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ol s N Mernt ut -'.. Rrie s ~ on * < : = * " es L T * 9 mt 1 # t a" s tonnst, > A '. M P PnEA V 300 CU2, * . us i t i o P ara n t | f § * BEGINS ROUND TWO _TO DIVIDE YORK # & J ® " Minister and Ex -- Minister: f Act Provides for Plebiscite, Carry on Encounter ( M M te.} Over Road Issue and Township Council A amee m pminmene & («] Plans Fight Taking Hon. F. C. Biggs to tas ; for his "lack of frankness" and Fikg . "unfair criticism" of York County Legislation to sanction the division Highways Commission road work, of York township into two sections * Hon. George S. Henry in the Legis-- and the incorporation of the north-- lature yesterday returned to the at-- ern section lying north of Lawrence tack upon the Minister of Public w@ideroad and McDougall avenue as Works for what he claims is "a ' « the township of North York was in-- wasteful and inefficient highways im-- troduced into the Ontario Legisla-- ' provement policy." ture yesterday by T. Marshall of ' The ex--Minister rose to a question Lincoln, in the absence of J. W. of privilege. First of all, he dealt Curry, Southeast Toronto. ;with Hon. Mr. Biggs' statement be-- . In the preamble of the hWill --it is f k * h day that Ihere explained that while the southern , fore the House Thursday y 'mportion of the township is largely were no '"regulations'" in force in urban, the northern section is almostl > department. Flourishing a blue entirely rufal in charecter, and ro-- | the deph. 5. ho gald, was'a --yolliime quires a different municipal adminis-- | book, which, * & i¥ th tration. 6 containing regulations issued by t Five weeks after the 'passing of } Department of Highways, he said: the act the electors in the northern * And 6t my honorable friend «-- section are to vote on the question, & n 3 3 ' eéula-- "Are you in favor of incorporation stands up here and says no reg . . .Bs the township | of North * tions are required, and that the R York ?" whole thing is on the tace of the It is understood that York Town-- (atuie itself." ship Council wiil oppose the 'bill. A statu A ESE L'-- : nes ind year ago a 'bill to incorporate the ' On Thursday Hon. Mr. Biggs s urban area as a town was defeated. turned one of Hon. Mr. HMenry's The Council is anxious for the town-- criticisms back on himself by DO""', thip to 'be divided, but it is not in ~ ing out that the York County Com-- favor of the division suggested. } t mission had made a (ig]'traCt for HIEERISNRNTTarereettaremammescunemepermemmmemememecanemrneontage oasencae aana ce manemenmermntzsnenen en s | $1.10 a yard after recel¥ing a tender ' for 98 cents. Hon. Mr. Henry said - yesterday that a contract for $1.10 «% was let, but it was in the largest + town in the county, on the main i street, and the contractor had to provide for all classes of traffic. The member for East York also dAenied the accuracy of some of the Minister's statements as to compara-- tive thicknesses of surfacing put| down by the York Commission and | the Highways Department. k | ON TIMEER PROBE ' Investigating Judges Obey ' Ottawa Statute by Draw-- 1 j ing No Recompense Up to date the timber probe has 3 & cost the Province of Ontario $69,519, -- according to information tabled in the Legislature yesterday by Attor-- ney--General Rancy in response to & s ;Hon. G. Howard Ferguson's ques-- s ,nons". R. T. Harding, as counsel, has Irecenved $2,000 on account of fees. ~ T | His expense accounts and those of ,his assistants had been received, but * C not audited. In any case, Hon. Mr. Raney said, they were part of the : general expenses of the commission e I and 'could not be separated. ' | _ In reply to C. H. Buckland the At-- torney--General said that the Com-- * ' ; missioners had _ received -- $2,000 on l | account of services. Because of the ' enacting at Ottawa of legislation profibiting the payment of Judges for services of this character, Hon. Mr. Raney said that no moneys ' |would be paid to the Commissioners for services after that statute came into effect. $ The Public Service Commisgsion, \ Hon. Mr. Raney also announced in - reply to questions, had cost $1i5,-- A 037.82 to date. Chairman W. D. j w Gregory had been paid $2.%40 of this B ' 3 amount for services. m__;'::*::.r___----,_--__----:: x ' 3 'T s . * & . : y' 7 d en n e