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Forest Fire Damage Llglitor In some Canadian Provinces

(By '!'he Canadian Press)

Forest rangers across Canada are keeping their fingers crossed but 1954 is shaping up as oneloi the lightest in years for forest fire damage.

Ontario officials consider the alt- uation normal but other provinces report a decline both in number of fires and in damage done.

British Columbia sources put the loss at 85 per cent less than 1953 and other provinces rep0tt vary- ing declines. None reported in- creased fires or damage. 0

A cool. we.t summer in. most forest areas was credited with the improvement. Vigilance of forest rangers and safety campaizn among tourists and residents also was a factor.

BLAZE IN 3. C.

The worst fire in British Co- lumbia this year was 180 miles north of Vancouver when about 160 acres of hemlock and C0581” aurned. Damage to Sept. 10 thig year was 85.095. compared with 3159.828 for all last year.

Only the northern Peace River Bl'Fl.lYl Alberta was considered dangerous as the rest of the prov- lnce recorded good rainfall. Two bad fire: this year in the far north destroyed only scrub timber.

Officials said damage this year will fall far below that of recent years due to the rxti'emPl.V m0lS1 summer. Last yearls Alberta dam- age totalled 51.927.000-

Saskatcheii-an rangers report the fire hazard still high in the north but feel in other areas there is little possibility of forcst fires this year. This nnly bad fire was at Uranium City in July.

Only eight fires. all minor. oc- curred this year in Manitoba. Most of the forests are damp. PREVENTION PROGRAM

Manitoba maintains a staff of 53

permanent rangers and 50 forest-' ers. During the summer four new, fire towers were built and anothcrl four were shifted to better loca- tions. Films. school book covers

and float: in various county fairs

this year all carried hnw-tri-pre-

DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS now!

'1. Erase 1. Stratagcm . ( Print.) 2. Assam B. Fellow w silkworm 9. President o: 3. Danish Argentina weight 10. Enticed 4. Half an em , 12. Roman poet 5. Music 13. Middle charaotegl 14. Greek letter 6. seeka 15. Not hard game 16. Behold! 7. Skill 17. sea urchins, 8. skinned 20. Obaervea 9. Pius and 22. Browning; Benedict as a roast 11. Slag 24. Public 13. Piece of notice: hard money :25. Vitality 15. Cuts 130. Large 1 rooting slate 28. The entire amount I80. stopped. u an engine .34. Places 5:6. Practical 7 unit of intensity (!'Jlec.) I37. At home Q38. Decimal

unite (40. Half i an em 1. East. Indian tree :43. Jargon g L45. Cases for small arttclel ks. Wandering workmen 17. Old Norse work as. Below (naut.)

FREEMAN.

r18. By chance . 42. Wet earth

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blondgyf Sept. 27. 195! ll

vent-forest-fires messages.

Moat serious fires in Ontario thll year were at White River, l(apus- kasing.,Cochrane and Gogama. The year has been classified 1 normll season with 55,700 acres having . been burned in 830 fires to date. Uaual average for the aeaaon ia 900 fires. officials said.

Damage was minor in all Quebec me; this year. Damage last year totalled many millions of dollars but final figures have not yet been complied. They are expected to equal the record in 1941 whengl,'Ii0 itires did 35.932315 damage and de- lstroyed 1,590,234 acres.

The hazard is described as "very low" in New Brunswick due to the Wvet summer. Small fires number- ling is burned 1.725 acres causing la loss of 318.000. Loss last year iwas 527.000 as 369 fires consumed f5,4l4 acres.

Light rains fell steadily in Nova

-Scotia fdrests and rangers consider the danger very slight. Last year was considered better than aver- age with only 225 fires and a total of 1,895 acres burned. I Prince Edward island also ex- pericnced a light year with rains removing danger. Newfoundland also had one of the lightest forest fire years on record.

If You're TIRED All THE TIME

Everybody gela a bit run-down new and then, tired-out. heavy-headed. and aiaylie i lrotheraid by h E dies. Pcrhapa nethiig urieuay wrong. iiaal I tenqienr toxic condition ca by aaceaa aeida and Ivaalaa. Thal'a the line to take Dedd'a Kidney Pilla. Dadd'a stimulate the kihcya. and so help restore their normal action of removing eaceaa acids and wastes. Then you feel batter. alnp Iactlar. work haltaa. Get Dcdd'a Kidney Pilla now. look for Ihohluehoxwilhthoredband at all d-uuista.Yeuun depandeaDodd'a. ga

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PROFESSIO

BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS. Etc.

aaen, Matheaon & Foster is! Richmond St.

