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THE COTTETOW GU ARDIA

- Nl¢R|`Ill`l@ DAILY

"‘°"“"° °“"‘°“"“°“‘°°‘ } cHA1u.oT'rs-'rovvn CANADA TUESDAY JANUARY 11, 1916

llifeekly (nevv Evening Daily) 18377 ___ , » a l

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$3.50 Per Year (delivered) ln advance $2.50 per year by rnall in advance.

'IN FULL RETREAT ' ONALL THE WAR FRONT

With the liritish in Pursuit. 700 Austrians have had Successes against Montenegrin

Turks and two Machine (inns where Snow is Waist Deep. Four German Attack

lIIEsoI>oTIIrIIII\II Turns III=.IIIIl I=IcIIlIIIo III Plloolu-:ss

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Captured alter Fierce Fighting on Repuised in France. Turkish Forces Repulsed in llolh Sides oi §Tigris. Announced Persia. Losses in Besarabian Battles Exceeded

in llonse oi Commons. 175,000 according to Austrian Reports. Aeroplane

Lf.-..\

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON. Jail. 10.-The Turks in

Mesopotamia were ill full retreat on January 9th with the British pursuing,

it was announced in the House of Com-

mons today by Mr. Austin Cllambe lain, Secretary for india. There ha been heavy fighting on both sides on the Tigris, Mr. Chamberlain reported, and the British had taken two Tur- kish guns and 700 prisoners

r. d

REGULAR MEETING OF

THE C

ITY COUNCIL

Financial Slaiem

ent and Annual

Reports Submitted. Prosperous

Year Recorded.

Larger Revenue,

I-.ighier Expenditures than ‘lor Previous Year.

Tile first meeting of the City Conn ell ln the year 1916, und the lust bc- ioro the election, which takes pinch next nlolltll, was held in the Council Chamber last evening, ills Worship Mayor il. l-l. Sterils in the chair. Tile Councillors were nil ill attendance null the meeting was very interestillg. Among tlloso present was Mr James Paton. M.L.A. The various depart- ments of thc city submitted their rc- ports oll the past year‘s work, which were all satisfactory and were adopt- ed. ills Worship received the con- gratulations of the entire Council on tile execilellt service which he had I'olldered the city during his term of office, and ill his reply Mayor Sterns complimented the Council on their clllclency and the cure and attention which they had devoted to their duties. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and adopt- ed. the consideration of reports was

proceeded with.

Tile report of the Clerk of the

l’olice Court, Mr J. Mebauclllall. showed that 326 cases had been tried during the yenr, I1 decrease of 92 on the previous year. The sum of $1,016 had been collected in ordinary lines, $1.700 in prohibition titles, $454.63 in costs, $319.50 ill poll tax and $646 ill dog tax. a total of $4,136.13.

Councillor L. B. Miller. chairman of

the Band Committee, submitted a re- port on the concerts given in the city by tile bands, showing that $160 was tile amount of the contracts. The work of the bands was described as eminently satisfactory.

The Chief Engineers report showed

that during tile year there lied been 22 tires. Four members of the De- partment, Llcut. H. I.. Bethune. Lieut- J. P. Hooper, John MQLGDU- J0h“ Turner, are now on service at the front.

The report of tile Commissioners 01

Sewerage and Water Supply showed that 38 connections. largely with new houses. were made during the year. bringing the total number of services to 2,495. 620 feet of water pipe were laid on Greenfield Avenue. The total number of buildings now connected with-`the sewerage system is 1.183. of which-_67 are new ones installed dur- ing" the year. The work of installing the.llew-pulnp and turbine at the main station was completed durins tht’ Gum' mer. b_ut'l,he pump did, not come up to g||__g|-guided* pmclency, and another pump lvul. therefore -be substituted. 'fhls has been shipped by the contrac- tors, solely at their expense. and the sum of $2.000 has been withheld until ms’ wlloge ww; Ismcammted to the sateiactono e n .

