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     LIFT BAN 0N DANCING cdthe ban which has been in ef- 
     
     .. .. ._ lcci. since the drive into the IIJOW 
     
    

    
     Pl --Ger- y Countries and France last spring. 
     
     g ' n l Germans may dance every day be- 
     
    

    
     Ivar Cal's for e lixn 1 of ‘hr-I *.\\'ee'n Christmas and New Year's 
     
     nations fullest enercks. today lift- land three times a wack otherwise. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
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     “This ls tho loh “P can do." snvs Major Campbell now back In Britain 
     
    

    
     lift-r grill z" llll- nor-k \\t'l| until-r uny. 3101i from cvcry province are 
     
    

    
     in lhn tl'l“v‘.' \\lllt‘ll wl ri.~ fl lllllITH u ill! scvcu days a week, boring 
     
     nto the fnrircss rock. ‘Phcy culll-d lhr first tunnel “Maple? 
     
    
   
   
    
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     l.l.i.l. l’ “no (ulnplllll glT-illlatfill to England and a mlhlflFs crmvn- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ~ln Egypt was 
     
    
   
   
    
     British drive 
     
     Total Blitz 
     
    
   
   
    
     LONDON. Dec. 11-10?) — Th0 
     
     Admiralty. in a lengthy clltnlnlllg; 
     
     cue on naval operations 1n t 
     
     Medllcrranean. tonight disclosed in 
     
     dutall how the flee . strlkln with 
     
     its air arm and working w th the 
     
     Royal Air Force and the land forces, 
     
     helped drive the Italians back from 
     
     Egypt into Libya. 1n one of the most 
     
     fid-Ofdlllllfid offsnllves 1n military 
     
    

    
     s 
     
    
   
   
    
     tory. 
     
     (War Secrets Anthony Eden 
     
     described this 0 iemive Thursday. 
     
    
   
   
    
     saying: "There can be few parallels 
     
     for such an achievement in the 
     
     whole history of’ the wan") 
     
    

    
     Obssrvera have already pointed 
     
     orb bhlfithfldflltsllilé bl 
     
     c 
     
    
   
   
    
     cl. the navy's important role. No 
     
     naval operations were involved in 
     
     the Nazi drive into France last 
     
     summer." 
     
    

    
     It was clear from the communi- 
     
     due. observers saldthat this was no 
     
     spontaneously organized offensive 
     
     and that every move had been cal- 
     
     culated in advance. 
     
    

    
     Behind tho official phrasing of’ 
     
     the communique was the story of 
     
     Leet bombardment of coastal objec- 
     
     tives and bases under attack by land 
     
     forces: or sallies by torpedo-carry- 
     
     ing planes against enemy shipping. 
     
     and of methodical harassing of tho 
     
     enemy's retreat. 
     
    

    
     At one stage ths communique dis- 
     
     closed that naval co-operatlon was 
     
     brought to a. standstill during the 
     
     day. partly because of the “exceed- 
     
     lng_ rapid advance of our troops." 
     
     'lhls. stud the communique. “ha 
     
     led to some degree of uncertainty 
     
     as to the military situation.” 
     
    

    
     After detailing the operations to 
     
     date the communique ended with: 
     
     "Naval operations in support of the 
     
     army are continuing." 
     
    

    
     Normal operations on December 
     
     8th. During that night. the Italian 
     
     base camp at Maktlla. was bombard- 
     
     ed by both heavy and light units of 
     
     the Mediterranean Fleet. 
     
    

    
     Other units, at the same time, 
     
     successlury bombarded Sidl Bar- 
     
     rani ilrstprlncipal objective of the 
     
     land drive and farthest point of the 
     
     Italian advance into Egypt. These 
     
     bombardments were carried out by 
     
     the fleet with co-operatlon of the 
     
     navyls "eyes"-aircraft of the fleet 
     
     an“ arm. These planes reported 
     
     that all salvoes fell in the target 
     
    
   
   
    
     areas. 
     
