The Clinton News Record, 1919-6-26, Page 3Events 1n England
Since the signing et the armistice
46,450 °Moore attd 1,783,27$ men leave
been demobilised,'
The sepot`intendellt oLt rateateliet's
for Hampshire iias barn Voted a sal•
•ary of 13200 per annum, .
I•Iarold R, clecarterot, a Landon bar=
raster, was killed by being thrown
froth a motor ear at Radlett,
$t, Dunitten's aro trying to raise 0
fund this year for the permanent after.
,onto of blinded soldiers and sailors,
The farmers of - West Surrey are or-
galiialug pigeon shoots as the pigeons
are • doing enormous damage to the
• crops.
• Henry Joy has been appoiltte `to
.. saoeeed, Sir Henry Davies as 'control-
ler of the Loudon Post Office Saviugs
,Bank.
The Gouneil of Douglas has .invited
the Royal Automobile Club to have
road races in -tile Tale of Man during
.September. '
James Perkins, an ex -miner- and a
private in tate Queen's 16th Lancers,
has been decorated with eight medals
Burinh war.
the v
g -
ed by
ionhave been Esso
Instructions t
Committee,
the London Fire Brigade
that firemen are not to be ordered to
-attend church parades.
Lord Ashton has given' 26,000
to
St. Anne's near Blackpool, for a peace
memorial and £10,000 for an object
to bo agreed upon between himself
and the counoil.
W. H. Press has resigned his posi-
tion as Director of Marketing, at the
;Food production. Department.
Two boys have been christened
"Poch" eeeently at the Church of St,
George the Martyr, Southwark.
Stourbridge Town Station and its
branch• line, which have been closed
since March, 1915, were opened •i'e.
•cently,
Honie Office permits are no longer
required by passengers going to
.European and countries outside of
. Surope.
The Royal Commission states that
,so tar as they are concerned, there is
' no immediate prospect of a droll in
the price of sugar.
Tho Dermondsey Council asks that
all enemy aliens should be kept in•
terned or itemised until such time as
.peace is signed.
.Mrs. Dame Fox is at the head of a
movement in London, having for its
object the lighting of \German in-
fluence in every direction.,
The death took place recently at
Crouch Hill. of Rev: Henry Bright,
the sightless founder of the North Lon-
don Homes for the Blind.
, GET 96 BUSHELS FROM
'NEW VARIETY OF WHEAT
A despatch from London says: -
It is announced that the plant breed-
ing section of the .University ' of
Cambridge, which is closely associat-
ed with the Board of Agriculture, has
succeeded in producing two new var-
ieties of wheat, styled Fenman and
Yeoman.
These were distributed to farmers
and it is reported that the 'result has
been to treble the average 'yield. One
crop produced 96 bushels per acre.
Milling and baking trials have
shown that while the Yeoman variety
is not equal to the famous Red Fife
from the viewpoint of milling quali-
ties, yet it is sufficiently strong to
produce a good quality loaf without
the addition of imported wheat.
PRINCE OF WALES VISITS
CANADA IN AUGUST
A despatch from Ottawa says: -
His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales is expected to arrive in Can-
ada during the month of August, and
will be present at the Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition at Toronto, and at
the official opening of the new Can-
adian Parliament buildings. The
following staff will accompany him on
his Canadian tour: Chief of staff, the
Marquis of. Salisbury; chief private
secretary, Lieut: Col. E. M. Grigg;
assistant secretary, Sir Godfrey
Thomas, Bart.; equeries, Capt. Lord
Claud Hamilton, and Capt. the Hon.
T. W. Legh.
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Slippery Customers.
