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+ tase e acting Treagurer that the Hydro-- y E> electric Commission spent money for ER MANUFACTURERS the local municipal power services. % The Commission spent the money of the Province for the construction of | UPPUSE REGULATIUNS the transmission lines which it owned, | and which it held as trustee for 't|l:e{ candrincarecvith iocwons en uie e municipalities, who were responsible | u. ow s , to the réorm'niassinn for the money ex--| DEPUTATION SAYS FARMERS A_RE pended. | UNITED AGAINST PROVISIONS _ Mr. Rowell differentiated het ween | OF NEW ACT. an expenditure in the public accounts| & of $176,000 for investigation and ad--| c cindbainnne es ie ce cienrcrccceatee i pfration for which the Province A large deputation of boiler manu-- |Eot no return. It was possible for the | 6 C is Minister of Public Works to give the| facturers connected with the Cana | detail of every expenditure upon . a | dian Manufacturers' Association wait-- iPuth building. but there were no/ ed upon the Minister of Public Works :?;::h"f::';: '::'"].:,:fr(; ODLI;;,;',"\,],}'h;,;g,:;fi yesterday, declaring that the fa,rmfrf '\'ostig'alinn of the accounts of the | of the Province were protestm,,i Hydro--eleciric. '"'Why does the Gov-- | against the new regulations for the erlnmont withhold this information; | manufacture of portable engine 1»4,)1l-| why are we not given the same in-- | s 'Bi i 'ffec-- formation in this matter as in oth--| ers, which regulations become (ff,m' ers?" Nr. Rowell asked. During the | tive on July 1 next.. The deputation vears 1901, 1902 and 1903 every de--| asked that no change be mads in the tail of the 'T. & N. (O. expenditure j |regulations effective at the present| was laid before the House, and if it | | s was possible then it was just as itlm('. ! practicable now. The Prime Minister | _ The boiler manufacturers argued must be drawing upon his imagination that there was no demand, either un! when he said it was quite impossible the part of the manufacturers or of to prepare the information desired. the farmers for the change, and thatl I 'as the new boiler would surpass the Labor Man Approves. 'othe-r in efMciency it was quite un-- | Mr. Allan Studholme (East Ham-- I necessary. They argued that on t}m; ilton)' hopsd that the order would ! contrary the increased price of the pass. He had alwarys been an a(l\'n--' boilers would penalize the farmers tol cate of public ownership, and defend--| the extent of $250,000 annually. They | s ed the principle at publhe gatherings said further .th:nt it would be ahs:w-l all over the country. He did not uupv} lutely impossible to comply with the pose for a moment that one dollar order making the new regulations ef-- of the monex put into the H)'drn-' fective on July 1. The Minister prom-- electric enterprise had been impro-- ised careful consideration of their} pedly applied. but it would be a splen-- argument. } did _ vindication of the principle of | e amaa e ez | public ownership to prove that it hml] been wisely and economically spent . | PUULRUUM LICENSES Money was . spent upeon drainage | schemes and other undertakings that | were not of specific interest to parts j , UBTA[NED BY CRAFT! of the Province removed from where | the work was done. No question was | wonnmmmmmenmmne mm e | raised as to the wisdom of this, but "a>¥r ~ ht 9 [|an accounting had to be made. Ho !Dl"'P' T'\T_I"\ ASKS THAT REGU-! fdid not apologize for public owner--| | _ LATIONS BE CHANGED TO RE. | | ship, but would have its eficiency j STRICT CLUB CHARTERsS. ' , established before the public. | } | ce n n on nnn mm | ® % l I | Educational Tangle . | | Urging radical changes in the m:u-' In asking for a return respecting| | lations relating to poolrooms and mov--| the correspondence in regard to the | i ing--picture. colcaer § | granting of a temporary certificate u-i 18--pictu concerns, a deputation of | Miss Jean McGregor to teach at Gore| | clergymen of this city, including} Bay, Mr. Marshall (Monck), dis.