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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1918-01-31, Page 5H M Z.,m_ Est blish*d" i a 7?. Capital Authorized; $6,000,000 Capital; Pgld.up, 03,00000 . eurphie,. . a • • • $3,500,000 Encouragement. THE owner of a bank account flaunty enjoys his n1 ys own respet;k, but that of his fellow men. Because tsf His saving habits he is enabled to grasp the opportunities that are lost to the man without .means. 0 : '•l e Savings s Department nt of the Bank of Hamilton Offers.every encourage- tient to the small depositor.. ,,a "' LPCKNOW BRANCH J. A.' Glenne, • Manager 611-0 v,4.04 sih= '07 �"• ;Id -44 4 •J r. .Y.rK.r .yr • ,.°+.•.nr• +�+•yr+-. .•vee...4... -• y.ea w.,...�.,. Md' h gild» taalt we rare lea of thilit ; ► oAd So ekelgia ;el s6eiLat' a•da ttifh That k% the Agriculture Society hays re,skueetcd .r► donation of $10 00 to bo paid to the Secy. of the society to be used for the purpose of sending` the rate•payers of the township the bulletin and reports of the tperimental farul; the laid sum to be paid to the said society Carried. T oM.rs -J[ ow i ran-••Tb:at`Fennetb B McKenzie and Thus. Mcg) nod be ap- pointed auditors tc audit the treasurer's books and . all .other accounts and to e next, . t a ce d r.h have hes . since ..H'opi to to t . e sitting `of ;council, they to receavo the same salary as:usual.-.-Carried; .. • TC,nIFFER—b CP I RSON ... That :Chas. Button be appointed. Clerk for the•year '1911 at the, salary of $175.00.—Carried:_ klcPliE$sot �ICnr�aR.—That Walter' Howe be appointed Assessor for the p• year 1918 at a salary of *70 00. A.. Natural vra/ Fortiflca thin Tflr) thoN ARMSTRONG -- That - Clark be appointed' Treasurer for the ld :-e nil - :� : :. too a a >Ef u.: _ .:.catarrh,— if _ ..,.. o�Lc . troubled alt eata� . Y � y� 1� h if subject to headaches, nervousness or listlessness, ,by all" means start today to build your strength with ',which is a concentrated medicinal -.food and building - tonic' to put a power in• the blood, strengthen the life forces and: tone up the. 'appetite. No harmful drugs in. SCOTT'S. Scott•& roan, Toronto, Ont. 17-13 CUfROSS COUNCIL The recently elected council of Cul- : 'toss Township metfdr the firat. time on Jan. 218t. Members are: Reeve; Wm.. Case: Councillors Phillip Keffrer; Thomas 'McPherson, ',James Thompson, John S. .. :.: . . -Armstrong; - John S. Armstrong was appointed Chairmen . of • Finance;. • The• Council as.a Whole we'sappointed 'roads, and bridge Commissioners for this nnd Dan. Murray one dollar being error in :tax bill ' ARMSTRONG T o1411'31a+`1 _-. That .as. there has been deputation to thie•Ccjiun- oil asking to have the school sections equalized we , considered it would be ott change satisfactory n o. the sect - lone mut:too put. the Statuory to.$600 stead of $300 and if there ire tiny com- plaints 'with regard to to this move to be handed in at next meeting. -MdPIinRsoi — KEIFIER - That the Council as a w o e lnspec • 1 e r rt s ge on con.'8 and 9 at lot' 28 and have the same repairedif.possible or build a new steel, wood or cement truss bridge with cement abutments.—Carried. - ARMSTRONG — TH')MPSON .— Tbat as.. there have been twomore of our boys x enlisted voluntarily in the Expedition- ary p edition- ary Force (Stewart McTavish and. Alex year. • TnosiPsoer:•ARMePRoivG—Thates Al- fred Ross has' asked liberty to cut some trees on -the : road allowance so that he' can erect a •wire fence: 'That he be 'given the liberty to cut the amid providing he clean ;up all the timber and . brush.