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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-12-21, Page 3Tj R those on your _�' Christmas .list to whom you wish to give something that corn- binesgood taste,beauty and util i ty,sclectWater- mares Ideal Fountain Pen. It lasts for years, perpetuating the Christ- Christ- mas sentiment, and more and .more empha- sizing its vela* as an article of everyday con venicuce. Plain or gold and silver mounted In all sizes and styles, ',Vliateveryouwish to pay, pick_ or mu.h, you can give the genuine Warernian's Ideal, recog- nixetk the world over u thea ; t:;n'lard fountain pen. At Beat Stores, F„ ! ,; ;� & `•" t.`t�• rocket or $4.00, a a a, ae ziCi1.09. reit points tf a:ar .Iter Cari Uuu� to inti , -, ,d. x..E.TVaterzisn Cozy an United 1 q� t`., . i . , , I i , I. ,. _ .i l.. '�I AT ONS. .1.IIQ�SP I Work Lain; Done by Dominion Derive:Intel Farms System. The Irep.irtment of Agriculture FIVE HOT.MEAS SER VED DAILY TO BRITISH IN FRONT LIP]FS. Enemy Rations Almost Wholly of Tinned Goods - German German Di- visions Forty Days in Trenches Without Relief. ' A despatch from the British Army front in France says: The ^problems qt transport have been solved satisface torily, and now attention is being largely devoted to ameliorating the iron hard condition of the British troops in the Winter fields and trenches. Heavy sheepskin and lea- ther coats and jackets have been issu- ed to the men, and warm and dry rest billets provided for those In the sup - 1 port reserve positions. Best of all, however, Tommy in the front line gets Ave hot meals daily. There is break- fast at 7, dinner at 12, tea at .6, and ! soup or stew at 9 and again at 2 o'clock in the morning. From reports received front Ger- man prisoners. and observations made during raids the British have discov- ered that conditions on the German' front are very different, Along most of the new linos formed by the Bat-: tle of the Somme the German front trenches are merely a broken stretch of linked -up sllellholes, with no deep dugouts and only a few improvised ^ hiding holes, where two or three rnen can take cover from the shrapnel. British reports from the Somme! section say the German communica- tion trenches are impassable from i Markets of the World. TI�E (�FRMAI� sread#tatre. Toronto, Dec. 10. -M4111.4 e, wheat - New No. 1 Northern, $1.672, No. 2, do., 1.k4t; No. 8, do„ 51.791; , o. 4 wheat, 1.761, track, Bay ports. Old crop trad- e ; 4c u,born ne coop. .aanitoba ostI-. o. 2 G.W.. 62 e; **fi�n• a, do„ 5a}c; eXtra No. 1 feed, 696c: No. 1 feed, $e. trta&k, lay ports. ADa erlean corn, kio. 3 yellow, new, $1.023. December shipment subject to. mud and the shelling of the British embargo. O °t;�rio oats- No. $ white 59 to 620, guns, SO that all the carryin of asap- nominal; loo, s, do„ 59 to a;lc. nominal. . •di ACLOi IatS to fraigtats Winter, plies and the banging r t reliefs car lot. 111.63 took 65;1 No a do.1 per complete failure of the potato crop, of have tot take Place avec the open, ;x,fia, accur[lin to fralghts outside. which the figures are now available, without cover of any kind, That is Yeas -No. �, x2.ao. according to why the British guns continue to freights outsiae, According to The Tageblatt, only 21,- hurl shells back of the German linea uriei --- 1taltinE;, 31.x8 to 11.24, ac- 000 O00 tons Suers harvested this year, Cording to Ere! )1ts outside. lucktsheat-#126, nominal, tceordin8 against 51,000,000 last year. This #aRi'e�gh p +c.{ae35 to ;113, according might have proved almost disastrous, to weights outside. particularly as the potato crop was not Manitoba flour --First patents, in jute only quantitatively but also .qualita bai{s, #0:90; 2nd do., 59.40; strong bak- tively a failure, and as a result only are n a s ^ er@, d0. 