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SOY Toronto, Mar, 15, -- By a vote of 66 to 27, the legislature late last night terminated the budget de- 'bate and entered commijttee of sup- ply to consider the estimates for 1929, The division was called at 12.06 o'clock midnight, _ The amendment to the motion to into supply upon which the ouse voted was moved at the op- ening of the budget debate by R. F, Miller (Liberal, Haldimand), and read as folllows: "That this house condemns the extravagance of the government as evidenced by, the fact that the ex- . _ penditure for the fiscal year end- j October 31, 1928, is $2,120,~ 788.14 in excess of the expenditure of the fiscal year ending October 31, 1927, and $9,121,643.50 in ex~ cess of the expenditure of the fis- cal year ending October 31, 1923, notwithstanding pledges given to the people during the election cam- paign of 1923 and in this house at the first session thereatter, and recommends a complete survey of provincial taxation with a view to reducing taxation, eliminating double taxation and relieving the municipalities of a portion of their present heavy obligations due to provincial legislation," Triumph for Premier The feature of the day's debat- ing was the return of Premier Fer- guson following the fllness which has confined him to his home dur- ing the past ten days or more. Though his voice occasionally grew husky for a moment, tae premier terminated the debate in a speech which was declared to rank among the finest he has ever aenvered in the House. With flashing repar- tee he smothered the few interrup- tions that opposition members of- fered and when he sat aown the thunder of desk-pounding applause rollled from all parts of the house, The premier followed John Leth- bridge (Progressive ieuuer), who in turn followed W. E, N, Sinclair, Liberal leader. The three leaders all spoke during the evening ses- sion, During the afternoon the House heard L. W, Oke, (U.F.0,) Hast Lambton; Dr. Paul Poisson, (Conservative, North Essex), and W. G. Weichel (Conservative, North Waterloo), Defends Federal Budget At the outset of his address Mr, INGIAL BUDGET ADOPTED IN THE LEGISLATURE LAST NIGHT st of the Liberals Defeated By a Vote of 66 to After the. Leaders Had Spoken-- Sinclair Makes an Exhaustive Criticism of the ( W. E. N. Govern. Sinclair rallied to the defense of the federal budget which has fre- quently been attacked during the debate. "I propose to show," he said, "that year by year tne federal gov- ernment is reducing taxation and even doing that along win the tariff reductions wmich have been spoken of in this house. But in this house, year by year, the taxa- tion is increased, the debt in- creased and expenditures are in- creased. It is no wonder that hon- orable members want the King government abolished. They want a government at Ottawa which will incerase the debt and increase ex- penditures so that there will not be so striking a contrast between the way this government carries on business and the way business is done at Ottawa." Mr, Sinclair dluaetea with the declaration of the provincial treas- urer that he could still nave suown a surplus even if he had not re- ceived some $2,680,000 unexpected revenue, "Reduced to the words of the man on the street," Mr. Sinclair commented, "the honor- able treasurer admits spending $2. 680,000 that he did not need to spend." The Liberal leader term- ed such a policy "spendthrift fin- ancing," Liberal members rocked with laughter as their chieftain twitted Hon, George 8S. kenry, minister of public works and highways, who on Wednesday declared that the budg- et was compiled in a method simple enough to merit the descriptive phrase, **He who runs may read." "A fellow would have to do a whale of a lot of running to read the public accounts," Mr, Sinclair observed caustically, "He would have to run a long way,' smiled Hon, W, H, Price, at- torneygeneral, while Conservatives joined the Liberal laughter. "The only one I know of who does any running at all when he is thinking of public accounts," said Mr, Sinclair, "is the honorable treasurer. He thinks about them in the course of his walk around the block every morning." Later Mr, Sinclair suggested that the public acconuts should contain the names of all persons to whom money was paid and the names of all those who paid it, no matter THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1929 Et what thelt tion in the civil ser- vice. He itted that this would make the book even bulkier. Pointing out that there were 12 sub-departments of the government which were not self-sustaining, Mr, Sinclair alleged that funds collect- ed by the gasoline tax were divert- ed to these branches, "Therefore," he continued, "to my mind, the gasoline tax is unfair and dishon- est in that it is stated to the people that they