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Acting as Administrator of vesterday officially opened the Legislature, amid all the pomp fhe formal commencement of Sir Fe b. 11. William Mulock Formally Open the Province of Ontario. Sir William Mulock third session of the Eighteenth Provincial and ceremony that characterizes annually _ law--making |activities in Queen's Park. i /mj OLl pomp and splendor. For two hours and more before the salute of fiftsen guns outside heralded the arrival of the Administrator and his guard from the General Staif, the galleries and seats on the floor of the House rapidly filled with the fairest of Ontario's womanhood, gaily ar-- rayed in formal evening gowns of every hue. A few minutes before the hour appointed for Sir William's ar-- rival, the wives of the Cabinet Min-- isters were escorted to their seats by . their husbands, and, Just before hi.-;] arrival, Premier George 5. Henry went to the doorway to escort Mrs.' A. E. Kirkpatrick, the Administrator's daughter, to her place of heonor near-- | est the dais. For the first time in many a long year the formal bows were mads and the Speech from the Throne handed to the Prime Minister by one other than _ Colonel Alexander Fraser, AD.C. This ceremonial was carried out this year by -- Colonel William filllfload;s, who, wltahA%)lonel W. Pate OCk, acted as C, preceding the Adm injatkye a .0 e n > -- S D TWO NEW MEMBERS ARE INTRODUCED Speech From Throne Enumerates Legislative Program, Much --of Which Already Was Assembly Session _ FOrmally Opened By Administrator 4 o re c a s t--Brilliant Scene at Inauguration of 1932 Session ie The Speech' from the Throne proved to be rather an innocuous document, with no legislation her-- alded which had not already beer | forecast. Bills to provide for : modified moratorium, to amend the _' Old Age Pensions Act, to amalgamate the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board with the Bureau of Municipal Affairs, and to make the Dominion Industrial Disputes Act operative in Ontario, were the chief legislative items of interest. Speech From the Throne. +« In part, the Speech read: -- -- "Through the co--operation of th Federal and Provincial Governmen with the municipal authorities, a con-- "In view of the negotiations for the proposed seaway treaty, the Federal and the Provincial authorities hav conferred upon the appropriate divi-- sion of the cost, as between naviga-- tion and power development, of th international section of the St. Law rence River. J in -- {ness i ul o. o _ PrZ "VZ s CHC --~Oorgd Battery, under Major D. H. Mackay, The guard of honor, stationed out-- _side the entrance to the great build-- ing. was from the Royal Canadian Regiment, and was under Lieutenant A. C. McAgy. Received by Speaker. The arrival of the Administrator was the signal for all in the great Chamber to rise, and for the buzz of conversation between the guests to come to a sudden halt. Sir William, was received at the dais by Hon. T. Ashmore Kidd, the Speaker of the House, and on taking his seat he bade the assembled company be seated. A feature of the opening proceed-- ings was the introduction, to take their seats--which were, perforce, such merely in name, owing to the huge concourse in the Chamber--of the two new members of the Legis-- lature: Arthur C. Burt (Conservative, Norfolk) and D. Paul Munro (Lib eral, South Wellington). derable measure of relief has been w»Iir William had been escorted to th> Parliament Buildings by a detach-- ment of the Roval Canadian Dra-- goons, headed by Lieutenant Churehin was fired by Sir William lllustrations show, at upon his arrival at the the escort and guard Buildings. his apmiqa; pf NIONUI ~NUNCHL, and is giving special atten« i _his arrival, the salute tion to the grading and marketing of four guns of the 53rd a number of important farm products. Major D. H. Mackay. It is gratifying to note that cold stor-- honor, stationed out-- age and central packing plants are nce to the great build-- being increased. the Royal Canadian "By utilizing the flow of the Otta-- was under Lieutenant wa River at Chats Falls, the Hydro-- Electric Power Commission has se-- caker cured an important addition to its P * 3P generating facilities, second only in of the Administrator extent to the great Niagara develop-- for all in the great ment. Special interest attaches to e, and for the buzz of this work by reason of its interprovin-- etween the guests to cigj character, which necessitated co-- len halt. Sir William; operation between the Governments t the dais by Hon. T-} of Ontario and Quebec, and probably _the Speaker of the will be the forerunner of further joint . aking hiskseat he bade undertakings. amna n t F P VCCIO. U : at the lef tario Legislature Bui uildings, At of honor for Sir Willizam as T i tvatatintinitisascthste d 2i3 RC veloped by the Department of ture. The Ontario Marketin recently created, has organ Fruit and Vegetable Growers' "While agricu maintained at a c_i:-fl return was Extended to persons expérie.Cing hardship on account of the prevailhs inemployment. This relief has taken in the main the form of opportuni-- ties for work, but it has been neces-- sary also to provide funds for direct relief. Owing to the favorable condi-- tions, much progress was made in the construction of the trans--Canada highway, and other road improve-- ments. "While agricultural production was "Satisfactory ©xtended liiuam as he took the general salute the right, the official party inspecting the Administrator in front of the W _at a high level, the finan-- was much below normal. of usefulness are being de-- the Department of Agricul-- Ontario Marketing Board, organized the Markets