The Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-03-23, Page 2PAGE TWO WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, March 23rd, 1939
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JOIN THE HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY
The Wingham Horticultural Soc
iety is again asking you, through the
medium of this paper, to join again
this year and if you have not been a
■member previously to support the or
ganization this year. The membership
fee is small and the premiums are
truly worthwhile, worth the price of
membership.
The Horticultural Society are do
ing their utmost to do things but
without your support they cannot car
ry on successfully. Their efforts at
the Horticultural Park are particular
ly worthy of mention. Last year a
considerable amount of work was
done on this project and plans for
this year are to continue. Your sup
port is required to carry out these
plans.
Do not delays—Join up at once.
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ANOTHER EDITOR PASSES
Last week William McDonald,
many years editor of the Chesley En
terprise, passed on. Mr. McDonald,
■during his years with the paper, gave
of his time and talent to everything
that was worthy of support in his dis
trict. For almost 50 years he sat in
the editor’s chair and his messages
were copied by other papers through
out. Canada. He was a man of great
understanding and the people of that
■district elected him to the Legislat
ure 1911 until 1919. He also served
as Reeve of Chesley and Warden of
Bruce County.
During the last years'of his life he
was confined to his home as the re
sult of paralysis but during this time
he continued his column as if he were
at the office. A g.reat worker, a great
thinker, he served his community
well. His death leaves a gap in the
life of his community that will be dif
ficult to fill. • -* * * ♦
CENTRAL CONTROL
OF POLICE
Hon. G. D. Conant has advocated,
under certain conditions, central con
trol of all police. Whether this would
meet the police requirements of our
Province, we are not in a position to
state, but one would judge that if the
police are to cope with crime as it is
•carried on to-day, some such idea will
have to be inaugurated.
’ So many criminals plan to the last
•detail the carrying on of their exploits
and it would appear that if the police
are to be used to their full value some
kind of control over the various forc-
es is essential. High-powered cars for
quick getaways and a recklessness
that is characteristic of many of the
bad men, make it imperative that ev
ery means possible be used to protect
society. No doubt each municipality
will haye its own police protection but
when robbers and thieves can be mil
es and miles away from the scene of
their activities in a few minutes it
would seem some sort of central con
trol could be worked both economic
ally and effectively,
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Boy, oh boy, it will be great to have
dish of fresh maple syrup.
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Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen's
famous dummy, was kidnapped. Now
wooden that kill you, *
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Map makers have had a busy time
keeping up with- the, boundary chang
es in Europe iand the statesmen of-
some countries are having a busier
time keeping up with Hitler.
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Canada has now a coast to coast
air|ine service. From Toronto to Van
couver in a little over half a day.
Well, that's going some.
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Slovakia was an independent state for
two days. Then Hitler freed them?
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“Beautify* the rural countryside,”
many are advocating. The natural
beauty of rural Ontario is hard to
beat but, of course, artificial beauti
fication around homes and schools
wduld help.
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A’ photographic editor was arrested
because he published a picture of
Adolf Hitler that the Nazi did not
like. What could the poor man do
with a face like that to reproduce.
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NEWS
of the
DISTRICT
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Care Collide - Three Injured
Three women were hurt when two
cars collided on the outskirts of Lis-
towel. Daniel Walters, Wallace town
ship farmer, was returning home after
doing some shopping and was travel
ing north along highway No. 23 when
blinded by a sweeping snowstorm, lie
failed to see a Stratford truck ap
proaching. The truck driver also fail
ed to see Walters and the car and
truck collided. Three ladies occupants
• of Walters’ car, were injured and tak
en to Listowei Memorial Hospital.
Both drivers escaped injury.
Named Postmaster at Harriston
Archibald Little McCready has re
ceived official announcement from
Ottawa of his appointment as post
master of Harriston, succeeding his
father, the late Robert Alexander Mc-
’Cready, who died a year ago. The ap
pointment holds peculiar interest in
that this is the third generation of
McCready to hold the position of
postmaster of the Wellington County
Town.
Died of Monoxide Poisoning
Dr. W. H. Tinkess, prominent chir-
opractor of Orangeville, was found |
dead by his son, slumped behind the
wheel of his automobile in his garage.
Coroner Dr. S. T. White attributed
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Cfcrhrw o/ Jfr ZduruM *
nU guaranteed
Thelon^ Life Lamps
IS proposed by the Government, of the Province of Ontario to increase the tax on gasoline from six
ents to eight cents per gallon. This increase, if made effective, means that the average motorist,
driving 10,000* miles in a year and getting 18 miles to the gallon out of his car will pay oyer $10 ad
ditional to the gasoline tax of $33.33 which he is now paying. Figure it out for yourself. Froth six
cents to eight cents ?a gallon means this:
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10,000 miles* per year,
15,000 miles* per year... . . .............
20,000 miles* per year...............
* (18 miles per gallon) •"
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Taxes Now Proposed Proposed Gas Tax.
(excluding Taxes Increase per Week
license)After Apr. 1,1939 per Car
$33.33 • $44.44 $11.11 $ .85
49.98 66.66 16.66 •1.28
66.66 88.88 22.22 1.70
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Wingham
Phone 156
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Utilities Commission
Wingham
The average car owner is not a rich man. He does not drive a new car. Out of 582,212 passenger car
registrations in Ontario in 1938 but 48,561 were new cars. Yet the automobile owner is the most heavily
taxed man in the community. In 19^6 he was already contributing 30% of the provincial revenue. Here
are the figures for 1936 and 1937, the latest official figures from the Government.