- Carried. THOMPSoN—KEIEFER—That we re - ,year -;1914 at^themeualrealary- .Carried. IIE WAS DE,LUuIITED I met a man upon•the street, ins face was wreathed in smiles, his countenance was bright enough to reach for pules and miles. He was not the giddy type, nor taken up with frills,but rather tine whose cwcass had been chuck full of , ills. And I had met him oft before, hie face was one of awe, 'you couldn't coax a; sickly smile to., scamper on •his. jaw—he always looked as though his Purse was leakin' as the' ends, or else he had'done, somethin' for to part with all° his friends. Bi on this day his smile 'was grand, it kindled warmth and cheer, it stretched across his phisog and ran .from ear to ear. I thought some rel-' ative of his had shuffled,' from these zones, and left to him .meide his will a hundred thousand' bones;. or else he had discovered.that its hens, in winter time„ had started in to lay him eggs, each one' worth 'most a dime, And so•I •asked him what it was that stuck inside his e lin' ,wr f f cheat � nil- oas d' a a fee lin' a n e . mt,,tr-o for to gurgle'neatn his vest, He looked right square into my, eye,he pulled ane to one side, and bade me bend to ..hurl my.aat' and open it•up wide. And then o-Ing t ' e soul; "1 got delivered to my house, a half a ton of coall° The Government i8 having fresh'froz en haddook and cod shipped into Ont- ario from Nova Scotia. The price to the consumer is fixed at 9c per pound. Consideringthe price of meat` and 'fish these will bwelcome. ' NEWS TOPIOS OF WEEK rh�iportafii. Events, Which:HOS. OcctarrOd Dining 'tha :We$'4, *be, Busy'' Wild'', leappenings .Care- iplly •COmpiled and , Put Into Hatidy and Attractive Shape for the Readers of our Paper A t3 kid. Mons s F.r,lovtnent. TUESDAY. Preinler• Clemeneeau of France ,paid a, visit to the egidiera' to the .front-line 'trenches. ••• o Pte. Colli _n gw oil • Schgeiber, df' Vancouver, tae reaseliod London. after encaking' from a geFanais prison camp. . ' . Fuel, has been moved• Fast in, the United States in quantities sufficient to meet the needs of the 'trans-Atian- tic steamers: • liuke of Devonshire and. Sir Fred-- erick Smith spoke in the interests of the 'Patriotic Fund at the opening of the campaign, The London -Daily Mall ' is now busilyattiheking the War Govern. - went and making charges that a clique.:Coxtrols-the ai'nity: -__:. _--__-- .. The Zionists intend to go to Pales- tine,to establish the Jewish nation. Great ilritain 'will permit Hebrew commission to purchase landoto settle colonists. - • • There are 159 cases of smallpox reported 'in New Brunswick, . 40 in :,Kent"County, 60 in R.estigouche, 41 in Northumberland, 8.•in ,York, and 10 in Victoria. ' Charles D. White, K.0 a promin- ent .Unionist lawyer, became mayor. of Sherbrooke, Que. • His. election was described by his friends • as an indicationeof the fine . spirit •.that existed in a city with a population of ever two-thirds French-Canadians, In' spite of Mayor White's, politics,, he was elected on hie merits. ' • A thousand j'rench refugees from the districts around. Lille and Rou- ,bail have arrived in Paris. , 'These ,people were 'sent ;put by the Ger- mans during the,last week of. Decem- ber and :traveled through Switzer- land, The despatch says they. are full of confidence of the 'ultimate suc- cess of the Allies and that. their_ 'p'atriotistn is undimmed • by hard- shi ns ' P. N' WEDNESDAY. Miss Mary Haig, cousin of Sir Douglas Haig, is dead. The Canadian Fisheries Mission Milled upon President :Wi.lson. An Barmy of 20,000 threshers may be 'organized' for the .Provl'nce of Ontario. New vocational' courses. in -a 'score of, callings have been inaugurated at Queen's ilniversi,ty. . General