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MIRRIEAEHIL is m 0 c oc «: o en March 30 FlElD IS FOUND 'Hepbum Announces House ) L # l roovnnemensace I to Divide Same Day on Secret Work Going On for | Power Bill Over Year Near Lakehead, He Tells House LEGISLATURE A C TIVE Votoing on three highly controver-- EXPECTS B'G |NDUSTRY slal issues before the Ontario Legis-- umm ~ on o mnmmmmmce lature was slated yesterday by + Discovery in the Steep Rock area, Premier Hepburn for Thursday, $ 1M miles west of the Lakehead, of when he deferred the final act on a vast area of hematite (iron» ore the sweepstakes motion to that that requires no beneficiation before marketing was claimed in the Legis-- date. lature yvesterday by Frank Spence, In addition to the vote on that Conservative member for Fort Wil-- non--party question which split party liam'; who hst_lw in 'dh" 'P;P"'fl"fl"_"r.\" lines in Monday's debate, votes will wor now eing conducte e TIrs c s definite step foward the greatest be taken on the bill to validate the development Northern Ontario will new Quebec power contracts and on ever witness. the motion to go into committee oft Mr. Spence told the House that supply., which s formally * extensive confirming diamond drill-- c':\'; .nr the B r(r;ar:c dr' r'nal. the Ing, both deep and shallow, had f fige! uebate. been done by the interests backing The time of the voting was set the discovery, and crossed the after David A. Croll, Windsor-- Chamber to present Premier Hep-- Walkerville, announced _ to the burn with a 12--pound sample of the House that he would be unable to ore recovered. the first sample, he attend today's sitting, and in order said, to be exhibited since the find that there might be no misunder-- was made. standing of his absence in event of a vote being called, he stated he was Scrrft MWork Going on. f supporting the Government on the We have alwn,\"s been f'nnf'n'den' Budget and Hydro contract issues, up where I live," he said, "that and that he was in favor of the somewhere on the Canadian side sweepstakes motion. % of the lake hematite would be found Premier Hepburn then stated he Secret work, fully financed, has would be pleased to hold voting on been going on for the last year and all three over until Thursday a half. This is no promotion. They *' have all the money they need and the company is all--Canadian." Subsequently, the Fort William » member expressed the opinion that the area now being delimited was a continuation of the great Messab: iron range in the United States that had been responsible for the de-- velopment of such great cities as Duluth, and the establishment of the mighty mid--Western steel in-- dustry. "Once this industry gets in full swing up there," he said,| "the North is bound to go ahead by leaps and bounds." Adequate Roads Called For. Mr. Spence envisioned what such * an industry would mean to On-- tario, Canada and the British Em-- pire, if the present war clouds were to deluge them with another catas-- > trophe such as 1914--1918. But in * order to make full use of its po-- tentialities, the present trans--Can-- ada highway and other arterial roads would have to be completed. Adequate roads, he said, would also tend to uncover other new natural resources and would be required, additionally, for the transport of troops if troops were ever needed | here. ; Mr. Spence reiterated his demand for an investigation of the recent | financial collapse of Lake Sulphite, Ltd., and challenged Charles W. Cox, former Cabinet Minister, and member for Port Arthur (who was absent) to rise before the budget debate concluded and state his po--| sition on the highly controversial , issue. ' "'The people want reassurance : that everything with the project 'was all right and above board. They've got to get that assurance or they may lose confidence in our Northern developments," he said.