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*% Pointing out that the county of Waterloo has a large surplus, Mr. Cassel said they could pay their share in one year. The present effice has been condemned as not fireâ€"proof, dirty and cramped, said Mr. Cassel, pointing out that in case of fire, it would cost the county an untoid ainount of money in loss of records. Possibility of coâ€"operation in the erection of a new and upâ€"toâ€"date reâ€" w.stry office in Kitchener received « setback when the mayors of Kitchâ€" ener and Galt clashed with Warden Schueit and Samuel Cassel, clerk and treasurer of the county at the meet ing of the board of management of the House of Refuge on Friday ‘"We have always felt that whenâ€" ever the inspector of legal offices wants something done with a public office we may as well do it right away because if we don‘t he‘ll do it anyway and send us the bill," deâ€" clared the treasurer Can‘t Have Surpius "We aren‘t allowed by the governâ€" ment to carry a surplus and are supâ€" posed to pass it back to the ratepayâ€" ers at the first of each year, when possible. I wanted to see a year or two go by without our having to issue any debentures and by the year 1961 we won‘t owe a nickel", stated Mayor Gordon. Police noticed a man prowling around in the office of the building when they were trying doors in the industrial building, and investigaâ€" tion revealed the accused. He was arrested on a charge of breaking and entering and removed by police car to the guard room. _ s Eight Pages "The city of Kitchener adopted a policy "pay as we go" this year and we are endeavoring in every way posefble to cut down our mill rate," declared Mayor G. W. Gordon, oxâ€" hibiting a letter {rom county counâ€" cil asking that city council consider the advisability of the erection of the new edifice. Mayor Gordon said the letter would be referred to council at Monday night‘s seasion. Gordon Opposed "It‘s pretty hard to conduct municiâ€" pal or any other kind of business if one body receives the money and 17 others hunt around for ways and means to spend it. This question (Continued on Page 5â€"No. 1) KITCHENER.â€"Alleged by Conâ€" stables Cowan and Herzog to have made an attempt to break into the safe of the rural Hydro plant on Breithaupt street, Friday night, Charles Spiegelberg, 38, of Victoria Cassel, Gordon and Serviss in Heated Debate at Refuge Alleged Burglar Caught in Act here Tuesday. According to police an iron pinch ba; was found on the floor near the safe. Exciting Runaway at St. Clements; No Person Injured Cities and County Quarrel Over New Registry Office Vol. 82, No. 29 Haus was in Lorentz‘ chopâ€" ping mill at the time, and had tethered the animal outside. The usual sudden stor by the horse at a telephone pole at the end of the street resuited in almost complete damage to the buggy and outfit. (By Chronicle Correcpondent} ST.CLEMENTSâ€"Pedestrians were forced to jump for their lives, Saturday afternoon, when a single horse neglected to ask fie:mmsion of its owner, Jacob us, and boited down King street at full speed. Several persons crossing the street narâ€" rowly escaped injury. _ _ will appear in police court __BRAMPTON, April 10. â€"Shot in the abdomen late on Wednesday night by a masked bandit, Gerret Lammerse, 61â€"yearâ€"old service station owner of ’nearvby Britannia, died today in hosâ€" pital here. The bandit fled after hurlâ€" ing Lammerse‘s wife to the floor [when the woman attempted to sumâ€" mon hetp. __ Charges and connzer-chren that the cities of Kitchener and Galt and the county were not coâ€"operating in the governing of the Waterloo ‘County House of Refuge were hurlâ€" ed across the table at a heated meetâ€" ‘ing of the board of management of that institution on Friday afternoon. f Controversy arose when the board was asked to approve payment for the purchase and insmrl:)tion of electric fans and ventilators in the new $10,000 barn erected year on the property. e â€" _ "Pretty soon you‘ll have those precious cattle running around the city with diamonds in their ears," &orlnmented Mayor R. K. Serviss, of alt. "I never knew anything about the purchase of this equipment and I‘m certain Mayor Gordon of Kitchener didn‘t either. If we are going to have a board here to manage this institution, every purchase and