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The Clinton News Record, 1928-03-15, Page 6Y, ly1F RCH , overninent Measures and ten bills passed :committee age ut• ., niendntent; and -now Stand ird reading. Three Government eeeived second reading, and two ones, amendments to the Mining and Pule Service Act, Aver° in- ced. The legislative program ars to have ...passed the peak, al- gh Ibis. Lincoln Goldie's ilospi- Bill is yet to come down, and Hon. H; Price wili'introd'uce his Se - ties Fraud Prevention. Bill, overnsbeit bills likewiseadvanced e Col:: Price's amendments to the al:Iniprovement':,Aet, Estreats Act, Landlord and Tenant Act; Hon. Bain Finlayson's. Laces- and Rivers rovement Act intendment, and the respecting relief of settlers in Ahern Ontario, "also an amendment the Assessment Act by Hon. Chas; ESDAY, MARCH 6TH— FOUR-F�OOTEP WOLF DAY he Fish and Game Dept. of the tario Government will adopt again e shorter open'season for the hunt; g of deer in the province' - GAINST INCREASED BOTJNTY Hon. Mr. McCrea, in his customary dross `to "the committee ``made" it alit rn that the Governnt' was not vorably disposed to any. inereaso le wolfIbounties.'-' "It,so happens,"' e explained, "that we are getting core wolves today under. the $15'Os, angement, that ,'we drd, previously. dth the`larger,-foirnties. TENACE TO SHEEP INDUSTRY. "'Are- tlieyg�tithijai$4k(tfl�},40J worth more, a asked 'the hzbltib@r -: Yt 'dila Icrgu�on replied - . tet n read tire. i'seasu been the child of fortune in the mat- tor.of succession d`u`ty revenue, having, budgeted for $8,000,000 and receiving $9,468,05'•0. In coinfection with reduc- tion ef:;motor licenses, said to be a Saving to. the public of $2, 000,000, he estimated that the government lied.. taken from the -same persons $4,500,- 000 in gas tax and .permit fees„ "- Mr. Nixon dealt in some detail with the discrepancy -between rural hydro rates ' and those in urban centres.;His own service charge, he said is $4.35; even if he never turns on a light, while in a nearby, village the rniniinum .monthly bill is 75 cents. Power On his 'farm costs 5c a kw. hour for 42 k.w.,: hours -and two •eents'for all after that. Ina small urban centre which he quoted, the rate is 2c for the first 60 k,w. hours and one cent after that. Mr. Homuth. (Cons., South Water- loo) spoke, and; after him the House heard, W. A. Anderson (Lib., Peter- boro), and,R. Hi Kemp (Prog., Lin coln) T. 3. Mahoney (Con., South Wentworth), at 11 o'clock adjourned the debate. • WEDNESDAYS MARCH 7TH P 'The' lVIuniei al Law Committee of , Mt..l�ixo l William, Newman (Victoria North) oinked : out ,thatthe wolf menace iii is district had been so great tothe beep industry that the municipality f Minden in rho County of Helibur- on, had passed a by-law ordering that logs•be tied up at night. Dr. J. M. •Robb (Algoma) declared hat hi his district the deer had al - est disappeared, due to the ravages f the packs,. which Werebecoming. ore daring every day. The Minister drew theattention of three eases the committee received the e committee to the fact that thee -deer suggestions favorably. Following the ere most plentiful' in the very dis- presentation of the case of the bakers icts from which the largest Wolf re- by Mark $redia of the Canada Bread Jrns had been made. "The wolf roams from district to istrict," Dr. Robb pointed. out, "and e will, follow the deer." H. V. Harcourt (Parry Sound) ad- merchants, who canvassed on delivery coated the plan :used -ln "the United routes.: outade the munitip.ality is tate;,, where inspectors were appoint- which. theyVsaid'taxes, would pay the • Legislature wrestled with the Hawkers and'Peddlers Bill for. tWo, hour`s and a half,'in. the Inotn1ng ;Arid during that time' sone 20 representa- tives of interests apposing the bill were heard, Many of then urged< upon thecommittee'itihat in their particular businesses there were "peculiar cir- cumstances" and "special conditions"' which made, their inclusion in the list of those exempt from payment of li- censes inoperative, while there were otherschief among them the repre- sentative of the. Canadian Mas'iufac- taxers' Association—who were abso- lutely`opposed to the principle of the bill. SUGGESTIONS FAVORED. - A wide .variety of amendments to the bill were suggested, and in two or Co., .Hon. William Finlayson, the chairman, said that some provision would probably be made in the bill whereby bakers, milkmen and similar Up .In' The:;:, • Almost too easily did this wondeifu: Olympic games. A most decisive win. THE, VICTORIOUS VARSITY GR,AIS. AND. THE. OLYMPIC, ,CUP. against helix in the ' not a goal was scored Canadian Hockey Team' in the 19 23' Olympic Iiochey, honors; tion of, the Attorney -General, demand a substantial bond by a security com- pany as a conditionprecedent to doing business. This is in'tend'ed to cover the case of foreign brokers and sales- men, and others who may not be•re- putable, but who . may be given a, chance to do business under proper bonding. ,s 6. Investigations may be Held by the Attorney -General. - He is given full power to take each evidence and get such information as may be desirable, and may apply to the Supreme Court of Ontario for injunctions as condi- tions warrant. e 7 The Supreme Court of Ontario may enjoin any brokers or salesmen from trading in securities if It is found that they have been acting in a fraudulent way. ' 8. The Attorney -General may issue orders to banks to hold funds. 9. The Attorney -General may take bankruptcy proceedings where a brok- er has become liable for fraudulent acts and is in an insolvent condition. Arabs 'Move in Holy War Villages - They : Capture . But Britain Moves Quickly King , J of-Hed'az Throws in-Lot.With Marauding Tribes LEAVE CANCELLED - London is Watching New Crisis With Much 'Concern London,—A spark of war threatens has called the Wahabis to'fight against to spiut into ame in Iraq, according to spurt into flame in Iraq, according the king of the Hedjaz, and Sultan of Nejd, has .thrown --in his lot with the marauding tribes which recently have been raiding Iraq. He has already supplied, it is reported, 400 rifles -and a large stock of munitions, provisions and tents to 20,000 Wahabi tribesmen marching from the mid -Arabian des- erts for an_attack on Iraq and•Trans- jor,dania, each of whieh is. "under, a British mandate. If this be true, it means that intermittent 'border fights between the tribesmen and airplanes and armored, cars of the Royal Air Force May develop into real warfare on in extended front: LIST OF SECURITIES. 10. The Registrar may ask every brokerage „firm selling securities to filo:wsth ' him a statement of the $e' cnrities being "sold:and-What he is rep: - resenting to, the `public. If a different representation is' made to -the it will be evidence of a fraudulent not, and may lead to a cancellation of registration and an injunction. A. contravention of the act will bring a penalty of not more than $1,000 for the first offense, nor 92,000 for the second or subsequent offense, and in either case a 'first or subsequent offense to imprisonment for a term not.. exceeding six months. The Martin Act in New York gives insprisonnient up to two. years, but this act will be administered keeping in mind the Criminal Code as well as the provi- sions of the act. the "infidels" in an attempt to start a holy war, but it is said that a serious religious quarrel obtains oven Among his followers. Iraq is on the road to India. Trans- joydania borders on Palettine, which in turn commands, together a'1th Eglpt, the British linos of communi- cation with the East. PREPARATIONS ACTIVE. London.—Small detachments of Sul- tan -Ibn ul-tan-I•bn Band's tribesmen have crossed the Transpardani•an frontier and cap- tured villages, an Exchange telegraph despatched from -Basra reports. . 'A ::. British ' .lutea y ` •,,detachnseirt equipped•\vith:ten armored cars; ten airplanes andas number 41 transport cars; ryas . sent outride., the walls of Koweit to a. point near the Nejl fron- tier. Marines and sailors from the Brit- ish cruiser Emerald were patrolling the streets, it was said. • The overland motor route between Bagdad and Damascus was suspended temporarily, it was said. A despatch to tho Daily Mail from Jaffa told of preparations being made by British authorities in Palestine, The frontier force was being mobil- ized. All officers and men were re- Royal Air Force, To Aid Training Dominion' Pilots Sir. S. Hoare Announces Plan for