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The Brussels Post, 1965-07-01, Page 2first season in Oxford years ago." Reeve Corbett: "I do not ob- jeet to a deer season, but I do object very strongly to these fellows coming in our district and shooting deer our of sea- son, and we should be protect, ed if we are not going to have a season." FOR SALt. lteg. Yorkshire Boars ot twin¤ able age. some carrying Govt. premium of :145.00. Also open and bred Gilts, all of high Booting 11.0.1?, stock. Murray Cardiff Phone 441J6 Thanks for renewing your 'Post" CANADA'S NEW LABOUR CODE/Hon. Allis MacEadon, Minister of Labour, answers some questions: "Yes, and his one of the most all-embracing. Canada has a right to be proud of it. It sets higher standards than have been set for any other country I know. Other countries are taking note of the way Canadhen Parliament is ensuring that more workers share be this country's growth." "It applies to industries which fall under Federal jurisdiction— and may well prole to be a guide for other industries. The Government itself, which is a large employer in its own right, will take the lead by applying the Code's standards to its own federal employees." "As we said, it sets minimum standards—and I stress that these are minimum, because, of course, a lot of workers already enjoy higher standards than the Code sets. First, itsets a standard 8 hour day and a 40 hour week, with overtime limited to 8 hours a week, and paid for at time-and-a-half. Second, it sets the minimum wage rate for all'men and women over 17 years of age at $1.25 an hour. Next, It.provides for two weeks annual vacation with pay, after one year's service; or 4% of wages as vacation pay far those with from 30 days to a year's service. Finally, it stipulates that each employee shall get eight statutory holidays with pay a year— or get a fall day off in lieu of the holiday." 4The Code covers interprovincial or international rail and highway transport, primary fishing where the fishermen work for wages, air transport, radio and TV, shipping, banks, uranium mining, grain elevators, flour and feed Mb and warehousing, seed cleaning mills, interprovincial or intentslional pipelines and ferries, interprovincial or liaternatiosal telegraphs and telephones, most Crown assporadoss and one or two other smaller industrie.s." "Our new Canada Labour Code lies been called a.`first,' Mr. MacEachta Would you agree?" "Briefly, who does this new Code apply to?" "Let's get down to specifics. What, exactly, does it promise to those employees who are affected by it?".. "You said the new Code applies to industries under Federal jurisdicdas. Would ydu name them?" If you are not sure whether you are coved by the Canada Labour (Standards) Code, write to Department of Labour, Ottawa. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR iitto itiithittaLif MIL MONA NUNN THVIIIMAiii Ma IA OM Huron county council beard from its members that much illegau deer hunting is going on in certain parts of the county. Reeve Lorne Durnin said that people are shooting "without a season; they have all the deer shot before the time." The agricultural and refor- estation committee, of which Reeve Tonle Leiper, of Hull ett, is chairman, brought in a re- port concurring in a request from Huron Fish & Game As- sociation for an open season. This had been recommended earlier in the session by an officer of the lands and forests department. Dissent was voic- ed at once. "The department is looking to the revenue," said deptIty reeve D. Geiger, of Hay, "but the farmers object to the hunters," "If open at the same time as in the north country, it would be mainly local hunters in this area," said the warden. The season is going to be open in Wellington, Waterloo, Bruce, Perth, Grey and Oxford." "Mr. Meadows was not sure about Lambton and Middlesex, Reeve Leiper recalled. "Deer have increased in our locality this past year," reported Reeve Stewart Procter, of Mor- ris. "I have been approached by several for an open season." "It seems to me," remarked Reeve Clifford Dunbar, "some- times we follow the lead of other counties too much. We have thoughtful and intelligent people here. I don't like the idea of an open season for deer. The authorities are trying to conserve wild life, and deer are wild life." The vote: yeas, 11; nays, 23. Huron council in past years has been reluctant to go along with an open season for deer when neighboring counties were not having one. This year coun- cil was informed by E. R. Mea- dows, senior conservation offi- cer of the department of lands and forests, that almost every- body is doing it, "Bruce and Grey and Welling- ton are coming in this year," Mr. Meadows said, "along with Waterloo, Oxford and Brant, and we hope to have Wentworth and Halton. It would appear that the dear season should be successful because of the num- bers. I think members of coun- cil and land owners believe they would be swamped with hunters if only one or two counties were open. "During* May, you had four deer killed on the roads in Huron by cars, and how many near misses there would be we do not know. Irowever, a lot of damage is caused in some areas. The deer population is high, and we have to look at it i n t he right manner, to man- age the (leer herd wisely as , you do with beef cattle. Most does after the first year pro- dttee a pair of fawns, and there is not too much that happens to them, except the odd one' caught in a fence. Few preda- tors prey on them in these parts. "Ordinarily. Parry Sound op- ens the first Monday in Novem- ber. This year it is set back a Week, to November 8th, and one or two coincide with this season. We favor a three-day season, November 8-10, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, shot- guns only and no dogs. I be- lieve the last time Huron was open it Was shotguns only. Bruce and Grey have gone along with high-poWer rifles, but in Hurer t has .been shot- guns only," Warden vy eon: "There has been considerable criticism by landowners because sometimes the dates were later than they were opening in the north." Mr. Meadows: "Yes, the idea of opening at the same time as the Parry Sound season means most of the good hunters are in that area during that first week, and a certain percentage go up each year." Reeve John H. Corbett, Hay: "I have been wondering if, a week before the season, we can put some of your men in there when illegal hunters are in. They have shot right on my farm.. I. have seen a Jot of deer .'""'"Hoftton•OPPero.ftw.ana in the past few weeka.". Mn Meadows; "We receive a good many complaints a week or two late, and I am glad to have this information. We will be ready for them. A lot of landowners do not realize that a lot of heifers are shot and go to somebody's locker. I hope some time to • be in on one of these and catch a rustler." Reeve Tom Leiper, of Hullett, suggested a reason at the end of November, when most cat- tle would be stabled, Mr. Meadows: "If later, we have the season by ourselves and asking the men up north to come b4Pk. and hunt, which would put more hunters in the ydr*di..**!POlt,^110,,foovri 4P,,..", • field in. this area, For damage which can be proved caused by hunters, you. are entitled to call in the agricultural representa- tive and get the damage paid." Mr. Leiper: "In the past year I have seen only three or four deer, and I live in the centre of the county." Mr..Meadows: "They are eon- fined mostly to heavy swamp areas: Colborne and the Hay swamp, East and West Wawan, osh." Answering a question by Reeve Clift, Bayfield, about browsing areas, Mr., Meadows said great damage was done hard maple trees,: checking their growth, -Peer go along nibbling at turnips also, °and; that was the reason we had ,our 1•••••01.1,1,1.11.... HURON couNcti. REJgglis MOVE FOR DEER SEASON ases•wwwomri,