The report of the PoNoe Committee showed that the force cost U35 Ul°f0 during the year 1915 than the year before, due to improvements effected. The work of Marshal Cameron was very favourably commented iv_l\..w1ili0 sympathetic reference was mllie t0 the death, en' November 22, 1915, of Qerqeant Doyle, who was a valued moms" of ulepotlce force. llavink lolned in June in 1882- Reports were read from the Lixht- ing and Market Committees in rallhi to the matters which had come 000°? their attention in these deD\ffm°“f° dugg' um ,gift statement was than

_ tread ' ,

~ Nhediirre.

- 225.00-lllilk V. Licenses

, 1,195.73-Assess. tit Coll.

245.0 640.0 104.3 .574.9 266.50

4,548.05

0 0 7 8

614.00-llog Tux

68.217-Cit'y Collrt 2,096.90-l’ollce Court

208.00-'l`ruek Licenses 1i,743l.40---Market ltcilts

50.00-Nolllatioll Fees 80.00-Qucclls Wllttrt'

Warehouse ltcnt

076.15-City W. Scales 605.00-llorse & (Y. Tax 650.00-Gov. Grunt Fire Dept. 100.00-Auct. Licenses 500.00-Pownal W. Rent 620.00-Bank Licenses

. 200.00-Exp. Co. Licenses ` 400.00-Queens W. ltellt

80.0 096.2 723.0

0 4 0

650.00 100.00 50.0.00 620.00 200.00 400.00

.$17,441.04 $18,107.8

9,050.00--Water and Sew.

Tax Fund 9.132-50

$26,491.04 $27,240.37

ASSESSM ENTS 1915 COLLECTED.

$35,575.42-Real Estate , Tax Civic $3G,075.9

13,228.69-Personal Prop.

` Tax Civic 13,146.87 I 2,592.00-Poll Tax Civic . 3,280.00

$77,887.15 579,743.1

ASSESSM ENT8 1915 UN-

COLLECTED. _

$814.03-Real Estate Tax

Civic $877.3

637.48-Personal Prop.

Tax Civic 518.8

884.00-Poll Tax Civic . 218.00

$80,226.66 $81,357.36

EXPENDITURE.

2.505.2 7578.08 3,324.05

§'?l'l'it 5,aso.ou

iz ooo 34-Igtzl-Issa nllcalt 10202315;

I 24:89-Por. Works _ 850.51;

1,128.49-victoria Park 681-6 801.92-Board of Health 145.06

$2,998.31-City Govern. $ 6 7,197.50-Police Dept.

3,653.26-Fire Dept.

6,996.59-Ch’town Light &

&.Pewar Co.

3,574.18--Market House

, 7,257.54-Maintenance of

Streets

1.zzsfss-ony sau 1sII.tl9 3,766.27-Miscelleneous 2341.81

20.00-St. Motor Sprink. 130.00 164.63-Squares _ 27005

Storm Wat. Sew. 173.31

s5s,1as.5a ssl,lto.sa

15,440.39-School Board 15,430-27 tl,537.50--interest on Water _ A Debentures - 3.357-5° 5,196.26-Interest on Sewer.

Debentures - 5.275-00

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tllaoina. sleeves

1,7'l5.67-Ull|laId/ Interest _ .

coupe. not pres. 2,579.4 Market l-louse -

1>sr1N0¢\dlt"_.*ivr\¢\ -

514 99-insurance 920.63,

‘ gt; _ntnm , s,ooo.oo

einlf. ii‘I`ntd ` 1.401100

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(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON. Jan. 10.-While the Rus-

,slan front has been quiet during the past' twenty-four hours there has been severe fighting in the other war theatres. On the Montenegrin front the Austrians have been generally suc- cessful. They have advanced their positions at several important points,\ despite the handicap of snow waist deep, and are showing themselves just adept as tllo Moutenegrins ill Inonn- tain fighting. which heretofore has been regarded as tile particular speci-

,altyl of Montenegrin soldiers.

