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P ' e * ® n * * o * ..bj' R s Ree , | mmes | by the Legisliature for eleme!}t&fy | CIIRRY D ~¥ | schools is provided for, &8 has .t&een | S > hS | pointed out, 'by votes to three ai e"" | it | ont classes of schools--urban schoo 5 | T Tural schools in counties, and MUW \ | NCE A | 53 " schools in districts--and funds can-- | | 7 \| not be transferred frosr!;soélte lgL":flmt: j en n i d | another for the purpo + | 'up, even wher;) fihet propz;;"&"sgg'g'; UPHOLDS RANEY number of public to seP : is found not to be constant in All ON ENFORCEMENT € three classes. Second, while the trotal | f sum of money voted for elementary | 5 smamcaecenacmim §\ < education is apportioned to p"b"cl A vigorous defense of the Ontario | and separate schools O&e""fist?&flfl Temperance Act and the Govern--| (t»if;):vgxtfao%gegéte:ud;:ce,m individual 'ment record in dealing with the : % schools is determined by statute and race--track betting problem was x a by regulations which take into at-- made by J. Walter Curry in & § i count, not average attendance, but lengthy speech he made yesterday B her factors, such as salaries paid ' ¢ 4 ot e{ es 'value of equipment, afternoon and last night during the 5 ' M ::?mrai:a{(ér of the accommodations, -- '\Budget debate in the Legislature. . < 1 grading of teachers' protessiona,l cer-- Mr. Curry said criticisms had been 8 f tificates, length of successful . ex-- made against the enforcement of the . perience, and the amount of municli-- act wh}ch were intended to throw -- pal or school assessment. discredit upon the act as far as Cw s % iL Equal A possible. & y D Grants Per Fup * The Attorney--General, he said, | C '"The grant per pupil calcuiated on had used every effort to enforce the ' 3 the basis of the total average At~ | act fully and completely according eP tendance of pupliis enrolled in either to its terms. In the' speech of T. H. s the urban or the rural public schools | Lennox{ said Mr. Curry, there had 5 '» ) is exactly the same as the grant Pfl'i been no con('ier_nnatlon of those en-- j & pupit on the total average attend-- gaged _1n breaking the law. f S nce. of pupiis enrolled in the cor-- Ml')ur}'ng his speec}. in the evening, 7 t responding class of separate schools, i ;d (Jburxaf] went o\:er the e.fforts j 4 but, because there may be dif!er-l 'a::v e by t'etAttorr;e)'-General_ in the ¥ ences both in the number of pupils | t ayi courts to curb betting in Un-- &% A ana | ario, and said that the courts had aesigned to individual teacheifi he ruled against him. When an appeal in the factors which determin had been sought to the Supreme \*% grants to be paid to the 'SChOOlS' the | Court of Canada, the Registrar and 19 grant per school may differ widely one of the Judges of the Supreme P altat . in either class of schools. But if 0ne1l Court had declared there was no . T separate echool has received more | appeal to the Supreme Court, be--| w money than it appears to be entitled ' , cause this was not a final judgment. | > to as compared with a public school _If the Attorney--General had car--| in the same locality, it has received\ ried the case to the Privy Council, , s this money at the expense of some | . 'v'oent on Mr. Curry, he would have| * other separate school, and not of had Ti')thg"g but abuse for laying | plek > the neighboring public school. Not e otes aftet;hap];)eal," spending the | ,_'H one cent of money which belongs to wnuld'\ h(z)xve hgen !;;(z)a.'i:inche' wh«}a)n it! c the public schools has been taken | 1 ZLL2Zn _fi i e _ ,___919118 t £o '\ t & away from them for the purpose Ofl | have kuocwn the case could not be 35.'*'.:'7~ j paying higher grants to separate | won. y schools, and not one cent of money | Mr. Curry in his speech touched on 'u" has been given to separate schools | velations between Capital snd LAbor, ,%T g;iée:int% %}?gr\ne what the Jaw JEUAT the agricultural developmen of the 4; + At ;Z'h 1;1 Province, and Hydro affairs C May ange Law. 5 % Ta s »f 0w % + » i. ' "The statutes and regulations gov--| l"'l"' ?l'" ':"fu gd '."'