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1*: _ .' 'ri':'!?,,,"" _". ' 136. advice or selection of the7 vats: dor." q ,' Close Season for We When Hon. Dr. Beaume's bill to amend the Ontario game and tutter- ies act was to be given its third read- ing, Mr. R. R. Gamer Manitoulin) asked it protection could not be giv- en to partridge. The Minister said 'the department was watching closely the amount of partridge reported in various districts, and instead of lim- iting the bag had taken the power of proclaiming a close season it thought} desirable. , Dr. Jessop (Lincoln) urged that! pheasants be allowed to be taken' only during the latter half of Novem- ber, not the whole month. Hon. Dr. Reaume intimated the Government's intention to deal with pheasants the same as with partridge. "Laundry Bill" Changed. Sir James Whitney's bill amending the Ontario factories act by placing stricter regulations on laundries was modified before being read the third time. As it stood. in every small laundry people would 'be prevented _ 's ;i'rom sleeping on the same floor as l N ithat on which the work is done. The _ J amendment removes this restriction N, from those iaundries employing not V more than five persons. The prohib- ition of laundering being done tn _ sleeping or living rooms of course re- mains. -,'. Other" hills which were given the third reading were Sir James Whit- l ney's. respecting the Toronto General N, "v, Hospital; Hon. Mr. Duff's. respecting veterinary surgeons (giving graduates ', of McGill and other univeraltietrequal standing with those of the Ontario Veterinary College; Mr. Preston's (Lanark). respecting the town of Smith's Falls, and Mr. Lennox's. to: incorporate the Toronto Interurbttn lRailway. -----------------. " l;