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the Liquor Control Board. His mo-- tion disclosed an intention to 'ques-- tion them in connection with Liquor Board financing as shown in 1932 and 1933 accounts, but inclusion of the former year brought vigorous ob-- jection from Mr. Finlayson. 'The committee was so constituted, said the Minister of Forests, that it had power only to examine the 1933 ac-- counts. Such a request he styled as *absurd," and so precipitated a fif-- teen--minute wrangle on precedont and technicality. Finally Mr. Black ruled out Dr. McQuibban's 1932 re-- quest, over the House Leader's protest that "this eliminates the beginning of the story I have to tell." The Public Accounts Committee| held is initial meeting yesterday,| with Hon. W. D. Black re--elected as | Chairman;: Hon. Willlam I-'inhyson" Jleading the Government's defense; | and Dr. McQuibban, Mr. Nixon. Mr.! Hipol and D. Paul Munro, Liberal | Jawyer--M.P.P., ranged along the op-- | Eflte side of the table-- the "I-Wourl orsemen," remarked Fred Reid, Windsor Comservative. 1 In support of his contentions re-- garding Liquor Board money, Dr. McQuibban asked that the commitice call as witnesses J. T. White, K.C., Deputy Provincial Treasurer; William A. Orr, Controller of Revenue, and stewart McClenaghan, Chairman of Dr. Gcorgs A. McQuibban, House Loeader of the Liberals, will attempt to prove that Liquor Board money was trans{f>rved to the Government to bolstes up revenues and help make a surplus. Hon. Harry Nixon, the Pro-- gres#ive chieftain, wants a full ex-- plamaion of the cross--entry system of bockkseping, by which, he claims, t'«e Governmeont has conccaled mil-- ons in expenditure. N. O. Hips!, Waterloo County Liboral, seeks to wshow that something was wrong in connection with highway contracts in his riding. Molds First Meeting. «%4 major «r:gagement of the Provin-- cial Legislature's session got under way in the Parliament Buildings yes-- terday, whon Liberal and Progrossive Leaders vovealed to the Public Ac-- counts C&:mmittes some indication of cheir offensive on Government trans-- actions last yvear. QOFF!ICIALS TO BE CALLED 1932 LIQUOR FIGURES REFUSED MQUIBBAN INFINANCIAL ATT ACK Claims Government Took More From Board Than Profit Mr. Hipel sought information on Waterloo County road work con-- tained in four years' public accountis, which Mr. Finlayson regarded as *particularly absurd.'" Mr. Hipel ar-- gued that such information had not been available to him last year, but, on the chair's ruling, his motion was hmited to the 1933 accounts. On this matter he will quiz R. N. Smith, Deputy Minister of Highways. Examination of witneses will be-- gin next Wednesday morning. Dr. McQuibhan called also for the board's bankers, who would shed ad-- ditional light on the financing in question. Mr. Finlayson objected that the committee could not subpoena a tbank. Finally it was agreed that the account of the bank branch of the board's head office should be called. Mr. Nixon was accorded the right to examine Audit Department offi-- clals on the "new bookkeeping sys-- tem" of the Government, whereby credit items can be deducted from expenditure to reduce the latter. To Call Accountant. J. A. Baird, Toronto Conservative, wantead to know if Dr. McQuibban had the idea that the Province should haive got a bigger profit on liquor gales, **No," replied the doctor, "I'm out to show that in 1932 the Government took more from the Liquor Board than the actual profit. I don't see why I can't start at that year, and build up my story." *"*No, that would be reflecting on your predecessor," said Mr. Finlay-- son. He refoerred to W. E. N. Sin-- wlair, K.C., whom Dr. McQuibban pucceeded as House Leader. hss The final incident in Dr. McQuib-- ban's submission came at the end of the meeting, when he again appealed to the Chairman for the opportunity to examine the witnesses on the 1932 mccounts. "In view of the astound-- ing fact that this is the first occasion I've had of directing my party in the House, I think I should have the privilege I ask," he said. __"It was robbimng the till of money that wasn't there," commented Mr. Nixon. Conservatives protested that this was a contradiction in torms. "Should Mave Privilege." March 10