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@ppesipbonst ©VEmimmamminmar y commsunven Mr. Johnson "Promises," . >, . _ ~' f . ;. w. Johnson (West Hastings) u&rhi would probably introdnoe' "a> | pilt "at the . next .session .of the Legig-- lature --to give women the right to. sit as members of the Legislature, > ' Messrs. J. C. Elliott (West Middle-- sex) and T. Marsball -- (Lincoln) * 'strongly supported> the arguments of Mr. Rowell. * Ts c ¢ ' Labor Man Wants Name. . y o t | | ~Mr. Allan Studholme (East Hamil-- ton) asked the Premier who > wrote 'him the letter saying if he did not in-- 'troduce a measure of this 'kind. Mr. Rowell would do so to curry favor. 'The Labor man asked the nameof 'the gentleman who wrote the letter, 'but Sir William Hearst refused to give t Mr, . Studholme: retorted _ that 'when members on the Opé)esition side 'used information obtained from indi-- viduals they were asked to give names, and if they did not do so a great ado | was made about it. Mr. Rowell's bill was rejected on a straight party division. «l2 l cmmmeneroommmmrcommoomompnmancencrommrmemmrmoummummemsmene | PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS _ [ BFORELEQSLATOR | 3 % I smfpogeniinrtinendr uy { ; MINISTER OF, EDUCATION INTRO-- | DUTCES BILL PROVIEDING FOR ] sUPERANNUATIOXN, i Hon. bDr. Pyne,, Minister of Educa-i ; tion, in the Legisla_ture} last night in--| troduced the teaghefs" superannuation , bill, and expressed the hope that it would make the profession If teach-- ,ing more permanent and attract more men than' .--of late, years. --In [reply to Mr. McDonald of _ North | Bruce, who asked what the _maiu fea-- /' tures of the meagure were, the Min--| ister stated that the teachers would / pay 2% per cent. annually of salary and the Province would provide 2% per cent., making five per-- cent. in 'al!. Provision would. be-- made for | teachers> with ~40, <00,--andover 15 years' service --récoiving * annuities, | which, of course, would vary accord-- \ing to salary and the length .of time |the teacher was employed. There would be a minimum . superannuation of $865 and a maximum of $1,000 per year, the amounts between these figures depending upon the cirecum-- stances as to time ° of service, etc. Another point was that. any teacher who had over six years' service. and desired 'to leave the profession would, \get; their contributions returned. This, of course, -- would depend upon the actuarial stability of the fund. Every three years there will bo an actuarial valuation of the fund.