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_ _ Henry Government _ : Given Mazjority of 56 on the Canyon Bill VOL. 47, NO. 15 Bonds Purchased at Lowest Possible Figure, Minister Declares in Def of Dealâ€"8. C. Tweed, Waterloo Liberal, Bolts M!M Abitibi Canyon Purchase and Claims It Rarvain. â€" Declares Government Duty Bound to MEIGHEN‘s ACTIONS UNDER FIRE Hard on the heels of a smashin defence by Hon. Charles McCrea of Government and Hydro policy in the Abitibi Canyon transaction, and of Premier Henry‘s position in the O.P.8. bonds matter, the Provincial Legislature, late last night by an overwhelming registered vote, enâ€" dorsed the principle of the special legislation b{ which Queen‘s Park seeks to ratify its recent acquisition of the great northern power proje.ct. Seventyâ€"four members voted for second reading of the bill, with only 18 o ing, giving the Government a mmty of 56. f This second reading of the Abitibi legislation had several features, namely, the "bolt" of S. C. Tweed, Liberal, from the attitide taken by the party‘s Hydro critic, Dr. George A. McQuibbanâ€"the scorching inâ€" dictment preferred by Mr. Mcâ€" Quibban against the whole canyon purckase, and in particular the posiâ€" tion of Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen, Hydro commissioner; and the conâ€" demnation _ heaped _ on _ Premier Henry by Mr. Nixon for his "mainâ€" taining secrecy up to the very last" on his possession of a $25,000 block of O.P.S. securities. Tweed With Government. Although Mr. Tweed was not present | when the division | was forced, he left no doubt earlier in the day as to his position on the big power purchase. Mr. Tweed not only adgnitted that in his opinion the government had been morally bound to take over the development but complained that the government‘s treatment of the O.P.S. hondholders had not been "generous" as comâ€" plained of elsewhere, but "extremeâ€" ly harsh." _ e Because he felt there was a "moral obligation on the part of the government _ to | see . the deal‘ through," S. C. Tweed, Libera}‘ member for North Waterloo, stood up in the legislature and voiced apâ€" proval of the purchase of the Onâ€" tario Power Service Corporation by the government, declaring that in a short time this purchase would prove a profitable one. _ _ While his fellow Liberals sat in stony silence, Mr. Tweed outlined reasons why, in his opinion, the government was acting rightly in the matter of the purchase of the power development. The member for North Waterioo stoutly declared that in his loyalty to the Liberal party he did not take second place to any man. The unexpected pronouncement came towards the close of Hon. William Finlayson‘s address at the second reading of the bill ratifying the purchase. Hon. Charles McCrea whispered for a moment to Mr. Finlayson and the latter paused in his speech. s "I understand the honorable memâ€" ber for North Waterloo has someâ€" thing he would like to say," sugâ€" gested Mr. Finlayson. _ _ __ Ne n on en en Members in all parts of the House sat up and took notice as Mr. Tweed rose. Mr. Tweed‘s "bolt" from the Liberal ranks on the O.P.S.C. quesâ€" tion was hailed with evident delight by the government su‘ppO{ters. ~"I am taking part in the discusâ€" wion of this bill for three reasons," said Mr. Tweed.. Do s "The names of several life insurâ€" ance companies, â€" who purchased O.P.S.C. bonds and individuals who acted for these companies on the bondholders committee have been introduced into the discussions in this House and at roliticnl meetings beld in several places during the past few mor_\ths'. uk Lo THE An attractive volume of verse, the| â€" The volume opens with "A Sunâ€"| joint work of Finlay F. Macnab)set Ftntny" (imaginations on neeâ€"| and A. Arthur Morrison, entitled)ing the sunset over a lake on the "Up to Now," privately published,| Upper Ottawa). This has about it x:vel these two young writers their|a trul{ Canadian atmosphere and is omonnnity to seek the approvâ€"| contributed to the collection of â€"«al of the literary world. The book / verse by Mr. Macnab. Further on contains about 40 lyrics, having a|‘"Dream Isles" continues the touch nature Mefiround for their inâ€"| of hnu-x with which the book is mnfion. ey are of