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~ “cutter-no Completes First Year

MONTREAL, Dec. 29. —The re- sults of our last two years of oper- ation conclusively show that the Canadian National Railway system can furnish a first class service to

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ton, nnd by the system -I moan the officers and men and their achieve. ments, we have some enemies, no ‘ , Organisation ouch as ours can es- ‘ - - . - ' y. cape them. some of them are fair ‘ - _ ‘ ' -. fighters, and a good many are not. , ~ ' . ‘ Some will not lie but a flood many ‘ ' - wilL If is the duty of every of- - ficer and man lln thh organization " -' ‘ to resent and challenge unfair ‘ »- tatements and malicious criticism. "

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rho officers of at. John's Dougie “MKNowgibosmsn-r -Ainion¢ ,‘,’,',‘,,,‘.,"',,‘-‘,,F‘°°,",,,?§"‘;f,,“,, "',',‘,§§‘,°,§§, h“! vlcwm‘ and?“ W" "mdllw 55"“? mm“ 4° 5° “km” good cattle on sale today, lbut the iinllwliod inst nislit by Pill- N- W- 594-996 1131-7011811 11° PNVM" Wu" ten offered sold at strong prices. 011M llfiwvcr J. M. Min-icy. mll- lflvllie Mil-arisen cl tlwlr lu-IM- Light in-betwsen grades of butcher ed by Grand Marshall E. Kenmod are: Miss Jean Mac-

cattle were not wanted and She Donald. Miss Vivian Cameron. common cows canners and bulls

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‘This officers were as follows:

. . ' chnrioitomrwn- Miss Lilian White brought steady prioes. Part of We 111111 111 of us have to be cou~ ’ in ald Of (no Mike”); “A, Iikiend." and a tload of good northwest steers §§E,,§,‘I§:{§',f§f,‘§;,1',flf,um,“f,§ “mull? °11 "19 11101! l0 1110!! 11111188 ' y” mlief . 8t. John's Lodge No. i "Another-Al - .‘ .brought 10-50 and another lot $0.25 m m the people o; can“. The‘ 0! l-lllifl 011111110190" fllld i lilillk we —'——- a half dozen or more good cows ' "0 1115111100 ill "P81110111! 9V" lll- ' '

first of these conclusions is becom- 1118 more evident day by day. How soon we shall accomplish the sec- ond depends entirely upon the business we can secure Conse- qu-ently it becomes the duty of every one of us to put forth every offorgtlo attract freight, passenger, telegraph and express business to the National Railway system. l know I can irely on the efforts of all ofyou in this direction‘.

The forqoing was a. statement madle by Sir Henry W. Thornton, chairman and president of the Can- adian National‘ Railways, during the course of the address which he delivered last night from radio station C. N. R. M, the Canadian National broadcast station at Mont-

tacks on the company as an equal- a d. , _

-]y evil attack upon every ludivi- ‘ ‘ ’ ' ,4 .: ,,

dual in its employ. ‘ ' ‘ ~ The results of our last two years r r __-_, _. ,

of operation conclusively show that

the Canadian National Railway

s m can furnish a first class

service to the public ‘and at the

samle time eventually become a .

aoulrcde of giilofiik to the people of 2,000 pounds of Honey just arrived. ‘ z ana a. s irst" of these con- l

conclusions is become. more evi- I, r r - -

dent day by d“. How mo“ we ight anibu honey in 5 lb tins, sold

shall accomplish this second de-

pends entirely upon the business

we can secure- Consequently it

becomes the duty of evry one of

us to -put forth every effort to nt-

tract freight, passenger, telegraph

cunts-rust ooncsa-r —Last llllht the p11 of the Baptht Sun- day School old their annual Christmas entertainment before a lame and interested audience of _ children and grown-ups- An ex- g_ 9___A_ w_ MfA-nem oeillent program was rendered.

ENTERTAINMENT. — Tonight the Annunichristtnas Tree wlill be held at’ Falconlwood, when the fol- lowing members - of the Young- MURIE Company will take part in -_ the lprogrin-ams; Mr- Stretton in uccllatlous. Miss Ann Mceil in sonlh and dances, "The Dancing Durands", Mr. Durandin vliolln solos, vMr- Wilmot Young in rend- ing and Mr Edward S. Stauffer in

w. M-.—iwm. sehofield. 5- ‘We-J W. Paterson,

sold in- prices at $4.26 to $5.00 and medium cows brought from $8.00 to $4.00 Cutter cows were $2.25 to $2.50 and canners mostly $1.85. Common bulls $2-50 to $8.00 ac- cording to weight. There were no medium ‘and common steers sold up to ten‘ o'clock. Quota- tions:-— Butchers, steers good, $6.60; butcher heife-rs good, $5-50 to $6.05, medium $4.00 to $4.50; butch-er cows good, $4.25 to $5-00. medium $8.00 to $4.00 canners $l-85 cutters $2.00 to $2.50; butcher bulls com-mon $2.50.

