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PAGE Sf! "thronw, March 16, 1924. It. was a big \\ cvk in the Legis.a- Lure. With a strong hand at the‘ helm, the ship of stats) makes ovary port pretty well on time. In ntlier words, the business of the House is being expeditml by a leadership which fur somu years it has. lackml. \Vithout the siglitcst alvsirv to at- tempt to curb {1'ch spwch or L’XDI‘O‘S- sion of npinicm. the ani-nmvnt new-rihao-ss swims tn 2mg“. i‘i"hi ahead “ith thn businvss uf tho. Pr0\'iiim-. Monday and \Vwino-sday saw a raft of bills advanced. 'l‘lms- day was devoted to tho Ontario 'I‘c-mpcrunce Act, 192-4. or in other words the bill providing for a pleb- iscite on the 031‘ .A.. by way of im- ;-.!on1¢»ixti’ng the Prime; Minister‘s plmlgi- in Opposition. vim Thursday the me-t of the §oâ€"called Gregory fiommissxon, appomted to inquire mm hydro. was tabled. and mom.- bm's 0f the House discussed It; all alto-rmwn and nyeunug Without hind- mnvv. though It is doubtful if they \wx-n at. ‘nll in order. Friday after- lltmll. as. usual. was devoted to I‘ou- tum husnm-ss. ml'hv humurV [{vpmt VVas perhaps lhv out5tanding feature. The per- 3012110] of Hip conmlissi;0n-â€"-\\. D. fire-gm"), 3!..1. Harwv, Llon Hatris. III "’3‘.” V . .Il. {nanny-3 , “nu; v -- --v.. . - J. A. Boss and R. A. Rossâ€"-havo been regardoird. by reason of earlier utter- anres and actions. as Opponents of public mynership. and recognized friends of the hydro project have never had any hesitation in charging that the Drury Government intended to "get" Sir Adam Beck and the en- terprise itself. just as attempt. was made by the timber probe to “get“ Hon. t}. H. Ferguson. The failure has been just as pronounced. When the new (ilc'n'ernment came in it in- structed the Gregory Commission. then a year and a half in operation. to report the facts it found. and the Government would undertake. to formulate its own po.icies. As a result, the report. though contain- ing a few left-handed compliments to the. chairman. and critical as to relaticms between the. Ontario Gov- ernment. and the Ontario Hydro. Commission. is a complete \'imlica-â€"' tion of the latter body and the hy- dro project. Premier Ferguson. In a carefully prepared summary or the general tindings. dec.ared them “a monument to public ownership. and the greatest tribute chr paid a public man in this country." As to the tJhippawaâ€"â€"Queenston develop- ment. which the commission was primarily designed to investigate, most of the war-time costs over esâ€" timates is justitied. The commission in so many words declares public mvnership in Ontario Vindicated, bruises the work of the hydro enâ€" ;Iineers. and extols the chairman for the tight he has put. up on behalf of the. people's po\\‘er project. No won- «ler Conservative members got up and made jubilant tattle speeclws. recalling: the. origin of the project. under Sir James. \\'hitney. and the consistent support atl'ordwl by their party all through. -h“-_4_‘ Nuthinf: morn nlnqurnt ruulil in“ said abuul. thp Pl'fl‘lft of thn Import, upun thv group “improsvnting the late (icv\‘m'xinwiil." than the fact that Hun. Manning Dohi-rty said all he had in say in lil'tiwu minute‘s. In his rvmarks was inrfuilml a statemvnt that lhv rupnrt was “the greatest inmsl public ownership cwr gut in this pruvinro.” So anxinus was the vx-minislvr tn rlimb on thv baud- \\'agnn that. h» lll‘Clfll'Cd himself a public uwnvrship man. and the Drury ("iox'vrnnwnl a l'rivni'l of hydro. Latmnw. S. Ham-y. UH! brilliant young nwnilwr for West Lambion. suggvsloil that. Col. Carmichael. l'or- mar hydrn wmmissimwr. and Mr. holwrty. nnw that the "dishmwsly nI‘ inull’irivnry" allvgml by the for- mer twn yvars ago has been dis- prown. might do \wll lu carry nut uni) of the. l'umlammlafis of public life and risv in say thoy were in er- ror. W. E. N. Sinclaiu. Liberal lvailcr. also got in line by ilrrlaring his party lwhinil hyclrn and public nwnvrship. It, was a grvat day for llyclrn and Sir Adam Burk. The ().'l‘..