Regular Interchange of Officers nctner iatho Field Discovered Rich Area Will Swell Wealth .: of South Africa—Govern. merit merit \X11.11 Control Out- put, is Announced ONTARIO SHOULD MOTE Capetown, Union. of South Africa— Aitother• rich -diamond !Mid has bean discoverod, to `swell " the wealth of South Africa. * This revelation. a,4 mado In the Assembly 'Uy the Minis- ' of 1liinos, F"W. t eyers, and al- thotigh `'some ]knowledge of thief field was made public a few mouths ago, - it Was not until recently' that it's richness was confirmed. .The .diamond doposit lies in Nam- aqualand, in the northwest part of Cape Colony ' -1 "It is the biggest dia- Mond ; field ,`ever 'discovered any, Where,'" said SIt Dayts- Harris, "Mem- ber of the Assembly for Kimberley and director of •the Do Beers 'Consoli- dater 'Mines, Ltd., and chairman. of the..3agersfontein Estate and Dia- mond' Mining Company. Minister Boyers announced that it was the intention' of the Govern- ment overnment to declare the whole area, - which '. contained 30,000 claims, "ae -state datkin s,".:- ;W as,- he said,; thinkable tor...the . government ,to do oth'erwise,since this would mean forc- ing very large quantities' of diamonds On the market, and that was most un-. desirable. Describing the richness of the field, tie minister :declared that he person-.* ally had picked up diamonds to the -value of • R600,: ($3,000) in one year. Fears,Expressed° Fears were expressed' by members of the Opposition that the>=bversoas INCREASE SQUADRONS press would blaze forth the impres- sion that South Africa was , paved with diamonds. Mn Boyers warned - th'e House that such aa impression was quite erroneous. Nevertheless he eharicterized tbo•diamond fields in Namaqualand as an El Dorado, uni- que in the history of the country. Experts have already taken , dia- monds valued at 9800,000 in a few weeks' Band -picking, it was announ- ced, from the 100 claims owned by the Government.. The output of the new diamond field will be controlled by the Government, which will employ a large foree.of. diggers. - . The Opposition, et which former Premier J. C. Smuts, is the leader, de- precated - the ,principle of diamond diggings being controlled by the state. • - .Besides the . native - •Iraq . levies,. Great Britain has approximately GU bombing and combat 'planes and num- erous armored cars, while the cruiser 'Emerald and the sloops Cyclamen and Lupin are anchored in the bay near Koweit. The significance of the report lies in the power throughout Arabia of Ibn Saudi] who is -known as the "Arab Napoleon.'r' During the world war Great Britain paid him $200;000 a year to keep the peace. When the sub- sidy ceased he conquered and annexed the Hedjaz, which includes the Holy called from. leave. An armored car Cities of Mecca and Medina. , company left Rasnleh, Palestine, for COMMANDS WAHABI. Amman, Palestine. • He command's the fanatical loyalty Several airplanes, each understood to be carrying 20 men, passed over Jaffa Tuesday enroute from Egypt to Amman. A Jewish elegy aphis agency des- patch from Jerusalem said 22 air- planes and seven tanks were sent to the Transjordania frentier. The people of Palestine were stat- ed 'to be watching with some anxiety London. -Considerable progress has been made in the matter of-_co•opera tion with the air forces of the do- minions in order to secure identtity of methods in the training of tie em - Dire air forces, Sir Samuel Hoar secretary of state for air, announce in connection with the air force esti- mates. He stated that there would be a re- gular scheme of interchange between' the royal air force and the Canadian and Australian air forces. The llying Power of the royal air force would be inereased from 09 to 3 squadrons, the air minister stated. The corrins year's developments would- be. principally. overseas i Two nevi' squadrons: \veulcl" go. to India, thus making a total of eight there; and;: the cost would come out of the Iniliari'"exclieiluer. ' ' Provision is made, in the estimates for two new flying boats 60 great po- tentialities in protecting imperial communications. Ono of them will be Montreal.