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s' During discussion of the school es--| »itlmmes in the Legislature last nighti W. F. Nickle, Conservative member for Kingston, brought to ine atten--, ;'tion of the Minister of Fducation the rpamphlet issued recently by Bishop tFallon of London, regarding the al-- leged injustice of Roman Catholic} |representation on Boards of Educa-- tion. Mr. Nickle said this pamphlet set forth that, in an interview, thel Attorney--General had said it was 'a rank injustice, that this practice' 'should be continued. Mr. Nickle]| |wanted to know if thne Minicter had | lany !'ght to shed on what stops tne| (iovernment proposed to take to re--| move this alleged injustice. | Raney Denies Statement. | QUESTION FOR COURTS Hon. R. H. Grant replied that he was priesent at the interview ir:' question. "'The Attorney--General has denied making the statement, and I was present and did not hear him make the statement," said the Minister. He went on to say that the Government had given "no con-- sideration yvet in reference to what should be done in connection with the trouble that has arisen: between representatives on High School Boards, and I do not know whether or not anything can be considered lat this session, and whether any 'changes can be made." | __Mr. Grant said he did not know whether Bishop Fallon. in reference to this matter, expressed the opinion of his own people or not. Coming to the question again. Mr. Nickle said that if a satisfactory working out of the general high school system must be achieved it appeared to be advisable that every effort should be made to secure the Lhea.m)y co--operation of those who did not profess to be Protestants, and if Bishop Fallon expressed -- correctly ithe 'feeling of his people, it would 'not seem amiss that some effort 'should be made to allay any irrita-- 'tion; so that a Province--wide feeling of good fellowshin might be ob-- | tained. | '.\Ijght Improve Conditions. \| \ _ "I therefore urge upon the Minis-i ter that the Government give some iattention to the problem. If there 'is hardship in Bishop Fallon's dis-- \trict, some attention might be given Ito it in an effort to improve condi-- | tions." | l Mr. Grant replied that this was one of the questions he expected @would be dealt with before another session of the Legislature. The rep-- resentatives of the separate schools had made certain claims before the Government, and the Government 'had announced what it was prepared 'to do; it considered it a case for the courts to interpret. Perhaps when the courts had considered and dealt with the question the Govern-- ment might be prepared to consider the problenmu . F. Nickle Asks About Roman Catholics' School Complaints Theat the Government expects to obtain 7,500 tons of peat from the Prowincial nga-t experimenting plant this year, and hopes that the amount will yeach _ 10,000 ton%l was_ the statement of Hon, Harry Milis, Min-- eR s TL C 0C o tes tWn m © Saner en of [atement of Hon, Harry Mills, in% ister of Mines, in the course n?. lHiscussion on the sstimates in -- M V _ 7_ s IAhiur this morning. q 1gCupowvnu CH _"""a usw thigs IJouwse at an early hour this morning. PEAT. I _ The charter for the railway was, 'gmnted originally many years ago, \ and only recently the time was ex-- | tendod, but the Premier's announce-- ; ment indicates the charter will not | be renewed. Mr. Ferguson said that he had looked over the ground during the time of the former Gov-- ernment, with a view to a o%'mpre- hensive development, and asked if the Government had that in mind. The Premier said all that could be done at present was to take over the present line, and await the re-- port of the T. & N.O. Commission re-- garding extengion. ' The question was brought up by an inquiry on the part of Hog. G. Howard Ferguson, and Mr. Drury said the Government had taken the initial steps by refusing to renew \the charter of the old railway. The policy, he said, was to take over the ' present 17 miles and serve the lecal needs, and go on with oextongions as it should appear opportune, and iwhcn the report of the T. & N.O. Commisgion was received. Premier Introduces Revamp-- _ ed Measure on Question | of Levels The line led up toward valuable hardwood progerties. the Premier explained. Thére was an abundance of water power and many gites for mills, The development of the whole area reached by the reilway as at present constituted, and as it might be projected, was in contemplation, the Premier said. Regarding an extensgsion of the T. & N.0O. into Quebec around Timiskam-- ing, the Premier said it would not pay unless the rogd got the haulage of lumber from Quebesc side of the border, Extengion merely to the border of Quehbec would not pay, in the opinion of the T. & N.0O. Com-- mission, Province Takes Over Bruce Mines Railway, Says Premier REPORT BEING MADE Premier Drury told the Legislaturo yesterday that the Timiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway Commis-- sion had been instructed to make a report, not only on the present sys-- tem of the, North Shore & Lake Huron Railway (the Bruce Mines line), but also on 'the feasibility of extending it northward. 1