\. plebisi'ito‘ bill got sec-l nncl reading after midnight of 'l‘iii~sâ€"' day. following lengthy debate, " inl which members for once devoted lhenuehes to the features of the : amending: bill itself. rather than the '; t).'l‘..\. tlul. Carmichael {1... 1“.(_).. Centre lire)" . moved an amendment ralling; on the Government to show proM’ of a popular call for a vote. and also providing for a submis- sion to the courts of the constitu- tionality of the bil."~ but this was ruled out. Hon. Manning Di'iherty‘s anwndment for the “six months‘ hoist" was put to the House. but was . supported only by l_'.F.(). members . and was lost by a vote Of 80 to 11. ‘ The motion for second reading car- ried. 67 to 2'3. Liberals voting with the U.I°‘i’).. One Labor member, Peter Heenan. voted with the Gov- ernment. and his colleague. Callan. of Rainy River. with the Opposition. The Government had some difficulty in hammering it into the heads of the hon. members opposite that the bill was purer an enabling measure and that the Government. when and if convinced that sufficient public desire was manifested 'for a vote. would take the responsibility of framing the questions for a pleb- iscite. Should they frame theSe wrong. Premier Ferguson pointed out, the Government itself must chiefl suffer. A curious feature of the ehate is that some Liberalsi representing “wet” constituencies, 4 1 obtaining the public will} in regard to the O.T.A.. When the plebiscite hill came to commnttee stage, next, day. these Liberals lettered various suggestions, and J. A. Pmard (01.3.3. wa East), declared he would bring in a bill to permlt salve/or five per Sidelights On The Legislature cent. beer which. of course. will be ny-way of amendment to the Ontario Temperance Act itself. Hon. W. E. Raney was on the job as usual with a batch of proposed amendments, 31 of which were 1030 Or ruled out of order. The bill was reported by Committee of the Whole without amendment. The Prime Minister made an in- formal statement on Monday regard- ing forthcoming Government legis- lation not yet on the order paper. One hill. to abolish municipal bonus- es. with the single exception of fixed assessments in certain cases, was later in the week introduced. {)lhers are bills by Hon. James Lyons to prevent export of hardwood in the. log and to take measures for obtaining revenue from summer re- sorts in unorganized territory. A hotel bill is coming down: some adâ€" ditions to the Highway Act; a secur- ities bill to take the place of Mir. Raney‘s “blue sky" lawâ€"never pro- claimed, and a _bill in connection with rurzn power service. P1 eliminarv to \\ hat will no doubt mow contrm ersial logislati011.in (~.-.onn1-1tion \xith the church union bill. a largo. deputation of Toronto cl1~1 gy 1‘1‘p1osenting Methodist, l’roshx torian and Congregational (lonominations. mot members of the Houso in tho Public Accounts Room on Friday afternoon and presented tho: argument for union. The billv. of which (3. R. McKeown (Com. Duf- fo-rin . is sponsor. has not yet come buforc tho privato bills committoc. and J. A. McCaiisland. M.L..-\.. Tor- onto. said that the “antis” should! also be hoard before tho committeo stago was roachod. Rev. Dr. S. D. Chown. Rev. Dr. ammo. and Rev. (imrgn Pidgotm. wore spokosmon for tho- clologa-tion. which was intro- ulncml by Hon. Thomas Crawford. The latter had no hesitation in exâ€" prossing himsolt’ personally in favor of organic union. but Hon. W. H. Price. roprosonting the Cabinet, said it would not bv wise for tho. Govern- mont to take any stand. since it was dosirahlc that mcmhors should vote according to thoir own \‘iC\\'S upon ! the: merits of the hill. AN INVESTIGATION DBMANDBD (Tim Farmers" Sun.) Tim revelations made before the lmgislaturo by Hon. \V. H. Price on \\’milnos«lay in regard to the pur- ('hasi- of succession duty-free bonds .vavo a painful inmrossion, but the final ,imlgmont must bo (Inferred un- til all the facts and circumstances :l‘izm- bmm brought to light by a full and impartial invostigaticm. That Him-v must bo such an investigation goons without saying. for charges so s111i1111s. both on tho surface and in “1111111 unax 111111111111 implications, can- not 1111 “must aside as more part} p11"ili1$ MI‘.P1'1C1‘ has [1121110 state- n111nts whicn. if 1111 can substantiate 11111n1.