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wameu various invoices. Most of the liquor had been sold to the ven- dor, T. Ambrose wood, some of it at bargain prices because the bottles or labels were damaged. The van- ldors were the only persons the iliquor could be sold to. and it was l, "found money." He denied that any liquor had been sold from the stand- ard warehouse, although it was directly under the charge of the License Board. For a few moments the commit- tee turned its searchlight in another direccion. Mr. ll. Hartley Dewart, ICC., asked Mr. A. T. Wilgree, the King's Printer, several questions with reference to members' indem- nity last year and their mileage. He ascertained that some members in attendance only for a short time did not receive the full indemnity. that those serving overseas did. He also found out that. the Government had paid $687'to Major J. I. Hartt for traveling expenses from France and return at the same rate per mile paid members for traveling in on. tario. The inquiry will morning. Further eTiGriii" were made to secure information about liquor sales by the License Board. when the inquiry into the. Dewart charges was resumed by the Public Ac- counts Committee of the Legislature yesterday. M r. J. F. Mowat, auditor and accountant in the License Branch, was the only witness cane ed in connection with the charges. He testitied as to the sales, and ex- plained vtrioys invoices. Mont of 'Tn putting the age 'bevtnirrforitt1itn,. ONLY VENDORS BOUGHT LIQUOR "iii."."iiGfiGinrd -rjiGtested that Mr. McDonald was thinking of the "country roadside school." - - Mr. McDonald retorted that he had been principal of a school tn one town and that he had been other places besides on a farm. Mr. S. Ducharme (North Essex), thought the explanation of the Min- i later ought to be sufficient until the I next hill was brought down. Mr. B. a Mageau (Sturgeon Falls) said it r would be possibly a hardship for the settler in Northern Ontario if he had to allow his children to attend school until they were sixteen. I Amendments Voted Down. I Ill PHI-I'll." bllV 3.0 - v-nv- -- - If any change was made. he agreed with Mr. Marshall that it should be downward, perhaps to seven instead of eight years. as at present. Mr. Marshall pressed for a state- ment from the Minister why he would not lower the age from eight to six, Dr. Cody replied that he had con- sidered the matter. He had an amendment to the bill prepared. which was carried, providing that if children less than eight years of age attended school with their parents' consent they would come within the provisions of the act and have to continue to attend. Mr. Studholme's amendment to raise the school age was then voted down. A similar fate met Mr. Carter's amendment to raise the.age to 15. The Minister of Education in ans- wer to further questions said that the framing of the amendments to the Adolescent School Attendance Act were the most complicated that could he imagined. Under the Fisher bill seven years was given to bring the provisions into force. While he himself favored compul- sory attendance up to 16 and part time education up to 18, there was a divergence of opinion. Under the Scottish bill compulsory attendance was up to 15 and part time educa- tion up to 18. He would not pro- mise that the bill would be brought down this session. nor would he agree to lay the draft on the table for consideration as requested by Mr. Dewart. proceed this Dewart Wants to Know About . Board of Health Report "It says," he continued . reading, "that it is a combination of roots. lherbs and bark gathered in various countries of the globe and blended lto produce the best results. and iturning over it says it contains '18 lper cent. alcohol by volume.' " He deplored the fact that while so much money was being spent on big urgent matters, $1,000,000 a year was being spent on patent medi- clues. A pertinent question was asked in the Legislature yesterday of the Government by Mr. H. Hartley Dew- art. At the conclusion of a short discussion, which started when Dr. Forbes Godfrey rose to a question of privilege, Mr. Dewart wanted to know what had happened to a. re- port of the Provincial Board of Health on certain patent medicines. The Attorney-General, who was leading the House, curtly remarked that he was not familiar with the matter, and called for the next or- der of business. NO INCORPORATION FOR TOWN OF YORK Dr. Godfrey strongly denounced the sale of a patent medicine. He quoted from The Globe a, Stratford despatch where a man was fined $10 and costs for having been drunk, and declared that the authorities were "strairing at a gnat and swal- lowing a camel." While a man was beiretined for drunkenness from some mixture, Tanlac, which adver- tised on its wrappers-and he held up a hottle---"contains 18 per cent. alcohol by volume." He declared that in the city of Windsor. where Tanlac was manufactured. there was H "legalized gin mill turning out 8,000 bottles a day." LEGISLATURE DECIDES TO AL- LOW MA'I'I'ER TO STAND UNTIL NEXT YEAR. The town of York is not going to be incorporated this year by an act of the Legislature. The Private Bills Committee yesterday accepted a. suggestion made by Works Com- missioner It. C. Harris and laid over until next year a hill which had as its purpose the incorporation of the bill. Dr. Forbes Godfrey and Mr. T. H. Lennox, the two York county mem- pers. supported the bill. Mr. J. R. Mr. Dewart asked if there had not been an amendment to the stat- ute at the last session to permit the Provincial Board of Health to in- vestigate and regulate the sale of patent medicines in Ontario, if they were not sufficiently medicated. At the same time he wanted to know what had happened to the. report. 1)1Bll TALKS i. a MEDICINES Starr. solicitor to York towriship.