© ; Feb. 2 0. + 1 §Dy' Pensione -- Not Mist ted 1 r 0 PICTURE HOUSE TAX Minist ' s ' S t a t e S I H I S E I' Imposition on Smail--Price f & : | Ticket Especially _~Martin Reads Chief In-- Cited 9 « 7 spector 8 RepOl't, QllOt Motion--picture e;tglibitors, represent-- * * * ing 110 Ontario theatres, waited on ing Nlece Of Aged Provincial Treasurt;:' Edward A. Dun-- j lop at Queen's Park yesterday to pro-- Woman Denylng A ny test against the Henry l?ovemment's\ # in proposed increases in the Provincial Bully ing by OfflClal , Amusement Tax, and to urge that in! » mmmemmmrommmmneke no eve;1t.i should t'ghe increaseta,;;ply to admission tickets under twenty--five . i6 DE," . cents. ay wWAS VERY RU 4 At the present time all admissions 23 SAYS BROTHER under a quarter are exempt from tax. A%, The increases which, it is understood, waelic__22l 2222z ze ; | wi'l% 'l))eé at;thorige«ii by th;a Government tA 3 . 3 e | wil of a sliding scale nature, ap-- ; tarey TApitaniy fesmiosy bf on _ | plicable to all tickets from five cents W. G. Martin, Minister of Public up, with the heaviest impositions on Weifare, of the report which | ap-- _ | the top--price seats. J peared in The Globe of Feb. 5, in | The deputation also requested that which it was stated that an "elderly | regulations be altered so as to make t invalla" us £ jected at | it unnecessary for the smaller theatres and invalid" woman was subjec | Llovdiown to bullying tactics, when g!t,o have two licensed projectionists in she was being interviewed in con-- | & single booth. nection with the carcellation of her D |__J. Karle Lawson, MP., appeared old--age pension. * 43 %% _ with the deputation, as its counsel. "I immediately sent out my chief _ and Reeve of King Township, in which * Zntaanemimaaeamg ooo investig?ltor.n? bIE'OOk lilnto thfp(g}{si%; Lloydtown is located. Mr. Legge com-- St-awd t C h l.s r, who was & + mi y v'«;' te to the second reading of his bill to plained that the Inspectnor,v who \L;xetd d the Old--Age Pensions Act. ed the lady on her deathbed, u & amen 6 "bullying tactics," and that the pen-- "Was Much Surprised." sioner, who was in her eighty--eighth The report of Chief Inspector C. H. year, died a few hours after his visit. Grsen, cited by the Minister, read in Last night The Globe secured a part: "I visited Mrs. Greenlees (nieéce statement from the late Miss Gray's of the now deceased woman) and she prother, Hiram Gray, aged 86, who . informed me that she was very much jived, with his sister before her death. | )4 surprised when she was told that the _ Contradicting the statement of Mrs.| article in The Globe referred to het Greenlees (who, incidentally, _ he j wenelliaen lc nncmmmmnsm ; aunt. She was present at her aunt's| pointed out, did not live at the Gray | s o hk | home when the Inspector visited h€T| nome) he said: "The Inspector was | H|g.hways Minister Hears: and she informed the Inspector that| vyery rude, and practically forced his | s s | Miss Gray (the holder of the Old--| yay to my sister's bedside. There he | Suggestlon for M||eage | age pension) was sick in bed. TDS| spoke in harsh and loud tones, some--| o - Inspector was sorry to hear this, and | ;y.yo which was very improper at any | Basis -- was about to depart when he men-' time, but in this case it was at a| tioned the fact that he had come & | ) o.im4» 'The Inspector's behavior mss long way to see her. R | under the circumstances, in Mr. Representatives of the Milk--Haulers': "She then asked her aunt if Sh°! ray's opinion, was highly improper Association yesterday undertook to would mind the Inspector seeing her, | 1 d}'N cgpnsidcréxtfl reduce their hauling charges to con-- and the aunt replied that she would | | 2" n:h case was cited from Scar-- sumers by approximately 20 per cent. ' be glad to see the Inspector. The Anot e{'he Globe at the same time, The undertaking was obtained at a | Inspector was then admitted into the | | POMQ' /N that of an octogenarian lady, conference between members of the | sick--room and asked only a few ques-- | | %nomff st night repeated to The Globe association, milk producers, and Hon. ons as fo the pensichet's h~e aith and her clgim that the Inspector who visit-- Leopold Macaulay, Ontario Minister \a few other questions, which Mrs.| 0 o. was "very offensive." of Highways. Hon. T. L. Kennedy, \ Greenlees failed to remember, after| © H( { old me," she declared, "that Minister of Agriculture, was to have | which he retired and expressed his| ;. answers given under oath in my met the delegation, but was indisposed. | lsorrow at the condition of the P°D--|| application were faise, and made me Cost of hauling milk from the pro--| |sioner. Mrs. Greonlees said that the|| ; ;, me untruthful," she added, in duction point to the distributor formed | Inspector acted like a perfect gentle-- | ;cling that her name be not publish-- a large part of the overhead, producers \ man and she was at a loss to know ed for the present. "My application said. A change in the method of pay--| |how a report like the one referred wa« salred in with truthful answers, ment for milk transportation, so as to to could be circulated as there was a.1'1d the: pension was granted." put it on a mileage basis, would be not a particle of truth in it. Her daughter, who was present when beneficial. 'The Minister said such a | 1 tat t the Il:SpCCto-r Ca"ed also told The:! Step would have to be considered care-- hefers to Statement. 4 Globe that the Inspector's behavior fully by the Government. | _ "I asked her if she would sign &A was; "unbecoming." "He was very of-- Mr. Macaulay suggested a reduction |statement to that effect, and she fe'x{sive." she stated. be made in the price of hauling, and, | signed the following statement in the The two cases have been the sub-- if this became the subject of dispute, | presencs of a witness: ject A£A & oomplainb to the York . that it could be referred to a JOlnt'; "'I, Mrs. Greenlees of Schomberg, |County Old--Age Pensions Board, and committee composed of producers and do solemnly declare that the old--age 'The Globe was informed at th: ;ml}fi haulers. ; pensions Inspector's visit to my aunt by Reeve R. M. Leslie of Ea,ls'l n?u- mem--.amamem~ did not aggravate her condition Or that he had several cases in is mons!* \ hasten her death.' " nicipadity where Jb8, Chitoccaiy insul-- | The information on the Lloydtown had been cut off";)x:1 n? é'g{n gyto e | incident, cited in The Globs of Feb. 5, ficient grounds. _ Piment." . 4 the matter up with the depa t, without mention of the name of the ie Leslie at the last session : pensioner (the late Miss Carrie Gray), Stated ggfim 'Council, when the mat-- | was related to this paper by E. Mil. Of the CONNIY,IAOUNC § 'ton Legge, Warden of York County, !°" W# n . o