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Rl()Ml'fl()l1 SOUGHT THIRD READING GIVEN ii,, mom E ()ll FINAL DISPOSAL. T0 SIXTEEN BILLS a"l?glllfflh, ()f Mh CONVICTION? Qi.,mlrsir J",","".",""?,",'".,-,:.,'",',","".',", I -L, h W?,l,,e,a,,kt,,,,,t1e',i,i,u,-eit,a" Liberal Leader ls Curious About Case of Dental Surgeon WILL GET THE FACTS Liberal Leader William E. N. Sin- clair secured from Attorney-General Price yesterday in the Legislature the assurance that all correspondence and records relating to the O.T.A. convic- tion around June. 1927. of Dr. Garnet Frasu of Madoc--his subsequent ap- peal from conviction and the final disposition of the cats: --would be tabled in the House. Mr. t3inclair's motion. with this objective in view. carried without opposition from the Govern- ment. The Attorney-General disclaim- ed any personal knowledge of the facts ot the situation. In introducing his motion Mr. Sin- clair spoke but briefly. Dr. Fraser, he told the House, was a dental surgeon who had previously been twice con- victed for Ontario Temperance Act offenses "Apparently," said he. "he was carry- ing on a sideline to his business of ex- tracting teeth. At least he was giving trouble to the police." "You mean," _ interrupted Premier Ferguson. "the police were giving trou- ble to him. Banquet Recalled. "A battle was being waged between them," Mr. Sinclair proceeded. "One night when a banquet was being given to the honorable member for North Hastings tHon, J. R. Cooke) Dr. Fraser was apprehended by the Provincial Police on his way from Belleville to Madoc. I don't know if his trip was connected with the banquet and I don't care. I don't even know whether he was going to the banquet." At any rate. Mr. Sinclair said, the police had seized the liquor found in Dr. Fraser's car. Some time elapsed before the case came to trial. and when it did the doctor was convicted. As it was his third offense under the O.T.A. he was sentenced to one month's im- prisonment and fined $100. The sen- tence was appealed. said the Liberal Leader. Again. a considerable period elapsed before the appeal was heard. The Junior Judge at Belleville heard it. in the absence of the Senior Judge. He dismissed the appeal, 7 "No CouriGii mier Ferguson "But." said Mr. Sinciair. "the court rewards indicated that the jail sentence was remitted. and the fine, instead, had been increased to $200." ( been handled by his department in a , purely routine way, he said, and he had ( no knowledge of the facts. He stressed f the point, however, that, about the itimc of this case, his department, in view of the early coming into force of the Liquor Control Act, with its more drastic penalties, had laid down a gen- eral rule. applicable to the whole Prov- mee, that appeals from O.T.A. con- Vietlons should be left to the local Judi- ciaries, and should not be fought unless there was some distinct point of law directly involved. "No purpose in it," commented Pre- mier Wot-one,"- Just how this had been accomplish- ed. in view of the act's stipulation of a jail term for a third offense, Mr. Bin.. Clair did not know. A lot of other people were puzzled too. At any rate Dr. Fraser did not serve his sentence The Crown Attorney had. he under. stood. consulted the Attorney-General regarding the matter. If this was so, the public should be made aware. he contended. of what actually transpired. and the case should be given "the Widest publier'y." A Brief Rejointler Col. Price was even briefer than Mr. Sinclair in reply. He had no objection whatever. he said, in tabling all corre- spondence relating to the case. It had .Sinclair Suggestion Leads to tion Uniform With That of Change in Act , Other Provinces Amendment 5 In an important 2'T'"ii, amend 1 Mr. Sinclair also made an amend- ment to the Boys' Welfare Home and School Act a target tor some criticism, asking why municipalities should be "loaded" with the responsibility of con- tributing to the keep of boys from within their boundaries who are located at the Bowmanville institution. In re- ply Premier Ferguson said that only yin cases where parents were unable to pay the charges were municipalities held responsible. He said that amounts paid per capita were tritiing. These. he stressed, were imposed solely to pro- vide for operating expenses. Inasmuch as the majority of lads would come from Toronto it was unfair, he con- tended. to tax the Province generally tor their keep and schooling. Given Third Reading. F . Machinery of the Ontario Legislature whirred at a territte rate yesterday afternoon. As a result. 14 bills were given second reading; 17 passed Com- mittee of the Whole House. and 16 others reached that state of ad- vtutcement---third reading-where now only Royal assent stands between them and actual law. Amendment Altered. BOYS' WELFARE CRITICISM The Government. agreeing to a sug- gestion from Liberal Leader Sinclair, altered its amendment to the Public Service Act, so that a civil servant must be 25 years in the service and at least 60 years of age before being entitled to pension, instead of 55 years of age, as stipulated in the original draft of the measure. Bills which were given third read- ing by the House were as follows: To amend the Public Health Act: to amend the Mothers' Allowances Act: to amend the Succession Duties Act: to amend the Lakes and Rivers Act: to amend the Landlord-Tenant Act; to amend the Colonization Act: the Lac Seul Storage Act; the new Toronto Act; the Mu- :nicipality of Shuniah Act: the Port iHope Act; the Town of Waterloo Act: the City of Brantford Act: the City of 'Galt Act; the City ot Hamilton Act; the Town of Sudbury Act: the Church of Holy Trinity Act; the Toronto Trin- 'ity College Act; the Sacred Heart Col- Jege of Sudbury Act; the Grand Trunk _Paeifle Development Company Act; the Rockland Separate School Board Act. On motion of Premier Ferguson. seconded by Attorney-General Price, the Ontario Legislature yes- terdey adopted a resolution en- dorsing the Government's action in issuing a Royal Commission to Mr. Justice Magee and Mr. Jus- tice Hodgins to inquire into the South Ottawa "wandering ballots" mystery. 7 ;,, -- Betore the orders of the day were called yesterday the Prime Minis- ter explained that there had been some ditterence of opinion between the Commissioners as to whether the Government had had the au- thority to issue a Commission while the Legislature was sitting. Mr. Ferguson said that both he and Liberal Leatitr Sinclair believed the Cabinet had had a perfect right to do so: but, in order to be on the safe side. so to speak, he would ask the House to approve of the Gov- i/hinient's action. "hht" Commission Endorsed by House tra,ec), l% -T In an important act to amend the Insurance Act, which he introduced to the Legislature. yesterday, Attorney- General William H. Price seeks, among other things, to remove certain uncer- tainty in the existing law regarding ac- cident and sickness insurance and dis- ability benefits in life policies, and to make Ontario legislation uniform with the four Western Provinces. Identical amendments, Col. Price told the House, arc already before the Legis- latures of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Man- itoba and British Columbia. striction imposed a. year ago when tra- ternal societies were authorized to write endowment Insurance. and strikes out from the present act the respective statutory fees for agents, brokers, spe- cial brokers and adjusters' licenses, and provides that hereafter such tees, like all other tees payable under the act. shall be prescribed by Order-in Council. The amendment also removes a reg