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However. Councillor Lois Hancey told Rich- mond Hill Council Mon- day night that since mem- bers of the Region of York’s Planning Commit- tee and of the Richmond Hill Planning Committee had received the report only on December 6 they had not had sufficient time to study the recom- mendations of that report. The Lake Wilcox Study Committee. set up in Au- gust 1971 completed its work in August of this year. err“. c “u..- D‘ ditional $1.000 in a school with over 400 pupils. Co-ordinators get an extra $3.200 above their teaching pay. while consultants and supervisors get an added $2,200 a year under the new contract, as they did under the old one. Travel allowance remains unchanged at 15 cents per mile for the first 5000 miles and 10 cents a mile there- after. The school -board pays 55% of the cost of Ontario Health Insurance and Blue Cross semi-private hospital insurance. up five percent. an un- they will be most confusing to most users. It will be rough on small businessmen. farmers. investors. partner- ships and those making capi- tal gains. Ontario taxpayers will also have to fill out two pages to qualify for the province‘s new property tax credit which re- places the former basic shel- ter exemption of the last few years. And all Canadian taxpayers will have 1855 time in which to fill out these much more complicated forms. Because Bill C-222 (the May budget .tion Members will debate it. With the most favorable poliâ€" ‘ tical conditions. it could well be mid-or late January (when tax forms are usually in the hands of the taxpayersl. As things stand in the House of Commons it could be even later. The House doesn’t con- vene until January 4. Normally the forms are ‘mailed in January. a month ‘after they are readied. Na- tional Revenue has the tax form ready in draft and can finish printing and start dis- tribution as soon as approval is given and it can be mailed changes! was not passed, the ‘ within three weeks. paper. to do so on the collec- tion day between 3:30 and 5 pm. The fire department prefers that no papers be stored on the premises, which of course has to be done i the papers are delivered be- tween collection days. Thirdly, please tie or bag papers. ‘but do not pack in cartons, since these cannot ccss as newsprint and the ipapers have to be dumped loose into the box. NEXT COLLECTION l Next collection day will be 1January 8. ‘ Monday is New Year's Day. be treated in the same pro-- since the first: ' ors. l puuuuu [0 Hit,“ DUEL'U U]. Governors of the Ontario Inâ€" stitute for Studies in Educa- tion, trustees learned at the‘ December 5 meeting of the school board. He will repreâ€" sent the Ontario Separatel School Trustees‘ Association! and the Ontario School} Trustees' Council. ’ l l l In a letter Minister of Ed- ucation Thomas Wells ex- tended best wishes to Mr. Jacobs and expressed his a confidence that the new ap-' pointee will make a full and valuable contribution to the work of the board of govern- uauauuusn I‘ll d 1303 will left the money in trust for any offspring of his son F. Harold Gallanough, who died recently in Flor- ida without heirs. In the event there were no child- ren. the money was to go to Thornhill. The bequest is the larg- est ever made to one of the local municipalities, ministrator James Mac- Donald. The mayors of Vaughan and Markham are to meet with the trustees to discuss the bequest. See Editorial on Page 2. for the large and commercial development which got unâ€" derway this year. Working on the theory that this devel- opment should not cost other ratepayers in the municipal- ity a penny, an agreement was hammered out through the years, which required BAIF (among other commit- negotiations residential , ‘mentsl to build the sewage according to Vaughan Ad- ‘ treatment plant. The oniginal site was to be at the corner of Carrville Road and Bathurst, but pro- tests from existing ratepayy ‘ lution of an adequate supply ers in the area brought re- location -at the present site' With application for ap- proval of this plant and for an extension of the Rich- mond Hill plant, which was servicing the hospital and the school, then in Vaughan Township, before it, the OWRC commissioned Gore & Storrie Ltd., a firm of consulting engineers, to con- duct 3 study on availability of water and advisability of further sewage package treatment plants in the area. 