Almost every variety of fish is slip-
..pory and hard to hold when first
caught. This is 'due to a sort 0 muc-
ous exuded through the scales, and is
of the vastest importance to all
slimy croatures. •
One of the important functions of
the fish's slimy coating is to protect
it from the -attacks of fungus. a form
of plant life found in all waters. If
the fish Is s0 injured that some spot
becomes uneovered by slime, a barely
visible fungus will be likely to lodge
there, and when it" is once lodged the
process of reprodtetion is very rapid,
It soon extends over the gills and kills
the fish, ,
The primary purpose'tof the slime
of the fish is to reduce its friction
whensin motion through the water, and
thereby increase its rate of speed. It
also serves as a cushion to the scales,
which it thus protects from many in-
juries,
ORIGIN OF CAP ANP 1OWN.
At Oxford and Camb.rldge awe Type
Hos Been Worn Per 1,300 Years,
To twice the evolution of the aeado.
ratio gown and lined eoiumpttly worn
at our Canadian Ileiversitiee, we cross
the 000afl and visit the old cathedral
schools which were established in the
7111 century, and were the preenrsers
of these oat'ly eniversitiee founded in
the 12th century to meet the inel'eased
demand for instruction in the higher
branches of knowledge.
In the early days of tate University
of Paris, the chancellor of the cathe-
dral on the Ile de la Cite issued the.
licenses to toaeh, and when the stn
dent entered anon the performance of
his duties as it duty licensed teacher,
Itis emancipation from the bachelor•
hood was symbolized by Placing on his
head a cap or biretta, which cereinony
wits performed by Itis fornter.instret-
or, The present day custom of giving
a hood when an hononary degree is
coufitrred, is, therefore, but an tint-
growtl' of this medieval ceremony. It
was but natural that the early 'uni-
versities should ltt'eeerve as their
academic caress an adaptation of the
monk's robe with its cowl • or hood,
Seal gowns were at first a nark of
profound lgtiruing, and were worn by
doctors of divhilty anis graduates, but
later undergraduates were entitled to
esthem.
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�., Oxford and �Ca.mbridgo where
things do not change
the order of 1 g es g
with ,each succeeding generation, the
same type Of gowns have bepr worn
since. the beginning of the'7th cen-
tury. .
STRIKESANI) RIOTS v"
PREVAIL THROUGHOUT ITALY
A despatch from Rome says: -
Italy is at the parting of the ways.
Never since the war, even before the
Caponetto disaster, has the country
been in so serious a state -so near
upheaval and sabotage as to -day, des-
pite her victory in the field.
Strikes, riots, loss of life and the
pillaging of food shops from one end,
of the country to the other seriously
threaten the industrial life of the na-
tion begun thirty-nine years ago and
made to prosper almost by a miracle
in spite of the titter lack of coal and
raw materials, all of which must be
imparted.
FRANCE WILL NOT CEDE
• ISLANDS TO GREAT BRITAIN
A despatch from St. Pierre says: -
Recent Government expenditures in
this 'colony of France a're regarded
here as virtually disposing of the
suggestion that' the islands be ceded
to Great Britain and added to the
Newfoundland Dominion. It is a11-
'nounced that several million francs
will be spent in the 'development of
St. Pierre, the centre of France's
fishing industry in the Western At-
lantic, A contract had been placed
with a New York company for the
construction of a large refrigerating
plant,.here, and work has already be-
gun. A powerful wireless station is
also being installed by the Govern-
ment.
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MANY FRENCH SOLDIERS
MISSING IN ACTION
A despatch from Paris says: -Ger-
man figures on the number of French
prisoners held: in Germany were found
to be incorrect, Leon Abrami, Under-
Secretary in the Ministry of War,
announced in the Chamber on Thurs-
day. More than 60,000 French pris-
oners in excess of the German figures
were found in Germany.
The number of French soldiers
missing in action has reached 314,000,
the Under-Secretary said. The bod-
ies of the majority of the missing, he'
added, it would be impossible to find.
Inter -allied missions were scouring
,Germany to ascertain if any prison-
ers still remained there,
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ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS
FOLLOWING ADVERSE VOTE
A despatch from Rome says: -The
Italian Government resigned on
Thursday following an adverse vote
against it in the Chamber of De-
puties.