_d:("' ine AdWePr | erning the distribution of granw' He thought, concernMe VE Jfl] 2e\ SB J + among the schools were framed by | that it might be worth while consid -- x lc% C the former Governmenlts with the l * ering whether the Govet nment ought + n 'Al tar all the y vanC and h e the grant has been distributed on the b'f"r for all the money advante ':l d'm i /A +. basis of salaries paid, because ex-- all the guarantees entered into in re-- \. perience has shown that well--paid spect to Hydro light, heat and power +8 i and well--trained teachers, with in-- development, and let the municipali--| ,' ducements to remain in the continu-- ties. under the control of the cov--ts" Felt . J ous service of one school, form the w¥ + the matter fof l 'chief factor in rural school im-- ernment, work out the MSLE. _ " / Cad provement. But as no scheme of themselves. A urry H ;5 | distribution can be absolutely per-- fl'onching on ~dm:arm.v:...\tn-' C u!l-).:' Pla tss fect, it is doubtless true that im-- said he thought there ONEN! yote: [ provements may be made in the religious instruction in the s6h09'% | method of distribution, with a view, carried on in a WAl that \n'(,,u'dg not * #'"*% | on the one hand, to lessening the infringe on the beliefs o1 P s id es disparity between the grants paid He hoped the _'»"--"'*--'-"j""'" " PS u0 us e to public and separate schools in the be able to let Bishop P@LON COs J> ~ / s same communities, and, on the ihat he would be 'ommed' to what ?;ég;!';i;};" other, to a more equitable division the law would say he should receive, * ". * among the separate schools them-- and no more. § F selves. The question will receilve /' He thought better relations would n e careful consideration by . the Gov-- exist between Ontario and Quebec i Cou s e ernment, and, if it is thought advie-- Ontario people understood Frenc!t 25 4 _f..;,_" P able, any necessary legislation will Quebec people understood Englisn. . be introduced. He concluded with an eloquen! de-- // mm R "But it must be understood that no fense of his own position in t'xjf-- Leg-- Tas 3}: e \such change can possibly be made in islature, and said that he did" No' § w \the Provincial law which will affect ¥ subscribe to the belief that a man 2: s : f lthe principles of division laid down ' , owed his vote first to his party. o "':'f;' o h \in the Constitution." Enconrages Irreligious. fl%x 3 Resuming the Budget debate ves-- uy terday afternoon, Mr. Curry refer-- ( y es red to expressions such as the se ,l s "Christianizing lpx'oclivit'ies} doi" the / /s utd Attorney--General," which had been y Poe 5 e ) aII CounCIIlors Sell Gravel 7 | used in the debate. He thought that % ' such expressions did not tend -- to "'2'»7'"" es x e in aoie 1foster, in the minds tpf the unt]hink- * . oi e as a good deal of discus-- | m ing, proper respect for the religion 'M'"; in the Legislature yesterday beafgrfemi(tl E:l:);ixre:%iggt? the measure lwhich the members professed. Com-- Ey fiee bi:: ointroguced@ -- b ) , | One, was that the cha(r)1 thei House.' |ing to criticisms that had been T??;" North Huron, t y JoRhN | would affect only towushgig cg:;(x)xl&?g | made against the, Ontario Aricch K RA , to permit &| Another was that the amount of *' ~| ance Act, he sgid thgy had' been such se ber of a municipal council who|terial to be purchased for an ma--| |as to throw discredit as far as pos-- 1 a gravel pit to sell road ma-- {f'(')'; W%':}fi not exceed the vai':,:?,? ;sib}&tupon ithe. aé't{l hist NP o e to c :# ano | er reviewing the history of tem-- A!w flna"t;xe municipality. The bill| that the membexshoetrt:';gg:\sxgglrl' was | perance legislation in the Province | ig and spaased through second|cerned should not be permitt §°"' \ to the present time, Mr. Curry said | * 4 | 5J su ent on to committee, but| vote on the proposal to eh to 'gthe Attorney--General had used every | l s gsgestions were made that'! material, > purchase | engeavor to enforce the act fullyl i --land completely according to its | terms. \|