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Yet, while the City of London paid $55,000 toward the support of its university, the City of Toronto paid not a single cent. This was not fair or just, he contended. Since th> University of Western Ontario was founded, the city had paid out $1,085,-- 000, and was pledged to a similar amount over a period of the next twenty years. The Government had been generous to Western, he said, and this was appreciated, yet the situation was inadequate aha"'shahfii'?b;';"&}&'s"{. ed after a Royal Commission had fully investigated the matter. Appointment of a Royal Commis-- sion to investigate and report on the whole financial situation as involving universities in Ontario was strongly urged by Dr. J. Camcron Wilson (Conservative, London South) in the Budget debate in the Legislature last night. He pointed out that since the University of Toronto became the Provincial university, supported sololy by the Government, social and eco-- nomic conditions had greatly changed. The University of Western Ontario was no longer a local institution, but one serving a largs and populous district. Compensation Appeal. in the Legislature at present. He pointed out that, while 60 per cent. of the students attending the Uni-- versity of Toronto came from Toronto and York County, only 48 per cent. of Western students originated in London and Middlesex. Not Fair or Just. Dealing with the university situ-- ation, the member for South London pointed to the remarkable expansion of Western, saying that there were four graduates of its medical school CALLS FOR COMMISSICN roaps ARE CONSTRUCTED Dr. Wilson also urged that the Workmen's Compensation Act be so amended as to allow for a power ~of appeal from the decision of the board, which dealt with so many cases that there were bound to be errors creep in. He cited two in-- stances in London where treatment had not been just. He also advanced the idea that the countryside of old Ontario, which so clossiy resembled that of England, should be bsautified by the Department of Highways, and proposed that hardwoods should b> planted in connection with any such scheme. FINANCE SURVEY OF UNVERSMES URGED IN HOUSE London M.P.P. Says Costs of Upkeep Unfairly Distributed | FYARPL 4 Y | brok irs. Sstobie, -- Charles Forlong, Maurice ,Young. W. J. Smart and Austin R. Campbell--were taken from Toronto , Jail yesterday morning to Danforth Station, where they boarded the: Canadian National Railways Interna-- tional Limited train. They were in charge of three Sheriff's officers. They travelled in an apartment car | 'and had breakfast and lunch in the! diner. Brig.--Gen. D. M. Hogarth,' M.P.P., accompanied the brokers on the journey. It became known yesterday that Campbell put the finishing touches on a book, "The Rock of Babylon," just before his arrest on Wednesday. The book contains no reference to _ Camp-- bell's brokeraze experiences. He is a: member of the Toronto Writers' Club and Mrs. Campbell is also greatly in-- teresced in literature. Campoell also gave out yesterday a bit of poetry whlfi: was a philosophical defense of | hra lwcs Major road construction of the 4 year was on the Ferguson Highway-- 23 miles of 30--foot roadway, 10 con-- crete bridges up to 49--foot span, ons 96 feet, and one 140--foot steel and concrete structure bzsing constructed. and retread penetration surface placsed «on 26:55 miles, together with the diversion in the Town of Bracebridge, which included the big bridge over the Muskoka River. GOVERNMENT AGAIN ASKS FIVE MLLIONS FOR NORTH ONT ARIO $7,303,506.71 Spent Last In asking its annual appropriation for application in Northern Ontario under the Northern Development Act and the Rcturned Soldiers' and Sailors' Land Settlement Act, the On-- tario Government, this session, has gone back to its $5,000,000 figuring. Since 1925 this annual appropriation has been $5,000,000, with the excep-- tion of 1930, when a $10,000,000 ap-- propriation was asked for by Hon. William Finlayson, Minister in Charge of Northern Dsvelopment, and ap-- proved of by the Legislature. Portsmouth Penitentiary yesterday received the six Toronto brokers who were taken into custody Wednesday after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Ontario handed down judgment dismissing their ap-- peals against conviction and sentence at the Criminai Assizes. The six pris-- oners -- D. S. Paterson, Malcolim Stoble, Charles Porkmsg -- Mawwinn According to the annual report ~f the Northern Development Branch, which was tabled in the Legislature vyesterday, the annual exvenditure under this branch during the fiscal year ending Oct. 31 last was $7,229,-- 498.63. This, along with $79,008.08 spent in connection with the settlers' loan account, made a total of $7,308,-- 506.71 expended in the development and expansion of the top half of the Province. A total of 3,740 miles of trunk and®"® secondary trunk roads were kept in good shape during the entire season, '° the report states, by the use of power * graders of various types, drags and '*~ tcam graders. Several ferries owned > and opcrated by the department gave'~ constant service. Many townshiv roads were opsned at no cost to the settlers, many of whom were given employment on the work. Roads to mining camps, both in surveyed and unsurveyed territory, received all pos-- sible attention. Of this big expenditure, $7,200,962.50 went to roads and bridges; $4,883.95 to creameries and grain elevators; -- $14,453.40 to the purchase of seed -- grain; and $9,198.78 to the buying of ®" cattle. 18 Fiscal Year in Provincse's "*Top Half" arc h Hon. Leopold Macaulay, Provincial Secretary, gave notice to the Ontario Legislature late last night of a brand new bill--the first of its kind ever seen in this Province--which aims at providing cheap summary protection for battery service stations against mcotor--car owners. A similar law is said to be work-- ing to good effect in Manitoba and in other Western Provinces, and the practice of "short batterying'"' service stations has been almost entirely wiped out. The new Ontario law is to be known as "The Battery Service The bill has been launched on the strength of a petition signed by some 1,200 battery station proprietors whose argiument is that in the past they have had insufficient redress in cases of motorists who might leave old, worn--out batteries to be recharged, take the station rentals provided them, and neglect, or in some cases refuse, to return them. In such situ-- ations the stations have been com-- pelled to secure satisfaction through civil actions. By means of Mr. Mac-- aulay's legislation, they will in future be able to hale offending motorists before a Magistrate, and have them Jailed or fined, as the circumstances warrant. Stations Act." RESTRIGTIONS URCED 0N LIQUOR PERMITS Refusal of liquor permits to a persons under the age of 25 years wa urged in the Legislature last nigh by W. G. Medd (Progressive, Sout. Huron), when he spoke in continu ation of the Budget debate. . , The Progressive member also advo cated limiting the amount of liquo purchasable on an individual permit cutting down the number of liquo stores, and placing greater emphasi on temperance education, both in pri mary and secondary schools. "How much of the present depres sion in Ontario is due to the drinl bill?" Mr. Medd wanted to knov "How much of the money due to th grocers and other business men ha gone into the coffers of the liquc manufacturers and into the coffers c the Government?" Mr. Medd insiste that the House should be given detai' as to the volume of business done b each individual liquor store, and 2 to the volume of liquor consumed b the lHiquor traffic,. | _ Mr. Medd supported the want c confidence amendment moved by © C. Tweed (Liberal, Waterloo North) He recalled that Hon. J. D. Monteitk in the present debate, had said: "Thi Government Gdoesn't understand th moaanine af the wnrd avxtravacanre" | meaning of the word extravagance." SIMILAR LAW Progressive Member Sug gests Depression Partly Due to Drink GOVERNMENT CRITICIZEIl Bill Will Be Presented Following Petition Signed by 1,200, Seek-- ing Redress Against Failure of Motorists to Return Rental Batteries He challenged the Government t practice rigid economy and live with in its income, instead of seekin new sources of taxation for revenu:« At the same time, he insisted, ther were some departments, such as tha of Health. which were doing valuabl work, and wihch should not suffe by reason of retrenchment. IN MANITOBA