Premier Orlando, in announcing
his resignation and that of the Cab-
inet, said King Victor Emmanuel had
reserved decision as to acceptance. '
The Chamber of Deputies had, by
a vote -of 59 to 78, rejected Premier
Orlando's motion in favor of dis-
cussing the question of confidence,
which related to the foreign policy'
of the Government; in secret session.
RHYL PAYS TRIBUTE.
TO CANADIAN .TROOPS
A despatch from London says: -
John Brooks, Chairman of the Rhyl
Council, writes to -the press respect-
ing, Kinmel Camp. Ho declares, that
the Canadians have been a distinct
asset to .the town, which has organ-
ized a gala in their honor. The be
havior of the troops has always been
that of the best class of visitors, and
instead of Rhyl having suffered
through the Canadians, the present
season has been very prosperous, Mr.
Brooks concludes.
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ECONOMIC WASTE.
The only road to REAL none My'Is the road that leads to the Hoene Town. This is the FIRST COM-
MANDMENT in community development. Whenever we pass up oar, own community. and send an orderaway
from home we break this commandrneitt`by one stroke of the pen. Give your home dealer the CHANCE to fill
that order. Given the saute conditions, FIE can beat any out-of-town house In the country: The Long Distance
route is the road to waste, over -buying and false economy. This cartoon shows vividly the ECONOMIC WASTE
in•.long distance buying.
Markets of the World
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, June 24. --Man. Wheat -
No. 1 Northern, $2.24'6 No. '2
Northern, $2,211,2; No. 3 rNorthern,
$2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.111,2, 1:1 store
Fort William,
Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 791,4%;
No. 3 CW, .77%c; extra No. '1 feed,
77Yic; No, 1 feed, 7614c; No. 2 feed,
71%c, in store Fort William.
Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW,
$L32%c; No. 4 CW, $1.30%c; re-
jected, $1.23%c; feed, $1.231/ic, in
store Fort William,
American corn -Nominal,
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 77 to
80c, according to freights .outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per
car lot, $2.14 to $2.20, No. 2 do, $2.11
to $2.19; No, 3 do, $2.07 to $2.15 f.o.
b, shipping points, according to
freights.
Ontario wheat -No, 1 Spring, $2.09
to $2.17; No. 2 do, $2.06 to $2,14;
No. 3 do, $2.02 to $2.10, f.o.b. ship-
ping points according to freights.
Peas -No. 2 nominal,
Barley -Malting, $1.28 to $1.32,
nominal.
Buckwheat -No, 2 ',ominal, •
Rye -No. 2 nominal.
Manitoba flour -Government stan-
dard, $11, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Government stan-
dard, $10.75, in jute bags, Toronto
and Montreal, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mon-
treal freights, bags included. ' Bran,
$42 per ton; shorts, $44 per ton: good
feed flour, $2.80 to $2.90 per bag.
Hay -No. 1, $32 to $35 per ton;
mixed, $22 to $24 per ton, track, To-
ronto.
Straw -Car lot's, $1.0 to $11 per
ton, track, Toronto.
Country Produce -Wholesale..
Eggs -new laid, cases returnable,
35 to 36c. Butter -Creamery, solids,
49 to 50c; do,• prints, 494 to 501hc.
Live Poultry -Buying price delivered,
Toronto: Hens; 4% lbs,,, live weight,
30c to OOc; dressed, 30c to OOc; hens,
41,2 lbs. and over, live weight, 33 to
OOc; dressed 38 to OOc; spring chick-
ens, live weight 45 to OOc; dressed 50
to OOc; roosters, live weight 23 to OOc,
dressed 25 to OOc; ducklings, live
weight 36 to OOc, dressed 38 to 000;
turkeys, live weight 30 to 00c; dress-
ed 35 to OOc. Honey -Bulk, clover,
25 to 26c per pound; do, buckwheat,
20 to 21c,
Provisions -Wholesale.
Smoked Meats -Rolls, 34 to 35e;
hams, med. 43 to 45c; heavy, 33 to.
36c; cooked ham's, 60 to G3c; backs,
plain, 48 to 49c; backs, boneless, 55
to 57c; breakfast bacon, 47 to 50c.
