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As noted in our news columns yester-

_day shipbuilding on a considerable scale, its a starter, has been inaugurated at Car- diga - wheiie the keel will shortly be laid of alghreeg hundred ton schooner. The mov s in'-tliis 'commendable 'project are

Messis. J

Lyons of

_ . A. McDonald, G. A.__ Thompson.

of Montague, '_an_d 'ex-Mayor If -Charles

Ch-a.i'_l&'>t`g_t_etown. 'The ship will be

built under supervision of the veteran;

shipbuilder, r. Kimbal Coffin. _

We understand there is abundance oflcountry and tl,

l' 'd

lumber for shipbuilding in many parts of the province and with the modern applian- ces that can be brought into requisition to-

ll’ BUILDING REVI-VED fo

be removed. iy " Excellent qu

r the soldiers_

pense and we fel will not be _aba, sufficient reason

voi.i~iN"rAr!\’i‘

. _I

' The Mohtre, _ ,___ “General B cised for his st( South Africa. acted in the cc per course ant

si er the politic points of view. past in the Uni

day in the__way of gasoline and other mo- tion of the N513*

tive power, shipbuilding should be a far

proposition from what it was in

different

of indepen‘den'c_ ci lantipathies

the days of the saw pit and the broad-axe. the R@pu_b1Vi¢'ay_

Fortunes

were made in ~ those old days in

-g e the ieng€`

on -_ _

shipbuilding but it iS“c>_rtreinely doubtful, thy with the Cf

if, even ii

for profit

i its palm'iest’da_vs, the"outlook was -as bright as it is today.

The demand for tonnage was never as

iog, the leade -ment, from tl South Africa

keen"as at present when everything that tude as regal

out any hope of making even a of

short-voyage is put into commission. A. threehundred ton vessel, such as the one

course hol

and has don' E pire. He

now being s_tarted at__Cardigan, will be a and knows t

mine"of"

can Hold _

ealth to its owners when built So

when he

and 3 means of lucrative employment to should preva'

carpenters, blacksmiths, lum- that, it is to

bermen and others while building. _ _effective me

. . w

labourers,

The go

od evainple set by the enterpri-I

sing gentlemen above mentioned might

ar ”

An appe;

well be followed by others in the province. riman, form

ny amount of capital available, the Union gi

There is a plenty of suitable lo lumber is

the primeval forest covered the greater;

part of th able and

ests and ments for -are Vs_t-ill~ s that may patriotic d business.

_ _ ,

days. Wit

building material and plenty of cruiting can. cations for shipyards. Suitable of

the South

also still available for many some light on»

ships‘althougli not as abundant as when difficulty of at

province. Labour is also avail-

lting from depletion of the for-

uty as vvellfas _a money-making

cai'-city of labour, the induce- shipbuilding at present prices i fiicient“to"'of`fset any*'diH”icu'lti'e’s‘

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“It is an 1

Mr. Merriman said, ‘ _ _-f-

there are still living many who rica are forour sins riven into two _ tors

earned good money in the old shipbuilding of almost equal strength. Almost one-

h all the disadvaiitages, how- ha°lf of the European population is coldly ' ‘ ,

eutral towardslthe issue, which we look i ' ' ` '

upon as vital,.if, indeed, they are not pos- ` I T:i~ _ V ~ ` U _ tively hostile to the eauseof the Allies. _ V--V "\ _

th the result that nearly all the burden ‘ ` V - /.il' ‘_ _f‘\ '“ ` ,

arise. Shipbuilding is today a of recruitin __li,a,s__fallen_ upon the other ~ ` 'I \ / ,_-_N _ -_ ' __ i. V _

lf. The G§ve`r-nment alone can effective- ` L- < ,f _V "’ __)*k"¢_?\_ ‘ff Y ' »' ' < 3" ~ - ~ -_

_ V y appeal to a large section of the popula- _ _ ' w ‘ __ 1-./" _-’ ' _//3 A ~

‘ tion, containing as it. does some of the best T - ' _, V \ 5/ T 1 \"

.;\ N- ._\_l'._\_l|.l.\ li Y (‘_\|€ FERRY 1 teyial, among' Whom the engmies of thg _ ._ _ ' . _ __ L ___,__&_`_ __ ‘ _(3 (_ » "___

_ _ allied cause are now using their worst ef- lf___.'.'___`f..1_.__1_“.f_._-..__.-_T__`_~°‘

The movement to induce the Govern- f0i'ts~to prevent the_ men from rising from """"""`”"`""""`""""'“”"""'°""""

1 casga :=» -- .