39.2e, 'j,'urtlhtA. . Ontario :tour chr"nluter, accoralna t:, ' one-third as many potatoes are avail - owing comforts available for the Germans rLwto. , $7 to h7ao, in bags, track T- able for the current food year as dur- owing to the unceasing fare of the roirto. prompt nhtvmetat. New plans British artillery. Mt!lfeed--jaa' lots -- Delivered Mont- the one ended last June. Thus far thio Winter Gorman psis. ROnite a par of 33, o., $37;4. gn dl lees ig haavurbeen rmade by Count Batocki fort oners say their troops in the west floor, per bas, #x.zo to #3.r0. Pulling through until next summer. have not been supplied with any xiaY--N'0. 1, per inn. #I1.�;0 to 113.69: The potato ration after January 1 will No. 2, do.. $1A to $11.50, track Toronto. be three-quarters of a pound per capita sheepskin, leather or fur coats. They " have received only woollen vests, holy bands and mittens, Normally, prisoners say, they are suppose -be in the trenches i t th from 14 to 18 days, b i:g t storage, 40to 41e: s or cions' lately have remained there 40 RECO a4,4YRtn, 41 to 43c: naw-lattd. in cear- days and over without relief. The ra- tons. 6a to 651; 415°.r e:srtonx. e'4). tions meat, sausage, herring, sardines, rice, "tpi�L Seta 64) j i ka.71 kC Mr.; urxeev : Keep Many Policies Alive. rye bread, coffee tend mineral waters. � ,5 to 2se: get•se, Spring. 14 to 15c. The vast amount of work under- Fatherland Preparing to Fight Recently a .daily ration of brandy lies eeftlei ePIT It u�ic'hls lopeel1 e�Qu2dq' taken by the Canadian Patriotic Fund - a 3 . ; '4 tllout Fad---lifultCply been issued to the rhea in the front per dozen. $4 to it.6iE:ltua�heya. 30 to ase; for the relief and assistaaee of sol - line. For rest the inert often are ,,g FitneyPrt41gbiti; vg.„.,,. butt, l3 to diers' dependents will probably never; Shell Output crowded into damp cellars. ieee; a-tl,. tins. t3 to 1.:31•, 1o.lb., 121. to be fully appreciated. In most cases ; A despatch from Berlin sa 131,; 641 -ib., 12 to 1214)• buckwheat. 69 -Ib.. ys:- tins, r to 96c. Comb honey -extra lane this work is carried on by voluntary and, heavy ,� , +• .. oins or a. Ines g necessary, $,'•-SO It' $'.75 :viz. '., $°.26 to x2.40. i Zti teege7t nails. s Ib„ lei to 12c; into altsaost every town and hamlet .in , said General Grouer, Gerrnany'a tubs 65 ib 't8 to llc , the vomimon :rut few deserving cases POTATO FAILURE Berlin Paper Says Crop is o, 000,000 Tons Short of Last Year. A despatch from Berlin says: -The food plans for the current food year have been badly wrecked by the almost in the fog and rain, •Often the shells or bombs from the British side throw -tip fountains of water high in the air from the German trenches. There o doer boards or other. trench Straw -ear a lots. per ton, 19 to $9.50, per diem, .anal potato flour will no a y, Country 2'rodttc5---W ie1.eaa2s, d to llutte�r-fresh da1iry, ('holes, 41 t.o 48c; a9 more an er anter!• prima. 45 to 4'..e: solids, 44 to but aolicae div:- t`f l ��'�n, t c'hee,P--largettrtns, "b# to 2u3e; consist almost wholly of tinned t1'tpik ts, x54 to 26o, longer be an ingredient of the legal war bread, rye being used in place of the miSeing potatoes, AN ETERNAL WAR INSURING THE SOLDIERS. aa* MUM E.V.61U.E17 COMPANY LIMIT we,tM, EO TORONTO.. ONT. MONTREAL anasdian Patriotic bund Helps IS GERMAN FANCY NEW FRENCHCHIEF IS HALF ENGLIS!Employing Every Ounce of British H! FIGHTING TO A FINISH. Energy, 1 At the beginning of, the third winter r of war, there is no reason to believe bu :arutdtnn. hand- .it sed, per Gen. Joffre's Sucre so Related that pears will come before the end of .:nestle. $6. t i `could athertvase hate lapsed and •been • 1 h "Germany is girding up her economic eight. per dos.. $s, select, effort, and as the organization; extends I f finish h fi ht i# „ r tatoes---Untarlu." per bag. 32.15; can be overlooked. In tl?e Department'` organizer of victory, on Wednesday. b, $2.25 $Q 3r I far a war lasting to all eternity. We British Vuutnbla ROAR, per bag. 53 to tGermAny; he added, "as preparing $21tit New t t•unatsick laclaawareK, pee of Insurance for iif itanve the Mont-, bar, :atair.