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cane mm entered into would cost the Government 31.802.250. while the unions mam. telected by the Government In December. would In" involved a: 81.615000. Til MILLIONS SAVED. IS BLAIM Mn) _hmrii'iiiiiE"aq" "when too much power," But. a: the other hand, he con- cluded. the tm-tt Government lad uncalled contract; for pom which some t! would be sorely needed. end then had calmed into further con- We " a m Hepburn Regime Credit- ed With Economies How the Hepburn Administration has cut down Government expenses tor the are ot the Ontario taxpayer was told with cold figures in last night's hetmlature. The Deu'tment of Game and Fish- erlu showed 1 total surplus of 8303.- 00 for the and your 1935. To January. 1936. the Department of Inna showed a saving of 832.745 and the Department of Health a nun. in salaries of $55,714. In the mm ot Lands and mm. for the fire-month period ending in March there was a total swing of 81.206.000. of which $410.- 000 was made up through reduced air service; In the Department of Education (or the meal rear 1935 the-re was e. am of 81,380,179. MMor J. H. ("Jim") Clark. Wind- Mr, M.P.P.. told the story of Govern- ment my. He showed how the Mutual) had cut costs and tuned revenues in almost every de- putlnent at Queen's Park. The Major's list of various econo- mies represented savings of nearly 810,000,000. it was estimated after his Che "baby public accounts" pre- sented by the Windsor member In- cluded revenue figures for several of the Wilts, which are up to dole and will not be printed until in the public accounts next fall. The mice figured savings by making eomttaritrons with similar periods of the new regime. - _ A summary ot increased revenues ma economies was given as follows: In the Department of Highmrys at am of 311.000 was made In admin- bmm'e costs and there was an in- mue of 05.147000 in revenue. In the Attorner-oeneral's Depart- ment there was an increase in rev- came, and there were economies ef- fected which totalled $337,139. for the end ot November. 1935. In: tist shwment was that the out of servicing the public debt had been cut. try 820,000 B month below 1934. M SW00. la the Department of the Provin- chl Secretary there was saving dur- ing eighteen months of 817.929. In the Ptigttgt tad Refttrmatorles branch the total saving was $188,470. Fran August. 1934. to January, 1936. there was a saving of $10,418 tn the Nowhern Development De- A second " saving. Major Clark "ported, m in the Public Works De- nttment. which had cut capital ex- penses by "and a half million. ntw Gianna pur- of I unau '; Hydr a taria ', area. I 'Ph Ot Chairman T. Stewart Lyon, he stated: "The only malitication I can see was that he was Chairman of a big rally " Massey Hall. coupled with the tact that he had a very (intimate. connection with the news- paper which is a great supporter of fthc Prime Minister." i Fierce Attack. The Eastern Ontario member levelled the fiercest attack of this ses- sion on Hydro in a speech which be- gan a little before 10 o'clock last night. He was not finished when the Rouse rose at 11 o'clock. l The statement was part of a strolls- lly worded attack on the Hydro re- ' lime and ita policies. CHATS FALLS PLAN CALLED "USELESS" Ex-Secretary Q ll e s t ions Commission's Ability "But not on the early negotiations," aid the Premier. Peak Amped. The member tangled with Hydro Commissioner T. B. McQuesten about the height ot current Hydro peak loads. "You are telling people to keep oft the secondary load." Mr. Challies chewed. "Where can you ever build up industry it you tell them to keep off the peek land?" The Eastern member wanted to know if Hydro's "month by month engineers" approved ot a 50,000 horsepower an- nual increment for the Nissan ma. He wanted their report if they had done so. should be puma out and sent back ta Hamilton." George Gnomes, Eastern Ontario Conservative M.P.P.. last night told the Legislature that the expensive Chats Falls conversion constructed by Hydro Mat summer for Eastern Ott- tarto. was "absolutely "selesa" to that Turning eastward. Mr. Challis first assailed 'he Premier. "beeauae he so l: sked vision as to say he opposed the St. Lawrence work." The Hydro critic noted with approval that there had been no mention this year of steam power or Ogoki in the speeches on Hydro's future power supplies. "Eastern Ontario," he said. "has al- ways been dependent on Quebec power, and we're satisfied with Quebec power. The frequenpy change at Chats Pans Prime point ot his early augment was the statement that the Commis- Mon was not now providing sut- fieiently for the future power demand ot the Niagara area. Mr. Challles said the Attorney-General could not get enough power from the Niagara plants plus Chats Falls to suffice the Niagara area. The kilowatts out of Chippewa. and the two Queenston plants would not supply the big Hy- dro division, he claimed. 'Wm afraid my honorable friend won't sleep well tonight after all the stories he's telling." interrupted Mr. Hepburn. "How about the Attorney- Generul?". retorted Mr. Challies. When Mr. Chames resumed the dis. cussion of the power contracts en- tered into by the Liberal Government. he mentioned Arthur Slaght. only to have Premier Hepburn rise in protest. The Henry Government Provincial Secretary directly questioned the qualifications of the present Ztydro Commissioners. Quebec, said Mr. Chunks. was for- tunate. Quebec was provided with cheap blocks of power which indus- try needed. Wilkes" ' GGriViiiiniiiiiii"iiiinse 1:! In t corner and putting his umbrella to bed for a month." " object to the suggestion that Mr. Slum negotiated the agreement with the Mtutlttren Company," he said. "He took no part in those negotia- nous." "His stamp of approval appeared on the tintrl draft," argued Mr. Chal- lies. I I(iiliillllll SHARE It $7,000.00!) arts (Liberal, Sault, Ste. Marie). ire stated that the Williams Hardware Company of Kenora did busimrrs in the years 1930-1934 with the Govern- ment amounting to $301,11'7. During 1932. purchases by the Department ot Northern Development from this firm had totalled $189.219. Sum Includes Trans-Can- ada, Says Heenan Mr. Keenan. in answer to a (111953011 of J. P. Hill (Conservative. Hastings East). said that no contract: have been let by the Department of Lands and Forests for snowplowing. In an- swer to a. question ot Dr. A. D. Rob- Ontario's Northern Development. Department has spent $7,313,039 in his riding of Kenora since Aug. 1. 1934. Hon. Peter Keenan told the Legislature yesterday. The sum. the Minister said. included the Domin- ion's shame of the "trans-Canada" ex- peeuutures, At, the same time. with a neat bit ot parliamentary strazegy. Mr. Heenan let, the House know that there were 79,175 square miles in Kenora riding, or mare than in Old Ontario. and that tour highway contracts in the riding were let by the late Govern- ment. The Minister informed the House that the sum of $1,906.151 had been No aeroplanes have been purchased by the Ontario Government since July 15. 1934. Mr. Heenan informed the House. in answer to a queszion pun by Wilfrid Helghington tConscr- vative, Toronto-St. David). But the Government has purchased x-Lghzs for the manufacture of aemplazz'us. The sole rights to manufacture tlro Buhl CA-G air sedan, or to sell such, has been purchased from A. H. Buhl and L. D. Buhl of Detroit tor $700. One aeroplane has been built and th.ee are in process of Cttns'druetion. The to: al cost of such an aeroplane is 311.916. paid to the Dutt:rin Paving Company to date in connection with the Kenom - Port, Frances contract, - a contract which has already been un- der Opposition tire.