-.l.uim--i |Rev. Dr Alex. McGillivray, | Raev. | ing any personal interest in the mat--| / C'm} l d n ter. said the inspector had applied for | .T'.)h'n 'rf:mrn and r?,,\, T E. R'"', a temporary certificate in this case clay, waited upon Hon. W . j Hanna| without the board making the neces-- and Hon. I. B. Lucas yesterday . | sary inquiry by advertisement to se-- Thev Proteste aInk f . cure a properly certificated teacher. s '*"d 'tl t:ttd agam»r * pra("tlce al-- | On the permit being granted an ap-- Ee 0 be in vogue in this city| plication for an injunction was mado where an applicant for a poolroom ]1-2 to prevent tho' board pa.\'ing n}u! adn) cense, after being refused this by | money, and the permit of the de-- 1 > k e £ Oy A partment, on the representation _ of M_P Board of / Police C ommissioners, | the Chairman of the board. was ante-- would form a club, get a charter from | dated . He would like to see the| the Provincial Government, charge a| correspondence to understand \.\~hat! nominal membership fee, and m & actuated the department. j | on the poolroom busginess. 'They ;r:_ f Hon . .R. K. Pyn(" (lpul'»ted |.f a'n,\f clared that a man on B.lom- slr'r;p'r information along this line was in the| despite active opposition from the possession of the department. In any church people, nbtained ; hertaf event what they had would be hl'nugh?: from the: Government and a& charter A a sn C F 5 . _ and was car down . He pointed out the dificulty | tying _ on 4 pooirbom s ® j aclirer 1 + * € m. a moving, of obtaining qualified teachers to| picture house and a dance hall P\F_i go to out of -- the way places, and John --Coburn deciarec thig was & weplsare thought it would be found that the injurious combination ta thns"'"r.' to'. department had acted wisely under of'the younger people of<the n::';r"al 9. ts » £ > + * t t % the circumstances. :Inn. Mr. Hanna <5,gr] the am'@'rn. : Steel City Bill. ment hafl never h'ngnaf"(] to can\*Q + y | a _rluhillt"onsr- which had been ol* 3 A second reading was given to the | tained in the manner indicated If * bill incorporating the town of Ojib»| said it might be difficult i6 .prm :' way (steel city), il} Sand wich county . | that the management pald allt ciK .A t Mr. Hanna explained to the Housci members' fees, but the general ch; nos'd J' that the Government had gone care-- | acter of such a place would cnndpa"'" L ' fully into this bill. It had been ma--| it, and the department would n &' & terially changed from the original| hesitate to. cancel the license y draft, and the objectionable features| When one of the dF'I"!xtatir'm f found in Gary and Pullman, Illi--| that some of the poolrooms "Sd nois, had been eliminated . | nothing more than blind pi:gg \e Mr. W. McDonald (Centre Bruvm' Hanna said it was all right to M & iAor withdrew a bill to extend the five| that, but the Government was d? per cent. bar tax to shops and pro--| | all it could to stop blind pig; *J S vide for the publication of the re--| | FPurther -- restrictions | were § ceipts under this law from individual| | upon the attendance of oullg soug feeling bars. The Provincial Secretary point--| | moving--picture shows, and Po:-Pn\ All Drag ed out that the present law, in his! | Skey advocated the :im)oint\mn} [ *48-- sep | opinion, _ provides -- that the _ re--| | two -- additional lnf"ing~bict11r it q begy | turns from bar receipts should be con--|! i spectors. & fidential. He -- could not recall| f en i e oled any case in which revenu» | | iess "s. Hugp d was received . upon the amnuntl (P1o, 'h;» of business done where the ligurés; Migg were disclosed to the public. | 'D p. Mr. Rowell thought if the aggre-- 1\ ,;""' gate receipts were made known there ' in the should not be any objection to the ttey PEélgt individual returns being accessible to 'j{.\' Bby the public. 'uggm'_t f znnnmmamennnneeeeemememmmemmererememene 1",'1 due] m ~*~--catry m UE 0 i en n is