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Ile glories) in tile creation of the

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“hell Commission and S owsil A A

how a new and profitable lliilils- try, was Develolitil ily his 0wn

Enterprise. Ile

also Gives _iiie ili-

uerllaistory of Contract Awards and proves that Liberals liombar- ...:;.°.ff.‘.:.?s~..F::..see-..:s&f:.“.:;; ded* the Portals for 0rders and Generally iltlt them-while his ilwll l?ililSll'“¢l¢Y.i will N¢ii'°¢l‘*ll~ 9° . .. .., .. far as ihe_ Militia Department is “ ° ‘ ° " Concerned he Knows no Politics, and Submits Facts and Figures

llisclosing the Affairs.

_Actual State of

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in his speech oil tllo Address oil

Wedtiesday. Hou. Sir SAM HUGHES iltifuister of Militia and Dofellce) said: Permit me. Mr. Speaker. at. the outset of the few remarks wllich i purpose making, to offer you my hearty »»cougrutulatiolls upon your being `¢alléd`tb' fill the high position

which you now occupy. l know that you wil piirsue the line of your pro- decossors, and reflect nothing but credit, honour. and dignity upoll the position.

l scarcely know. Mr. Speaker, how

to begin my relnarks. Tllus far. no- thing of- all adverse ilature of ally importance has beell said concern- ing the department over which I have the honour to preside. There has been lnere or loss talk eolleerli- ing the organization culled the Shell Committee. but, as was the case with like expenditures at the time of tho South African war, the expendi- turos in connoctioll with the Shell Committee mid tho conduct oi' its business do not llppol-tain to this Parllaulout. lil 1890 and 1902 large sums ot mollcy wcro placed by the ilrltish Government to the credit of

ministers of the Crowil in Canada`;_

und they were checked oilt by the lntnisters.or by their attorneys, alld when inriuiries were nludo by uleln- bers of the llouse as to the disposi- tioll of these moneys, tllcy were lllet with ll prompt refusal. Oil that oc- i-nsloli l t.u.ysoll` had li thirst for knowledge! ill lny locality in lilo central part. of tllo province of Oll- iario. ruulor had it that a large nulli- ber of lliirdes had cost the British Government the sum of $157 or $160 each on an average. were. withlll ihl-no or four weeks of the closing of the war. sold for the sum of $38 cacil. It wasin vain that l made inquiries ill regard to tllis mutter, so 1 prompt- l.\' dropped it, and l have never been enlightened as to the real facts of the i-asc, that until the pre- sont. of the present

thc lille set that reitard.

funds tor all were

war l by my and

these

the the

For a not see House oi. the- with should

into ally

connection although /l

pleased. so far all, the elucida-

lactspand- all-/the ell' as to them which it is

give. I attended

the Shell Comnlit- tlie last-but I shall

briefly

sible with AIBVB the

troops today rpsl- tlllll Gov-

llowever. it does not ilocesszirily [ol- lo\v that because the troops are kept ill Canada their training is not good. We feel that the troops that w0l'0 trained in Canada for the first divi- sion were secolld to no tro0DS ill Ulf* world; l know) that the troops that have recently gone over are favour- ably reported upon. Our boys who have gollc across the water are better trained ill shooting and manoeuvr- illg than are any troops ell the other side that have been under troln_ing. for a similar lcllgtll of tilllc. _'Illia speaks well i`or the training ot our troops ill Canada. ’I`hi.-l inlpatienco to go to the front is ll matter. affect- ing not only those \vllo are now training for overseas service. Per- sonally, my owll lleai't's nnlhitioil was to go to the front, but lily duties at llollle prevented me from doing so, Possibly l am illllllg a better job here tilall i could nt tho frollt. lt ls true that I had my own ideas ot’ how this war slloiild have been conducted

at the beginning. lt is trite, as every-

one knows. that your humble ser- 0

vant. before thc war began, predict- ed that this war would be I1 t.l'8llCl-l

(Spool:-i~ to the Guardian.)

minent, according to advices from a German source to the exchange telc- grapll's Athens -correspondent who says that the “Gievgell-Stru.mitza railway has been repaired and Field Marshall Von Maclienzen is now at Monastlr. A portion of the Montene- grin army, the correspondent adds. has effected a junction with the Ser-

BZZO» ` . -

`(8peciaI» to the Guardian.)

