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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-5-30, Page 3GERMANS HAVE NO SOLID GROUND Coming Offensive Must Be Launched From Low Ground. A. despatch from the French Armies in Preece says: While await- ing the opening of the expected,new German offensive the "French and British are denting great confusion in, the German plans by Meal opera - tient; which already have brought about an improvement in their,defen- sive positions. The Germans had hoped to have positions at solid points on the Flan- ders hills, on the Villers-Bretontieux plateau, and on the Grivesnes and Mailly-Raineval heights and Le Ple- mont and Renaud hills from which to launch their attack, Not only have these positions remained in the hands of the Entente allied troops, but in the vicinity of them the French and British recently have gained ground. The activity of German airplanes and the exceptional violence of the artillery bombardment on the Avre and in the region ofAlbertare the only indications of the coming blow. The Germans have between Zonne- beke and Noyon nearly one-third of their whole strength in France, viz., 64 divisions out of a total of 210. They have carried out a redistribution of tion. `their forces along the whole front. The death took place recently at They have notably withdrawn con- Strichen of John Sleigh, at 92 years siderably in the rear, of age, and he was probably the old - All the official reports, British, est constable in the United King - French and German, refer to the in- dem• tense artillery fire along the front. Corporal D. Fletcher, Australians, The chief zones under gunfire, nc son of the late Charles Fletcher, cording to the Berlin report, were Inverhouse, has been awarded the Kemmel district, both sides of the Meritorious Service Medal. Lys and between Arras and Albert. The Royal Red Cross has been Cheese-N'ew, large, 234 to 24c; The last report from the French War awarded to Sister M. S. McDonald, l rge, 251/4 to 26c; 4twins, 26rin -road Office mentions heavy artillery fire in Grantown-on-Spey, in recognition of Beans-Canadin rime, bushel, the Somme region and near Noyon, services rendered in France. $7.50 to $8. Foreign, hand-picked, where there was terrific fighting early The women of Fife have agreed to in April. provide the labor for harvesting the _.--e.--..- flax crop and to train women as rab- HARVEST PROSPECTS bit trappers. BEST IN TWENTY YEARS. Robert Dollar, of San Francisco, - sent £3,000 to go toward the erection A despatch from Paris says: Pro- of public baths in his native town, spects for the coming harvest in Falkirk. France are better than any year since Lieut. Ronald M. Donaldson, Can - FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM IRI+ • BANKS AND IPRAXre•. What Is Being On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Markets of the World GEN, HAIG VISITS Breadstures • Torontp May 28, -Manitoba wheat CANADIAN TROOPS -No, 1 Northern, $2,28 ; NO. 2 do„ $2.201/x; No. 3 do., $2,171/aNo, 4 The Dominion Forces Celebrated wheat, $2.10%; in store Fort 'I'nuam, including 21/4c tax. Manitoba .oats -No, 2 C.W., 85%e; No. 8 O,W,, 82%e• extra No; 1 feed, 82%c; No. 1 feed, 79%e, in store Fort May 24ti1 With Baseball Caine. A despatch from Canadian Army Scotia.Wllli:un, X eeadquarters in the Field says; The Ti Distinguished C . d ct Medal American corn -No, 8 yellow' kiln Canadian force has again been hon- ' 80 to the Commander -in -Chief, Sir Doug- A,M.C,; Dundee. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, The death took place recently in 81e• Na. 8 white, '79 to 80c, according las Haig spoke in the wannest terms Ballathie of Sir John Wolfe Barry, a to freights outside, of Canadian war services, and Can - famous civil engineer Ontario wheat -No. 2, Winter, per ada will be as gratified as was the Pees -Nominal. Inspections and parades marked the £250 was realized. Barley -Malting, $1.49 to $1,50, Captain John Wilson Lawson, son according to freights outside, visit, which was truly of a social na- of W. H. Lawson, Union Bank, Dun- Buckwheat -$1.80, according to tore. ning, has been awarded the Military freights outside. Save fpr increased artillery activity Cross. Rye -No. 2, $2.15, according to in one sector and some scattered hos- Anonymous donor has given freights outside, the gas shelling, there is nothing out - £5,000 in War Bonds to endow two Manitoba flour -War quality,, side the usual patrol activity to re- $10.95; new bags, Toronto, The eau dried normal No 4 yellow, kiln has been won by Sargeant Mann, R. dried nomi•nal creel by a short, unofficial