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~THURSDAY, ATGUST, --18, 73 »nnmmmnmmmmms ommmemmpememeemmmteteiimnetnn msccssc > «--______ mm un amemaues ce eaee severely criticized, and the Attorney-- TLA General was emphatic in his declara-- tion thet the manipulation of the de-- ; partment for party interests will be put s a stop to, and that there is no room for officials who have been gullty in the past in the Provincial service. The House went into committee and pagssed the resolution of the Attorney-- General, authorizing the appointment ¥ of the necessary om;'ein;l t?r g:ee a(:- ( I rinistration of the sheries part-- The Bill Passed Through minis i | The Fisheries Bill. commlttee' | The House went into committee on | the bill relating to Provincial fisheries. Upon section 3, which provides for the m zcce ame mm l appointment--of a deputy commissioner and such other officers and clerks as | may be necess@ry for the nurnose of W A | rarrying out the provisions of this act, A PROTEST FROM OTTA * Mr. Hoyle (North Ontario) said he de-- sired to draw attention to the very large scope which the clause affords. There 1 is, he asserted, a general complaint that en amamamacmcemmmmman the officials in the Province of Ontario are exceedingly numerous, and he pro-- [ Past posed that a few words 'be added to itici as this section in order to somewhat cir-- Severe Criticism 0 cumscribe the number of new ofl\cers!l in ion. that might be created under this sub-- | Admxmsbratlo section. He therefore moved that the following words be added: "Game war-- dens and such other officers whose du-- i i is ties are connected therewith shall so far "h practicable be setl:lected to carry out the provisions of this act." m % ) THE GOVERNMENTS POSITION. bomihion--. Officials. Mr. C. B. Powell (Ottawa) sa'd he wished to ask a question of the Attor-- * ney--General. and before doingz so he | ;vanéed to exnl';ln some of his reuons' & | or doing s#o. he question he wished Partisan Officials Are Not Re--| to ask is, What civil service employees uired In connection with the Marine and Fish-- 4 * eries Department at Ottawa are to be retained in the service of the Ontario Government, and whether they will con-- | Stmnmsanmmmmmammmmmmene tinue to reside at Ottawa, as they are | now doing? He noticed by the Ottawa | papers that the civil servants were| The Services of Existing Ontario Ofilcials :gmew;:atthexeéted regarding the rumor l ible-- roug! e departments there that Will be Utilizcd Where P bie some of the employees there would be Economy the Watchword. removed from Ottawa to Toronto, or | | would be removed altogether. Now, he | wanted to say as a representative of We OO sw Ottawa, the second largest city in the | | Province, and which is rapidly becom--| ing the first, that he rather objected to | Parliament Buildings, Aug. 17. ::)i' %J:'eil' ('fllle!tl; bel;xg transferred l o o or any other place, and while The bill relating to the figheries was he &id not know just what the inten-- passed through Committee of the tions of the Attorney--General are in Whole House to--day. There was prac--| regard to these proposed changes, he tically no discussion on the bill, but | :{';:g::"u;!o rtehet hlil:tet:;mt- of .er:!uteog; an interesting debate was caused by a fully informed as to what x;')::)ple Ino the question by Mr. Powell, one of the Fisheries Department at Ottawa will members for Ottawa, regarding the in-- ::t:l?::)tre(knd'r:enl is l.thtttawa da. 'llxsh | k 1 1 e sincerely trusted that tentions of the Government with re I the empibyees there woluld not be mm.a spect to taking over the officials of the fered with, nor, indee8, any of the em-- Dominion Fisheries Department by the ployees of the fisheries, because they Provincial Government. The adminis-- :'l'l. h;:⪚e';fh'::':t' :l':yoiet;::('l 't'l;d e tration of the department by the Do-- civil servants as their very best citi-- minion Government in past years was