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hy rs d ay, Mia+ :\ i gth ®@ Henry Seeks Maximum Penalty ® For Drivers of One--Lamp Autos New Bill Bans Spotlights--Says Government Intends to Keep After Speeders--*"Stop" Streets Working W ell 5 Hon. George S. Henry, Minister of,lamp drivers and give them the maxi-- Highways, hurled warnings thick and': mum penalty that the law permits." fast in the Legislature yesterday.| Mr. Henty said it was the Govern-- Speaking in the Budget debate, he ment's intention to keep after the went after the spotlight driver; the one-- ' speeders. Extra police and educational lamp driver,; and the speed-dcmonw methods had combined last year to ariver. lcut down this type of offense, but the The new bill which he had introduced | Government did not intend to let up earlier in the afternoon would, said Mr.! in its campaign against the "whizz" Henry, take care of spotlights. They|artists, They, too, are to get the limit were to be done away with. The depart-- l of punishment when haled into court. ment, had no objection to the "ditch-- In stating that bus drivers often lamp" of the type which is secured| broke the speed limits, Mr. Henry added under the right front fender, and oper--|a purely local touch. "I don't except ates with the "dimmers," but the or--| the Toronto--owned transportation sys-- dinary spot--lamp which had been|tem, either," ssil he. "They have abused in the past by "smart alecs,"|drivers who are just as big offenders was to be no more. ' _ las any others with which we have to Mr. Henry said that only during the deal, either in or out of the city." last couple of yvears had the Province| Mr. Henry noted that "Stop Street" come to realize the menace that }aylsystoms were working well in the ma-- in the one--lamp driver, "I am now| jority of the cities of the Province. He . trying," said he, "to impress upon the| thought that there might be better municipal policc--and they are large--| observance of the Toronto system, and ly responsible for enforcement of the| better enforcement, too, of the regula-- act--that they must grab these one--' tions under which it is operated.