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There are practically no teachers in the top pay brackets, accordâ€" ing to an association spokes~ man. - uuulmumuumuuumuumumuuuuuuuuuuumuuumun salary The first level starting salary with no experience re- mains at $5,400. The percent- age paid to religious teach- ers is raised from 85% to 90% of the lay teacher The recent one-your con- tract negotiated between the Roman Catholic School Board and York Region teachers raised the top salary from $14,000 to $14,300. This is However. Councillor Lois Hancey told Rich- mond Hill Council Mon- day night that since mem- bers of the Region of York's Planning Commit- tee and of the Richmond Hill Planning Committee had received the report only on December 6 they had not had sufficient time to study the recom- mendations of that report. The Lake Wilcox Study Committee, set up in Au- gust 1971 completed its work in August of this year. Top Roman Catholic Teacher's Pay Raised To $14,300 Annum He said it was essential that public and Roman Cath- olic school pupils retain their own identities and it was not his intention that they share the same classroom. How- ever, the Ministry wasn’t prepared to finance new The meeting was to have discussed the final report of the Lake Wilcox Study Committee headed by Re- gional Councillor Gordon Rowe. The public meeting an nounced in last week's is- sue of this paper for to- night at 8 pm in Lake Wil- cox School has been can celled. The advertisement should not have appeared and “The Liberal' regrets any inconvenience it may have caused. their areas. the meeting wasl John Raniowski of Schom- told. berg will represent Roman Mr. Wells said this might Catholic school supporters in take the form of sharing the rest of the region when schools. the sale of schools the new board resumes oper- between boards. or by new ations in January. ‘ construction. The board's liaison com- N 0 Lake Wilcox Meeting The memo, which was sent to all Ontario School Boards, is part of a two-point pro- gram to ensure that the two boards consult each other on a regular basis regarding en- rolment patterns and accom- modation available within their areas. the meeting was told. The recommendation was prompted by a memo to the board from Thomas Wells, Minister of Education, in- forming it that the Ministry of Education wouldn‘t ap- prove any new school con- struction until “it has been shown that the need for new accommodation exists and is not available in the same geographic area." York Board Seeks Co-Operation With Catholic Board On Schools And now we can see the houses mushrooming in the fields west at Yonge Street. The <alos office is them and a York County Board of Ed- ucation has asked its staff to bring in a recommenda- tion calling for its liaison committee with York County Roman Catholic School Board to expand its terms of ref- erence to include planning with regard to future school construction. Then came 1970 and regional government. and BAIF became a part of Richmond Hilll For two more years promoters and planners worked over the nitty- gritty of phases and the condi- tions not clearly spelled out in tho agreement with Vaughan. negotiating where it was poss- ible to negotiate. VOL. 96, NO. 24. The Township of Vaughan tossed the plans for BAIF back and forth for years and they were finally approved by the Municipal Board. By MARGARET LADE For years we have been hear- ing and reading about BAIF, a community to accommodate some 40.000 people in the area south of Vaughan Road to Carr- ville Road. from Yonge to Bathurst Street. And until very recently, when the crops were harvested and the leaves fell from the tree. BAIF to most of us was a world of fantasy, like Alice's Wonder- land or Dorothy‘s golden city of OZ. Task Force Study On BAIF Development Looking For Suggestions From Residents Co-ordinators get an extra $3.200 above their teaching pay, while consultants and supervisors get an added $2.200 a year under the new contract, as they did under the old one. The estimated 3‘} increase for principals in the new contract gives a principal with over 400 pupils the same minimum of $15,500 a year but a maximum up $500 to $19,000. Non-degree prin- cipals receive $1.500 less. Vice-principals get an addi- tional $1.500 a year. Prin- cipal's assistants get an ad- ditional $1.000 in a school with over 400 pupils. Markham Trustee Gordon McMahon of 25 Donalbain Crescent. Thornhill was chairman of the board n0- gotiating committee and the teachers' negotiating chair- man was Aurora School Prin- cipal Larry Tadman. PRINCIPALS‘ SALARIES A salary level lower than first level with a starting pay of $4.800 a year is eliminat- ed from the new contract. 20 MEETINGS "The agreement was bat- tered out after nine months of tough bargaining and many meetings, approximate- ly 20 in all.