IMPORTANT READING MATTER SELECTED FROM THIS- WEEK'-S NEWS FOR THE GUlRD|lli’S SATURDAY 'SUBSCIHBEIYS
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_ iaowlorsd ro sou.-or. J. i-r, Gallant. son of Mr. Maurice' Gallant, New Acadia, has been promoted to me gulf of B_olnbardier.Bdr. Gallant_is st- _ oiled to the King's County Siege Art.
S. G. Corney, Bummerside received s telegram on Saturday informing him that his son pnivate Arthur H. -- Corney._Infantry. was officially re- ported admitted tg No. 4 Stationary H°lDll»ll. Argues, Dec. 10th. being
limit now in Searls I-vuuuaea in me nano, with siu-spuei.»
_lasssllos mom aov/li‘I1-v.-
l'~ J- HBKGI1. North Carleton, P. li. _l.,.has received through the Re iord- Omoo. Woolwich Dockyard. a _massage of sympathy from their Maj. asties The King and Queen on -the ieath of his son Private 'John 'rhom- li Hlzen of the Army Service Corps. Needless to say the message is high-
'y treasured by the bereaved psrents.' wsu the talented -player who abiy pre-
‘ MAIL CARRIER REMEMBERED -The residents of Milburn. Marie :nd Midgeil routes very kindly membered their mail carrier Mr William Robbins on New Years. when
they presented him with a na'ndsume.‘l°Y- by Nl" Gllliowlo. Secretary ,eg of d_,.|v|ng harness m am“.ecm_|°n Returned Soldiers' Commission. Hali- of his s`ervliceb". Needless--to'say Mlxlmx' *nm* 3"' "Ml" Name Glllli'
Robbins was pleased with the gift which was an evidence of the good-
`harsoi1 W s born at Carmarthern
Wa-1e,__M"-ch and 1335 ami |mm.|g',-,,¢. McKenzie, son of Mr. Angus McKen- ti _ ed witlrflier parents to this Province $519 Of Hill View who SP9” 9' sm" lmndmme P‘1l'59 Of IDOIIGY. The pastor,
feeling existing in his district.
COUNTY COURT..-~The Decem-
_her session of the County Court of t Kll1S'_s Collilty (F|fth'Circuit) was
had at Georgetown on Tuesday the centre of attraction among the lovers
19th instant. The docket was a large 3 one and occupied the attention of b the Court all day from 10 a. m. till 4 o'clock p. m. when the Court ad- °
Elle, versus Roach, in which Judg-
ment was _give‘n for the plaintiff. m
essrs S. S. l-lession. of Montague,
A. F-_ McQuaid, of Souris, weretho lawyers in' attendance. Z
urah ‘Farquharson whose death not- °'
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me W” '“m°“||°°d M°“_dllY.i*k°5 Pm” "on in eva,-y way ponibig in they given the pastor Rev. F .A. Hubley, of
resent crisis, and n fitting rcsoiu- the U. Baptist church. Montague. ou
this artsy;-i;ooh“’from her late res idence; |ll\ll1be‘r‘7 Prince Street at 3 Fi o'cioc_k _-_'to Bunbury Cemetery. The W late Mrs. Farquharson was the widow of Mr. -Henry Farquhanson who pre- f
shortly after the death of her son'. Mr.
March. She moved to one of her resi- `°
dences in fliarlottetown. Mrs. Farqu-
in 1840.\'l‘he late I-ion. Beniamln Rog
ers was a brother of the deceased. Glellflllllllll and 'Klllk°l'fl» l°°ll W9* °
There are left to mourn one daughter ll
Prince Street a d one sister Mrs. Tho- Wh°l'° he is 5"ll°ll°d *-0 me 72nd mas Fl-mel of éllmmsrslae ,Ml-. Gee. J. Q\\°°r1's Artillery B°¢t°ll°l1 Seyerol L Rogers is a nephew of the deceased. years ago young McKenzie save up the b
i teaching profession in his native Prov
ce and located in Alberta, where th” l`°°eiV°l`5-_B-
ings was held' last night in St. James' I
é- si ed st the organ so successfully and
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GURLING NOw.- The Charlotte o
lven full power to deal with" the mat- b
docaneimhdr some yea" ago and ner and to assure the government of a
chemo to a su
t ell and Wells. of Edmonton. Coin-
Further particulars to be sent when received.-X. l
PATRIOTIC CONCERT.-In the re-
Dort of the Patriotic Concert and, Pls Social in Fredericton Hall pnbdished s few days ago Mrs. Roderick Gillisl _should have' been' Mr. Roderick Gillis- and Miss Blackford should 'have read _ Miss Blackford. Miss Jeanette Mqbeod
to whom much credit is due.