LONDON, Feb. 2.-A despatch to

the Exchange Telegraph Co., froln Zurich to-day says there was a heavy slump on the Frankfort Boursc owing

iiiiiick on siiosin ~ s

.. Q

iS NOW SAID T0 BE IMMINENT

on M_ja_cliei|zen is at liionasfir and Railway to Border . Ready for Troops.” Heavy Fighting ou Western

llront. German financiers Fear Rupture with _United States and Stocks Slump.

to the belief' of illluucicrs that Ger- ulan-Aulerlcail diplomatic relation.; are approaching a crisis.

(S eciai to the Guardian)

PARIS, Feb. 2.-~The following state-|

ment was issued by the War Office this afternoon: “Between Avro and Ainse our artillery tired on convoys in the region of faml below Toutveni, as well as on a train leaving for Luz-1 zingy. in Argonne we exploded a mine at Hill 285. ill Alsace our bat- teries exploded munltions depot ou the outskirts of Orbey. southeast of Bon Homme. in the legioll of Sollder-

nach, Soutll -Muenster, the Germans,

occupied one of our listening posts from which they were expelled im- mediately by it counter stroke."

(Special) to the Guardian.)

BERLIN, Feb. 2.-Notable artillery

activity by the French ill Cllampugllc and in the Vosges mountain reglont is reported by Army Headquarters lil to-day’s official statement. it is an- nounced that n German airmail con cerned in the recent aerial attack on Saloniki observed a great outbreak of flames after the attack. Tile stateulcllt iollowsz- In the western theatre ot' war "enemy artillery assumed great activity in some sections ot' Cham- pagne and East Salllt Die in the Vos- ges. The town of' Lens was again shelled by the enemy _ A large French aeroplane was hit by our anti-air craft fire and brought dowll south of (Iliaullty. Tile occupants who were wounded were captured.

cued by Passing Steamer and

these two mon loft the schooner in a tory to attend to theii trawls. Au hour later, during a heavy sea, their mooring lille parted. foil sci lil very

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CLUSE Hill Fllii `SiiiMiil iPPiM 1'

.TWU FISHEHMEN' Hill] Hi U.S. Gill.

LONDON. Feb. 2,-Tloiief prcvilils ' '

Adrift 30 Hours in 0pen Boot ___ __m_,,__, ___m,____ ___ “,____m__gw__ _“___ Barn Burned with nllltsiiontents _______________ ____ ____________ ____________ ____ _______

(SP¢¢i=i i° the Guardian-l lin- lc. i.. init-lllliifii-._ iiiillil.-it-r or in-

wlthilllt F00d 0|' wilmf, R35- the State Depurinlcllt will declare the __ _

British steamer Appunl it (ierlllnil prize l’clldia a formal decision.

TUKQII A0 sh JOTIII- . ' howelvcr, tile cailsturcd steamer will he (spuial 1° the G“"dia"') I

held by the American nu-tllorities with

1 . . . . ` ` ' ’ ' . 1 Y

- me "rue °r°w‘ °"p_mm and _'“_“‘w ol afternoon fire destroyed a barn oil

the llllcr ulld ccltuiu passengers

(Special to the Guardian.) iallegetl to belong to the armed forces -, , _ _ ' , ' _ _ ‘_

ST JOIIN. Feb. 2.-The stoanlsllip ol' Grout ilrituiu on board. Permission ::F;§"|"T'__"’“t_:'|')_|"'twif"'xJA;l|:::;l:f"g6r2:fg

liinlsliowelllleail arrived ill port from was given to 1!-ffl oiilci' persons on mm '|)(_|U`l"'ging M, Emhr(,__ _um .|.n§"_j Belfast. lrelallil. and had ell board .board to land nt Newport News. lholm HMI- _[calore uw MMI, to Cm Henry Bucher “ml Joh" Forrest' two '_"`_' llt|i'i'l‘ [ai tciiln`sti`rl' lil their iillilllilv Gloucester. Mass.. ilshorlnen wllo had Nl<i\V \'0lti(, l"cbrilur_v i.-The Tlw mas 0,- (._0m,,nh, is only vu,.nu|l‘,I lnlttec oi' supply of ways und means. been lost i‘rolll the scllooiicr _l‘Jlsl|.‘.. Appanl, sailed i'ronl Daltar. in thc ,,0,.(,md bv m8m.uuc,,_ Thu bam IN; Tho schooner was fishing oil tile French Colony ul' Scllegal, ill West l,mg,,_‘| w'1,,.R0s,, Mmm, who is ,low western ond of lirownsbank, about Africa. i`or i'iynloutll. Engluilii, on h.0lm__whm.‘__ in Frmwv _mil it N _md_,r_ “°"°"ty “mc” from S|'“n""'"’ N'S~' J“n““r~V U' WIN" "hum f""r ‘|“-"5 stood i`alrly wvli illsiiretl 'l`licorf1'in and thirty miles- from Cape Sable. Ou ago wireless columulllealioll willl thc of the mc is ,,"known_- 'H had make Monday nlorllfng last at cigllt o‘clock vessel suddenly ceased, and us _ the l.ousm,,mMc h,.ud,,mv when d|_5.C0vm__ 1 ` ' _ ' _ ’ .' ' ` _ ' ed. '

