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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, dNT., THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1928 3 THE LEGISLATURE WEEK BY WEEK MONDAY, FEB. 27TH-- Frank W. Wilson took up the day with his "beer-by-the-glass" program. TUESDAY, FEB. 28TH-- ' A division of the House on the Wilson resolution resulted in only four members voting in favor and 92 against. Inasmuch as the Prime Minister had asked the House to vote down the resolution, the Government must be credited with a majority on this occasion of 88, even although the division was not on party lines. The largest majority achieved last session was on a proposed amendment to the Corporations Tax Act, voted, down 85 to 15, only on non-party lines. Voting with Mr. Wilson on the beer resolution were W. G- Weichel, his seconder; E. Proulx (Lib., Prescott) and T. Legault (Lib., Sturgeon Falls) J. A. Pinard (Lib., East Ottawa) having been informed that the debate was closed the day previous, and being therefore refused opportunity to state his position, absented himself from the division. There wa cus of Government supporters before the House opened. Feeling that the members of the Privileges and Elections Committee have taken up alignment from a party standpoint in the South Ottawa ballot enquiry, and that such feeling is not likely to bring the best results, Premier Ferguson announced in the Legislature that *W. E. N- Sinclair, Liberal leader, had concurred in giving the investigation over to a Royal Commission. Mr. Justice Magee Mr. Justice Hodgins, of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, hav been requested to form the commis si on. The commission is now being prepared, and unless Their Lordships run into unexpected ramificat connection with the case of the 19 Stray ballots, their report will be before the session closes. Incidentally, one' judge before elevation to the bench was a Conservative and the WEDNESDAY", FEB. 29TH-- Although the attitude of the G eminent is that the Liquor Control Act has not had a fair trial during ;he short time in operation, Hon- W. H. Price, Attorney-General, gave the legislature copious statistics, official and press and private opinions, to shew that there has been general ' Movement in conditions throughout the provir.ee; that public opinion strongly behind the Liquor Control Act, and that with continued co-operation of the public there will be still further improve rnonr. The Government is into, --TTpon enforcing the new law, the Minister said, but deprecates the attitude of confirmed prohibitionists who clung ciespeilately to the Ontario Temperance Act and now seek every opportunity to put the new measure in i bad light. In his review (which took weir over three hours) of the Liquor Control Act, for the first five months it was in force, Attorney-General Price furnished the following figures to the Legis- Sale of wine and spirits amounted to 11,166,243; sale of beer, $6,367,416, making total sales of $17,533,659. Received from breweries, distilleries, warehouses and from fines, $272,-105, making a total revenue of $17,-805,824. Total cost of goods sold, $14,110,337. Operating expenses and depreciation, $890,727. Net profit, $2,804,760. Permits issued from June 1st to October 31st, 1927, resident, 220,446; temporary, 53,890. Permits issued from Nov. 1st, 1927, to Feb. 16th, 1928, resident, 260,172; temporary. 10,025. • Paid cut in customs, excise and sales tax, $4,871,941- Gross profit on total sales, 10.5 per Number of liquor stores in operation in province, 78. Number of permits issued to hospitals, physicians, druggists, etc., 281,889. PROFIT AND LOSS OF GOVERNMENT SHOPS. Sales of wines and spirits $11,166,243 . $11,166,243.10 6,367,416.31 .. $17,533,659.41 272,165.20 Total revenue ....... $17,805,824.61 Deducted from this are cost of goods sold, operating expenses and depreciation .. $15,001,064.36 Leaving net profit of.. $ 2,804,760.25 Gross profit on total Net profit after deducting operating expenses and depreciation .......... 14.5% COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NET PROFITS ALL L.C. BOARDS. Newfoundland, 12 months ............ $ 383,503.97--33.5% Quebec, 12 months ............ $4,421,335.35--23.2% Manitoba, 12 months ............ $ 998,434.77--26.3% Alberta, 12 months ............ $1,218,906.77--28.5% Saskatchewan, 11% months ... ........ $1,876,695.64--24-0% British Columbia, 12 months ............ $3,218,163.46--23.3% Air Holds Secret of Missing Airmen's Fate „ a Ontario, 5 months ............ $2,532,595.05--14. The traditional "humble address" to His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor was adopted by the Legislature at 11 o'clock, after nearly three weeks of debate, and to it has been added what has become almost equally customary -- a Government sub-amendment sponging out a critical amendment by the Opposition. The Government amendment was carried 68 to 27 on a straight party vote, and the Sinclair amendment upon the subject of old age pensions declared lost upon the same division. Seventeen Liberals, eight Progressives and the two U.F.O. members present made up the 27. Eight absent members were paired, and seven others evidently were not. Nine members participated, afternoon and evening, in the debate, commencing with Russell Nesbitt, Bracon-dale. There followed C- A. Robertson (Liberal, North Huron), L. W. Oke (U.F.O., East Lambton), George Shields (Conservative, Woodbine), P. W. Pearson (Liberal, North York), F. J. Skinner (Conservative, Leeds), E. Proulx (Liberal, Prescott), Dr. Paul Pcisson (Conservative, North Essex), and finally Premier Ferguson. The Progressives stayed cut- Hon. J. D. Monteith gave notice that he would move the Housa into committee of supply and committee of ways and means--in