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en en ie " ' | I | Parry Sound Streets and * | Homes in Deplorable j 1 # 4 ® | Condition | Legislators in the Provincial Par-} lMament paused in their labors yes--| terday to sympathize with the townspeople of _ Parry: Sound in | their loss because of the havoc| wrought in their municipality by abnormal foods. | The matter was brought up be--| fore Orders of the Day had been| called, by the Liberal member from Parry Sound, R. R. Hall, who re--: turned yesterday from the stricken rown. Mr. Hall vividly described the devastation as he saw it in the Capital of his northern constitu-- ency. | "Our town, which we were trying|! to make a model town," he said, "is| practically annihilated so far as busi-- ' ness goes. It will be almost lmpos-, gible for the people of our town to| rebuild their streets and replace" their homes, and, at the same time, j rebuild their magnificent power ; plant. I would ask the Prime Min-- Ister i0 give our situation his sori-! ous attention, and to put that con--; sideration in concrete form.'"' { Premier Drury expressed the sym--; pathy of the Government with thei town of Parry Sound. | "Without any intention of stalling in any shape or form," he said, #I| may say that we will give this mat-! ter our very serious consideration." | Concurrence in the sentiments ut--| tered by the Prime Minister was! expressed by H. H. Dewart, Lib-- eral Leader, and Hon. Howard Fer-l guson, Leader of the Conservative group in the House. ! Day of "Business" ' Rather Than "Talk" l NWiieesssauttia l en ce t cce # ' Yesterday afternoon's sitting of the Legislature was devoted strictly to '"business" rather than to debate, and a large num-- ber of measures advanced appre-- ;| clably along the way to statu-- , tory enactment. At night the House commenced consideration of the supplementary estimates. Apart from the third reading of eight private bills, the following Government orders received sec-- ond reading : To amend the Corporations Tax Act; Respecting Construc-- tion of Work on Lakes and : Streams in Ontario--Hon, Mr. Mills. To Amend the Planning and Development Act--Hon. Mr. Nixon. To Amend the Loan and | Trust Companies Act--Hon. Mr. Raney. To Amend the Public Health Act--Hon. Mr. Rollo. To Amend the Trades and Labor Branch Act--Hon. Mr. Rollo. Re-- specting the Lake Huron & Northern Ontario Railway Com-- pany--Hon. Mr. Bowman. To Amend the Counties Reforesta-- tion Act--Hon. Mr. Bowman. To Amend the Amusements Tax Act --Hon. Mr. Smith. The House rose at 11 p.m.