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* *immmmew==----~----______________ | fegremtatiimertcss e eranth februar y 9 Meamucunmnnueammen # Nixon Wants to Know Pay-- ments to Tilley or Firm How often has the Government of Ontario telephoned to Hon. G. Howard Ferguson in London? W. G. Medd (Progressive, Huron South) has re-- quested the Government to enumeorate trelephone calls and cable messages p sent to the High Commissioner in London during the last three fiscal years, and has added a rider inquir-- ing as to the cost to the Province in payment of charges for calls and mes-- sages to and from the High Commis-- aloner. The question, one of another long list of Opposition inquiries, was tabled in the Legislature yesterday. The Progressive Leader, HMHon,. Harry 0. Nixon, is asking what sum of money was paid to W. N. Tilley, K.C., or any member of the firm of Tilley, John-- ston, Thomson & Parmenter, by the Hydro, the T. & N.O.. or Government departments. Mr. Nixon also asks what sum has been paid to Mr. Tilley in connection with his work with the Hydro Inquiry Commission, and what sum went to the same legal advisers in connection with the acquiring of assets of the Ontario Power Service Corporation by the Government or Hydro. Sum Paid to Lawyers. F. R. Oliver (U.F.O., Grey South) queried the Government as to what sum was paid E. G. Long, K.C., in connection with legal opinion regard-- ° ing the last Provincial loan, and also asked what the opinion was, and whe--| ther any financial responsibility rest-- ed with Mr. Long in case the courts found him incorrect. The amount of money received by sale of Abitibi power in the last fiscal . year, the cost of obligations assumed when plant and bonds were taken over, the cost of Abitibi operation and administration, and the amount of money paid by the Province under guarantee were requested by D. J. * Taylor (Progressive, Grey north). FEarl Hutchinson, Labor wmember for' Ken~~a, asks for the exvense accounts , of H. G. Fester, a member of the Minimum Wage Board, since his ap-- pointment, and showing travelling, hot"1, automobile and taxi expenses . in detail. f C. AaA. Robertson, Liberal Whip, in-- quires how many motor or other boats are owned by the Department of Lands and Forests, and asks what trips these crafts made duving the last three years He wants details of the purchases and of the costs of opera-- tion. ® Soldiers' Aid Commission. | Further, Mr. Robertson asks what . remuneration was allowed members of the Soldiers' Aid Commi'ssion, of | which Welfare Ministr Martin is ; Chairman: who were the ntembers of | the Commission, and how many meet-- | _ ings it had held during three years. Under the name of J. A. Sangster (Lib:ral, Glengarry) appears a series of questions relating to the Health j Department. The que--y asks who| were the various directors of the de-- partment, and what were the salari's, Maegeenu mdmess(r)pggses g! each during years --33: who were| the district officers of health, and what did each receive; and what was the expenditure of the department: during the years in question. | R. A. Baxter (Oxford South) | queries about the Fire Marshal's De-- + partment: '"'What ordors for the : destruction or removal of buildings| have been made by the Fire Marshal : during 1930--33?" he asks. 'Who were the persons, firms or companies af-- fected by such orders? Wre all the orders carried out, and if not, why were they stayed? Who were the Ministers, solicitors and others wtl'l:: made representations rcouesting Tfln of such orders?" . O. Hipel (Waterloo North) in-- quires as to the personnel of the On-- tario Apprenticeship Board, with the . salary and war service of each mem-- M ber. A