other words, the budget speech will be delivered. THURSDAY, MARCH 1ST-- In bringing down to the Legislatur > his second Budget since he assumed office as .Treasurer of Ontario, Hon. | Dr. Joseph D. Monteith announced aj balanced Budget and a surplus of $359,000 for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1927, and predicted that, in spite of probably lowered concession) duties and another $3,000,000 payment off the Provincial debt, a surplus of $177,000 would be available when the current fiscal year comes to a close. In his estimated revenue of $55,790,-000 for 1928, Dr. Monteith includes $7,000,000 as receipts from the Ontario Liquor Board under Government sale of liquor. Expenditure for the year is placed at $55,613,000- The main points brought out w A surplus of $359,000 for 1927, placing a period of deficits. The sum of $3,000,000 paid off debt n 1927. Lowering of interest charges due to •efunding at favorable rates. Ordinary revenue highest in history of Province, $56,306,629; increase of *.">. IOO.OOO over 1926. . . Policy of tax reduction still adhered to with no new imposts. Relief to taxpayers in 1927, directly and indirectly, over $5,000,000. T. & N. O. Railway pays $1,300,000 interest to Treasury. Hydro makes first payment off debt, and pays Treasury $7,848,043 in in- Ontario Savings Offices and Farm Loan Beards show substantial surplus. >bt $157.0000,000. exceed liabilities I $33,000,000- Payment of another $3,000,000 uff the debt in 1928. 1928 revenue, including $7,000,000 om Liquor Control Board, estimated at $55,790,000; expenditure estimated at $55,613,000; surplus $177,000. Supplementary estimates tables ith the introduction of Provincial Treasurer Monteith's second Budget total $7,546,154.44- By departments, the amounts voted are as follows: Prime Minis-$2,474,975; Legislation, $4,400; Attorney-General's, $19,015; Insur->, $4,375; Education, $2,068,151; Lands and Forests, $120,000; Mines, Game and Fisheries, $12,495; Public Works, $1,892,089.34; Highways, $4,275; Health, $42,150; Labor, $168,000; Provincial Treasurer's, $19,-550; Provincial Auditor's, $19,600; Provincial Secretary's, $502,326.10; Agriculture, $120,325; and Miscellan- s, $67,945. EVEN A COW TAKEN CARE OF. Seventy-five dollars is voted under Public Highways estimates to recon-pense J. W. Chambers of Tillsonburg "for the death of a cow killed by a highway traffic officer while in the execution of his duty." Additional allowances in accordance with the Mothers' Allowance Act fig-°n these estimates to the tune of $144,000. Under agriculture $10,000 is asked r services, expenses and equipment carrying on social research work ith the Empire Marketing Board-Miscellaneous votes are: Grant to On-Division of the Canadian Red Cross, $23,495; grant to Ontario Safety League, $15,000; grant to Last Post Fund, $2,000, and $25,000 for >lf bounties. Carol Predicts Throne is Neafj Former Crown Prince Says He Will Soon Be King I Nice, France. -- Former Cro* Prince Carol, of Rumania, is beiK quoted by friends here as having Y clared that within two months he \m be on the Rumanian throne, which* renounced when he eloped with Mag'cta Foreign Minister Titulesco, of rat-mania, a member of the BratiaTP cabinet, which has always maintained that every effort will be made to keep from Carol. Carol has been devoting himself to the night life of the Rivi< In reply to rumors that he could Titulesco, he said. "Titulesco would have seen me Thursday, but I did not wish to to its destination suffered a slight accident, but there were no fatalities and the damage to the machine will be repaired. Tie planes have a cruising time limit of about eight hours. Farmers Told How To Rid Seed Wheat Of Smut Infection Copper-Carbonate, Dusted on in Home-Made Apparatus, Is Called by Experts Best Protective Against Losses and wheat marketing specialists are urging farmers to begin now an energetic seed-treatment campaign against smut, a fungous disease that British and Dutch Rubber Combine The Hague.--A central sale organi-ition between British and Dutch rubber producers as counteracttion to an American rubber pool Is favored generally in Dutch rubber circles, the investigation by the "Telegraph" re-eals. TThe plan being agitated calls or co-operation between Dutch pro-ucers and the London Rubber Grow- ventual establishment of such an organization. Planes to Rescue 4 U.S. Air Bombers Aid Mexico in Drive on Rebels Mexico City--The four Douglas bombing planes purchased in the United States by the Mexican government, originally intended to be used in the Yaqui Indian campaign but which were delayed because of the1 arms embargo at Nogales, Ariz., have officially entered Mexican army service against rebels in the States of Jalisco and Colima. The planes were flown from Nogales to the center of military operations against the rebels in Guadelajara. State of Jalisco, where they were tuned up and equipped with weapons and are now regularly operating out of the base. The insurgents in part are said to be led by Catholic priests, who have refused to accept the authority of the federal government. Heavy bombardments from planes have been frequently reported, and the rebels have almost dispersed except in a few cases where they have formed small bands and after surprise attacks retired to their bases in the mountains. It is to dislodge the mountain nests that the planes are being employed, it is announced, and so effective has been their work that military officials in this city are predicting an end to the campaign within a short time. One of the planes on being brought the i 9 yearly loss with the discovery that copper-carbonate, a virulent dust, would kill seed-borne spores of the fungus without affecting germination of the seed. Simple, home-made dusting equipment usually consisting of