THURSDAY
RETURNED HEROES:-The lol
lflwllls ¢°l°8ram was received yester
pie. Charlottetown.-The following men left Halifax this morning, Ptes.
. A. Alley and Donald Hume.- . B. McCoy. . _ ,
wn Curling Rink is again the
f the roaring game' and already a
umber of interesting matches have een' pulled off. The ice ie in excellent a
ndition and there is good promise E
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j°,m|ed_ The GMM contested can Wu of a season of more than ordinary at that of George Wightinan, of Monte- °nj°ym°m"
eeting of Victoria. Royal-Black Per-
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. D. Stewart. of Charlottetown. and ggnnry held °n Tuesday' °v°“i“5 last' J .
ame before' the Percertory and 'v/,as to
arried and acted upon‘ in hearty and th L0 -d I 1
The, mm-,ml M the ‘ate Mn_ Kat patriotic manner., The Percertory*“to 8 n °n olympic mem n 908'
:man expressed their willingness to sist the National Service commris
qu was carried to that eiiect. The S
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or i.ocAl. iN‘~r»snssr,- There
re so many Canadian runners in ngland_waiting to go to the front the present time that it is expected
that they will figure in the Powder
- he WCTOHM R' B' P'°" At B '°5“|'" Jan. 2. Ag last reports C. H. I-ieffron,
ll Marathon, which is scheduled for
om Longboat, A. E. Wood and D.
Corkery had made inquiries about
Johnny,Hayes in the Marathon at
A REAL SURPRISE PARTY was
aturday- eve'niug, Dec. 30th when,
orshipful Percertor and Scribe 'were' cold as it was, a number of the mem-
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ers assembled at the parsonage. After
social conversation, in behalf of the
si full accord in the mailer of as- church and con resatio incl dins
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_- - » sisting than in carrying -out the Georg9i0Wll and SUIYKBOD. Mr. F- A-
mman muquhamm WM ‘died 1°" ccessful end. Hewitt in well chosen words, delivered
presentation address, while' Mr. Jas.
E|Q1-|.|- |;|,5¢RU|-|-‘__s9¢-gent J_ 0_ Hewitt presented to the pastor a beau-
i f i l < l , lil r ough “smug r ends n Mm V ew ndeavoured to thank all concerned in
ful coon-coat, and to Mrs. Hubley a
behalf of Mrs. Hubley and himself
9 on Newgyemos Da fmm Ch,“ql:me_ making such a liberal gift, after which
er lie entered the 'law firm of Cogn-
e .National Service communication me even, He-“emu amend second
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The second of the serles of meet- lg
Church. Rev. R. G. Fulton, pastor W1
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of the First Methodist Church was the preacher. His subject. was “Mis-
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Ml” Ami, Fm-quhm-,,on_ number 7 town on his return to Kingston, Ont. fa
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sions." Tig word Mission, he said. f was insepera ly joined to Christianity B
ary religion. But the view of a W
world-widemission did not come to Jesus at the beginning of His work.
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attery. His brother Mr. John D. Mc- in
sumptuous lunch was served by the dies and the happy party broke up vin the astor much warmer in
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ody and heart. May God's kindest enediction re'st upon' the givers' and
IMPORTANT MEET|NG.- A
eting his law course in April he de- meeting of the citizens and household- ded upon going with the boys to the ers of Montague, was held Monday nt and enlisted in the above named aftemoon at.2 pc m. New Years Day,
the' Club R om, to discuss. and ad
two years Sergeant McKenzie present first fighting apparatus. lt was
the' eigth recruit from the small school found that the engine was not in work- at Glenfinnan where he spent his in'g order, until some few days ago
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and Christianity |, distinctly mgulon. Kenzie has lbeen at the front for nes; vise -the citizens the condition of the
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At ilrst"l-le' emphasised that I-le was not 'sentrbut to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. He was a most loyal Jesus, knowing that the reli- gious and national life of his Nation were lnseperably joined. One could not fall wlitliout the other. Because of this He pleaded first for the unity of _His people and worked for their salvation. But the time came when
Hi saw that His Mission was wider th n He first anticipated and with the coming of the Greeks He realised that when He would be lifted` upon the Cross He would draw all men unto Him. Mr. Fulton traced the history of the Christian Church and showed that in spite of barriers and hindran- ces, century after century saw the progress of the church. ` ln closing he emphasised the need of personal effort, that the advancement of the Kingdom is by the devotion and sacri- fice of its members.