—The movement of Bri- stationed overseas. tish youth to Canada promises to beI The. subsidies to civil aviation have considerably -heavier than usual, due been Increased, the idea being to en- to new arrangements made with the courage further development of the British government. existing services this year with the Ontario is taking 600 boys, Mani - ultimate object of establishing an im- toba Ilfty and the Maritime Provinces• penal air mail route to India.•. and n indeterminate number,, -whilee some wan lsundreds aro to Artist—"After my death the World- bo moved by lirtvato organizations. In , will realize - all that I 'have done." all it ie estimated some 2,000 boys. Friend—"Yes, but you'll be out of probably .mill be brought out under harm's way by that thne." - the now scheme this summer. All Together EXCEPTIONS. TO ACT. • There aro certain exceptions to the act, and in connection with the follow- ing ollowing no person need be registered: (a) judicial sales (b) isolated transio- tions by the owner provided they are not such continued and successive transactions as to make him a broker; (e) sale by pledgee for debt; (d) dis- tribution of stock dividends; ' (e) transactions where ono party ,is a public official, or a bank, loan, trust or insurance company, or is register- ed; (1) exchange of stock on merger; (g) prospectors' grub -stake,` or share of twining property staked by him; (h) trustee securities; (f) secured bonds or notes; (j) negotiable paper; (k) securities based upon conditional sales; (1) shares of educational, bene- volent, fraternal, or recreational ob- dies•'where there is no pecuniaoy. pro- fit;, (m) such other classes of secur- ities asmay be exempted by, 'egula- tion ' Attorney -General Price also• told the Iibuse: "In drafting this, there has been every effort to keep in mind the fact that there are certain'"stabilized securities in which one should he able to trade without being registered, and certain classes of transactions :not open to fraud. There is also an ex- emption for the prospector. Who deals in hislown claim, or who is beings grub- staked: As soon, however, as; e, raining claim becomes a stock flotation and its slfares" are being 'sold to :the public, the broker, or salesmen dsating,.in the stock sstu0this registered." All` persons. who sell 'securities, whether `acting as officials or: sales- men of companies, or not, are included in the act. SPECTACULAR LEAP FOR HIS COUNTRY' Thi.gis''0,6 sort of sensational thing that was se,eu during the ski- jump- ing coolest at the winter Olympic games in. Switzerland. ed to tel'e•gare of the situation, When- reports oftwolf'ravages were received,. • tho, inspide gic'; would make investiga- tions, artd+it 'tlsey saw fit, .would pla- card toivnships, laying the necessary lines oftpeison; He believed this sy4- tem nigiiii be'more effectiye than 'the present ditty„ plan' J. C ilsan (London forth) drew ' to the,tIttoisti`on.of the conmitttee, coni- Patrick) earthed 1115 opposition. to the fired ninoitut•for a.b1e!iiket license and then ,pay a nominal fee • of one or two ddllars on each rig sent out. The coni- niittee also, agreed to exempt from pyment of license fee those selling Bibles, range and "high-class" educa- tibnal books:: 1 Toward the end of ; the sitting, `Col, John` A. Currie (Con., Toronto St; Plaints vtrein ^ his 'riding agazust the •hM1ll-to the length of movingthat it practice-ot Sale hunters n1 chasing he thrown nut, -and although theie weS. ducks •tvitli stoats Ire announced that. al dhortis' of. approval, has motion was , a : deputation in •this connection•>from London an`d. Windsor would wait upoh the committee. Mr. Miller (Haldimand, Liberal) in:- traduced' the ; expected amendment to. the motion;to go into supply. It sets forth "that this House regrets that in0reaseit's revenues, has failed' to af- Attorney -General 1Pm. , Ii. I'nca's foal relief to local municipalities by wodely heralded "Security 'Frauds assuming the total cost of construe- Prevention Act" was revealed to the tion and maintenance of the Provin- cial Highways," • Features of the act are as follows: b 1. 