I Champagne the French have rc-

pulsod four German attacks, the Ger- mans, however, have retained ll foot- hold at two places ill the French ad- vulleod trenches.

In Persia British rclllforcelnellts on

their way to the relief of lint-cl~Amurn. have mot Turkish forces which were colnpelled to retire utter some heavy lighting.

, (Special to the Guardian.)

i’E'I`ltO(}itAD, Jun. 10.-An olliclul

eomlnunlentlon says that calm on (‘.zor- nnwltz front. is due to high losses and the resulting denlorullzution ol` the Austro-iiungltriall urnly. Tllnt. there is some basis for tilts _statement is evldentfrom the estimate of n Hun- garian ncwspaper, Peserlloyd, that the losses on botll sides of the Bcssarabiall battles fur exceeded 175,000, or more

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PIIIMIEII ISIIIIIIH [III IIIIIIIII IIIIIM EILLIPIILI

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, Jail. 10.-Addressing the

House of Commons this afternoon Pre- lnler Asquitli referred to the evacua- tion of Gallipoli and said the House would learn with extreme gratifica- tion of the retirement of the troops without the loss of one man. The few guns left behind were worn out 15 pounders which were rendered unfit for further service before they were abandoned.

STATEMENT.

$96,255.99-Total Rev. 1915 $112,211.17 96,23-4.90-Total Ex. 1915 112,092.71

$21.09-Surplus $118.46

11,318.90--Add Bal. ut Cred.

of City Dec. 31. 1914 _ 11,339.99

$11,339.99-Total Bal. Credit;

of City Dec. 31, 1915 $11,458.45

The Estimates lluvlng been read.

His Worsllip thc Mayor addressed thc Council. Ho 'said he was very glad that they had been able to have n small surplus, and this was due to the strictest economy and attention to details. it was true that some thingti

th is

ment had been left

and

was on account of not due to

of the

who 'would

` ture

at those Council

City and

work. had bnel

local

penee ved ill

engineer

been a lo far as cerned on

the yea

up' to

in connection with the City Govern-

art

Legisla- absolute of the fin-

income

performed

the

from

was en- con- the

credit super-

saving the ex-

boefi invol- of an expert The year had

said the Mayor. worlra was con

Council ‘had themselves. of the city.

in good I

losses

til

than the total British losses ill the wllole Dardanellcs campaign. Anoth~ er Hungarian newspaper states, on the authority of a staff representative, that fighting on this front has been

Jtory of war. Both sides sacrificed men in a manner without parallel.

The Salonlki front is chiefly no

scene of almost continuous aeroplan skirmishes, one of which colltlllllc for two hours. Tile Germans hav tllus far lost six acroplulles ill thi

'ot' the Teutonic allies arrested u Saloniki have been mleasctl, appeal' ‘lo have been without folllldatioll, ll it lg now ullnoullccd that they lluv been transferred to It l~`reII<:h nuxil ary cruiser, nn wlliell they have bee

als are already zlullollllcetl, und som

capitals oi' the i‘-chiral Powers.

Tile present situlliioll in Albunil

wus thug I~IunlIlIell up to-dny by Lol Itobcrt, (iccil, llnrler Secrt'-tuI'y fol

, l"orcign Affairs, ill the iiouse of Coll Inullst " l l_vgrrtt to shy tlllll. li. I , illlpossible to speak oi' Alhunizt ns n Ielltity tit pre:-lellt. in the central are; over which Essad l’Ilshu's uutllorit

bians and the population have bee

ed tllenl valuable assistance. Th

the bitterest and bloodlest ill the his-

. . ,_

able in to-day‘s dcspatclles as the

c s

region. A runlollr that thc consllls

L s s ll

i. II

illterlled. Extellslvc Turkisil reprls~

similar uetloll is likely also from thc

I 'II

,_ s

I. Y

extends, relations between the Ser-

friendly and Essad Pasha has relldor-

- - Fighting at Saloniki. Six German Planesllesiroyed.

northern tribes, among whuln the enemy has conducted a collsidcrable propaganda, are hostile to the Scr- bians and Montenegrins.