Tonight's meeting is in St. Paul’s
Hall, the speaker -to' be Rev. J. D. McKenzie whose topic will be "Fami- ly Worship."
vll_u'il llllnusllfl nlscllrs llvlll llvlll All luwlls
stay hesdschy, constlpstcd, sick, '»-‘ with breath had and
stomach sour.
Get a 10-cent bonqow. You men and' women who can’t get
feeling right -- whohave. headache, coated tongue, bad taste 'and foul breath, nervous and upset. bothered with a sick, gsssy, disordered stomach. or_ have a bad cold.
' To you keeping your bowels clean wit Casoarsts, or merely forcing s passageway every few days with salts, cathartio pills or castor oil?
Casosrets work while you sleepl
cleanse the stomach, remove the sour. undlgested, tsriuenting food and foul gases; take the goesrbils from the liver and carry waste matter and pois- on in the bowels. \- '
A Cssoaret to-night will straighten
you out by moruingh-a ten-cont box from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweat. liver sud bovrls regul- ar,- and head oiesr for mont s. Don’t forget the ohild,rsu.‘ 'rbey love Cssear-»~ ets because tli tilts good _- novel
boyhood days. Gleniiunan hopes-to
Dec. 23rd received official notification from, Ottawa that his son No.. 117509
'Private Leslie Murray Robertson is H
reported dangerously wounded. The
es for over a year. _He was first
a second time shortly after and a.
mounted rides and afterwards trans-- f ferred to the Infantry and later, ow-
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is hoped his woundsmay not be as serious as at -first anticipated.
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L. 0. ‘:L.-» Avery interesting meet-
ing of Derry, L. 0. L., No. 1189, was held in their hall at Long Creek, on Wednesday evening last, This being the annual meeting, the reports of tho' different officers in charge of the work for the past year was submitted to the lodgle, which was very satisfac- tory, and showed Derry- Lodge to be in a flourishing condition, financially and otherwise. Several applications for membership was received at this meeting, and Derry Lodge enters upon
the new year withepright prospects of success under th management of the eiilcirefntstaif of oihcers which have been' elected for the ensuing year sa follows. N. M., Bro. Neill McDon- ald; D. M., John L. McKinnon;
Chag., Alex. Mckenzie (reeleoted): R. ec'y., Neil Bi. Mollschsrn; F. S., Duncan Dsrrsch; Tren., Duncan' Bu- channan (re-elected); D. of C., Ar- chie Mcbonaid; Seo’y., W. S. Mc- Neill; Br.-Com., A. A. Hmschern; Jr.~Com.. Donald McDougall, ll. D. McKinnon; Gordon Mcllaohern, Wm. R. McLesu.` Owing to several of the officers elect being on the sick list. the installation of the sbovd odlcers was postponed untl Milt ‘regular meetlul. on January ard, st which meeting it is expected s number of .candidates will be noeeived to mem-
_rlripb or 1 *~ - - bmlllp lu nw ouler.
H
ERUWN _ LIFE
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Combine prudence with patriotism by invcltiug your war loan dividend in a Crown Life Policy. ' ’1`i_ist’s good ssntimcutf and good
ut assi ysassns basl lsasssass fasts _
cssws' -Jn issssasol cs., _rsnssrs Moses wsngd la snnpvsssnapl districts H’
gram' was the selections by Miss Olga
on taken hold by some private in
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see tho day when the ills of wel- dividuals and overhauled, and fixed up, come will float over- the Patriotic and that there was no ilre brigade or- old school house-to greet the return ganization, and some new buckets, of its noble boys. ladders ,hose and etc where nee'ded_to
, make the equipment complete. Two
WOUNDEU 1°|~||qE5 1'|ME3_ ‘__ committees were appoli1ted,the first to
ML Allan 30|,”-¢wn_ 'ML 1-1095, on get togethera volunteer fire brigade.
