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Ee 000 0 O Oeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeaeaeeeeeeeiie 0 May Not Use Parki j y ing Lights For Driving, New Bill UbS or Driving, New Bill Declares Several amendments to the High--|tended to other vehicles besides 1CHANGES IN ACT way Traffic Act were introduced in ;aulnmnhil(w. Bicycles ars _ also | the Legislature yesterday by Hon. 'l;p(.'og"i';"d "'l ":'0"\"!' amendment, \ We Geccamcinareaciroonncces p K * APDeetonas Lo yap eing classed the same as motor I'. B. Z\I'«Qurfton. Minister of High-- | cars, in that no .u-mnd-hund dealer | May Need On'fario's O.K. ways, who said they were the re--| may sell one from which the serial | .' % * * sult of the annual technical recom--|number has been removed or de-- | > mm Namung Fmance Chlef mendations of the Registrar of | faced. ' | Vehicles. _ Under the old act a speed limit | | One prohibits the operation of |of fifteen miles was set for parks \ CONFERENCE TODAY | motor vehicles on lighted streets and exhibition grounds, but an | with cowl or parking lights, and amendment authorizes Councils of | another permits ambulances and |cities, towns and villages to set a Appointment of a new Commis--| police vehicles to carry moveable | speed limit of from fifteen to thirt» sioner of Finance for Toronto to.| spot--lights, the same as Fire De--| miles succeed Commissioner George Wil=«! partment vehicles. | Parking on the highways is curb-- son, who is to retire on Aug. 31, can-- Previously police were given au--|ed by another section, which pro-- not be made without the approval. thority to enter any place w here |hibits the parking of motor cars on of the Ontario Municipal Board, it' mofor cars are stored, and an|the roadway unless there is good was learned yesterday, if a proposed amendment extends this authority |visibility for 400 yards beyond the bill amending the Municipal Act is to places where bicycles are stored. | parked vehicle. Previousiy a car passed at the present session of the\ Careless driving, a charge hitherto|could be parked on the top of a hill, Ontario Legislature. confined to motor cars, is now ex--|but the amendment prevents this. Commissioner Wilson's rcsignation' was accepted by the Board of Con-' trol yesterday. He had withheld his | & resignation, he said, so as to prevent COsf Of H' hwa Monumenf the qupstmn of lps fiuccessor from g y becoming an election issue, although he had made his decision to retire At Humber Bay Set at $23,828 "ss%x Um er ay e a 1 _ City Hall officials were studying |clauses of the proposed Provincial The cost of the monument erected ; struction or improvement of high-- 'legislation which provide that no near Humber Bay on the Quccu:\\'a,\'\ from '."\pril 27, 1939, up to the milmivlimllii.v ?:\ {uturlc;r can rh;riit; P rores T uw mas #U9 ut ... ,;_ | present without advertising for con-- '(" y clerk, a city treasurer, 0 Elizabeth Way was $23,828, ac U"l-:ll'a('l\. although ll\\'iiflliOl? tenders lleldilOl' unless the Ontario Munici-- ing to the answer given to T. 1/ were asked for all of these con-- pal Board has first approved the Kennedy (Con., Peel), in the Legis--| tracts. The largest was for $57,979 | qualifications of the man whom the | lature yesterday. The work was|for seven miles on Highway No. 90 | municipality desires to engage. done by the Scott--Jackson Construc-- } west of Barric and the next was 1 Mayor Fred J, Conboy, accom--| tion Company of this city and the | for a 4.5 mile continuation to Camp | panied by City Solicitor C. :M. Col-- | main items were $16,650 for the con-- | Borden, which cost $30,274. Both quhoun, will go to Queen's Park to-- struction of the monument and $4,-- of these contracts were awarded to day to discuss the proposed Munici-- §3 for the construction of the base. the Brennan Paving Co., Ltd. Al-- pal Act amendments with Hon. T. The stone, cement and concrete for together the six contracts totalled B. McQuesten, Minister of Munici« the piling and reinforcement, which $138,124. pal Affairs. It was learned yester-- were supplied by the Department day, however, that Toronto will not | of HMHighways, cost $2,343, and the oppose passing of the clause affect-] architect, _ W. L. Somerville, was ing future appointment of municipal | paid $844. There are no unpaid ac-- 'clorks. treasurers and auditors. | counts in connection with this work. \ The city's chief objections, it was | In reply to a question presented |said, will be directed against the| by Leopold Macaulay (Con.. York clause in the bill which says that | South), it was revealed there wore the Ontario Municipal Board must | six contracts lot for grading, con-- approve of all by--laws covering TC--| stricted areas. It was believed that his Worship would seek some pro-- ; \vision to protect presently restrict-- 'ed areas in Toronto in the interval WilkiiteidecetGreeereaesienters es ie ie e ies n en i uces until new by--laws could 'be passed | and approved. N \ _ _An additional clause to which To-- Great amesr ronto is not objecting would enable * \members of the armed forces in S'lent Streets, | Canada to have the right to vote_a.t' 'advan('c polls during future munici-- | | H b G i pal elections. This right is at pres--| ep urn r|ns ent confined to travelling salesmen, | o In opposing Opposition Lead-- 1'3!'\"3-"mm" and bus and transport\ er Drew's motion in the House drivers. calling for the appointment of an Ontario Town and Country * Planning Commission, Premier * Hepburn yesterday cited Moo-- sonee, the "sand--spit" town on James Bay at the head of the T. & N.O. Railway. With a broad grin on his face, he recalled that two years ago he had flown into Moosonee, which was once planned "as a great metropolis of the North. "There I found a leaning street sign and on it was Henry Boulevard and there was Mac-- aulay Avenue and Kennedy Avenue too," he said as the three -- Conservative members, whose names identify Moo-- sonee's silent streets, smiled back. "It was inhabited by a few rambling Indians," continued . the Premier, "and there is mag-- nificent evidence of town plan-- ning that was ill advised."