are paying it to build highways, when all the time some of it is being paid out to these other departments." Appointment of K.C.'s There was considerable merri- ment on both sides of the house as Mr, Sinclair tilted with the cabinet ministers over the ap- pointment last summer of a couple of hundred king's counsellors, Mr. Sinclair criticized the government for charging a fee of $100 for each lawyer's patent. "We didn't raise the fee, pro- tested Hon, Mr. Price. "Why was it imposed at all?" asked Mr, Sinclair, "I never paid a cent for mine." "You'd better come then," shot back Mr, Price, 'You won't get it now--I've got the patent," said Mr, Sinclair. He read the opening phrases of the patent--"Reposing our trust in you and knowing your integ- rity--," The government said this only to the lawyers who had paid for it, he commented drily. Premier Ferguson explained that a large fee was paid for the K.C, in England, but Mr. Sinclair contended that the imposition was a "small" piece of business. "Were there any Grits among those appointed last year?" asked Hon, Harry C. Nixon (Progressive, Brant), 'Usually the Grits don't pay," returned Mr. Price, Mr, Sinclair advocated an inde- pendent audit by government-ap- pointed auditors. Referring to recent brokeragey failures, Mr, Sinclair advocated an independent audit by govern- ment-appointed auditors for all brokers' offices, He believed this was the only way in which the publi¢ could be protected. "There are many, many strong reputable brokers," he sald, "whom the public may repose confidence, I suppose that is why the public is led to repose its faith B all brokers, strong and other- wise," across Urges Audits Independent government audits were held on the books of trust companies, he contended, Why not on brokers? he asked. The attor- ney-general had gone part way in the matter but he felt that it should not be left, as the attor- ney-general proposed, to the ex- changes. Mr, Sinclair commented on C, accounts as recipient of $3,500 for "Nancy". Mr, Price: "Mr, Snider never received the money. It was turned into a fund, but the cheque was never cashed, Mr, Sinclair: "Here is another. 'Mounting moose head, $167. That's $7 more than the famous coal scuttle, And the running and H, J. Snider being entered in the | writing a book on the shiy J B-- DODD'S \ "KIDNEY z i} PILLS _ - ef rT 2 | (EE KAaCTr 'alt J ROYCM sth fl P%e lin 0 7: : ! Tid speech, I'm making mine now, It couldn't -be one, two, three to the melons cut when the brewery cheques come in, Let) us have franknses. Let us have reductions in rates instead of big surplus. The people will judge if they get the information. We have never received the information we ask since I have been a member Of this house. 'We get an annual re- port, meagre in words and con- tent. Your figures may be right-- we don't deny that. Itis more than that we want, We want to know what is going on." (OF = = Rodeo Champion Dies Burbank, Calif.--Clarence Sov- ern, 29, stunt cowboy of the mo- tion pictures and the _nolaer of rodeo championships, died 'here yesterday. "|BRITTEN SAYS BUDGET INDICATES . BRITAIN RETAINING NAVAL POSITION Washington, March 15.--Chalr- man Britten, of the House Naval Committee, said recently the Brit- {sh naval budget, in his opinion in- dicated that Great Britain proposed to maintain a navy equal to the combined sea forces of all other na- tions instead of pursuing its present policy of a navy equal to that of any two nations, The British budget, made public Friday In London, calls for naval expenditure of $280,000,000 this year, of which amount $48,000,000, Britten said, is "for the construc- tion of new warships, including five cruisers armed with eight-inch guns, These, hé said in a statement, were in addition to the eight cruis- ers now being built. . With the presentation of this an- nual appropriation bill, he added, "ijt is now quite evident that all the talk by high ranking English statesmen that Great Britain was slowing up her warship building program was only bait for Ameri- can internationalists and pacifists." Britten reviewed the British crui- ser tonnage, and said that "a care- ful study of these figures would show that England has abandoned her traditional policy of having a navy to equal any two on the seas, and has substituted the policy ot a royal fleet egual to the combined navies of the world." SERIOUS FLOODS IN WESTERN GERMANY Fields Submerged for Miles on End--Rivers Over- flow Berlin, Mar, 15.