“ according to Superintendent J o s e p h Hodge. “The teachers threatâ€" ened mass resignations but the board kept bargaining on the tracks. Relations were kept at a rather high level of decorum at all times in spite of slow progress." he said. Hodge confirmed the teachers’ estimate of an av- erage 8‘? increase in the new contract. about one percent short of public school salaries. school construction when ad- equate vacant accommoda- tion was available nearby, or where there was a clear in- dication that planning and decision making have not been carried out in the pub- lic interest. ten to grade 8 The board's liaison com- mittee with the Roman Cath- olic School Board is in the o p e r a t i o n of elementary schools. as the Roman Cath- olic Board only has jurisdic- tion in Catholic schooling in York Region from kindergar- The board at present has one trustee, Conrad Thomp- son of Richmond Hill, to rep- resent the Roman Catholic population in secondary school matters in Richmond Hill and Markham. Co-chairman of the team, which is expected to have a report by the end of January, are J. A. Marrese, chairman of the Metro Roman Catholic School Board, and Dr. R. J. Christie, chairman of the York Board of Education. The Minister also announc- ed the establishment of a study team to consider the problems associated with the sharing of schools or the transferring of stud ents from one system to another. Chaired by Social Worker Stuart MacMiilan of York Cen- tral Hospital Mental Health Services. the committee is studying implications of theI Concern about the implica- tion of BAIF reach beyond Richvale, however. Last spring. BAIF was the chief topic of concern at the annual meet- ing of Richmond Hillâ€"Thorn- hill Family Services. and as a result a social planning task force on BAIF was set up. It is responsible to the Richmond Hill Social Planning Council. paved road in. and the people of Richvale are all too aware of what is happening: as trucks and machines grind back and forth from early morning to the end of daylight. What they see at the moment they don‘t like. The lives of children going to and from school in the area are in jeopardy, they say, and the dust and the mess is sorely trying established residents of the community. What. they ask. will happen to Richvale when all those houses. and the apartâ€" ments to follow. are completed and occupied? Ontario taxpayers will also have to fill out two pages to qualify for the province‘s new property tax credit which re- places the former basic shel- ter exemption of the last few Mr. Stevens points out that the form contains 13 sections which the taxpayer will have to read through in order to see which ones concern him. These sections aren't labelled and Mr. Stevens believes they will be most confusing to most users. It will be rough on small businessmen. farmers. investors. partner- ships and those making capi- tal gains. Trudeau 3 Tax Form Be wilder: (anatfians No, it’s not a travel ticket for a round-the- world trip that York Simcoe Conservative MP Sinclair Stevens is holding in the above picture. It is the Trudeau Government’s income tax form (11 feet of it) which Canadians will have to use in 1973. Contained in the new form are many tax changes former Trudeau Finance Minister Edgar Benson announced last year. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1972 The task force has already done a lot of spadework at muni- cipal and provincial level. says MacMillan, but they need‘ideas from citizens with special areas of concern. Consultants to the task force are Ward 6 Councillor Lou Wainwright and Richmond Hill Planning Director Hesse Rimon. Committee members are all local people. including Trevor Pierce of the Ontario Welfare Council:- Gary Felix of Lake Wilcox, a candidate for Ward 5 in the recent municipal election; Rev. George Young of Em- manuel Anglican Church in Richvalc. president of the Social Planning Council: Gwen Halli- day. program director for Rich- mond Hill YWCA: York County Board of Education Trustee Warren Bailie; Rev. James Dau- phinee. pastor at St. Paul's Lutheran Church: and Pauline Barrett. Dorothy Gummersall and Pat Bedfordâ€"all very ac- tive in community work in the areal BAIF development on the town as a whole. exploring ways in which it can be integrated into the existing community. ‘u Right now. no one can be certain when the House of Commons will get around to this or how long the Opposi- tion Members will debate it. With the most favorable poli- tical conditions. it could well be midâ€"or late January (when tax forms are usually in the hands of the taxpayers). As things stand in the House of Commons it could be even later. The House doesn’t con- vene until January 4. Department of National Rev- enue cannot complete the tax return forms. IIn Essentials Unity; in Non-Essentials Liberty; in all things Charity” It acknowledges provisions in the present agreement between developers and municipality for providing public utilities such as water, sewage disposal, streets. etc. for the develop- The statement is general rather than specific because the task force has not yet been able to verify much of the in- information due to what it describes as “unco-ordinated nature of plans pertaining to social. educational and recrea- tional facilities and services to be incorporated within the total plan’fl Its chief concern is with social implications of the development, which will double the popula- tion of Richmond Hill within a decade. lated to phases 2 and 3 of the BAIF development were initiat- ed by the Township of Vaughan, and that the Richmond Hill Council has been at a dis- advantage in its negotiations with the developers because the plan has been approved in prin- ciple