Several lengthy llesputchcs hav been ret-.eivell giving tleiuils ol' the recent operations ill liasterll Gnlicilt, which were so mcagrely dcscribcll III eflieial reports. Accerdlllg to these despatehes ltussia, after artillery prc- paration, sturted all offensive which caused the Austre-Gernluns to rush every available division to Galicia. (lzerllowitz is still ill tile possession oi' the Austrians and tlllcd with wounded. But the llussilllls zlppurolll- ly are directing their lnu.llI flttack ngaillst Sade-Gcro, north of llukowina. the capital, whore illlpurtzllll. Iultuls rfollvcrgo.

in the ilalkuils reports persist. llnl the Gerlnalls are <roIlecIltrllt.iIlg at Monnstir prclmrlliory to all llliuck on Sulollikl. but illtvrcst. ill the Murie- tlonlall vltlllpatigli has llvvolllo rlrtcolld- ary to tile operations of thc Anstl-inlls ill Molltellcgro. A Ileternllllefl attack .is bclllg mode nt Mount Lonvnin. it MoIIl.eI'leI.:l'iII sirollgllold overlooking (`llitI\I'o Bay, lay the guns of the Aus- trian i'oI~tI'ss ut' Cllttaro nlul an Aus- lrlnn warship lying ill the Aliriutic.

,The formidable forces illvadlllg Mon- 7teIlcgro extend over a wide front 1'r0nl the Tzlrn River ill the west tn lpek

Idistriet ill the oust.

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'IIIIIIIIII IIIIIIPIIIIES

` (Special tothe Guardian.)

NEW YORK, Jail. 10.-All Atllen

dasxputcll to the Agolleysays a Frenel Air Flotilla has bombarded Sofia doin

§IItI°I°§yIIII:I IIII us

(Special to the Guardian.)

appointed commander-in-chlcf of th British Forces in Mesopotamia is brother of lt. S. Lake Governor e

many years and has had a brllliall military career.

IIIIIIPP GIIII PIIIIII

V 1.-.

(Sp:clal to the Guardian.)

NEW

cy despatch from Amsterdam says fir desroycd the wheel workshops of th Krupp gun plant at Essen, accordln to advices received here today an ,IBD damaged other buildings.

PHE \V EATILER.,

’I‘EMI’ERA'l‘_UR-E,

TIDE, MOON. ETC

(Special to the Guardian.)

TORONTO, January 11.-Maritime:

lltmng winds and 'gales from South- west and west, clearing and colde on Wednesday. _ »

THE w,EATt'il_R--Yesterday was

clear and a .little milder with snow tlurrlos at 1118111-

Tbe highest temperature recorded

yesterday was 15 degrees shove zero.

registered 10 degrees above zero; a nine last night 22 degrees abovo..Th

above zero.

tide will be high this afternoon and tomorrow at 4.16; it will he

morning at 3.57 and

at 4.3

9 moon

WIS

on Tues

da ,

F1011!!

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HIIMIIIIIII SIIIII.

considerable dhrnago to the llullrnriull, Capital, a Saloniki despatch allnoullc-

CIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIUIIS

LONDON, Jan. 10.-Sir Per-cy Luke,

3 Ladies-lst, Miss Laura (Tox, 1,1188

Szlsknll-Ilcwan. 11-: ‘.aIl lluell il: ln-ilu

BIIILI IIIMIEIII

tomor- 7 40

-PIIIIIUIIII BHIIIGI

WHISI IIIII IIINIJI

'i`hut tilt- young people of (‘lIurlotlI--

s town. and the older ones too, tllor-

l ougllly enjoy u dunec ill the Prince of

g Wales College lluil was cnlpllusized

last evening when at lurgc number of ladies and gentlemcll gatllered nt one of the best arranged patriotic dances _vet held ill the city. The curly part oi’ the evening was enjoyably ‘passed with bridge and wlllst, which did nlucll to make the affair agreeable. as the progressive plan enabled those in attendance to get llcqllainted with one another. and when supper was

tsoclal conversation could be heard. Tile prizes were awarded as follows:

