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o i' i ccontss id oi "'%W'------------v--------m § Maxrch 2 _ * '"g@ » lation. He confessed that he had y w d j spent tiwo n;gl;'tsd tll;ying to under-- { H stand it an a een unable to -ong ar on y ro * make much headway. It was a | "patchwork business." he believed, and suggested that the whole bill a n o n e y O u c be reprinted. f "I am not criticizing the Govern-- ¢ ment." said Mr. Sinclair, "I am, + speaking on behalf of the lawyers ,Nng.r. Falls M.L.A. DI'OPS and executors of the Province, who I Tax M * are vitally concerned in this matter COX easure in Refurn {Ol'; ILI. DEI-AYED I am speaking for the good of the o nc ess i is | people and for the good of a Goy-- D. t ons to H | ernment that needs the good--will of I istrict the people and which must go to poomplomniceunmememene 'the country before many years are W. L. Houck's year--old fight with | Pairt-" the Ontario Hydro--Electric Powerl i _ '"The bill is not a great credit to Commission has ended. | lb raanttiaicaeirrgs | whoever drew it up," bluntly de-- The Niagara Falls Legislature| + t clared Colonel Fraser Hunter from member is reported to have ob -- Retroactive Feature of Suc-- {his back bench seat on the Govern-- tained from Hydro for the mumci-l * € 'ment side of the House. "It doesn't palities of Niagara Falls and Stam-| cession Du'l'y Amend-- seem fair to me that the Govern-- (nroms Aemreuiient to Thiek be 5o ment Opposed in reae ns lanis, Thane ;:eves them entltle'd an(ll for which tpmmwerreammmemstearemmmames had considerable experience with e has been persistently pressing. estates and I know that estates In return, he is expectfed to abandonl PARTY LlNES D IV | D E D can't be closed when this kind of a special bill (now before the Legis-- mmmmmmnomemermemmeniet legislation keeps coming up. It lature), which provides that power | leaves an estate at the met?cy of undertakings acquired by Hydro, Assailed not only by the Opposi-- merciless lawyers. It is a very ob-- which were subject to municipal tion but by some of its own follow-- noxious type of legislation." ta:laltion bue;lore thelxt' acqtulsltlm;. ers as well, the Government had a J. J. Glass (Lib., St. Andrew) palitics, -- notwithslanting -- "3:21;' difficult |time yesterday | making | . ThEX Chd Sricr expressing support + Hydro ownership. progress through second reading of for the bill, asked Mr. Sinclair just Over the week--end, Hydro spokes-- | the amendment to the Succession what his objection was to the meas-- men am® said to have approached Duty Act, 1934. The Committee of ure. Mr. Houck and to have effected the the Whole House dealt with the "I object to retroactive legisla-- aforesaid -- compromise. Premier amendment tor nearly two hours tion like this." declared Mr. Sin-- Hepburn and his Cabinet are al-- and adjournment took place before clair warmly. "It may be passed leged to have since given their this stage was completed. fifteen or twenty years after I am blessing to the arrangement. A retroactive feature of the legis-- dead and it allows them to open up Mr. Houck's bill, had it been put lation, which would enable the Gov-- my grave, take up my body and re-- to a test in the House, undoubtedly ernment to go back as far as 1892 move my gold teeth." would have cut clean across party in searching an estate in connection There was a storm of Opposition lines. Mr. Hepburn and Hon. David with gifts, was violently opposed _ applause and Mr. Leduc jumped 1 A. Croll were reportedly two mem-- by members on both sides of the into the breach, aided by Attorney-- bers of the Cabinet who were in | House. Hon. Paul Leduc, who guided General Arthur Roebuck. favor of it. The greatest Goverr the legislation through the House ment opposition to it came, as to b was subjected to a cross--fire of s expected, from Attm'nc.'y-(;emare.'.l questions, interjections and criti-- Roebuck and Hon. T. B. McQuesten,! | cisms from members across the the two Hydro Commissioners. So l floor, at either side of him, and from great was the difference of opinion | behind him. , on the bill that both factions have Colonel Fraser Hunter (Lib., St. been doing considerable lobbying. Patrick) saved the lengthy discus-- The measure was seconded by| | sion from being entirely a "lawyers' Fred Avery, Liberal, St. Catharines,| | battle." He denounced the amend-- who has long been advocating a ment in plain language, supporting e o n l greater measure of compensation| _ the previous protests of Wilfrid ; from Hydro for Grantham Town-- Heighington (Cons., St. David) and ship than that municipality now en--| _ w, E. N. Sinclair, K.C. (Lib., On-- | joys. Efforts are said to have been tario). The latter made his initial made last week to have Mr. Houck contribution to the present session's | nndhhlm withdraw u't'" 58'5l°t'g°?- debates in the form of a brief but | FOR ONT ARIO without any guarantee at eir | demands would be met, but both g;' ';éeg:.:':i?ig':': n the bill and some 5 members refused to budge. As a is L s snnnnmenmmmmmmencrmmermnge result Hydro is said to have had to Called "Wretched. i| & @ * go to them. Mr Heighinhgtorl\)."rrhge opened the Will Consolidate Admini-- * attack on the » scribed as * r "wretchedf ar;d humiliating" the siéra'nlon Of LG;ISE A{{eCf'ng practice of going over "with a fine-- | tooth comb the dealing of a man P oye.r.s a_n __m. proyses | with his propern(y int Ine PRSt 10113« Scattered operations of the On-- | tixe or fifty years. i thi tario Department of Labor will be If we intend to follow this almost I : r » brought together under an "Indus-- piratical practice, wouldn't it be is C s s in« try and Labor Board" which will} fairer to put in the year 1932 in qs C be created by a measure now before stead of 1892?" asked Mr. Heighing | > T «4 the Legislature. Hon. David Croll, * ton. '"Such a change would not only n cg s Minister of Labor, yesterday intro-- reduce the practice to something | capable of being defended, but duced a bill which will consolidate 4 ; in dbin« administration of all labor laws af-- would fall in line with public opin fecting relations between employer fon which is definitely against some . | [', ergnployee p1oy of the present methods of taxation." ; * . The member of r St. David refer-- Under the provisions of the bill, «4 * Aik the new board will deal particularly red to the "alarming" discretionary A Y o with the Industrial Standards Act, powers possessed by Treasury of-- s A n t ;the Minimum Wage Act and the ficials No matter how honorable! | Apprenticeship Act. It has long been they may be as individuals, he said, ; ifelt that one su. reme body was t s be allowed to act P Y they should not necessary to administer the various as (i'iut('l'gest'a ofp ;l)x,:g'\sxtes between them labor and wage laws. an e 1axp{ e The new board will be composed '"The practicc of digging the GoV-- _ | of five members, and it will replace ernmental nose into the affairs of the present Minimum Wage and Ap-- thrifty people for forty or fifty years _ | prenticeship Boards. It will be em-- prior to the date of death can hard-- _ |powered to hold public inquiries into ly be called a respectable practice |labor conditions and to hear com-- and I am definitely of th; lci)pimon 'plaints of any industry or labor that the public does not believe in group. it," he asserted. On concluding his argument, Mr % Heighington moved an amendment which would give a person, firm or s corporation the right of appeal to a court against the decision of the Treasury officials in the matter of % succession duties. * Causes Stir. Mr. Sinclair caused quite a stir when he rose to speak on the legis--