    

    
     The following night Maktlla. and 
     
     Sidl Barrani were shelled again. By 
     
     the IOIIOWIHR day the great Italian 
     
     relreathad begun. 
     
    

    
     Within range ol‘ the navyb guns. 
     
     the retreating Italians were haras- 
     
     sed by the Leet. the enemyk col- 
     
     umns belna bombarded throuahout 
     
     the night of Dec. 10-11. in the vic- 
     
     inlty of Salum. the last position 
     
     held by the Italians in Egypt. 
     
    

    
     sallun was bombarded by both 
     
     heavy and light. units during Dec. 
     
     11, and the bombardment continued 
     
     by light forces during the night of 
     
     Dec 11-12. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This bombardment was described 
     
     as particularly effective during “the 
     
     important period from 1 a.m. on 
     
     Dec. 1l. to 1 am. on Dec. 12. During 
     
     this period both heavy and light 
     
     units were firms! practically con- 
     
     tinuously and the range vras fre- 
     
     quently closed so that pompolrs 
     
     could be used when the enemv Der- 
     
     sonnel abandoned their armored 
     
     vehicles." 
     
    

    
     The communique added that shore , 
     
     batteries fired at all shiDS. but no - 
     
    
   
   
    
     _hil.s were sustained. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Eardla. was bcmoarded successful- ll 
     
     l.v during Dec. 13-14 by a heavy unit I 
     
     of the Mediterranean fleet. Italian 
     
     motor speed boats attempted to at- 
     
     tack the unit. but they were driven I 
     
     o . 
     
    

    
     During that action-packed nilzht. 
     
     swordfish aircraft. the torpedo-car- 
     
     rying planes of the fleet ailyarm. 
     
     carried out a. heavy attack on the 
     
     main harbor of Libya. T110011. Four 
     
     tons of bombs were dropped. Three; 
     
     direct hits vwre scored on supply 
     
     ships. Damage was done to ware- 
     
     houses and supply dumps. shins ly- 
     
     ing at anchor in the harbor were 
     
     bombed. One swordfish was lost. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Blessing River Danube 
     
    
   
   
    
     It has been the custom in Ru- 
     
     mania from time lmmcmorial to 
     
     bless the Danube on Christmas 
     
     day. A procession of priests and 
     
     people dressed to rellrlaseut Bibli- 
     
     cal characters moves through the 
     
     stmets singing chants and s0 to 
     
     the bank of the river. The ice is 
     
     broken and a small wooden cross 
     
     is thrown into the water. Any 
     
     one who can recover this cross is 
     
     regarded as extremely fortunate 
     
     and sure of good luck for the year 
     
     to come. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Carola on Fields of " ‘hlsliem 
     
    
   
   
    
     On the hillsides of Bethlehem. 
     
     ‘where shepherds watched their 
     
     flocks by night" on Christmas ave 
     
     and Christmas morning, tourists 
     
     from irlnny in ds gather annually 
     
     i0 sing carols and remember the 
     
     life and words of Jesus of Nazareth. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Keep Minn-G's tn the homo. 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Than tho Ontario mlnistor of 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ' flhlslr failure to force the 
     
    
   
   
    
     rm: QI-{ARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAQT 
     
    
   
   
    
     Recalls Battles 
     
     For Dardanelles 
     
     First Great War 
     
    
   
   
    
     Twenty-Five Years Ago Allies 
     
     Started Successful Evacuation 
     
     Of Fighting Forces On Gallipoli 
     
    
   
   
    
     Peninsula. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     By If. ll. GORDEN 
     
     Canadian Press Stall Writer 
     
     After a lapse of 25 years world 
     
    

    
     nitration is again fooussed on tho 
     
     Middle East whims German 
     
     Italian uptroltiotls sock the dos- 
     
     truotlon o; Britain's lnflorcsic Ln 
     
     Egypt and Irsk and the closing of 
     
     her lrghlwny to India. through tbs 
     
     Suez Canal 
     
    
   
   
    
     In i111: First Great War the Allies 
     
     fought tho most disastrous cam- 
     
     PIJUTI of the four-year conflict in 
     
     this nlclenlt theatm of war. Mo; 
     
     and blttsr controversy resulted from 
     
    

    
     n - 
     
     ellcs, gateway to Russia's Black 
     
     Sea Ports and the heart of the 
     
     Oirtmnan Empire. 
     