Boroevic,, • has succeeded the Archduke Eugene as chief of the enemy forces on the Italian front. • British -Labor women -.,meeting at Nottingham :sent a. message of greet- ing ' reet-ing' to,:the women of the United. States. : Manitoba's Moving .'Picture Censor Board has banned- comedy • films as tending to'.ke h 1 m a the pub is too tri- . wolous. Mr. S; A. Armstrong, Director of Military elespitals, said there are plenty of vacant .beds for soldierspa - tients outside Torgnto ' .Quebec may ;have prohibition nexi. year, the. Provincial' Government hav- ing, the decision now in its hand, the date mentioned. by Premier Gouin he;' ing May 1, 191.4 . •Commissioner R. A. Pringle has recommended to the Finande Minis- ter fixing : the rice of newsprint A paper in rolls at $2.86. per 100` lbs. from Feb. 1 to May 1„next. ' Vancouver may enter into world competition in steel shipbuilding on the basis of Belfast or Glasgow, the Government being in ' negotiation with eastern 'capitalists and mnetal- lurgical.exaerts. Wilfrid Cabana, a Montreal police- man won' w weight-lifting contest'at' Sohmer Park by lifting an' automo- pile weighing 3,000 pounds; his . cem - Fetitor Hector Decarie, broke a bone In. his shoulder trying to lift a plat- form carrying 1,961 pounds of iron. Our -Stand. at Brest Litovsk shows the wWl to *in is not weakened; that not a single, muscle. 'is Soften- ed,” declared Grand Admiral von • Tirpitz, speaking at a meeting of the Fatherland party. "The betties are great, but the goals are beautiful;" 'he concluded. According' to news received from 1`}J'ttx ICY'Y--Ctitf`,`C'YPL"tY`�!.""'�CC/tii'Yk" �f17E -Xia:lilY9i'�� including the Czar and' Czarina, are to be tried for treason soon in Petro- grad, by order of Trotsky... The Romanoffs:will be allowed to•.employ civil lawyers. The proceedings._wi1L be,public. It is' reported the Czar' has been informed of,the decree, and 'already is preparing his° defence at Tobolsk. ' THU'RSDAY. A .bread ration system for the dis- trict of Paris is . to be .established British airmen continued to born- bard the Turkish worship Goeben. . The Methodist General Conference will meet in Hamilton October 2 next. ' Mrs. F. Priestman and her . three- year-old son were burned, to death at their home in Ford, Ont. Over •700 liveswere lost on two British steamers sunk in the Medi- terranean Sea by the enemy.. Tire._-uol-'diers'- ballots; tvtailing_. some 55,000 or 60,000, have been al= located, except those in dispute. Cabinet meetings now will be held regularly Tuesdays, Thursday,: and Saturdays, and at other times as tie- cessaiy. Dependents of soldiers are now to get a maximum of $40 a month, to-, stead of $85, and other amendments have been made:. The possibility is (focussed of the Government taking over the paper mills in case of failure to agree on newsprint prices. So far, since'January 3, about 10,- 800 then leave been enrolled under the Military Seryice Act, but volun- tary enl'etnients in the least three ttnonths, furter response 'of Men called up under the draft, and de- eisions • refualits txtornpUloia $.000 411 :,. ....7_ .tie ..,,,,..i, orses a JT ' HAS been estimated that five acres .of landarerequired to maintain one ' hors,' for a year, and that the same five acres would produce nearly enough food for two .people. If 50,000 Canadian farmers each replaced one horse with a Ford,50, 000 acres would be added to the Nation's source of food apply and enough extra food made available to feed 100'000 people. ' , Just `thhlnk what a great service this means to the -country at the present . time and , the.:benefit to the farmers from the • sale