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nmwe delpimer V w2 in B6 zoo ~~ ' ~" 9 FAIR RENTALS BILL y g8s +/* mevo & * o T > P * h M HAS BUT ONE FRIEND s s * # -- Measure Hammered in the Legislature and , + * < Finally Withdrawn--Premier Drury , * Doesn't Like Idea : ' es 0_ " QNLY TWO BILLS ~ No other measure introduced in'! POSlTlON the Legislature during the present! session experienced such & Stflrm}'i o emmmatenrtiorreh ceondinrena mss reception as met Hon. Walter Roll(,'si Lang's Ob]ect|0n to Kapus. p Fair Rentals Bill when it came UpP| . o yesterday for second reading. % kasing Measure IS + The Minister of Labor alone had | § | Voted Down a kind word to say for this measure,| Nee 7 even Premier Prury Geclining to\ Out of a score or more bi'ls that h record his approval of what ap-- came up for third reading in the On--| peared on the order paper ASs 4) tario Legislature yesterday only two | piece of Government legislation. | met with any opposition. Malcolm | As a result of total absence of sup--| / Lang, Cochrane, made a last effort | ; port of the bill, it was withdrawn : to have the House amend Premier | by the Minister. | Drury's bill incorporating the town--| « Drury Privately Opposed. > |® site of Kapuskasing, and his motion | ¥ ately Opp d | was voted down. H. H. Dewart | "There has been for some time, moved to have sent back to (:om-; a feeling of deep distrust in the| mittee -- Attorney--General Raney's minas of many due to the high| bill extending the jurisdiction 0f1, rents," the Premier said, "and it is Magistrates. His amendment was | in response to that feeling that this! lost on division. bill was introduced. I must say that| On the Kapuskasing Bill Mr. Lang the Government is not committed to: reiterated his argument as to thei the principle of the bill; if I were a| advisability of having the Spruce} private member, I would oppose it.| ; Falls Pulp & Paper industry estab-- | A vote against the bill would not| lished within the town limits for | affect the Government a particle." * purposes of assessment. His amend-- | Hon. Mr. Rollo, who was entrust--| ment was to that effect. | ed with the sponsorship of the bill, | In reply to his query as to the | stated that it '"might not be what}! progress being made in the construc-- | was wanted." The state of affairs| ion work, rremier Drury read a| regarding rents, he felt, must be| letter he had received -- from thel remedied, and he hoped that the | company's representatives stating | bill, good or bad, would lead to an | that work had not by any means | airing of ideas, out of which mightl closed down, that $3,000,000 had al-\ come remedial legislation. l ready been expended, and contracts | f "The member who introduced this | : let for half a million dollars more. | * bill clearly does not favor it," de--| \ _ More bills became laws ;,'estcrdayt i % 3 than on any previous day of the| c;ar'mtl' 'Hon..'HTh((l)s. ('ral\\.f'tl)r(}. ;013('1[ present session, the following mea--| s §nx;\a 1\9}; Y er 'o»sn ti e c:e f: li' o sures receiving third reading: | th.'jr;s ouf h)( noe Mn« 'g?'nh.fi_' To Amend the Succession Duties | 'hlb 1(()ur of the sessi9 nc ul th lsh " *4 Act; to Amend the Motor Vehicles ei place to settloixt is fng'F ere,| 1;\ct; to Amend the Toronto-- Hamil-- ?{" not waste the t me"o. a',"'mv;""d on Highway Commission; Respect-- | q'{e u'x;(':n 1t dHon. l"lll. praw10rC | \'mg the Ontario Provincial Police | strongly _ oppose me D: | Force; to Provide for the Appoint--| - = J C. Tolmie, Liberal, thought the i ment of Magistrates with Extended | . bill would give little aid to those suf-- edintion nent ut * A r Jurisdiction; 1tOo Amend the Mini--| fering under high rentals. This, he [ava ARL: ts 6 | & mum Wage Act,; to Amend Acts Re-- thought, was one occasion on which l specsting the Essex Border Utitities | the Opposition might vote against C c linn"-- HasBect o ha _ Afflca | * s | Commission; Respecting the Office | the Government without placing it ts u. n HAan | in the position of having to go to [ of Crown Attorney in Toronto and | the country 5 the County of York; Respecting the | Sam Clarke, Liberal, liked the idea 1,("15"}) "I\lv( ':.'_':'.',';".".18;\ tto "}{m(?ntl' the | behind the bill, but doubted . its Porel Meon of Chiidren: rgemininy & ' practicability. He was sorry for \lthe :A'dovplmnA S ('xen'. ."'»A,meml', victims of unscrupulous | landlords, the Follte Magistrates ACt. Respect-- | but he wondered why so many were ing Legitimation of Children by | willing to put up with their sur-- Subsequent Intermarriage of Par--| roundings. ents; to Amend the Amusements | Ks Tax Act; to Amend the Public In--| Go to the Land. quiries Act; to Incorporate the Town | "I tell these people," he said, of Kapusasine: . | "that they can go and rent 100 acres The following Government orders | --good land, good food, good neigh-- were passed in Committee of the bors--for less than $35 per month. House: 4 s | & * The world is out of_ joint, Mr. The Public Lm_a_fls Act; P}especung' Speaker. Thank God, I live in the the Office of_ King's Printeri. 10| if they gave me a house and lot, 'Amend the Loan and Trust Corpor-- | rent free." ations Act. | Adverse criticism of the measure 4 j was indulged in by John O'Neill, Z. WITHOUT QUORUM, | S ){ageau, J. Ramsden, W. E. Sin-- T THEY GET 'EM\ . clair, Liberals, and by Hon. Howard | Ferguson, Jos. E. Thompson -- and BU gon. HGeO. \l(*lenry. Conservatives. y e _ f on. Harry Mills and C. F. Swayze, * * | & q Lallror \'\;'h}:g, supported the bill prior Legwlature 16 Nearly Halt | to its withdrawal. y M ed AbO\.lt One Thls N f Morning leug At 3 o'clock this morning the Leg--| : - islature was Still considering esti--| s mates, with every prospect of the % s sittings lasting until 4 or 5 o'clock.:! 3 The estimates under discussion were p those of the Departments of Labor , and Health. | p About 1 this morning so many, members left the Chamber the | s House was without a quorum for a few minutes. This condition was} _ soon noticed, and other members| §*. : were called in from nearby roorr}s,\ d ;', * and the business proceeded on its | placid way. ' a in io n e i i ie o o en es &