�`t�sr inn. $aa�• real branch last month saved for ,shall first double our present prsdauc• Ph ins ttnportc,d, hand-r,lciit+d, rer ,twenty-two families policies Which tion of tirnrnunition send ether war ma. ,11N) • �a: Canadian t�Cintes. s3• a to terltt , then treble it, and so ell and i . i tacit summer's campaign, if so soon, Y$6; lams. Per 11". 1.+e• lost to the beneficiaries. These poli-' ea until every man ar.d every woman Through ;Mother to British bran tithe to time we hear of diseust E >r'r4)vistoaas vritoleaate. cies represented insurance to the value Will be workers in the defence a the 'Military Family, cions in L urolaela colacerning the'de-1 neeree met -'- ¥Lams. mediva1. •'t Ir, of about $30,000, the manual premiums fatherland. By spring T.@ Audi be sirability of pence, and laments over 25e;a4),. 14),•';c�-. 22 to 23c: i ookett, BB i. being over $800, In all this branch is running under fur'teeamm. A despatch. from Paris says: The,, the terrible coat of the struggle, but '':, c'ltprlen„i' hilt•. iiiegl 7tl' lt+ nc•le,, :looking after insurance representing "We must not figure on the war w Cabinet arouses but moderate: the situation is not at present favor- . a,, t4) , ,,, 1 hat less than e4,000, ? n other Words, ending nett''.. '. car or alae year after. enthusia m in the press. The papers able to the immediate ending of hostil- than` ;oi� a:r'iry cured narat r, 1 cent leas a thrauilh carelessness or fancied in- We must not bother our hearts ns to point out that seven Ministers and :ties. Germany, which has won what t ere:1 atettts�- 1,»31. ele•:u• tro•on. l,, to , ability to pay premiums, this amount whether Britain or any other State ttvo Under -Secretaries belong to the it chiefly desires in the east, and which 1s3,. per 111„; clear I all ion: ;IE to l ic"of protection to soldiers' dependents will w nt to male peace sooner or int_ preceding administration so that the , holds plenty ai. territory in the west tubs. _'e2 to 2t, : pail +, :t, to ai ;r; rales= would have been Iort if th© organise „ T Change is not so radical as might be ;,with which to h,trgain, would naturally pound, la:¢ to t63c,, • tion had not financially assisted in ei• or over,,, expected. At tate same time the ap- be glad to conclude a peace to -day, en- ! iter it hl a ng logit•; yellow, 6cl bel; +'s white.. keeping the policies alive. In Oddi- T 1 t Qn.e PRf1Iti II+ is SL:3.,E «S pcarance of M. Claveille and Loucheur , ough even if it were not for the terrific d tion to what the arganiaatien is di-" " as technical experts is welcomed. 1' strain that the war imposes on its r The most popular features of the ; sources; but the Allied governments i reorganization are the appointments : although their people must be weary I. of General Hubert Lyautey, as Minis-, of war, are in no mood to cry peace ter of War, nand General Nivella as . until they have at least equatized the successor to Jofire as commander -in- i score with Germany. It they should a Y y chief of the western front.Athe stopnow, All n � Germany TvouT be' l d in effect Ex- newspapers print photographs of Gen- the vietpr; and the Allies, confident of eral Nivelle under the title of "One of their increasing strength, interni to the War's Revelations." Long hie; : f ght the war to a finish. of graphies are also published recalling a That is the meaning of the British Montreal =erects. FROM FEEDING FOE SUDS. { rcetly financing, the total amount of 1N•ntrral. lace. 19.