\\ill 11111\"111 tho. former Pro- vincial Treasurer 1111111111 111 sorions incapacitx (11' 1-11' son111thing of a 1:1"1a\11'cha1'act111. Mr. Smith, in an intmx iow. has (1111213111111 1111 courts an imostigation. H11 is not in the H11ns11 111 111'11s11nt such a demand for himsoll. 11111 his 1'111'n1111 (111l11agucs 5111111111 at 11111 1_1:n'li11st. possihh1 moâ€" n111nt. insist 11111111 having the whoic matter aired. IIIGULD W- atuiiK'I’I-ice has chargml, in effect» is that a company which had no permanent plac‘e of abode - A__..‘_-‘A m... ..., ..-.---_-_---- , and apparently no real corporate} existence was permitted to act as an intermediary in the purchase of duty-free. bonds. and that it was able. after buying them at current rates, to sell them to the Govern- ment at an increase of ten to fifteen points. The ‘most astounding state- ment in connection with these transactions is that while the Government. through the Bank of Montreal. was buying up bOnds in the ordinary way for sinking fund purposes, the Province was buying other bonds of the same issues at a substantially higher price. _‘I___- How it was possible for traders to unload upon the Province here bonds at prices ten to fifteen per cent. above those at which its own agents in London were buying is something that calls for a good deal of explaining. Interviews by Hon. Mr. Drury. Mr. Doherty and Mr. Raney indicate that the policy of buying in duty-free bonds was en- dorsed by the Government. but. that they had absolutely no know- ledge 01‘ the manner in which the policy was carried out. It was done as a matter of departmental adminâ€" istration. and it is from the former Treasurer and the ofi‘icialls of the Department an explanation must PARIS has just given us the first inklir pry styles will be. Pictured here you sec tion trimmed off with petals of velourâ€"the of Marguerite 0t Leonne’s staff of Pasisian modish and pleasing to the eye, don‘t you t be Sought. When I was ten and you were eight, Two years between us stood. We used to meet at daddy’s gate, A stolen kiss was good. \Vhen I \'as twenty. quite a boy. You still were my heart’s queen; But grown at kissing somewhat coy; You see. you‘re quite sixteen. When I was thirty, bronzed and tall, With 5\\'m-thearts. too, aâ€"plenty, I met you at the Wilson ballâ€"â€" You told mo you were twenty. 1111 101111 NOW. :1 little moreâ€"â€" 011.1im11.311u ruthless bandit: ’11t Vimâ€"10111111 only twenty-fourâ€" ] cannot understand it. ARITHMETIC SOMR CURIOUS OBSERVATIONS ON THE NUMBER SEVEN It appears that the figure seven is : the most remarkabe figure of the . ten. Even from the commencement of the world and up lo the present time during the period of 7’s the, ‘ greatest events have occurred. . Great statesmen and men of notorâ€" . iety have been born and passed « away, nations have risen. emperors . have fallen, states have run their ' whole existence during this period. ‘ After the world was created. God rested on the seventh day. Accord- ing to the ancient teachings of Hy- pocrates a child receives its first set of teeth in the seventh month, and changes them in the seventh year. Noah when he had the ark built waited for seven days on the flood and he took with him seven persons, and of all! clean anmals seven pair; the second dove flew from the ark on the seventh day, and in seven more days Noah opened the ark; on the twentieth and sev- enth day the ark rested on Mount Arrarat, and in the second month on the twentieth and seventh day the earth was dry. Of the ten rom- mandments that. Moses received, seven were to God’s humanity; La- ban nursed Jacob seven days; Jacob served seven years for Rachael, his \vife;Joseph mourned seven days ' for Jacob; Pharaoh in his dreams saw seven years of abundance