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i on eeeeeeeereeneie e t o at C CCCC CCC February \ b Ask Direct Yo ' sk Direct Vote for Soldiers In First Bill Before Sessi irst Bill Before Session The CSirst legislation introduced |entitled to mark a ballot for a can-- at the opening of the Ontario Leg.|didate in the electoral district Islature yesterday Wwas Attorney. |where the active service member a & R & 'resided for 30 days prior to enter-- General Leslie Blackwell's bill t0)jing the armed forces. The bill also &ive the dnw't.\'oto to active 8§®"--|nrovides for the appointment of vice members in and "}".Ot the |special returning officers to super-- Province. It replaces exisiing °8~ \vise the voting and count the bal-- islation which provided &A PrOXY |jp}4, f vote. The Blackwell bill sets up voting territories in Canada, Britain and other countries where Ontario ac-- tive service members are serving. In the main the bill follows the Federal act passed at the last ses-- sion of the Dominion Parliament. Every active service member is qputmemapnmage: .. on > > > > n * : *@Wtiabmentmemapamnapemennentimmermnmneremmpmenatemamien New High Mark | An all--time high of more than 12 |billion kilowatt hours of electrical 'energy was generated or purchased 'by the Ontario Hydro Commission Jast year, it was stated in the Speech 'ih'om the Throne at the opening of |the Legislature yesterday. ' "All the demands for war activi-- ties in Ontario have been met, and 'essential domestic and municipal \power requirements have suffered !no shortage," it was stated. ! _ There was an increase of 14 per * cent in the average power sold to & |rural consumers, and the average ipr'u-e decreased by 11 per cent, it was disclosed. Further reduction in f cost would encourage greater con-- sumption by rural consumers, the |Speech asserted, Four hundred miles \were added to rural power lines, 'and service was extended to 10,000 'new customers in 1944. |