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AUTO Ft" . 'RE" is . ' 'r,':, Ai a: r' . m..----------" Hon. F. C. Biggs Hints at Charge to be Made l I Next Year ' i An increase in auto license feesl and a graded system for dll'ferenti types and sizes of cars may be ex- . . , I pected next year, judging from ths l (remarks of Hon. F. C. Biggs, dis-l lcussing the estimates. He said thati the license terms had been made out; lwhpn his Government came intOI ipower, so that there was no chant-50 Ithis year. lie thought. howmer.' Iwim an improved road system first,' Ithat people would then talot more! 'kindly to increased fees on autos: l "In the near future," he continued, I l,"we will undoubtedly have the prl-l' 5vilege of a new rating on motorl fears." The matter was first broughtl Elli) by wollington Hay, North '??,r.1h,l, lwho said that men able to pay llc-d 400 to $11,000 for cars Were able. 'to pay an increased license fee.. F _-------------" . . y Refuses Option of F me . to Drunken Motorists Those found guilty of being in- toxicated while driving an automo- bile will no longer have the option of a fine if the amendment to the law brought into the Legislature yes- terday by the Attorney-General passes the House. The penalty is amended to read imprisonment with- out the option of a tine. l . . o . (Story Alleging Split In Lib-l _ eral Ranks Brings I l Hot Reply ' ' Two Liberal members in the Legis- llature yesterday took occasion to 'protest against a story published in _ ian evening newspaper that the Lib- (eral party was "disintegrating." The larticle in question stated that H. II. (roewart, the Liberal Leader, was I losing his hold on members, and that the party was splitting. Wellington Hay, Liberal Whip, brought the article up in the Legis- lature yesterday before the orders , or the day were called. He said 'that the article was written evideut- Ily with a malicious intention. "The 'member for Southwest Toronto," he said. "was chosen as Leader of the Liberal party and my leader last 1 wear... I am still in that position to- ', Jay. (Applause from Liberal mem- bers.) Mr. R. n. Hall, Parry Sound, rose to protest against what he called a most scurrilous and en- tirely unwarranted article that had appeared in an evening paper of Tuesday. "the article is altogether untrue. is out of order, and is a libel on all the names mentioned,"" said the Parry Sound mae.