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Line, and the future acquisition of e At the Niagara, St. Catharines and To-- tss | t t amaafssamssen ... .. ronto Railway. | The Premier, in several proposed -- jadditional clauses, makes it clear that, aithough the money to meet the cost of construction and opera-- s tion shall be borrowed on the credit of the corporation at large, the spe-l clal rate imposed by the by--law to | Dr((;vlde for the payment of prlnclpa.l' * tm and interest shall be imposed upon i « }he r('lateable property within the \")ot~s Can W'thdraw Them lf They ng district only; aiso the money to | i meet the corporation's share ofyan.\" See Flt' Speaker | deficit shall be raised by special rate' Rules upon the rateabisa property within l the voting district cnly. o n | Many Get in Debate. DEFEAT MINING CHANGES! Submission ~of Premier Drury's Wiinilenterne on ies i cmrcommeaeny * proposed amendments came at the s i end of a three--hour committee con-- After reading to the House pre-- | :lderation of the 30--clause 1022 Hy-- 'cedents bearing on the question, . ro--radial Bill, which is to super-- Hon. Nelson Parli: i I sede the 1914 legislation. Discus-- \_| tWe Legislature "d;:;er-u, es Ot" slon on the measure was confined to s | 1C,. said yesterday that | practically half a dozen membersg of. _ \ he thought it was clear> that ~ a | the House -- the Premier, Hon,| | private bill was the property of the Messrs. Raney, Doherty, Ferguson, | member who intr i i Henry and J. W. Curry, K.C., with | | was willin Wmnan nipe. t .amdnxf h-e W. F. Nickle, K.C.; T. Marshall, Lin-- | filling to withdraw his bill it coln; A. C. Lewis, and Jos. Thomp--| was his right to ask that it be with-- son interjecting on occasion | drawn. ; s The most remarkable thing about | Thao C ; | the discussion of the bill proper was a a % qu.est O,n came. o on.th? TeC; the facility with which the lengthy' ond reading of a private bill intro-- and important document was passed . duced by G. G. Halcrow, Inde-- upon. Conservative forces dwindle:)d it pendent--Labor member for East to three on an occasion, and the Lib--| Hami 4 erals facing the Government never, , di ltog, regarding the power. .to. numbered more than seven or eight. ispose of a clubhouse occupied by It might be fairly said that the per-- the Hamilton branch of the Great ' centage of members wr:o evennliS- ' War Veterans' Association. Subse-- | te?;)?etOn:3?erg;?filtlss«:t?nfl?easdfigsss.ion quent to its introduction the bill was was one important and one fairly changed so much in the Private important amendment, with a. scorel Bills Committee that Mr. Halcrow 'or more Aalterations in verbiage and' had asked, when the revised act punctuation. | came to second reading stage, that Voting Strength Changed. the measure be withdrawn. The mt;)st impl?lrt:!;nti gh?nge Bill is Withdrawn. seemed to be that which raised from . F 10 to 15 per cent. the proportion| Th.at was some weeks ago, but of municipal responsibility required | nothing had been done to let Mr. go ede;:at tor;'ee Dr:;?ljsgiggutt?:s e:lf?!:l:é' Halcrow consult interested parties in n m 3 down a radial scheme on the vote. As| Hamilton to see if some arrange-- the bill stands, one or more mu--| ment could not be arrived at. Yester-- niclpal:'ties 0{1 a prcigosei'd !iollte ma.(xlr; day, when the order was called, Mr. vote adverse on e by--laws, an . their action st);ll not hinder the other Halcxtow asked again that the bill municipalities, provided the propor-- be withdrawn. After some discus-- tion of proposed liability dropping sion the Speaker was appealed to out is not more than 15 per cent. of and he gave his ruling. The bill the total. The amendment was sug-- | was then withdrawn. gested by J. W. Curry, K.C., (South-- |__An act to amend the Community east Toronto), and readily con-- | HMalls Act was held over in commit-- curred in by Premier Drury when it |tee for the redrafting of a clause. was argued that the bill had other, The act provides that a township or ample safeguards. | village may acquire property in an-- Upon the suggestion of H. H. other municipality for community Dewart, K.C., the length of time for hall purposes, but the House decided which members of the association yesterday that the consent of the shall hold office was changed from | municipality in which the property five to three years. I acquired is situated should be ob. | Dr. H. Stevenson, London, voted tained, as the purchased property alone for a proposed amendment to would be free from taxation. The # allow members of municipal counclls! clause. will bedrafted--to cover that to sit on association boards. point Having spent the whole evening, * until 11.30, on the . bill, Premler' Mining Changes Killed. | Drury suggested that the bill be re-' Hon. Howard Ferguson's bill to |-- ported, reprint?d with #i? ramend- amend the Mining Act, so as to | ments, andflwlgaln coTsal ef0Te GonM« restore the former working condi-- mittee for final appr * tions, was defeated. The present working conditions, brought in last j year, speaking generally, are 200 days in five years. The former con-- * ditions were 240 days in three years. iMr. Ferguson claimed that the new conditions held up development, and ]in this he was supported by Mal--| colm Lang, Cochrane. The Minis-- ter of Mines, Hon. Harry Mills, de-- F clared he was most emphatically f ©'opposed to the changes suggested by Mr. Ferguson, and said he had * letters protesting against the change.