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Booze and gasoline are not sup-- posed to mix under ordinary cirecum-- stances, but where slipping depart-- mental revenues of the présent have | to be bolstered, any harassed gov--| ernment might attempt such a trial mixture. In any event, some remedy In the way of new revenue is re-- quired to meet the entirely unantici-- pated call on the public purse aris--! There was nothing in the formal Opening yesterday of the third ses-- sion of the twentieth Ontario As-- gembly that indicated this new trend of government thought and @ction. That indication is likely to come with the budget presentation some three weeks from now, when the Prime Minister, in his added capacity of Provincial Treasurer, will probably announce a two--cent jump in the present six--cent gaso-- line tax, and may even forecast the possibility of a general rise in liquor prices. ing particularly out of a demanded highways expansion, and the ab-- normal crowding of mental hospitals and penal institutions. wWith a balanced budget for the eurrent fiscal year still difficult of @ttainment--with a gross debt in-- crease of some $35,000,000 to be re-- corded--the government proposes, it is understood, to embark imme-- diately upon a policy of retrench-- ment in administrative expendi-- tures; of elimination of duplication in services: of amalgamation where possible of present interlocking of-- fices; and of turning the deal ear and the cold shoulder to the ever-- Increasing army of civil service job-- sooekers, yesterday's inaugural ceremonies-- a bare fifty minutes in their execu-- tion--that would picture the year ahead, for government and legisla--, tors alike, as anything but the customary _ cut--and--dried. Smilingl Jim Clark of Windsor--Sandwich,' bachelor and erstwhile machine-- gunning major, was elected Speaker' of the House. Col. George A. Drew, new Conservalive chieftain, took his allotted seat with a debonair| dignity that set all the feminine hearts, in galleries and corridors, to pitty--patting. Premier Hepburn got up out of a sick bed to lead the procedure with a sureness and a vigor utterly belying the state of health which, many of his close It's a lean year ahead for the Hepburn Government, and the Hep-- burn Government--so it is Jearned at Queen's Park--is going to get Jjust as tough about spending money a&s the public wants. (By DOUGLAS R. OLIVER.) (Staff Writer, The Globe and Mail.) (T COCKED HAT DELAYS OPENING OF HOUSE Province Prepares To Trim Its Outlay And Boost Income Policy of Retrenchment in Spending, Elimination of Duplicatory Services, Some Amalgamation of Interlocking Offices Believed in Offing: Rise in Liquor Prices Reported Considered Toext of the Speech from the Throne (On Page 28. Pictures on Pages 4 Nor was there anything about 17 |friends still fear may wrest him| from the House even before it ter-- minates its deliberations around April 20. All Is the Same. There was only one hitch--and that kept the opening delayed for 3 minutes and 43 seconds by the big Speaker's Gallery clock. The Lieu-- tenant--Governor forgot his cocked hat. Yes, sir--he clean forgot it. His beribboned retinue of militia officers had got right down to the Chamber entrance -- spurs gleaming, trimly panted legs cut-- ting a smart "lafe! lafe! lafe!" for all the watching civil servants to see--when Hon. Albert Matthews felt gingerly for his ornate head-- !piece. It wasn't there. No, sir, it was completely missing. The proud-- stepping parade ground to a halt on the polished flooring. No time for an about--turn. Some one had to think fast. The thinker, it is understood, was Captain Armstrong, dashing aide. Back downstairs, to the Governor's quarters, in a rush that startled all onlookers, the cap-- tain went. He found the cocked hat; he brought it back; the situa-- tion had been saved. Moments later, the parade, with composure recaptured, moved into the Cham-- ber, the opening got formally and finally under way to the accom-- paniment of a radio broadcast which | (so they say) had most of its mikes everywhere but in the right place; and Hon. Mr. Matthews sat down to read the longest Speech from the Throne ever prepared for an On-- tario Legislature's consideration. There were the same old faces in the public galleries that have been seen there for many sessions. There were the same patronage--seekers haunting the Queen's Park corri-- dors and staircases, both before and after the opening. There were the same post--sitting impromptu recep-- tions in many nooks and corners of the spacious buildings. There was the same old talk of co--operation between Government and Opposi-- tion to expedite the business of a great province--even as Govern-- ment and Opposition were prepar-- ing for presentation and inevitable bitter debate, majority and minority reports on _ the _ humped--back, broken--down Hydro investigation of last summer. The color was the same; the procedure was the same; the interminable drone of voices was the same. Under the guidance of Clerk Alex. C. Lewis, the inaugural moved swiftly to its normal ending. Messrs. Hepburn, Drew and MAR C H l Well, they all performed. Mr. Hepburn took his customary crack at former Premier Henry, predict--| ing that if the Tories in their next | }five years in Opposition lived up to their last five years' record of having three different House lead-- !m*s and three different provincial leaders, Mr. Henry might find him-- |self sitting "well under the gai-- \lery." _ And _ in _ congratulating Speaker Clark on his election, the 'Premier pointedly remarked: '"We want to conduct the assembly with dignity. However, after read-- ing all the nasty things being said about politicians at the present time, I don't envy you your job in keeping order, as this House is populated largely by politicians." Promises Impartiality. Clark, as to be expected, were the chief limelighters. Every one want-- ed to see how Mr. Hepburn looked: if his recent Australian tour had brought the recovery that would keep him at the wheel of the Ship of State indefinitely. Every one want-- ed to see how Colonel Drew, stran-- ger to House rigmarole, would be-- have--what he would do if the Lib-- eral sharpshooters were to launch their reported policy of knocking the feet out from under him before he can find his way around. Every one wanted to view the genial Clark--to determine if he was the rough--and--tumble orator that he has often been cracked up to be -- to learn whether he had any new rules for House habiliment besides his ordering of the pages into long pants for the first time in history. The new speaker promised to conduct the affairs of the House in as importial a manner as his abilities permitted. "If," he said, "every member here endeavors to live up to the rules and usage of this House as faithfully as I endeavor to act impartially, the business of the House will move forward with dig-- nity and despatch, and without rancor or bitterness." Colonel Drew said nothing. He missed a cue (the Liberals claimed afterward) when he failed to rise and join with Premier Hepburn in his tribute to the Speaker. Colonel Drew, the Liberals say, is slow on the uptake. Tory opinion was that their new leader had acted wisely; that, having seconded the Premier's election, he was not duty--bound to associate himself{ in the Premietr's tribute, The Tories didn't worry about that situation. But they did worry--to the point of some getting wrathy--over the Premier's thrust at George S. Henry. Some wondered why Colonel Drew hadn't locked horns with the Premier on that point, utterly unmindful of reports that if their new leader had carried out his original seating plans Mr. Henry would not be gracing a near-- end seat in the front line of Op-- position benches, but would be back in the second or third row among the lesser lights. So much for the rancor and bitter-- ness of which the Legislature, this session, is to be free, under the Speakership of Major James H. Clark. The youngest member of the As-- sembly, Louis Hagey (Cons., Brant-- ford), and William J. Stewart (Cons., Parkdale) also made their bows (for the first time) to the Queen's Park House. Victors in recent by--elec-- tions (like Colonel Drew in East Simcoe), they made the time--honor-- ed ceremonial march down the costly plush carpet, were formally introduced, and told by the Clerk to take their seats. Mr. Hagey was photographed nigh unto exhaustion, angd Mr. Stewart was almost robbed of his C.B.E. In the original print-- ing of the Speech from the Throne, they had it "O.B.E.," but the error was caught in time. These little idiosyncrasies in Legislature con-- duct all new members get used to in time.