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T 7 v9 7 * ( * # R nenaiiy ' | Ontario), and J. G. Anderson (South | Bruce), voted to strike out the clause. : Hard on Small Holders. Mr. T. A. Gibson, representing North Toronto, pointed out what a hardship it was for the small house-- holders, that these lands on Yonge street should be held by speculators, who are not required to pay their fair share of the taxation. Mr. J. McDonald, supporting -- the ' section, declared that there was a principle involved in it--namely, that of Mr. David Lloyd George's bill for the taxation of the unearned incre-- ' ment on land. These holders were getting the benefit of the unearned * increment on their land without pay-- ing any taxes on it. The main ob-- jection to the section was held to be that it would be making a special case e of a principle which should be made e _ ons« apply to all municipalities. A largs deputation from-- North York, escorted by Mr. T. H. Lennox, M.P.P., descended on thke committee 'to fight the attempt of North Toronto to secure permission to get its supply s ) . of water power from -- an artesian| / N . well in Whitchurch township. _ Mr.| C® Lennox fought for what he termed K. Y the rights of his constituents, and in [--C spite of the protests of Mr. Gibson & and others from North Toronto this: cX section of the bill was also struck out.| 'North Toronto will have to seek else-- w where for its water. Speaker W. H. XA} Hoyle appeared before the committee *A on behalf of his constituents in North . P * | Ontario, whose farms, he said,, would * | also be injured by the taking of the C¥ J water. * Neither may the town of North |Toront0 obtain legislation to prohibit the Metropolitan Railway from carry. ing freight down Yonge street within h | the town limits. All the other clauses ; in the bill were struck out as they ]% came up.