excellent|introduced. It is from the pen of tion and technique, abounding in | Mr. Morrison. dmr(pt?n of sunsets, dawna, moonâ€"| _ The verses are inurutln‘f and Ifi: and the feeling of night "that|should create a favorable reader reâ€" t the soul to sweet tnna;fliv." action. n %'.ho ch.mln’ apirit of ieâ€" Mr. Macnab is shown above (left) torian rerlod of literature pervades) with Mr. Morrison (?’lt). They the volume along with a ylcuvl:[ hold the positions of nu'gr and Ilmmm of the days of chi Assistant Manager of the Publicity ry. Petrarchian and Shakeâ€"\Department at the Head Office of 1 UE REOATE CC 3X Anlihs Ruumiutas LiGs Aacnesnes fram. "I believe in the principle of pubâ€" Publish New Volume Of Verse â€" Declares Government Duty Bound BY DR. G. A. MeQUIBBAN, LIBERAL lic ownership of public utilities and I believe that the government was morally bound to take over the unâ€" dertaking. _ â€" There is always two sides to every question and in this case the posiâ€" tion of the insurance companies and others who invested trust funds in the project should be considered. Not Skinning Skunks. "In my loyalty to the Liberal Farty in Ontario, 1 do not take seeâ€" end place with any man. On the other hand, like my Hon. friend from Sault Ste. Marie, I want it understood that I am not skinning «ny skunks for the government. "The history of this power de velopment goes back to 1926 when the power site was given or leased to a subsidiary company of the Abitibi Company, two weeks after the 1926 election. Whether there was any connection between the fact that an electign was just over and the granting of this power lease, is something about which the public will form its own opinion, "Last July, while on a holiday trip through Northern Ontario ard Westâ€" ern Canada as far west as the Peace River country, 1. wrote several articles for the ‘London Advertiser.‘ Upon referring to the ‘London Adâ€" vertiser‘ I find the following report of an article that I wrote on July 6th : "‘One of the first things that meets the eye of the traveller on the "In my opinion, all governments | in Canada have been too free in | dealing with the natural resources ) of the country. 1 Cunadian National trains the first morning out from Toronto is the cew power line of the Ontario Hydroâ€"Electric _ Power Commissioni from Abitibi Canyon to Sudbury. This is a fine, modern power line,| similar to those in Southern Ontario. | 1 understand that the cost was in the â€" neighborhood of $2,000,000. | From this it will be seen that the Ontario Hydro Commission is vitally ’ interested in the completion of the Ontario Power Service Company at Abitibi Canyon. 1 presume that ro serious opposition can be raised against the taking over of this proâ€" ject by the Ontario Government or the Hydro Commission. However, if lthis is done it would seem to me that it should only be taken over on the basis upon which it could have been financed had the work been undertaken by the Hydro Comâ€" wission in the first place. ; "‘Upon the strength of contracts with the Ontario Hydro Commission and the Abitibi Pag)er Company, the Ontario Power Service Company was able to sell $20,000,000 worth of bonds on a six per cent. basis. This is the only money that has thus far gone into the construction. Had the Hydro Commission underâ€" taken the construction of the power plant, the money could have been obtained at 414 per cent., or a sayâ€" ing of $300,000 per year for 20 years.‘ â€" "That was written before the Government had made any anâ€" rouncement â€" regarding | the price that they would pay. Loss to Bondhoiders "At the price paid, the bondâ€" kolders are getting the equivalent of about 15 million dollars, or a loss on their investment of 25 per cent. "In this connection 1 recall that Premier Bennett said in reference to the Beauharnois project. ‘It is our duty to see that the investors in these bonds do not lose one dollar.‘ oo Mr. Macnab is shown above (left) with Mr. Morrison (?M.). They hold the positions of nuxr and Assistant Manager of the Publicity Department at the Head Office of the Dominion Life Assurance Comâ€" (Continued on Page 5) [ A booming rise at the very outset | of trading carried most grain prices | to the highest levels for nearly a ! year at Chicago on Ayr‘i’l 6th. _ Resppearance of foreign interest and substantial purchases of Canaâ€" dian wheat for shipment abroad for the first time in weeks, together with the bullish character of the ‘i.