BRIDGE.

f points; 2nd, Mrs J. 1’. Gordon, $62

points.

y_ Gentlclllell-ist, Mr Gordon liugllcs,

1,090 points; 2nd, Mr Weston Peake, S48 points.

WHIST.

Ladies-ist Mrs 1). J. I\'l<:l)oIluld;

2nd. Mrs J. 0. Arsellnult.

Gentlemell-lst, Corp. 1'. lliclnnis;

Lind. Private W. li. Reilly.

Tile attendance of many of the

officers and mell of tho 105th I-liglllalld

fll

g so most successu y.

,Thc danceing. which comnlcllccd ut

. eleven o'clock, to the lively strains of ONE CENT por word each lnsery thc 82nd Band was irrvsliblc and tion for advertising in this colurnn.‘ malty l0ylul hours were wlllled away Cash must: accompany orders. Mini-

'-’;lIPl>iII_l; tha llgJlltAfarIv~;t:lt>;1tilc. '$10 mum ellarges. twenty-tivo cents.

c spcroncs, rs . . a oson, rs - ~_ ~ s. It. Jollklns. Mrs A. A. alll-I.IoIt, Mrs "MMF 5A‘:SA°E§ ALYAV? °", .lt. ll. Campbell and Mrs 'l`. Edgar Me- I‘““‘\ M A °I“‘““ I" ’ ‘ff fm" °“’“‘ . Nutt. were llntirlng ln their efforts to _ __ __ _ 1'7"2‘_11`6MIf' make lilo evening a delightful one to WANTED 2 GENTLEMAN BOARD all the guests. and succeeded ndnlir~ ers nt 240 Queen St. 6348-1-'I'-Mslpd.

ably, as only the piuasalltost memories

bers In attendance.

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T0 LET-HOUSE ON KING STREET

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mvvin- . - 4

"‘ IIIcIIIIIIIIII; IIIHIII;

coldest the previous night was 8 deg-

7 An excellent and well attended re-

cruiting meeting Wag held la-st.}\;lght in

the Presbyterian C urch at arring- _

toll. 'rho cnol-on was wen :Inga mu WANTED- the addresses ol' the various lpeakers f0\‘ KGDSNI were listened to with the keelleat air "'°- N° ulrluoll. asv. mlm Fullerton pmt- Nfl- D°°°°l'

. ded and the other apealfere were luv; - _ ;

sight. , Canon Silllpaou. rtev. Mr. Collin, ltev.

Lund. Captain Hardy, ments -.lenlulla-I and Alien. A line riliogramme ol music..

rendgrgd by __eldt;_ '5_\l_'lbw, Ht

dnilltily served s pleasant sound of

llrigade made the occasion doubly in- teresting and it must not bc forgottell

_ that the affair was arranged to help CONDENSED ADS' 9 the Regimental Fund of that regiment T00 LATE FOR I 9 alld also thc Patriotic Fund. and it did CLASSII--.CATION

were carried away by the large num- Gm and Arillllg City.

Minard'a Llnlment cures garget ln cowl __liI2g____s" _ _ _

'S II IIIIIIlIIIIlI[|II

CLOSING SC CONSCRIP

Mr. A. .l. Ballour’s

Turned the _Ti Flowing Agains First Reading whelming llllai

LONl)iJi\'. Jun. 0.-Amid scenes of

wild entlluslasm the house ot' Com- lllens passed thc first reading of the Governulent Bill for compulsory mili- tary service by tlle decisive vote of 4011 to 105.

