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'I THURSDAY, J 5NE % IE : AUTOMOBILES 3 2 J 20 > 10 MILES AN HOUR. _ i# l / l ; . 29 3 ~| Legislature Increases Commit-- 4 tee's Maximum. r | woromectstetennitiend mesal 1' SEVEN MILES is TOoo sLOW. 3 7 semmuneccussiniaeicareiccccmecranta C R _ James Playfair's Assessment _ j Much Discussed. | i | AIY ; nly to Light | i Listowel Given Power Only to i ® its Streets by Public Plant--} ;. $ House Waiting For Gamey Re" fl i| : «. mork . !' ] J emmmententemmnntecemnmmmat | t Am hour and twenty minutes was | takem up in the Legislature yesterday :| upon the bill to ratify the agreement, | between the town of Midland and| Mr. James Playfair, fixing the assess--| .| ment of the latter's property at $10--, || 000. The bill was finally assented to in '| committee by a vote of 31 to 28, the i| first division in committee during tt}c | session. -- Mr. T. H. Preston's bill | to regulate the speed of automobiles | was amended in committee by making | the legal nuaximum speed in towns and |_ cities ten miles an hour,instead of seven | miles._ It was thought both by Col-- | onel Gibson and Mr. Henry Carscal-- | len that sevem miles was too slow.They '| had been judiciously treated to free| trips in automobiles since they had| agreed to the seven--mile rate. The House seems to be more or' less at a standstill while waiting for} the finding of the Judges in the .Gamccfr commission, which is now ex-' | pected daily. ; | _ Export of Natural Gas. | Dr. Jessop moved for a return of copies of the regulations at present in force by order in Council respecting the exportation of natural gas into the United States. He believed the order in Council prohibiting the export of gas was not being carmed out, and the gas was not being kept for the people of Ontario. The motion passed. 1 Colonel Matheson's motion for an| order for the attendance of the man-- ager and the deposit ledger keeper of: the Central Canada Loan & Savmgs: Company before the Public Accounts Committee was discharged, the ob--| ject of the motion having been at--| tained. Automobile Speed Increased. Mr. Preston (Brant), when the House was in committee, moved that an amendment be made to his auto-- mobile act to increase the permissible| rate of speed in cities and towns from seven miles to ten miles an hour. _ DF. \\1]10ug11h)' opposed the mo-- tion, thinking that at first the rate should not be more than seven miles and if, subseduently it was found prac-- tical it might be increased. Colonel Gibson thought that evea ten miles was not a great rate. Mr. H. Carscallen (East Hamil-- ton) agreed with Colonel Gibson, but thought the limit should be rcstrictedi at strcct' crossings. Mr. Whitney thought that ten miles | was not too great a rate, but he con-- sidered it impracticable to make a dif-- terent rate for crossings The amend-- ment carried. _ The fee for licenses was set at $2. The bill was reported as amended. i Col. Matheson's bill to amend the act to make better provisions for keep--. ing and audltmg municipal and school accounts was withdrawn, as was also