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. s Nt esnc 6'/"""2 'M« w24 / > ENDS 88-- WEEK SE : AMID | i NG GUNS * - | Prorogation Follows All-- * | N i g h t Sitting----Lieu--. tenant--Governor -- Gives Ti} y Royal Assent to 141 -- C ont h i gc Bills Pass "'The Government may smile," said ed by HOuse \he, "but there will be no smiling when mfi 'gme mot(,;)rlst. dtx;ilzes up to the gas sta-- FEW SPECTATORS hok ie d e o0 VIEW \ "Said That Before." CEREMONY "you said that before the last ses-- Aehite m oi ienss sion," Premier Ferguson remarked. Prorogation of t s Mr. Sinclair declared that he believed | rogation of the Ontario Legisla-- that the Government was giving the | ture at 3 o'clock yesterday afterncon public a false statement of fact in its | came like a dose of soothing syrup to resolution on the order paper, which , a Ecuse which had sat all r'f \;vodlncc- heraldetcll the gas tax bill. 'b day afternoo e < S In the final analysis, said he, and M .. MAS+* n and night, and until despite the wording of the resolution, it | 4 o'clock yesterday morning, to write was the motorist who paid the, tax. | "finis" to its 1929 sessional business iHe believed that a motorist might well | Hlon. William D. Ros§, Li \question in court the constitutional Gmw- n & + ieutenant-- 'rights of the taxation, as framed, or crnor of the Province, came and 'at least if he had enough money to went amid the time--hongred formality | press gislque;t»ion tOhthe Privnyoun&l. of booming guns, cavalry F aral He declared that the money from the | ef honorngr?":-' [(a',a]_'? escort, guard | 'taxation on motorists didn't gJ4 into| . glitter of dress and ceremony, | \the roads of the Province, but went and in between times gave Royal As-' into other departments, which meant sent to the 141 bills fashined by nc | no aid to the taxpayer effected. House during its deliberative period of | Sinclair Delayed Bill. an even eight weeks. ' Hon. Mr. Henry expressed himself as | Few spectators followed prorogation «scmewhat surprised" at Mr. Sinclair's ; proceedings. The Legislative Assembly attitude. He recalled that he had tried itself was fairly well represented--To-- to bring in the bill on Monday and that |ronto members, in particular, rallying the Liberal Leader had stopped him by to the occasion--but the galieries held :. technical objection as to theitlme only a scattering of people. Usually hat must elapse between the notice l¢l)'f the general public is all curiosity on motion and the introduction of the b k occasions of this sort, but yesterday | iHe declared that the members did no the general public, for once. stayed | need to read the bill to see what it was away B g das xall about, because it had been forecast . in the press. And he maintained that Administration Praised. ' the revenue raised by ilshe tax w?s helg-- The Speech from the Throne oc-- % ing to build up not only the main roads l('txpiod little time in reading. Given igf' the Province, but the backroads over almost entirely to a commendation | «wrhich were of particular use to the 'of Government Administration, it ap--| Aarmers. R f ! proved enthusiastically of plans of the Hon. Harry Nixon (Progressive, Brant !H,\'dro-Elecmc Power Commission to County), stated that he must object to | invade Northern Ontario with a power | the bill unless the Minister gave de-- | policy for people and mines: of the de-- finite assurance that it would be met | velopment of considerable sccial legis-- .with a reduction in motor licenses. He lation, including the Old--Age Pensions declared that the Government, bringing _ Act: of the setting aside of Jarge arcas h 16 »» of land for the reproduction of the in the measure "s0 late," was remiss forests: of further provisions under the in its duties. Security Frauds Prevention Act to Mr. Henry then made known the idea safeguard investors; of the Increased behind the Government's action. Would gasoline tax; of increased expenditure J the Opposition, said. he, propose intro-- on Northern Ontario development; and ducin, the bill earlier when it meant f of an attempt to effect closer co--0p-- that gas stations could load up with eration under the new Constables Act {gasoline and, when the bill came into between the Provincial Police and the-- | effect, make the motorist "pay the shot eounty authorities. 'on the extra tax? The speech struck an optimistic note with regard to agriculture--a much-- 'Forthwith. hen th debated topic during the session ended. Mr. Nixon wanted to know WN®D, h'e' "It is a matter of satisfaction," read ::,i(d "h,r'l);ll%{elr,xerywuecwd. Forthwith,", the Lieutenant--Governor, "to cbserve * * # the promising cutiook for agriculture Mr. Henry, recalling the technical for the coming season. Crops and live objection to his introduction of the bill stock have wintered well, and the pros-- on Monday, wanted to know if Mr. pect of an early spring points to a suc-- Nixon in his four years in the U.F.O., cessful year's operation by our farmers." g'ovel!'{!;gl;nt. had observed the rules of e * \Features of Session. : Mr. Nixon rétorted that on eVveTy ! _ From the point of view of legislation. possible occasion Mr. Henry and his 'Premier Foerguson's Old--Age Pensions colleagues, then in Opposition, had _Act, and Hon. George S. Hoenry's gaso-- | tried to embarrass the Government on (line tax amendment, proved, as expect--| the question of the application of the led. the most contenti0us measures be-- : rules. 'fore the House during the session. ; -- | Some features of a different kind were | 'the Prime Minister's absence from the House for a week; Attorney--General | 'Pri("}'s introduction of 41 bills, and the | work he had to do in that connection, in | | addition to his activities on various com-- | imittees; Hon. Charles McCrea's stirring | dGefense of the administration of his | > 'Game and Fisheries Department, and | ; its Deputy Minister, DPonald McDonald, | | against the criticism of certain factions | and newspapers, the near--shave the | government had from defeat in Publicg Accounts Committee on the motion ofl Liberal Leader Sinclair to have r°-- vealed all revenues and expenditures of' + individual liquor stores in the Province; Premier Ferguson's announcement of a | great copper refinery near Sudbury} ; and the vote of the Liberals and Pro-' gressives against the principle of the| i ¥: legislation validating, amons other mat-- | {ers, the Southampton Hydro power by.-- ' aw. mtc i d e i i i i i i t es is