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'(1 i i ~‘.' ,l. » i » i _ 1 i i 'i i 2 l .PA-GE FOUR. . _ _ °rni:ci-ii\iti_or'ri=_'ro\i'r\' oU1f;aniAN" ° _ ' ' JANUARY I9t6 W 7 G' is partia re ease o e yardswwas made and builders W » began to look for oontractsjor new construction. .. ,-..._ _ , _.a _-gi-_ 4 I I Then, in _addition to the losses by war and other causes _ _ not being fully met by new oonstruction,\he Admiralty made demands for service as transports of many . - ihundreds of the largest and most powerful ships of Th’ !°u,'msTt:,. have been “_ , . . 5 f "Y I ' the merchant marine, disarrangin racticall "°¢lv01l hvlli Mr- -Ilmel U¢Bl'l‘1°» g P y I former and h l _ _ _l _ _ _ ‘ important line"s plans. There have been thus three M"h”`agf,,g;';,'feI"f;t"¢he p_'p? gf /-' *"7 causes operating to make ships smree and .ii-_eights _I-_ mmentory to solos to ¢ll°_ gg ______s'n:_?t's¢e ot_piil Cti_\_;:_ii;l:_<: - ' : - _ ear clara es. dear. Perhaps Canada has sufferpd as httlefas lny__ _ -_ ___ shomcmf,_ mom gt dum” on New Yon., my ' mercantile coun ‘ try. In the United States the railways ` - Dec. 2nd. 1915, We _all got a present Atrom Mrs- » . -` Desrlhth ,-J t f linesw (M10) H . f M treat. I ot l-lean Office at Charlottetown. Branch Omen at Summer- have at- times refused to take export freight fill' the ,et nu tn°:"th““i B; :gn hoping ,_ lan; hm 128;; It 12". d_mdy_ fad _#fiat -#gig iiitiaiigei ”#e§§_! I _ _.__ sig; , w that I ode arrival u all__:_;iJOY leasing. We ll! er 'tb-day. There was _left'Uver from Christ-_ one lo! the oillcers. u Mr. _ pig -the 'quarter-master luythlngtliat was wanted very S906 time. I ~of_Il_cGill College sent i i far I ' _ 5 "l'v°'=1‘1.' Y Atlantic seaboard. ln Great Britaiii..the results have the sate ai-rival ot this lefter wlll the ladies o`t 'noronto sent each man side Alberton Bourla and Montague. _ _ _ _ ~ _ _ d _ -.H H _ d I h. ~ bo d_ Linden ogmie. Marconi Hausa, strand, w.c. been noted in the increase in the price offoodstuifs, ““ ’°“ ‘" "'° “'”° “ "" . " ' “‘ 9° ' °“' °' ““ It has been raining here for the containing paper. envelo post . ‘and the Govemment through the Board of Trade has lost two days _so we are not doing cards, pencils, etc., ao we tiavb fared , _ _ _ . I went to see a fellow fromvltcg'-no ther that I know and there is one M y ,- prince Edwarg wand _,,,,hi,,g 0,, ,hm side of civilisation which W5 110111 3 use to them could be obtained. Then some forty that was wounded some time ago fellow by the name or Steele "ag" ° ' ° ' -4 chariottetown. 1 l _ . _ . - _ - ,- - He Is ln a o ' l s ‘nt honie :in~I formerly belonged to Georgetown. I t . ei uioiiopolv oi that it needs to be .saxed from. Millly vesgels were assigned to the duty of carrying supplies t ° “"“ C “L "“` " 75 _ _ _ _ _ while I was tniii-e a bilnch of Cana- knew him well ln Regina as he was iliiiigs :il.i.~‘_ linvc crcpt into it oii our side :iS \\'€1_1 35 of all kinds from Canada to the Allied belligerenfs, and dlan papers came in; among them on the police force there You were » , T .in that oi' tho iicrnians which it will be well 10 get really served Canada’s conimerce. Huge quantities of wa” ‘h° C1‘“"1°*-‘-°¢0“'l1 Guardian, so saying in your letter that mother _ _ I managed to get it away with me. Sent il. pair of socks. I did not get 1-__ I ' rid of. which must be got rid 01 ll 1110 \\'0f1‘1 'S 10 he merchandise of all kinds have been transported :ind tlie There was quite ii iot or news in it them up to the present time, but ._ _- ,- - - » - ~ - that was I t t' _ I a glad to they will likely come alright. sign” 01' 'he rccfim ngming' ilic ln-tier tor the price that is hung paid. _ price paid therefor has been effective in improving _ “ °'°°s.‘“g. W B _ . the Ger- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ see that recruiting is good. When It is raining like €V€l'Ylhll18 here The“mer pa“l£;"`"""e :°_. that '|‘h¢. 