    

    
     ‘Twenty-five years ago tuner-flow 
     
     tho main bodv of Alllal troops was 
     
     successfully evacuated from the 
     
    
   
   
    
     cliff-bordered bcaches of the Galli- ’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     poll Peninsula. The operation was 
     
     one of the few bulghl, spots in 10 
     
     months of naval and military Waf- 
     
     fare against the Turks- Jlglhtlng 
     
     iihat cost this Allies 133,000 men, 
     
     killed, wounded and missing. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Epic of Dlrditnclks 
     
    
   
   
    
     Erldumnce of the Allied troops 
     
     dining the land campaign that 
     
     followed unsuccessful efforts of a 
     
     flnot to blast its way thro h the 
     
    

    
     anelles is an ic in itish 
     
     history. Casualties in bitterly-fought 
     
     battles were augmented by losses 
     
     from dlwase and through it all the 
     
     expedition suffered from shortalzes 
     
     of men and supplies. 
     
    

    
     A total o! about 327,000 combo.- 
     
     tsn-t toops and 140.000 noncombat- 
     
     mu wore employed from um, to 
     
     time 1n til-lo Allied land operations 
     
     The maximum strength at any one 
     
     ttma was about 85.000 combatant 
     
     and 42.030 non-combatant. 
     
    

    
     Indllmcbly the campaign achieved 
     
     notable rwults in holding Turkish 
     
     armies from other theatres of war, 
     
     Particularly Palestine, Mesopotamia 
     
     and Annrnla. 
     
    

    
     _ But polltloal and strategies] ob- 
     
     Joctlvcs that prcnlpied the expedi- 
     
     tion were naver achilsved. Early in 
     
     1915 the armies of the Allies and 
     
     Germany were dladlock/ed on ths 
     
     Western Front and it was thought 
     
     the expedition. l; successful, would 
     
     bring two or thx-‘e of the Balkan 
     
     na-tlons to the side of the Allies, 
     
     making an attack on Germany's 
     
     southern frontiers. IhSllBd, the 
     
     fallurr. to force o. quick vlctorywas 
     
     rrsponslble for Buigaria joining lhg 
     
     Central Powers and the embroil- 
     
     mcnt of the Allies in a. strength- 
     
     fillrlllnx campaign in the Bflkwns. 
     
    

    
     Veteians or tho Gallipoli upli- 
     
     tlon remit names like Caps Helios, 
     
     Guba. 'I\"pe (later known as Anzac 
     
     Cclvr) and Suvla Bay and the 
     
     battles of Krithia, Achi Ba-ba. Sari 
     
     Balr and suvla. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Memorable Landing 
     
    
   
   
    
     Vllthorlng fire from Turkish de- 
     
     fenders on the hrightg shove Am 
     
     zac Cove felled to halt Ausiralllan 
     
     and New Zealand troops in their 
     
     memorable landing on April 25. 
     
     1915. They scold steep 011's and 
     
     gradually dug themselves ln in the 
     
     We of swat odds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Tk-ojan-Horse story of the 
     
     troopshlp River Cl ts another 0i’ 
     
     this unforgcti/ibl- ncidents. Jamm. 
     
     ed with troops the old vessel was 
     
     run ashore and the men disembark. 
     
     it: through an lmprcviszd gang- 
     
    

    
     . _v_ . 
     
    

    
     “ill-en Tiukry tlu-cw in its lot 
     
     with the Central Powers in Octo- 
     
     ber, 1914, Russia's water communi- 
     
     cations with the rest of Eurorn 
     
     wen» virtually cut off. Th; - 
     
     man Navy's blockade SiOpp-‘Bd her 
     
     in the Baltic. 
     
