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| L I;L' E' s | patently absurd. TAc lsgislation had :becn brought forward for dissursion: dis=ussion had besn invited by the G' Attorney--Consral. ' "It is a clear case," he said, referring to the article, "in which ths wish is |faher to the thought. Woere it nssy !t:,r the partisar moiive bohind th> com-- ment it would be tsooa parochial to merit | dissussion. My rospecé for ths Leador o ue o j of the Hous: and tre Aitorncy--G:n--ral Price Introduces Act Aiming s "»:"' aort iipushictie on pinfone e is pave 11 121 s.0NnS 5 na l lers to Encourage Their ;(,.', interost t:)'t'ho Province and my con-- Emp|oyment %;{L:xl;m)fy which coms before this ouse,. | _ Ansthar act introduced by Attorney-- | General Pric> yestsrday exempted own-- NEWSPAPER UNDER FlRE 'ers or cccupants of promises who install ; their own lightning--rods from the pro-- ammnncssmesetmmmmng visions ef the Lishtning--Rod Arct. which With the introduction of the new "%4Vires manulscturers or installors of Blind Workmen's Compensation Act :'z':m:'-l Cs to boe lisonssd and to figuring as the most important item, 'E,I'h"- .('.')"o:'nn'mr's' answers to ques-- the Ontario Legislature yesterday held ;;on, py mombers provided sams in-- its mlfigm of the session-- teresting information. S. C. Twecd woou * (Tibora l aterioc or oul t But within that 20--minute period was t::'«:? ;'I'.Ill-f")"in.'i""]n]f'fir:}lx 01'11" v-P.' 'fl')d~ ?:- Jammed a good deal of public business. swer to his qvvlo.;i n. however. ri"i]h Three new bills were introduced; the quosiion was: "Did the .(l)m.ar'i.) Gov-- Government answered four questions OM ) ernmant's | represcnialive in _ Croal the order paper, and Wilfrid Heighing-- | myi;a:, \r. Novon, have the Govern-- fomn (Conmservative, Toronto--St. DAVI4) | ment's anproval wlicn bs advocated indulged in a castigation of a King | r,,,,,;., (res itade i;]"l,,.\q,',.. y 3fa Street evening newspaper for what Ne : puage premicr Henry renlled that claimed was a misinterpretation of his as qurr'sn con e\ 1° Bu's 24 attitude in the House on Thursday. ;,.h;n-,";) pested Inss ns rgestion shall The new Blind Workmen's COMpEnSA-- | noncaim a scotsment of frol. 000 ~ tion Act was introduced by Attorney-- 'H';,'] Charles MeOrea },]' answer to General Price. The purpose of this act, £& +C {1,:';..0", by' W I ficK~'»" '(Lib'ra] mo';;ngi ton;n ;;p;]m%m ngge, giintg Soultl;ufliz".acm' s'at'oc.i'tl'r: ,;; pa_"nfivmt; Rao ons hy tho raviness dAuriny workmen by relieving employers of the NS DXCD Medo bY the Province during apprehension that they might other-- Act, and no sry"cations for payments wise be under of employing blind work-- had bESen ressived : men, and thereby increasing the possi-- **~ Aaddmnck hok bility of accident and cost of compen-- i sation. Consider Previous Awards. The act provides that compensation £ to blind workmen over $50 will be paid by the Province on receipt of a cer-- Sificate from the Workmen's Compen-- sation Board. Other sections of the F act provide that the board, in allowing $ compensation to a blind workman, may consider any previous award it may have made to the same individual. For instance, he may have received from the accident causing his blindness 100 * per cent. compensation before coming under the terms of this new act. An-- other section of the act states that it rests with the board to levy a fair as-- sessment on an employer on the wages * of a blind workman. The act further provides that no blind workman shall be deemed to come under the provisions of the act unless he has been properly placed by officers of the Canadian Institute for the Blind. Paper's Comment Absurd. Before the orders of the day were | called yesterday Wilfrid Heighington | asked the privilege of the House to take ; exception to a report in a Toronto eve-- | * ning newspaper's account of his re-- f marks the day before on the bill to make uniform laws relating to wills. 'The report, he said, commented that his remarks on this subject indicated signs * of dissension among Government fol-- lowers. Such a comment, he said, was (Continued on Next Page.) |