he men on this committee are Mes-
W Ives Another committee was pointed to get information and
srs J. L. Younkor, J. R. Brehaut and
telegram received -said that nature of costs. of buying a gasoline erlziue to wound was not reported at No. 42 be attached to the fire engluo .HOW casualty section, Dec. 21, ms, but owned by the vlllsss for numbing the further particulars would be sent water instead of hand .D0W9l'. 8180 U16 inter. Private Robertson is u young cost of procuring a chemical r-maine. man of 21 years and an exceptionally and the advislbility of building tanks flne specimen of manhood tipping in different parts of the village, as res- the scales at 180 pounds. He enlisted Grvolrs to iltlllvh tho ellsllle in in 088° in Cgignry and went overseas _two of fire, occuring at a distance too far
year; agp und has been in the tpnch- gwa for connection to be made .with
P
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e river The men appointed on this
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wounded on Ypres on June 8rd and last committee are:-Messrs _Wi L.
le, Dr J. D Mclutyrejandllsanc
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thlird time as reported aibove. Ou Ives. There-will be a meeting called joining he was attached to the in the auditorium as\soon=as»the~ dif-
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rent committees goth the inforiulition equired, when a subscription :fund
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ing to his splendnid physique, was will be started, and it_‘ is hoped -that
put on a trench mortar gun. Private every citizen will be present and lend Robertson's home friends will walt all t e assistance in his power to help with anxiet for further news and it this worthy object.-B. _
MASON CELEBRATION ,AT
KEN8lNGTON..l~JThe Masons of >Keu'- sington celebrated St. John’s day-g by holding Divine service in the Presby- teria_n.Church. Rev. W. E. Johnson con- ducted the service ,assistedvenerable Archdeacon Watson Rev. W. Mcquar- rie of Bedeque delivered the sermon. A pleasing feature of the service was the singing by the' choir of fifteen male voices.A collection was taken up fu' aid of the Red Cross Association amount- ing to $16.00. After the service ,the Masons with their invited guests re- paired to their hall. where supper was served by the ladies of the Kensing- ton branch of the Women's Patriot- ic Association. The members of this brslfch are always ready to perform any service which will help to swell their monthly contribution to the pro- vinciad 'Red Cross fund. They have put up many suppors since their organi- sation, but this was the "best yet". Ater supper, and while seated in the spacious dining room on-the ground iloor ,the following program was car- ried out. Toast-"Our King"-God Save the King. Chorus--“O Canada". Toast-"Our Allies" Replied to by Rev. Arcbdesoon Watson. Violin Selection -lilo Olga Crosby. Reading-lliss Annie Nicholson. Solo-Miss Jennie Brown. Toast-Red Cross Society re- lied to»by John dll. Sinclair. Boto- xir. T. W. Bentley. Reading-Miss McKenzie. Toast--Our Lodges Replied to by Rev. W. McQnl.rrie. 'Solo-lisa Lens Nicholnbn. Violin -Selection- Miss Crosby. Toast-"Our Friends” re- plied to* by Dr. J. C. Houston and Rev.-W. ll. Johnson. Auld Lang 8yne,,
ent solos and resdingrwere excelent and allied- forth encores in every one the most thrilling feature of the pro-
Crosby of Capo Traverse on her vio- lin with piano accompaniment by har mother llrs lid. Crosby, Caps Trav- erse. The audience would keep call- ing for more, and every selection seam- ed to be more delightful as she very generously responded. Surely Miss Crosby his omhrined herself in the hearts of the music loving people of Kcssinstoo. who wil took forward
with the pleasant anticipation of sed- iag sad hearing her again.--K. - . __
God IIN the Kihl. While the differ-_L
are flying st hslfstaif on the City
Geo e Gaudin who was rominent
FLAGS HALF-8TAFF.- The flag! 4-L L I . -
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I-lsli and the Odd Fellows Hall .out of _ ----.___ ' "_‘ _ -
respect to the memory of the late Mr. . - _ ‘f _ _‘,_ '
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member of the Fire Department and
:_ mgch esteemed member of the I. 0.
TO JOIN THE NAVY.~'l‘lie lol- _ -' ~ `
bortson, Wallace Rose and Walter i \.-\
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lowing young men left yesterday for _ ;v‘ ` ‘ __ _ _ _ _ .- g Halifax having ‘been accepted for ser- ‘ ‘ ` -'
vice in the Navy. Messrs. John Ro-
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later transferred to the 8th Brigade,
gade Sergeant Major. “Larry's many friends here will be pleased to hear of his promotion. ‘
VICE-CONSUL T0 ACT.--During
the absence of U. S. Consul Pierce in Wlbllillstou. the Vice Consul Dr. C L. Strickland will assume charge of
parties needingthe services of the C°nll\1l“l° ill lilly WHY may be assured of courteous and competent treat-
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The third of the' series of the week °l Drlyer” meetings was held ln sl. PB\l_l’s Schoolroom last evening the attendance being so large as to na. cessitate chairs being placed in the aisles. The preacher was Rev. D. McKenzie, pastor of Zion Cl\'ll'Cl1» whose address on “Religion "1 U19 1401119" Was heard with inter-`
erence for authority, generally, such as disrespect for parents' on the part
. a e ag
ainst the' home.