Cottage roils, 36 to 37c.
Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork,
$48; mess pork, $47.
Green Meats -Out of pickle, 1c less
than smoked.
Dry 'Salted Meats -Long clears, in
tons, 284c; in cases, 29c; clear bel-
lies, 28 to 281(2c; fat backs, 25c,
Lard -Tierces, 34%c to 35c; tubs,
35 to 85%c; pails, 35%, to 361/4e;
]hints, 80 to Shift. Compound lard,
tierces, 81%c; tubs, 82 /4c; pans,
321/ec; prints, 33c. -
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, June 24. -Oats -Extra
No. 1 feed, 91e. Flour -New standard
grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats -
Bags, 90 lbs., $4.10 to $4.25. Bran,
$42. Shorts, 444. Hay --'-No, 2, per
ton, 'car 1ots,_$40 to $41. Cheese -
Finest easterns, 291/%. Butter -
Choicest creamery, 52 to 53c. Eggs -
Selected; 52c; No. 1 stock, 48c; No.
2 stock, 44 to 45c. Potatoes -Per bag,
ear lots,.$1.50. Dressed hogs -Abat-
toir killed, $30 to $30.50. Lard -Pure,
wood pails, 20 lbs. r,et, 38c,
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, June 24. -Heavy steers,
$13.75 to $14; choice butchers' steers,
$13,25 to $13.50; butchers' cattle,
choice, $18 to•$13.50; do, good, $12 to
$12.50; do, med., $11.25 to $11.50; do,
con., $9.50 to $10; bulls, choice, $11
to $1L50; do, med., $10.25 to $10:75;
do, rough, $8. to $8,25; butchers'
cows, choice, $11.25 to $11.75; do,
good, $10.50 to $10.75; do, med., $9 to
$9.50; do, con., $7.50 to $8; stockers,
$8.75 to $11.75; feeders, $12.50 to $13;
canners and cutters, $4.50 to $6.25;
milkers, good to choice, $90 to $150;
do, corn. and teed„ $65 to $75; spring-
ers, $90 to $160; light ewes, $10 to
$11; yearlings, $12.50 to $14; spring
lambs, per cwt., $18.50 to $23; spring
lambs, each, $12 to 915; calves, good
to choice, $17 to $19; hogs, fed and
watered, $23.50; do, weighed off cars,
$23.75; do, f.o.b., $22.50.
Montreal, June 24. -Hogs, choice
selected, $21 per 100 lbs.; culls, $15;
steers, $11 to $13.50; cows, $9 to
1111.50; butcher bulls, best, $10; in-
ferior quality, $7; lambs, $16; milf-
fed calves $8 to $11; sheep, $8 to $12.
LARGEST WATER WHEEL,
Isle of Man Possesses the World's
Biggest Overshot.
The largest water wheel in the
world is in Laxey, a small mining town
ot the Isle of Man. and it is used to
pump the drainage water from the
deep trines of the vicinity. These
mines have been worked for altnost
two centuries and are now over four-
teen hundred feet deep.
The wheel is an overshot wheel, and
the water for driving it is conducted
from a reservoir ou a bill near by and
ascends inside the round masonry
column at the Left of the wheel,
The wheel has a diameter of seven-
ty-two feet and six incites and is six'
feet" broad. It exerts two hundred
horse power and !escapable of pump-
ing two hundred and fifty gallons per
minute from a depth of twelve hund-
red feet. Its crank stroke is ten feet.
The wheel forms one of the prise!•
pal httractions of the island, both be-
cause of its mechanical interest and
because of the One view that can be
had from the platform at the top, It
is snit by the natives that on a clear
day it is possible to see the ocean on
all aides of the island, although I have
never been able to do so.
Mille and leafy vegetables are snore
necessary for health than even a per.
fectly varied diet,
From Erin's Green !slc
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Dr. John Foley, F.R.S., has been
elected a Fellow of Trinity College,
Dublin.