Calf receipts 263- With alight offering of calves and all of com- mon to medium quality prices were very little different to last

Casino Oilchesixn Noveltylilances

_ Tickeils at Gentlemen $1.25 ' ‘l-Ladies 75c» Dancin 9* pLm. d...»

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J. S.—-Wm. Carr. ‘ Marshall-A. J. Houle, ‘r-rustetw-L. McDonaiid.

Vlofonls Lodge, No. 2 M.—-L. E. Wdllner.

lust year for $1.50 per tln - this year

“'0 are selling n- 5 lb tln for 90 cents.

-——————"—— Sect .—d—I, s. M Dead. , - ’ y c fills honey, which is of this year's

. ks_ A flew 5mm] 10m o; and express business to the Nation- lChalp.——-E. J. ‘ofl-Tbflllillfilil P. -M spwmltmh wefli t i real‘ al Railway system 1 know that l 1,300,099 p|5c53 MA||_ Rgcofln s D___P E 9mm ‘ ' 1110 11111 0 f0 l‘ B0041 V0015 901d l0 ‘Sir l-lenlry Thornton wns accom- ' . - - - - - - FIREMEN our-Tn Summcr- local butchers at sllshhly higher ‘ - . "11 "'1' 111ml“ “"1"” °* “ii *1‘ .. . . . . _ AT 9°57 °FH°E J. ~11. H. Moi-swan - e pflceg bu, me bu", .,.,1..4 slteady_ named by ‘m’ ‘hm’ "we PM“ you in this direction. uop, is pi openly mntuiorl mid put up

side ‘fire department was called out on Saturday - evening about six o'clock for an alarm sent in from the warehouse of Hon. James T. MoNe-lllill the rear of his property on Water street. The electric wires in the building, became deranged ill some‘ way making a short circuit. The building is lighted by a private plan-i, and“the current was turned off in time to prevent any damage. If the current had not been turned off just when it was, n serious fire

den-ts, M-r. S. J. Hungerford, Mr. J, E Dalrymple, and Mr. W. D. Robb, the latter being in charge of the radio department us One of the activities directed by him. The occasion of the ‘broadcast was to mark the completion of the first year of service of the radio depart- ment. the Canadian National being the first rniiwny in the world to es- tablish radio as a definite part of the system activities.

"In conclusion whether it be in f business. in sport. or in whutevcr in clean, new this and bottles. If; is activity our rnlilway nnd i-ts Hll- ' ployees may be engaged, I hope “'11. shall find victory, nnd that success will attend all of our many and varied undertakings. 1 would like you to feel that the Canadian Nu- tionsl Railway system has n soul and a heart ns well, and that ouch and every one of you are equally important for its welfare, and that

S. S.-—~I.. A, lMicDougnll .

J. S.—W. M. Bears.

J. G.-—A. (lanolin.

Mnwelhsilll-C. H. ‘Diniglweli, IP. M. Tyler-S. B. Frelnloli. Trustee-NV. J. Drake, P. M. Ailiier ltlhe closing of the hedge, dainty nsfreslnmenits were served ‘by time indies of the Eastern Star. The chair wins tlsenl ltaken by P. G. 1M. Murley wilto gave a. feiw nip-

a few medium veals reached $10.00 and cmomon ones $9.00. Grass- ers were $4.75 quotations good veal $8.50 to $10.00, grass 84-75 to $4.00. Sheep rece-Elpts 665. Lambs of medium to fairly good quality sold in- miiccd lots brought $11.50 with uu odd small lot of good ones n shnde hctter- Common lambs $10.50 to $11.00 sheep $4.50 to $6.00 Quotations ewes 64-00 to $6.00 lam-be, good $11.50 to $11.75, coin-