I. Elmer Blanchard, B.A. Ill Queen St.

M. A. Farmer. Q.C.. LL.B. Bank of Commerce Bldg.

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Bank of Commerce Bldg.

Allison M. Gillla, LLB. I80 Richmond st.

Phillipa Bldg. 1

Phone I28?

Dial am 113 I0!-0 It- A. Waltlian oamiei, LL.B. ll " " It

llAL- CARDS

Macrhee 8 Trainor iu Queen as. but our

Chas. R. Mcquaid, ILA. iu Blclanwnd St. Dial aaii

OPTOMETRISTS G. F. llniclieson '3 Sol l'. o. inrrclniaon, am. as Grnltollist. Dial am .1. A. Carrutliera. 3.0. Dlal aai:

Palmer Ii lluilam Bank of Nova scutla Bldg.

Hatheson, Peaks E Nicholson

in drama Street J. A. Maotlnigan. B.A..

0IrrleBldg. - ouiem - august. (1. I2. Macmillan. B.A., LLB.

Byron J. Grant. 0.1). III nu IL a mu llll II. J. Mabon, 8.0. it-onhguc. r. ii. i.

J. S. Taylor, R.0. corner lent I Queen lb. ottloo Illli louse Gill

CHIROPRACTOR Dr. W. 3. Canon

us llchvviond BL Dliil an ill Prince It Dial ID! V - CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ' . McDONAI.D, OUBBIE I 00. cents Bldg. Ohartotteuwl Dbl I'll!

F-This advermcment is below puimui mama. beoiiuu

laboiirdnour

hsagoiu up 30.7 per am,

we. believe the Canadian people MM 00 (Maren in tha principles involved in our current wage and labour con- tract negaliiztimia.

The majority report of a Conciliation hoard. oppotnfill by the Mmieter of Labour for the Pi-evince of Ontario, which was under the chairmanship of 119'. llillioa W. 1'. Schroeder of the Supreme Court of Onurio. reieoted the demands of Local 200 UA W-CIO for Ml fslcnau in waves. The union's demand was for wage and fringe bettehta equivalent to 54:: an hour, or on additional cost to the company of 314,000,000 amt y. Subasqimitly time do- manda have been reduced to e aqawvalsitt of 153 an hour gr an additional 38,500,000 annually.

We believe, and have always believed iii good wages, and good working conditions for our employees.

Vniaor plants

an (avenue of In an hour for cocoa and from bcwtta. scam the lulaoitmot ma signed on February 10, 195:, Ford of Canada employees, tstoludisig member: of Local 800 bargaining unit, have received iuareaua oinoimtlng to to an hour, which in equal to about 38,000,000 annually. The loan inoreua of so an hour went into elect on September 10. im.

During the put Jim yearn, average prices of Ford paueuyar ocra, apart from sales and excise tapes, have men only -6.05 per mu. Now we on in a position when added cost, in the form of higher wages, without a corres- ponding (norms in productivity. would have to be passed on to the our buying public in the form of higher pi-ieu. Higher prices result in fewer sales in both the domestic and export marinate. The simple fact is that fewer sales moon fewer jobs. Canada today Mada more employment

In the past jive years, the average out of an hour of

What FORD WORKER N OW . RECEIVE

- not more imemployvnent. - -

1

A

Average hourly Wages and fringe benefits

TOTAL s2.o4' AN, i-iouir

equal, on the basis of a 40-hour week, to

H MORE THAN E8030

The following summary of wage rates and benefits is taken directly from the majority report of the Conciliation Board. Referring to the demands of Local 200 UAW-C10 in Windsor, this report reads:

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"Before discussing these demands it will be useful to consider the remunera- tion and benefits enjoyed by the em- loyees under the existing agreements.

t has been established that:

”(a) The employees, after 320 hours of employment, are paid wages at: the rate of 31.56 to 32.21 per hour and the average hourly wage is 11.69. (Both figures including It Go per hour coat of living allow- ance but not the cost of fringe benefits.)