exâ€" penditure, with the possible excepâ€" tion of minor supplies, should be (Continued on Page 6, No. 2) TAVISTOCK. â€" Farmers whose land borders the abandoned rightâ€" ofâ€"way of the Canadian National Railways between Hickson and Taviâ€" stock are eagerly buying the land which has been offered them by the railway for a nominal figure. In some cases, land has been returned to the farmers for as little as one dollar, with the understanding that the farmers build fences to separate their respective holdings. Land Returned to Farmg:rs l'or "Song SHOT BY BANDITS, BRAMPTON MAN DIES Crown Aitorney A. G. Davis said a blanket warrant for the arrest of the gunman on a charge of murder would be issued immediately. Mayor Serviss and County Clerk Cassel Charge No Coâ€" operation Between Board and Cities. Heated Debate Over Management Old People‘s Home PURCHASES BY CLERK CAUSE OF FLAREâ€"UP Record Snow Drifts for April at Conestogo CONESTOGO.â€"Spring that appeared to be "just around the corner" ten days ago, must have turned the opposite way on making that cornerâ€"accordâ€" ing to residents of this snowâ€" bound vflhv. Drifted by a heavy wind, snow g:les two and three feet deep turday morni made motoring almost impo:file and large numbers of sleighs and cutters made a belated ai?.p:u- ance, we hope not for ter. WATERLOO CHRONICLE Near Tavistock A HOME, NEWSPAPER FOR WATERLOO, AND WATERLOO COUNTY PEOPLE t) WarerLroo, Onts ‘The vote, less than a month after Hitler marched behind his armed forces into Autsria, culminated an intense Nazi campaign to win a poâ€" pular demonstration of support for ‘German expansion. OTTAWA.â€"Canadiand spent $1, 100,170 on tickets in the Irish hosâ€" pital sweepstake on the Grand Naâ€" tional, according to an estimate made. The figure was reached as an average of four estimates based on the assumption that Canadian purâ€" chasers had the same probability of drewingâ€" prige â€"winners as all other Results in Germany proper fell only slightly behind Austria‘s overâ€" whelming affirmation. Complete unâ€" official returns gave 45,928,782 yes to 440,917 mo. Voters _ of expanded . Germany marched to the poils on Sunday to register their overwhelming support of AustroGerman union and to elect a new Hitlerâ€"picked Reichstag. HOSPITAL SWEEPSTAKES TAKE OVER $1,100,000 BBRLIN, April 11. â€"Greater Gerâ€" many today gave AdoH Hitler more than 98 per cent. approval of his anâ€" nexation of Austria in unofficial comâ€" plete plebiscite returns of 48,198,200 yes to 452,180 no. Austria herseif gave the Fuehrer the vote most nearly unanimous, a majority of 99.7§ per cent. 18,799,200 _ Vote Yes _ and $52,180 No to Austrian Unofficial complete Austrian vote was 4,270,517 yes to 11,2%3 no. Support of Hitler pal Affairs Annual Report for 1936, just completed, and find surpluses, cash and capital, totalled $324,786 for all municipalities in the county system in 1986. ‘!?n:l yet the taxpayer goes on carrying his heavy urden. Mayor Gordon struck the keynote at the House of Refuge meeting on Friday afternoon when he said: "If Kitchener has a surplus in one year we must credit it back to the taxpayers the following year." Kitchener is on a revenue basis, as is Waterioo and several other municipalities in the county. Those councils showing small surpluses for 1986 are probably those budgeting on the correct revenue basis, instead of cash. The policy being followed by some municipal adâ€" ministrators of accumulating surpluses against a "rainy day" is contrary to all concepts of municipal financing. Taxes should be collected and spent only for the current year‘s requirements, thereby following the true concept of taxation, to pay the costs of governâ€" ment and maintenance for each year, or a "PAY AS WE GO" policy. Following are the surpluses as shown by the Ontario Municipal Report for 1986: And the Taxpayer Goes on Paying (An Editorial) Prompted by the announcement on Friday of a $189,990 cash surplus in Waterloo County financing, we glanced through the Ontario Department of Municiâ€" The old system of financing on a cash rather than an expected revenue and expenditure budget may be blamed for the huge amount in reality owing to the taxpayers of Waterloo County. In short, they have paid more than necessary towards municipal financing. At last the Ontario Government has taken hold and is insisting on revenue rather than cash budgeting. Hqge Sum Should Be Rebated Annexation. Town of Hespeler .................. Town of Elmira .................. Total Surpluses in County ......