visit from From Erin's Green Isle NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE• LAND'S SHORES, Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish- men. A shipbuilding yard is t6 be start- ed tart- eclin Drogheda under the auspices of en English syndicate, The Thomastown Council will dis- possess all tenants of laborers' cot- tages who do not till at least half At a patriotic sale held at Mary- oar lot, $2,22; basis in store Mont- Canadian Commander at his high their plots. real. appreciation of the Canadian forces. While a farmer was ploughing in a coulter House Kineardineshlre over pp beds in Arbroath Hospital in memory of the donor's father and mother. Sir William Robertson, Lord Lieu- tenant of Fife, recently opened a car- nival at Cupar under the auspices of the Voluntary Workers' Association. W. A. Rae, Douglasfleld, Murthly, has donated £600 to the Perth Rclyal Infirmary in memory of his son, the late Lieut. W. A. Rae, killed in cm - Ontario flour -War quality, $10.65 new bags, Toronto. and Montreal freights, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont- real freights, bag's included: Bran, port on the Canadian front, We are enjoying a spell of delight- ftil Summer weather. Concerts, sports and garden parties, featured and graced by the attendance of Canadian per ton, $$35.00; shorts, per ton, $40.00. nurses from near ,and distant Cana - Hay -No. 1. per ton, $16.00 to dian casualty clearing stations, are $17.00; mixed, $14.00 to -.$15.00, general throughout the back areas. track Toronto. May 24 was featured by a double - Straw -Car lots, per ton, $8.50 'to header baseball game. $9.00, track Toronto. Country Produces -Wholesale WASTE USED FOR RAW COTTON. Eggs, new -laid, 41c; selected new- Germany Also Produces Yarns From laid, 43 to 44c; cartons, 44 to 45c. Mixture of Woollen Rags. Butter -Creamery, solids, 44 to 45c; do., prints, 45 to 46c; do., fresh made, No raw cotton is now being used 46 to 47c; choice dairy prints, 41' to for the production of goods any - 42c; ordinary dairy prints, 38 to 40c; where in Germany, says the "annual bakers', 36 to 38c; Oleomargarine, report of a firm in Munich. A fair (best grade) 32 to 34c. number of looms still continue to run with yarns produced from waste cot- ton, cotton rags or a mixture of these with woolen rags. A very serious view is taken of the $6..76 y$o $7. osition which will have to befaced Comb Honey -Choice, 16 oz., 3,60 when the war is over. It is pointed per dozen; 12 oz., $3 per dozen; sect out that, in consequence of the de- onds and dark Bomb, $2.50 to $2.75• preciation of the German mark, raw Maple Syrup-Imperialgallons, cotton, even if it could be freely ship - 82,25; 5 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gal- ped f ]on. Maple sugar„rom America to Bremen, wouldpar pound, 24 to 25c. cost German spinners more than $1.25 a pound, so that to cover the odious, whfi was recently awarded the Provisions -Wholesale pre-war requirements of raw cotton Military Cross, is a native of Burnt- Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $49; would entail an expenditure of about mess pork $47 $1,250,000,000 a year. Under such i 1898, Victor Beret, Food Minister, informed the Associated Press upon his return from a week -end tour in the country. "Unless unforeseen situations arise between now and harvest time," he added, "actual restrictions on food consumption will not be increased. I niay even say that we are approach- ing the end of the era of restriction and that the restrictions at present in force gradually will be eliminated. "But I want men for the harvest. If they can be obtained I can pro- mise they will diminish the importa- tions of cereals and release import- ant tonnage." CANNING TRADE t" UNDER LICENSE. A despatch from Ottawa says: The canning trade will be brought under the license system of the Food Board by June 15. On and after that date it will be illegal for any person who has not first secured a "canner's manufacturer's license" to engage in the manufacture, for sale, of canned or preserved fruits or vegetables, meats, poultry, soups, seeds or grains or products. made therefrom, jellies, jams, sauces, pickles, condensed, evaporated, dried, powdered or can- ned milk, or dried, evaporated or de- siccated vegetables or fruits, FEAR RHINE CITIES WILL BE LAID IN RUINS. A despatch from the French Armies in France says: Captured Germans testify to the brilliant work of the Entente aviators,'who, -they say, The Leggatsden estate, near In- than sisal: Green Meat -Out of pickle, lc less conditions, it is considered inevitable ea" vesainsay, was recently sold to Don- Smoked Meats -Rolle, 32 to 33c; ald Mustard, a solicitor of Elgin, for hams, medium, 37 to 38c; heavy, 30 to £9,100. 