‘nlted States crop reports, sent wheat prices up at Winnipeg on "l‘uudly. and at the close values were 1c higher. â€" . Wheat Prices _ Up at Winnipeg; Export Demand Wheat for immediate delivery in United States brought 65c a bushel, 54c above simultaneous quotations ou the nearest future delivery. Fort Worth, Texas, reported epot cash wheat there commanded 67 to 70¢ Opening transactions found | wheat as much as 1 % cents a bushel ‘higher than the previous day‘s | vigorous rise, with corn 1% cents ‘up. _ September wheat contracts *lnter crawled up almost 2 cents above the previous day, to a peak of 604 cents a bushef. the highest {price paid for wheat in many ‘months. A single car of No. 2 red wheat sold in the cash grain market ‘for 63 cents a bushel, the highest ‘cash price paid in Chicago since | March, 1932. _ e o GRAIN PRICES HIT HIGH MARK AT CHICAGO Highest Prices Since a Year Ago.â€"Partial Crop Failure in Kansas. Talk of currency inflation by a group of industrinlyists, and reports of freezing temperatures in Kansas, where the wheat crop has already been reported seriously curtailed by unfavorable weather, brought buyâ€" ers to the grain pits. | _ . Security markets felt the pull of grains and also scored a sharp rise carly, advancing one to three points. Later, â€" however, â€" stocks _ quietly tapered off and many gains were haived. WATERLOO MAN FALLS UNCONSCIOUS AT TIRE FACTORY John Dieh] Dies at K. & W. Hospital In His $5th Year. A well known Waterloo citizen, John C. Diehl, 19 Princess Street, g}used away at the Kitchener â€" aterloo Hosg‘tal on _ Saturday morning. Mr. Diehl, while leaving the Dominion Tire Co., where he was a press operator, fell unâ€" conscious Thursday and was taken to the hospital where he failed to regain consciousness. Dr. Leavine and Dr. Lackner, who were called, stated a stroke suffered as he was leaving the factory for the day, caused death. The stroke caused a ihcmnrrhxge at the base of the brain. He was in his 55th year.. ~ The late Mr. Dichl was born in Ellice township and for the past eighteen years resided in Waterloo. surviving are a wife, one daughter, Erma, at home, five brothers, George, Henry and Edward, Eckert of Kitchener and Melville of Toronâ€" to, and five sisters, Mrs. Ida Helm, Stratford, Mrs. Levi Cook, North Easthope, Mrs. John Pfaff, Waterâ€" loo, Mrs. Wm. Hogg, Toronto, and Mrs. Chas. Woodward, Toronto. Rev. J. Maurer of the First English Lutheran â€" Church conducted the funeral services on Tuesday. Interâ€" ment was made in Mt. Hope cemeâ€" tery. * TRAPPED IN CAR, MOTORIST BURNS TO HIS DEATH Trafrped in his car, which burst into flames when he was driving into the subway under the Pere Marâ€" quette tracks in Walkerville, Wilâ€" fred Racine, 27 years old, was fatally burned on Thursday. He died in Hotel Dieu the same eveâ€" ning. The car caught fire as it travelled down the west approach to the subway. Mr. Racine lost conâ€" trol and the car careened from side to side on Wyandotte Street. The car caromed off a subway pillar and shot through the subway, coming to sNOt LMTDUMRM LNE EMUU UE CCCE EC a stop on the east side. Racine, who had been trying to escape from the blazing car while approaching the subway, fell out when his car came to a stop at the embankment. KILLS WIFE AND SELF AT SARNIA; Tragedy stalked in the threeâ€" room cottage of Frank Olah, Sarnia on Thursday, claiming the lives of the 35-Kyear-old Hungarian and his wife, Kathleen, of the same age, while their 22â€"monthsâ€"old daughter layed with her dolls in a room adâ€" roim'ng that in which, police allege, murder and suicide took place. _ Dicovery of the tragedy was made by another daughter, 10â€"yearâ€"old Annie H. Olah, on her return from school. She found her mother lying on the floor 6f the bedroom and her father huddled on the bed, his throat cut. TWEED MATTRESS BILL HELD OVER UNTIL NEXT SESSION In the Ontario Legielature on Wednesday the bill sponsored by 8. C Tweed, member for North Waterâ€" loo under whch mattresses containâ€" ing second hand materia) would have to be ao labelled, will