of food produced on this acreage. • . • A Ford coir also saves the.farmer a week or more of valuable time each year, which can be used 'for further productive work. The Ford travels three times as last as a horse and rig --costs less to run and keep, and is far easier to take Bare of. With labor so scarce'and high priced, time means money, so do not delay in getting your Ford. { Runabout Touring Coupe Sedan - :447:5 $495. p'$770 '$970 FoRp, RENWICK, . D OCXNOW. ft•1 In gely trillV MO iiti bill, to bei)"i ll ,M960 hill t'g iI >l 1aI d• I'd olgu. brvli. naalttOr d AO ' A0iO blob) of Alj1 ries, hat 41#ted to Confer Ito Special tier m'da Ripon Major Watt. Bishop of Canada • of the British Royal Flying Corp Captain Baracca, the /Italian arm aviator, and Lieut. Thierry .of Rai - glum, in recognition ' of their valor and bravery in bringing down 43, 21, and 10 machines, resPeetively. ' FRIDAY. •The Teutons. tretired on a wide front in the ° 'meuatrain -region • of ittaly. .. The American steamer Owascc was sunk by 4 submarine and two lives were lost. The House ofCommons.Passed tit( r .third reading of the Man -polder Bill The vote was unanimous. Rev. C. 1.,. J. Rates, speaking it Toronto, said Japart' is one „ of the three great, world powers. One•ran• was .found :dead and an other ,inserisibie groin gas-poisoninb at a Toronto street. lodging 'house. The toll 'of death'3n the Stellartor colliery disaster is now placed. at 98 Seventeen bodies have been recov- ered, ecov ered, . ' Lieut. -Colonel Robert Innes, a re- turned o ncer,_ has been appointee' ^Dei eetor' of Soldier 'Colonization "Tor - Ontario. Niagara Falls Board. of Trade le asking the Government to forbid al' retail sale of bacon in 'Canada, and to conscript labor for the farms. Hon. W. T. Hanna.resignel.:f,;om the- office of food controller as he found that the Work of his office,in- terfered with.' his manse private inter- edts.• Japanese residents of Canada have by an order -in -Council' been exempt - lad from military service, because not entitled tp vote under existing fran- chise laws. r . . The -Ontario- Government will es- 'tablish ,a combination shee and eat- . tle demonstration ranch w th a .-Jew. to millions of acres of aste land being developed. ` ' '' Captain J. E. 'Freeman of King- ston has, placed his 10.0 -le a Yarm at Hartington at the service of con- • valescing'returned soldiers for .the period•of the war. Alex., McFarlane of OttervIl"le, clerk for thirty-two years and ex- Reeve Of' South. Norwich, and Secre- tary for twenty-five years- of..South Norwich wich Agricultural c is rS ieiy, dead. . p Discovery of "impurities' iii candy supplied to" canteens of navy ships of the United, States caused' the issue •of all order subpendi-ng. the ' sale of candy 'to the men and als the pup - phase of -additional suppliep pending investigation. ° ' ` I ' The military authorities ' report, that satisfactory work is being' done. "in rounding up absentees who • "took o t' awoo s r wen , t e, ilitary Service Actn.wes put in force. In one case 58 men out of 60 in e. Quebec lumber camp were gathers in: ' SATURDAY. ‘e F'rance's war outlay. up'to the end of 1917 was` 87,200,OpO,000' francs. • • The town of Mackay, in Queens- land, Australia, was destr. yed by a cyclo, Ottawnea 'was-grantedthe privilege g e of cutting wood',for fuel in Algon- quin Park. ,, A School of Navigation ' With a. three months' course bas -been open. - ed at, .Queen's University' Maxwell D. Fraser, It C. aprom- inent ;barrister in London died of heart failure at his bomo Canada's 'field crops in. 1917` 'totalled in value,moro tha 'a .billion dollars, the highest .on rec rd. ' The Toronto -Patriotic nd • Red' Cross Fund camp ign el secie with. subscriptions, ' amouhting t $3,333,- 148. 