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--- - 'e-Ar---- -- m--. I RESERVED M, THE PEOPLE , . A Great Public Park aM Re- creation Ground. i HON. MH. HARDY'S PROJECTl The Children's Charter Passed Through Committee. A BIG DAY FOR THE CoMhuTitr-UNDER. nxuns wno ARE sumac IN. CORPORATION. an 9. Three important government measures were considered by the house today. They were Mr. Hardy's bill establish! .- the Algonquin National park, which w T discussed and read a Second time. Th0 children's bill was again taken up in committee and reported, and the bill brought in by Mr. Gibson to perfect the insurance, legislation of two years ago, which was also passed through commit- tee. The following bills were read " third time :-itespecting the railway debenture debt of the county of Perth-Mr. Magwood. Respecting the Narrows bridge in the township of Seymour-Mr. Field. The house then went into committee and passed Mr. Fraser's bill "relating to the erection of the new provincial buildings." Mr. 1libson's children's bill was next taken up and Some slight changes made in the wording of two or three of me clauses to meet objections raised by Mr. Meredith. 'Mr. Clancy objected to the guardianship over such children extending to 21 years, but Mr. Gibson explained that this was an essential provision. but it Would only be acted upon in the best in- terests of the child. Mr. Fraser made a strong plea for the retention of the age of 21. The most dangerous period in the history of a young girl was at seventeen or eighteen years of age, and it would be almost criminal to In all cases give them their full liberty. The bill passed committee. Mr. Hart-nurt's bill to amend the pub- lic health 'I"l was read in committee. Mr. Gibson's bill to amend the registry act received its second reading after a long discussion. in which the old charges ot the retrtrarshipts being sinecures were brought up. Ttlk Al.co.\'oulx PARK. Mr. Hardy introduced his bill to estab- lish the Algonquin National park of On- tario. The question of a national park on the northerly and easterly borders of the province had, he said, been under consideration by the government tor many years past. He referred to the valuable report on the subject; made try Mr. Kirk- wood and later by Mr. Phipps. The Dark area, while similar to a. large extent to the Adirondacks, would not involve any, 2 thing Ike the expenditure there. It _ proposed to take in about eighteen" ships. embracing 938,186 acres "it" square miles of territory. of ttttif tM,- 000 acres were under water. The land 1.