The death is announced at 'Praise
of Lieut. -Col. William Rowan, J,R, at
the age of 92 years.
The death is announced of Sir Row-
land Francis Hanning,,, at his -resi-
dence, Roslyn, near Bray.
J. Ewing Johnston, Belfast, has
been appointed a member of the Order
of the British Empire,
The death took place recently at
Belfast, of Mrs. Osborne, well known
in musical circles in that city. •
Ilis Majesty the King has decorated
Sergt. H. Curtis, Royal Dublin Fusi-
liers, with the Victoria Cross,
Fleld Marshal Franca, who has been
111 for some time, is' recovering, but
is yet unable to leave his home.
The death 1s announced at Cork ,of
Dr. Higgins, resident physician of
North Infirmary. Cork.
The whole of the Ulster division has
been demobilized with the exception
of the 1916 men,
The death of E. N. Richardson, J.P.,
from all attack of appendicitis, took
place recently at his residence in
Dalkey.
A G. Gardener, sub -agent of the
Bank of Ireland at Roscommon, has
been promoted to the managership at
Westport.
William Power & Co., seed nmer-
chan'ts, of Waterford,• recently ship-
ped a large consignment of their• seeds
to France,
The War Office has under considera-
tion the revival of the custom of keep-
ing a battalion of Foot Guards in Dub-
lin. '
The Lord Chancellor has appointed
John A. Brodln, of Prospect Ballynta-
hon, to be a justice of the peace for
the county of Langford.
' Comparing Notes,
"Truly, am I the first girl you ever
kissed?"
"You are, my darling, and it makes
me happy to hear you say I am' the
first Plan who ever kissed you,"
"If I am the first, how does it hap-
pen you do it so expertly?"
"And it I am the first, how do you
know whether I do It expertly or snot?"
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Brains are like •soil, they pay for
cultivation. -Rev, Dr. John Smith,
. There is a saying that the woman
who has ,never loved, hugged, kissed,
played with, listened to, told stories
to, or thoroughly spanked a child has
missed the cardinal joys of life, It
could be amended to read that ,the
mother wino has not done all these.
things has completely fallen short of
motherhood.
MANY VETERANS
TO BE FARMERS
P
12,594 Got Qnalificiitioli' Ce>'tltt^
Mites For Land Settlement.
A. despatch from Ottawa sayat--
Mx, W, ,l, Meek, chairman of the Sol-
dier Settlement Board, has returned
from a visit of inspection to the Wes-
tern Provinces. Speaking to the press,
he statocl that he found intense in-
terest being, talcen'in land settlement
by returned soldiers, '
Already throughout the Dominion
there have been 17,109 applications
for qualification certificates, and of
these 12,594 have been passed • as
qualified to participate in the bene-
fits of the Act.
"The heaviest rush of applicants
is in the Western Provinces," said
Mr, Black. "In one clay alone,
1,035 returned men visited the ,Ed -
and the ueual,run at present there
is from 700 to 800 then a clay, The
organizationof the Board is being
heavily taxed to provide the required
service to meet this situation,"
The majority of . those settled to
date, according to Mr, Black, aro
farmers'sons, en from the Old
or m
Land, whoh
ar cl have worked on f
aims in
this country,
"I had the opportunity," said Mr,
Black, "of meeting •a few of those,
who have already been settled. They
expressed the greatest satisfaction
with the treatment received."
PLEBEAN NAMES OF NOBLES.
Some of Peers of Great Britain Have
Common Family Cognomens.
When one glances casually at the
roll of British peers and sees such
high-sounding names as De Montmor-
ency and Cholmondeley, Grosvenor
and Howard de Walden one is im-
pressed by a sense of the grandeur
an$' imbed descent of our nobility,
says an English writer. But a closer
examination dispels this illusion; for,
rubbing shoulders with such splendid
patronymics, suggesting long centuries
of blue-blooded ancestry, you will find
scores of surnames such as Smith and
Robinson, Hogg and Gardner.