--Ice on the Elbe, the Weser, the Saale and oth- er rivers in western Germany is now moving out to the accompaniment of serious floods and great anxiety in riverside districts, The first serious inundations were reported from Dansenau in the Lahn Valley, which was half submerged for some time. Detachments of soldiers, fire bri. gades and local volunteers are work ing feverishly day and night in all these districts to protect property and provide outlets for the spring waters, It ig feared the streams of the Harz mountains and other cen- tral Germany hills would swell riv- ers so rapidly that all danger points cannot be protected. Near Kassel fields are submerged for miles on end and the local air- drome ig flooded and out of com- mission, Damage to property is al- ready great but there have been no casualties. Mexico's railways now have a total length of 13,187 miles. All From One Source of Supply Uninterrupted progress and econ- omy of operation result from securing. all your,Lumber from one dependable source of supply. We can take care of your require ments efficiently, economically and promptly. Oshawa Lumber Co. Limited 25 RITSON ROAD NORTH TELEPHONE 2821-2820 reading was in that too, The moose did the running before he was shot," Hydro Matters Mr, Sinclair thanked the hydro commission for the numerous ac- counts which are published from time to time and the report tabled every year, He reproved Hon, J. R, Cooke, cabinet member of the | commission, however, for showing Yes! And we mean every word of it. The following an. nouncement will back us up in this assertion. Now here are the facts: We have secured the exclusive rights to sell the high grade made to measure "King Clothes" in Oshawa, and to introduce these wei! known suits locally we are give ing these extra values, SATURDAY MARCH 16th Ty ABSOLUTELY FREE! Ys \ hydro matters, "He said in the house the other day that he would speak not as a member of the cabinet, but before he. went Jong it was easy to sec how his feeling lay." Mr, Sinclair declared, He deprecated the gov- ernment's attitude in refusing to answer certain questions filed by members as to hydro affairs. Every member of the house, he stated, is entitled to every bit of information available, ; A power line had been built from the Ottawa river to Leasido at a cost of $3,000,000, and im- mediately on completion of it the government decided to build an- other like it. "This ome carries three lines," he declared "What could occur to anyone is, why wasn't the first one built strong hi to carry the new wires 0," Mr. Finlayson: "That's the high- est tension line in the world," Mr, Sinclair: "I don't eare, I mean the towers, They could have built better than those skinny little towers. They could have read the farmers better, They cut down orchards, pull down fences. No railway in Canada would use the people of my section as the hydro, did. I'm sorry to mention this in the house, but I am com- pelled to do so, It's an old stock trick to say we always attack hydro when we try to offer a sug- gestion. This Consersative goy- ernment is mo friend of hydro. There is a good deal of sentiment on this matter. Lay all the ecards on the table instead of only the deuces and threes, Let us have all the information, The minister of power called our suggestions diatribes, I would call his address 'the annual chastisement by the minister of power of those who seek information of their own partisanship when he spoke on |B | | Made-to-Measure Suits | $25 Including Extra Pants NAUTILUS MIAMI BEACH." FLORIDA Ono of America's finest and most modern fireproof resort hotels, : An Unequalled Winter Playground 90 Acres of grounds in the center of all sport activities. Every known out-of-door sport and health.-giving re. creation undér ideal climatic ocomditioms, § Polo Fields - Buperd Tennis Courts 8 Excellent Golf Courses Bothing--Yachting--Motor Boating ; ; Fishing : i { mn the Zomtiug, are | A Special Representative Of "KING CLOTHES" will be with us for a few days and will give personal supervision to every order placed with us, thus assuring you of the best fit possible as well as rendering a un- ique service and complete satisfaction. A complete line of "KING CLOTHES?" featuring everything new this Spring, will be on display and you are cordially invited to come to this store and look over the values offered, choose a suit if you wish, but pay us a visit anyway. : . Collis & Sons } 50-54 King St. W. Phone 733w * Special Saturday } Men's and Boys' Rubbers : : ' Mr, Sinclair ssid that Hon, J. : R. Cooke had suggested "in the en s S$ an Xior face of the ides in the air of an promise a reduction in rates be- cause it would look like "bribery." i say that, I said you gentlemen : ® have that ides." : Cut Melon in Sou Mr. Sinclair: "I thank you for ; hd ; ally and generously given, You 1 (0) 18 ons suggested that there was a melo 4 ampton the other day--" election coming," he could not These Shoes have wear and appearance combined Mr, Cooke: Pardon me, I didn't your information as characteristic- ; to cut. You cut one up in South- 50-54 King Street West Phone 733-W Mr. Cooke: "May I--" Mr, Sinclair: "You made your §