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n¥ should nominate, not one, but a num-- Dl'ury Te"S Assoclatlon He, s 'bfit of names of men, and that 1 | should be permitted to select one Refuses to Be Bound 'from the list. The Press reports of | your meeting gave a' list of names, to One Name which, if I remember rightly, includ-- Snviiiondicermmerentiompemmemerrss > ed Mayor Maguire, Toronto: Mayor y s Coppley, Hamilton; Sam Carter, Premier Drury declined to be 'Guelph; Blake Winter, Windsor; W. bound by the action of the Ontario \H. Morden, Reeve of Trafalgar; F. Municipal Electric Association _ in IC'I Rictllard';%n. W\%rde'n of O?{tarl%; * f A.\ ontroller os. . Jutten, Hamil-- suggesting ox'x'ly 0"? name: Ehatw: St.\ ton; Fred Newman, Picton; W. K. Courtney Kingstone, K.C., o * Fanderson, St. Thomas; C. K. Ranse, Catharines, as representative of the Kitchener, and Peter W. Rae, Water-- 1munici'pulities on the Gregorjy Com-- down. a mission, which is investigating the In this list there are a number of \ Chippawa Canal work. Following is : gentlemen who would have been ac-- '(Premier Drury's letter' to Becretary ceptable to me, and who, I think. j MHannigan of the association: would have given good service on the Dear Mr. Hannigan,--I have be-- commission. I cannot think that the fore me your letter of M%yt:' i(*)fld fact that theyi were mgml;{ei-m of I:S?dl note that the Executive o e On-- Hydro Commissions should or w tario Municipal Electric ASS?C'X"%" have barred 'th;em from t.heat position. recommends the name o + G! 1m If your association cares to recom-- KkKingstone of St. Catharines for my ment_ these names, or a number of consideration as a member of the in-- other good men, I would be pleased vestigating commission. I do not s to appoint one of them to the com-- know anything of Mr. Kingstone, and mission. I cannot, however, accept so canmnnot express an opinion as to your nomination of one man, leaving his qualifications, h the Goverqm%r;t no ?ht(;;ceentar;((iou!;z I would point out to you, however, alternative in his appoin & * that the understanding was that you very sincerely, (Signed) E. C. Drury.