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4 # L3 s F' b" W AYXC j 2. 2 > ; R » i & o e {K.C Appointments g _ |Dogs Lose Right to First Bite y ' # r Of Sheep Under Kennedy Bill } Show Discrepancy H J Dogs in unorganized districts of the, that received first reading was* an & "'1':: number o!tu;{ngal agpomulnegts Province lose their ancient common-- mflfisto flfsxfmfflmmuty Halls dignity o 3's Counsel has vilege . s prov. municipalities ¥arled widely since the end of the last ':: pri of their first bite un will require the Ministar's consont if _ . eentury. Informalion tabled at yes-- | an amendment to the Dog TaX| they wish to sell a community hall terday's legislative session, in answer and Sheep Protection Act, which yes--| or athletic ficld which the Govern-- to a Houses crder moved by W. E. N. terday received first reading in the| ment has helped them to establish. Sinclair (Liboral, Ontari> South), Legislature. The bill, introduced by| Under the present law, the mu-- showed that twice the annual ap-- Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Agriculture| nicipalities can dispose of the hall or gantment.s have totalled practically Minister, extends to sheep--owners in | field immedi'ately on its completion. , while on other occasions five | the outlying parts of the Province| From private members came two years have elapsed without an ap-- * the same rights of recovering dam--| proposed amendments to the Assess-- pointment. ages now enjoyed in organized mu-- ment Act. W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C. In 1899, 58 lawyers were raised to nicipalities. It will be unnscessary| (Liberal, Ontario South), propases the honor of what was then Queen's for them, in collecting from Gdog--| that municipalities be permilted to Counsel. Fifty--four wore named in cwners, to prove that the dog in ques-- | offer parcels of land in tax saics 1902 and in 1910, 24 were appointed tion habitually worried sheep. rather than be required to put up the in 1929, 22 in 1930, and 41 in 1931. Another of Colonel Kennedy's bills| entire list of seized properties. J. E Only one man received the honor in o einleson Consertalive Sthok 1909, two in 1916, and three in 1915, Southwest) would exempt small farms but in 1921, 150 received their patents; within town and village Himils from in 1908, 193 were honored, and in | nesessiment Tor cCertaun "1oos! Imorove. 1928 206 became King's Counsel. 1 hewe takes" " entfiona Case, _ North m mmms is mss snsomgrzess York Conservative, sponsored a bill Increasing -- tow:nships' contrsl cver | hawkers and pocCors, and th's, too, TOBACCO COMMITTEEK 'received first reading. RECONVENES TODAY Brief From Growing Coun-- & f ties' Representatives to / & Be Received Study of Western Ontario's tobacco overproduction----or maldistribution, as * s the growers prefer to think it--began * at the Legislative Buildings yesterday with organization of a special sub-- § committse under the chairmanshkip of Austin B. Smith, Conservative m>m-- ber for Essex SBouth. The comnm'ttee decided to reconvene today and re-- ceive a brief from represtntatives of c the big growing country from Norf{olk to Essex Counties, On the one hand, thousands of pounds of tobacco are in farmers' barns with no demand in sight, and on the othe: hand last f year's crop sold at a rate which is claimed to b> far vslow cost. UIti:-- s mate action of the committee will be + A to report its findings to the mass-- " buving committee at Ottawa. 8 # 44 MWould Extend Nesbitt's Pro-- . posal to Highway Contracts ~ Hearty endorsation of A. Russell Nesbitt's demand for investigat'on of bulk--contract abuses came yesterday from Dr. George A. McQu bban, Leader of the Liberal Party in the . Ontario Legisiature. Purther, Dr. McQuibban suggested that the in-- $ vestigation be not confined to the building 'ndustry, but extended to § cover highway construction. A The Libsral clhvefiain suspected that the same conditioxtxsb cited in 'ti.hg y Legislature by Mr. Nesbitt prevailed ; * # in roadwork through the Province. A spread, he believed, existed between : » bulk and subcontracts, and it was in : * the .n:he interest that further light ! te on the matter. Progressive Leader Harry Nixon will join Dr. W in the demand for the ngg Premier Henry understood to * be sympatiitic toward Mr. Nesbitt's * request, it is probable that action will : _ be taken for a construction industry ; investigation before the session is | * '--_____._______