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Premier Drury Promises Gov-- MARCH 5&0 i9fi ernment Legislation on ry* % J '\' Lt * # # SATURDAY, MA Electric Extension cnnnesen vmnrammmenemenensnsoremipinenaermmennt arereter mm m n rne wum, on comner orvaer evormmer mm snecmnnememni n amege: peouy mm arsnntorneven. j N ns ; Twice during the Legislature's de-- ONE Bl liberations yesterday Hon. G. H. Fer-- I guson sought to ascertain from the -- Ministers what the Government pro-- f posed in the way of Hydro legisla-- tion. On the first occasion Premier Drury replied that the Hydro Iegis-] yeme uen en lation would be forthcoming early: ¢ to next week, and on the second the | HOW Mr. Raney PI'OpOSeS Attorney--General, in the absence ot'i 4 » Premier Drury, said he did not feel | Man Crown Attorney S at liberty to state what the intention s % was in the matter of extension of Offlce Hydro to rural districts. Hon. Mr. Ferguson suggested that wmentcmmmememmemess Stectmmecmece it was now but three weeks to Easter APPO'NT and House members hoped the ses-- | GOVERNMENT TO sion woulid be concluded by that ,' .. 'date. . "Judging from the progress | # , of the past week or so," replied the Attorney--General Raney's bill to Prime Minister, "we may get through | > create the office of Crown Attorney by Easter, 1922." The Premier stat-- " i Carle a ty was|. * ed that there was a Marriage Act for Toronto and York count: yet to come before the House and discussed at length in Committee of several other unimportant mea-- the Whole at the Legislature .\'GSYN'": % sures. day, but was finally laid over for full| t anm discussion of the subject of salaries | 4 to be paid. During the deliberations| SPLIT YORK TOWNSHIP Hon. W. E. Raney intimated that: the intention was to have two as-- | lNTO T"'O SEmONS <| sistant attorneys in addition to th('| | senior Crown Attorney. s ' Sm in ame i rmnentte cage s ¢ | Aside from Hon. G. H. Ferguson's| PRIVATE -- BILLs COMMITTEE reiteration of opinion that the $7,500 ; VOTES IN FavoR op I salary was insufficient for the senior i } post, the only objection taken to the DIVIsTON * | | measure as drafted was that of A. FH | |C. Lewis, Northeast Toronto, who The Private Bills Committee of the | thought the senior Crown Attorney i lal o s -- t 4 'Shuutld have the duty of picking the Lee.xs';atu'r"e voted 15 to 3 3e§terda5 | two assistants. He -- argued that ; morning to split York township into! suckp an arrangement would place two sections, a rural and an urban . him under full responsibility. As the| one. The bill, which was introduced | ropos: ow stands the three ap--| . by J. W. Cur Southeast T proposal now st | ry, oronto, pointments are to be made by the | makessit;le dividing lines the Law. t oy--G al. rence eroad and M . he a .\t.\f;'r"m};' (}{(.mlggi'lart and other mem-! nue, which is 2:'6 mi:le(s:Dno(':Ifiluo:vs.;. > bers. expressed their disapproval nfl Clair avenue. The residents of the Major Lewis' suggestion. The gen -- northern section are to vote on the cral feeling of the H'nu'g was tP}:fl' ; ques'tic?tn tOf Wl;,elthe!' 't;leykwant a it was cssential to the" successful Separate township, to be nown as | operation of the new system to have | North York township. |the Attorney--General appoint the Prominent among the deputations | two assistants. that appeared for and against --the | Funbemmesiesremmmmeommmemententommee | | bill .was Hon. G. g. Henry, who opposed it on the ground that legis-- lation which he is bringing in will solve the difficulties much _ better than the proposed division of the -- township. J. H. Spence, solicitor for |' . * York township, in opposing the bill, said that if the rural section lacked s representatives in Council the resi-- dents alone were to blame, because they did not put up any candidates. Others who appeared before the committee were ex--Mayor Thomas Urquhart, Wm. Hill, ex--M.P.P., 4 Deputy -- Reeve McDona.ld. John Beakey and Deputy Reeve Graham. #