Mr. E. A.@
LANCASTER (Lincoln and Nia gara) moved for leave to introduce Bill (No 88) to amend the Railway Act, 1903. He said : The object of the Bill, shortly stated, is to restore the law to what it was up to last session in regard to the filling and packing of frogs, guard-rails and switches on railways for the protection of the men working them. The law up to last year was that the Railway Committee of the Privy Council could dispense with the packing during the months from December to April. Last year, in some way, before the Railway Act was finally passed, the section was amended so as to give the Railway Commission power to dispense with this entirely. The object of this Bill is to provide that the Railway Commission may have power to dispense with the packing during the time provided for in the old law, but not to virtually render the section nugatory. The object, in fact, is to make the law what it was up to last session.