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"I desire to commend the marked interest you have shown in every ef- fort to increase industrIgzl and, com- mercial activities in the Province. The financial provision you have Lmade for carrying on various emerg- "During the session now drawing to a close your attention has been di- rected to many measures of a far- reaching and important nature. Much consideration has been given to the changes resulting from the termination of the war, with-a view to meeting the altered conditions by which we as a people are con- fronted. _ His Honor in his address review- ed the legislation that had been adopted, speaking as follows: When the House opened there were scarcely a dozen members present, including but one Liberal, F. Wel- lington Hay. However, before the proceedings were finished a dozen more trauntered in, H. Hartley De- wart and G. C. Hurdman further representing the Liberals. In ad- dition there were about a. score and a half of ladies, wives and friends of the members, present on the Boot' of the House. Review of the Session. nessed the tinal session, which last- ed twenty minutes, was Sir Cunning- ham Green, the British Ambassador to Japan. The honored diplomat, his wife and daughter sat in. seats beside the Prime Minister, Sir Wil- liam Hearst. Two weeks ago Sir Cunningham left Japan on route to the ,Motherland, having concluded his six years of service in the Orient. While in the city he and his family are guests at Government House. R. C. D.'s as Escort. A detachment ot the Royal Cana- dian Dragoons provided the travel- ling escort. the Garrison Battalion furnished a. guard of honor, and the band of the same regiment played the National Anthem as the Gov- ernment House party entered the Parliament Buildings. The custom- ary salute boomed out Just as the House opened. Ontario's Legislative cham:ber will remain silent for another year. The fifth session of the fourteenth Legis- lature was prorogued yesterday by his Honor the Lieutenant-Governor. Sir John Hendrle. The closing cere- monies were in marked contrast to the opening. Instead of a crowded tioor of the House and thronged galleries there was a bare quorum of members present, and less than fifty people witnessed the termina- tion of the session. When the As- sistant Clerk had concluded reading the bills that had been enacted try the House, and his Honor had read his Address, the Provincial Secre- tary, Hon. W. D. McPherson, form- ally announced that the House was prorogued. - Sir John Hendrie in Speech Reviews Work of. Session Only a Quorum of Members Present at Closing Exercises LEGISLATURE IS PROROGUED BRITISH AMBASSADOR ritt,Pgyisted visitor who wit- FRIDAY, Jriiiiii] _ Wi, 1919 "Amendments have been made to the Workmen's Compensation Act, extending its Usefulness and widow ing its scope. You have provided for the payment of full medical aid to industrial workers and have brought clerical staffs under the op- eration of the act. Substantial in- creases have been made in the sums payable to families. which have lost their bread-winners, and in other "Rural conditions in the Province will have much to do with the thr. ture of agriculture. Therefore the provision you have made for road building, enhancing as it will the comfort and prosperity of our farm workers, is highly commendable. I observe with satisfaction that you have given sympathetic consider- ation to the proposals for the devcl- opment of community life in rural districts by extending financial 'r?ttu'-. sistance for the establishment cf community halls. Generous assist. antie has also been given to agricul- tural education and for the demon- stration of. scientific ".sthods, of farming throughout the Province. "In order that industrial workers may be given a direct voice. in the Government, and that their inter- ests may be more closely looked uf.. tor, provision has been made for the appointment of a Minister of Labor, who will, when an opportune. time arrives, take over the administration of the Labor Department already or- ganized, and will represent in the Cabinet the industrial portion of the community. The welfare of the State calls for the co-operation of Labor and Capital on a basis of mu- tual understanding and ttood-will, and the public will welcome every means of promotintrthat desirable object. ' fl "An important change has been made. in our Parliamentary institu- tions Iry conferring on women the right to sit in the Legislature. I am coritident that the growing in.. nuentuy of women will promote the welfare of the State. Temperance Referendum. "In pursuance of the undertak- ing given when the Ontario Temper- ance Act was adopted, provision has been made for an early reference of that measure to the people. Gene electors will be given an opportun- ity to register their will as to the continuance of the act, and on oth- er proposals which are in the public mind. It is earnestly to be hoped that a full and explicit declaration from the people will-be elicited on rlhe questions submitted, so that the policy of the, Province may by com- mon consent be firmly established. imrar undertakings by my Govern- ment will, I am confident, be of ma- terial help in this connection. .. You have aided in relieving the situation by the expeditious enactment of the Housing Act, which is designed to insure employment for labor, and at the same time will, I trust, pro- vide a means for bringing about the solution of the housing problem. "You are to be congratulated up- on the adoption of several import- ant educational measures. framed to keep the Province of Ontario in the front rank among progressive communities. Additional facilities for vocational and industrial train- ing for girls and boys beyond the stage of elementary instruction have been provided by the Adolescent Act, and thereby an epoch in our educational advancement has.been marked. The act to. consolidate rural schools and the act to insure the attendance of all pupils in ele- mentary schools will confer lasting beneti.ta upon the youth of the land. By the increased grants in aid of rural and technical education you have helped materially to strengthen and to extend our educational facili- ties in. their essential features.