and seven years of starvation. We see further that the Israelites were or- dered to hold a feast in the seventh , month for seven days; the seven times seven jubilee, which is as yet, a aw among the Romans; in the sev- enth year the laws of Israel were read to the people; God threatened inkling of what the Spring Millinâ€" I see a charming little straw creaâ€" 'â€"the original design and product isian millinei‘y artists. Rather you think? Sale of Hardware Two ThouSand Dollars ($2,000.00) GET YOUR SHARE A few examples mentioned below will convince you: The above only'goes f0 show that if you shop here we will save you money. We w111 also give 10% Off everything else 1n the store, including: The House of Quality Hardware. Sale Opens March 14th and Closes March 22nd We find we have an overstock all through the store and .have decided to make a reduction of 10 5:0 60 Watt Guaranteed for Six Months Short Globe Lanterns Stoves, Ranges, Paint, Varnish, meare, Granileware, Cross-cut Saws, Axes, Electric Washers, Etc. SALE TERMS CASH Guaranteed Only one dozen to go at Electric Globes 3 for $1.00 One Extra Free Ironing Boards The Best Made Regular pric- $3.50 Special $22.50 4. .3453? 89c. Stock Reducing J. II. HARDING to punish them seven times, and ac- cording to their flaws a man must forgive his brother seven times, but Christ says seventy timesseven. At the destruction of Jericho seven lpriests carried seven trumpets for seven days, and Went seven days aroundthe wall and the seventh day she came in. the seventh year of her reign; Naaman washed seven times in the waters of Jordon. Solomon was seven years building the temple, 3 burnt seven lights upon the altar and held a feast for seven days. Elisha sent his servant seven times to look for the cloud. Nebuehad- nezzer ate grass for seven years. We are taught that Christ was seven hours on the cross, and appeared seven times after his resurrection, and in seven times seven days after . his resurrection he ascended into 100 lb. Flour Cans Regular $3.50. Special 2.75 50 lb. Cans Regular $2.75 for $2.00 Toilet Paper 14 Quart Tin Pails Sale Price 500. Regular price 75c. Good Sized Rolls 4 for 250. «A’fi heaveil and sent the H02] , with his sevenj‘lgly gifts. 5 GhOSt MORE GEORGE UNION An Irishman wgnt mto a church and fell asleep: 'lhe sexton aroused him and togd' hlm he was closing up, _“ ..- -‘ -_ 0's ,, "'W‘hét do you Irishman. “The closes,” _ V ”V'- “‘I‘This is not the. cathedral.“ said the sexton. “T 1118 IS a Presbyterian churchf’ _ . The Irishman looked around him On the walls were paintings of U”; Apostles. “Isn’t that St. Luke over limp-w he inquired. “It is,” said the sexton. _ “And St. Mark just beyond him?" “Yes.” “And St. Thomas further on?" “Yes.” “Tell me,” he said, “sinm: win.” did they all beWm'izms-I“ The scipntific name for lazin..<,- is ergophobla, butflthys won‘t scax-u the lazy people.â€"â€"W1ch1ta Beacon. International Poultry Food Large size package, reg. 7 5c. Sale Price 55c. Try it and get more eggs. Any quantity at l C Thursday, larch 20, 1924. All Colors. Regular 3 Sale Price 60c. SAP SPILES Alabastine Regular 3c each 1.1 “" you mean?‘ said u ‘ l ‘The cathedral how? 5c. DES. JAMIBSON JAMIESON Office and I‘OSidt‘Iu'v u \h‘ :- t ‘. 3 cc east Of tlw Ila-Hm 31%-. I Lambton StrC‘CL l.l\\\'o‘t‘ 11“““4. g,‘ Ofi'icc and l"(‘$idt'["v. Countess and 1’3“}!th : LatQ Assistant “mm malmxc Hnslnml. ling" GONE!) $Qllal‘t‘.'l‘llz‘c.:it :2 and ano. Hfl'im» Owen Sound. c. G. AND BESSIE McGle }~:,r. Chiropractors, Durh am, 0 ,1 L . ‘_ The Science that INN» r. . ‘ and years in Mr. «1m.» 3.3x: hDurham 'l‘xugsda}.s. 1 r. _, Saturdays. .- . ‘ â€"M w- DR. W. C. Pththhu, UL Office. own-.1. .i, ”1):. Durham, (hum-m. J. F. GRANT. D. D. 8.. L I’IOHOI‘ (:l'alhliflwl HIM“. \ 1 auto, Graduatn Hmul ting; Surchns Hf Hntm'm. 1).; 3‘1 its ln‘anV‘H'F‘, ‘qu- n 'rnwn’g .IMVOHM'V Hum TOW “I“; MIDDEBBRO'. spnnnmn 2x MIDDLBBRO‘ Barristers, Solicitors. ".c. Successors tn ,\, it, Curwy, MP. C. C. 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