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100 PAAAE ECE AAReReReRaneneneeeeeeeaeaaie March 5 'Fergy' to Friends F ergy to Friends and Foes, D ays o ier rew Says of Former Premier xo mJ Rt. Hon. G. Howard Ferguson : was a "great human being" who! : was as likely to be called "Fergy" by an opposing politician as by a taxi driver in London, Premier . Drew told the Ontario Legislature | yvesterday in a tribute to the one-- time Conservative Premier who died last month. | "Taxi drivers knew him as well! as politicians did, and the same ; nickname was likely to apply," said | the Premier at the opening of the | second session of the 22nd Legis--. + lature. Mr. Ferguson's life span covered all but the first few years of Can-- ada's term as a nation and there were few men who more clearly expressed "what it means to be a Canadian citizen." As Canadian 'Hi;zh Commissioner in London, Mr. Ferguson had left an imprint that 'woulrl have a "marked effect" on 'relations between Canada and Brit-- |ain for many years. | _ Farquhar Oliver, Leader of the iOpposition whose supporters nurm-- ber 10 Liberals and two Liberal--La-- 'hor members, paid tribute to Mr. \Ferguson as a "rugged party man" who alwavys maintained "an element \ of fairness and justice" in his political dealings. W. J. Grummett, CCF. House j Leader, praised Mr. Ferguson as a |politi(-al leader who had served his | country well. |\ _ _Only four members of the pres--, lenl assembly were elected when : Mr. Ferguson swept into office in 1926, They are Mr. Oliver, Harrvi Nixon, former Liberal Leader, and two members on the Government side, T. A. Murphy and A. Hoilis Acres. ® Dunbar Bill ® Blocks Slickers Steps to prevent high--pressure sales organizations from acquir-- ing shareholders' lists of com-- panies recorded under_ the Companies Act for possible ex-- ploitation are incorporated in a bill presented to the Legislature yesterday by Provincial Secre-- tary George Dunbar. The bill, entitled "An Act to Amend the . Companies' Act," provides for use of such lists for legitimate purposes of the company. In explanation, Mr. Dunbar said: "We are secking to keep such documents from becoming sucker lists for high-- pressure sales cutfits and rack-- $ eteers, and to restrain them to + uses which are entirely legiti-- mate and honest." mmmnnemmimmmnnine mmning im omiror ce enommeaemn n mss