by the province. In a formal statement of pro- gress, the task force concedes that subdivision agreements re- Secondly, she would ask‘ those who are kind enough to ‘ drive in to deliver their own paper. to do so on the collec- tion day between 3:30 and 5 pm. The fire department prefers that no papers be stored on the premises, which of course has to be done if the papers are delivered be- tween collection days. Students Need Help Collecting Papers Janet said she would like to emphasize, first. that the chief obstacle is the small number of motor-cars at any time since not a large num- ber of students have their driving licenses. She would be glad to hear from any resident of Richmond Hill who would be willim:i to drive a car on the first Monday. She can provide students to load and unload. as long as she can get enough cars. Her telephone number is 884- 3918. There will be an informal warm-up at 2 pm January 14, then talks about budgetting with a visiting homemaker and a Victorian Order nurse leading off with their views of common hazards in this area of marriage. After coffee break a panel of married couples. including On January 13, the pro- gram will begin with infor- mal getting acquainted and introduction followed by dis- cussion of “What do you ex- pect out of your marriage? In-put, sharing. common tasks. and the Christian per- ~\pective on marriage." After coffee break a gyne- cologist will talk about physi- ological and emotional aspects of marriage. Supper at 5 p}n will be followed by a film on mar- riage and discussion, Janet Hutchinson. organiz- er of the Richmond Hill High School 1) a p e r collection. apologizes to anyone whose papers were not collected by her staff on the first Mon- day of December. At 3:30 pm. students gathered at the back door oi the school to load ears. but not a single voluntccr motor-car was vis- ible. The , roll-off box. which holds 10 tons. was nearly fill- ed, for which thanks are due to the people who put out paper. or drove in themselves to deliver it. She managed by telephon- ing parents and “ax-laymg teachers on their way home. to assemble enough cars to man must of the routes. By six o‘clock; when the opera- tion broke up for supper. nearly all the papers were collected. But if any were missed. she is sorry. The Richmond Hill Min- isterial Association has again arranged for a marriage school: All who are interest- ed in looking at the Christian oerspective of marriage in all its aspects are invited to join in the marriage preparation course the weekend of Janu- wry 13 and 14 at St; Mat- "hew's United Church, 333 Crosby Avenue near Bayview in Richmond Hill. Sessions will continue from 2 to 7 pm each day, and the fee of $6. per couple includes coffee break and supper. Marriage School In January For Couples In Richmond Hill CHIEF OBSTACLE Min- a young married lawyer, will again give their opinions on what In a letter Minister of Ed- ucation Thomas Wells ex- tended best wishes to Mr Jacobs and expressed his confidence that the new ap- pointee will make a full and makes a marriage. There will be discussion on family planning and legal knowledge followed by supper and an evaluation of the course. December 5 meeting of the school board. He will repre- sent the Ontario Separate School Trustees‘ Association and the Ontario School Trustees' Council. Eugch Jacobs of Wood- bridge, chairman of the York County R o m a n Catholic School Board has been ap- pointed to the Board of Governors of the Ontario In- stitute for Studies in Educa- tion, trustees learned at the ummunmmunuimuummmnmmum1nmnummmunw People planning to marry in the near future may get more information and regis- tration forms from their min- ister or by calling Richmond Hill-Thornhill Family Serv- ices at 884-8822. Enquiries and registration forms may also be addressed to Rich- mond Hill Marriage School, PO Box 224, Richmond Hill. uummummum“muummunummuummmumumnuu Honor Councillors It was hail and farewell at Richmond Hill Council meeting Monday night. The four newly elected mem- bers were present and wel- comed to the council chamber by Mayor Wil- liam Lazenby. They will not take their seats at the council table until the inaugural meeting sched- uled for 11 am January 8. Recognizing the services to the town of the four retiring members the may- or presented Councillor David Schiller (three years), Regional Council- lor Donald Plaxton (11 years) and Councillor Stewart Bell (two years), with cufflinks bearing the crest of the town. Coun- cillor Shaun Beggs was not present for the meeting since he was confined to hospital with an eye in- jury suffered in the after- noon. Mayor William Lazenby reported that Mr. Beggs already had cufflinks and so he would present him with a tie rack. Because of his decade of service to the community. Regional Councillor Plaxton was also presented with a tie tack. ' Named To OISE Such facilities. say the task force, should include day care services for preâ€"school and school age children. services