31c; cooked hams, 49 to 50c' backs, Corporal Colin Barron, of the Cana- plain, 43 to 44c; backs, boneless, 46 dian Infantry, who has been awarded to 48c. Breakfast bacon, 40 to 44c. the Victoria Cross, is a native of Boyndie. The Military Cross has been award- ed to Lieut. Vivian F. Murdoch, son of Rev. A. G. Murdoch, U.F. minister of Glees. Sister M. Mitchell, R.R.C., Focha- bars, has left for service in Italy in charge of a party of nurses. Corp. J. C. Jamieson, son' of D. Jamieson, Bridge of Don, has been lIontreal Markets The mothers of the crowded towns, awarded the Military Medal. Montreal, May 28. -Oats, Canadian The mothers of the farms, The late Miss Ellis, of Devonside, western No, 2, 974c; do., No. 8, 94c; They sit alone with patient eyes left the sum of £146 as prizes for extra No. 1 feed, 94c. Flour, new And empty loving arms. the pupils of Banff Academy. standard Spring wheat grade, $10.96 The boys they used to rock to sleep G. 0. Kinninmenth, Burntsland, to $11,05, Rolled oats, -bags, 90 lbs. In haste have buckled on 5.15 to $5,80, Bran, $35. Shorts, has been elected to the Town Council 40. Moufllie, $'73. Hay, No. 2, The stern accoutrements of war, to succeed John Robb, resigned. per ton, car lots, $17. And with their blessings gone. Brig. -General Cheape, the laird of Wellfield, Strathmigio, has been Live Stock Marlcets awarded the D.S.O. for gallantry. Toronto, May 28. -Extra choice A successful concert was given by heavy steers, $15.00 to $16.00; the Tullochgorum Club, of Kinross, in choice heavy steers, $14.00 to $14.25; aid of Kinross Nursing Association, butchers' cattle, choice, $14.00 to $14.50; do„ good, $13.50 to $13.75; do., medium, $12.00 to $13.00; do., common, $11.25 to $11.50; butchers' bull, choice, $12.00 to $13.00; do, good bulls, $11.00 to $11.50• do., medium bulls, $10,25 to $10.50; do., rough bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows, choice, $12.00 to $13.00; do., good, $11.00 to $11.60; do„ medium $10,25 to 10.50; stockers, $0.50 to $11.26; Ifeeders, $11.25 to $12.00; canners and cutters, 6.25 to $7.50; milkers, good to choie, $90.00 to $140.00;; do„ com. and med., $65.00 -to $80.00; springers, $90.00 to $140.00; light ewes, $15.00 (to $18.60; lambs, $17.00 to $22.00; calves, good to choice, $14.00 to $16.00; hogs, fed and watered $20.50; do., weighed off cars, $21.00; do., f,o,b., $20.00. wires and a machine of simple organ -1 Montreal, May 28. -Choice steers, ization. This will have to be done to $11 to $13.50 per 100 pounds; choice make it adaptable to our present tele- cows, $9.50 to $10.50 per 100 pounds, hstem where messages are common, $10.50 to $5.50; for can- eone syHers. Butchers' bulls $9 to $10.50. sent and received over a circuit of Calves, choice milk -fed, $13.25 per 100 two wires. • pounds; common $10 to $12; ' sheep The future telephot will have to $14. be an instrument provided with a ti fluorescent soreen or plate. The face LOSSES TO SHIPPING of the speaker will be recorded onthis DURING MONTH OF APRIL. and the impuses sent electrically to the other end, where they will be re- A despatch from London says: The , translated. In order that the person Admiralty official statement gives the losses of British, allied and neutral merchant tonnage due to enemy ac- tion and marine risk in April as fol- lows: Tons. British . 220,709 Allied and neutral 84,393 that German spinners will have to curtail their consumption of cotton very materially for some years after the war. Reports which have been published Cottage rolls, 35 to 86c, regarding the possibility of the net - Dry Salted Meats -Long clears, in tie fiber industry are said to be great - tons, 30c; in cases, 30%c• clear bellies, ]y exaggerated. This year the land 28 to 28%c; fat backs, 25c: under nettle cultivation will be about Lard -Pure, tierces, 31 to 32c• tubs,50,000 acres, yielding not more than 311/4 to 321c; pails, 31% to 321/4c 15,000 tons, or less than 3 per cent. of 1 -Ib. prints, 33 to 831/4c. Shortening, the normal German cotton require - tierces, 26 to 26%a; tubs, 261/4 to rents. 