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Authority sought by the Depart- HOUSE ti TOLD tnent of )tttitiv'zptil Affairs to pa;" tlltoll the tiuulifiaiions of municipal _ t'll'l'ks and 1teasutotu before their itppointnw'nl was refined tt-stt'ttla) Revenue for the Year I h) the Lop,islitiuic Municipal Law . l Committee. ," Ending March 3l, 1940, l, Tlu: committee approved the de- . W Hi h i pttrtt'nr'nt'x "'t'onyy"uditil?u imitttr- Establishes Ne g , in; ntunit ipul auditot~ to hf? WWW" "" who are lirvttsrvl by the depattment. FREIGHT INCREASES With protet-tixe amendment: it al,o :tpplnvf'd (1%"le which requited ------"" -__ muviripulil to V't'tllf' the approval An inctvuw of "1an than 5'10"."th of the Mumctpal Boutd of t)}'-lit'\\'> in net profits of 'l'rtuGliaminp. and rr,ttirtiiw. the um of land and build- Northern Ontario Ratttua} tot line this. A. J. B. Gray. hiet ~upeivt~or fiscal year curhtitt Mutt-h CII, 1040, of the (lf'pultmt'ltl. mid the Mft'l-lOlt' compared "lift the |)l('\50UV tear. provided a slt'P in it po~ttt\e ditcc. was shoun in the annual report tron toward town platinum. tabled in the Ontario Legislature this afternoon by Ptrutntual Set-re- tary Harrs Nixon. Net profit for the fiscal year end- ing Mart-h Ill. 1940. "as SLILrU'IQ. compared wttlt $841,702. The rom- mission reported operating reve- nues of $k5A57.400, an increase of ' 3416.149. and operating expenses of _ $3,748.T28, an increase of $111,101. The report noted an operating ratio of 68.69 per cent in 1040 com- pared to 72.15 in 1039. Operating Chu penses increased 3.0.") per rent and operating revenues h} 21Cy, per , cent. j ' "The not profit of 81.134.719 t'e- ' --.-i.---- mains after payment ol lllH'lt'sl on . ihond issut' and t'Ullt'ttl hunk loan M.L.A. Denies Hepburn 18nd represenn~ van-inn; at the rate q . . iof 3.82 per rent on the S"tic.'ir.l"r5, Disciplines Followers invested by the Pltnlllt'f' in this --_ property," tho repntt statml. Most notable ft-tttute in ttuffsc REFUTES C H A RG E was tho increase in the inovementi --l--l--- ofnfreight.' starting about Sept. l.: Denying the allegation of Hon. . t1,fo'9i.acrtnt1.ti1t,s,""2.rtoe outbreak George S. Henry that followers of loadinnvlz $.32"; /."cd,"l"fs 1'" bu". Premier Hepburn are disciplined if mum/3;"! him" ',%l"d/). um cr, they vote against any measure sup- C' . ported hv the Government. J. J. A decline was noted in pa~songr~r , .: . . 7 . . . . _ ... Glass tLib., St. Andrewn. said that )fl7riifiJn'"i'ottl"'d1't11i,"it.1: J2"," there had been very few occasions PU "shng 1rrfstr'rli'rts' .. . '_. traffic may he expected m continue of diffucntc- of opinion in lite The onlv thing that ran he done will" ot the Governmcnt's support- about it is to redure the pa~senger Crs. lit-"stated .tltttt the prone of train mileage M far M m" h lv the Pimtnto who.le.-hea.r.letill sup- be done without J; .- l , Tk', ported the financial policy of the people of reasonabl fl'1l.Ye' the Government and that the present The subsidiarv Vii TJ'H(LC . Government was one of the best Railwav rurm'n". j):,')'"',),','?.),',",?. friends the municipalities have ever ." . ' ' "' . ' had. l formerlv Swasti "sit, . ~z . , . l had a tfet tit? 'ft/li)'; tnda, 9W" Mr. Glass launched into an attack l .9.r " ' ' " for the "al. on A H Acres Conservative mem- I .The report noted that the opera- b I . .C l t. h h 11 d t ting revenues of 55.451400 e~tahlish- ert ll tl arte on, l l' 'i, a each ' ed a new high. During the )ear the was; I]? .[tmero . l,. ouseh y current hank loan "m tedueed bv con nun tet era tannin lS Pf,ef es. 3525.000 lo gym" and debentures He used the words dishonest" and of 8111,000 due on Feb. I. 1940. wens 'unjustined in his remarks. and paid nit. making a total tir+t roduc. Hon. Leopold Macaulay. Acting Lead- tion for the Wm. of $Cl6.om er for the Opposition, asked the Total of iridiit traffit' 'ii.'.2,' 1496 , Speaker to have Mr. Glass retract. 248 tons in we year mid" review; ! iMr. Glass attempted toexplam. but and total number of pas~ettsers earl' (Mr Macaulay tw1ee again arose and tied was 368749. siiiJii/e' of pas i the Speaker directed that the re- senger trains was 4139.813 and of; mark be withdrawn. . freight trains 648,095. 1 that the people of the Province 5 find the Government sadly lacking in leadership was the contention of - R. D. Arnott icon., Hastings West.)