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Mr. Studholme said that child Ia.. Ibor was not dealt with in the mat- ters which could be regulated by order in Council. in "I object to so much being done by order in Council," declared Mr. Proudfoot. He believed the mem- bers of the House should have an opportunity of saying what the regu- lations should be. He doubted it even some of the members or the Executive Council would know what the regulations were when passed, and he was sure the members of the House would not. Mr. Proudtodt remarked that children are employed right along {n 6|... 11.,, A2,:- in the flax fields: - 77 "U--- _----., "I know they do that, and they do it in factories too," added Mr. conditions in the camps, the season during which employment in a camp may be permitted and the hours of labor of women and girls; the proper supervision of a camp, including physical and moral protection for women and girls employed therein; the location, drainage and arrange- ment of a camp; provisions for a suitable supply of food and pure water; and washing facilities and bedding. ' Give Members a "Say." no person shall contract for the em- ployment of, or employ women or girls in any occupation, who, during their employment lodge in a camp, until a permit has been obtained from the department; the act further provides that such permit shall be conditional upon compliance with the regulations which. are to be passed by order in Council. These regulations which the Government The purpose of the amendments is to extend the present inspection in factories and shops to camps, particularly those on flax farms. Another clause provides that Liberals in the Legislature yester- day objected strongly to the Govern- ment doing so much business by order in Council. The Opposition Leader, Mr. Proudfoot, led in the protest, backed by the other Liberals in the House. Mr. Allan Studholme. the East Hamilton Labor member, also Joined in the protest. The ob- Jection was raised when the amend- ments to the "Factory, Shop and Office Building Act," a Government measure, were being discussed in committee. Bill to Establish Rural Com- munity Halls Advanced a Stage THE FACTORY ACT Too Much Business Done by Orders in Council is Their , Complaint PROTEST MADE BY LIBERALS SATT'RDAY. MARC? to deal with sanitary Mr. Z. Mageau (Sturgeon Falls) will inquire of the Government next week on what basis as to price liquor has been sold by the vendors under the O.T.A. to drugglsts and the general public; also the amount ot the license fee which vendors un- der the O.T.A. have to pay. Mr. G. C. Hurdman's bill to amend the Public Health Act, which would enable a municipality to establish a public abattoir and enforce the in.. spection ot all meat sold in the muni- cipality, was Withdrawn by the Ot.. tawa member at the request of the Provincial Secretary. Mr. McPher- son said that he thought it would be inadvisable that any restrictions of the kind provided in the act should be placed on the food supply at the present time. Under the pres- ent law there had been no case ot hardship experienced, and no dis- astrous results had been caused. A Toronto bill to amend the Muni- cipal Act was sent on to the Muni- cipal Committee. The feature of the hill was to change the hour for nominees for municipal office quali- tying from nine o'clock in the even- ing on the day following the nomi- nation to five o'clock; and when a. Sunday or holiday intervenes from nine o'clock until noon of the suc- ceeding day. The other clauses of the bill sent on to the committee included one bringing under the heading of a public garage proper- ties used for storing cars or oil, etc. The only clause to which objection was taken by the Provincial Secre- tary was one that gives a municipal- ity power to remove obstructions in private property lying immediately adjacent to the highway in such a position as to lead the public to be- lieve it was part of the highway. Hurdman Withdraws Bill. Mr. Proudfoot has given notice that he will introduce a resolution to provide for preferential voting in elections to the Legislature' and municipal councils. Studholme. He urged that the Government take the responsibility of saying what age boys and girls should be before being employed in the camps. It was one of the most important bills before the House. A minimum wage clause should be m- serted too. The Government bill respecting the establishment of community halls in rural districts was advanced a stage. Hon. Mr. Ferguson intro- duced two bills, one to amend the "Northern and Northwesteern On- tario Development Act," and the other to amend "The Teachers' and Inspectors' Superannuation Act." Both were of a technical nature. An interesting bill, introduced from the Opposition side of the House, was to repeal the "Morttragors and Pur- chasers' Relief Act." Hon. Mr. Maediarmid promised that the matter would be taken under consideration. He thoughtthe officers of the department should study conditions before the regula- tions were passed. Then after being in force one year the regulations could be brought before the Legisia- ture at a future date. Mr. J. A. Calder (North Oxford) said that most of the flax pulling was done by Indians. who worked in spurts. He thought it would be dit- tlcult to regulate their hours of work. The only way would be to forbid child labor in the camps alto- gether. V The bill was carried. Community Halls Bill. 1 {HST