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The Minister's rebuke came alter Dr. Roberts ton into the McNamara Construction Company with n renewal of his charges unmet that company's T treatment of its employees on North- 'ern roedwork. The Sauit member presented e let. ter from Cecil G. Owen. Chapieau notary public. about a deputetion of men employed by the McNamara Company. "The foreman of their camp." Dr. Roberts read from the letter, "upper- ently with the conninnce and knowl- edge ot his superiors recuhrly and habiturlly demanded money from the workmen." Fifteen men had paid the foreman 3184 in n few months. When another demand was made--"the men refused to contribute and were dis- charged." Parliament. whether they be on this atdtrorthntsideahouid1istenton menace before letting the Mitthtter know or it," and Mr. Benn. had been let to the lowest bidder with tqteeitteatittns setting a minimum wage and the bonding of the men The proper place for Dr. Robert: to lay his grievances first. aid the Min- ister. was with the department. Conservatives rushed into the 'af it had been in the old den. my friends would hue and it smelled to high heaven," add Leopold Mean- lay. Dr. Roberts elso lashed the company tor their answer to his statement of last week that a nun earning 81540 was charged 81330 for board. The company had stated the bond charge was tor umtumed blankets. " think it Is e rather sad ttting," sold Dr. Roberta, "when n powerful company like Newman sends Ill over the Province the insulation that 0. poor men mlanppmprinted or mislead his blanket." Mr. Heenm. " thls Juncture. re- minded the noun that the contacts A brief Northern mix-up in yester- dara Legmuure ended when Hon. Peter Heenan rebuked Dr. A. D. Rob- erts. tttctlt Liberal member. tor urine grievanees in the House which had not been laid before " department. Should Have Come to De. partment, Sault Mem. ber Told ROAD CHARGES WRONG" AIREIL SAYS Iiiiiil0lli Marriage Laws Change Opposed Gui-k (an, Windsor -3mdw1cn). "Where did it and? Where is it go- The feeling was. replied Mr. Nixon. that the time was not ripe. and might not be ripe, tor this proposal for . long time to come. "My own views." he added, "an strongly opposed. Speaking for the oovernment, let me uy that it Is not thought at present that we are may tor that step. I myself belong to a church that has elders. and I mow gsttouldn'tqmttttottemarriedt- of them." "What is this outiU?" naked J. M. "Has the Government given can. s'.dertttitttt to the question ot civil marriage?" axed Colt?nelA'riere, Hon. W. H. Price. former Attorney- General. echoed the sentiments ot his successor in office. and added: "Nothing should be guarded more zealously than the tstt1etttniatbtion ot marriage. Unfortunately. in our sis- ter Province we see the difficulties confronting persons whose marriage alter a long period of years is de- elated void. I am not discussing the merits ot the matter. But I say that we do not want to see a situation tn this Province where. when people who have been married. having lived together and have raised children. any court or earthly power can cast any question on the validity of the marriage or the legitimacy of the children." Civil Marriage Net Question. Hon. H. C. Nixon. Provincial Sec- retary. pointed out that. even if the bill were passed. the officials of the sect in question would need individual licenses. Hon. Peter Heensn, Min- ister at Lands and Forests. however. observed that the words "for the time being" might mean that the Province would be overrun with past elders of doubtful status. as well as present The question nose when . bill, de- signed to nuthoriae oolemnimtlon ot marriage by "any recognized avenge- list. teacher or elder for the time be- ing" ot the Open-Door Evangelistic organization. appeared for second :reading on motion of Sun Lawrence (C.C.F.. Hamilton East). ttnd was re- ferred to the Legal Committee. Hon. o. H. Chunks ahtns., Gren- ville-Dundas), said he saw in the on!- cial Gazette that women had been m- thorized to Conduct marriages in que- Attorney-General Arthur Roebuck opened the discussion by commenting: "We must remember that the function of marriage originated in the ecclesi- astical courts. Viewing it in its his- torical light. one realizes the respon- sibility placed on the clergymsn or priest who conducts the ceremony. I'ttt sure this House will hesitate 1 long time before it will piece this function in the hands of small sects who lack the long continuity of existence and background of the other denomins- VIDENCE that lead- E ing opinion on both sides of the Ontario Legislature is firmly op- posed to civil marriage and to any relaxing of the pres- ent marriage laws was offered at yesterday', sit- ting of the House. Would Guard Function. Extension of Function to Leaders of Small Sects Viewed With Disfavor in Legislature Manch ' TC""':".",."".'" Acllwu u: 'b"outru"er, Loon- dcn. Windsor and Toronto at mmthly rentals ranging from $290 to $125. Ontario Conservatives, in answers tabled to their questions, also learned, that the Provincial Treasury bought no , properties during the expansion of the savings office system last summer. Offices were rented in Kitahener. Lon- "The reserves of the Ontario savings offices are the credit and taxing power of the Province," Premier Hepburn. as Provincial Treasurer, told yesterday's Legislature. The Premier revealed that deposits in the savings offices had increased by $8,000,000 in the his: seven months of 1935. drew) urged that it be submitted to the Legal Committee. "The entire Marriage Act is far from perfect, and needs overhauling." he said. "This will give the committee an excuse to go into all that." Premier Hepburn said he agreed. provided second reading before it was submitted to the Legal Committee were not construed as approving the principle. Second reading was then given. SAVINGS OFFICES' DEPOSITS JUMP had several branches elsewhere. "Why waste time here?" demanded George Elsie (Con. Toronto-Wood- bine). "Let's kill it now." In Sta-what) (Lib., Tomato-St. George) Attorney-Oeneral Arthur Roebuck admitted the merits of the bill in yes- terday's Legislature, but questioned its practicability. Former Attorney-Gen- eral W. H. Price went further, and said that many people had put their money in such a fund, and that it was a good idea to tram these accounts- tain's bill would put more stringent guards around funds subscribed for perpetual cemetery care If the ceme- tery owner is not a municipal corpor- ation. the amendment requires that such a fund must be paid to the P11ch Trustee for investment by him. The Cemetery Act amendment, backed Fy W. E. N. Sinclair, K.C., and designed to safeguard funds put aside for the perpetual care of a cemetery plot, went through second reading in yesterday's Legislature. CEMETERY FUNDS SAFETY SOUGHT The South Ontario Liberal chief-