1,1;-_cgmg and the curse Ol llle Pr@SC¥1l age 15 thc commercial sittiation within this country It tsl that Highland Regiment gets out to-day as usual mud to mlm system of esp onagc-_ s a ing _ _ , your knees. ` ' » -.~li1,liiie_.-_<_ To it wc are indebted for thc connllcrfilll- believed that in consequence of what was done Cana- :“’;`§w“;_‘;,’°a 'glénpfx “°_;f;_;;21"’f_eg§;':§_; figgff Diff _ff §§§§dt§f,fww§°fvT§ »;Iiiiitii_ld l1_:1d_ wet__ The 'l`lic czill coincs to ezicli of us as Canadians to take Greece would immediately join tlic Allies. That would y as u g°° hem xi broriflcr, deeper iiitcrcst in our country, in all its simplify matters a good deal. _§____'-lm 1:_1_1_*l1d ¢_11€l'0 1_1: Hg Chance for _ . . . . _ . . C9 i S , niterproviiicizil, nnpcrizil :ind world-wide concerns. lf The German drives of last summer and fall against k W mer ut 0 wo will do tll:it, sincerely, earnestly, persistently, it ' t , . . ' C will licglp to nizikc a new Canada. The call comes to some time it looked as though 'she would be forced E t-,icli of us to come closer to the great central heart _ _ _ . . _ ` . . th b of irtitli and live our lives iii closer touch with the the Russians are coming back. Roumziilia is a Slav e Dys that went “way t° the wa' things that really cotiii'l__ lf ive will come out into a liroridcr, more uiisclfisli, more patriotic, more truly llcr sympathies are all with Russia. Add to tliis tlie ghrmmas box with the "mer but I Vliristinii way of living it will mean tlic beginning of very rcccnt purchase by England of the entire avail- :|1111 301111 A. Bent me H box. I get llic dziwiiiiig of flint new crn wliicli wc are hoping for able Roumaiiian wheat crop at a price of $52,000,000 vi' :liter thc war. and we will understand that the chances of Roumaiiia C_11l‘iHll11l1s card from Mr. and Mrs. The things that we all may do to make these joining Germany are about an absolute nullity. Every- :augur this m°m1”g and °'|”° °' 1°" liirtli hours iii the life of our nation are by no iiicnns thing considered, the war is going mighty well for the 1 _ _ _ ._ - _ _ _ _ Station. it ought to~he made d lcw or iiisigiiiiicziiitu i\iid what wc may do, surely \vt Allies :it the present time, with very good prospects ,_ 5°° slionld do. For lliislgeiicratioii to allow thc great of more Allies in the ncar future. 11 lt-ssoiis that this ivtir would tcncli us go by iiiiiinprovcil woulil be for it to bc traitor to :ill future liistory. )fI(- . _ f ti Sir 'l`homi1S_ Wllite has informcd Mr Pugsley in are aigsyaaniri-t.lg:kfili'° lillrlclihiil lion. j. D. lrl:izcii,"i\li'nis`te'r of Marine, in the; mtirse of the debate on the address in the House of Koiiiiiioiis referred to statements that had been made to the clicct that the Government of Canada had not done enough to secure ships for the transport of (`:iii:it|i:iii produce to traits-Atlantic markets. Ministers :it times lizivc to make ex lzinatioiis that hould be un- she Wi" be in “° cnndition' if She is in the 'mod' to P S necessary; and the occasion in question was illustrative of the fact. 'l`lie_w:ir has affected shipping in several ways. The enemies of Great Britain at the start seized :i considerable number of her vessels which happened the held or lost vessels is given_ as 'Some' of the largest ships' in the merchant service were in~= cluded in the list. France and Italy, among the bellii gerents, have also suffered in the same way, while even neutral states have lost ships through the action of* belligerents. The production of new vessels was/ also curtailed. 