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'rr"'"""'??"""""'"?'?..?"'"""?'-'.-?.? :1, . 7- new 2 FRIDAY. APRIL 18,- "' F. ' _r'V ml --» Wr" -.,-u.,i,----r--rtrrattt=i-'-7rr. ""'" _ - _ ' . to the great mass of people residinng _ . _ rural districts and in small villages ,2 which are wholly unset-ind by the we. (, nlllfliilll phone. Their eye/tppt-ttls to us strono- '; ' ly because they live largely isolated from _. their fellow-men. It will be admitted that in this Province the welfare of the whole public depends largely upon the farming community, and airythim System May Grow Under Hon. that we on" do to advance their into: Mr. Beck's Bill, eats will serve, the public interest as a ' whole. . 3. ----.------". 1 Rural Bertefitg. "Complaints and criticisms are numer- R U RAL LINES AT COST. one from tho fact that the farm: Are constantly being abandoned for the more ------------ ia,",",'.',,",,"',",' conditions of city life, and it i, true i lat. numv of the woung pno l . . . . . . , a _ Pl'? Legislature Adjourns Till Wed. oi the turius tire ot the quiet and lone. lines of their lives and fioek to centrei nesday For Easter Recess. of population. Them comlitimts might. be largely done away with if the farm. ------.--_ house were in telephone communication . . \\'llill ntiulrboring houses; and village. aml Third Readings-Government Bills in trau- centres. . . "The utilitarian ~ide of the question Committee-Special Grant to To may he of great importance. The farm. ronto, London and Ottawa Fairs "l' 1(1va to ascertain the weather . . . giro iabilities' before ottine hi, grain. hr Must be Divided-Legislature May formation is ominunicil7i to eierv vil. be Prorogued May 1. loge each morning. in a few liliiliit'llhi hy telephone he couid have this infer. ______ motion and govern bi, operations '.triuorl.' iiliftrl't'. An accident happens to an im.! The Legislature adjourned .vealortlay 31:!"an . ":5. inf hitulvr. It mmt} , . . ' re M (f ' l M ' . _ . av "I afternoon for the Easter recess till " ed. .. . I. n .. K "p hurxe ting "p" elation- (an be continued. M: nesday next. Hon. Adam Heck mot.""' telephone . he can secure the: the second reading of his bill respeetitrg needed "I"Wt in a many ~hort time local municipal telephone systems, whose I}? CitSP of "'"k:"'" 'irl'm'iflvm rrvortak, ' _ . . L,. ier ' ' . new"? memwr oi i, imisehold effects. ari ho indicated, might I" far- s;l\'lll,'_" of time by telophoninr,r to a (ltd: reaching. lion. Mr. Foy introduced it tor might be the. means of earring life. hill to amend the county courts act, giv- "1' tanner doe,ive, to ,rell his produce. ing these courts jurisdiction in Hizh will!" "an!" poultry Ot' dairy products. ' . a it) Illt'illh of the telephone he could au. l ourt cases where both parties agree to certain the condition of the market and this protwdurr. A considerable amount, "With" know whether advisable or not of routine bu,,incss was transacted, and 'I/th' mam-0pm to "1""ka . .. . . , V tr,, . ien ie "'ei,vcr wor< i, oi'er lleioh YI lq'l} to. Hou. Ilr. 'lt".? Premier burs. could interchange triondiv com-Fer- IN hitrte,t said he would not like to pro" ftltifll'l~ by telephone and arranhe for ,O. misc. but he belierod the House might id" visits-in a. thousand way:- make, be prorogued by May l. 'life more enjoyable in the country. Third Readings. Collect Cost as Taxes. .The following bills were read a third "The bill which 1 have the honor to tune ".--- . . - submit has for for its object a popular. lo contirm by-law No. 580 of the (cheap telephone system. which a few county ot.".Mids1lesex.-rMr. Neely. Ineighbors may, through their municipal- . Respecting the city of London-Mr. ')ity. obtain permission to establish under llo'lgim. a simple scheme. They will make known .10 contirm hy-law No. 198 of the town their wishes by a petition to the Coun. or Wellrtnd----Mr. Fraser, Icil: the petitioners may themselim erect to incorporate the Executive Commit. in line. and may maintain it on tlw m tee of the Provincial Young MenT, Chris, ioperative principle. Ol', if any of. tlwlt tian Association of Ontario and Quebec iPN'fCl' it, the Council may preet tt "m --Nlv. Crawford. lassoas the cost against the they, and Respecting the Birkbeck Loan Com. 1'/',1'1't the rate therefor along with the pany of London. Canada-Nr. Either. (other ordinary taxes. To t'onh'rm by-law No. 1,995 of the 3 "In the past WP have "no" many township of York-Mr. McGowan. (p,roupis of people erect a. "kimono "H- To confirm by-law No. 1,781 of the i101", ttot under the sanction ot any grit city of St. Catharines-Mr. Jessop, iei'al law, but rather by the tolerance of To consolidate, the floating debt of .the community. h'uch property F Pm." the town of Fort Frances-Mr. Kennedy. I tically no man A proertr.a'm! m a "If." Respecting the town of Bruce Mines 'tmie it: falls into liyoat, tyt"'.'..?.,": and the Copper Mining & Sinclting Com- lo legislative .maclimtv for its iii"; Pan? of (Ontario. Limited-Mr. Snivth. tinual ownership and '.rrove,rnt,t""1 at]; Respecting the town of East Tor/onto-- m the end becomes ahsorbod 'b" te Mi: Mecowlo. great Bell Telephone Company itself. Hon. uilr. Pyne's motion that the " nder the bill Tll?,..', evil, '.)1.,tJ,'e" 1""th go into committee next week to .ductd any 1"th establishc. lt'ru'ct for consider the. proposed resolutions ve- m the municipal corporation m l " . . ', M the subscribers and as lone as the an " spectino payments under the ublic lb- t . e . ,'. " . q . _ P L t Re ib rs ho ori inal members. of' iaiies act was carried rt e . t so g . . h . those who may come in under either t 0 Farmers' Telephones. . I, , original lines or extensions thereof. e; Hon, Mr. Beck moved the second road. owe it the 'syste.m will be t1,pgi1,':n,li,','d1. ing of his bill respecting local munici al not, therefore, tn danger of mg w , 7 _ ... p ed bv ne lect or because indueneps deleplione systems. (in the petition of . ' , . . t 1 ' ll on them to a number of ratepayers any municipality might be nought O teat ii out to a may under the bill proceed to install a abandon the scheme or so system at the expense of the petition- company. era" . May Develop Provincial System, eel"? important part," said Mr. Beck, "As time goes on the diirert1tt..lelt l in t the telephone 13 playing in busi- phone systems that, will be euahlished, new l " . . . " . . I A 5,'iir,.ig',ealti:ta,fl life calls 'for the hest sewing different groups of people, will '. . _ ep. ton "i ihe people's representa- gradually approach each other and cont? thee with a View to extending its ad- to be operated as one system, just as if vant.a.ges to large sections of the com- an original group itselt extended its liturgy at present wholly without them. lines, and it is not unreasonable to ex- fm 0thiia\0 complaints and. grievances pect that in due time a telephone s,',':'),',',? or Enoch)? who 5er one circumsitance encouraged in this way, gifting the gimp" t l r are p- ay wholly without the telephone at cost price, wou . F P ephone conveniences, because they are found practically in every rural home m beyond their. reach, I refer particularly Ontario. . h ."Aeeording to the bill the Railway "l-ill-l-i-i-ni----,--...-'-,,------