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s ® | atune] ' BILLS IN LEGISLATUREJ 'RAN _ The Minimum Wage Board, under' the provisions of an amendment :p' the existing act introduced yester-- MO day into the Legislature by Hon. Walter Rollo, Minister of Labor, will I have the right to regulate the hours N of wori: as well as the wages of those under its control. The act appliecs kt only to women workers. MUSt Face Chargesv" He, \ _The amendment directs that the} DeC'a H i | 'board is to have the power to con-- ; res e Will 'duct such investigations as it may! Also Testlfy deem necesskry for the purpose of ascertaining the wages, hours and conditions prevailing in ahy class of 4 ;etm'plc;yment. a,ncll for this purpose ' m s to possess all the powers that| may be conferred upon a commis--| tJ' A' AYEARST 'S HEARD; Js:otner "url:der t}?e Public Inquiries| f | e m ns | ct. 'here the maximum hours 5 * t established by the board for a trade. Following wholesale denials of' occupation or calling in Ontario are the allegations made in the Legisla-- ig:':r thagnh permltte?f under <the| ture by T. H. Lennox, and those ctory, mShop or Office Buildings w -- * ol the order of tns peard sha"l made by H. H. McCutcheon, former prevail. | O.T.A. operator, on the witness duJ' dCrldland. gouth Norfolk, intro--' stand, the Public Accounts Commit-- ced an amendment to the Ontario ras Temperance Act, to the effect that e i Fhe APLd 1 P¥ II.on. t ues standard hotels throughout the Raney yesterday morning that Mr. Pfrcl:'\;lntce axi;a so have the exclusive Lennox '"has got to face these | rig o sell 2 per cent. beer. Mr. ' Cridland's purpose in introducing charges & and: submit himself' o this amendment is to encourage the , examination by the Attorney--Gen-- hotels to keep better houses for the eral "I, in turn," said Hon. Mr. afi%t}?lmodation of the travelling Raney, "will submit myself to ex-- p c. ian npeman t Third reading, in the absence of amination. H. H. Dewart, Southeast Toronto. In a decidedly emphatic and force-- g'fills !'gei;::dl%(;St:;gaya:)?t I]Vl[l'-"BigSSéI {ful statement at the conclusion of c alization of| % c eat the revenue from motor licenses. As the committee sgitting, Attorney--Gen-- Mr. Dewart had expressed his inten-- eral Raney pointed out the length élon Oft bmm}'{intg that 11?:9 bill }fhould, of time during which the committee'i e sen ac o committee, when he| NnPAFL j came into the House he asked that' had been engaged with these mat« the bill be considered again. As | ters, called attention to the political there is some doubt as to the power; utterances of Hon. G. H. Ferguson, of the Legislature to do this, once, Conservative Leader, wherein, Mr. a bill has passed third reading, the! Raney said, he undertook to con-- Speaker is to inquire and malce a| vict the Attorney--General's Depart-- ruling,. Premier Drury said he had' ment, and said he did not no objectiqn to the bill being recon--. propose to let the inquiry drag on widered if it could be done. and conclude with loose ends hang-- nrrmnmnnmenmmmmmmmmnnnmnnnrnnnngenae en ns 0 . ing. ' Examination Goes On. Hon. Mr. Ferguson accused the Minister of making a speech for * political and publicity purposes, whereupon Mr. Raney tcld him he % could not have all the publicity. Ana j Gas Problem Will Always Be when Mr. Ferguson suggested that |-- the announcement of such a decision Hard to Handle, says might better have been left until a} A day when Mr. Lennox was on hand.l Premier 'Mr. Raney said: "He should be here . now. I'm telling you. You're hlsl s 'keeper. That (Mr. Lennox's ex-- Sgcond reading was given in the ami?xa.tion) will be the procedure |_ Legislature yesterday to Hon. Harry tomorrow morning. Mills' bill to provide for a Board of _ Rev. J. A. Ayearst, Chief Inspec-- & Arbitration, instead of the present tor of the License Board, testified Referee, in regard to natural gas 'that, outside of the cases which had ' questions. There were some objec-- been brought out in committee, he s tions registered by certain Labor knew no men of criminal record members to the whole gas question. 'having been in the employ of the | Charles Swayze (Niagara -- Falls) | department. One or two of theiri wanted to know why the consumers | 'men, he said, had been convicted of were not given some benefits as well ; being drunk and one of B.O.T.A.; | 2e ams the well--owners. ihat was all. He had nothing to Dr. H. A. Stevenson (London) said do, he said, with the employment that gas companies should be made 'of Lloyd Gordon. to live up to their contracts. There --% was , some discussion among the fcan 'Ger Good Operators: ai ted speakers regarding the Referee (Mr. l The Chief Insvxi)ector re::eecll' y Henderson), but Government mem-- Isharply from theh Vtt;;v eaxspéxtremely bers extolled his merits highly. 'General hlhott,tt &A dW s tralghtfor-- Premier Drury said the gas ques-- jdifficult to gei : @000 ¢ 4 o ward men to assist in the work o tion was hard to handle. He re-- _ .. 5 A c P A fenforcing the Ontario Temperance viewed the situation and said that | ' "Ibd 't think it is," he said. the former Government had acted | Act. . o ag r "di ' tting _ . Amigred § 4 | "'I never had any difficulty getting properly when it first stepped in, but | itn There are a dozen applica-- | $ after that the matter of contract did | fi o sa hand mow, any ons of whom, | not stand where it stood 'before. "It | !1'0:.?)3](1 say, could be accepted." is an ungrateful business," said the | i Proc'eed'iflg' from one charge to Premier. '"No Government wants to nother, Mr. Ayearst testified that touch it." He told of the calling of % !;mmen had never been employed in the conference between producers 'OM.T.A. work to his knowledge; it and consumers, and this bill, he said, -- z\;v'as' true he had gone bail for H. was the outcome. He hoped it 'H. McCutcheon, as stated, but he |would be a reasonable solution of ithen believed, and believed still, he |the gas problem until the last cubic i-was innocent of the charge laid \foot of gas had been used. igainst him. He believed the Guelph ! _ Second reading was given to the uncident was a "frame--up." He den-- {bill increasing the number of trus-- (fea that he had ever given character \tees of Albert College, Belleville, to 'evidence for Slavin and advised. the . 130. "eommittee to read the evidence of, ihhe case. : | 4 * e %