3,333,- 148. ' The Industrial Worker ..of .the World were barred fFoni membership' iii' the United Mine Work rs' organ- ization. Robbers • ransacked S . John's Church, the- old 'military hurch of Toronto,: and itis believe that they sought the Bis oP scr z< - ' .. Mr. :Edward Boyle, • ' •Se rotary • of the Winnipeg Board of 'T ,ade,''n an in viedthat! said. e ter , the . West was strong fornationalizatio of rail- ways. The last log schoo hots i Hast 1 e n ings county, has given place to a modern brick., structure," at Bell's'Rapid$,=the extreme nort of -- the:', county. , W. F. Tye.. of Montreal, formerly chief engineer of the C P R., has Sandford Fleming The death of Actg. Sgt. J: M. Titn- begs .of Hawkesbury was attributed by Lieut. -Colonel' W: T. Connell, as the result- of „a post-mortem exareina tion, -to the more, or less persistent use of wood alcohol: • MONDAY:. ' : • French and Italian ship losses last week were light. Premier Wekerl&has" reorganized the Hungarian• _Cab1n t.... ' . The Supreme War Council will meet in Paris' this week. `Queen's University .will' admit no more negro medical students. Aid. W::S. WlieldoniihS pointed. Collector, of Customs at Montreal. • ' ColoeAl G. A. Sweny died at his home, ' 1tohallion," Toronto, In-- Pis -- 8''ist year. By a large vote tht. '(Tkra'ne Rada pYoclai'�ied Che eamplete--....indepeu°- denteof the Ukraine Republic. • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Artbur of McIntyre toWnship, near Port Ar-, thug, were liurn,ed to death in. a' fire ' which destroyed their farm home. Rev. Dr. John. F. Ockley, superan• noted Methodist minister, who had been pastor of Toronto churches for a total of 30 years, died at his hone in that city:. Fullest possible co-operation teas been arranged for ,between the United States and Cap:i'dian Gov ;+rnments for pooling supplies of steel for shipbu:h1 ne... A. earioad of Ir} sir fro.rel Haddock •`' ind cod from, Nova Scotia in 100- itound boxes Will reach Petrolea early this wealr to be 'sold in unbroken boxes. at nine cents per pound at any pint in f.alnbton caUiiit' The ,Thisy liardirait 11011S0 flelivery Phone Sixty -Six f or Prom ...t e Best- HighOven Range on the Market We" expect.anot-' r her shipment of this famous cook stove _ to • arrive, ,this week. . -good • .qualities fences over the We will be glad. to show you its and , 'many conven- ordinary cook stove. Do not fail to see our line ofStoves before buying. It• :will • ° a ou eLEOD: �i• JOYNT he -Store Where,Your Money Goes Farthest im.,a,,,,-e- +:ice&°f% �"'�\ When:the old year dies he, leaves the f ootprintss of another , ar.e • the countenance a ' e n .e .e f us all ' Doiet put the matter.oft y • ARTISTIC PORTRAITS;of on self made, here' beforeyou are'la week' old:_ . • la extending 'the compliments of the season to you we.want you to know, that.with each succeeding year of experience we strive..to do better work aid 'keep .up-to-date styles. iu. portraiture. ' Studio --ay, Tuesday G. S, ; FREE, Photographer,' ' Lu cknaw. • • Dr: Anna . M. Shaw hays: :," The women who have not' been trained in stenography and 'typewriting, should immediately undergo in.. strue ion, in exactlythe same spirit, that moved them to. attend'. classes in first.aid nursing." Theneed for'stenographers is urgent 1 he we .rk is pleasant and the pay ample•. Why should you not undertake this work?' We admit students at any time. - Central Business -College . . 