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daturgdy--~fes /47p Amendment to Jurors Act Proposes Advance in Age Limit QUIET DAY IN HOUSE -- SEES VARIOUS BILLS ADVANCED A STAGE REPORT ON NEW K.C.'S The Ontario Legislature made a quiet day of it yesterday, with half the benches unoccupied, with the legislative grist mill turning slowly, and with only a few Government answers to Opposi-- tion interrogations to indicate that the House can get into a talkative mood if 1t wants to. Of the various bills advanced a stage toward enactment, Fred G. McBrien's amendment to the Municipal Act--an old friend, in new garments, the well-- known aud contentious Hawkers, Ped-- dlers and Transient Traders Act with the hawkers and peddlers, end of it nbandoned and contentiousness pre-- shmed removed--got second reading, t only after Proemier Ferguson had ex-- alned that there was still some oppo-- s@tion to it, and that it had better go tip Municipal Committee for consider-- ition. nother Bill Stands Over. Another bill on which Mr. McBrien tsked second reading--a bill whick '*Fould amend the Assessment Act so as to deal with roadway facilities in North 'Foronto--was stood over on the sug-- Had had a habit of bringing in general legislation to suit a particular locality. 'The Government would consider this bhill, said Mr. Ferguson, and if it was found to be essentially a private bill, it should not be allowed to embarrass other municipalities, but should be add-- ed to the City of Toronto's bill. stion of the Prime Minister, who ppointed out that many municipalities Four Government orders--an act to amend the Provincial Aid tp Drainage Act; an act to amend the Land Titles Act; an act to amend the Planning and evelopment Act; and an act to amend the Jurors Act--were passed by com-- mittee of the House. Some discussion arose over the Jurors Act amendment, when Attorney--Gen-- cral Price stated that some Judges were opposed to the principle in the bill of raising the age limit of a juror from 60 to 65. On the other hand, he said, many Judges favored the idea. o. 'Hon. H. C. Nixon (Progressive, Brant County) took the opposite view, arguing that the raise in age was a good sug-- gestion--that men at 65 years were just as capable of decision from a juror's standpoint as any man of 60. Pointing to his group Leader, John G. Leth-- bridge, he said: "No one in this House would suggest for a moment that my honorable friend here is incapable of sitting on a Jury." | --_. _ hob _ Aurelien Belanger (Liberal, Russell) claimed there was no urgency -- that there were plenty of jurors. _ & d ¢t A Saturrdd y -- Fes. /67 by the Government as King's Counsel-- lors in 1928, 167 of whom had accepted the ir1onor extended and .received pat-- ents. Hon. George S. Henry, Minister of Highways, tcld D. M. Ross (Progres-- sive, North Oxford) that $23,8650 was paid out to townships for weed--cutting under the Highway Improvement Act, ' last year--and $24,856 to conuties; that the cost of cutting on Provincial high-- ' gf;'ifidurmg the same period was $111,-- Jaturcddy Les /467p North York M.P.P. Rises in | _ House Not to Condemn, But to Correct "Bo I suppose the member for North "Victoria wants to repudiate it," inter-- | Jected Premier Ferguson, laughing. | Mr. Pearson had another report to | refer to, one contained in The Tele-- 'gram's night edition of last Wednes-- 'day. Mr. Ferguson, on that afternoon, ! replying to remarks about the Ottawa ( Government, had said: "They are in a | different position at Ottawa than we 'are. They are afraid down there; we're inot" The Telegram report had attribe uted to the Premier the following state= ment: "Whatever was done at OttaW2. I cannot help. They are tight down | there." o i o t GOMEDY OF ERRORS FOLLOWS CENSURE OF REPORT IN STAR Several people in his audience imag-- ined that he was going to bring before the House another glaring misstatement in The Star. For in The Star's noon edition yesterday its report of that Thursday night session told the public that it was Hon. W. D. Black, Speaker of the Assembly, who had ordered Mr. Pearson to retract a statement, whereas it was Hon. Joseph E. Thompson, who, in the absence of Mr. Black, occupied the Speaker's chair. _ : REMARKS MISCONSTRUED And in remedying this error the name of Hon. Mr. Black was chiselled out of the report. So the 5 o'clock edition read: "Speaker: Mr. Pearson you must accept the member's denial.". This re-- port was also further interesting be-- cause, according to House procedurse, members are not referred to by name, but according to their ridings. _ _ The Ontario Legislature did not have to label any newspaper report as "false, slanderous and injurious'" at yesterday's session, but it listened and laughed as its attention was directed to obvious and amusing errors in press chronicles of its proceedings. Just before the Orders of the Day yesterday, P. W. Pearson, Liberal M.P.P. for North York, rose to bring to the attention of the House some newspaper reports. He reminded the members of The Star affair and of their condemna-- tion. He wished to draw attention to a report of proceedings in the House on Thursday evening, and particularly of his own speech. But no, this was not what Mr. Pear-- son hbad to bring to the attention of the House. Rather, he referred to a report in The Globe. In two leading articles in the issue he had been promi-- nently and correctly referred to as the Liberal member from North York, but in a later paragraph in one of those articles after his name appeared in brackets, "Progressive, North Victoria." Premier Laughs. UAPUAC. Mr. Pearson read this to the HouSé¢, and members burst into roats of laugh-- ter. Mr. Pearson suggested that such a report was "most improper." . Mr. Ferguson, smiling, pointed out that the report was an obvious eNTON} that his remarks had been misconstrued. s "Then," said Mr. Pearson, taking it that the word "tight" referred to the imbibition of liquids of alcoholic con-- tent, rather than the administration of pecuniary -- resources, "YOUu gidn't sayl they were drunk?"! .,., y __ 5