    

    
     With Russia: Black Bu. clogged 
     
     with foodstuffs and other plbducts 
     
     and the pleasing nzled for imports 
     
     of munlt ans and war equipment. 
     
     the plan to break thmulm the 
     
     Dantsnrlles from the Mediterra- 
     
     nean was Elven consideration by 
     
     the British and French govern- 
     
     msnis on Riwslals simestlcn. 
     
    

    
     quzstlon of mastering the 
     
     all-important waterway had been 
     
     studied by British naval and mill- 
     
     tary eiaperts many years befom. 
     
     Then it we: screed that, whether. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ti. -~.-» z ~ 
     
    
   
   
    
     tivs campaign was w take the form 
     
     o; a purely naval expedition or to 
     
     be tho task of s. combined army 
     
     and navy force, tin eniimprlse 
     
     was bound to prove most. difficult. 
     
    

    
     Wihon Russia appealed ' 
     
     Allies early in 1915 requesting that 
     
     an attempt be made to opbn the 
     
     Dardanellles, no longs bodiss of 
     
     troops ware available. With the ap- 
     
     proval of Vice-Admiral Sir Back- 
     
     vllle Cardlm. commander of the 
     
     Maddie-roman Fleet, a. Pkrolv na- 
     
     val wider-talking was dacldzd on. 
     
     He proposed s. methodical advance 
     
     with o. fleet attempting to distroy 
     
     the Ottoman forts in the Straits 
     
     and he clearlm of rnlnefields sown 
     
     in tho oihaxmel. v 
     
    
   
   
    
     FLEET OPERATION 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fourteen British and four munch 
     
     warships, many of them senuobso- 
     
     letc in view of the dangizr of the 
     
     shim-prise. steamed into thl? west- 
     
     isrn entrance to the Strait on Fob. 
     
     l9 but it, was not until a ywell: 
     
     later that the outer Turkish forts 
     
     were silenced. 
     
    

    
     largely becausl of the inability 
     
     of Allied mlnrsweepers to make 
     
     headway under thlz fire of the 
     
     Turk the plan for a. methodical ud- 
     
     vance collapsed. vloa-Adxrrral Car- 
     
     den had been replamd by Vice-Ad- 
     
     miral Sir John De Robsck and lin 
     
     decided on a quick attack on the 
     
     Narrows. only a. mil: wide at 0X18 
     
     point. The operation ou Marah l8 
     
     was unsueorssirll and threg battle- 
     
     ships were sunk. De R/Obcck ill-en 
     
     informed the Admiralty that the 
     
     canlpolgn could not be continued 
     
     as a. punlv nalval opclroron. 
     
    

    
     From this point. the military be- 
     
     gan to assume the principal role 
     
     in llhl: illntcntes efforts to secure 
     
     control of the Dardanellcs. After 
     
     43 years’ service in every quarter 
     
     nf he globe. Sir Ian Hamilton was 
     
     gven command o; a force of Bri- 
     
     tish. Australian, New Zealand and 
     
     French troops. 
     
    

    
     The veteran glneral had little 
     
     to work with. He had a manual 0l' 
     
     the ‘Turkish arlny. an out-of-date 
     
     admiralty YCDOH. on Dardans-lles de- 
     
     llnoes and an old map. 
     
    

    
     On April 25, allied troops made 
     
     successful lmldmgs at lhrce 0f 
     
     points where dlslbzrkation was at- 
     
     tempted. But thity were effected at 
     
     terrific cast. Australian and Bli- 
     
     tlm soldiers scrambled through the 
     
     water from llwhters in the face of 
     
     a m-unlirous hail of bullets, sock- 
     
    
   
   
    
     111! in every eoncdvabfe way to 
     
     shelter themselves on expcs:d 
     
     beaches. 
     
    
   
   
    
     HAMILTON APPEAL 
     
    
   
   
    
     With llhi? landing aroampltshed, 
     
     Str Lan Hamilton appealxl to Lord 
     
     Kitchener for reinforcements: "One 
     
     fresh man cn Gallipoli today is 
     
     wo/th 50 lcafing around London 
     
     in the Central Fcron" hl~ sold. 
     