Tho vote came shortly before mill-

uight. with lilo galleries again pllckcd, every seat on the floor of the ilouse occupied, the Ministerial bellclles filled and an all' of eager expectancy pre- vailing. The events ot' the day had increased the tension to the high pitch, notably the action ot’ the labor Cong- ress and the quick sequel of the retire- ment ot' three Labor Illcnlbers of the Iiiinlstry.

'l‘lll-ollgllollt those dcveloplllcilhs out-

side ei' Palrliunlcllt the debate ill the ilousc had forgefl steadly ahead ,but had her-Il left lnI'gely to lesser figures. ltwui-1 l'cscl'vcIl for A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the /xllnliralty, to close the debate ill helllllf of the Govern- nleni, and he did ill It poI'sIIusivn np- peal of half ull hour, which roused thc lagging spirits of thc- aclvoczties of the ili|l_ nllli tllrllell the tide 0i` arlvorslty wllicll had been rullllillg steadily llgalilit-I( tile ll'lclls\Il~<~. illrougll tile. de- bate und the outside events ol' the duy.

“Let this vote tonight show that we

are lt united people," was his closing uppenl. “])o not let us give ll false tln- pressioll to the worlli that ill illc nlo- nlent of the t-ountry's gravcst. cnler- gency we are divided one against uno- tllhr. Abulldoll your allstrnrzt theories. :intl I'eIlIenlIlI\.I' we nrc floating with

s:u:rill<~es.” I 'l`l\I-li vault- the rule wlliull \\/us luk-

I~n amid ollgor llltorest its tilt' IIlI:IlIbeI'I-i llletl bel`ore the tclleI's, und Peers crowded to their galleries to witness the final result. The ullneullcenlcllt of the figures was l'cccived with a trelll-I eildous olltllurst. of’ cllecldllg, which rang through the t'-llllmllel' ond was echoed to the wzlitillg crowds outstde.I Scores of members ill khaki waved

their llllIIdkert:llicl`s, and tile air was rod with white papers flung ill triumph nt the Govcrllnle1lt's success.

Amid the demonstration, Premier

Asquitll ills face, usually pale, new glowing with satisfaetioll, walked down the floor of the House to pre- sent the Bill formally to the Cllamher. ` , His appearance wus the signal for a,` I rapturous ovation, members of alll sides standing and cheering, wililc tilel galleries, could, with difficulty. be re- struilletl fronl joining ill the enthus- iasm.

An analysis of the vote showed tllatl

I I

stcrll rI=ulil.iI\s whlcll 1-ull lol' grcntj

ENES IN TION DEBATE

- ~ '-1'-__'I_' 1-.=‘. :Y

Persuasive Appeal

de that had been

l the Bill and llle

Passed with liver- orily.

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Government had held the great bulk of the (Zollservative vote. The Irish Natlonalists had voted against tili- Bill, but the ilrish Unionlsts supporto-I the meusu;-c, and the 0'Brienitos tool.- Ilo part ill the division..

Tile minority showed a sprlnkllnf.

of Liberal members, the most notullll- bclng, John Burns, the former Cabinet Inclnber. A Ilumber of Labor membcl. also voted with tile Opposition.

Mr. Bslt'our's closing speech was tllf

one notable feature of the debate. Il- spoke with great carnestness, but with good-llatured confidence which kop' the members between applause alvl laughter.

This lucasurc, he declared. was nov

til-siI;lIeIi to settle tho military polll I of Great Britain. It was for the preset" occasion, and the present war.

"i have never favored conscriptilw

in any form." said the First Lord, "hr: We arc dealing with a stern I'eail',\. Fir:-It, the Prime Minister has given :I il. is no longer an abstract qllestinn pledge for tin- wil. which it would l.~ dlsllonorallllc to Ignore, and, secllnli. the safety and success- _of the countI'_\ is at stake- Lct me say with the great est emphasis. that those of us who kllow thc condition in the field kno'-' illat the Bill is absolutely essenthll to the proper carrying out of the war.

