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fi--------w---ww--'*--v' h + \\M\ua\'\_' 2d ' 's Hurl t _--_ _ MP.P.'s Hur Taunts ' waneine ommmnrienioencerinemnaine O Liberals Gibe at Leader-- at--Large Rowe; Chal-- : lies and Macaulay Get \ ' Into Fight Recalling memories of the days k. when Premier Hepburn was la-- | belled "leader--at--large" by the Con-- l servative Government of the day, | Attorney--General Roebuck yester--| r day singled o ut Cnnsm'\'zni\'eE I Leader Earl Rowe for attack on the | power question. | . The Conservative group came | senmmsea se geremimiw i | immediately to the defense of the TOI'OflfO M L.A.'S to Seek absentee chieftain when the Attor-- . y ney--General accused him of pledg-- Compensahon for CI'l'y l ing the Conservative Party to a re-- in Caucus | newal of the Quebec contracts by * e k } "repudiating the repudiation." | George H. Chailies (Con., Gren-- HUNTER A C RITIC ville--Dundas), former Provincial ooeerenreeedreadrensracrmermmenge Secretary, took issue with Mr. Roe-- P buck when the latter charged that _Into party caucus next Wednes--| if elected to office Mr. Rowe had day the Toronto Liberal members * said he would restore the Quebec of the Legislature will, it is report» power contracts. ed, carry their recent fight against "Mr. Rowe said no such thing," the "}{epb'l.lrn Government's so--call-- retorted Mr. Challies. e(l' gt:ab of all Toron'j.o .mco'me "Then he won't re--establish the tfl'\l P{llsh u_n(lier'thde fl_'r.(;»mqal ld'(""- power Contracts?" asked the Attor-- ney--General. . iiling % s h 't" "No," said Mr. Challies. willingness to' compensate t e city Liberal members thereupon adequately for its loss of revenue. banged their desks and there were Liberal Supports Conservative. cries of "come over on this 51{"--';" That the Government's action is "What do you say about it? still resented by a number of its asked Acting Premier Nixon. s Toronto M.L.A. supporters was evi-- "I'm not saying," said Mr. Challies denced in the Legislature yester-- shortly. R day when Colonel Fraser Hunter, A little later Mr. Roebuck ridi-- D.S.0. (St. Patrick) outspokenly culed the rumor of a power short-- * supported Conservative criticism of age and charged the Opposition that action. The incident arose with insincerity for making this during Attorney--General Roebuck's accusation. s lengthy review of the Hydro situ-- "How can you charge us with in-- ation in the Niagara district. To-- 'sincerity when your own Prime ronto power consumers, said Mr | Minister, before he went away, Roebuck, had been saved $735,000 | publicly said he would look into by the Government's power policy, this power question himself?" de-- "but the municipal authorities," he manded Leopold Macaulay (Cons., said, "have -- screamed to high So'uth Y'ork). heaven at what they claim is a loss |, "That's the kind of a Leader we| in revenue of less than $500,000, re-- | have, "retorted the Attorney--Gen--| sulting from the policy of with-- _eral. "He doesn't take anybody's| ; holding income tax allowances." | word for things. And when he > "Are you aware?" interrupted W. 'looks into it and finds everything A. Baird (Cons., High Park), "that all right, I suppose my honorable the saving to Hydro consumers friend will take his word for it." does not affect the tax rate?" It And if it's all wrong?" queried was the effect of the income tax Mr, Macaulay. u policy upon the Toronto tax rate |__ "We'll fix it," quickly replied Mr. which had aroused the ire of the QRbell'Ck- is municipal authorities, he claimed. |_ "He'll fix you," remarked House Although Hydro bills might have Leader George Henry, amidst laugh-- been reduced, the tax rate, he add-- ter. ed, would be increased. . Definition of Toronto. * The Attorney--General rose to re-- ply, but Colonel Hunter beat him k to the draw. "I would like to back up the member who has just spoken," declared Colonel Hunter. '"You entirely neglect to under-- stand," he told Mr. Roebuck, "who is the City of Toronto. I want to s inform you that it consists of %&,00 taxpayers and 700,000 human beings who do not pay taxes." "I'm obliged to my friend for his \ information," Mr. Roebuck replied. '"'There are people in Toronto who don't pay taxes and who use HMy-- dro. I don't know of any one in i Toronto who doesn't use Hydro. § Maybe their Hydro bill is on a dif-- ; | ferent piece of paper than their in-- | come tax bill, but the fact remains that one dollar saved on' a bill is ( as good as a dollar saved on any other bill." & ¢