$824,786 County of Waterloo................ Town of Waterlo0 .................. Town of Preston . Village of Ayr ........................ Township of Waterloo............ Township of Wellesley............ Township of Wilmot.............. Township of Woolwich ........ Township of North Dumfries Village of New Hamburg...... 12 when he rushed across the floor of the House and struck Commander Robert Tatton Bower across the face. It was the first time in living memory that one member struck anâ€" other. The blow, followed taunting remarks made by Bower, who is quoted as having shouted across the floor of the House at Shinwell "Go received hy the vigeâ€"prosident from business men and other residents. Horse Show at St. Clements Apr. 13 ST. CLEMENTS. â€" A recordâ€" breaking attendance is expected at the St. Clements Spring Horse Show here, Wednesday, according to viceâ€" president Robert Mogk. Enthusiasm in this year‘s show is indicated by the large subscriptions Emmanue!l _ Shinwell, Laborite member of the iBritish House of (By Chronicle Correspondent) SLAPS FACEK $184,000 3,287 14,873 16,636 1,142 68,158 2915 TORONTO, April 11.â€"Failure of the Hepburn Government to bring down legislation providing unemâ€" ployment insurance for both men and women of Ontario precipitated a clash with the Conservative Opposiâ€" tion Thursday as the House cleared its deck for prorogation. The debate was perhaps the last important one of the session which staggered into its dying hours ‘Thursday night. ‘"The idea of the market was to cut out the parasitic retailer beâ€" tween the producer and the conmâ€" sumer, and it has done just that," explained Mayor Gordon. > "At the rate it‘s going now, howâ€" vegetable market gardener. Twinâ€"City," charged Mayor G. W. Gordon during a fourâ€"hour % sion of municipal and county ut a meeting of the board of manmâ€" the markets have been the backbone of both cities, and it has most cerâ€" tainly tended to place the farmers in a much better financial condiâ€" tion," declared Mayor Gordon, pointing out that the markets easily succeeeded in carrying themseives, According to the Mayor, the marâ€" kets were originally started for the benefit of both the producers and the consumers, but due to the cheek ie Eo y S nod. partioalaria io Slen'nle of dairy produce and meats, death, he stated. ever, in the vcrly near future the market will be of use merdz to the Yenatahle mmarkat mondanes Power Conrtacts Pass The Quebec power contracts billâ€" one of the most contentious of the session that opened on February $8 â€"received third reading without dis sent. Conservatives who forced & division on second reading and votes in committee stage made no effort Driving Farmers From Markets? "An nmnz‘hn been made in the councils of hener and Waterioo to "railroad" the markets out of the Opposition Motion Defeated 57 to 22 After Hepburn Explained Question. _ to block the bill validating contracts with the Beauharnois, Gatinesu and Maclaren Quebec power companies. It will become law on receiving royal assent. Mayor Gordon of Kitchene Declares Too Strict Reguliaâ€" tions Make It Hard for _ Winter staged a belated comeâ€" ba:‘k"hfie last week, v';he‘:l a 5â€"inch snowfall, accompanied by driving sleet, buried the Twinâ€"City and reâ€" sulted in hazardous driving condiâ€" tions. Only a few minor accidents were reported to police, however. While citizens rolled up their shirt sleeves in preparation to attack the files of snow drifted onto sidewalks, ‘armers rejoiced in the heavy snowâ€" fall which they declared would do much in saving their spring crops. _ ‘"The protective coveril;i of snow right now is very beneficial, esâ€" pecially for fall wheat eroPs and meadows," explained E. I. Mcâ€" ‘Because no such legislation had been introduced at this seasion W. (Continued on Page 6â€"No. 3) Belated Snow Fall Benefits Farmers Longry; agricultural representative for Waterloo county. Helps Protest Fall Wheat and Meadows in County, Says E. 1. McLoughry. P-ncnt of the Waterloo County ouse of Refuge. "This is regrettable as 1 believe and Fride» Price 2 Conte