“lf this I-lou-se refuses this Bill t~

the Government, it refuses what tll<- Government considers an absolute mtl- itary necessity. This is not a procedem for universal conscription. It is not th.- tllin mlgo ni the wedge, or thc first drop of poison to corrupt our wlloli' systt-In. III trutil, this Bill is a tribute to volulltarisnl, for wc -have raised sin lllilllon volunteers, and now this Bill. merely brings in those few shlrkew- who have foiled to respond to the vol- unteer system.

“No future Prime Minister can cv<~‘

use this Bill as fl precedent for por- manently fixing on the country th-~ taint of Prussian militarism. Militar- , isnl is ull affair of the heart, and it i-I in the hearts of the German people to have militarlsm, while it is in the hearts of the Englishmen not to have it But for the moment we are dealinl: wltll a stern necessity, and our great- est dangcr is not that traditions wil’ be abandoned, but that we are luliiln: ourselves with a great illusion of fairi- security."

Premier Asqultli. Sir Edward Grey.

and other Ministers warmly congratll lated Mr. Balfour as he closed -his np-

peat.

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lnnis und itine, thc latter luring a mem-' her ofthe 105th iiattalioll. lt. is worthy I of Ilotc tllllt. l‘l-ivutc lllIlc`s father is now ovoI's4‘as with No. 2 Siege Bat-f tory, and that his gralltlfnthcr servedI 26 years and his gwat. grzlndilltllor 21 yoans in the British Army. ills hro~, ther was on garrisoll duty ill Syllney on his discllargc of that Conlpany he Ieturncd llonlc and is now prep.lrl\lI.'. to onlin; with tllr- next Artillery l1IIi'.

At".-,_ the lllrt-tlllg supper was sc-rvrzl

by to" ltcil ('I' -s Society.

Ono. recruit Air. ltobcrtsoll silgmll

the service roll und it is expected that others will follow shortly.

ply 84 liillsboro Street.

6341-1-7M1l

“PORTRAIT AGENTS WANTED.

Send for Catalogue. Solar all' llrolllidc prints; portraits flat and convex, frsnles ami war picture- iliercllsills Portrait Co., Toronto

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EVERYONE IS INVITED T0 THC iicartz Melnoriul llall Thurstlu-

evening. at eight o”clock. to lu--I_ Mr. Nash deliver his nlosa int:~ estlng lecture on Spurgeon. Silvf ~ collectl0h._ __ G51" GENTS:- “WOl»lLD‘8 GREATEST War," going like a whirlwind! Sam plc book free on promise to eanvl-r Experience unnecessary. Mako sv. ull dollars daily. Linscott Col.- pany Brantford Ont.

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COMING EVENTS,

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

. MEETINGS. ETC

FoR"sAI.e 3 Heiress. APPLY 'ro

6501-1-II-Malpll.

near i’rlIlce, llpply on premises, 167

WANTED TWO STUDENTS T0

hoard in conlfortuhlc llnme. Apply Guardian. _ 6488-1-9-M3lpd.

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°*lVir. Nash will lecture in tiv-

llonrlz Memorial llall 'I`hursd:I\ evening.. 651"

ONE CENT Er wort- eacl: lnler

tion for advert. ing in this column Cash must accompany orders. Mint mum charges, twenty-tivo cents.

"PATRIOTIC WHIBT.-On l~'ridn\'

nvoning Jammrv i-ith. a vvhist part: under the Auspicoa of the Assump- t‘or. Society gif-.u in the A. 0. I4 Hall. All Acadian: are invited. Whlsl - be-r`tns. at it o'cl'.n-lr sharp. Praceeia II a'd of Patrlozio Fond. 6517-1-11~M~il.

"Meat Store changes bands. Drake Co. have :old their meat business lo

\ Mille O. Thorne of this city - one of tho moist sanitary and

establishments the

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