There must -be' inculcated in the
ideas. and settled morall principles in
bei impossible with such-a varied pro- gramme. suffice it to say that the school chiildren from youngest kinder- gartener to most senior people did well-fully mentioning the prolonged applause received from the amused -and appreciative audience. The whole' ,programof choice selections begin- ning with the Christmas choruses (not forgetting the'_attractive vendors of
back, disclosing \“Britania" iniafull
ally `- well -executed and true to --type. Following was the programme:-0p`en-
esohn) Solo-Mother Machree, Natiomi al and Song exercise, b 10 young boys,-Chorus-Long ago t e=Bhepher- ds.watching (from "Barc lle)-iEch- oeslform the Kindergartenlby-'10 little gil'-ls, finishing with Kln‘de'iigs`i°te1i solo _and -.l chorus- "Dolly’s Lullaby",l (encor- ed),-»more echoes from' the kindergan _ten by‘l0 little boys.-Motion"-song'-_
tume, ‘National musical exercise . by eight Junior. boys. dlietand quartette chorus, “ A Christmas.-'Wish”, Soldi- “When-I your boy comes-\back toyyou (encore'd). :Tableau-'f‘Knitting l for Father 'fend' Brother ‘flin -Northern Franco",' Goode night. eiercise-'by four litt/le girls. Remarksi by =chairman; Walter Lea. Intermission and sale of
candy by four young ladies r?ire'sent- ing the Allies. Christmas dril 'by ten senior boys and girls. Solo and guitar accompaniment “Christmas Lullabies"
Tableau--“Brittania” with conceaiied solo and chonis "Red White and Blue" God Save the King. The concert com- mittee wish to thank those from s dis- tance Mrs. (Rev.) Morris, Mrs. Wind- sor and Miss Mary Inman) whose well known voices added so much to
(enccred) Reading-i'l‘he sea is His", ,
the success of the evening,_ also Mr.
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Bruce. or nm Baltic, samuel Lecco, N , - _,;,/ . Potor'B Road. and Daniel Redmond, ' '/ ~ "'
Charlottetown. This ls’the‘second ,, _
quota of men to leave. _ ‘_ , ____ , l»lioMo1'loN_- Mr. J. "nl»uest` 1 » J -
Trainor. who left here with No. Ill* | /
Ammunition Column under command' ‘ l / “W .
of Captain D. A. McKinnon, and was ~ _- ._ ._ _
C. F. A. has 'been promoted to Bri; . E 7
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the office and all shippers or other ” ’ ' \ _ ' .. -.., , ,
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. . r. c enzie' said, _ ‘ ' » -~ - " - -- - that the home is' the heart of the na-_ ‘ ' ‘ _ “ ' ` ` ' l""‘f' 'JL-"‘ ~ ' tion. If the home be pure' and strong- ' ' ‘ ‘f "““‘*'*nl the nation' will be pure and strong. - _ v, __ ,._ All races and nations that have been _ --' . .- dominant in the world have' had a ' 1" , pure social home life. There are a ' " " " 'M' ' number of things which are a men'-f ° - - ' '=*' ff' """" (__ acc to the' home today- lack of rev-“ .`.'...
“"“"' ‘~" “‘° ”°““" ““"'. '“‘?’“‘ "~ Send some packets or a box to your __ soldier.
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"‘°' Use it_ yourself regularly. It is _ _ _ . _ ‘ _~ _-_-if - sPl.E~olo coucenr.-The vie-_~ delicious and antiseptic' “AN
toriahClidrlstmas and patriotic concert MADE
w ° -~ gésuluz. l§‘§..“§i1vff'i~‘l'§§°i..'if' »?.'.'.7"f.T§§.y-_ Bflghtells and P1‘eSe1°VeS the ' . G\. _ NT /,_ sl.:::s°m.*:l‘.:.';°.‘;°::;°::;‘.:l::l#ssl teeth- Sweaters mouth and PEARM ,ff ,in consideration of the~disadvantaga‘ breath helps appetlte and S gg vopjr-» of the roads, weather, etc., very flatten- ' _ _ _’ -, ot* P" F fl-_Q ` iugiy attendee. Special mention' would dlgegtlgn, /, M/A/,LEA “E “[6 , __
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When our soldiers ` can’t smoke '
they can chew WRIGLEYS with great enjoyment.
