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nition as a barrister. that he had hem prartiring law for the last fifteen years. hut because of his failure to file a matriculation cor- niir-ate with the Law Society he WW! been unable to write the ex- t aminatinns provided by the society. tie said he had opened a law ottiro. in New Toronto fourteen wars Mo, and in the last ton years had held "all kinda" of public posi- lions. including that of Reeve and Warden of the County of York and' had appeared in Division Court many times. His first bill. sub. mittedin 1924. authorizing the Law Society to admit him " a student without the necessity of the metric. uiation eertitieate, had been with. drawn alter it had been reported. ho said. because of an agreement with the Law Society that he would he admitted " a third-year student. But, he contended. he had been un- able to fulfil the agreement be. muse. he claimed. the Society still required that be try the nutrients-- mm" nition UVPPI' canada to admit him as a barrister was reported by the com- mittee yesterday. William Mat-Donald recently an- nounced his decision to resign as Reeve of New Toronto. It was the third time. Mr. Mars Donald told the Committee. that he had tuhrnitted a hill to the Com. mittee to assist hlm to train recog- nition -- - c-___.. _ H V Application of Williar anhnnald to the PI Committee of tho Lexi: 'tuthetriztttlnrt of the Law Urtprr Canada to admit. barrister was reported b min». yesterday. Wititnm M-l'nnn-Itl --4 PRACTISING l5 YEARS Reeve MacDonald, New To. ronfo, Applies for Spe- cial Recognition SEEKS STATUS "Since Ontario. Quebec. new Brunswick and Nova Scot ia, under the Acts of the British Parliament in 1774 to Ith0 have sovereign Parlia- ments and South Africa. Australia of our powers was ever delegated by Ottawa. and Ottawa has no au- thority to define the immunities. privileges. powers or titles of the Parliament of Ontario." Says No Distinction. "No authority but the members of this Assembly can alter the pow- ers. privileges and immunities of this House within the limits of the powers delegated to it by the Mother of Parliaments and not sur- rendered by it," he declared. "None Colonel Hunter submitted that the Ontario Legislature was actual- ly, according to constitution. a Parliament. that the Union Parlia- ment between Upper and Lower Canada between 1840 and 1867 was recognized as a Parliament. and its claim to such was not affected by the British North America Act. which. he claimed. merely divided legislative powers. l Second reading of Lleut.-Col. Fraser Hunter's bill to accord mem- bers of the Ontario Legislature the "rank, precedence and titular dis- tinction accorded to that ist a mem- ber of Parliament as the same ls known in the Parliament of Can- ada," in other words to affix the letters "WP" to their names. was given by the Ontario Legislature Yesterday. Progress Made by Bill Changing M.L.A. fo M.P. AS BARRISTER of William Edwards to the Private Bills f tho Legislature for of the Law Society of "Ken In In 1924 by tho private agroement?" asked Chairman' David Croli. "You can't makp a lawyer by an art of Parliament." said Mr. Me. Ruon "You shnuld sit. here and watch us." advised Chairman Croll. ttlane. ing at Major Alex. Lewis, who had a similar hill passed this week. The committee roared with laughter- _ a" _.---...-uu-uuu. Ill 1:10.), H second [bill had been withdrawn, he said. because the then Attornrr-Gpneraf, Hon. A. W. Roebuck, had advised him he would try to Influence the Law Soeiety to reeonsider the ease. l J. C. McRuer. WC., appearing for the Law Society. submitted that the society endeavored to protect not only the public hut parents who sarrifieed great. expense to give their children the usual educational background for the profession. Mr. MacDonald. he said. had not taken advantage of the agreement made with the society in 1924. "Don't you think he was a hit taken in in 1924 by the private agreement t" asked Chairman' David Croll. tion fxtmination. In The distinction M.L.A. originated. he believed, in Quebec to distinguish between members of the Legisla- tive Council and Legislative As- semhly. "Look at the pictures in the hall- ways of our predecessors. 'First Parliament. Second Parliament.' and so on." he said. "rt this is not a Parliament why call it one?" Historically. there was justifica- tion that the present. terminology of designation. M.L.A., was incor- rect. submitted J. J. Glass. For that reason, he said, he supported the bill. "It is for this sovereign Parlia- ment to remove a stigma of in- feriority, a confusion of identity or distinctions between the functions of all members of Parliament which do not exist . . . let us call our roses by their own names, let us all be M.P.'s or nothing." Sugport by J. J. Glass. "After all," he said. "such affixes were not intended for the con- vertienre of postmon." The House littered when the Colonel asked: "What might not M.L.A. mean to the member of a lumber association or a Ladies' and other self-governing Domininns the same, and since there is no dis- tinction between the sovereign funty tion of the members of any of them within their own limits delegated by Great Britain to representatives of tree peoples, why in the name of simplicity do we not call them M.P.'s?" Aid I'" with laughte}; 1935, a second we must work for the greatest good of the greatest number, and so I propose to extend the entire bill for one year." said Mr. Conant. "It is not the desire of this Gov- ernment to wreak hardships on any of our people, and probably there have been abuses of this bill, but Provisions of the Mortgagors and Purchasers Relief Act were extend- ed yesterday in the Ontario Legisla- ture to another year when Hon. Gordon Conant, Attorney-General. withdrew an amendment to Part II of a proposed amendment to the act. Mor+gagors Act, Ex+ended "lt has been an honor and a privilege to have sat. in the House so many years," he said, "but the greatest pleasure has been in the friendships I have formed. On many occasions there has been bit.. ter debate, and on one occasion treferring to Wednesday's vote on the sweepstake motion) I have voted against my dearest friend, the Prime Minister. I hope it will be another twenty years before I am called to vote against him again." Mr. Nixon, who has sat in the House continuously for twenty years, submitted he had been handi- capped by being born on April 1. but held, when it was an inherent tendency in the family, it had to be regarded philosophically. His eldest son. he said, was celebrating his twentieth birthday also. House members yesterday, before proceeding with business, felici- tated Hon. Harry Nixon, Provincial Secretary. who was celebrating his forty-seventh birthday. Greetings were extended by both Leaders after a page boy presented roses to the Minister. Nixon Marks Birthday