TORONTO, Dec. 25.—Yesterday proved to he another record ni-akier ‘in nhc Toronto Post Office The iruuibur of pieces of .mali matter going throng-h flue machines ire- gistercd 1,800,000 in round ni-‘gureil. or 300,000 more thonon nuy pre-

vious day. _ .- To-day the rush still keeps u-p, l and we expect two cars'of atldition- nl mail matter in from Winnipeg

without doubt one of‘ the most tlcllcl- omi and health giving foods both for

adults and olillflrcn,

. All stressed the

til-In afternoon, more from New York and. also some from the west," ppm Pouunasteir Lemon this after- noon. ‘

MISSIONERSEEAR SCARB

LONDON, Dec. ZiL-Professor P. R. G-lensou and Mus. Gleason, Bn-p- tlst missionaries who werle assail- ed and severely beuteu by n mob in Hungoon, llunmn, i-u October, nrlriv- ed in London 10-day, bound for llltzlil‘ home in the United Sill-led-

Mrs. Ulensorfs head‘ -bears two long scars where she was struck by her attackers. who felled bier twice w-hile her husband. WW1 0l1ly 1111 umbrella for a weorcu. endeavored ito bent thiem off. Prof ‘Gleason. whose home is ‘in. Los Ansell“. has n six ‘inch scar on the ‘right sidlc 0i his jaw, u mark made by 1111 Ill-film‘ knife.

TOMMY ARNOLD JOlN8 MONTREAL DIRECTORATE

IVIONTREAIJ, Dec. 29.—Toni-my Arnold, for years a close follower of the fortunes of the V1119?“- hqckey team, and an ardent devotee of the nimateur game, has 10111011 "-119 directorate-of the new Montreal profelrswllhl team. the udvlllcly board associated with Mnnsscfr

Cecil Hart now consisting of Zia-mes‘-

pnopillnts retinas-ks.

lTllJB foflowihg .w$g!flm was then mnrled out:

‘Reading-ID, Edgar Sim/w.

Piano selection-Prof. Fletcher. Solo-T. W. motley.

. Blending-D. E0881‘ Shaw.

Piano selection-Prof. Fletcher. Sblo-Jliilohaod iltfloKeet

The brethren. joined; in singing old time melodies. This program was ‘finished by slinging Auid Lang Sync aind tine National‘ Anthem.

GRAY KASHA FROOK -|8 PLAID- ED ‘iN DARK ‘BLUE KABHA

F.

~ Messrs. Henry‘ Moyse. lvfrlllmau, Leitb Crewe, Harold Mell- lab. and Harold Smith left yester- day morning for Sackville, where

would probably have resulted. It was nQl-glocessiiry, for the firemen to turn onkthe wafer.

osasqnats Mr. A, B._ Siller, Wlnsloe was

visitor to_ the city yesterday.

Mr. Norman Mcl-‘adyén, Cornwall wins a visitor to the city yesterday.

Mr.

Mrs Joseph Egan, Mt. Stewart is spending n few. days in the city visiting friends.

Mr, John Ling, Wheatley River, was in the city yesterday on busi- ness.

MIlBB Evn Farquhnrson of Van- couver iswisilling her aunt Mrs. B.

McKinley, 234 Richmond St-

Mrs. Austin Cameron nnd daugh- ter Mliss Marie, Augustine Cove. _ were visiting Mrs. Cameron's sis-J" We Bllllllg Wiwzlt flour trade, m“ Mm w_ s_ Sgeeyes, gummmoibusinie-ss beiing quiet. and the. tone side, P. E. I.

Brenton Dollar, Brookfield was a visitor to the city yesterday-

Thomas

mon $10.50 to $11.00 l-log re- ceipts 1281. At time of writing the bog market was somewhat-un- settled. Sellers we-re holding for higher prices and rading was slow . in commcn-ciug- Sales of mixed a lots were ninde at from $10.00 bulk of sa-lcs $10.85 or better. Selects sold for $11.00 per cwt- Sows were generally from $8.00 to $8.25.

niournnnh, Dec. 29.—rir?ior- eiglu demand for Canadian grain here today was not very brisk and ‘tho expout business wwsi dull. 0n spot No. 1 northern was offering at 101,4; cents per bushel over the Win nl-peg December option, No. 2 Nor- ltllhern at 41A cent; per bushel and No. 3 option alt the lirliiy option -prlce C. l_ F. lbsy ports with no ‘lJlXYiBIS. The douiissliic deuun-l for oats we. sslow, but the hone of the market was firm, Oniinrio 2 wh-l-te being quoted wt 65 cents, No. 3 grade at 63 cents illfltl No. 4 grade an. 61 cenrta per bushel, err-store. There were no new developments

steady. Winter when-t grains were "steady alt the recin itdvanw iri prioos noted. A fa-f-rly active busin- e-sla was dome in mi-llfceil nnd pric- es ruled silc-ady. A fa-lr trade con- gtlnues to be ‘done in‘ rolled oais.

the speakers promising on-tlook of the coming year and. t-acb spoke to his large yet invisible audience in optimistic terms, while Mu". Robb, who spoke in French, dwelt upou the amicable relationship which had been devel- oped betwcen the railway and the large section of tile population of Canada nnd the United States who speak the French language.