WM. WRIGLEY JR. C0., Ltd.
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the candy baskets) torthe closing tab- Wrigley Bldg., Toronto dean, when the curtains,were"-drawn _ 7'”
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w..s..‘l'?‘° °' "“’ "°”‘“"‘“ °““°°°°“_' Millions of bars supplied every month- to tl'1e"`__-'-' ,,,,‘,`,"‘§,,_{",'{1,‘§_,}f“°* “° "'°“gl“ lm" ~ Army and Navy. _ Every bar means more .pofwer - _
The family alta u b ted Y -' ' ‘ " `, ,_ '
and re-constructedim at 8 rote'-ec to our forces’ ` " __ _ ' _'_`_'_
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ing Chorus: Song Hosann'aq--(Mendel- p-_ _ rf' ' A _ ~' _
A`. Cameron whose sweet toned gra- fonols supplied execllent curtain seb actions.-V.
P Mrs.~ Thomas Lourie, city 'has re- ceived s letter _ from her husband. -Captaiq Lourie,‘? announcing; his- safe
“Hush-a-by" by live Junior girls in cos- arrival ‘iii \L0l1tl0ll.‘ Elmldud- ' ll' Wlll
ywremsmbered "= that the Captain’s vessel, ‘ th_diRoma _was torpedoed '_ on Nov.*80tl|. ” 0 Throsptaiu states that his vessel while two dayropt from Naples in #ballast wasflred on without any »warning.' I-le says: 'The crew were 26 hours in the boat and rowed 68 miles and landed 'at Arbetix ardinia in a pretty weld exhausted condition, n'o water and very little to eat, but the people were very ki t . Th were all soldier
hd o us ey s,
(italian) and the Captain was so kind to me. He gave me dry clothes and his dinner. Buch kindness as we re- ceived tli`at day and night, one would not expect from nearer friends. Next day he put us on-the train and told some of the people who we were
(Canadians) and they did not know how to use us good enough; until we
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'arrived at a. place .called Colgaire-s where a man met us and treated us the same. There was an English
Consul there, an Italian, and we re- ceived' the same kindness. We were there three _days when we took the trnin'and started the'_whole length of the Island on'our way to Genoa. We got on a steamer at 10 p. m. and ar-
rived on the mainland"of ltalf' next morning at 9.30. The stewar was very good to__us and they treated us well on the' train and in Genoa, oniy` a policeman made a mistake and ar- rested us and took us before the. judge, II had to show my passports,
Englishman nun 'he fixed' uéfus -mr here. _l ‘_" ' if
I was in Paris yestérd1i§"ior-‘ffdilr
hours and I used the time 'as well-as l could, then wentto Havre and took boat here. Arrived in -London at 10.30 today, Don'_t klspw"€»whe_ffi'vve will leave yet., -' - "‘ ' -"» ‘ r-.I
The submarin`e”llred' iibout ‘ twenty
shots at us, they' struck ‘lierf "At .
the ann shot we loui¢"to'lhe buul__u'n<l such a pull as we had `for~twe‘ht`y-'six hours. I often wonder-*how_ We got clear as the shelfnlwere/‘bhmtius itll. aro\,md,\;s,. I could feel tlielheag oné's1léi‘as lt passed rn i»,hd..i$inh_ l,
also my certificate, the only thing I'_-about lgtmf* nhgqd Air! saved
saved out of the vessel. The judge' very nearly punched the policeman but it was so late before we got clear that we ‘had to sleep on the floor of the police station.
It was hard stone not too comfort-
able, but here I met a friend, a police- man who spent two years in Canada and could talk' a little English. You must remember all those people we were talking to could talk nothing but italian and we nothing but English sg we had a job of lt. Anyway we
got to Genoa and the Consul was an
was`,iliyjyo§¥,§£€l.wat'ch."|~' ' ’
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New London, P. E, She left St.
John’s with a vnluuhe cargoroi’='iI§h~ '
and made the run to Gibraltar. n eighteen days. This was tbeI,flf§t vessel Captain Lourie ever lost- in his experience of _over thirty years as a sea Captain. His maijy fi-_i ds here will be pleased' to know thsfnhe is safe and expects to be home again shortly, _ _ r
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