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$ ar v rd d Y, .M a yeh 13 th ; Race-- T Betti npIu ' l JY I , | ' 7,500,000 R e % Tields $7,300,000 Ievente\ _ Om COWPEISATIONACT romfimermnnntoenncacacmmmmmamas cines e« 'Ap se zmaca i UNT § ® # ' @9 + At '., '.'". * 'CovemmentrRake-Ofi on Pari-- hal l n. sn cadtescgin on ; | _ Mutuels in Ontario Reaches| _ Proposed Measure _ Might | | + M 4# & * & f «* Nearly T me Million Dollars{ Militate Against Efficiency, Per Anfium ! Says Attorney--General, P | jJyy zl I p | | % ; sesne es . '3 FROM IOCKEY (--LUBS Attorney-GenePal NiCkle yestex'duy' | womnanun withdrew his bill to amend the ) _ More than seven and a haif mil-- Workmen's Compensation Act. Be-- _ « < lion dollars has been collected by the fore the House in committee,/. Mr.,. | Province of Ontario from race--track Nickle said that, "'1;"'3 t"'e cogsgggi(; | i c was i the advantages 0 1e i | wagers. since Fhe tax was instituted, greater than its disadvantages, he | according to figures presented in the had learned from Labor organiza-- |Legis§ature yesterday by Provincial tions with which he had conferred lTreasurer Price, at the request of J. of--a deCldfd' t'";flgff:{gnag':&tst 3:: y 73 j Pp A | measure migh p '"' widdifield, Pxogress!\e member | X smooth working that has c'narac-l for North Ontario. This sum 'Si terized the adminstration of the act| | divided among four years of pari--| in its present fI?rbm. . 6 it} | C + G+ E. Proulx (Liberal, Prescott} ex--| mu:uel assessl'ljlen;. ai follows: 1923%, ' pressed regret that Mr. Nickle felt it| ; $2,012,220; 19-3. 81.8&:1,963.72; 192'. advisable tU "v!thdratv t]]e }'li]' Sta"'| $1,794,052.55; and 1925, $1,703,--| ing that it had Seen his intention to| 760.85. | |ask the Government to make the , > | 'Ov on T ile 4 l re Revenue derived from taxation, of ierosnln "dae Tao Alaenca® . the racing associations themselves} f }"rodlx stated a case in his own con-- ranges, according to Mr. Price, from stituency whiclg h: lbel;:aved i"go}\'l'd 90.25 y R | have been benefited by the point Mr. $15,790.25 in the year 1911 to $998..] . !xicme had advocated, namely, ithat 690.40 in 192%5. Returns from 1920' of giving the board power to "es[i- ' onward are: 1.920, $770,410; 1921.I mate to what extent deaths from in-- $774,140; -- 1922, $769,910; 1923, juries arg accelerated by other ail-- $607,774.53; and 1924, $848,490.95.f ments. : | Bills Reported. ! Considerable legislative business, i was conducted in the House yester-- | day. Bills respecting the amalga-[ t * | mation of Grace and Western Hos--: + ; pitals; the Village of Waterford; and i ! the Grey and Bruce Loan Company, < 'and the Owen Sound Loan and Sav-' ings Company, were reported in { committee. ! 'Second readings were given to bills to incorporate the Toronto East © General Hospital Association;, re-- & specting .the -- amalgamation of the-- Girls' Home and the Pro-- testant Orphans' Home; respect-- ing the City of Stratford; to extend . the time for the completion of the ; Maliburton, Whitney and Mattawai Railway; to incorporate the Welland' ;und Port Colborne Railway Com--| . | pany; respecting the Mornt McCKay ; & Kakabeka Falls Railway Com-- pany; respecting the Midland--Sim-- coe Railway Company; respecting s | the Town of Gananogue; respecting! | the British Mortgage Loan Company | of Ontario; and respecting the City® iot Galt. r ' ; Bills Are Introduced, t a Bills respectiing the Township of c Tisdale, the Board of Trustees of the + r Police Village of Alna; the Corpora-- ] ; # tion of Sarnia; the Ottawa Police 'Benetit Fund Association; the City , | | of Ottawa; the City of Kitchener;| the City of Sault Ste. Marie:; the | \Town of Huntsville; and the Town--| + ship of Grantham, were introduced | § by their riding representatives. Acts to amend the Consolidated Munici-- s pal Act of 1922 and the Assessment Act were also given first reading. M i tz | # % 4 * L » ' -- " i mvorntomaine ,m,\ w s e