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M0116. youerlaw; Jyman G. Jackson. Newmarket; W. D. Watson. Aurora; James Cooper and Dr. Doolittle. - -V--..--vu lvvbll- Other speakers included: "hiker H. Holborne. Sutton; William John- stone, Petreruw; Jyman (3. Jackson. §ewmarket; W. D. Watson. Aurora- - "-- -""'"'-"'%rrBq v; 51011. W. E. Raney. Hon. Manning Doherty and Hon. Mr. Bless. It wag so large that the main entrance at the foot of the great stairway had to be con- verted into a reception room. had..." ___- . - 400 persons. Munieioiiiiiiiis" north as Sutton were reprn 1rllyscde)etration was received I --.-... a. uuuuuu. row to. hoe. Mr. Riggs statetk Some com-f petent lexicographer l' ould have to: invent a new word to take the place of economy. It Yonge street was to; be widened it would have to be at. the expense of the residents, he. said. . Mayor J. M. Walton ot Aurora; President of the Yonge Street Im- provement Association', headed the delegation. which numbered some 400 peg-suns. 'Mnnininnnnn- --- " _ wage that has been offered through the Ontario Government Employ- ment Bureaus to unemployed by those requiring labor on farms; that one Harbinson had been en- med from March 13, 1922. up until January 30, 1923, in investigating the bookkeeping system of the Lands and Forests Department, at a salary of $80 per day. . Little encouragement was given the huge delegation of Yonge street residents which waited on the Gov-, ernment yesterday to urge that the! thoroughfare be widened to w, feet, the radial tracks placed In the!' centre and two driveways construct-j ed. In a carefully worded mph); Hon. F. C. Riggs stated that the; Government was carefulzv nun-m" Among the' other bits 'ol informa- tion brought down was egielation dealing with emplOyment of which girls by Orientals is now on the ctatute books, but has never been proclaimed, and that in 121 Chinese restaurants in Toronto 126 white girls are now working; that 88.36 per week and board is the average The Ontario Board of Censors has not remoyed the ban on Arbuckle pictured. and is not considering the matter, Mr. McNamara was I',"?,.'?,',',; and the same member elicited rom the Minister of Labor the depart- ment's unemployment figures for ontario-ION" unemployed, the largest class being laborers, 2,600, and one of the smallest being farm hands. of whom 60 were unemploy- ed; another question ot Mr. Mc- Namara's brought the information that the annual payroll of the Pro- vincial Police force was $353,080; and yet another question of the same member's brought the reply that the Peat Committee is still in existence, and has not yet made its ttnal report. MAKES PLEA 0F ECONOMY 1jllfl)llll YONGE STREET; PLAN MI FAVOR")? Delegation to Queen's Park? Not Encouraged by Mr. . Biggs' Answer F by the Government to date on the Knox College property. and Dr. God- grey, that the question of the right of the Government to pay Justices Ridden and Latchtord for their services had been duly submitted to the courts, Judgment being rendered by the'Appellate Division of the Supgezzxge Court of Ontario on March 6, 1 . be vere represented. received by Hon. Manning Doherty . It WM BO large A time limit for the institution-of damage actions against motor car drivers is included in the recom- mendations, which will be discussed in bill fdrm, and also the suggestion that damage actions (other than those brought for recovery of dam. ages tor bodily injuries caused through motor vehicles) should be tried by a Judge without the inter-; vention of a Jury. l To impose further check upon violations of the act the recommen- dation is that, upon conviction. the same be entered by the Magistrate upon the permit of the motor car owner or of the chauffeur, "and that, upon a third conviction, the permit or license be suspended tor a period." Further. the report says. penalties imposed must be clearly understood and rigidly carried out, and summonses served. it possible, within ten days. w the position that there should be no' change in the law with respect tol the onus of proof resting upon the driver of a motor vehicle in case of accident. lall existing highways legislation. In Lthe committee's report dealing with the measure it is set out that, al- though various expressions' as to speed of motor vehicles were secur- ed, the committee is of opinion that there should be no increase in speed allowed over the' rate at present in force. Reduction in the gross weights of vehicles to be permitted on the high- ways is heralded, the committee be- ing of the opinion that the load car-5 ried by vehicles during the months of March and April should be re- duced. The committee has taken While the new measure makes certain changes in existing regula- tions, it consolidates and tsimplifies After tabling the report of the Legislature's Special Highways Committee yesterday. Hon. F. C. Biggs, Minister of Public Works and 'Highways, was able to introduce for the firtrt reading his Hikhwaye Bill. Last week the Minister was com- pelled to withdraw the measure on the technical objection that the committee had not first prese'nted] its, report. l HIGHWAYS MEASURE llliaiflliil TRAFFIC GETS FIRST READING. WANT PENALTY ENFORCED Hon. F. C. Biggs' Bill in Legis- lature Mainly for Con.. solidating Effect