Two of our marquesses have for sur-
names Browne and Hay, in common
with many a farm laborer, while Lord
Headfort is a Taylour, like his re-
mote forefather, who probably earned
his bread by his scissors. Among the
wearers of earls' coronets, Lord Ennis -
Wien is a Cole, and his lordship of
Leicester signs himself Coke, The
Earn of Dartmouth is a Legge; Lord
Desert, a Cuffe, and Lord Dudley bears
the name of his ancestor, the gold-
smith's apprentlee - "Ward," with
"Humble" before it. We have an
earl who is Hardy; one 1s a Boyle;
two others aro "Hay." There are also a
Browne and a Scott, a Harris and a
Hare.
In the group of viscounts figure a
Ward and a Flower, a Gage and an
O'Grady, a Smith and a Gully, first
made famous by an old-time prize
fighter. Among the barons are Luke
White, Lord Annaly and Algernon
Strutt, Baron Belper. Lord Cloneurry
is "Lawless" by name, though not by
nature; Baron Glentawe calls himself
Jenkins, and Lord Dynever is a Rice.
Howard de Walden is a. title of which
its bearer is prouder than of his pa-
tronymic, Ellis, and Lord Inverclyde
is really plain "James Burns."
We have a baron who' was cradled
a "Graves;" another whose father,
like himself, was dubbed Hogg, and a
third, who, if he were not a peer,
would be simply James dozier, a name
probably derived from an ancestor
who sold stockings.
The Autograph Fiend.
General Smuts tells with gusto this
story against himself:
"I was once at a social gathering
with my distinguished friend and col-
league, General Botha," he says,
"when two pretty flappers of sixteen
or so came up and asked me for my
autograph,
'I haven't got a fountain pen,' I
said, much flattered, 'Will pencil do?'
"'Yes,' said the other flapper, and
so I took out my pencil and signed my
name in the daintily -bound little book
that she had given me,
"The flapper studied the signature
with a frown, Then she looked up
and said:
'Aren't you General Botha?'
"'No, I said, I'tn General Smuts)
"The flapper turned to ler friend
with a shrug of disgust.
"'Lend me your India -rubber, May,'
ehe said,"
Machine oil stains will disappear
If rubbed with soap and cold water,
Hot water will set the stain,
When making a cornflour mould
mix the cornflour with water instead
of milk. It will turn out better and
also loolc nicer,
"Why •do herrings have so many
More illnesses than other fish?" asked
the girl, "Who says they- do?" quer-
ied the father. "Why, this -book says
that thousands and thousands of them
are cured every year."
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Tidings. From Scotland
Lieut. R. Liddell, 11.P,A., son of the
Rev, Mr, Xdddsil, Advio Manse, has
been awarded the Military Cross,
The Military Cross has been award-
ed to Lieut. D. S. Watson, son of'141rs,
Watson, Sulnnterlleld, Elgin,
The Croix de Guei'ro has been
awarded by the 3'reneh Government
on Sergt, H. Ross, Royal Scott, soil of
M, Boss, Nairn.
A. D.Cumming, Callender, a native
of the Braes, Castle Giant, has been
elected a member of the Inverness
11915110 Society,
Corporal Stewart, Canadians, who
won the D,C,M, for conspicuous brat -
cry, to it eon of Charles Stewart, of
Calrossie Maters, Nlgg,
Among the few golden weddings
which have been celebrated at,Lossle-
mouth lately the most recent is that
of Mr, and Mra, John Stephen,
Gen, Lorca .P-'sme 0. O. Lennox, Scots
Guards, second sou of the Dulce of
Richmond and Gordon, has been made
a Companion c t
the t t to Order o.tSt,Mich-
ael and St. George,
Tho death has as takou place
at 43
Queen's road, Aberdeen, of Lleut: Col.
Robert Cray, at the age of 86 years.
A service was held in Dalkeith
West Parish Church in memory ot`
soldiers ad sailors who have fallen
111talo war,n
The death is announced at Duni.
tries of Archibald Kerr, a prominent
farmer and doyen of the Dumfries.
shire Foxhunt.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ewing, of
Portsoy, recently celebrated their ruby
wedding, having been married 65
years ago.