be hald over unt!l the next session. Some of the members wanted more time to consider it as there was difficulty in enforcing proposed bill. "Is the bill getting what is called the six months‘ holst?" L. V. Cote, Conservative, aaked. "Worse than that," concluded Mr. AWAITED DEPORTATION Esteemed Waterloo |Farmer Presented Couple Jainatly | With Two Sets An interesting and | enjoyable event on Saturday was a family family gathering held at the home of Mr.. and ‘Mrs. Thomas Hilliard, 86 William St. West, Waterloo, to mark the birthdays of this highly esteemed and prominent Waterloc coupte. Mr. Hilliard observed his Y2nd birthday and Mrs. Hilliard will attain her 87th birthday early next month. M Mr. Hilliard is in excellent health and continues to take a keen inâ€" terest and attena. board of directors meetings of tne Dominion Life Assurance Co. and the Waterloc Trust and Savings Co., of which he is the founder. He also â€"eontinues very much interested in church work and is a regular attendant at the Sunday services at the First United Church. He was a member of the Home â€" Missions Board of the Methodist Church for 27 years and is well known among leading church laymen and ministets TA Canada. | un Prvia dn in nou cmd tss reffinenti ul se id Mr. Hilliard was born in Ireland in 1841 and when six years of age accompanied his parents to Canada, settling at Bolton, Ont. When Mr. Hilliard reached manhood he taught school at Glenallen, Elmira and Waterloo. Later he engaged in the life insurance business and founded the Dominion Life Assurance Co. At the dinner gathering held on Saturday, members of the family and brothers and sisters of both Mr.‘ and Mrs. Hilliard were present. Among those present from a disâ€" tance were Mr. Hilliard‘s brother, John Hilliard, aged 81, and Mrs. Hilliard and sister, Mrs. Elliott, all of Toronto, Mrs. Vickerman of Preston, and Mrs. Harry Brown of Toronto, sisters of Mrs. Thomas Hilliard, and a brother, Solomon Sauder, of Kitchener. _ The dinner table was prettily decorated‘ in blue and gold and centred with a birthday cake, the gift of Mrs. Finlay Matheson. The rooms â€" were â€" lovely with â€" spring flowers. The guests of honor were recipients of birthday gifts and conâ€" gratulatory messages from friends from a distance and locally. _ The Chronicle joins with a host of Twinâ€"City friends in extending heartiest congratulations to both Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard and trust they may be spared to celebrate more happy birthdays. CoUNTY ROADS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL CONDITION Rural Mail Carriers Used Horse and Buggy to Make Deliveries. The roads in the wwmhi?o which have been in wretched condition the East two weeks are now imTroving. ural mail carriers were obliged to use the horse and busgy for some days to get over the side roads but now have been able to return to the motor car. Perhaps the worst roads were experienced at Bamberg, St. Agatha and Wellesley, caused by the heavy trucks cutting up the THREE MONTHS‘ GRACE FOR OUTSIDE MILK roads badly The â€" Kitchener _ Relief _ Board thro;rh Miss Jackson announced on Tuesday that after three months the milk vendors from outside the corâ€" poration selling milk to %nom on relief would be cut off. e Board ordered Miss Jackson to cut ‘down milk orders to outside dealers each month for three months until the business is entirely eliminated. The above action is in accordance with a ruling made early in the year that no milk be bought from dealers not having their plants in Kitchener. _ the opinion that outaide dealers have had ample time in which to adjust their businese de-llh,n with patrons in the city and therefore should not complain when cut off. quick to admit, was his. In making out a record of birth at which he was the attending VENDORS IN KITCHENER Members of the Board expressed The mistake, Dr. R. C. Mills was Admits Error ~ akâ€" | Allan Dorscht, well known farmâ€" 18 =ou .. |er of Beriet‘s Corner, near Welles naking| _ While phyi? at her home in New tch he ll-mbn? on Monday, eightâ€"yearâ€"old n, Dr.| Betay Hurst fell and frattured her in his|elbow. The fracture was reduced at father. the K. & W. Hospital. TWO MEN BADLY ' HURT WHEN HHM â€" BY A RUCK and in fine healthy condition 5":.3‘.".