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Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 27 Mar 1920, p. 1

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tiVys e ¥ BAT URDAY, MARCH 27. 1920. en mm en mm menmemmes lCodlflcatlon of Partnership | Laws Meets With No | | Disapproval | |1 M E J'ra('-m-nll_v all the lawyer members{ were in the House yesterday when Hon. W. E. Raney secured a sec-- s ;ond. reading of the bill which is to | codify the laws of partnership. In |reply to Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, i('onsorvative Leader, the Attorney-- |General explained that the bill con--| tained no amendments to the law, a and no objection was offered to it. _ _ R. L Brackin's bill to increase the exemption from garnishee from |$25 to $50 was also given second :rea.dim:. This bill, said Mr. Brackin, was simply bringing up the exemp-- 'tlon in accordance with the cost of living, to provide a greater protec-- tion for the family of the man 'wlmsa wages were garnisheed. He thought that the general principle | might be fought out in commit-- | tee. , | The Legislature will have a chance , to discuss the Kapuskasing report. [ probably, on Wednesday, Copies of the report were given to the mem-- | bers yesterday. Mr. Ferguson re-- quested that the Government bring : down as much other information as * [ it had. ' Dispensaries Pay Well. | Dr. Creeiman, President of the | Ontario Agricultural 'College, has not resigned, and has not been ask-- ed to resign, said Hon. Manning Do-- | herty in reply to a question. Neither had any member of the staff been asked to resign. The following offi-- l cers of the college had -- resigned:, % iI'rufossors of agriculture, horticul--| | ture and animal husbandry, demon--; strator in botany and lecturer in | | chemistry. I _ _Liqaor dispensaries have been pro-- |fitable for the Province. In reply \to Major J. C. Tolmie, Provincial £ |Secretary Hon,. H. C. 'Nixon .said !that the profits up to February 29] y 'last had been $536,800.40. There} * | was one wholesale and seven l'etaill | dispensaries in Ontario, he sAaid, and | 114 persons were employed in them.' |__Capt. Jos. Thompson (Northeast ! Toronto}) was informed that the] parole system was in force at 'l'm'(m-] to Jail Farm. | R. R.=oHall (Parry Sound), rising' on a point of privilege, replied to, Sir Adam Beck's statement con-- cerning him at Oshawa. He wishedi to restate, me said, that Hydro--ra--| dials would prove expensive and in| many cases unwarranted. That must| be the feeling of the electors, he, thought, because both Sir Adam andi 'Hun. I. B. Lucas of the Hydro Com--| mission had been defeated in thvg | elections. "I am sorry I hit Sir Adam | where I hit him before and he felt' lit," said 'Mr. Hall amid laughter. , I E. | k * <ome @ wom. w w w m m k. |

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