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» -- N L4 NEZ ¥ <. A \« \lD -«\,1' S a L' 1 d 2X oA Slack Makes Admission. , on the question of Government a'** 3 control" Mr. Slack sprang a little sur-- prise on the House by declaring that n a rlo S u e u a S | the Government control measure has operated batter then I expected." How-- s ® ever, he did not believe that it had i been enforced to as great an extent as was possible. r v B | Mr. Slack said that there had been a C 0 OUSC ' a great "holler'" about reduction of the excise tax on liquor. He, however, | thought the Federal Government had acted wisely in not accepting the recommendations of the Customs Com-- Or ne s en er a mission in this regard. f _ Referring to the abolition of Regula-- eirmrrrme ie un uen is o ams en Tralthee io }t)xolx_l lZf }he Dufferin member said he eliecve »n '"one language and one 4 yE school" for Canadn. Wine and Spirits Sale Aggregates $11,166,243.10, and Russell Nesbitt warmly defended the * rural hydro policy of the Government, Beer and SlOUl Salc $6,367,4I63I----Pr0flt Of ;tressli)ng the increased mileage that $2 800 000 1 T d O b B d T ad been built, the bonuses that had been paid, and the point that the more 4 * § ie ver y 90F tO reasury rural users of power secured, the more & 11 f ( DemeAcial hyoro win ho to agricuniurs About Quarter--Million Resident Permits Issued ists all around. f » _ for T his Y ear, a Few T housand More T han W ere Lnglls'n Only Language. The opinion was also expressed by l SSUCCI Last Year ' the Bracondale member that, while isnn rere en i lt inss miee in en Te inrmiame on o there may be certain factors tending toward the Government's abolition of [ U »\4 Regu'lation 17, the English language, in A bARLy $5'000'000 PAID 11\ LXCISE "is opinion, should be the only lan-- C hage 9 the senooks. TO GOVERNMENT AT OTT AW A * According to figures supplied by Attorney--General Price in the Legis-- lature yesterday, $17,533,659.41 worth of liquor was sold in Ontario between June 1 and Oct. 31 last year under Government control. Of this amount, wine and spirits sale aggregated $11,166.243.10. and sale w of beer and stout. $6,367,416.31. License Fee. --Gross Profits. At the same time $272,1065.20 was ; MpveC :angr n2 WITHDRAWN IN HOUSE .mmsms mer neuearaan in ons thake "'.ll license fees fcl)r l).re}.x'efli'les a"'i d};'- later, as W those above, when the first idg s o mss s oo s us L apiied se ie pann ie Second Readlng Given to Gross revenue accruing to the board done and how much they have profited % from its five months' administration 05 py a study of the various systems in One as to EXpendlture gl"-' new law amounted to $17,805,824.~ operation in Canada." Gross profits « * 3 , under all "control" system e as = on Celebl'atlons Cost, of Jiquor sold under the act was 1013&6 ail "eonitol" systems ate as ifol Weilrnnr o fevinins" deiiremnrtrory 514-11()'3%"7'31- gs s Newfoundland, 40.3 per cent.: Que-- Operating expenses, including depre-- pee 337 per cent.; Manitoba, 37.6 per Second reading was «given to several clation, amounted to $890,727.05, mak-- cent.; Alberta, 42 per cent.; Saskatche-- bills in the Legislature yesterday after-- ing a total cost and expense of $15,001.-- wan ' 33 g per cent.; British Columbia, noon. Premier Ferguson took exception 064.30. § reiw 29.6 per cent., and Ontario, 19.5 per 'to two of them, asking the withdrawal This left a net profit of $2,804,760.-- con; of one, a bill presented by W. A. Baird 25 of which $2,800,000 was paid into Comparisons in operating expenses, (Conservative, High Park), which would the Provincial Treasury, as required bY . depreciation, are: amend the Municipal Act regarding the the act "I'he balance of .$4,460-3L' 18 |° Newfoundland, 7 per cent.; Quebec, prohibition, within defined areas or land being carried by the board in the pres-- 1p4 per cent.; Manitoba, 11.2 per cent.; abutting on any defined highway, of ent year's operations. Alberta, 13.4 per cent.; Saskatchewan, the use of tents or awnings for busi-- Spiits represented 530.62 per ccn_t. of 9.8 per cent.; British Columbia, 6.2 per ness purposes and the housing or keep-- public consumption in the Provin®t?} cent, and Ontario, 5 per cent. ing of motor trucks or apparatus used beer, 36.31 per cent., and wine, 3.07 per profit on sales in comparison in the truck cartage business. cent, : _ :"~>. ._.. follows: The other bill which did not find Permits issued by the board during Newfoundland, 33.5 per cent.; Quebec, favor with the Premier was one pre-- the first five months as compared with 23.2 per cent.; Manitoba, 26.3 per cent.: sented by F. T. Smye (Conservative, permits issued the present fiscal year Alberta, 28.5 per cent.; Saskatchewan, Hamilton) regarding another amend-- as_follows: a, 24 per cent.; British Columbia, 23.3 ment to the Municipal Act. Mr. Fer-- FTor period June 1 to Oct. 31, %19'.7, per cent., and Ontario, 14.5 per cent. guson suggested that the bill might be both dates inclusive: Residents, *°0,."" rhe sum of $4,871.941.17 has been redressed to perform a useful service. 446; non--resident, 53,890. s paid by the board to the Dominion A bill presented by J. P. Moore (Con-- For period Nov. 1, 1927, to I'é_?b- 16, Government on customs and excise and servative, London), which provides 1928, both dates_ inclusive: § --Resxdents. sales tax. 4 that a municipality of a population of 260,172; non--residents, 10,025. between 50,000 and 100,000 people may expend $10,000 duting any year for the s «i e t' celebration of a natiocnal event or the N S f H A entertainment of distinguished visitors, o lgnl lCanCe ln Ouse C lon, instead of $2,500, as allowed at present, : e M received its second reading. Three other Says Beer-RQSOlutlon over bills were passed for the second time. \ i i atia -- | came . p vious House was in Frank w. witson, Conserystis® Mc [PaQ lact station inmediately preceding ber for East Windsor, issued Fhe fo!-- | the election, and even then it was turn-- jowing statement -- yesterday, 1mmedi'- |ed down, as we wetg: tnOt Sult))pgsed to on the heels of the defeat of his be ready for it, but everybody was 3lt)eele§;--by-t}:::-gla;§s" resolution : [ready for it at the election that fol-- '"he aciion in the House on the lowed right after. beer ;v_.-.v-' im has no significance.| "The resolution has served a most Te:é Priric NMinister is not ready for 'useful purpose in revealing condititt)lns PC " o o o ar a 'nensine --v lic e T it and, just as happened \.lllen ;1:(, ;?u}d' tLL,CLsz::. 'fit:bl.)xacpragt:rg;ig & 0:)'1S tfig Governnenl Control motions came be-- ;xu{e& Lo'm'cl'; (: & 'v:tconlill 3 * Of" the fore the provicus House, he advised the | reason for the shot i; g-r" e dan. members azainst it, and it has been, for | Liquor Control Act and the grave dan the tinm: b:h.'.*. turned down. ger to fl}is act in delaying meceting this "The last time Government Control deimand."