PARLIAMENT AT WORK

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 268, 6 August 1920, Page 8

PARLIAMENT AT WORK

BEBATE ON LIQUOR QUESTION LICENSING REFORM & LICENSE : FEES Tiffi AMENDED MASSEURS BILL --* ! ' 'TRo"lr6iißo of Representatives devoted most of a short 6ittlng jesterday to discussion-of a State Control of Liaenses Bill, introduced l>jr Mt. E. M'Callum. The Bill, though not presented in ft form in which it could be placed on the Statute Book, provided the opportunity for !i general discussion on the licensing question, and the prohibitionists and their opponents in the House joined issue heartily. A. feature of the debate was a general demand for the increado of license fees, and thoir graduation so as to differentiate between large hotels and small ones. There was much argument as to whether or not prohibition haa prohibited fti no-license districts. M inisters did not enter the debate. The Bill was rend a second time and 6et down for committal six weeks hence. The -weekly budget of Ministers' an swora to questions was circulated during 'tho'afternoon, and a few questions without notice were asked. The Masseurs ..-Registration Bill returned from a committee in a much v modified form. The portions of tho Bill relating to chiropractors and other ""fancy" bealers havo 'been deleted, and tho Bill Is bow merely ft measure for the registration of qualified masseurs. Tho House rose at 'J,30 p.m., tlie Prime Minister remarking, that n heavy day was provable to-day, when the consideration ■of the Estimates will ■iiegin. -■■ '■' v. i '