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|'J .I C | v Jail Lommitments Increased Bount | J --tmmmnonbnnimers rnoomimmmmemetiidiitmmmssrscesh s | For Wolves Asked 40,000 New Homes | One wolf kills as much game as ' ' ncrease ver ' the average 20 hunters in Northern | ! | Ontario, E. L. Hughes, Trout Milis,, 1 j ns f s h resi Northern Ontario An increase in the number of per-- 2 esx'dent' jf the No: | sons committed to Jails and reform.. Outfitters' Association, told the F. W. Warren (C.C.F. Hamilton-- e O JHLS! | Legislature's game and fish com--' Wentworth) told the House that| atories in Ontario during 1944, as | mittee yesterday. Mr. Hughes' state--. 40,000 homes would have to be| compared with 1943, is disclosed in ment came after Game and Fisheries{ built during the next 10 years to| lthe annual report tabled in the N(Iiinf'ST{ir G. ? Dunbf .hadklfemark-i meet the housing shortage, and he| Legislature yesterd ons s ed: e wolves are being killed all urged the (.}overnment to name a, |Legivia ') sterday by Provincial right; the department paid out special Legislature committee on' Secretary George Dunbar.* Of the $50,000 in wolf bounties this year." this problem. | 20,975 persons committed for trial "It's true you are killing them," "Forty thousand homes may not| iL riil 10157 were sentenced | 10] | sarq Mr. Hughes. "But you should convey a great deal to the average| various terms. This is 2,000 less 'be takir;g 10 woives for evex: on person," said Mr. Warren, an archi--| than the all--time high of 1939 when you are taking." * e tect b\,/ profession ' 27,926 persons were, sentenced out mt «aAa.* . | '*'"Ttepp ; ari ; 1| of 34,914 committed. The increase 1 Sha'ge;l otf 11;03":! Hood a;wi Wil-- lbe gf;fnil;a?i;Zmpla;ligggwslfihp:gll: in 1944 over 1943 was 608 in those r;)aimep eroosma w;Pn ;I;:?:gohf tC':n;g:': 'building year f there w'ere 11,000| -- sentenced, and 564 for those com--' Crandi u i it i, ; o3 witiuges | etaineefencm,ening . fherm bultl Je Ortates Welsiy Crimes against public morals and KA 'dompa yragadi» fie( C ' it i s decency went up from 413 in 1943 to ifie co.mn:;]ttete fvor~hd'n a;(.I}GI("I'Y~ pre-- :??;289?'5 we built in the peak year 1,094 last year. Crimes against pub-- I;r\;; o pneg, .Ownfi\.l? P.h o ie ' Mr. Warren deplored the attempts lic order and peace decreased by be € rgfter;c tm L d'lt( %l'\ would madé in recent weeks to iower the 800. The total was 15,490. Biggest moossrm'rl'h: cotox le u-ZIemoc;fsir at?.g standard of debate in the Legisla-- increase was in crimes against prop-- [the % f P ocern b es * d ture and voiced the hope that if id hy sy eiins being 1iTs in 19431 / 1 Sifewsity pontiubing Iin cun . House proceedings were brosdcast and 7,268 last year. The report forc";iw )C'O,r,).,t:m(tiee ie imaias over the radio, "the shadow boxers pointed out that the number of Last Mf. Mitchele sa'a| will be left at'home $s commitments did not mean the .315 L y%ar. Us e CC said, | Ceermine ce mm eeranirempn t ne ie m ns nenomges same number of individuals, as one g;' bg\lvaaniiera?:;xvmoltaixxiibalk"tfrd' ,':Zl,:::,l r:['g(,h,:m!;;:e appeared on a; ritory of their own, though, would Flees nirnl E* o« L2 1 thers some protection inas-- The average time spent in jail by Five a'rc . hrake the 25,975 individuals was 15.3 days. mgch as they must dt,'?bs T APPIPS® The report stressed that the short. priate clothps for stalking and were age of suitable officers is handicap-- ;]herteforeh m' .ddanger from _ rifle ping law enforcement. u}r{ s et-ha(,l '" Ontario Fed > /\ There were 9% strikes in Ontario e s ty e '1e l Ree oup! during 1944, involving 31,497 work-- eration of Hunters and Anglers, Dr. ers, it was stated in the annual re-- :'.\lfl? Sf;:?:'i 'I;orcoo!;t:)i.der(;%il)arii? port of the Ontario Department of uea::sin the nsumbet' ;)f heaéants Labor tabled yesterday. There were C r o P : 98 strikes in 1943. Forty of the 1944 _ |Téleased in Southern Ontario, we * * * » 'pe o strikes were settled in one day. lwon,t' }};avleu. t:dlsfl:gp&e :&tn}lg;l:]rtl; Eighty--five per cent of the total© Bs C'Mle P it £ Liue jost of 184840 man--working! .IPNXXRKRis ty at josst 4i _ days in 1944 was caused by the 35 pheasants by at least e strikes in the metal products manu-- facturing industry. The report disclosed that there were 81 explosions during the year, :resultinp: in nine fatalities and in-- juries to 103. omm ie einreeenie i n rorromemenimnten es Survey for Data f Livi On Cost of Living Labor Minister Charles Daley dis-- closed in the Legislature last night that a survey had been undertaken in Ontario to compile data regard-- ing the cost of living in various zones, the wage scales and other in-- formaticon,. "We have a tentative appointment to discuss this matter with Ottawa ard there may be created a nation-- al plan regarding this matter," Mr. Daley said.