1936 1937 1938
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The Provincial Revenue was.............,.... $90,321,896 $99,838,595
The Provincial Taxation on gasoline...‘. fl6,049,857 17,644,164 *$18,318,171
* Tills figure is based upon-the percentage increase in gasoline '
consumption, which percentage figure was obtained from
government sources. \
t Coupled with license fees in 1936, this TAX represents 30%
of the Provincial Revenue.,
Since the motorist already bears 30% of the taxation burden of the Province, it is manifestly unfair to
increase the burden.
Provincial Revenue from the taxation of Motor
Vehicles, Ontario, .1936:
Paid by the public in Gasoline Taxation..
' Paid by the public in Licenses, etc.............
$16,049,857
11,144,956 j
Spent by the Government in Highway Construction
and Maintenance:
(All Provincial Expenditures).
Interest and Sinking Fund...• 9
Diverted..
$27,194,813
$23,050,052
In 1936 money collected for highway maintenance was being diverted from this purpose-to the extent of
x $4,000,000. ■
There is not available from official Government sources Expenditure on Roads, Interest and Sinking
Fund charges, etc. subsequent to 1936.
It is now proposed to secure an additional $6,000,000 from the motorists of the Province through an
increase in the gasoline tax from six to eight cents per gallon. While the motorist, as a citizen, has
been willing to assist? the Government in problems of administration, a limit must be set to the burden
imposed upon him.
If you, as a car owner, are content to assume the added burden represented by a 2-cent increase in the
gasoline tax, there is nothing you need do. Your silence will be interpreted as consent.
If you are not content, and wish to place yourself on record to that effect in the only quarter where your
objection will carry weight, call at your regular service station, whether it be a B-A station or any other,
and ask for a card which has been distributed for your convenience.
Just sign it# fill in your address, and leave it with the station attendant.
Issued as a service to the Motorists of Ontario
by the
British American Oil ^Company Limited
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death to carbon monoxide poisoning,
and decided that an inquest was not
necessary. The garage doors were
closed. --------
Large 'Calf
While not a record, since last year
it was topped by six pounds, Harry
Graham, Huron township, thinks a
calf which weighed 124 pounds at
birth is a fair size, since the average
is about 75 pounds. It is a young
Shorthorn. , x
Punch Cost Man $40. *
Punching R.C.M.1L Officer Isatig-
ille, of Owen Sound, on the jaw while
the latter was raiding the John Small
home in Kincardine, cost Edward
Small? of that town, over $40. 'Magis
trate F, W. Walker in weekly police
court at Walkerton, also placed sus
pended sentence of two years on-the
accused who was charged with as
saulting an officer in the discharge of
his duties..
Two Killed hl Crossing Accident
Two well-known resident of Morn
ington Township met instant death at
a level crossing just west of Millbank
when their motor; car and trailer was
struck,by a westbound Canadian Pac
ific Railway freight train, The two
who died in the crash were George
Wray, Mijlbank drover, and driver of
the machine, and his brother-in-law#
James Robinson, Mornington Town"
ship farmer. Both were killed instant
ly. Medical examination showed both
men suffered broken, necks, while
Wray, in addition, suffered extensive
.head injuries.
Holyrood Boy a Pilot
George Robinson, young Holyrood
Prude County farmer, received his pri
vate pilot’s license from the depart
ment of civil aviation. He is the first
licensed flyer to graduate/ from Sky
Harbor airport, Goderich,' receiving
his lessons and taking his tests there.
He is 17 years old. '
Goderich Phone Cd. Annual
Goderich Rural Telephone Co.,
.whose central, office is located at Dun
gannon, held its annual meeting in
Dungannon with a large attendance.
The system covers a large territory,
extending from Amberley to Luck
now south to Dungannon east to Au
burn, and west to Penmiller and al
most to Goderich, with nearly 500
subscribers. T, Riddell, of Aubiirn,
who has been a member of the board
of directors ever since the company
was organised 28 years ago, resigned,
as did also Jarvis McBride, of Carlow,
who has served on the Board for 15
years. The following board of direct
ors was elected: President, Joseph
Mallough, ' Lucknow; vice-president,
James McWhtnney, Dtmgamwp; sec-
rotary-treasurer, G. C. Treleaven,
Dungannon, with James Hackett, W.
Cranston, Charles A. Whitely atid W.
J. Parks completing the board which
was reduced to seven this year.
Howick Baby Scalded to Death
Wilbert Edward, only son of Mr.
and .Mrs. Edward Brantigam, of How
ick, was badly scalded Wednesday
evening at his home and died Thurs
day morning in Bruce County Hos
pital, Walkerton. The 18-months-old
baby pulled a pail of boiling water
off the table, the water spilling over
his entire body, scalding him badly.
The pail had been set on the table on
ly a few’ minutes while the mother
turned te> get the lid when the little
lad investigated it with such dire re
sults. He is survived by his parents
and three sisters.
HIS MAJESTY’S NAVY GETS WINGS
Similar training machines idrather than on dictators’ promises will
BelBritain’s policy. Hitler’s aggress-
iojs has provided reason fur further
speeding up» of British rearmement Hons. .................-......„ .....
and defence programs. The Royal these are manufactured by an Ontario
Navy’s new ait arm is being trained factory.
on land before reporting to their sta-