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I1{ l wiy{ INII � '� II ,'1 i 66,x n, tt PML. I 1'' li 'f.i� •IM1 ,r (r III I Ii`�' - .�/ 6 r''rN.• •\If, `i.�.. rIb/,i .�f i t . t r, ,? ,' q , .,q, c,',.i:P". NII li l 1 I�.� - 1 \1�� p L 4. . : ,(1�' 1 �, (/)/? .I.. Y1 .W..,l: I' ..�\ ! /(� il;%h.t.1, .... ..+�'4.-• -•�� Cake sem. ... ,r./,(, .`•.:,.... " 31% - ,ti 's. ^:\. ..\1' IIIr N. . . v� 1'f. .•-""... `,�'�- ;�- � .t� . ' / voi : / 4.,„/ �Y� i r t , ..'�r. h 1,t.,:,'"I,I ( „ 1 - 'e� �% .And mil► ►,,, ri '''1nrrir�___._ .. • :,. ....7_ .tie ..,,,,..i, orses a JT ' HAS been estimated that five acres .of landarerequired to maintain one ' hors,' for a year, and that the same five acres would produce nearly enough food for two .people. If 50,000 Canadian farmers each replaced one horse with a Ford,50, 000 acres would be added to the Nation's source of food apply and enough extra food made available to feed 100'000 people. ' , Just `thhlnk what a great service this means to the -country at the present . time and , the.:benefit to the farmers from the • sale of food produced on this acreage. • . • A Ford coir also saves the.farmer a week or more of valuable time each year, which can be used 'for further productive work. The Ford travels three times as last as a horse and rig --costs less to run and keep, and is far easier to take Bare of. With labor so scarce'and high priced, time means money, so do not delay in getting your Ford. { Runabout Touring Coupe Sedan - :447:5 $495. p'$770 '$970 FoRp, RENWICK, . D OCXNOW. ft•1 In gely trillV MO iiti bill, to bei)"i ll ,M960 hill t'g iI >l 1aI d• I'd olgu. brvli. naalttOr d AO ' A0iO blob) of Alj1 ries, hat 41#ted to Confer Ito Special tier m'da Ripon Major Watt. Bishop of Canada • of the British Royal Flying Corp Captain Baracca, the /Italian arm aviator, and Lieut. Thierry .of Rai - glum, in recognition ' of their valor and bravery in bringing down 43, 21, and 10 machines, resPeetively. ' FRIDAY. •The Teutons. tretired on a wide front in the ° 'meuatrain -region • of ittaly. .. The American steamer Owascc was sunk by 4 submarine and two lives were lost. The House ofCommons.Passed tit( r .third reading of the Man -polder Bill The vote was unanimous. Rev. C. 1.,. J. Rates, speaking it Toronto, said Japart' is one „ of the three great, world powers. One•ran• was .found :dead and an other ,inserisibie groin gas-poisoninb at a Toronto street. lodging 'house. The toll 'of death'3n the Stellartor colliery disaster is now placed. at 98 Seventeen bodies have been recov- ered, ecov ered, . ' Lieut. -Colonel Robert Innes, a re- turned o ncer,_ has been appointee' ^Dei eetor' of Soldier 'Colonization "Tor - Ontario. Niagara Falls Board. of Trade le asking the Government to forbid al' retail sale of bacon in 'Canada, and to conscript labor for the farms. Hon. W. T. Hanna.resignel.:f,;om the- office of food controller as he found that the Work of his office,in- terfered with.' his manse private inter- edts.• Japanese residents of Canada have by an order -in -Council' been exempt - lad from military service, because not entitled tp vote under existing fran- chise laws. r . . The -Ontario- Government will es- 'tablish ,a combination shee and eat- . tle demonstration ranch w th a .-Jew. to millions of acres of aste land being developed. ` ' '' Captain J. E. 