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| John Joynt Steps Into Breach _ | and Aids Hydro | Supporters Although personally opposed to the Hydro--radials, John Joynt, Con-- servative member.for North Huron, saved the situation for the support-- ers of Hydro--radials by jumping into the breach and discussing Pre-- mier Drury's HMHydro--radial bill in the Legislature last night, thus pre-- venting the carrying of the bill on | second reading. | First of all the declaratory bill was calle_d.for _c'qmmibt't_e'e "stg.bg'g. 8'1'1{' as Opposition members were not in their places, the Premier let the| order stand and called the Hydro--| radial Bill.s H. H. Dewart, K.C.,| who had moved the adjournment, ; was not in his seat, and Government : members called '"Carried, carried," | and it looked as if the measure | would there and then receive sec--| ond reading. I Speaker Parliament, however, dip--| lomatically delayed the second read--| ing, and in a moment or two John | Joynt was on his feet, speaking in | opposition to the measure. _ _'"The solution of the Hydro--radial problems of this Province lies in the electrification of the existing rail-- ways,'"' he declared, in the course _ of a forceful anti--radial speech. _ "The attitude of the Government 'in opposing the schemes of Sir Adam Beck and his supporters has been most courageous, for assisting in these projects would only bring a great burden upon the people of this Province, with no return what-- ever. Statistics were quoted at length by Mr. Joynt, who alleged that the rea-- son, not only for the failure of radial projects throughout the con-- tinent, but for the deficits of Cana-- dian railways, was due to the ever-- growing influence of automobiles on both passengers and freight traffic. "I am not antagonistic to the city of Toronto or to any of those towns which are supporting the radial movement, but I wish to give them the benefit of my study of the mat-- ter. Today we have three lines of ' railways running almost parallel, all ]of which are doing but a small volume of business, yet we are told | that the chief need of the Province 'is still a fourth line. Let us rather !electrify some of the splendid road-- beds we already possess, together with their terminal facilities, the construction of which in itself is * . | prohibitive to the radial scheme.'"' '~ Loud applause from the Govern-- ment benches followed Mr. Joynt's denunciation. The adjournment of fa the debate was moved by F. G. 'Sandy. U.F.O. member for «South { Victoria, ; 7