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~;_ -~-. . _ _ ' . _ - » .7 ""~`-‘ If, -V_- -__ _- - .~,_- " the '. ner -W I

' _,_.,». __ _.__°;1.."\', ' -' -.. _ ' `the~1»¢¢ ’ __ _

_ ,, _ _ _._ . _ ____ *1;f5~’°»\*\'21°_____,____c, iu__innMoni4n__________ m_p_;itv_ _ _ ___ _ _ f;°fsi‘1_~,.__.m.°. _Carry a _

" nm 1nii,.u.a_»__r¢,»y¢¢». umm are here, and u Mas. s/msn cmpssu.. Paar _ V _ V 1 _§‘,{,‘§.,"_§‘,§ ‘im ‘ ’

2'1"' ‘”“' "" “*"“”°°' "' military mess' ... M, ....1 l - `_- 1: _ _ " V ’°~‘"“°“ “i °' G il P

_:_______;_:::g@___I__E§__________;_ _____-Q;______;_________;3_________________;_____:Y_;___ Where’ there is ' ` ' ` "“"'|°,'.‘ by w' .' L°l"°”' _ '> - ` “ch trying

4+-1 H-++M++-|»-be-|-4-+¢_q_4_¢.¢¢.¢, °“°" "Y"‘¢ ‘°

St6l@l0lSlSl9\6\e\e\e\e| _ _ _ ~ ~_ Iinaasn siiemy _

OVER .r‘HERE They used to c_all the macli_ine-g-un- dw” hsaus etgic to do #_ ners section the ‘suicide club in the Slgllz be to mga some

ject like it rock or it ond

cll' lils enemy from l-NS ment. 'l‘o do the-»0b.Vl0llS

'nld I foliil

We have the best as-

sortment of _Waterman’s Ideal fountain pens.

Price $2.50.and up.

Us H~T“yl_0\°

leweler and Engraver

=y ~-~»_ sr.1:i.'1‘;i°.‘;.iJ.:‘.§ r:.‘;'~;:.§.';;‘,i‘ti.;2:

_ days the machine gunners were too

.er thci-o~ii million of the best and _"_ _

;_htest. Over here why all this cry gw'i{';_"§_?g :_‘_'m:_‘;gg gag: Germanwat' 1,@,V,vevm~, \\o ie _

Vl"t‘-W3' B°“d5- f°°d C‘""99\°V“U°“~ gf . ' -U y e Demo" ge davs the exlleri sniper hides in [noni sni-tax? It means that the fathers ha °-as“"‘|d.es among machhiegunners. ofliho oliject that ii supposed to -mrs. brothers. and sisters Vane __-_ "‘nh°"_"° °‘_"”nfY ““°'°“_°€“' _“i‘“°“g_h|-mmmi mm. ir ‘i'iwrf- is ii lock ding___l;y. to fried, clothe, and arm of n_ao;;R?fgi1nhn‘;n§§ge;:_‘;:_' £:~fy_p°;`fj_» :mir would sliclior _u _mun lying he- ir P0 ers. ' ` _~ ._ . . . 1. ,_ - J. ~ ; ' .‘ 1,‘ ll trenches, the snlpor culli- wor thero they._are flirting _with g_‘_‘__"f;’-"°"f‘;m;'i‘» _,’"‘_yt t~h°t.“h"»‘ he`r°i"n“1t~j.\|lS;;es. liimselt und' self* l\0fW@_f‘“ ~i,h in airplanes. delying death in .éi1hnal:_"`va_;’LB('i'9-’}t£)_B“i,f_f _“b’!\“;fm“_"»`_'|h¢, ,-0(-_k '|m¢‘_- me enemy. _'Pho sup-_ '_Tl0h"»Sf 50”'-U18 deliih in U19 U`“m}1.° hw I ld* < 4? 'ia n ` er 3- n' position that ho is behind' the rock ‘fl charge. What are you doing over 8 male” ‘;‘"_:_I_ 5'” 7.“’.llf'- "Ve iw " will draw fire to it, and' h`e`cii,n work

T? Crmcmng "'° G°"'""m°.i`° nfl cC,minin'iiy"i\a= ”,§a“u‘ifi"'§0i"iii§0§§ Wh “°'"f~'° “"“\'S"°°‘@“~ _ If *“°"", ..____._ npinining because you cannot ri e _ _-___ _ j _V - »_ _ i no on the gmund Ke- covers ____ __ pet Hobbies _ that of a sniper. It is said that tak- 5 S W sas if a

lil

_ _ ' hulk or white- ance at all times, wher

5 _thgdays of _impamlnt actions himself with paint, c _ _

h the__'da‘ys=f'vvlien`~thére"is nothing lwmh Valfg merges Sitggtifgfs- }l:£B¥»2;i\i_ restedoylnz wriille aiildow

_ _ to report. the Tsniper has the most dim- mg W mess' 0 _ ' ' ' . “ow ‘_ 0" “ . are you talking. of a peace that wus job _ mhe 'wmv It hah bee” ern himself with grass, sometimes p11@_ his markpm Would.

