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Ees ieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeieeeiiiiiitt pamis i3 15. i is mt 12 0 F e .=', The Memorial -- _ Py should M .Fromly. ::::yx ~Mr. Dryden concluded ?&ovh. the If it was necessary to sit a few days following address to his Excellency the after the holidays. -- There were a num-- Governor--General of Canada:-- ber of important measures to be dis-- "The memorial of the Legislative As-- cussed, the Government's railway bill, sembly of the Province of Ontarlo for instance, and their consideration humbly showeth: t t would'take time. ... ~ °> > t * M "(1) That for many years prizes have \-- The Premier considered it reasonably been awarded for horses of different centain that prorogation : would take grades and classes at Exhibitions held place before the holidays. All Govern-l in the principal centres of the Province, ment bills were on the paper or in' resulting in a great improvement in the sight, and the time, he thought, would. | horses now placed on the market, and 'permit of their full consideration. Ile that for several years army remounts agreed, however, that rather than un-- ® and artillery horses have received the duly hasten business the session might special a.'ttontton of the Canadian Horse .be lengthened, but this, he thought, Brecders' Association. would not be necessary. "(2) That the experience of the oM-- § clals of the British Government in se--} Veterans' Land Grants. . lecting horses in Ontario for army pur-- A poses warrants the belief that the The bill appropriating land for vet-- ?.my of cmdhn horses is of erans provoked some discussion in com-- t emfin. d that for strength, | mittee. _ Hon. Mr. Davis proposed an endurance and sound constitution theyI amendment to include South African are not excelled in any country. That} veterans who, nominally . residents of| by actual trial in the field durix:{ the Ontario, enlisted in another part of Can--; conduct of the war in South Africa it ada, where they happened to be tem-- was seen that these qualities were char-- porarily. 'acteristic of Canadian horses. _ Mr. Dempsey (Prince Edward) put in s | _ "(8) That the establishment of a re-- a claim for Ontario volunteers who mount station in Ontarto would 'so en-- | served on the frontier east of Montreal courage our hor'le breeders to proc{gc: lm 18065. -- the best horses for army purposes that| Mr. Fox (West Victoria) thought re-- large I\lmh:l:lOf ;'::::0 .d'}"m:-l' r°¥fidl cognition should be given thos'e who gfi'fi': be e ln' :"" P e:\rer ':n" ©I after the contingents here were fAlled ritish army weney. _ | up paid their own way to South Africa Your memorialists therefore pray| and served in the war. 'There was ofie that you will be pleased to cause this | stich in his constituency ' their petition to be laid before the pro-- Dr. Barm--Who, Sam Hughes ? per authoirltlos of J'he Unlte& lfln'do?,',' | (La\fghter y » ghes ? and that in any other way that ma | 7 considered expedient by your Excel'en-l ion. Ms. gigeon" amd -- 'the h cy the atiention of the Imperial Gov-- ['sh on. Mr. son said the House he advantages to \should deal in some reason with this ernment be called to t C \ matter.. They should not go back to the British service as well as to Can-- | the flood in looking for vetérans. ada that would be likely 19 30on | _ _Jr. Duff (Wekt Simcoe), Mr. Little through the establishment of a station (Cardwel) and Mr. Reid (Addington) in the Province of Ontario for the putr-- 'impressed the claims of the men who poses herein set forth. And Yo;llt" me-- did garrison duty in 1866. f morialists, as in duty bound, will ever |\ .The Premier reminded the House that pray, * | there was a distinction between those| Time to Consider, fiwhot did garg:'onlduty and those wh(: went to the ntler. The Governmen | Mr. Whitney said that all were agreed | originally intended to distinguish be-- as to the desirability of: ':"""g 3::':;: |\ tween the two, and did so intend now. to the British Government, an Hised Me thought the class referred to by Mr. | had been. He was somewhat surprise Fox should be considered that the motion had only just becig Yir. Carpenter CN orth' Norfoik} re-- | moved, and he thought that time xhouh ferred to several companies who served | bebglv:n for the consideration of the at" Niagara--on--the--Lake during the % subjec 2 w,fl?e Premier m"e:lted djtha;mMg:{ Trent affair in 1863--4. | tney might move the adjournme J of the debate on the subject, and this -- .__ Will Get All but the Pine, . ; f ' was done. . Hon. Mr. Davis introduced a further Tuesday next was fixed for the con-- amendment providing that the veterans ' sideration of the Premier's resolution receive the minerals and timber, except ? that $1,000,000 be set apart for i?e pine, on the lots they receive. ' \ Improvement of the hé' h2w':N086'be iC] Mr. Wardell (North Wentworth) fay-- t \ Dryden's resolution that » C a] ored giving the veterans everything on apart for the encouragement of -- the| the land, to which Mr. Carscallen 6 beet--sugar industry, and Mr. Davis' re-- agreed, adding that settlement duties, x ;80"'"'0" for the appropriation of land \such as building a house and clearing for veterans. so many acres, should be imposed. _ > Looking to Prorogation. ' Hon. Mr. GHbson pointed out that the f ) veterans would have the privilege of the 7 On the Premier's motion that on and ordinary settler of cutting all the ping after Monday next Government busi-- needed for his own purposes. 1 ness have precedence, Mr. Whitmey ex-- Hon. Mr. Davis introduced & further pressed the opinion that while members amendment providing that any prior of the Opposition were equally anxious mineral discovery on land located by with the Government to get through the veterans shall be respected. In re-- before the Easter holidays it was not ly to Col. Matheson (South Lanark), .desirable that they should unduly rush gu. Davis said it was not intended to 4