a barrel in when the seed can be treated by rotating, is now generally used by individual farmers. It can be used any time in the year, since treated seed mav be stored without injury. Necessity for concerted seed treatment has increased, pathologists explain, because of the great spread of smut through"'the states east of the Rocky Mountains, thence generally over the entire country. Smut has been a problem for a number of years in the Pacific Northwest. Since copper is mildly poisonous, those using the dust are warned to work in a well ventilated place and to wear a mask over the mouth and nose. Treated wheat should not be used for food or feeding purposes. Discounts for smutty wheat range from a few cents to 25 cents a bushel at the markets. A study of published car-lot sales records in Kansas City during the early marketing period of 1926 showed losses totalling $122,700 in August. Sir Austen Chamberlain says var between England and Arm s unthinkable, all of whj,ch ma: rue, but then both England America have some of the gres mthinkers the world has ever km -New York Evening Post. Anglo-Egyptian Negotiations Nearing Crux Treaty Provides Egyptian Aid to Great Britain in Event of War--Sirdar to Be Native Cairo. Egypt--The Anglo-Egyptian negotiations appear to be nearing the crux. Protracted party meetings are being held and there are frequent conferences of party leaders in which Premier Sarwat Pasha and Lord Lloyd, High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan are taking pert. cently published what it claimed were the principal points in the draft treaty between Great Britain and Egypt, printed a summary which seems to be the most accurate reflection of the hitherto published in The newspaper declares that the proposed treaty will' be effective for 10 years, during which period questions not previously, agreed upon will be submitted to the League of Nations. Other clauses in the draft treaty modify the present British supervision of Egyptian internal affairs, El Ahram says, Egypt Would Aid In War In the event of a declaration of war against Great Britain, according to draft treaty, El Ahram says, Egypt would help Great Britain in Egyptian territory. The treaty also provided that Great Britain shall support Egyptian entry into the League of Nations immediately the treaty is It is understood that Sir Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary, has informed Premier Sarwat Pasha that if the present conversations between British and Egyptian representatives do not result in an agreement between the two countries Great Britain will have a free hand with regard to the four reserved points mentioned by El Ahram. These are: The aerodrome is to remain in British hands like other means of ications, Great Britain is to to supervise Egypt's external affairs and Egypt is to conclude foreign treaties only with British consent, and the sirdar or commander-in-chief is to be an Egyptian officer instead of British. The i See Through Fog Smoke and Night By Noctovision Inventor of Television is Working' on Remarkable Experiments CHANGE WARFARE London.--After television comes noctovision, and it may revolutionize the science of warfare, according to Jamas L. Baird, inventor of trans-Atlantic television. Already his experiments have attained a considerable measure of success. _ "I have television well star Led now." he said, "and parallel with my efforts to perfect television I am trying to develop a means of seeing objects concealed by darkness or smoke or fog. PROMISING RESULTS. "I have already been able to accomplish this by flooding a room with invisible light--that is, light from which the rays visible to the naked eye have been filtered out. Also, by using a Searchlight throwing out these invisible rays. I have been able to see objects in the dark several hundred yards away. "I have reason to believe that I am on the verge of some important discoveries in noctovision- If my expectations are realized, we will have invisible searchlights scanning the night skies for enemy aircraft, and sweeping the seas for enemy battleships." Similarly, he" raid, all the efforts that army services of the world are now devoting towards perfecting apparatus for laying down smoke [screens over battleships or in front of advancing troops would be useless be-* cause noctovision would enable possessors of the instrument to see what was going on behind the smoke screens 1 is clearly as though they did not exist. AID TO NAVIGATION. "But there is a more immediate and practical use of noctovision," Baird said. "This is cn steamships. Noctovision should enable the ship captaim to see through fog, and also great distances at night, when ordinary searchlights arc- impracticable on account ol their blinding glare." is getting healthier, au---but not the race to the ssing.--Marshall1. County A Dog Team on the "Mush" Belgium Seeks Canadian Trade Brussels.--A Belgian consular agent has been sent to explore the possibilities for increased trade with Canada, Foreign Minister Paul Hymans an nounced in the Senate. Discussing economic expansion, M. Hymans said that interesting prospects for commerce with Canada were opening up. Belgium intended to establish new agencies in the United States and was disposed to increase her representation in Colombia, Brazil and Agentina. A legation would be established in Venezuela. Jamaica Announces Revenue Surplus Kingston, Jamaica.--The Legisla-tive Council, opening its annual ses-| sion recently, was asked by Governor Stubbs to approve the Government's guarantee of a loan of $1,000,000 to j assist in the purchase of ships with ; a view to furthering co-operative mar-j keting of bananas in England. It is j believed, the Governor said, that the i scheme will insure better prices than I now obtained for the Jamaica pro-