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ED n im d r Fn:' 1 +# < + 3 aofik ,'" f ; : mtemementars .}'; %% + * ".' Opposition Preparing for Future Action. ragt! + I M -- s &" , %'- t _ > so ME QUESTIG > +M ; esn .. : Y xike 3 Messrs. Britton, Noxon, Pres: ton and Conmee Concerned. A I wo aammazam es % Sudbury Wants & Mining Lands Omr $ Belleville Deputation Urges the Ee-- |-- tablishment of an Assay Office, 3 ; aocionetigke hi s e an c oc f Een t3 06. es s / ... Legislative Chamber, F"."m ' Though the sitting of the Leglll' iA M day was brief, it was not without interes A for It foreshadowed some coming ey the se«slon. But for th es the Government conce MB certain public officials, and f \$ of the House, the fighting . Opposition would have re j c >gp» eobscurity which has enshro . the dropping one by one of LM on which it appealed to the p «FArec years ago. Librarian Preston, MA \ * Britton, M.P., Mr. James Noxon, and Mr, a James Conmee, M.PP., are apparently to receive a considerable share of the Op-- position's attention during the session, Ag, :j they have been hovored with nrst'pl'aeo'. upon the order paper. gse | vINING Laxp orrics. icoR More than ordinarily important was ~ petition presented by. Mr. Loughrin from Mayor Cochrane and 183 residents of Sud-- -- bury and the viecinity. It was represented that the northern portion of the District of Nipissing and Eastern Algoma is well known to be rich in minerals of different kinds. -- Several discover'es have been made by prospectors and others, and alroady val-- uable mines are being deve'dped in those districts with profit and advantage to their owners. 'The people of Riadbury are' of the opinion that a large number of prospectors Will be looking after minerals hereafter ° with better methods than those employed :3 In the past, as they have by expcrience ; and attendance at the Mining School scg-- | slons held in Numdbury gained a more thoyr= ough knowledge of 'the country and its formation. -- In order to faciiate the work of the prospectors and to enable them to. make an Iintelligent exploraiion . of. country, it is a matter of importance them to know promp{ly what lands n?e-- ready sold or leased, 'as well as to O w where lands are for sale and where theys Are not. 'The petition asks for the estab-- lishment of a mining land office at Sud-- \ bury, where persons Interested in mining development --can obtain all> the informa-- tion necessary, The petition is indorsed by the Board of Trado of Sudbury and the Township of McKim: N ' PRAYERS of PETTTTIONERS,. °~ j Among othér petitfons prosented weu's! these :-- f Mr. _ McLaren--From Hastings -- County I Council, for legislaiion authorizing County | Councils to grant a reward for the appre; | bension _ of _ q horse--thief ; _ for legis-- lation to remove disqualification from mem-- bers of Municipal Conncils ; to _ restore ; the {n-invlph- of clection by the majority . or | If the minority principle must be main-- ; tained that ji be done by giving three | members to each County Council division and by allowing erch elcctor to vote for | two candidatos only, m * ] Mr. Pattulio From ~the Oxford County Council, in reference to toll--roads ; also -- for an amendment to the law ~compelli the appointment of at least one duly qnnlllfi Bed ana registered accountant, faor each munlclgnllty. As Mr. Blezard--From the Peterboro' County Council, for legislation com elling cities to .frovlde proper market ulmf,tera. % t r. Cleland--From Qm-.'copn&x,--emen ki .. _ O nframenmdgree n