"(b) The company pays at the rate of time and one-half for all work per-

"(kl Employees enjoy two van-minute rest: periods for each shift and a ave-minute rest period before any over-time period which is expected to exceed two hours.

"(h) In 1950 the company built a com- miasary building and 18 canteens at a coat of S400.000.00 and en- deavored to operate this food ser- vice through a cateriler at cost, but: has so far sustained a loss in con- nection with this operation.

"(D On completion of a three months' probationary period of service, each employee is provided with in-

aurance fully

paid for by the

company affording protection as hereinafter stated.

"(7) The president and financial aeo-

- retary-treasurer of the local are given leave of absence but enjoy full insurance coverage and fu- ture service pension credits, while devoting their whole time to the discharge of their union duties.

"(8) The 55 stewards and 14 com- mitteemen are given a maxi- mum time allowance of 2 hours each working day or 3 hours on any two consecutive working days for performing union duties, which time is paid for by the company.

"(9) Five plant commltteemen are appointed bygtlie union, two of whom are permitted to give their full time to the discharge of their union duties, one is al-

formed in excess of 8 hours per on) Life lnwunce from 08500.00 lowed 4 hours per working day day and f".w”'k .p"fl”."'”d ”" to 37.20000. according to earn- one 3 hours and the other 2V; 3t:t;””l3'nhl”0l'i:g"cmcl"g3'3o:"';: l!Il'l- hoiirs-all of which time is dag lofny; do nggsgeive tingg for exclusively by the com. :3 S:tlilrd:y agrsillilir, bligfrzcrglve '-(2) Hl”'p""l 'ff:mmEg't'.&" 1;” , 0 tim” md one'h'lf f" "n V"? :Tro8ydu0.0mr d:3.:le.n dih n ' "it is lnbed out thatin the month of performed on the tlth day of their uminnl” ' 9'” 3 1” M h 3” th h l meduled Wm wed” ' ingciheiuding oslettllierirezfnd iiliie . ' e a a

"(c) A "131" mi.” premmm M 7” 9” "(8l Special hospital services such lbrv:Eil:lenauw.a:dS1ul.d gfhgoaltggl-hvl?g thi- hour is paid for all work per- " xgny. up to un time. the s ' i ” me "3 1' formed on the afternoon and mid- dlny hmaml Mum. in March, 1954, averaged 8.1 cents per

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.(d) Employees are paid 8 hon". my " ,, , S 1 . . 1 f th g cents per hour). It is estimated that. the their "gum. hourly "to. for 5 ( ) pll::y'.l:: tgfivncfmoxt ngt E3. cost of existing frirlie benefits for mom. unworked statutory holidays, and ....n,., 0300,00, , hm of the bammlna unit concerned

any employee who may be tn. is 30c per hour, whichycombined with ?suiIi;&e;id tghxoilgntgls .hl5;l;dsg Ell! garage llaiiiriy earnings above Ten;

1 a - ion reau ii an aver a

time and one-half for the number aw.) f':,:k2:;lo;:l:. f,””f,',i": i 32.04 'for each hour worlresi 16.:-5 the

of hours actually worked by him mnmum of ” '..h 03”” .mp1”...-of thh amp.” in Much.

W that W- moo to aso.oo per week, de- ma. Vacations and statutory holidays

' . W oendlnl "D011 Olmlnll. paid for by the company, together with

"(e) An em loyee with one 'but '1esa amount: paid by it for penaions, life, tl.""' t '9” -""5. 39'"”'ltY l' - surgical and hospitnl insurance and 81"" 40 l'0""' "M10" W "I- -(6) .4 monthly pension of saiioo for other like benefits are direct benefits to

nually and one with three or more

years' seniority is given 80 liourI'-

vacation pay annually. In 1954

nearly all employees in the bar-

iaining unit will fail witliinithc tter category. 0

"(f) Employees called in for work but for whom work is not available receive three hours' pay at their regular hourly rate.

eecli hoitrly rated employee at years of

This panaioa is nan.co . tributary and ilai:i'-ovided at tllla cola expanse of the company.

the employee and should be taken into account to the same extent aa if the cost thereof were actually paid in hand to the employee or placed to his credit: in a bank in addition to his remunera- tion for hours worked. In that view of the matter the members of the bar- gaining unit were receiving an average rate of 02.04 per hour for the work Iierformed by them in March, 1954."