'Brokers . and, salesmen must re ORGY OF'.EXPENDITURE. g Ike, ister with the Registrar of joint stock ILC Nixon (Plogn Bralst) spo companies in the Provincial Secre fox an liolir. ea twenty »sinutd b''' tary's Dept.; and no person shall dis- fore the Borrie rose at, six,. and con d o vtted but : and was. Ignored by tete chairman. ' '; Cal Currie allowed his Motion to go unconsidered, with the warning, however,' that' he 'would "shoot the bill down" at'the next meet- ing of the committee. TWOLEdGED WOLF DAY 1ho Ge ermnent,, notwithstanding the of the Wahabi tribesmen, who uphold the teachings of the prophet, Since the Royal. Air Force last repulsed the raiding Arab tribes and followed them into the desert, inflicting losses esti- matedat several hundreds, it has been known that a large number of. the tribes were massing for an attack on Iraq. Last reports, however, are the the extensive preparations to utilize first indication of Sand's real attitude for the first time the Royal Air and -alto that Transpordahia would be .p,oree ]stationed at Ramleh-and Sara- attacked.. ara• attacked.:- land. Observers commented that Ibn Meanwhile the Colonial Office offs-' had chosen a propitious mo - cal denied persistent reports that the anent for declaring a "holy war Government is rushing troops fromiagainst the infidels,"`•since airplane India to Iraq. In, the' House of Cons fighting -is dinloult in hot months. - Armored trains patroled the. Bag- dad -Basra Railway in Irak. - 2,000 Britishs Boys.. Scheduled To Reach Canada During eluded al: the; evening sitting.The ex-- minister x-mifiister met the Provincial Treasur- er's recent allusions to the financial failings of ;the Drury administration by *reiterating the charge:=that the 'Government ernment' had conducted "an orgy of expencliture" during the remaining, months of the fiscal Year i 1923 after it canis into office, and had mons Leopold Amery, the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs' was ques- tioned as to the failure of the Royal Air Force to prevent the recurrent raid on Iraq and es to whether or not the air force headquarters ought not to be moved nearer the southern bor- der. He replied that all that was pos- sible was being done and that the tech- nical manoeuvres must be. left to the air commander alt Iraq, Several factors1g in the situation lend special significance to the news of Saud's action. The rulers of Iraq and Transjordania are each sons of for- mer King liussien, of the Iiedjaz, who is an- old and bitter enemy of Saud. It is reported from Basra that Saud Mexicans Give Calks Wide Financial Rowers 'City ofMexico. - Es traorciinary powers to of/ ,on financial mat- ters in Mexico, which were given to resident Caller by the last Congress, have become efteetive with the 'publi• catkin. of the decree in ;'Diaries Off- tier,' Ole official government organ,, The decree reads: "The Congress of the 'r -Mexican pose of any seeurity unless he is yogis-- United States decrees: Extraordinary tered. The ,registration fee will be powers. are granted to the federal -ex- nominal. '' ecutive 1n the brancli of finance, to r i'oker must file a bond of n institutions of credit and 2. Every ii i, legislate o $500- This is done to give the Attor- err matters of currency. The federal ney General's Dept. an Opportunityoi'. executive'' shall render an account to Controlling the assets of a defunct the Congres sof rho union in its next broker who has defrauded the public,' regular session of the use which' he otherwise the assets are 'frittered has made of the powers which the away: present. law grants him" . been correspondingly indulgent on the 3• . The Re 'istiar slsall l;;eep a hook The decree is signed by President matter' of i:ollecting :; revenue., Me .. J t ii meat with the name and address of every %Chiles and Bois Montes de: Oca, Min ceminentecl upon the promo lip y400 broker and salesman entitled to do istes 0S,Kinance. 4. The Registrar may refuseregis- ",Pell lncl.a n tribe, of a clams by art > `� '" business in the province. 1 000,me, cl`eai sank the London \• ;anted to know what the „A Queen .of Grace ' $Sr. . Nixon v within a ten-day Period after- ,,how did the show. go fit the Q ' taatfon t 1 ac{cess, vete' string for the $56;000,000 ::'t d -1. the Attor- "' = n awful , +frost! Sos ya Verne, of Norway, as `sire ,y people\ g e last app sylicatioll if diad e 1 y. sped, My dear, \ 'chane- `taken out of their` po lets in the ate -.General-to do so. ;y Why, iu one. town a boy east the gal- won the wOmOn's"`11gtu•6 skating fir l year. .,. - tiO"Good government," said the Primal ivD IN SOME C I er --' CASES. wanted iris money back because plalidulli in rise •Olympic games at St. 