While the address-cs of the President nnd the three Vice-Pre- sidents wlrro iictuully spoken in Montreal, file range of territory covered by tho broadcast included the greater part of the continent. and the audience itself so great in size as to defy reasonable cnl- culabion- Notomly was there effect- ed in the populous eastern section of the country, n tile-in of record proportions for: Canada by menus of which the speeches were broad- enst sinrultaneousiy from Montreal Ottawa and Toronto stations of the Canadian National but the copies of the addresses had been forward, ed t0 th other rad-lo stations of the C. N. R- at Moncton, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Calgary, Regina being ‘the only stat-ion of the nine operated by the depart- ment uot used. Such a distance covered by n simultaneous and rs- latled broadcast wus clearly a new

the officers and men alike repre- sent n~ mairching army with a com- mon objective animated by irres- lyistlble courage. l wish to each of you and to your families n very happy New Year, and especially do I send my greetings to the little folks who may be listening this even-lug. You children reprrsent the generntliou which will profit from what ever good we older ones may do in ou-r tiiue- W-e must, therefore, so conduct our affairs as to leave you a heritage consist- ing of a maximum degree of nuc- cess achieved. Again, to all of you nnd to you little children, n happy New Year." Mir. S- J Hungerford, vice-presi- dent in charge of operation nnd construction departments, said, in art, I mm most happy to be able to say that I believe the relation- shilp with all our employees is of the very beet. f0 which the excep- tlonailly fine support that has been forth-coming in all our endeavours is this strongest possible evidence. Mir. Hurigerford stained that the public had appreciated the better service which had been rendered ‘possible through the development of the organization. in a year of sreious failing off in traffic we have been unable to ful-

record for lrndio work of such char- acter in the dominions. Sir Henry

ly main-tain our position as re- gards melt returns, but I um, very

Buy a fin fodny—-y0u‘ll like it. \Ve guarantor its purity nnd wholesome.

HUSH.

SPECIAL

.5lb.Pails........ 90cts. 2 1-2 lb..Tin-s . . . . . . 50 cts. 8 oz. Bottles . . . . . . 25 cts. v

JENKINS and soil I

“Everything That’s Good To Eat”

Suuchan‘ Gordon Qushing nnd Mi‘. pleased to add- that the physical

Arnold.

The new director visited Ottawa with the team yeslisrdlly. 00001110" iuiyiug Mr. Strachuil‘, aad__rrcvcd himself not only an omen of S0011- luck, in that lube team won. but 11

they will represent Prince Edwards. finm feeling provniioa in the egg Island at the Tuxls Parliament now qympk-gg bu»; mlgcea showed m)

in session at that place. lmmnge‘ my“, volume m» business

- ‘ was amodonulte. The demand for but-

, 6565-12-3 2i. Tgggglfigl; am “his addfefils “m wtrlt of moving and handling our , ‘ye r as “me d“ g°ne"trafflc and maintaining our pro- a year i“ which measurable andlpertydias been accomplish-ed more gryfiger 2,5015%“ lime gift? maéletthwlefficienhly when measured by re- coilsjtue‘: “Tzlgagum “C ° d, e cognized gauges of performance. n p“ o e an“ a" Mr. J. E. Dalrymple, vice-presi- National Railways system into a

l to show special attention ‘to their Canada to bring back to_ the Do- patrons of liirencb descent; A-fteriminion such matchless settlers as inviting suggestions and criticism it ls in the interest of these Drench of the radio service Mr. Robb con-‘Canadiaus who have emigrated to

ltierwas limited. Little business was transacted ‘in- clteese. but: the ten-

- .‘ll u £42,000 hotel 011 . u: thi ,1. titi l .- i aitzfijlglfin W e a laflaghor age‘; figlirixsugagy 525112;“), prices in the Unified States. Geese, {fifgflnf ,0,f,{§§f°°‘,,,§,,anc§ 3:813; freight. passenger, mail express ‘ CHANGING QTYi-Es m, ..§... p“. the duty to prosecute 411°" c1111 chickens ore ‘steady. this record can be maintained. “d L“:°°',','f“°°““.,' bl“,"§"“,‘,t,“ I -"'-"' this mnacflon, not o; the law 0g £81111"? l-“Pkey! 111919711101‘ supply Oll Every man in the service must be venu w aqua a o“ e g p

decidedly welcome visitor. B31010 tho gnnie, he presented sash t‘ ‘hill players with a $10 801d 95959- ‘l Muunger Hurt-with n coin of larger denomination.

