Barrie Meeting Probes Ontario Hydro Charge Criticism
Citizens meet at Barrie Public Library as J K Bennett chairs Ontario Hydro Electric representatives to discuss unfair rates. Officials from Severn area municipalities debate thirteenth power bills and future plant ownership after a 30 year debenture period.
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Provincial
Hydro-Eieetric Commission
Durham
Provincial Commission
Barrie
Dwham
J. H. Bennett
Barziie
Provincia Commission
Messrs. McCallum
Don Carlos
R. T. Jeffrey
T. C. James
Alliston
J. E. Addis
J. Whiteside
Mitchell
Little
J. .Hare
Beeton
T. A. Chapman
N. P. Macdonald
Bradford
W. C. Davey
J. E. Coombs
J. Stine
Coldwater
T. Adams
Collingwood
A. FE. Stapleton
J. E.prentice
S. Burnside
Holden
Cookstown
H. L. Dunning
Sys
End of Month Bargains At Hunter Cloth ing Co Barrie Ont
A lengthy advertisement lists end of month and weekend bargains in clothing and dry goods. It touts savings of ten to thirty percent on men and boys wear, stockings and staple dry goods, urging customers to buy and save at The W. C. Hunter Clothing Co in Barrie Ontario. The notice also includes a long civic article discussion about municipal power plants, depreciation, and rural financing alongside a Cookstown miller industry note.
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W. C. Hunter Clothing Co
Barrie, Ont
Holden
Jeffrey
Mde
Bennett
McCallum
Hydro
United States
Jamieson
Nottawasaga
Wednesday By Law Closes Shops Early For One Year
Town Council enacted two by laws requiring closing of art goods millinery and tailoring shops on Wednesday afternoons from Aug 1 to Sept 1 1922 except holidays. By law notes it cannot take effect before Aug 1 due to required advertisement and lasts only one year. Council discusses sewer disputes and County levy excess while considering further sewer by laws and street improvements.
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Health Baonxd
Donald Ross
Council
Board of Health
Ross St
Maple Ave
Mary
Council Iim
Ross
Ald. Coles
Barrie
Charles Kell
Charles St
Patterson
Ald. Poucher
Smith
Boys
Council Takes 55 From Guarantors In Chautauqua Vote
By an 8 to 6 vote the Town Council refused a full rebate on a $110 license fee paid by guarantors for Chautauqua entertainments. Half the amount was refunded after debate. some urged full relief citing civic interest, others argued against. The record notes a deficit and listed related by laws on street oiling lighting and sewer work, plus motions about traffic lighting and street repairs.
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Ald Hill
T. T. Young
Ald
Hil
Hifi
Ald. McKinnon
Reeve Patterson
Ald. Byrne
Barrie
Reeve Fisher
Partridge
Little
Ald. Miller
Poucher
Ald. Partridge
Coles
DeHart
McKinnon
Paddison
Aquatic Club Regatta Promises Strong Season Ahead
The Aquatic Club held its first meet Tuesday with large spectator crowds along Barrie waterfront. Winners in singles, doubles, and novelty events were awarded trophies at season end, with H. Millard and J. Bert ram among top finishers and J. Monkman in the novelty race. Officials discussed license fees and tax treatment for Chautauqua events, debating a 50 percent reduction while noting broader taxation obligations for theatres and guarantors.
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Thomas’ Boathhouse
Barrie
Rarnie
H. Millard
J. Bertram
W. Webb
Big Bay Point
J. Monkman
A. Standbrook
J. Liscomb
Gordon
A., Standbook
Hunter
Bertram
Newman
Liscomb
Webb
Millard
Ontario Premier declares no election in 1922
Premier Drury told Oro township crowds that Ontario will not hold a provincial election this year and will wait toward the end of the current four-year term. He defended government spending, reviewed forest, highways, and liquor act measures, and announced a restructuring of the Department of Forests with Dr Judson Clarke to lead a new businesslike system.
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Ontario
Drury
Oro Township
Oro Town
Peter Smith
Oro
Peter
J. B. Johnston
East Simcoe
R. H. Halbert
U.F.O
Department of Provincial Forests
Hydro
Howard Ferguson
Department of Forests
Judson Clarke
Grandson of Mabey Killed by Motor Truck
Eight year old Henry John Mabey, grandson of Henry Mabey, died at Guelph Hospital after injuries from a truck accident. He was struck by a motor truck of the city light department while playing near the street. The child’s skull was fractured and he died shortly after. His father Albert Mabey suffered injuries to his hand when a loom caught him at the plant where he worked.
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Henry John Mabey
Henry Mabey
Renry St Met
Guelph
Givie Light, and Heat Department
Allbert Mabey
Local Events and Road Work Preview
Community notices list a sweet pea show at Vickers windows under the Hort icultural Society on Friday July 28. A Garden Party at Jos Sampson’s Oro Station on Thursday Aug 10 with supper 6 to 8. Bayfield Street macadam project continues south of Grove Street. Almost the end of July signals summer waning.
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New Dreamland
Vickers’ Windows
The
Horticultural Society
Jos. Sampson
Oro Station
Bayfield St
Grove St
Dissent Record Notes Ald and Hill Split
The passage notes that Ald and Hill were the only dissenters in the decision, indicating a narrow majority and a split vote. The brief fragment suggests a formal proceeding with a specific pairing of dissenters.
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Wyaviscial Commission
Jolden
McGallum
Herald
James
S .Measure
Nene
Ross St. Sewer
R. J. Guthrie
H. J. Buchanan
Chas. Barnes
H. A. Orok
Michael Leadon
Kempenfeldt Hill
Ald. Marshall
Essa St
Sanford St
Holgate St
Penetang St
Fisher
Water & Light Committee
Elizabeth
Fisher— Patterson
F. C. Biggs
Marshall — Poucher
Board of Works
Gowan St. Wiles
Victoria St
John St
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Cartage
Rinting Anil
Ominion Chautauqua
Eee
Ee Ee
Ewe
U.F. O
Mabey
Hill
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