'l7he`Government of Great_Britain com- iilandeerecl some of the yards and their: forces for naval others for the production of* Few new lreels were laid down' failure at the Dardanclles made a bad impression in Greece, andthe King of Greece seems to have been by \/enizelos, the extremely popular Premier, who had twice resigned because he could not agree with the Russia had :i strong influence on Rounizinia and for to join the Teutons. Somehow, she held out. Now country and in many ways closely related to Russia. ::('--__ _ wires the Coinmoiis that in a general way the Dominion Government is bearing the entire expense of Canada’s participation in the war. Tliis, it may be asserted, is the wish of the people as a whole. ' Does anyone think that if Germany is victorious attempt to make larger that place in the sun which success on the Continent will insure her? The truth and remains the hope of civilization. There is no man or woman wltliinjlie boundaries of the republic who would not ii thottsaiid times rather die than `allow the people’s Friincfe tube stamped out of existence by tlie~ _ 1**-‘-‘f-rf-‘c f f --.-.:.1-:-.-5;-_e:,;€=-_-_-_-_~_~_-_~ -_-_.v-_._ is that a German triumph will -place the Monroe.. _ _ _ .,» -.','._...\‘_ , ' Doctrine in greater peril t_h`;lp at any other time sincc__‘ ' 1' 1"-I-i='-H I-|m'"""mm'-" _ . . - very much work; the nights are very. of very well for Christmas presents. P ’___e___ ._ A A “arm” taken steps to call British vessels from foreign trade e°|d_ ‘mn "ery msn The ,un is I got ._ parcel of md d k "_ ra ...........-.................».-. - » . - ge an ca e om to the service of the routes onl which dependence has shining now so I think It is going to Mrs. Taylor and a. Christmas cske_ Managing Editor...........................J.R.lurnett _ . _ clear up to-ds _ I hope It will for lf* from John T. I had a le er from _________________ to be h_ad for ‘he Suppl) of the United Kingdom The ther’ [3 gnytimgn hate it Is lhia_J0hn Francis Christmas Dgypsnd one ._._.___._._._-_-_-_-_~_-_».-.-_-.-.-.-.-.-.~.-----~=--rf-"'-'-`-'-'-`-‘ff"""`;'"“‘"""' " Canadlan Government Could do little in 5t|¢h'a c35e_ E|1gI|_gl;_ewogt?_o|-_ hi am _nah getting __ge,ster;itay;_ 1 got his picture yester- _ _ ..- _ - - - anyers momeaeasour sy. sverygood_ M“"‘D‘“’ -1"‘\L"m 3" I9] _________________ Idke 3" Othelzs concerned 't had to remgmzc that tml] is all going to France. We are? 'There was no church 'parade this _--_».-.-.~_-.-_-_~.».-.---=-------fff-A-'-’-cf before everything else the needs of the amiy and navy suppophed whgp there sg l_t travels al_l1 ;l1<_l_rnlng:__ and___i_i_s the _léiagtallon isthoiz over ex spl ce eore we ge_ e gue uty wee , guess a AF had 10 be met' '7"_‘d fhat the mme fully they were met it. The last letter? that I got from is the reason. ‘live have s. Chaplain the sooner was it likely that the great cause of the home_wen_t__tio'I=‘rance n_rst aii_t_l__ I sup. here n_ow ami he si_;_g_s Mass in ii. hut _ _ _ _ _ _ .. _ . tw 5 om sout.everymrn. r r a's \\c are liciiig coiistanll_\ told, Illlfl \\€‘ i1_\'€ CQ" trouble would becnded. Ministers, however, did what mae e worse r ° n 5 e 8 a 6 aw 1 _ _ _ so much Christmas mall. I had ii. about one hundred there. He is a ~miiil\- telling each other that the prcseiit wal' IS 110mg they could, The facts were laid before the authorities letter from Mrs McDonald the other very nice man and hold h _ s a c ap- . _ . __ » - . 3 - ' , _ - - - » day. She told me she sent mee cake laln’s commission. \"“?l\"1 “’ *aw """]"m'0"' ro Sa". lt “om “hat m L0“d0n’_“h° “’eree‘l“311Yl“t¢l'CS1@C1 "1 l'@d“¢"1gth° a few days before that. I have not I saw a lot of Regina boys last I-`ri»in lit-riiiziii iiiilitzlrisni :ind despotism and cruelty, U-0ub]¢_ bome vessels were |-ekased 3 d th _ | f - Hi-;ftBER'l‘ C. COX, ‘ 4 . . n 0Se Con re_ce ved it yet. but I nope that it night. Three of them are out of the Q- en Presldent and General Manager' _.