for senior citizens and community health information services. One proposal of the com- mittee's statement is that com- munity centre and indoor rec- reation and cultural facilities be located in the shopping centres that are part of the plan. The task force also recognizes provision in the plan for the church sites and construction of a library as well as the setting aside of the parkland required by law. (Provincial legislation makes if mandatory for develop- ers to set aside five acres. or the equivalent in cash. for park pur- poses.) Although the parkland designated in the BAIF plan ex- ceeds the legal requirement, the task force finds that provision for recreation is limited to small park sites without consideration for indoor facilities. ment area and the likelihood that these utilities are intended to meet. in part. at least, the needs of the established com- munity in the area. HOME PAPER OF THE DISTRICT SINCE 1878 Yonge Buses Show $2,461.17 Profit mummumuumunmmmulumumImuumuummmuum lllllllllllllllll“IlllHlll“lllllllll\lllll\llll\\lll\\|llllmlllllllllllllll Gallanough Thornhill Benefactor Increase in the fares on the TTC operated North Yonge Street bus line from 10¢ per zone to eight zone tickets for $1, initiated July 1. is reflected in the report on operations for the third quarter of this year, Rich- mond Hill Council learned Monday nights After two years of ever- increasing deficits, the line (owned by the Towns of Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Markham! showed a profit for July, August and Septem- ber of $2,461.17. This has been divided with Richmond Hill's share (61.28%) being $1,508,21. Markham‘s share I27.95%i is $687.90 and Vaughan's share (10.77%) is $265. Last year the loss for the same three month period was $2,461444. This year 307,635 fares were collected during this period and last year 340,659 were collected. Gallanough in a 1959 will left the money in trust for any offspring of his son F. Harold Gallanough, who died recently in Flor- ida without heirs. In the event there were no child- ren, the money was to go to Thornhill. He is Frederick James Gallanough, a former Thornhill veterinarian and resident from before the turn of the century. The money is to be used for library. park or picnic ground facilities to be named after Gallanough in what was formerly the Po- lice Village of Thornhill and is now part of Vaughan and Markham Towns. Thornhill’s m y s t e r y $200,000 benefactor has been named. The new chief joined the town’s fire department in 1967 when the first perm- anent staff was hired. He has attended fire-fighting courses provided by the Ontario Fire Marshall’s Department at Gravenhurst and passed them with high honors. it was reported to council. The recommended sal- ary was $13,000 per year. Council's fire commit- tee, under the chairman- ship of Councillor Lou Wainwright recommended his appointment as chief at a committee meeting November 14. and made him probationary fire chief effective November 15. Captain Kennedy will succeed the late Chief Alfred Stong, who died October 31, and has been the acting fire chief since Chief Stong became ill in September. Captain Robert Kennedy was appointed permanent fire chief of Richmond Hill's Fire Department, at Monday night‘s council meeting. The appointment is retroactive to December Robt. Kennedy Fire Chief Recognizing that BAIF will have significant consequences on the whole town. the task force says, “Our major concern is that steps be taken now to make whatever amendments are possible in the subdivision agreement and that long term planning for services be inteâ€" grated". Their immediate objective. says MacMillan. is to involve the citizens of Richmond Hill in If development has reached a stage where such multi-purpose facilities are not feasible, the task force urges the town to negotiate with the developer for purchase of land at a price that is reasonable to both parties. “For example the concept of a multi-purpose centre could provide for a variety of activi- ties and programs, and at the same time contribute towards the' development of a homoâ€" genous community." “There is an urgent need for joint discussion with municipal departments and other bodies, including voluntary organizaâ€" tions and other bodies regard- ing specific services". the state- ment declares. The onigin‘al site was to be at the corner of Carrville Road and Bathurst, but pro- tests from existing ratepay- ers in the area brought re- It all began about 10 years ago, when BAIF and the Township of Vaughan began negotiations for the large residential and commercial development which got unâ€" derway this year. Working on the theory that this devel- opment should not cost other ratepayers in the municipal- ity a penny, an agreement was hammered out through the years, which required BAIF (among other commit- mentsi to build the sewage treatment plant. RICHMOND HEIGHTS CENTRE 884-1812 Phone 889-1812 Thornhill-Vaughan Residents Ask Why No