' ` ' thr

l let that monster escape still gel I _ ' with leaves It -all depends upon 1,0 so 1mii’orni_ \Vlien ou h

_ _ ti in t 11 i - ' i H

-‘lllZtl_¢_>exTii3kahIl{f4_af:¢hg l;\;_ll_:é'_fsac___ 5; 2;- Tig; i'q':h utistezvedrgfs Sggfecgle the sort oi' background he has to gi sinnll upeitu e ,in the er s ar ~ - f

ver there they have the monster 3' 'ed militarism by the throat. Over

_ _ _ _ . 1.

Ovei here are you seeking to \vnt killed 0" tiléif zvay '-0 their: first snip- Wmk against' Filiieliitll-lgalwaililiis “atelirs the your crop of proilts by the sneak- gg Statl_°';,’ others hgve gf” thrfiuglif Snipers Work in Pairs ifmm the

streams of sell!-indulgence? _ Eh WT' 0.' ":°_'_"? ball! hree 5e"’_" __ I U _ _-.0 ,It ment dust and _ his

Over there is yuur som even now- wnon _ii stirs C ,_ ut_ en days s _ 1lm'o_\ soc? ie__s_nip_er in f_;on_ on Low MIPS liaps' in nn unknown grave. Overi “jg fo 'ef e gveiflge tme ine mm' f'l the. tf°“°h'.""‘ _"T3 1' ._dicnt(_|~gagg@¢1-‘ or

e are you going to encom,ag_e the -ei astsbc ore e is sinped hinisell. n_ii_n, t is \wI_<_1\i __ it 0 me curtamed

nionnted fanatics who are standing S . . k _ - ‘__-12”] l"“"'_ 0?. --EI 5 ° ii h _.___.1_.,w he the

“mer to shoulder against me Dm mper is a Pic ed Man iieit oi oft. e wa c es _

ight of the threeh d d ' ll`-

RTB

` biiii:-inelor inteiitly, since bullets il_vlmf’- S"_iD°" einer”

. - en e were-_wo ._ . - , _ ._ _ ,_ _ ' . ,_ _‘ tain is lowered

"er U’°"’ the “md m“."”hs °f Pr“B` the 'National 'Rmb oAssigcia(li<gi:iin bf uiithp a ilelcl) gloss wpreferriiig ii tele-' ”"-V light smkmg in ' and

mmm are tomedomg peaceful ships- Ameiricn gives s`ome iiiterestinizi scopo iobiiioiiiilars since there is l‘ess‘ 'he °”m°"""ge Snipers’ "est 3 itissasains nf theta? are (i§Btm>;i`facts'.al)’out -the work ol' the Allief' `chance tiiikt-tlie leiis will catch a ie- "mes 51"? “many made in i' _'le commerce 0 ' e W0!" ,._D,I1_ ~ ' , ‘ ' _ _ ‘ _ _ _ _ some snnce apart. One

d and merchandise for the welfare Sgpirs' _‘gnu then“es“?"" i'°n~i'i _(H3 gig fgglgfivgiz D§;it|i£;] tgugig "fake," designed to draw

he people are Iiimng “D in Um hoif iliiag éfiiiliiiVasmfilieuiivizilrtiil-rilis:il iliiiikgcl lest iiidiiep cf rain br dow enter his "myw me' while the 'sniper' °‘°

fn, methsea' Spulqml verlenki man llc must hnve ~il|‘the nerve rifle -barrel or touch his currritlges be- ;"“__l’l°_her' ni he _fs c”’"?_g' ie” in r iere ey are carrying m n a '- ' ' ‘_ V _ _ ‘ ` ' ’ ‘ ea y wor . a ew yo s istunt. mm capm,ity_ mumatmg childrem aiidtc<;_urzi.ge oi’ the aviator, and cause in this e\ent when ho ilresi

_aging Womem reducing cities to mils ave soinething el_se,_n_amey, iir-ii heaps, deviistating‘1lelds tis F;m_e"C° "ml ‘I °°n"°l. Ot- his mus' .ire and salt., still prating ol` \\'orld-~_§_esi that Wm enable mm to He m°` ___ and tha mailed __gt_ on ess for hours at a time. In ud-

e out

there will be n tiny puff oi’ stenni'= W

Brom the muzzle. Allied sniper.: now;

w_ork in pairs, one shooting and the `\\\\\\\\\ other watcliinp ilie..resull' und roach-I 4 ' , lf

