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I ' Ayn" we. ot an 3Ngttea m "a pad nee- _ _ 'trlcll Deve'qum Complm- The tet "tttttg. "the We! 1 -"----------.. immmmmwammrmammumof develop power on the Niagara River finite power supply. and for the HENRY was reamed u a monopoly which "an 2tMatttt might cause present should be broken. and " was broken plants now located in Ontario to move by the cancellation act of the Hearst to" the Province of Quebec. STILL SILENT t "3overntttettt, he M, We Buggest that the Government , its" "to my the w my: may... ":2, r",'ett,'tllit",', power P , y." Attorney-General a . e n te With the q "an;he the cases are parallel."' . t1ft,ttg tin": plan of revision ot ower 303d thmershio " ho of the Electr cal De- n rac at would be fair an vlepment 'tgtg,','). were taken over equitable to all parties concerned." d query "WWered to the of? or Toronto and"? Prov. .8": Credit aneetea. -.-t-q.t--. lice." sa Colonel W. . ce. I " . _ Omens-in thematic"! "At a later date," replied Mr. Roe- l, if,tdirfhg, 2tltt t', " whole tuition. Hon. George B. 22Ptt buck. "j)tgtt,t2'ei,tj,ie, tialt length itrhtytqsrtortuiitrtoaif%aire7 "Does the present Government in- . l the essen o tttment a not he is . holder of Quebec facts to the utristature--the At- We: tend to take over the holdings ot the tttmer-ameri bl gm but declined to divulge m. power companies" asked Mr. Price. dream." and sg,'," 'g M a had position. . e tqttentttttattt In the Ontario legislature Attor 'rotating, of Power Companies 'Inter, ll' proclamation, according hey-General Roebuck after referring- "You dont know what we intend ; emer em. , ' to do," replied the Attorney-General. ' "rt they intend to cancel the con- 1uf,'rdet',"tutrieahtgi,t,i,t,Liii, "We may or we may not. I am under tract, to make us the 1autrhtng-stoek the leader-attire opposition masked no obligation to reveal our plans. in far the world-Ahat's btui,"saidthgone1 it he held Quebec power bonds. He view of the calibre of the debate ot Price. "If they intend to use it as a maintained a very cautious silence" the Opposition." i'e'..1,t'-i,Q2t bad. The Atkomey-oen- The Attorney-General added not. "Does the Government intend tale e.NI brought up 3 1Mef--Atut B WT- ing across at Mr. Henry' "I fancy I ing over the Chats Falls in Quebec?" tisan brief. He can't plead his own can see one of the WW! barons him- Mr. Price asked. case, te his own Jury, be his own Belt sitting in this Legislature» "The Government has no announce- Judge. ---- - ' ,.-__ ment to make Just now." was the reply. i L'led Mammal! concluded with "Do you deny you will take it over?" if thrust at the Hydro engineers-- , pressed Colonel Price. every one under duress. under threat . i "The Government has no announce- 'Ff dismissal-mo reduction in salary . meat at present." Mr. Roebuck re- in effect yet tor engineers who have posted. 11tnysitPintr, on the dotted line every l The definite suggestion that an ,day. An Attorney-general "blinded i interprovincial conference on the WV Par.ti.satvst.tt" was urged to remove isituation it possible was made when :from his mind the idea that those _ the Attorney-General visualized Pre- {Opposed to him were dishonest or fmicr Hepburn sitting " one end of near-criminal. ,a conference table "and the Premier I Hen. Harry C. Nixon flung the ' 'ot another Province at the other end." blame on the oppcsitdon when Mr. ' "This bill." he added. "frees the Macaulay charged credit downfall hands to take such steps as is believed again. "This is entirely political." the wise between oontlieting parties." former Minister said. as he summed Turning more definitely to power l up for the Conservative Opposition. purchases. the Attorney-General ex- i In a wind-up ot the lengthy debate pressed the view that Ontario could 'two charges were flung " bygone have got along without Gatinca; l, transactions by Sun Lawrence. C.C.F'. power. 3 member for Hamilton, and by J. H. "Why didn't the former Govern- (f,'l'br.? cf Windsor. In the form of a ment.' he asked. "develop power 0r Iquestion. Mr. Lawrence placed the the Calabogie. the Madawaska and l charge that no steps had been taken. the Mississippi?" 'by the Conservative Government to; "Because we couldn t," a Conscrva- protect the investing public when! tive memoer put in. "he first, Beauharnois project binds! "Then why did you pay $1,800,000 I were issued. The source of his argu-t - tor it. and why did you pay John (ment, he admitted, was Prank Regan" . Aird Jr. 850,000 tor his part in the I --"but, they're ttttanswerable." deal?" the Attorney-General shot I In a review of the circumstances. back amid applause. 'Coionel Price said that it had not Brief Against Cancellation. . come under his purview as Attorney- . l General. 05253;; "l'llgt "iSl"gioe'rigguvet ' Episodes connected with a couple of cancellation ot contracts. Conserva- line contracts deserved review. Mr. the arguments were summed by ', Clark said. "tf you want an idea look former Attorney-General W. H Price at the Dominion Power and Trans- and former Premier Henry. and the f mission Company." Por a company latter made a formal statement of op- i whose stock was listed at 830, ltg position as he moved the ttix-ttttttttlu' l charged that the former Government hoist. ghad paid approximately $70. "Twenty- "We are 09905"! to the legislation," ', i tank million tor a pile of obsolete Mr. e ' " . I i an ." re y2gg, tttite,',',':,',), 1:13;"; ( Dr. Arthur Des Rosiers struck up Chm power in Quebec: because the ( "Allouette" as the House voted the mm and Eastern Ontario systems l hill through its third and final read- will uirc . ' mg. comriiegted is? ling: gear:g:m:¢;§ Admission that the Ontario Hydro- . because the Nissan and Eastern On- 'Electric Power Commission was ex- tario systems are now taking guiBeient iporting power to the United States power to warrant continuance of the ' was drawn from Ayornty-9tn.eral,' contracts." {Arthur Roebuck in the Legislature," ' Hydro municipalities affected by the lyesterday by Leopold Macaulay. Min- , agreements were not consulted in the loser of Highways in the Henry Ad- , eanoellation--are not to be consulted lministratiori. ) in negotiations for new contracts. he , "You are not mpudiating there-"l charged. The Opposition had not been said Mr. Macaulay when the Atisr- : . furnished with briefs showing reasons hey-General admitted that a power- I tor or the effect of "repudiation." Also ,export agreement had been taken . refused. Mr. Henry said. were the layer by Hydro when it absorbed a pri- I opinion by Lewis Duncan and any ivate concern _ 33:3;qu gm? engineers on the ! Mr. Macaulay attempted to dram a nee n. ,paraliel between this agreement and . "The Opposition." said the former' ! "aeere " Premier. "interested in the welfare? the so-Called tagreements. of the citizens of this Province as! that: of power in all its branches. and I in the good name and credit of the . Province. but not interested in any power company. believe that repudi- ation would have the following' re- su ts: ' "Damage the credit of Ontario; disrupt business: destroy confidence: increase unemployment: create future power shortage and poem". ,9. ' covers, and Wild stimulate the in- eentlve M - W! pm ttt 1oeatetnquetseerattG thallium. .