'Freeman of King- ston has, placed his 10.0 -le a Yarm at Hartington at the service of con- • valescing'returned soldiers for .the period•of the war. Alex., McFarlane of OttervIl"le, clerk for thirty-two years and ex- Reeve Of' South. Norwich, and Secre- tary for twenty-five years- of..South Norwich wich Agricultural c is rS ieiy, dead. . p Discovery of "impurities' iii candy supplied to" canteens of navy ships of the United, States caused' the issue •of all order subpendi-ng. the ' sale of candy 'to the men and als the pup - phase of -additional suppliep pending investigation. ° ' ` I ' The military authorities ' report, that satisfactory work is being' done. "in rounding up absentees who • "took o t' awoo s r wen , t e, ilitary Service Actn.wes put in force. In one case 58 men out of 60 in e. Quebec lumber camp were gathers in: ' SATURDAY. ‘e F'rance's war outlay. up'to the end of 1917 was` 87,200,OpO,000' francs. • • The town of Mackay, in Queens- land, Australia, was destr. yed by a cyclo, Ottawnea 'was-grantedthe privilege g e of cutting wood',for fuel in Algon- quin Park. ,, A School of Navigation ' With a. three months' course bas -been open. - ed at, .Queen's University' Maxwell D. Fraser, It C. aprom- inent ;barrister in London died of heart failure at his bomo Canada's 'field crops in. 1917` 'totalled in value,moro tha 'a .billion dollars, the highest .on rec rd. ' The Toronto -Patriotic nd • Red' Cross Fund camp ign el secie with. subscriptions, ' amouhting t $3,333,- 148. 3,333,- 148. ' The Industrial Worker ..of .the World were barred fFoni membership' iii' the United Mine Work rs' organ- ization. Robbers • ransacked S . John's Church, the- old 'military hurch of Toronto,: and itis believe that they sought the Bis oP scr z< - ' .. Mr. :Edward Boyle, • ' •Se rotary • of the Winnipeg Board of 'T ,ade,''n an in viedthat! said. e ter , the . West was strong fornationalizatio of rail- ways. The last log schoo hots i Hast 1 e n ings county, has given place to a modern brick., structure," at Bell's'Rapid$,=the extreme nort of -- the:', county. , W. F. Tye.. of Montreal, formerly chief engineer of the C P R., has Sandford Fleming The death of Actg. Sgt. J: M. Titn- begs .of Hawkesbury was attributed by Lieut. -Colonel' W: T. Connell, as the result- of „a post-mortem exareina tion, -to the more, or less persistent use of wood alcohol: • MONDAY:. ' : • French and Italian ship losses last week were light. Premier Wekerl&has" reorganized the Hungarian• _Cab1n t.... ' . The Supreme War Council will meet in Paris' this week. `Queen's University .will' admit no more negro medical students. Aid. W::S. WlieldoniihS pointed. Collector, of Customs at Montreal. • ' ColoeAl G. A. Sweny died at his home, ' 1tohallion," Toronto, In-- Pis -- 8''ist year. By a large vote tht. '(Tkra'ne Rada pYoclai'�ied Che eamplete--....indepeu°- denteof the Ukraine Republic. • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Artbur of McIntyre toWnship, near Port Ar-, thug, were liurn,ed to death in. a' fire ' which destroyed their farm home. Rev. Dr. John. F. Ockley, superan• noted Methodist minister, who had been pastor of Toronto churches for a total of 30 years, died at his hone in that city:. Fullest possible co-operation teas been arranged for ,between the United States and Cap:i'dian Gov ;+rnments for pooling supplies of steel for shipbu:h1 ne... A. earioad of Ir} sir fro.rel Haddock •`' ind cod from, Nova Scotia in 100- itound boxes Will reach Petrolea early this wealr to be 'sold in unbroken boxes. at nine cents per pound at any pint in f.alnbton caUiiit' The ,Thisy liardirait 11011S0 flelivery Phone Sixty -Six f or Prom ...t e Best- HighOven Range on the Market We" expect.anot-' r her shipment of this famous cook stove _ to • arrive, ,this week. . -good • .qualities fences over the We will be glad. to show you its and , 'many conven- ordinary cook stove. Do not fail to see our line ofStoves before buying. 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