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W pamel Mssc se csl P e _ OO hC M _ oi e --mie : yrmriagy _ \\ hoped to be able within the next ' . : fortnight to name an officer as hea' k . > ¥~ of the police whose name . WOU f ' e F meet with the general acceptance 0 + ' $# C e the Province. . s s . w s3 Wellington Hay (North Perth) y 8 & *\ criticized the way estimates were | AS presented. There were main esti-- C mates, supplementary estimates and 3 further supplementary _ estimates. P s Why not have them all brought down at one time, he suggested. p There ought to be a whole new sys-- A tem of accounting. r * -- "Come in after the session and Globe Reporter in London, _ e talk it over," suggested the l"'mlf'l'-l s ' f \tr. Dewart objected to coming in Ontario, Tells of London | : after the session. They got no pro-- a Y¥ 4 3 gress that way. . He agreed 2231! P eople Corroborating , Mr. Hay regarding the way eSti--; + : § mates were prepared. | Hls Report of Ex.Ald. ; _ _The Premier said estimates had to? $ * | \be prepared for f:;-m'_ht * ]Ongrct-l:-,r'x(tt' Ashpla-nt & Charge in ' ahead it was difficui o present] a * 3 UR in any ofiser way. | London City Council -- _ Hon. Howard Ferguson concurred | | | in this view. | _ Another Newspaperman wecsucemeienauetememeccecmmeeenzmmin mate : ) es * | § NATURAL GAS BILL y Also Says It's Correct IS GIVEN APPROVAL comMITTEE HAS ___ _ ANOTHER SESSION PRINXCIPLE or NXEWY MEAsSURE e t tss | s1 Oe t ) e PME OF 'Ex--Ald. Ashplant Not Pres-- J f oPPosPP;ONX vorcEp I a s iss _ _ent at Investigation -- : After hbaring objections to the | + f proposed Natural Gas Bill from dele-- | GIObe Man 1§ Cl'OOl'ex' 3 i gates of municipalities from Hamil-- i amined by Ml'. McCrea, s s ton to Windsor, the specia!l commit-- | * LP - | tee Of th(\ l'eglslature consj(h\ri"g-thet i Who was Mentloned by l %l)ill yesterday morning approved tho' the London Ex-Alder. Y | principle of the new act. The mo-- F i : :tion to approve was made by J. C,.| | man » Tolmie, Windsor, and seconded by " | e Mbornion '; I\\'ils.on Crockett, Wentworth, am]" The Andrew Hicks charges of ¥ C 1el unanimousiy, | '"appalling'" offerings being made to § M | Following _ this . the committee | members of the Legislature for their _ . §: !h"'"'d objections from the delegates | influence with respect to certain g E. fm \'8"19118 clauses of .the bill, and] measures more or less evaporated PS A 3t.hen'ac!;«)-m.~nn._1 to take these up at * | when the U. F. O. member for East . A |future session. s | Middlesex faced the Privileges and | _« The chief objection voiced by the | Elections Committee at the Parlia-- * x ) : d 1 i leie + r e i i | ; & 8 # IIa'a'tendln::' de ugu.-es' was the pi mup]el ment Buildings yesterday. In ef-- & w R in the bill of giving power to the fect Mr. Hicks' testimony was that " ' w | Referee under the act to interfere one day in the corridors of the Leg-- A 3 ':with contracts. W. Morrison, }{um-! islature he had understood M. C. 4 |lnlmn. said bluntly that --the ('.overn-; Fox, U.F.O. member for South Essex, * & j'mon't sh'ou'ld take over the gas com-'- 8 to say that he could have had $20,-- o $ | panies if it \'\ &}S going to alter (:(m-;' 000 to switch his vote on the Beach -- f stracts. Municipalitiee -- would show | Protection Act. He had since learn-- --~3 more willingness to change contracts | ed that there was no such meaning < | if the Government was in control, 11ef to be taken from what Mr. FoX had f | s 4 E | ;sau}. s f , ! really said. | --C. St, Clair Leitch,. representing With reference to Mr. Fox's state-- _ fse\'qral municipalities in' Elgin coun-- ment to Mr. Hicks, a letter from Mr. . |ty, said the proposed bill was revo-- hx > us F i i 3 |lutionary, as it destroyed vested in-- Fox was placed in as ev denFe. n f 'terests, contracts and municipal gov-- | which Mr. Fox said: .'"I desire to &5 | """l';"'"'- f 'l"'~d H. .Ca{nf;ron._ ;?'out(h- | say that no one ever approached me, ; wold, proteste agams_ the right giv-- ; ® 5 + 4 i i v - i namram faae o amproaainnpas ; | with the permission of the Ret'oree., I in connection with this legis-- * Solicitor Waddell of Hamilton said | {'0?8 oL. Onlly ut no one Has ; * the act was far too drastic, especially | _ at Pn 4 ':_0 Ol;lgds?ne since 1-- mave a tha; parit 22 me therReferes power | eb:Zix ?1m:neax;fber of the Legislature l t C ces. & | o"qu D!;i ehog;g]amre '*""'gsaid" / J.. M with any offer of money or corrupt : | pulke. K C "C* i: e rentiv 1 in connection with any f Pyke, K.C., of Chatham, "apparently proposa o ons Wl some of you are willing to take away | matter whatsoever. Jain sthat We h the rights of one party to a contract | He went on to etha";l ietily %' without compensating the (Jthel" h?d t()p}gopbg:édflég:'tslex%entt ewhgt':by h party." of a $ ; Objections in a similar strain were the Sanduskx.company offered to | made by several other speakers, fol-- pay Pelee Island township $50,000 f lowing which the committee approyv-- to seitle a dispute between them. % ed the bill. Official Referee Hender-- 2 son spoke approving the bill. Newspaper Report Correct. --_'_,_"--"_'--"------_"' f Mr. Hicks, on the stand, said that To Arbltrate Damage | he would admit that the newspaper report of his utterance at the last From Su]phur Fumes! Middlesex U.F.O. picnic last June j was correct. He was not absolutely A bill entitlied the Damage by sure that he had made a subsequent Fumes Arbitration Act was intro-- ?,tlzte:;mnatc(sgrt?; (;Ife?:gax?e(;)?rtde::& duce T 1 € fura » i Hd into the Legislature yesterday blaming the reporters' mishearing y Hion. Manning Doherty and HOH-, of his statement on the high wind. W. E. Raney, and given first read-- The member for East Middlesex ing. 'The bill provides an arbitra--| . stated that the seriousness of the tor t6 determi I charge never dawned on him until ¢lermined damage caused by | after a certain amount of furore sulphur fumes. The person agsriev-| had been raised in connection with ' ed must give notice to the other | »it. In that there had been no ac-- party within seven days of the dam-- | ferbare tul fls O inlenaiced ' ';'gie':o;nd' if satisfaction is not re-- ~ _ insufficiently serious to report to the % t;:e ¥ }\:ithln four months he hasi Government. "tor 1vgot Odt appeal to the arbitra-- T. H. Lennox, K.C., rather press-- f » se decision is to be final. ed Mr. Hicks on this point, ut Mr. it ~ Hicks maintained that in his judg-- ment it had not seemed necessary or advisable to take it up with the _ kovernment or the party of whic