     “Exactly one-hall’ of nrv baycnets 
     
     spend the nights carrying water, 
     
     enununltlcin and supplirs between 
     
     illla boacll and tho firing lines. 
     
     The other half are up the Wlicll? 
     
     night. armed mostly with spades. 
     
     dldzln-g desperately into the rarth." 
     
    

    
     Rllnfcrcement; yv-ero sent. but 
     
     still them was s, lack of men and 
     
     supplies. particularly high explos- 
     
     ives. The Turks rcarganizzd under 
     
     the Gtunan gencral, Liman won 
     
     Sanders. were Bdwqll-‘llfly slrcnzth- 
     
     cncd. Sxelull ‘Turkish divisions 
     
     vl lc liberal-ed for scrvlce at the 
     
     Dotdanciles will-n a Russian army 
     
     destined for the BOSDOHH was tak- 
     
     fgl from Odrssa for service in Gal- 
     
    

    
     a. 
     
    

    
     Month aftrr monill the Allied 
     
     forces clung to posifirm and fought 
     
     battles in tit-w pelfnsuln. In the lat; 
     
     fall Sir Lin was rcpfacrd by Sir 
     
     C.C. bfonro who. after examining 
     
     ihc situation on the spot. declared 
     
     unlhesltatirlglv for it ccmpletl; xvlth- 
     
     drawal. Lord Kitchener was sent 
     
     to lnveatlgalc. He also repcrilsd 
     
     that. evamavon was the only lust. 
     
     lflable ccursc. 
     
    

    
     Under tits noses of the Tllflilsll 
     
     defenders the Allies set about the 
     
     business of withdrawal from Bllvlb 
     
     Eav and Anzac CCNL’. Nght after 
     
     night masses of war material and 
     
     food supplies webs rcmcvud and 
     
    
   
   
    
      Miners F rom Canada Tunnel Through Gibraltar Rock 
     
    
   
   
    
     Nazis may try 
     
     Invasion at i 
     
     Sevoral points 
     
    
   
   
    
     By DREW MIDDLETON 
     
     zlIlN-‘lllbll P111 M!!! W 
     
     DON. Dcc. 1 F-(AF) - 
     
     sporadla lhht sir n d! flmilht. 
     
     Britain's mi ltarv chiefs stood 
     
     to resist s. German invasion at- 
     
     tempt they believed may coma from 
     
     a half-dozen p0 ntl. 
     
    

    
     ‘The recent lul in bomblnl. bart- 
     
     lv attributable to unfavorabls 
     
     wcathor. has not leached 
     
     of mllllu-v circles who point out 
     
     that one night of ' 
     
     at a half-down striali p0 
     
     Brighton and lbmunv on 
     
     channel could so dlsormllm them 
     
     that they could conceivably bs- 
     
     come openinlls for uttsmpta to land 
     
    
   
   
    
     us. 
     
     "suppose." they say. “Coventry 
     
     had been a seaport. what would 
     
     have happened ll Germany had in- 
     
     vaded that. port the followinl 
     
     dawn? 
     
     It is the view of air circles that 
     
     Germany's technique now s tohus- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘he obB-Ild her air forces for oblterstlnll 
     
    
   
   
    
     blows against slnsfils obisctlvm- 
     
    

    
     Because she sti has mom planes 
     
     than Britain-latest estimates here y 
     
     of German plane of ‘uctlon is 2.000, 
     
     a month-military circles beliuvs 
     
     Germany must stl-l quickly before ‘ 
     
     United States help kins in bar-i 
     
     sncs the disparity in the air forces. 
     
    

    
     o those who scoff at statements 
     
     that an invasion may be stumbled 
     
     any time in the next two months. a 
     
     responsible source asscr d:- 
     
    

    
     1. Africa 1s only a. sideline to 
     
     Germany. Britain is the kcyatons 
     
     of resistance to the Axis. 
     
