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-- eav- . mebt. The 'ttttearly)",,', , . ortotaltecareofbu 21'tt' .. _ .. and thus not an anal" "r t . . individuals The Moment will". be prepared to chub" the or". f . in these institutions to 9m". " the use oi wood fuel. The Govern- GiGt will superintend tht cuttinl' Off _ (iii; wood, and tttin ya" " h expect- ed to take out about 50.000 "m , _ Sir William Hearst- said that thtt ', Dominion Government /',e,1g"'g,a',i' , K ul tin a dineren Wt " tft',',',' 38:. such Fromm" at); Mon. Thos. Crawford of West- oint its own controller, eac . ' launicipamy wilt do the same. The I ern Hospital Board Wel- I duty of distribution of fuel will rest . . l upon these Provincial and municipal comes mtiuiry otBeiats. once the Dominion Govern- ment delivers the fuel into the Pro- ----_- Vince. . That there is a general impres- . bl b H a; 'lt/f."',?,',"),',',, atfd"tthoatthUiA,t'; sion that the Coroners of Toronto shall not apply to oil, natural and have narrowed their circle until they artificial tras and electric fuel. 'are now a limited body, favoring Assessment Amendments Withdrawn certain institutions. and that their At the request of the Government l prejudices carry them so far that Mr. Proudfoot withdrew three of his they cannot mete out fair treatment bills that sought to amend the Mu-, to other institutidns doing similar 1ifitt1,et,ntdtt,"si",',Tn't,tdgt"uftlt work, was the emphatic declaration give? farmers' daughters the right to) lin the Legislature yesterday after- ; vote at municipal elections, the same I inoon by Hon. Thomas Crawford it',', f,'T,tpy"'/J,'gtgee,/net 'tg,'t'i'ed, ' '(Nortnwest Toronto), Chairman of woman's ouse eep ntr a i land services should be fixed at not the Western Pe" Board. The ' less than $400, so as to give her the [ member for Northwest Toronto was right to vote. The amendments will; replying to a question of the Oppo- 2e,1"t"g,ti,rfiftt2 st.1e,,,','rt'e,i,tu,'1t',",ti sition Leader, Mr. Wm. Proudtoot, f,1'i'l?eee's'l. The same committee will who, on a question of privilege, ask- consider Mr. J. C. Elliott's (West ed it the Government intended hold- Middlesex) bill t3 8:? munigipall- ling an investigation into affairs at ties power to con uc ax ea e . the Western Hospital in view of cer- The (mg! of i2.ratfiu111ofog't,'ii,'e' tain allegations made surrounding 'tt franc " tgrthe same conditions the death recently of Henry Atkins. on gurpostes th r municipal bodies Mr. Crawford said that the testenony as t 0396010 e mittee taken by the board went to show was passe n com . that the staff. the management of ""-"""'r""""-""'""'-"'-"'" the hospital, and the house doctor. had treated the patient properly. He welconnd an investigation. and he Iwas convinced that the western Hos- ipital would be found in as good con- . :ditionas any in the Province. ' 0 Dr. Forbes Godfrey (West York) :thought that the sooner the Govern- ment reorganized the Coroners' Court the better. He was not aware ---lrl- " ot any clique among the Coroners. . , . and a good many of the Coroners Premier Asks Withdrawal of are competent men. He thought , . . " that the Government should appoint I Toronto 8 lyll for In one man to act as Coroner who had ', no other duties. l, creased Impost Mr. Hartley Dewar-t (Southwest I ---_ Toronto) said that his experience , . T - ' had been that the Coroners con- The city of Toronto cannot coucJr. ducted with fairness. equity and jus- on increasing its revenue from an tice their work so far as the public additional wheel tax This was made "If, the ',7.o"g'.'iosn, age concerned: d lea i h slature 'esterda on. . . - c nerson rep te in r nut 1eee the gill intro): that he had been requested to have "1"P5 a an investigation held. However.| ducediby Mr. Joseph Russell (River-y with the pressure of other depart- dale) for this purpose was allowed , mental business he had not given the to co to committee, there is no .3- matter full consideration. but would pectation that it will come back. Mr. give his decision at an early date. Russell said that the city felt it . -"--------------, did not receive Bt1trieient tax from vehicles at present. and a sliding scale of charges was desired. Then, too, the city wanted authority to tax transient contractors at one-half of one per cent. on work done in Toronto. t Hon. Mr. McPherson said that it would not be righb.to.tax autos an additiondlity. since they new are taxed by the Province. He thought the bill should be allowed to go to committee. Mr. William Proudfoot said that this clause of the act had been so . recently amended that the line should be drawn somewhere. Mr. Allan thudhoime (Em Ham- ilton) said the city should be care- ful, as Toronto contractors at the present time go outside of the city to do all kinds of work. If con- tractors coming to Toronto to do work have to pay a city tax they will make their customers pay for it. .Sir William Hearst asked that in View of the temper of the House the bill be withdrawn. i Mr. Russell said he would like to tree the bill so to the committee. Sir William replied that there were one or two clauses in the bill that were worthy of consideration. . and he was willing to allow it to a? on, therefore, but the House had 'll'i"tt shown its feeling toward ===rcrscr=.=z=rerr,