in Lucknow has donated the
services of his trucks and drivers
to haul 15.54 tons of gravel fill
for the: Community Swimming
Pool at absolutely no charge
to the project. .
The fill represents about 50
cattle sale on Monday grossed
$121,000, the highest, ever at the
in..cknow_sale
•
fuels and anti pollution measures -
as the causes for the raise.
Affected by the increase will ,
be 350 Ontario municipal utilit-
ies, 91 large industrial customers
and 600,000 rural customers.
• BOB Mc KINLEY
MAJORITY ,OF 10,500
John is a son of Mr. and Mrs. •
Leroy Walden of R. R. 4 Ripley.
1-e-re-Ction.
MachineryMishap
Ross Whicher polled 15,005
votes, John Loney-14,323-vote
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Candidates W
• •
Died Monday
9,
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at 36-.75. ,
20 Charlais steers averaging
798'lbs. were sold by Bob /vicNain
of Amberley to Verne Cunning- •
ham of Carlow at 41.50,.
Overall Average -
Of $514.50 At
Weekend Sale
• Pine Ebho 'Farms annual produc-
tion sale was held on Saturday at
the Listowel 'Sale Barn.
29 lots sold for $14,220 with an--.
overall average of $514.50. Most . Night Banquet of the cattle were under two years
of age.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
5 5...
died at.the Wingham and DistriCt
Hospital on Monday of this week.
She was 7:0 yearsof age.
. The funeral will' be' held today,
Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the
MacKgrizie MemoriaLChapel in .
Lucknow with burial in Kincar-
dine Cemetery.
or Municipal Office
Candidates for municipal coun-
cils and school boards are up
against an entirely new set of
rules this year.
The changes are contained in
the municipal elections act which_
rectivtd ROVal Assent in June.
The usual one hournomination
period on a particular day has
been abolished,
4
Fbr the first time, the municip-
al voters list is being prepared ,by
enumeration rather than from the
assessment roll. This 'is because
'all residents of a municipality,
aged 18 and Opwalds, regardless of
property qualifications, will be
able to vote. In previous years,
Only people over 21 could .vote
and established' individual resid -
' Lowering the voting age for
municipal elections from 21 to
18 has increased the number of
eligible 'voters.
.The ballots for this year's civic
election will be different in ,
design. They will have little
white eh, les where the citizen
will be expected to place his
mark.
The new act allows voters to
use the traditional X mark on ,the
ballot 'or the check mark which
has come into use i'n recent,
Tears afirKar-been allotiTecrir—
individual recounts of votes..
Anyone on the voters' list will
be able to seek office On a Munic-
ipal council. A schOol board
candidate rnust also live within
the area under Ole jurisdiction of
the board. For countil candid- ,
ates there will be no geographic
limitation. The old five-mile
limit has been removed.
' For the first time in a
civic election, proxy voting will
be allowed. A student or business
man temporarily out of town and
-TricapScitatid-voterrwill.-be able-
to sign a document empowering
a relative to cast their ballot.
Any person whose' name is.
entered on the voters list may
cast 'a proxy vote. A person
whose name is entered on the
voters list may Cast a proxy vote.
A relative - a brother, sister, •
child, husband or wife - may act
for more than one member of
!the farhily in 'casting a vote.
The new legislation also makes
two advance polls Mandatory;
„-forme-r-1,40..-40/a„ncixonaas .
tional, The first advance poll
must be held on November 27 and .
the second on December 2.
The act automatically bars cer-
tain office holders from electfbn
to municiparcounciLs. They in-
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