•-- t'nru--• �nlerlcttn , . 51.15, t'ata--'t`lnadian ulsuranee saved to dependents within f,,�tt .:`n. R31, extra ,two years by the Committee's advice A despatch from Matirirl e aye: Ale - rand counsel is in excess of $200,000. ,erroux, lemiee of the Raldiral feu d, S1: malting. $1.30 to $1.32. Flour 11:enttoba Spring wheat patents. firsts, The experiences of the committee Warty in the f h^inl:cr 0 Df p' tier, haat 81:43.111;114 : n11 1r •, introduced I , t tat n b k a Ent oduc.d a til iC 1. •it.n ani. h .S ser r R n Sp ani in these matters is a revelation in hu ,•,�a; xtrui;;ht rultrr a $a.ti0 to $t• +0 r ' . f:, \r,, 1 11.1•,1. 683c. Barley - Alan: tuba, • .iantire I t do.. 11;:ge. ?+1.10 to 54.25. !toiled oats 'man nater ne woman preferred to eeb�a.ets and vessels -,ori proT 1Floning iri+is,. 's t4 : do.. b,iga. iio Eby.. $3,40. , German submarines in any Tway. lir;tn r3�, 8hurts. $:;5. 31idc1iini;a,, 331:: buy a new skirt rather than renew a , to 3•i, �talunite $43 to $4s i life f h' h b d � per tots, car lots, 313. Clieel,e Finest . ANOTFF:: "DRY" STEP it e:�tt t na+, 2.5e: c,trl PrnN. 'i4e, :so- y FOR THE FRENCH. trr•-t hoE,•cst creamery. 4,� to 431e; so- ,trench. Another woman, whose has- unntir+ 4nao to ,Ile 1 fif•i;^-I^rr'th GO •• ' the 1}i :rti;:iari Government is carry- the general's brilliant stroke in re- I order in council that gives the goo- :xf•let t, tl !•:e; �,., '1 rrt,u•k, anti .r'4). cs band is daily facing German bullets, Wring Forts D t 1 h id have allowed her I' to A tic. r,.tch from Pari,; sac,. Pre - a , o. policy on the e o her us an , finestj who was; battling in a Flanacr s frig on Iile::,trtation work in crop pro- cap lil']nl; gars ouaumon and Vat1X ennment.,un card -of powers In con since. �',c. I a'atttoes -Pei' iia .car iota would p4) icy $1.75 to 33' ' mi" Brinnd anntunced to the Cham- vn the Verdun front. The papers also trolling and distributing the food of _,.._ lapse rather than take the amount duction: end cultural methods with say that the fact that General Niveile' the nation -unheard of in England, al -1 Wiananee a aan, of the premiums out of the Savin s ber of penalise on Wednesday that he farmers in the provinces of Quebec, is half English -his mother having though long exercised in Germany. I , \`•innipeg. Dee. 1s: -Cash quotations: bank, Another instance worth record- ing had deoi,nct1 to are: Parliament to en - Alberta and SsskatcheTvarl. Farmers belonged to a well known. Kentish mill- ;Tho food supply of England is threat.: 11.11: No. ti ahern S1.7:,i: r n, 2 ror �itern. is unfortunately typical, The r: o- ct legislation providing fora further ow in or operating land favorably tary family -makes his appointment; ened both by the destruction of mer- $1.4ti ; No. > 51.1; id`':�U$i6, Niaihese: man had an idea that insurance was restriction in the consumption of al- I g particularly acceptable across the ; chant ships by German submarines s"`' E.'ttth---`o, 2elve 64e; Nn, 3 t�.Tv„ all right for the rich, but that in her coholfc beverages throughout Fra;a.e. situated for the carrying on of such 510; tetra r4). 1 feed. file. h:1r1Py-No. •e. work CO -operate with the Department. Channel. i and by the short crops of wheat 3, :"0c No. 1,. 86c; iced. 7't reiocted, straightened circumstances she should' India's Rice Crop. pp Jules Cambon continues in his post! throughout the world. 