days past without further wold of hi-r silo was virtually given up us lost.. A dispatch frolrl Eilgiand to ilouiloii Lloyds, Jsuuarv. "K, said thi- llritish

thick, and their dory being to leeward steuuler 'i‘rogall`i|e“lls.d reported having Mmirdr' |'|"|m°"t cur" m°Mh°r'°'

t the scllooner, the unfortunate llsll- gagged at gon on .inylllary 16, a life

rmcn were driven far oilt into thc boat wltll the numc Appanl painted

0 ' _ Atlantic. Owing to willd and heavy on the stern and with the ours kllcck- TIIE ‘VE lt-HER

_ I

war, alld endeavoured to lay plans to have it thus carried out fronl the bo- glnlliug. ilowcver. I feel that my position hero is lllilcil larger thuil it could possibly be lil eonltualld of ll more division or _corps at the front.

i do wish to slly a word |`or a iirlllll

illiiuy of my oillcnrs who ollilllot go to the front. Hilrgeoil-tlo|lel°al Fleet served ill the South Afrlcail Will' with lfreut iiistiilctlon, iiudor fire and not under fire. He was alwayll U- friolld of tho soldier ulld was always ready to do his duty feariossly and well. it would have been l.lle.:l0y of ills life had ile been uble to go to the front; but it was impossible to spare lllnl. The sallle thing is true of Gell- erul Macdonald, Quarter-muster Gell- oral, was anxious to E0 0V0l'S9l1ll to look after his department, but he could not be spared. So with many more. General Gwatkln. G0ll0l'U~| i-iodgins. Colonel Winter. every Om' cer on tile staff has been anxious to go to the front. but we could not spare them. '

Sir WILFRID LAURIER: General

Lessard-Do his duties prevent him going?

Sir SAM HUGHES: And there is

General Lessard alag. No doubt he is anxious to go to the front. Ill- though i have not seen all applica- tion from ilful. We know that his health is not Hood. There is also General John HuBl1eB» G€ll9l`l| L0'

'cond to none. who have distinguish-

have that- situation

and duty

Fiset or 1 but we realize

in lil/ot.

in the

here

comrades as lost. Making a forty- tathonl wire fast to u trawl tilb the fishermen used it-as ll drag for the purpose of keeping the dory’s head to the seas. Tile ebb tide setting against the wind ollusod ll very dangerous sea. Tillie ltftor tiulc the dory Wllll V¢‘l'y llearly upset.. ' Tile mon had called so oitell for help that thcll; throats be- came sore, and there was nothing loft for tllelli to do but await some craft that might pass. Tile mi_dwlili.cr weather chilled the men to the bone. and in addition to this the spray broke over and soaked them to the skill. Tiley took hourly watches. one being on watcil while his companion rested lil tho bottom of tllo wet boat. There was not all ounce of food or u drop of drinking water ill the boat and to keep off the pangs of hunger the mell chewed tobacco. On Tuesday at eleven ill the morning, or thirty hours after they broke clear of the trawls, they heard the sound ol' a steanler’s horn, and as the big ship loomed up out of the fog only about fifty yards, the .fishermen had only time to row cleat' from being run down. They called for help as the big l_iller was

passing close by. Xlleir cries were heard by the lookout. nd the steamer waastopped. Owing to the heavy sea itltook' nearly an hour before they could be rescued. On board the

` ton oil the steamship North Star.

sm Co|0“e| _Mewbug-n, soldiers se- _______,_____A_______ ._.___________________.,,;._.,___._._________=,_,_,,_,.,__,_._.,,_.,_._.,.___._._.,_-_-_-_-.1_~,__.,._.,._._-_-_-_Css-,»,_~ _C.-_~.-.~.s~_-.-__..._-_-: ._,.-.~_._-..._-,~_~.-.e....,_-2-_-:_

still they WGN’ llllllb|0 10 l0llCll l|l¢|ed away. lt was feared she had gone _ A 1 vessel 9.1111 welll i-iiyell “D by their| difwn ill n severe storm. which occur- 'l‘]yDIl’ER_1\TURE,

rcd in the watt-rs thru which she was passing. or pos'-slbly had ellcolllltt-.r\:ii ll Gernlun submarine operating off the African coast. Tile Appllm. under or- dillury eonditioils. would have reached l’lylnolii,h'on January 21.

