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MCNNAY MARCH 18 wnnnnnm mm mmmmmnnnem mm en ce m k , 4 _'. Important Questions for the | Legislature. Relief for the University--The Scrap Iron -- Assessment--Proposed Gov-- | ernment Line to Temiscaming. The Ontario Cabinet held a protract-- ed meeting on Saturday, and as a re-- sult some very important measures will be brought in for the consideration of the Legislature this week. Foremost, it is stated, the university question will be dealt with by the introduction of a bill providing at least a measure of relief from the present financial straits of the institution. To what extent or in what direction the Government will go is not yet known. o t The assessment bill will also be taken up. This is a measure which the cor-- porations affected have sought to have laid over for a year, so that the scrap--| |iron assessment and other questions | |\ dealt with by the Assessmert (Tommla-} slon's report might al' be considered at the same time. | The House will also be asked to vote | @a sum of money to make lnvestjgatlon' regarding the cost of a Governmentl railway from North Bay to Lake Tem-- iscaming. ~It is stated that this is as far as the Government will proceed in this matter at the present session. The resolution asking the War OfMcc to establish a remount station in Can--| ada rqg theegurchaae of horses will also be presented in the House during the conmting week. . | The question of cancelling the lease by which natural gas is piped from Essex County to the American side of t;x; é)etroit River has not yet been de-- cided.