71fc. 1 it--vc'• 1 ti•tii'•r•, $ .63; No. 2 not be expected to make any sacrifice ` The farmer puts under. the directiont .W. $-,co, I of an officer of the Dominion Ex eri- as General Secretary of the Foreign I The Englishman, less docile than the - to maintain her husband's insurance, I India's rice crop of this year le p Office. German will have to submit to havin 'United status, 1lTarkutts: in this case amounting to79:',000 acres, slight - mental e'arms System, a part of his •' g $1,000. estimated at , 6,; farm having a good wide frontage on MANY NOTABLES KILLED. and the quantityof food that he maySi,,os: July, 51.,13. C`astt wheat: No. 1 behalf of herself and babyboy, she year before. The total yield is ex - a hard, $1.752 to $1,508; No. 1 Northern , the prices of the food he has ea self Minneapolis, Dec, 10. - Wheat, May. After an hour's argument with her on ly in excess of the acreage of the a well travelled highway, each field buy fixed by the government; and at $1.72H to 51.75;; Ivo. 2 Northern, reluctantly consented to.. accept a petted to be 21 per cent. greater having the same frontage along the War Makes Heavy Inroads on the the same time, if the ships that the , 85 t sol ' i (Esta CNo 31%ite} az to loan of $50 from the Fund to cover than last year. same highway, so that thee cops and cultivation are unavoidably in evidence to the casual traveller and eastily in- spected by the interested visitor. The Department, for the first year of Debrett's Peerage for 1911 states at least, furnishes the seed necessary that the roll of honor from families to sow such of the fields as it is de- usually noticed, in that volume now cided to put under crop that year, numbers 1,450 persons who have been In subsequent years the farmer saves killed in action or have died of wounds. enough of the best of the crop grown The list includes one member of the on these fields to do the necessary seeding.. This, of course, provided the grain produced is satisfactory as to purity and germinative power. All cultural and harvesting opera- tions in connection with these fields, i.e., the ploughing, harrowing, etc., of the fields and the Bowing, harvest- ing and threshing of the grain there- from are done by the farmer. All work indicated above is done in exact- ly :such ways and at exactly such. Peerage of Europe. A special cable to The New York World from London, says: The issue Royal family, fourteen Peers, twenty- one Baronets, nine Knights, nine mem- bers of Parliament, 290 Knights Bachelor, 114 sons of Peers, 110 sons of Baronets, and 150 sons of Knights. READY TO MAKE DASH FROM ROTTERDAM. A despatch to the Amsterdam Tele- graaf from Rotterdam says the; Ger- man steamer Pylos, which has been times as directed by the Illustration in Rotterdam Harbor since the out - Station Division of the Dominion Ex- perimental Farms System. The far- mer keeps a record of the amount of time taken ' to perform the different operations on each field and threshes the grain harvested separately so that it will be known how much is harvest.. ed froin'each.field. will release thousands of able-bodied The records just mentioned of the sent. workmen to take their places in the and crops resulting, together SOMME FORCED KAISER'trenches. Women as well as men are MAKE PEACE MOVE. to be drafted for work; and -theoretic - TO ally at least -no social distinction will Germany Fears Result of Next Of- exempt anyo ise from service. Ger- Germany on All Fronts. many is to be made, as its own spokes- men say, "a suAer-Spartan state, 'or - A despatch from, Springfield, Mass,, "ganized for fighting onlyand. says; Frederick Palmer, the war cor- ii g g for fight rag indefinitely." . respondent, ill an interview on Wed- 1 Prance also has'appointed a mitis- nesday, declared that events de. the ter of provisions and is considering a, Somme front were;respontsible for the "mobilization" of its 'noncombatants weather conditions and crop .progress German peace move, and said that the in answer to the action of Germany; onamithe sdifferent laced in front of farmer British and French soldiers in the and the nation is in a. mood to, accent p p