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/ ht 4 amenape. -- M F es * 'A~ Lo rf"'.l!."f' _-' \\ j l P % * Dals, l youe | | 3 | : # + * k = 'Committee Raises it to 2C , So Mr..Lucas Says, and Com C Wiles i S : j | iles in : mittee Backs Him , Cities and 25 in | Up | Country & | | e We oi trine aeutec es meng > | Toronto was told very plainly yes-- j Motorists in the Province will D« 'terdav by /the Attorney--Generil, jJubilant at the action of the Muni k 'Hon 'I B. Lucas, that it must get cipal Committee of the Legislaturt | its private bills before the Legisla-- yesterday. After a short, but stren 't,ure earlier in the session and not uous fight, the committee reporto« wait until the closing days to do favorably upon & clause in amend so The members of the ments to the Motor Vehicles Ac q Pz:ivate Bills Committee, or' permitting motor cars to be drivei £ at least the majority of them, | at a speed of 20 miles an hour it & backed him up in this As a result cities, town and villages, instead 0o: a bill which was before the Private 15 as at present, and at 25 miles ar £ Bills Committee, and which was of bour in the country, instead of 2( d a contentious character, was thrown . as at present. The fight was largely out. The Attorney--General made it between the rural and urban mem:-- f clear that his ruling applied not bers, although there were a -- few only to this particurar bill, but to all bolters from the formgr class,, who Toronto legislation. owning cars of their%own, backed | _ The bill, which was killed, was up the request to permit motors tc x one which Major R. G. Geary, Cor-- be driven at a faster rate of speedl. poration Counsel, explained, was in-- It was stated cars are now driven tended to clarify legislation passed over the 15 and 20--mile limit, and last session, permitting the Ontario it only makes hypocrites of people. Railway and Municipal Board to The clause permitting the cars to impose a fine of $1,000 a day on thei be driven faster in urban centres Toronto Railway Company for non-- | was passed by 19 to 17, and to per-- compliance with its order in placing mit them to be driven at 25 miles additional cars in the service. The in the country, was passed by 20 3 P company had received from -- the to 16. Privy Council fhe right to appeal The committee killed a -- clause k3 against this law, and he did not wish which proposed to make it impos-- to have that interfered Vylth. | sible for a person to be convicted $ The officials of the city and the ot'.m'\ offence under the act upon ithe } Toronto Railway Company were l{n- opinion of a single witness asy to * ing up for a big fight on the bill, the rate of speed. Another -- bill when Mr. Lucas, as C_halrman, read amending the Motor Vehicles Act his lecture to the city, and as a which was reported, provides that ' | preliminary asked.the committse if every motor vehicle shall be, equip-- it desired to consider such import-- ped with a noise muffler; also that G ant legislation two days before the every motor vehicle used for _ com-- € Legislature closed. There was a mercial purposes must be equipped chorus of "no's" and the matter with a mirror. -- * | ended. Opponents to the higher rate of | «_ on mm mm mmmmemera speed intimated they would fight | the clause when the bill comes up * ' | in the House. : | femnmtontntmacoececmmnmmntentencemente f \ | I | \ MEDICAL BILL _ lNo Explanation Given tol . | House ny Premier | Hearst | 1 | | SBitetls oo it i orvemrnrerentmets | 3 'There is to be no reorganization' * | of the Ontario Medical Council this year. Last week Sir William Hearst I |\ introduced in the Legislature a bill t 5¥ | + - irespecting the practise of medlcmel l | | and surgery, which provided for a | certain amount of Government con-- ' : trol ever the Council, and gave the f |Council wider powers of discipline. 5 The Prime Minister last night with-- ¢ drew the bill without offering any «4 explanation. -- | 3 _ However, certain clauses having a i1 do with the disciplinary powers § of the Council will be taken from ~-- | the bill and inserted in the Statute E. Law Amendment Act. These will p E) include power to be given the Coun-- & s cil to suspend a member for a cer-- ¢ k tain time instead of removing his $' name from the register. ? zen f ','* * > | '\m & ! l:, ' ;', o | ~st R > P E4 : Yedi s % -.l.-r '-r f P# . sc o 4 ,,;.» A'. e 0 + . : A+ * ; & s f § $ ; mc ts f a