___ “__ an _.md Sm. they _1l|_ Bu; is that all? I5 there cerned were informed where craft that woum be of will come before Christmas. Dairy. There are about ten altoge- \ W_ K_ ROGERS, » He ' A eavy lighting on the Western front the Allies are in better shape than iey were last winter; they will use will knock everything to pieces. If was not for the Balkans I do not getting short of foodstuffs. I do rough some neutral country. As what he asks for lu ia restaurant or rouble here over Lord Derby's scheme, but I think it will come out bein Hughes would have them shot sunrise. Well I guess this is all ill close hoping to hear from you JAMES. Shorncllffe, Dec. 14, 1915. . Dear Father,-Received your very the papers that you sent me and I ews in them. I would he very glad y e you would care to end them. We are making arrangements for ur Christmas dinner. The Battal- is dinner and by adding a couple of shillings each to that, I think we will f re od alright, better than the men in the trenches. They are suffering or in France at the present time and guess you now more about that than we do r there is a lot more news in the anadlan papers than there ls in the nglish. _Mrs. Taylor and Dora are 1110111118 up a Christmas box for all from her house. I think there were seven altogether. 'She sent me a ld 110! get it yet. I think I told you a few days ago and it was fine, a ery nice treat. I had a very nice er. I was very glad to hear that hey have the siding at Scotchfért se of after such a long walt. I see y your letter that Dannie is still llvlllg. He must be getting leave f_i__p_i_p_ the front if he is going to soot. ___v'I_‘_l_;e__4th University Company ar- llwll. but a lot of them are very young. __ _ _ Well. I guess I will close for this 11l1l°» lwlllng to hear from. you sooh again and wlslilng`:_y0u all li. _Merry Christmas and a happy and prosper. ous new year, I remain as ever, your BOD, __ .unset »siiorii¢iiire, ' . - aan. ist, isis near brother, Ai-timlt,-'riiis being Teuton's jackboots. We in Great Britain have grown during centuries of security to take things Our greatness and our independence founded on ati unassailable rock. We are only beginning to realise that they are beth threatened. There has, ln under construction were held wttlim s month so ion. I also hear that there lsillews I have for this time. Hoping :.‘.‘..':‘;‘;..n:‘_.i;".::.isfj_j;j_;_ Put a New, EAGLE CLAY AHHAVE |sm|][|i Lining in Th at Stove M mere was mme a mt of mand_ back in Canada for tbl, day twewe by three or four. I-le concludes with a in the casualties or the zsth Bac month. Well. I guess this ls all the F 1 ' l H I more than in any previous year in its . .I _ Millions to 1 Policyholders In 1915 the Canada Life paid its policy- holders $7,822,201. or over '$3,000,000 history. .Of this over $2,800,000 was ii cash dividends to policyholders. - ' F _ The rate of dividends fo individual policies Inu steadily increased since 1900, and splendid ,1 surplus earnings from yelll' U0 y08_r are an ' assurance of their continuance. The surplus earned in 1915 was $1,480,865. the year being ' in this respebt one of the best in the Com- . ri, i The full Report is being printed and will - gladly be sent you. _ - 'l " _L the statement that he had been inform ed on good authority that German uiil~ forms had been stored in immense quantities at Nish for Bulgarian troops in the event of fighting iii Greek territory. ' The following letter has been re- ceived from Gr. Jack McRae. by his mother in French River. Mrs. H. A. McRae. Gr. McRae left in the No. 2 Selge Battery. Horsham. Eng., Dec. 22, 1916 Well mother~this is a. great old place. it _lust reminds me of P. E. I. iii summer. The gralsls green and flow- ers in bloom. But oh my, the mud ls awful. It rains nearly all the time, but we are on the tramp rain or shine as we all wear long rubber boots and don't mind it so much. There was too aeroplanes passed over the other day and dropped bombs about seven miles from us. but they did no liarm. One would never know over here that there was s er hear much about it. Ev eryone is going about their work and everything is so quiet and peaceable and go to London which is about 30 miles from Horsham and I am going ._ ° 'W FENNELL & CHANDLER Eagle Stove Clay isa scientific preparation for ie- pairing or replacing wom and, burned-out stove li; lugs. ' Eagle Stove Clay is easy to apply. cheap to buy _ and lasts much longer than anyiother kind of stove _ lining. We sell Eagle Stove Clay in large D-°.Ck8g€S. f0l’ 251:. Get a supply. _ I* 1 . _ | . . . I am going to get a few days oft' vlctarla Row to send you all presents from there. '_'_ V _ ' '_ Well mother dear this is pretty near* Christmas and your birthday. but you Stetson has enlisted in the 105th Bat- talion, and Uncle .lack and I suppose you will be worrying, but mother dear don't worry about us. We may all be home to you again and if any ot’ From your loving son JACK. ___ C.P.R. DECIDES T0 USE ONLY CANADIAN WOODS. MONTREAL, Jan. 28.