trenches would dictate terms. - Mr. field a: sign stating briefly the methoditifit is prospect, but it Ties not a pethat el preparing the land for the crop Palmer says the Kaiser has.reason. to � fol. prospect; but it is the prospect that in th at t t dread the next allied ',offensive on all Europe must face for 1917: --Youth's Companion. break of the war, was getting ready to. leave for Germany, when a search by the river police revealed the fact that she was stocked with great'quan- tities of foodstuffs and other goods, the export of which is- forbidden. The correspondent adds that the- vessel will not leave Rotterdam for the pre - submarines have destroyed are to be replaced, the engineering and ship- building industries must permit the government to direct and control pri- vate business as no government in England ever controlled it before. It is a question of employing every ounce of British energy for a fight that will need it all, and the quiet way in which the country has accepted a situation so foreign to its historic ideals reveals its determination to push the war to a definite conclusion. That determination Germany faces, since it must, with extraordinary. re- • sourcefulness. We had thought that national organization had reached its maximum there, but it has not. Every form of industry that directly or in- directly affects the military efficiency of the people has been put under gov- ernment direction. General Groener is the genius of the national organiza- tion. There is to be compulsory non- military service as well as compulsory military service. - Those who are unfit to serve in the field- must work wherever they are ordered to work. The government -hopes that by draw- ing frons this reservoir of energy it work g. with brief notes made each week, are duly entered on blank forms provided for that purpose. The work of mak- ing such notes and entering up.the work done:on each field does not entail more than one hour's work each month - . Each week the farmer mails to. the Central Experimental Farm Ot- tawa a form filled out with full parti- culars as to the work done,general` grow , g ereon; or a ,res men giv- fronts. en the plot that year. On all these farms, whether located in the Province of Quebec, or in Sas- katehewan or Alberta, syetemati . Nurses Wanted Hn TORONTO HOSPITAL FOR rotations of crops suite l ,to the des-' Incurables affiliated with Bellevue Niece --Katherine writes me that Riot served as well as the best cul- and Allies; T os itais, New York, offers Mrs. Dasher has got the alimon .. rel methods and suitabl Three Yearsourse to vi 1 i y trimost1tab1 ieties of crops are being demonatrat- a be a Supertn afriad it will go hard with her. She tendert, )(lies Cook,. 1'30 Dunn Avenue,.. . Her Affliction. women t sans Aunt Selina-�Dearl Dear! I'm e oar-, to 'enter the Nursing profession. Appli- eations will b received th ed. fioronto is such a frail, nervous creature. 473c. Flour, fancy patents. $9.25. Other the premium, this amount to be repaid g'L uii thncnecselA, "TIT ed to arrive, in monthly instalments. The husband Duty is never so disagreeable as $2.87; December, 52.79; :11ay, 52.86. was subsequently killed in action, and when it is neglected. T'heat, Na 1 hard, 51.74k; No. 1 'North- the wife received the full face value ern, $1,7.,}: \o. 2 ortharu, #1.a5I; to And some people actually believe that $1.701; December•, 51.7741 bid. of the policy. It was a grateful mo- their troubles interest you, • cher who called a few clays later and Even the stings. man will usually al - 1 live Stook lararkcts: tearfully thanked the committee for 1 Toronto, Dec. 19.