Sanitary Sewers Town Solicitor Tom Fraser pointed out that under By- law 1000 tthe towns zoning bylaw) a billiard parlor was a permitted use in that loca- tion. but that under Bylaw 6671 which will succeed By- law 1000) it is not a per- mitted use. Bylaw 6671 was passed by council before the applications were received and is now before the OMB. It is customary, he noted, for a new bylaw to be de- clared effective on the date passed by council â€"â€" and normal procedure is to hold up processing of applications until the OMB has dealt with the municipal application for bylaw approval. It was reported that the roof is on, electricity and plumbing roughed in and the shell is nearing completion. It is designed with four or Mayor William Lazenby re- ported that the staff had been in ignorance of legisla- tion passed by council, which is now awaiting approval by the Municipal Board. He also charged that plans for the building had been approved by the planning department and Councillor Lois Hancey. chairman of council's plan- ning committee, reported that the planning depart- ment‘s approval was for the structure only. “The use of the building was not stated and never considered,” she maintained. “I don't want it construed that the planning committee \‘vas responsible for this mistake." When council became aware in November of the intended purpose of the building, the owners, Elmo Trading were informed that any further work on the building would be proceeded with at their risk. The answer is that the capacity of the plant was allocated by John Robarts’ Ontario Cabinet some years ago â€"â€" the BAIF development, York Central Hospital and Don Head Secondary School and approximately 4,000 people on the west side of Richmond Hill. Residents of the Thornhill area of the Town of Vaughan want to know why they will not be included amongst those who will be served by the new sewage package treatment plant located just north of Highway 7 on Bathurst Street. Pool Room Not Legal a substantial sum of money, it was revealed at Monday night’s council meeting. Some months ago a billiard room licence and a building permit were issued for a billiard parlor in a reconstructed and enlarged building on the site of Allencourt Bowling Alleys, which was destroyed by fire several months ago. Errors on the part of two rnémbers of the municipal staff of the Town of Richmond Hill may‘wgll cps‘t the ratepayers o_f the municipality Individual input at this stage is very important. MacMillan emphasizes, and all members of the task force and of the social planning council are will- ing and eager to translate the ideas of the citizens into speciâ€" fic recommendations to the municipality and to the developer. The fact that many of the successful candidates in the re- cent municipal elections in Metro ran on a “save our neigh- borhood" platform may have some impact on planners and developers in York Region, said MacMillan. It may also help to bring home to the average citi- zen the dangers implicit in sit- ting back until “progress” has covered the landscape with con- crete in the form of highrise apartments and high density townhouse developments with- out a blade of grass in sight and nowhere for the young people. and the old people. to spend their time except in the shop- ping centres. planning for the larger com- munity. thus providing a real opportunity for the community to identify. â€"so that at some future date they might be served from the plant. five stores facing on Allen- court Plaza with the billiard parlor in the rear. Designed for a billiard parlor the rear section has a narrow front- age and it would be difficult to lease it for any other pur- pose, it was stated. The lessee of the billiard parlor was reported to have a 10 year lease, to have paid eight months rent in advance (to start when the building is com- pleted) and to have paid a deposit of $4,000 on the $20,000 cost of pool tables. Mr. Fraser estimated it would be another three months before the OMB hearing on Bylaw 6671 and suggested that council enter- tain an application for an amendment to‘ that bylaw and hold a public hearing to determine the reaction of ratepayers and businesses in the area. If public reaction is favorable. council could then present this amendment at the hearing. Mr. Fraser was instructed to draft the proposed amendment. Mr. Fraser pointed out that if the building is fin- ished. the municipality could seek an injunction to restrain its use as a billiard parlor. The owners, however, are free to appear at the board hearing and apply to have Bylaw 6671 amended. In the event such application was refused. it is possible an ac- tion against the municipality for damages could be laid be- cause of the building permit. “The question would be what damages were suffered. Right now the municipality can do nothing?" “What do we do in the meantime?" one of the prin- cipals asked, but council or Mr. Fraser had no answer for him. PRICE 15¢ PER COPY Floweré Wired Anywhere