'l Y • ;��r, 5, The Registrar may, on the direr- he was afraid to stay up there alone:" Moritz. A HOPEFUL VIEW. . London -•=London officialdom, .not- withstanding tho reports of active preparations. to meet the arch menace emanating from Palestine and other near eastern points, is hiclined to minimize the Arabian ,situation. They' say a report has been receved that Ibn Sand is making a pilgrimage to Mecca and the view taken is that he �vosiid certahtly not travel so' far. away from his capital, flied''', if the position were at all critical., Massey Boasts About 'Canada I od hub' 1�B C • Fells 'New � or , .. n About Doxniilioms l'ro. gress.7 . Now York—Canadi in the lest 12 •months "has made the most striking advance on the widest front and with moat permanent result of any period of le same length in its history," de- clared Hon. Vincent Massey, Cana- dian Minister to the United States, in addressing the New York Bond Club. Every time he had visited Canada in the last year or so, ,be had. come back conscious of the :enthusiasm and Ottawa. ---This' year may prove the there is no clisbCSltion to bicker, Can - 'coast., , o ba ada is cognizant oT the merits the energy which pervaded all act] to most -eventful in the history of ;Can union and 55101 information as has ties• iii. the Connery from const to ada since Confederation. Pour•parlers piedoded the delegation indicator that coast, witiolt'lsave not -yet the status of of. Newfoundland also is. aid "Thrid are, nes; I am glad to say, semi," features of thtl -boom to be ficial negotiations .are tinder way for,. The.. basis of admission admits of o ar " ion :of Nev,!Yoitudland with the grave .argumont, ., Representation, :; soon;' titrtlsinassey said. e. r uct a the, incapital indebtedness and many other Our transient advance things and lansi e reactions. i 1)om a -date r' must all be adjusted before vaiic0 is Steady and sure and is 'Phe has been unofficially sat. factors •b eked: Our ad talking ;phaco` in al.mbsphere of quiet as:lliardit"'Z2 Por tho''discussioli; auY'iival-agreement- can be i a and Conservative mem{. ' 'Chance of 'Success. r a` oiii3il o i,imisin, Bout Liberal a c "Canadacaanado and e S p negotiations have occurred happy s hunt • ' o the Canadian Comiiions' havo Similar nego has been no t1Y boas, f. for the essimist, his rani Uoen} " canvassed- on the gonoral pro- before, it must be, recalled, and they ing ground P n} and their reaction thus far failed, but, at tilts moment it appears • - -always been short. rr, Is fact; posftione e of success- aitgs have ur, as the been that, within any reasonable that there is. better chane. some of the spin' nat in o _ past, bas b national .building, in Ua'sis Canada is prepared and 'anxious ful compromise -than there was Dither bdvas,e stagesgour i i ,lie in '07 or in '95. westaing.., our Ove sees frontiers to Yv0lcomo"tho Old Colony into t At least, the delegates from the 014 west t and north have ted wio simply Dominion, assured of a sympathetic- vs common sense calculated \wisdom Yo Effort in 1SGG aiicl'a307 proved abor- Colony are as rd to party, P er enerations0' Hiss and againloin 1895eea movement to therectwo Without aies are prepa ed to, at g secure union between Newfoundland the two mnJ P hero b0' more than half way. T hat is the difference be- foci ads was wrecked mainly on 'go criticism- of any ere willent He --"What i • about a Mr. Shen little or rib c h,, a dirge abo se you a caption?" Shee.tiro wings ofrpg within tho bounds of twoen a die�Newfoundland bo reached \ liten retitesenting. I�o�tfo.undland !n to —1 can't give you the. exact figures, hitt it's a small fortune." the negotiations.. At this nipmdnt reason. tl GOLNG OVER IN GLORIOUS FASHION A remarliahle picture siiapped at Newhury, England. heal Royal (nearest the- whiner, and Soothing Class, who was second in the Swindon camera), 'Stria 1eo7ase:'; N Wfoi ndlandlMay Enter Dominion of C:.:nada This Year. Negotions Are Soon to be'' Under Way to Discuss ` the Pros and Cons NEW CONFEDERATION YEAR? A •