The Appanl sailed with lilo' pas;<cil-

gcrs and with a crew ot' 1114. Among the passengers who were booked to .sail on tlle'Appunl. were Sir Edward alld Lady Morcwctllor and their slllto. Frederick Scholl James. forlner acting

colonial secretary and closely itientiil- ycstbrflnylwils 28 <l1=sr<‘.i=s shove 1-cw:

ed with colonial administrative nifairs in Africa; Francis Charles Fuller, wllo was appointed chief' ronluliissloner of

i 1905 and Mrs Fuller

Ashanti, ll . - ~ _ '

The Am,um_ |55 owned by (|10 British Z8 ilcgrecs above zero.

and African Steam Navigation Coln- pany, which is under the manngolnclll of the Elder Dempster llllo.

Mlr\ard’| Llniment cures gargat In cows

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steamslllp they collapsed from exhaus- tion. They were given warm drlllks,. placed between hot blankets and when the ship arrived here to-day were feel- ing as good as ever_ The mell have been taken ill charge, by the Ullited States Consul and will leave for Bos-

TWU HUHSES PEHISH

|lliMHiiiST Hill

AltillEl't*‘,'l‘ l~‘i-ll 2-Furl this

(,‘res<‘<>llt Avenue. together with fifty

'l‘IDE, MOON, ETC.

(Special to the Guardian.)

'i‘Olt0N’l`0, February ii.-Mariiilnu:

Strong wluiis and moderate gales from uort.h-eastward wfill snow.~

'l‘ilE WEATllEit.-Yestcrduy was

fair -.ind ll little colder.

The highest tcnlpornture rccoriied

At nine o’clock yesterday |nol‘illng it. registered 28 degrees above zero; at lliue last iligllt. 23 degrees above zero. The coldest the previous night, was

The tide will be high this rnorlling

ul “'39 and t°m°"`°“' at 12'225 it at least tllat all understanding be

will be high tonight at 11.09 and to- lllorrow at 12.

The sun sets this afternoon at 5.09

and tomorrow at 5.10: it rises io- morrow morning at 7.18 and Saturday at 7.17.

___ Tile moon sets this afternoon at .2l. Tile last quarter of the nlooll was

on Thursday. January 27th. at 8.35 p. m.

There will be a new mooll oil Tllurs~

day. Feb. 3rd. at 12.06~p. m.

The length oi' today will be nine

ilours and llf't_v-one minutes.

moral

in soon

were

_ _, . 1 _ _ _

ed themselves in war before. who "‘ ` _f - .~ ~ __`

had more experience than , '_§ ~ _ . “‘ 1 but who have -not been sent _ --. - "' _-- .1 rv- . ' ‘ _‘ ' ` ` f ' ' ‘ ‘ trout, because they cannot . _ » . _ ».i _ ._ _ _ - .

be spared. Therefore no > ‘ ' ' . , -~ ‘

been iavidlousiy selected to _ _,,__.. _-_ -_ ~, .»~‘ "1 is _ _ 1* _~ =. or nomo. I think slat irony _ ____-_ -_,,~ _ _ Q' . .t . _ ~

,right iq go the front -' ~ Q 1, ‘ -

*,\ #1 d.

. ___._.i.?.__l .

the

the with

con- too emo-

and,

scenes with

As a

acxing ol’ Miss Lotus and Miss Dubois. Th se who have had thd pleasure of seeing and hearing them, and who did not see thonl last night, will take it for granted tilat their parts were as well executed ds they could be. The wllolo play was cxccptlollltliy woll staged, and the acting was. without. a single exception, perfect. Tile caste was as followsz- Cookie _ Miss lrene Gordon Fred Collins. Mr Ervlllo Aidoraon Ellie Penlbnrioil, Miss Margaret. lloiifs' Helen Pelllborton.

