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h o es eeaeessepeaiepenae C uy gor 2 S . C og o ow | L | , \MeAnesc\a Y N \grc.\') f | ' |distribute the burden of highway mITn / | * maintenance. , Mr. -- Biggs expressed cancern. BlGGS AND IRELAND however, for the fate of the bus} C | services of Ontario under the add-- | { ed impost of a gas tax, and thought | 'that the Government might consider a revision of the seating capacity : ;, --__ tax which they already contribute minormertrmms ismm emmersrcals to Government coffe{ls. f Hehi}(dr}eé': f' |of sections where sehool C ; ' $ad to reir ontively apon suen serv.| "Exempted .From 'Penaltiecs ice for attendance at school. _ for Sales to Government Highways Expenditures. | Whlle in 0ff| ce In the matter of highways expen-- s * ditures, he thought $t4h7"no'ro'§§3uf§§ mm« nfair in placing at » + . _| highways 'expenditures of the last _ MQORE EXPLANATIONS MADE 1 five years, when of that ° amount Ne an $20,000,000 was returnable by mu-- nicipalities and the Dnminlg: 2;';('1' First, second and third readings ernment. And, moreover, f * were given in quick 'der yesterday * the general statement ofia 50 'p%r_ rterhng. n "'"ll'lilx :1 ]101 H Hls.y' cent. reduction in the cost of hig ¢ rnoon in the Legislature to th« ways since the advent of the Fer-- bill exempting from all penalties, R guson (GGovernment was m!S'Pfi(:""i;' including, the loss of their seats, in-- ! inasmuch as T;a""'a'f:w varied as ' curred by W. H. Ireland, Conserva o types of cons ru.c 4 | tive, West Hastings, and Hon. IP, The Headlight Nulsansce. f ' C,. Biggs, Progressive, North Went: After urging a readgl\lflm\'?;"_tim'l'; worth, they having inadvertently be | tggesmg?nhei;h(ga;j:'s'l&?' B';gss urg9d= zn;r,r 'in l,(:.c(.")t of public funds \\:hil« § id j legislation to do away with the! they were members of the Legisla-- glaring headlights noticed, and de-- ture. clared himself 'pleased with I]}?nt In addition the bill contains a ) G..S. ffenry's gnnouncemgnt_ tha clause of general effect that where such was the Government's ]Pt:':_ lands, etc., are taken by the Govern-- & |tion. _ He commended the stop ment from members of the Legis-- * | street" principle adopted in Ha;'n: lature, an1i where the «price is set r ntond?sgatrsapflfelgdld means of sale by a Julige, the members affected guardin + will not come under_ the penalty Thomas J.'Mahoney (Conserva-- provisions, but they shall ]nut be f tive, South Wentworth) had some, permitted to vote on these specific criticism of the retail Hydro stores matters in the House. The Licuten-- selling electrical appliances, par-- ant--Governor may give assent to % ticularly on the easy--credit terms. the measure today. He also thought the cost of educa-- Progressive Leader Raney made ' f tion was beginning to bear tqo ((a statement respecting Mr. Biggs's heavily on rural people, and ZAY®) °[ pogigjon -- which arose when {he > instances of how the assessment Ot' | Highways Department took over a his own township had ingrexwedi |corner of his farm in putting through $ since 1911. He compared hxghv':a,\' 'a new road. 'The cause of action | construction costs of last year W'th! 'arose when Mr. Biggs was Minister ) y the cost in the former Government}! |of Public Works and Highways, and times, quoting figures to the advan-- '|he at that time refused to discuss ¢ tage of the present Administration.) |tpe matter with the Government at Last year's cost was about $20,000 all, standing aside and taking no a mile, he said, while the costs in ?part. When the new Government Wentworth County before that had: |came in he told the department to been at an average 'of $70,000 a@a |'go ahead and determine what the mile. iromuneratinn should be. The de-- f re partment, in February, 1924, sent P Wants Probe Continued. !him a cheque for $395.40, which 6 Aurelien Belanger (Liberal, Rus-- |cheque was produced yesterday still sell), after calling upon the Govern-- |uncashed. Mr. Raney contended ment to probe to the bottom the par-- | that this was not a matter of con-- tial revelations respecting Home ; tract with the Government, but tech-- | Bank secret payments, said that ) nically it might be a violation of { members took up the time of the |the act. House in talking tariff, which was a Federal affair. H« hen turned his + attention to Eng _ --French schools, ® 1 and criticized the actice of taking s pupils from their own local schools + to attend the fift,. class at these other institutions. Instead of help-- ing, it was hindering the efficiency of the bilingual schools, he argued. He also thought great care should y be shown in law revision, as the last c s attempt had resulted in unexpected complications in separate school ad-- * * ministration. T. A. Thompson (Conservative, ) North Lanark) moved the adjourn-- ' ment of the debate. | . ) P c.@A . + & & * o * ' > + } t N *