- Christmas steers, low another.to share his opinions, 'choice, $10 to 511,60; do., good, $9.50 to their advice and assistance. ail; do., eons. choico. S8 to a_.50; Since this branch of the work was butchers' cattle, choice, *S. 0 to 6.76; do., good, $S to ;5.40; do., medium, reed : organized practically every woman in- to $7.75; do. common, $6,25 to 37; ; terviewed has acted on the commit - do.. g rs• bulls, choice, $7.26 to 57.75; tee's advice. In man do., good bulls, $6.75 to 97;: do., rough y eases the eom- bulls, $4.75 to 55; butchers • cows, choice, mlttee has had to act quickly and $7 to $7.50;, do., good, 56.50 to $6.76; do., without consulting medium, $6 to ,6.26; stockers, $5.26 to g the woman, and 7; choice feeders $6.50 to $7.26; can- here again there was little friction, Hers and cutters $4 2-5 to 95 28' ill m cern matters beingafterwards satisfactor- choice, each, .,Q70� to 8.110; do., tom, and mad., each, 540 to $s0• springers, $50 to i1 ex explained h t ewes, to 510.50; sheen. In this connection it is r Heavy, $5.75 to 57.26; calves, good to gratifying choice, 510.25 to $12.50; lambs, choice, to note that the insurance companies 512 to $12,75; do., medium,•59.60 to 59.90; have generally dealt hogs, fed and watered, $11."r5 to $11.86; g y liberally and do., weighed oft cars, $12 to $12.10; do., sympathetically with relief coin- $11' mittees, $100 light $$ 66 y , a d to the dependents. real, 1)ea. 10. - Choice steers 7.75 to $8.50; ood, $7 to 57.75; choice ulls, $6.50 to,.7; good, $5.75 to 56.50; canners, gg$5.25 to $5.60; cows, choice, ners5 54.257 tog 54.50; mrnhik fedaca ves,a59 to $11.50; grass-fed, *5.26 to $6; sheepp, $5.25 to 59; lambs, $11.75 to 512.50: choice 'selected hogs, 512.50; lights, 510.60. LEAVE BEING CUT DOWN FOR TROOPS IN FRANCE. A despatch from London says: All ranks are notified that owing to the necessity of reducing c g railway traffic in England leave will not be granted, except in very special circumstances. Week -end -leave is for home service men or those in munition works, and Christmas leave will be confined • to five per cent. of any unit, and none between December 2225: ` This will not interfere with'the:'four days' leave invariably granted an :n proceeding to the front, nor with leave granted. troops already in the field. - GERMAN PRINCE DIES ON RUSSIAN FRONT. aA despatch from Berlin says; Prince Henry of Reuss, was kill- ed in battle on November 29th, on the Russian front, according to the .Over- seas , News Agency. Prince Henry was . 24 years old and a lieutenant a Prussian cavalry regiment. :broke out of 8,921,861) CONTRACTS PLACED FOR EIGHT STEAMERS: Six -Hundred -Foot Freighters To Be Built at Port Arthur. A despatch from Fort William says: Announcement is made by officials of the Western Drydock and Shipbuild- ing Company that the . concern has closed contracts for the construction, of eight new steamers. Six of these will be ocean-going g g and the other two will be 600 -foot freighters for the Great Lakes. The oapacity of the plant will be doubled. About six hun- dred tons of steel has arrived, and work on two steamers will commence at once. "'The plant will employ be- tween `:1,000 and 1,500 men .for the !text three years. � --' GERMAN CASUALTIES 'ALMOST 4,000,000.1 I .A despatch from London says The total German casualties, excluding, i those in the naval and colonial ser- vices, reported in the German official` lists for November, says a British of- tidal statement' issued on Wednesday, I was 168,176 Dfticers and men, .making,, the total German losses in' killed, t in wounded and missing since the war_ LISTER tt �i(•S�` mletL'-+�Tt-"'"...ieE,�ti�l:a•s^iEtw`�".•.•C+� a .naxrrse that steznors for ju txlrc`y.a'n.FarrrnfrIcr hr`.iery LISTER ENGINES ARE BRITISH BUILT LLamest st3)Qin IIttrphhtieh empire: fi l! t �> tJ i.P. S. d •3,.5,7Fr >Fi-s. or75•ualt. ti22 i � . 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