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Action Too Precipitate? The opinion was expressed by W. ; F. Nickle that the action of the Gov-- ernment was somewhat too sudden. There was not sufficient material at hand proving the satisfactory work-- ing of the board to justify the ex-- tension of its powers. He suggested that a standard number of hours a . week be substituted and a maximum | wage be fixed therefor. "I hope to'l see the day," he said, '"when the 48-- | hour week will be generally adopted." Hon. Mr. Rollo, in explaining the purpose of the measure, stated that the Minimum Wage Board has ex-- perienced considerable difficulty in | * s having the intended effect of its | orderse carried out, There was a . 'iendency in some parts, he said, to | . extend the working hours when the | minimum wage was raised. Out-- | side of Quebec, he said, Ontario was the only Province that had not the power to regulate the hours of labor. Mr. Rollo pointed out the hours of work per week in the tex: tlle industry varied from 35 to 59. No Court of Appeal. Hon. Thomas Crawford thought there should be some provision for appeal from a decision of the board. In reply, Mr. Rollo said that up to * date all the board's decisions had been unanimous. He would be willing to arrange for appeals, he said, but up to the present he knew of no tribunal which would answer the purpose. Industrial Institution Called 98 | _ **a Black Spot" by Thos. ? MarSha"' MlP!Pl SUGGESTS NEW-- SYSTEM, Criticizing the Mimico Boys' In-- dustrial School as "a black spot" on educational administration, Thomas Marshall, Liberal member for Lin coln, in the Legislature yesterday, advisea a complete change in the system for handling Ontario's way-- ® ward lads. Speaking to an impromptu report ' of the Select Committee on Educa-- tion, of which committee he is Chairman, Mr. Marshall strongly , urged that the Government secure | a farm for these boys and establish | a clearing house whicn would sort | them according to ages and char--| 46 °~ _ _ _acter of misdeanors, with a view to | separating the worst offenders from | the ilesser delinquents and keeping by themselves the lads of tender ages. 'Mr.-- Marshall ag#aid he could not understand how any~ Government | e could permit the present institution at Mimico to remain. The build-- ings at the school, he thought, were 'repellent in appearance and unsuit-- able in every respect. He -- con-- ; $ demned the present system of mul--| tiple management and advised that / the Government take the school 'completely under its control. o For conditions found at the Mon-- teith Resgidence School for settlers'i ; children in Northern Ontario, the} > School for the Deaf at Belleville, the t \ Consolidated School at Mallorytown,} and the summer schools for teach-- ers, Mr. Marshall had nothing but' |the warmest of commendation,. | ' 4& * ;5&.;:" ow » x N# K« ' #