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en mm is C C| E. "9" ez V'Q"'" :"3 'Jh ' r KT C '..F'A :'l'"" . y Tdcs Cha.e ~--_ In connection, with the proposal of the city of Toronto to purchase that portion of the Metropolitan Railway within the city limits, a sub--commit-- tee of the Private Bills Committee of the Legislature was appointed yester-- déy to prepare a report for the Legis-- lature regarding the proposed expro-- priation. The sub--committee _ will meet at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and | consists of the following members:i W. A. Allen, West Simcoe; Sir Adam| Beck, London; Hon. Thos. Crawford.| Hartley Dewart, Geo. H. Gooderham | and Mark -- ITrish, Toronto:; Severin Ducharme, North Essex; George H. Henry, East York; Thomas Marshall, Lincoln; Charles McCrea, Sudbury; Wm. McDonald, Bruce; Victor Sin-- clair, South Oxford. f ;BULK ism /o > PREMIJIER HEARST FAVORS BILL PREVIOUSLY VOTED i DowWwN. C After being rejected repeateodly forl three or four years, the bulk sales' hbill, introduced in the Legislature this [year by Mr. Sinclair (South Oxford), i wil shortly become law, judging from the remarks of Premier . Hearst during|-- a brief discussion of the measure yes-- terday. -- The object of the proposed | legislation is to prevent retail mer-- chants from selling their stocks in bulk and going off with the proceeds without settling up with their credit-- orsg.. At present. wholesale merchants are in the habit of extending credit to anyone who chooses to enter the retail business, and there is nothing to prevent the retailer from -- selling ,the goods en bloc and leaving the country with thke money. The legis-- ;lation is to stop this sort of thing. { The hill was defeated by a small ma-- j 'jority last year. Premier Hearst said yesterday that the sentiment of the' House seemed to be strongly in favor | of the measure passing at the present| session. He thought the bill had merits. They should seek to protect the creditor in every legitimate way lwithout embarrassing business men. Bo far as he was concerned there was no objection to the principle of the bill, and he proposed that it be sent on to the Legal Committee for congideration of the details. " The measure was supported by i Messrs. Dewart, Sinclair, Wellington Hay, Carter and Studholme. Mtr. Sin-- clair said it had been referred to the | | Retail Merchants' Association, whicg had objected to it in other yeam, an :| he understood the objections hal been removed. ® The bill was given its serond read-- ing and sent on to the Lem@l Com-- mittee. ¥ i