‘.;.32;’«7&."& Hn“n:::. Two cows each 3:3 arrived six ka The Accident l-hp&-ud While City Workmen Were Sweeping As a result of a motor accident Wednesday morning in which two men were badly hurt, Roy Manning of Goderich, driver of the truck is out on $5,000 bail furnished by his father. The accident happened shortâ€" ly after midnight at the corner of King and Scott Sts., at Kifchener, while three city street eweepers were at work. The truck hit wo of the men, Willam Read, 68 yeare and Richard Payne, aged 44. The former is attended by Dr. McGregor at the K.â€"W. Hospital and is suffering from at fractured skull, broken ribs and other injuries to his body. Payne is attended by Dr. Gillespie at the St. Mary‘s hospital ang is euffering from a broken ankie. A third man, Wm. Hurst, menaged to jump clear of the truck and was uninjured. The truck driver claime he was travelling 20 miles an hour and did Read Dies Of Injuries William Read died at the K.â€"W. hospital Thursday noon without reâ€" gaining consclousness. Dr. L. S. Mcâ€" Gregor performed a postmortem. An inquest has been called for April 13th by Dr. Kalbfleisch, coroner. not see the men at work. Although the truck was bought only a few weeks ago police say the driver did mot bring it to a .etop within less than 200 feet. The late Mr. Read was born in England in 1866 and came to Canada in 1907. He served in the Marine during the war. Surviving are a wife, two sons, and seven daughters, two brothers and two sisters. The tuneral was held on Friday with in terment in Woodland cemetery. Rev. Mr. Lanford officiated. PIONEER FURNITURE MANUFACTURER DIES AT KITCHENER Hartman Krug Passes in 80th Year. A Successful Business Man. One of Kichener‘s pioneer furniâ€" ture manufacturers in the person of Hartman Krug, president of the H. Krug Furniture Co., Limited, which he founded in 1887, passed away at his home, 119 Ontario St. North, about six o‘clock Monday evening. He had been in failing health for about a year and was in his 80th year. _ The business was started in a frame building 40 x 60 feet. At different times substantial brick additions were added and toâ€"day it is 90 by 400 ft. with a floor spsce{ of 125,000 sq. ft. Dry kilns adâ€" joining are 350 by 225 ft. The plant is operated by a 175 horseâ€" power and in normal times 200 men are employed. At the outset Mr. Krug did his own selling between Kitciener and Montreal and with a good preduct of uyholsbered furniture secured substantial orders. Workmen Were Sweeping Streets. â€" Driver HOLSTEIN HEIFER HAS HIGH SCORE The fourâ€"yearâ€"old Holstein heifer, Dutchland Echo Beets, owned by Howard A. Fried, New Dundee, Ont., in her last lactation period of 305 days, according to an RO.P. certifiâ€" cate which has just been issued, ylelded 17,218 lbe. milk containing 765 lbs. butter. ‘This heifer had an average test of 3.65% fat. In a ecuffle in a room on the se¢â€" ond floor of the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, at 9.10 Wednesday night, John Riley, 32, a former beli hop, was thrown, police said, through an open window, landing on the sideâ€" walk on King Street. MAN THROUGH HOTEL WINDOW ; DOCTOR ARRESTED Riley suffered a possible fracture of the base of the akull and back inâ€" juries. He is in St. Michael‘s. Hosâ€" pital. â€" Dr. Charles Wigle, aged 40, of Wiarton, alleged to have thrown Riley from the window, was arreated an a charge of amsault. Constable Malloy was standing on King Street, talking to Sergeant Holmes, when he claims to have seen Riley forced out of the window by a man. A woman is alleged to have been one of the party in the hotel room where liquor was in aviâ€" dence. NEW HAMBURG GIRL HURT Premier Henry and Meighen 0. P. S. Bond Hoilders Gwmtl“rus&u-fithmm He Held $25,000 of Bonds and Senator $3,000.