_ _ _ ,,have:the natural instincts of, ii

£,._‘I.f"._.»;"‘_‘,’.i§"‘_Ti_..'.’_i’i;”§¢»l”.li§.,é’§§i'Jil hum- es regard- ma-emaishlv

lives out fortunes and our sm” we shall' probably hear some tales bono; we are l_ec.__(__mts to th; when the wor is over that will polo

atest duty' destiny ever imposed gm. .Elma cf _I2r'__ (.T{rve(‘; 2;"id,nu3§F` vii ii free people, wearc silent al- ame , °°"c ‘“‘°‘ 1' e) ,`e'r"' e .1 or me iords 'of hen. _ !“"f_;L '*;""'n““’;“_;" _ ‘"1 ‘ff-_ NQE "“.’.-V

. _ __ is ~u\ pc el, ni ns ri e is

WM" am y0“ doing over hem picked i’oi' hini. Ho has' the choice

oil di ls i`

\_\

w ey npar , so that ii’ one oi`| :

them is spotted the other will __/

nf days 'to learn whether it has ‘_ L L S been noted ‘hy the enemy. If ii has, it F ~ _jj ' is abandoned. E U I `7'

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Hints on snipership _i

inn o the finest weapons _

A VALUA_BLE WAR ' flint can »bc turned ont, and when

_ \\ lDNE,/ _r*.

If xl. sniper is firing ironi ii house' "_, 5~Hl-li,{:i*|f'r;5;P(' |{'_‘;'

lie never goes to the window, but i‘_a,,_y\,| 'Gi-1~r-5 DISEAC |l ii’ stays -back in the -_rooni so that no *I 3 " °'4Bi3‘r£5 5 |_| alll' light can fall upon liiin He is "~.}~L{ taught always to fire with his riiie '-,` T`€SfViIl£'.' On his linud, for this will ' "'

provide the same quality of resist

he Eiiis cliosdn his riiie he gives it as much cure and attention :is a so- ciety matron does her complexion.

y Father Bernard Vaughan, S. J.

_“The war is costing" £5,000 u min- . _ _ _ _

"to, and not a-penny too inucli when H'd'"9 '" F"°"‘ °f Shen" _ie consider the enormous issues at The 'art ot’ sniping. which ap-

take." _ ‘pears _to have been -born in the Cri-

“fer

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ment_if possible, to procure the carferry th-e_slough of poverty and degradation into '

Leonard until recently used between Que-‘_ bec _and Levis, as an auxiliary to the Cai*

ce Edward Island will be hear- ed by everybody in this pro- str knows our _transportation diffi- t present we are dependent

solely on the Prince Edward Island to link

_ g or coming, with the mainland.

This steam

Fe ryj Prin til; e`_ndors vince who culties. _ A

us up, goin

this spring

cally 'tied

completely marvellous

means yet

to come.

employed

conditions _

wh be, Th

er will have to go in dry dock te

_ for the annual cleaning up, as te

she will also have to do periodically after- st wards. When she is off we will be practi- go

_ up. _l§__t is not beyond the range wa

of possibility either that our present car- hi ferry might meet witlinfnishap, in which te case, especially in winter, we would be -ha

isolated. The car ferry has done an ly well during the present win- th

ter, having 'met no interruption that she th didnot overcome and making from one to po two _and three trips daily. This is very sa- th tisfactroy' but cannot be expected to go on W indefinit“e1y,.,` The ice fighting is by no St

over for this winter, indeed, 2

judging by past winters the-worst is yet as

A second steamer, under thecir- be

cums"tanc_es is not only desirable but abso- th lutely necessary and could be kept well *$0

in summer either between the la

Capes, in conjunction with the Prince Ed- SU wardflsland, or between two portselse- ba where, and in winter could be held in re- 01' serve, at the Capes or used when freight th

necessitated it. W

We feel_sure" that when Vthe urgent ne- ed alike- -V

cessiiy for

to procure

_ .

ff- iii'

soldiers 'now iq for camp.in_

tion there cleat but

ag second' steamer is represent-

ed tothe' g'o`v-ernment, steps will be taken

her for this service if there is

not iiioreurgent need for her;elsewhere._ _

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oifi.1_i_, 'i'n.\iN__-1_tERi'"rV. 3

