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- " - . _ _ .," " Br,", 'C' .~*,. l _ t . (1;.'5" m. 1WEN Ltre,r,r?,"iT,yTji bill I 61' Severa1 t bt,,tjr, _ 'U ' V _ an"? sisia., if. IIMrlli, ':ngt1e,'t'."ite th ' . f: ted muni- ' ir,-', "V BR , k, . 'url tliliillK'i:'r'sw- 'ci t ac, e cI,.-. i " I Ito have 'u'rpN, _ -. sliljrlr: . lil MII ct,rii. th'el freehold qua ," bii it? a voter :"7': "w, . , . _ l Fl. P:f,?'f t1xel "f 2,flH,t can or 100,000 otr: s,,-." . r"-'""-"'---"-, l, (ri."i' "it: mol?, "I ea ot'8 " u at presen . 'BHKERS ' _ . a' ."' _ , In :ownships and village: the quall- . ABE meow", ANY , ficty ion is $200. and In annexing new! STANDARD WEIGHT. . dist-'icts the city authorities were face] . ""'------- T F F to ace with the question of takinsl . ., away from some of the new citizensl Fancy Bread 3 Means of Getting their vote. since those entitled under Around the Law, Says Hon. A. G. the $200 qualification of villages and MaeKar-arbitrary Fixing of the counties would be left without a vote [ " under the $400 qualification of the Weight Unbusinesslike" Obiect on)". Bakers. l r. McDougall (East Ottawa) urged "--..------ that) the bill be changed to make the sullb qualification applicable to all If the new Provincial bread act is t'/.'.t"scl',t,ht,f.'il The hill as outlined by not a. workable measure with a Mr. Mc hereon, he said, would put . . ,. - 'largte cities on the same. basis as vii- Stronger C?. on life than its prede stages and townships, but would give: CCMor had it will not be because of Irv, consideration to the large towns! lack of advice. Yesterday morning twirl; hare $30k? elimination" tti) the Municipal Committee of the Legis- mem er mm Cas awa ioug f . ' tee - Ithat the movement to have assess-I lature listéucd fox two hours to "'9' ttlt nts reduced was a move in the right arguments ot 1t'pvesentative bakers: direction. ' ' and merchants, and after a half-hour" i i',','.l?ert1TT,.'11,".i,f.'c1t1 do that, PP- discussion by the members of the' mur U 1e I'Pmlt't'. I committee not one, clause of the new; To shift Cost of Street Itrpalrs. (act had been passed upon. The com-i ral/di, il,',"?,',?.,,'",",'?,? o,e",.,,s,t,')dti,ctlt.1fe' 1mm" will take up the bill again on C. fl . . 2 'f".' - . r . _ . resurfacing of streets The clause aims Thursday morning. to make the property-owners hear In Mr. McNaughCs new act the their share of the cost. the resurli'ac} principal controversial point is the in thus coming untcr the ieat o , . .- . a . Fa, . .ra,' loin improvements. instead of being clause })}O\{dlnb for a standard "f."-' paid for in'wholc by the city. The of fancy biead. 1 1-4 lbs. One side. city is also asking for power to pro- led by Mr. McLaughlin of Owen (ti/ll, tohtt'1',"1n/.s'..ofA'f",11,l,tgnitn//'/tc'diti,r,', Hound, held out for a minimum _ .'" ,.. F . . ' / . . . . . il'J/ only power to make regulations. Weight of 1% lbs., while the maJoriU ITho bill was given its second reading, of the bakers present objected stren- land now goes on to the commitlec. uously to any restriction whatever. i Mr. McPherson explained a further' Among those who protested against {amendment asked for hy the city. restriction of the weight of the loaf lwhivh will allow the City Clerk when were Aid. Geo. Weston, the President {preparing hailots to put a number of of the Bread and Cake Manutactur- 'dobenture by-laws on the om- ballot ers' Association; Mr. Albert Lees of §paper. The change. would make for Hamilton, and Mr. H. J. Neal of iincreased facility in getting the re- Windsor. Mr. E. M. Trowern, Secre- ,turns compiled and would also make tary of the Retail Merchant's Asso- it'or more accuracy. The Municipal ciation. also supported the objections icommittee will also consider a request of the bakers against any arbitrary 'by the city to he allowed to neli.ri.t1'f1n5. of the weight. He saw no rea- contracts for power for longer than. son why, if a customer asked for a lone year. :cgrtalin size of loaf, the merchant t ,5 . ' . . ev . l'l'. & N. o. Slay Enter Porcupine. 'to 0111321.". frevented from selling It] I The extension or the T. & N. o. into Mr? Lees' said that the fixing of an lithe Porcupine fields was foreshadowed arbitrary weight for bread was ttot. jby Hon. Dr, Roaume, Witch he intro- businesslike. In reply t0 a question 1(luv-ed a resolution empowering the by Hon. A. G. MaciKay whether there iGovernment to extend the rai'way if was any reason why the fancv bread; :they thought it advisable. The Mini- should not be the 'same Weight as. .szter explained that the extension was plain bread, he said that this wouldl not contemp'ate-l imwliately. but the make two prices necessary. rresolution was framed to give the "I look on fancy bread asbeing} 'Government that power if hetween.merely a means of getting around now and the next session of the Legis- the law," was the comment. of the! lature the development of the coun-iLiberal leader. try warrants it. The proposed ex--' TflrrTrferffeTr.1'reer1"eeitrTrfI i -tension Would he about forty miles from a point north of Matheson. The" Government had secured s'milar pow-' er to extend into the Gowa'amla dis- trict. hut from the knowledge they had F _had they felt they were not justified " in doing so. " V Mr. R. R. Gamey seized tho opor- tunity to make a plea for the exten- sion of tho T. & N. o. down to Sud- .hury. The railway would be thus serving a district the development of which was not a matter of the future. , He thought the extension would not onty be of immense value to tho dis- trict hut would result in Profitable business for the road as well. I f""e'T"1're""rrrr"fer"""- l