ENGLANUS CRACK TRAIN SPEEDS 7B MILES HOUR

LONDON, Dec. 20.—An English railway has just Dili- l11 0981mm" n train die luze which compargi; fuvorably with any 01 n“! ‘bwm Aimericun fillers. It is the lillylll!

"If we get ini any nice gowns. Qflid the obilgilng saleslady, I will telephone you." "011. 0011"‘- 8° if} ‘that trouble. Just drop me a card. “The styles ‘might change belfore it reaohed you."

E FOR DINNER HOM SERVED DIVORCE BILLI-

onrnorr, Dec. 29.—-Le Roy C- Lyon, attorney, served s copy of h-is

The vogue for plaid has brought a smart new treatment into the foreground. instead of a woven plaid, a material of one color, shows insets of a contrastlnl; color which form a plaid design.

The gray kasha frock above has inset bands of dark lblue kaolin. of varying widths which make a plaid design over i-ts surface.

Note the way the wider ‘bands o; iblue 3L uither side loop down

secret.

of the state.

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public without assent of the Allied Governments- therefore, is both inter-Allied and sea-ich ordered by a magistrate resulted in the discov- ery of another report equally sec- ret. ‘belonging to the second bureau of the army general staff. The in- terest of France required that re- cords of this nature should not be tnken from the responsible custod-

This - A

1881 regarding the press, but tho law of 1886 regarding the sanctity Prosecution undler- taken against the abstraction or revelation of secret documents in nowlso infringes the freedom of the press"

BIRnTHS

McAU LAY-In this city. Dec. 27th, to Mr. and Mrs. Allan M0A11i11y- 11

d oculmlen t,

dency of lthe marked continues firm with some holders of June, Juilly 1111111 AIIEWE-ll ntnde cheese asking as high as 20% cents per lib. wnx- ed uu-d current receipts rwere illicit- on 81L 18 ‘to 18% cents ‘Der pound. C1011 lie-nuns were quot-ml at $2.70 and $2.80 per bushel ‘for one pound, pickers. w OTTAWA. Dec. 29.-—(Ezss)‘—- Firesh eggs market ‘is firm amd llill- chiadisclfl. British Columbia. flreslli are arriving 'I‘oronno costing extras 63, ‘firsts 58, delivered storage mar- ket is higher following n rise fin

some ‘markets an dhigh-er. Toronto Jobbing unicihlnn-gui. Country ship- pe-rs are paying, einliras 55, ‘firsts 44 ‘to 50, seiionds, 38 nnd making Isai- es extras 60 do 61, liirst 53 iio 55. seconds 40 i’.o.b. lifontrenl fresh extras jobbln-g 70 firsts 65, storage firsts 43, seconds, 38 poultry quiet and ‘wnclhnmgefl. Jli/linnipvz fresh de- livered extras, 65, f-Insltis 60. Alber- ta. olfllrlls 55. firsts 50, delivered, British Columbia unclrangled_ o

transportation machina which is rayidly gunning the confidence of the shipping and travelling public and the people of Cunnds as n whol-e. The degree and speed with which we acquire that confid- ence depend as I have frequently said, on the service rendered to the public. service renters so vitally into our welfare that it cannot be too greatly emphasized nor too oft- en mentioncd, us most of you are aware the Canadian National Rall- way system has estnblisherd a fine

constantly alert to contribute everything within his power to the comfort of travellers and the satis- faction of shippers. No shipment si too small to mlerit the utmost attention and no passenger, pros- pective or real, too humble to be firaeted with the utmost courtesy. I wgain‘ cordially thank all you who come intact with the public for the pleasant way in which you have served our patrons, to which l add

dent in charge of traffic nnd ‘ex- press ‘began his address by paying a compliment to the radio service and then pr-ceeded to deal with some of the financial aspects of the years business. A good start in January was followed by good business in February and March but unfortunately in April business began to slow down, while the yeur has not as yet closed will show a traffic decrcase in revenue of be- tween six nnd seven per cent he said- This applies to all branches of our revenue service and includes