    

    
     2. Germlmycsnuot afford wallow 
     
     Britain to re-ann at her leisure 
     
     ‘with United States aid. If the Nazis 
     
     invade nOW and are repulsed. Brit- 
     
     ain still might lack resources for a 
     
     counter-blow on the continent. but 
     
     if Germany waits until May and is 
     
     thrown back. Britain could throw 
     
     the weight of a greatly increased 
     
     air force into an offensive across 
     
     the Channel. 
     
    

    
     Time. this source points out. thus 
     
     has returned as an ally of Britain. 
     
    
   
   
    
     animals got away. During the d0!’- 
     
     light hours guns boomed, reliefs 
     
     took place as usual and ..netences 
     
     were made of dleembarking animals 
     
     and supplies. The Turks wcre com- 
     
     plktely out-mclnceuvzcd and on the 
     
     morning of Dec. 19 the skeleton 
     
     form withdrew from the trenches 
     
     and embarlklrd with only two caau. 
     
     altles. 
     
    

    
     'Ilhe evacuation of the forces at 
     
     Helles on the extmm ti? of the 
     
     pe was carried ou sucess- 
     
     fully three works later. 
     
    
   
   
    
     KENSINGTON W. M. S. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘Here’s How 
     
    
   
   
    
     !L5_§E_MB.____ER 21.1940 
     
    
   
   
    
     Aussies if; 
     
    
   
   
    
     Italians and . Sandstorms 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Even reported sandstorms arentstopping fhc llflllgl 
     
     against the Italians in the deserts of’ Egypt and Liby; 
     
     Those Australian troops are arriving at camp in the midsl 
     
     of a sandstorm. Railroad is lone line along coast 1o gain 
     
    
   
   
    
     I-“f J Jl-vr 
     
    
   
   
    
     Church met in the church hall on 
     
     Thursday evening. Dec. l2. with a 
     
     good attendance and the president. 
     
     Mrs. D. MacKenzle, in the chair. 
     
     The usual business period was con- 
     
     ducted. Mrs. P. Mactvutt. supply 
     
     secretary, reported a box of warm 
     
     clothing. bedding. etc. valued at $28 
     
     shipped to Sydney on November 2B. 
     
     Treasurer presented a financial 
     
     report of the year to date. It was 
     
     decided to have a special meeting 
     
     for opening of mite boxes and holl- l 
     
     day balls in the church hall on 
     
     Monday. Dec. 30. at 7.30 p.m. Mrs. 
     
     Yeo. Literature secretary. asked that 
     
     all books belonging to her depart- 
     
     ment be returned before the end of 
     
     -;he year. 
     
     Mrs. Cotton gave the report cf 
     
     the nominating committee. During 
     
     the next four months, the meetinlz . 
     
     will be held on first Wednesday of 
     
     each month at 2.30 pm. Mrs. Ing- 
     
     iis and Mrs. Simpson. with Mrs. J.! 
     
     L. Daviscn substitute. were appoint- 
     
     ed dccgates to Presbyterlal. Mrs. 
     
     Toombs read an mlerestlilg lcitcr 
     
     from Miss Elma Inman. of 'I‘l'1nldad. 
     
     An interesting Christmas pro am 
     
     was presented. Mrs. Sterling. cad- 
     
     er. was usslstcd by Mrs. H. Toombs, 
     
     Mrs. R. MacKay. Mrs. Erskine Mac- 
     
     Murdo and Mrs. H. MacNelll. 
     
     Christmas hymns were sung and 
     
     Mrs. W. u. slmpson sang a solo. 
     
     rrnyrers were oflcred by Nlrs. Hum- 
     
     phrey. lvlrs. Cotton. Mrs. Waite, 
     
     Mrs. lvlaclcod and Mrs. Yeo. Meet- 
     
     mz closed with Lord's Prayer re- 
     
     peated in unison and Benediction 
     
     oy lvlrs. ‘foombs. 
     
     Officers for 194i: Pres. Mrs. D. 
     
     Maclienzlc; 1st vicc-prela. Mrs. T. 
     
     llufnphrcy; 2nd vice-pres. Mrs. G. 
     