Miss Eugenio Dubois

The Rev. llarry Pemberton

_ Mr Wm. J. Townshend

The l-lon. Archibald Graham- _ ~ 1; . Mr Joseph Salman Mrbammlns- hu-‘Aiileiit Wailea-adn

, » » lflsa -Dorothy-0he|mo_u_d__

resolution, of which notice was given some ilnle ago by the Prime Minister, regarding the dcuih ot' Sir Charles

_ _ _ __ _ ite mlm this :alle a success.

Mary-Ann Lommilw -' - r -“ = ‘-*‘ ' ‘ ‘

DEBATE ON ADDRESS .

CLOSED YESTERDAY

Estimates will be

Brought Down

‘To-day. Government Resolution Providing Extension of Parlia- ment wiil be Presented Shortly.

(From our Own Correspondent.) _

OTTAWA, Feb. 2.-The address in

reply to the speech from thc Tilrollc was adopted tilts afternoon after a dcllnte which occiipled two weeks und o half. Although the ond was knowll to be near. it was thought that the concliisiell would not be reached till to-lnorrow or }<`rlili\_\'. The early part oi' llle :-li`lcl'llooll was lnki-:li ilp with B. discussion oi' thi: propriety ol' the tiovernll|<»llt's lu-tion in collecting i`rolll \Vi'st<-rn llolllestezuli-rs rebates coiliraicti-.il by lhcln lo the Govern- illent. under the litliwiilces matic for the piircllnse of' sci-ii grain.

\\`dlel| this qili-stioll lvus disposed of

and ltevi-.iiii\'. look up the debate and

l'ollowi'il by Mr .loscpll i)ciliors ol` St ollu. ibi-rville. wllo spoke llriefly. lt was trxpci-tell that lion. Pierre

Uioildiil. Si*-clwetury of' Stntc, and Mr lioulny oi' ltlinouski would also speak but at the collclllsloll of Mr Deuler’s relluirks. Speaker Sevigny pu] the |llot.ion, which was promptly i'.ali'i'l<'d wiilloul. ilisselit.

At'i,f‘l‘ the aiiioplioii of flli- aiifircss

the ilfliiiisivi' of li‘illulii~.i- glivi' uiliive of it luoiioil that the lloui-so go into (folli-

'l`llis is the usuill prc‘<‘.ili'.s‘or ol' the

siilllliissioii of i°s'li|llliii~.~'. for the year and it is expr-ull-ii illesi- will be broiiglii. down to~nitn'i'o\v_ 'l`o-illorrow is the las; Thursday to ill- dcvoti-d to business of private lllillllbers and will probably be taken up ill the iiiseilssion ot' one or otilcr of the resolutions standing oil the order paper over the names ot' private llielnbers.

sides of' the House. Tile Minister do .precated attacks made ou him in tilt- l-louse alld elsewhere which had been founded on mlsquotatlons of ills asso- ciations. The Minister thought tllul condemnation should tall oil tin authors of all nttcnlpt which was being evidently made to create n. belief in Canada that tllere was a ccrtalll group of its people of questionable loyalty to the ilritisll Crown. rather than on those who were sought to be made thi- objects of such a belief. Hg denied that there had been any slackening oi' recruiting ill Qllcbec because of tht' calllpalgll against naval aid ill Quebec ill 1011, and attributed it ratllcr to speeches delivered ill the House ii- seif. Tllo Minister of inland Revenui- stated hc had been sincere ill oppos- ing it naval contribution of any kind in 1011. and he was sincere now that his opiilioli had been nlodiiled by thesi- evenis which transform a country, such events as we saw in 1914, events which were only the prolongation oi' the lieelarntlon made ill the ilousc in 1912 by the Primo Minister. . Time would allswcr the problem of the rolli- tions llciwccil the Empire and its Colonies. said Mr l’utclla\lde. Thai problem had not been settled yet in spite of' the fact that no Canadian citi- zen could but. do everything possibil- ill the pr(-.sciit crisis for the defence oi the colnlnon cause and t'alluila's own intervals.

l\i;Jos<_-pil Dclllers stated thai. ln-

allw no reason for Mr l’atcuauile‘s selcciioll for a place ill the Cabin(-I except tilut. he hull loss to be pardoned for than his former leader, Bourassu. Mr i’atenn,ude. ho said. had shouted for Mr Borden when lleiessur und