â€" Conservatives and Opposition Members Surprised at Disâ€" Ownership of a $25,000 bloek of the O.P.8. bonds which figured in Ontario‘s taking over of the Abitibi Power project was acknowledged 10 the . Legislature _ Wednesday . by Premier Henry. Mr. Henry bought the bonds in 1930, when they were first issued, at the issue price. But if any member of the House wauts to suggest that "the slightest lose" has been caused to the province by his posession of the bonds, and desires to ask for a Royal Commission inquiry into deâ€" tails of the same, he can have that sweeping inquiry forthwith. This is the longâ€"anticipated anâ€" «wer which the head of the Governâ€" ment at Queen‘s Park has volced to criticism betore a crowded ~House and crowded galleries. It came near the fag end of a provincial parliaâ€" mentary session that may be the last for Ontario‘s eighteenth Legislature. It came from a man who, though backed in his etand by his cabinet and supported by his party in cau cus only an hour earlier, was obviâ€" ously weary and worn Ploughs Straight Furrow Electing in his youth to be a farmâ€" er, he had, the Prime Minister told the House, "learned to plough a straight and clean | furrow." . All ’lhrough his life that, he sald, had been his main determination. All through his political career, he de lc!ared. he bad followed the same eourse, and intended to follow it. BANDITS ESCAPE â€" WITH $7,000 PAYROLL| Two bandits are still at large with the $7,000 payroll which they took from employees of the Empire Stevedoring Company at Vancouver bn April 7th. The robbers timed their arrival at the Ramsay garage about fifteen minutes before the pay car was due, herded five men into a tireroom and stood guard over them until the real object of their raid came along. One of them then held up the three men in the car and disappeared in the downtown traffic. 8. The men, said to be in their twenties, were armed with autoâ€" matics and a sawedâ€"off shotgun, and their faces were daubed with greaseâ€"paint. "We don‘t want your money," Â¥owled one of the robbers when . M. Ramsay, owner of the garage, asked, "What‘s this, a holdâ€"up"‘" They were after the payroll and did not bother to Tther any ‘"change" from their preliminary victims. CAUGHT KILLING CHICKENS DOG is DESTROYED Inspector Beam of the Humane Soâ€" ciety was recently called to investlâ€" gate a case Of cruelty to a dog. He found that a man had hit the dog over the head with a crowbar when he caught the animal killing his chickens. The man then took the dog to the veterinary to be deâ€" stroyeg. No court action will be taken. Kitchener will give employment to about 100 relief men at a eewer farm job which will etart this week and keep the men busy for the sumâ€" mer. The work will start on Sydney St. and continue on a gradual elope to the sewer bed banks. The men will receive no cash for the work but will be given relief slips for orâ€" ders on stores for eupplies needed MEN TO BE EMPLOYED ON sSEWER JOB for their families Breslau Bridge Cost Contends Sum of $29,618 Could Have Been Saved.â€"Pertinent Question Causes Flurry. In aimost every instance the de partment of highwaye, of which Premier George S. Henry, was in charge at the time, paid the highest price for materials used i1 the conâ€" atruction of the Breslau bridge, ay proaches and paving, N. O. Hipel, M.P.P. for South Waterloo, showed the Public Accounts Committee on Thureday. In fact the South Waterâ€" loo member in euammarizing the coet ot the undertaking at Brealau de clared that it could have been built }for $29,618.15 leas than the departâ€" ment actually expended. Analyzing his figures indicating that the cost was too high, Mr. Hipel ahowed that for excavation work the tender was $1.85 per cublc yard on |® leas expenalvely designed bridge favored in the firet instance by the department, the government depart \moflt pald $2 for the present job for a difference on the whole Of $3,645. Kitchener ia expected to pay 20 per cent of the cost, Mr. Hipel atated and Waterloo County 20 per cent, with the government payâ€" ing the balance. _ s A difference of 47 cents per hour on labor for sheet piling was also 1oted by Mr. Hipe! making the cost $6,017.88 addittonal. For footings the tender price on the first plan was $8.65 and on the adopted one $12 rr yard or a total difference of $2,497.42 bridge $39.50 was paid. The differâ€" ence on the whole job is $18,275 The largest difference is in the superstructure where the price on the cuble yard of the first job was figured at $26.50 and on the present Excessive Claims N.O. Hipel, M.L.A. During his eight years as Minister of highways in the Ferguson‘ ad ministration, $250,000,000 in receipts and _ expenditures . had _ passed through his hande, and he defied anyone to point to a single dollar deviated for his own personal hbeneâ€" "Yes," said Mr. Henry, "I had the bones." What could I do with them? Could 1 refuse on behalf of the Govâ€" ernment to have anything to do with thig great, important ‘question (the Abitibi transaction) which might ultimately be of tremendous benefit tc the province, merely because ! held a few of the bonds? "I could not. {‘l was elected to serve the people, and any personal consideration had to be pushed aside, and was pushed aside. Nor could 1 hand them to s broker to sell in the Open marâ€" ket. Having by reason of my office acquired confidentia) information as to the financial straits in which the Ontario Power Service Corporation ‘found itself, it would have been manifestly improper for me to sel} ’lhe bonds to a purchaser who had not the same information." And so, he said, the bonds had reâ€" mained in his possession. And the reason he had not informed his ca binet of that possession, he added, was because of the conviction that they should "grapple with the O.P.S problems with entirely free and open minds." Would Give People Longer Weekâ€" Ends Than If Observed Wednesday. FAVOR CLOSING STORES MONDAY FOR HOLIDAY The question of closing Kitchener stores on Monday afternoon instead of Wednesday afternoon for the half week day holiday was suggested by A. G. Goudie at a recent meeting of the Downtown Business Men‘s Club. It was pointed out that this was the logical day to close because it would extend the weekâ€"ends whereas a half holiday on Wednesâ€" day breaks up the weel‘('. Mr. Goudie was in favor of closing the stores for the whole days on Mondays during the summer months. The suggestion will be considered by members of the association. . _ _ May 11, 12 and 13 were fixed for the annual threeâ€"day shopping event, Officers elected for the ensuing {)ear are as follows: Chairman, W owning; â€" viceâ€"chairman, A. R. Goudie; â€" treasurer, â€" Harry Wettâ€" laufer; secretary, Allan Eby; direcâ€" tors, T. H. Kay, J. C. Jaimet, R. Sattler, R. W. Bierwagen, C. M. Lester, R. A. McGillivray. ESTIMATE FOR WATERLOO TOWNSHIP ROADS IS $16,000 Reeve C. T. Groh of Waterko township recently reported that the road estimate for 1933 had been cut by $6,000 which is in line with policy of retrenchment. in 1932 some $2",000 was spent on roads. Reeve â€"Groh intimated that the condition of the roads is not as good as anticipated owing to the early spring and trucks have cut up some of the roads badly and it is quite probable the estimate of $16,000 for roads will not be enough. The proâ€" gram for 1933 includes the erection of a bridge at Bridgeport costing about $1,200. Several other amall bridges will be built and roads gradâ€" ed and gravelled. R. M. Smith, deputy minister of highways, was called before the comâ€" mittee. The lowest tender had not been accepted "because it‘s not alâ€" ways good policy to accept the lowâ€" eat tender." The design submitted with the loweet tender had been reâ€" jected. Frank Barber. who submitted the successful de«ign, had a son who wae assistant to the inspector in charge, Mr. Smith believed. There was a brief flurry when Mr. Hipel aaked the witneas if Barber, Senior, owg} Premier George 8. Henry, who" was minieter of highâ€" ways when the bridge was bulilt, any money. "That is an impertinent question and should not be asked without something to back it up." ead Hon. Leopold Macaulay, minister of highâ€" «ald Mr. Hipel way@ _ "You shouldn‘t ask such a queg tion unlesa you have eome reason for It." Fair Question "It‘a a perfectly fair queation." "In any event,." ead Mr. Smith. "I know of no auch thing." Mr. Hipel declared no contractore in the district, in Kitchener, Waterâ€" oo or Guelph were given a chance to submit tenders. "Therae were no advertisements placed. My conten: tion ie the prime minister as mini¢â€" ter of highways should have reâ€" viewed this whole matter and if he approved the new design, should have thrown the whole thing open to the public for pew bide. If he had done this. his bide would have been lower." _ The committee will report to the legislature after deliberating and reaching its conclusione. I‘m just asking him if he knows