     Lcckllart; rec. sec.. Miss G. Bun- 
     
     tain; treas. Mrs. W. C. MacLeod: 
     
     cor. sec. Mrs. Horace Glover: ch. 
     
     stewardship sec. Mrs. W. G. Simp- 
     
     son: supply sec. Mrs. W. L. Cot- 
     
     ion: literature sec., Mrs. W. Taylor; 
     
     Miss. Monthly sec" Mrs. J. A. Mac- 
     
     Kenzic: Envelope scc.. Miss E. Mac- 
     
     Murdo: Temperance sec, Mrs. S. 
     
     Caseley; associate helpers ssc.. Mrs. 
     
     H. Toombs: com. friendship. Mrs. 
     
     N. Ramsay. Mrs. G. Caldwell. Mrs. 
     
     E. Bryantoil: rganlst. Mrs. R. Mac- 
     
     Kay; Mission and supt. Mrs. JlE- 
     
     Inalls. Mrs. A. D. Sterling. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BELFAST. Northern IrelaudDec. 
     
     19.—-lAP>-—A mall boat. plying be- 
     
     tween Dublin and Holyllead. Wales, 
     
     was attacks by an unidcntlfied 
     
    
   
   
    
     airplane in e Irish Ben yesterday. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Two plssenkers were wounded. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The W.M.S. of Kensinaton United ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     l. .. i 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘This is what one soldier wears to protect himscli 
     
     flgllllldt triad-whipped sand as the British continue their 
     
     KICIOEAOUS advance through the desert. This Arlssic uses 
     
     Sig! ref and celluloid eye-guards to beat hot winds and 
     
    
   
   
    
     [if I 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Roads traveled by ihelBritish in their desert drive are 
     
    
   
   
    
     few and treacherous. Hereb’ what the country looks lillt 
     
     In northern Egypt. 
     
     to support the British attack against Italians. 
     
    
   
   
    
     These trucks are moving up supplics 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     public works went to Giblfltif. to thofrs trained In enry detail of the multifarious: Jobs tho army 
     
     cunmnnd a tunnelling company cl- engineers. Thsfre all hard-gunk glu- ll; cnglnsgn, 
     
     mm"! All "ll "INN"! now drlllinl under the took l‘ Gibraltar. but our a river too dup to lord, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rm‘- : detachment throwing a pontoon ma“ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     a  tl on l 
     
     ro ifs a Al-owsan. . anll p- 
     
     tor best knoylyln for hi1 plum for fairy “l”. Hm. 
     
    
   
   
    
     W5 A“ n" "f..- 
     
     Ll-L-i-l-l-l 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     [HI 
     
     f... EGYPT 
     
    
   
   
    
     Th0 British offensive on the Llbynn-Elylltlfln frontier continua ts 
     
     Inset with success. Fort Olpuuo, the Italian will"!!! l" LAW" "m" 
     
     tury guarding the frontier-to the south of Port Bar-dis, has b": 
     
     captured" It t: intimated that the British lolzed Dlljl" on tho groun‘ 
     
     at n» ma. M. n" suno time m mum. s... Bollllm- "w ""1 
     
     on ths lilyptian side of the frontier at ths loot of the elurpmen‘. 
     
     The British hall been lfllrklll‘. a tllilllulll‘ l"! held by the ltl y 
     
     lam which had Sollum as a he! Point on the 1M1. Fort Cllllllmufl. 
     
     a lay point on the south and PM Bofllla ll I N! MAI" °" ‘ 
     
     west. 0n the map the battlefront u of Dco. 0 In lliown u a hasn't’ 
     
     dotted Ilno. The battlefront on Doc. 11. is aunemd h: the c" 
     
     tlnuous heavy Ilnr. 
     
    
   
   
    
     HCULPTOR DIES 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dec. l." —(AP) 
     
    
   
   
    
     u, ._ a ¢lty for which Mil-iii 
     
     l?“ slow - c"  
     
     died todlY- Alndvrgtfhe “u...” ., 
     
     lrctn lh-e famlY ‘lchflsuan Alum. 
     
    
   
   
    
     —Hsn- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     an mtsrllatlonal oily to promote 1M1