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f , < \ enmmmmmmenennnsmm umm wem oo ", ; srurnnaaraatreamarnctrenm anes amere 64 i iet}"" ' Indian List"" to be Re--enacted P Nn on acnt AFE: s , 3 ! Medical Officer of Health is Re-- ---- lemperance Act a d P : Amend fused Power to Regulate mendments y i l Overcrowding E | ooriradicsedies ol . a j The chief amendments to the On-- 1+ V !tario temperance act, introduced in } Fhe Municipal Committese of the |the Legislature yesterday by Hon. W. Ontarlo Legislature yesterday refused x ;l). McPherson, are the putting into '-bff a vote of fifteen to eight to give f jeffect of "Indian list" legislation, the the Medical Officer of Health of To-- \giving of power to Government ofii-- ronto power to regulate the over-- d ;t'i:xl.\' to examine the books of express ' crowding of street cars, tho members |companies, not for the purpose of 'uf the committee voting against the making anything public, but for the t clause being all out--of--town men. [ purpose of seeing that the act is car-- _ "Something will have to be gone," { |ried out, and exemption from business is{;'}d Thomas Hook. *"The people of | s » m s 'assessment until 1919 to holders of + Toronto aro packed like cattle, Over t |standard hotel licenses. oue hundred persons are jammed into . And More in Sight. a car with accommodation for thirty-- j "There will be two or three other | six persons. For the sake of the wo-- amendments," said Mr. McPherson. 'Jncn and children this clause should j "These are now receiving the con-- | be passed. There are cases in the sideration of the Government, and courits now, but_ the courts move rill be introduced later.'" like elephants without legs. Thg p e "1]1 De introduce i 21. s \ Oldel' OF the R.a'll'Wu}' Board for more Mr. Rowell--Has .the L'm'm'".mm'nt cars fails to bring the much--needed § considered the question of deliveries | relief." j in Ontario? _ t i Hon. Thomas Crawford backed up s |_ The Premier unsv.':e~r'c'd'v firere . was 'the arguments of Mr. Hook. He de-- no change in m". 'f"""",'";'.'?',,_., $ore clared the raillway company had £ Mr. Rowell--Has: the ,;UV" l]f'}}tl'{\l"i igncred the order of the Railway considered the question Of sollCcItINE | % Board, and a penalty should be pro-- orders in Ontario. hests , s | vided. Premier Hearst--Prohihbition of ad-- ¥ vertising ? Hamilton, Too. s :rowell --Solicitatio1 f orders $ % P s ; in .\.I'!'"." [:"o"».'\ ell--Solicitation of or« _ _ "That's rzgh}. ' exclaimed -- Allan ( l;"o-xvxi(u" & Hearst--The matter }s Studholme. hv_\e are in a similar Uunder consideration position in Hamilton.' & Mr Howell--May we expect some Mayor Church pointed out that the legsislation dealing with it before the Medical Officer of Health had juris-- P ouse . rises * diction over steam railways. He added Premier Hearst--I would not say so. that the Railway Board two or three Mr. G. C. Hurdman (Ottawa)-- vears ago had ordered new cars, and [s there any provision under consid-- | none had been provided vyet. eration to restrict the sale of malt | _ Mrp. Dargavel, one of the rural iliqum'r; to the standard hotels? 'members who vigoropsly opposed the 7 | 'The Premier replied that this was | bill, declared the city should have l a matter that was receoiving _ some made arrangements when the charter ' | consideration by the Government. a was given. : i _ Mr. H. Hartley Dewart (Southwest onto Buving AMore Cars Toronto)--I take it that the bill does Tor ying Mo g '_, not provide for the abolition of the Asked whether the civic cars were License Board. crowded, Mayor Church declared the i _ Premier Hearst----No. city was sponding $100,000 on new f c ticaka "h -- cars. P Business Tax Exemption. The ¥ote.was .ay--#ollows: The amendment with reference to Yes--Crawford, Hall (Waterloo), business assessment reads that the Hook, McFarlane, Nixon, Preston provisions of sub--section 1 of section (Durham), Russell, StudhoIme--8. '148 of the temperance act shall also Kays ---- Allan, Allen, Cameron, |apply to the keeper of every standard Chambers, Dargavel!l, Ducharme, HEe-- [ hotel holding a license under section clestcne, Elliott, Ferguson (Simcoe), 146 of the act during any of the yeart Grant, Grieve, Mason, Musgrove (Ni--. IP17, 191383 agui 1919.. and no mgn_.cx- agara -- Falls), Preston (Lana,rk).i ' pal corporation shall leéevy or C'v"lie"" Wiglee--15. | ' Ifrom any such person any taxes in N P dnfi iinemifnnrmenge | lrespect of business assessment 'In: | i en m apgssdonen 'an'_: one of said years during W hich | !"lt' person holds such license. | 4 » I { i #,