-_ In order to encourage time use of Canadianhard- woods for interior decoration, ‘ Lord Shaughnessy has issued instructions to use nothing but Canadian forest products in the sleeping. Dnrlor, din- ing and observation cars and in the otiices sad hotel buildings of the Caii- adian Pacific Railways. This decision was made only after careful consideration and experiment. Lord Shaughnessy had samples of all Canadian' Shops in Montreal, where se- can expect me home for next Christ- I :,\\|_¢i// A mas as we will have all the Germans ~'Z_ killed by then. I am glad Will and ` ‘il ' ~ -='-'.ll_-fv /-.\ I » » .~- l ._ .' __ .T~ #3//”‘~'. ` - " _ \’ /~Tf’_ so _i _ W "”¢`_ <.\l.|l=ia..yii~' ~; is _ should full. we could not die a nobler ' -death. I am ready mother, and willing ' ` to take what ere befalls me. ' ..p_M_,iU;ij_lf I am writing this before breakfast __ ° "_"" “‘ and am setting pretty hungry. so I ' _ '.1 '__-:.=;F`=.i»’/ -_ will write to father tomorrow. _ '7 -_ ° -:`;.'_'-€`4‘_fT-Q? ~ Give my love to all and tell them all r »_ -_ ` :`;_ _ fe_’;» to write to me as I am anxious to _'T3' O “E ° hear all tile news from home and j,,_",¢tf_~_,.y__ 2 . - write soon yourself. ' ` f.‘£2§; __ _ _-\ :.1 t ‘ _. -1.... FATHER TIME' and Old Age are inevitable. Have you built your ra_mD21'1§ so that you and yours are immune from the foe of PovertY~ If you have not, dig the first trench now by taking 01111 2 Policy with the _ Great-West Life Assurance Co. I-lead Office-Winnipeg Branch Office-Ch’t0Wll I-lyndrnan & Ge. Ltd- ; I lV|anager|,P. E. Island. ~ _ _ GERMANS nswlove THE Hines Fnom ' oEAn Houses LONDON, Jan. 28.--As an instance of German thrift and thoroughness the Germans remove the hides from dead army horses, says the Daily MalI‘s Balkan correspondent. in describing a . trip. from Constaiitlnopde to Nlsh over a road. from which the evidence of wer, he.st.i_it.ed had been almost en- c tlrely removed. The correspondent found bridges and tunnels, which the _ _ . _ _ _»..__.;» , _ " _ _‘if-.__;_1»e_' _ _ _ ‘ Muni * _l lected speclments were tasted with ‘ ` pollehes, stains. etc., and the results | - 0 ` _ showled that Canadian woods com- .‘ ' ' pared' very favombly with imported I varieties. _ __ 4 ' ` A "'f"'Blll°SlI _ ---Leak Call or Phone ' for _ ' - f Serblsnslied blown up. repaired in 1 I 1 I 1” A Q rubstentlnl .manner and with astonlslt- _ _ H. _ _’ '_ _ 3'( . ‘-Tk.; _ 1. pany’s history. ‘ _ f .»._.¢a:" _ _ ______ »______g§- __ ~ A 4 ~s~,.,_ 1 ". . . »~ . " Dlll.Y PDI i:i'ngr'liiki|liz1i3arf:i\i-est tliiemsigg ating: rl \ _. . ' ` ‘I i. ~' .lr .' " ' to be in _heir po_,ts_ and there has been 3 éteady it was first formulated.-Philadelphia Ledger. _.- U c ones, and the sltii\ifea_ csrcalhes` 60|. il; _ _.BQ Gflfffiil Slteéf P|l0lI¢ 3g3°"**"_J_7,` » ' _A diminution through the work of hostile' cruisers and _ 1 0 ll " undersea craft. The Syren of London in its review of; . _ . 1 _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ _~. _ i _ _ the shiPI>in8 i1ldustl'y'of the Pfist year Gives a list of The Ffenchnla" bv” F"a“°° 1"” b°°a”s° she 'sl W ` T ' ' ' - ” ` ' ' over 450 ships, intemed by Ga-mg" and Tufkmh France He desires no conquest. He hugs and ~ -J A ' ‘ V ' 'it _. li i T" ' ‘V Y". T ‘ ' . . V. /U authority,” sunk or 'otherwise destroyedsince the wat? cherish? that ,splendid _F!°_"°h'°f1’i"it °f i’“'°stigati°"f y 1 __ ` 1 ' F _broke out ____ Auggst-___9__4__ __The gr _‘wmv of _and inquiry that has been the basis of modem freedom ___._____ _.___ Boost Boost 3'