The Military Modal has been won
by Corporal 3, Little, H.L.I., son of
the late Robert Little, Bankeud,
Castle Douglas.
A London syndicate has begun
operations at the antimony nines at
Glendinning, about twelve miles north
of Langholm:
The death has taken place at Stran-
raer, of Captain Latta, a well-known
master mariner, on the west coast of
Scotland,
The death has taken place at Auch-
enmaig Farm, Glenluce, of Mrs. Mc-
Culloch, who had reached the age of
ninety-four years,
John J. Forster, of Stratford House,
Moffat, has been appointed to the
rank of .0.13.E. for services rendered
during the war.
The Miitary aledal has been award-
ed to Private McWilliam, Canadians,
son of Alexander McWilliam, Orroland
Lodge, Dundrennan.
The Distinguished Service Order
has been awarded fo Major J. A. H.
Church, grandson of the late James
Church, Park House, Canobie.
The freedom of the burgle. of Peebles
has been conferred upon tate Right
Hon. Sir Donald Maclean, M.P., and
Lieut, -Col. John Buchan,
Major George R. E. Gray Mackay,
awarded the Italian bronze medal, is
the only son of the late George Mac-
kay, Hermitage Drive, Edinburgh,
A memorial tablet to to be erected
in Keith parish church, inscribed with
the names of the members of the con-
gregation who have fallen in the war.
Word has been received of the
death in Damascus of Dr, Frank Ir.
vine Mackinnon, for 30 years repre-
sentative of the Edinburgh Medical
Missionary Society in that city.
MINE -SWEEPING GOES ON.
Perlis of Deep Did Not Stop When
Armistice Came,
Despite the fact that active opera-
tions against the enemy ceased six
months ago,thsre aro still grave perils
to be faced by those who go down to
the sea 1n ships, apart from storms and
tempests and suchlike dangers that
ordinarily beset the Ilfe of the sailor,
says a London paper,
The work of sweeping the high
seas free of mines -"tin eggs," es
Jack calls them -is one of the most
formidable tasks that confront our
navy to -day, and although some
scores of mites aro recovered or other-
wise disposed of in the course of every
week, it is certain that many months
must elapse before the work is finally
completed,
Needless to say, tho bulk of the
work falls on the grey, blunt -bowed
minesweeping trawlers, ships that
have played by no means the small-
est part in the war fdr humanity, Ie.
addition, there are now employed
many of the M.L,'s, talose sturdy little
ships of war whose work in a vastly
different sphere of operation 1s, of
course, well known,
These tiny craft -veritable battle-
ships in miniature -navigated and
manned entirely by officers and men
Of the R,N.V.R„ play the part of "epot•
tars," ti "eyes," for the minesweep•
Ing craft, 13y reason of their shallow
draught they aro able to approach the
danger' zone with Less rick than can
the bigger creat,
A. repent official anuouncentont trade
it clear that only twelve merchant
ships had been sunk as the result of
collision with mines since the signing
of tho armistice, But the danger still
exists, and'ls likely to do so for some
time to come, shite no one can aver
with any degree et certainty that
every drifting nano-•-poritnps the
greatest 'Menace of all -'leas bona o1-
foctivaly dloposod of,
l'I1e life of n mins cannot .be deter, m108(1 by mathenmtical or other fiba
shame calculation; while 'it exists it
to a potential destroyer of life and
property,
.A. eystom of gratuities, varying fropl
95 for each 1ltitleb illitie dealt with to
$60 for all. mousy Laine, fa alines! the
auto inducement offered in connection
With mhtesweeping, yet volunteers
for the hazardous tri% have never
been laslcing,
l+loo epic of tle'o minesweepers Is yet
to be written, Suffice It to say that
What' at length it does appear, there
Will be given to the world a tale of
hanky endeavor auah as cannot rail to
cennnand lho admiration of every
Mingle one of tie,