A rumour has gained currency in mi- S0

litary circles here, that it is the intention fr of the mi itary authorities to remove the Y

uafrtered here to Aldershot, th

land training. What founda-lh

contemplated

isfor the rumour is not very 'Ze

Norns

r. James Paton, M.L.A., hasta- "N

ken 'thematter -up with the authorities at W Ottawa with a View to preventing such a °

_.trannies i£_ ‘-' T A 1 »' B

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ich they have fallen. Ignorant they may _ V _ - i. Vw _. _ _ 1° _ ' but cowardly they certain] are not

aal anis t;,f§§§.;..ifry fu” When yOU Want _Carpets---S26

_ THE SIDEWALKS

i The promptness with which the threa- ned overflow of the sidewalks was at- Ddedi £0 y€Sl2€1fday morning by the new reet committee is commendable, and a od--deal _oflincoven-ience -in pedestrians _s prevented. The thaw, however, de- ‘onstrated-tlie necessity of a uniform sys- m of treating the sidewalks. Those who d conscientiously obeyed the by-laws d cleaned off their sidewalks down to e concrete were the ones who were ana-_ ematized by pedestrians for allowing olsof. water to accumulate in front of; eir_ premises, while the sidewalks on-i

hichi tgiedzaccumigatiog of sev_eral snpiwé

orms a_ _een a owe _to sette provi e ' _ _ _ dryf¢0thpatii-.- Haaaiibeen aimed Os, ' _nearly all the -Carpets contracted for. Some of the mills were - they should have been there would have en no poolsfof-water, neither would have ere been any had the snow been allowed

accumulate on all alike, although the ' V

tter method wou"ld` have afterwards re- lted.in 'the trouble known as “hog cks.” The necessity of cleaning oil’ all' none is plainly evident and it is hoped at the new machinery now in motionl ill see to_ it that all sidewalks are treat-`

There are, so far, no grounds for re-

roaches. The fa,_e_ ji hat_~fthp'§Bi7itish 'rfir-'i-; iref has producedisg$_ei`;‘*iit'1ii_1a;h‘alf'million ldiers, andlthat 7_2`p'erce°'nt.` of them come,

om Great Britain, speaks for itself. Four' "

ears ago such numbers would have been ought-altogether incredible, and tbey.;___ ave only been reached by the hearty ar§f alous co-operation of the whole peopl ._

o less may e said of the industrial effoig _ 1 _ '

ver the greater part o it unmarred by __ _ _ __ _ -, '_ » `

_ _ _ny_:sorious_frictional-_Westmini$$8r~ 'f __ _ _ - ' - i ‘ ' ~ _'

__ There are ng_better'faci_iities _foricampe .». g _‘V _ ' _

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_ our magnificent ' i"’*i? St0Ck _

1' ' _ _‘In spite of the War, and the f tre- \ ` _ ' ‘ _ mendously high prices which the mills

"§_\,~ 0 _arenow asking. we _are splendidly pre- t `-i, _ _ pared to sell you Carpets. @ _ Our Prices Are Much Less Than

" V __ V ' i __ '- _ Mill Prices Today

i Wewwere,xeiitrenielyifortuiiate in our buying and received

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overt a year late in making delivery-_but we got the goods at the old prices. _ ' _ _ _ °

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We Have all Kinds, all Colors. all the C i New est Designs in Every Weave _

Welton, Axmin'st’er;_` Velvet, Brussels, Tapestry Carpets in

Squares, Stair.Carpets, Hearth Rugs and'Mats. Our stock today '

_ is quite as large and as Well assorted Vas anywe have ever shown.

\ Y0t§°'i_0,_Buy¢_'l`_ha't_ _Carpet Now" When These _ _ f.

_ Qogds ilre S_ol_d_Ont_`W_e_Won’|;"_B'e Able to Buy or Sell Carpets

at Prevailing Prices;-i_..i _If ' 5 - A ` '

. _ i

_ You can se1e_c_t_tf_he Carpet which pleases you, and by pay- I in _ a" small deposit have 1t_ put away until you wish to take de ivery ofiit. i ‘ ‘V ' V -

_' ' ._ _»y.,.~,.-. ' _ -_ ~ Vu _

, _ _ _ _ , ,'_i;.i » . . _._ __.__..... -__ _

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_ . d'ti 'he .t b. ind h t . d in hi. niate. The l'e on the ground n- » ,.5-_ /` ‘

vor there, it we are doing any less ' C" ml" " 3 “"1 5 0 'ln _.pg Fe _ _ Y ' . _ D 0 D D S /

, , V f

escape. Similarly, when ii new Z D N _i

snipper’s_'pos¢ is established it is / ulwiiys left urioccupied for n couple \/ ///' V 1

gy .