1 y

if time allows if is probable that the for Mr Bourassu wlleil that was neces-

Tuppcr, and which has been framed bp a special conlnlittce of the liousc, will bc taken up and passed. 'Tho Govcrillllenl, resolution provid- lug for an exit-llslou et' the tcrnl of Parliament for elle your will be taken up on l~`ri<luy or 'l`llcsdll_v, Monday being a private i|l4.:luber's tiny. Wh:-it the attitude of` the Opposition will be this resolution will fllcn ho made kilowll. Silldc the uletier was loft in thc hands of Sir Wilfrid Laurier by an Opposition cauirns two weeks ago. no bint has been given as to wllotller tho Opposition will ngrot-, to the terms of the resolution. nlillougll it is ex- pectlld tilllt they will ailnonllrro their willingness to accept the prlllclblo.

it is ullderstomi that n iluillbcr of

the Opposition mclnbors urc anxious to have certain conditions attacllod or

reached with reference to lllvestiga- tions nvllicll tllcy llave_asked for.

Mr l"atenaude's speech. his first

effort in the House. was delivered in French, of wllich he is a master. and listened to with great interest oil boill

5H.l`y.

(From our Own Correspondent.) OTTAWA, Feb. 2.--The annual ru-

port of the Department of Railways and Canals, wiilch was laid on thi- table of the llouse yesterday. shows that for the fiscal year ending March 31st, 1915. there was spent on railways alld canals $50,043,988. Tile revenui derived from the Government railways and canals for tllat ycai' amounted in $12,577,120. The report gives the ln- tercsling stnlcnlent that tllcrc hui: been spent oil railways ill Canaria Prior to and since Confederation thi' enoriuous sum of $648,075,427. Ou canals Cliilalia has expended 8150.205.- 700. This makes the total expeudlturl- $798,281,107. Hon_ Frank Cochrane had succeeded in making the inter- colonlul llallway a paying proposition. despite the fact that it wage wm- ycar alld business collditlolls were 1-.\' cccdlngly unfavourable. There was l- proilt of $42,965. Tile total earning.- for the year amounted to $11,444,872). Tile Prince Edward lslaild Railway which hge steadily lost money slllizo Confede tion, had a deficit whiz,-il

more than cotlntcrbaianced the profit-~

i_Co1ltillueo on page three.)

COMING EVENTS,

A N NOUN CEMEN TS,

MEETINGS. ETC.

ONE CENT per word out-il inser-

tion oi’ the advertising in this coluulll. (‘.nsl_l_ must accompany orders. Milli- lllulu charges twenty-five cents.

_..._

*°l'tosei'vc Wednesday night Feb.

lil, for the Basket Social ut Union iioad Hall. Prorcetls in aid oi’ Rod Cm-ll work. 'llsze-:sMli.l'.

A Uuskct Sociul will be ilcld ill

ilarrlngion Hull on Monday Feb. 14th. Admission 15c. Cllildrcll ltlc. Ladies with baskets free. Proceeds in aid of Hall.

"NOTICE The Hartsvillo Cemetery

Committeolare requested to moot at Hartsvlllo llall Monday evening 0 o‘- eiock. . All are roqoustad to uttond. J. A. McKenzie, Secretary. ~

7134-2-2M2l.

“The West Kent Boy Scouts have

arranged for a sale ol homo made candy in the Prince Edward Theatre on Tuesday. iiul lust. the proceeds to he applied towards the payment ot the

plan recently placed in tho school. t'isf ttlllt parents especially and .clt genera ly will do their utmost

ooxmclvsnn ._4,ns.

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onassrrrea-'rlozs

ONE CENT per word each inser-

tio2_ tor-advertising in this colullln Ca l must accompanyprd s. Mini- mum_ c‘llllr_g5l_s._t£v_enty-tive €§.lts. - Pam: .sAusAass < Ai.wAv5‘- on _hand at_ l~lolLn_a_n_!i_Q_llal_*Qttotown; - Fon sAi.E.- No. s i-ioMs"H`WEt

cooking stove. Cheap, Apply atztiii

_ i-lnstllll sc. ' osoal-iimlctr. woman wAN'rs Po%i'i'io`ii"‘i’o”"il9.

housework good cook. A|ig_l__y Guar- dian. ___ __ -7k30- . Mlipd.

T0 LET.-THREI EOOMG WITH

modorll collvenixcin. suitable for light house kee I. Apply (litu- dian. Q ' 120-S-8m3i

LOST- ON FEB. 1" IET .

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