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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
5
The Town Council approves continuing monthly grants to the Red Grass Society to aid sick and wounded soldiers overseas. The piece urges local initiative in Barrie’s idle land and highlights the Penny Bank’s role in saving pennies, noting December 1916 deposits of 13 232 dollars versus 9 310 dollars in 1915.
The piece argues women in Ontario should receive the provincial franchise despite estimates that fewer than half will vote. It emphasizes wartime contributions and asserts women will exercise the ballot intelligently, supporting women’s voice in provincial affairs.
Kingston council weighs a pet tax proposal claiming potential revenue over $1000 yearly. Finance Chairman Wisdom questions the approach as wartime funding. The piece notes an American estimate of thirty one million birds killed yearly by cats, and suggests dog taxes may seem less severe by comparison.
Toronto supports home vegetable growing with the Back Yard Gardening Association linked to the War Time Thrift Campaign. The organization already boasts a large membership as interest in yard produce grows.
At a Bowmanville meeting the Board of Agriculture of West Durham unanimously resolved to petition the Provincial Legislature to refund all motor cap tax money to each county for use on county roads. Each county would receive taxes levied in that county to maintain roads, a measure described as self evident and fair.
Barrie branch notes 180000 as Simcoe County minimum Patriotic Fund share with 120000 levy and 60000 in voluntary levies. Barrie plans third annual drive this month. Orillia’s distance limits aid. Red Cross annual meeting in Toronto discussed hospital support and continued war relief efforts. Barrie shipped 39 Comfort Bags worth over 100 with 214 filled by Soldiers’ Aid. church groups and local donations reported.
The text argues against a bylaw taxing outside market purchases. It says the fee would apply to any buyer, even private citizens, for small purchases like a chicken or butter. It warns such a tax would harm the market, not protect local business, and cautions council against passing it.
The Montreal papers note Lt. Col. Sir Wm. Price has reverted to captain and crossed the channel. A prominent eastern Canadian business figure and Honorary President of the Union Bank, he led the 174st Battalion through a recruiting crisis before arriving in England. His unit was broken up and he returned to a railway construction battalion.
Lt. F G Black of the 177th Overseas Battalion is appointed to lieutenant in B Company while remaining in Barrie for now. The 177th reports a successful Stroud route march with hospitality from Stroud ladies, an upcoming Shanty Bay march, and a 2–0 hockey win by D Company. The Battalion Band performed at the Armou rries with strong fan support. many other notes include marriages, reassignments, injuries, and upcoming games in Orillia and Collingwood.
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