26%c; pails, 261 to 27c; 1-1b, prints, 27?b to 28c. tThe Spartan Mothers. THE TELEPHOT. Novel Instrument Enabling One to See "' Speaker Over the Telephone. Among the inventions of the near future, acceeding to the Electrical Experimenter, will be the telephot- an instrument which, when attached to our present telephone system, will leave the Germans no peace. Fears are expressed regarding future oper- enableone a person t see the likeness ofa ations on the Rhine cities, which they the on the other end during a conversation. believe will be laid in ruins. The Ger- mans declare their anti-aircraft de- The obstacle ye which has presentee fences are insufficient to prevent the most difficulty is that of producing the allies visiting the Teuton camps, can- tonments, depots, and airdromes, where, they say, enormous damage already has been done. ,t. r ARRANGE RATIONING FOR DANISH PEOPLE. A despatch from Washington says: A Danish commission has just landed at a Canadian port on its way to "Washington to continue negotiations looking to the rationing of Denmark and to the release of Danish ships to may see the speaker's face it will the United States. So far the United have to be illuminated, for if it were States and Denmark have come to no dark no impulses would be recorded. definite agreement respecting food A light w,i11 therefore have to be at - shipments to Denmark and cargoes tached to the telephot. are going forward under a temporary arrangement. To one her son will come again, A bearded soldier bold, Upon his breast perhaps a cross' Of shining bronze or gold, And one will hear a halting step Uncertainly advance, And find her joy in leading him Who left his eyes in France. But one will never see her boy Unlatch the gate again And tread the garden path between The lilacs wet with rain. His picture framed in gilt below The flag upon the wall, A letter, or a battered sword, Or medal will be all, The Spartan mothers -not a one Regrets the glorious hour Her darling marched away to break The Kaiser's evil power. "Would that I had," they proudly cry, "Another son to give, That generations yet unborn In safety may live." TEN THOUSAND TON SHIP FOR EVERY WORKING DAY. A despatch from Detroit says: During the month of May there has been delivered the equivalent of a 10,000 -ton ship for every working day, according to Charles M. Schwab, Director -General of the United States Shipbuilding Programme, in a recent address here. PLENTY OF MOISTURE FOR ALBERTA CROP. A despatchfrom Calgary says: Re- ports received' from Central and Southern Alberta show that the whole district has had lots of rain to carry the crop through until July, Oat seeding is 80 per cent: completed, Wheat is well above the ground: The season is a good two weeks advanced over the average, DUI' ,TOMM You DtDNY Home HER. Total - 305,102 Clearances in and out of ports, 7,- 040,309 gross tons, FORTY-FOUR KILLED IN AIR RAID ON LONDON. A despatch from. London says: The casualties' in Sunday night's air raid are given -in a supplemental statc- ment•as 44 killed and 179 injured, -Tax 0 IO WE DONT WANT I To GET iN BAD .a Now LISTEN, Yep COME R GNT ALONG, leg. Volae WILL SE. SOD -fb HAVE, YoU 1~011 DINNER a field at Ballysopp, near New Ross, the plough turned up a gold sovereign, date of 1795. The Derry War Hospital Supply Depot, formerly a ladies' school, has been acquired as a hostel for ship- yard workers. When Sergeant John Miney, V.C., paid a short visit to his home in Rath - downy, he was presented with a puree of 2100. A large portion of untenanted land on the Olphert estate near Falcarragh is now being ploughed up for tillage purposes. • The Westmeath Committee of Agri- culture have granted a loan of 2350 for improving Balrath mill for the grinding of oatmeal. Four men lost their lives from the effects of gas fumes in the hold of a ship which recently arrived at the North Wall of Dublin. Two salmon weighing thirty pounds each were caught in the River Shan- non above Limerick. During the year 1917, the New Ross division of the British Red Cross So- ciety collected over 2300. The death occurred recently at Le- carrow, Ballyhaunia, of Mrs. Coen, who had reached the age of 108 years. The Roscommon County Commit- tee's tree planting scheme has result- ed in thirty-three thousand trees hav- ing been planted in the county last year. Thomas Duggan, J.P„ and Hugh Ryan, have been appointed us the delegates of the North Tipperary County Council on the Council of Agriculture. M. J. Collins, of Kingstown, has been elected a member of the Rath - down Board of Guardians in the place of the late James McCartlin. Owing to the large acreage under crop in the Curry district, Sligo, an old and discarded mill will be reno- vated and put in working order. Captain Maurice Balfe, of the South African Expeditionary Force, is home from France on a short visit to his father, Major Balfe, Castlerea. Mr. Geoghan, of Ballyhay, has tak- en over the management of the Bank of Ireland at Ballina, succeeding Mr. Maginn, who has retired. Clonmel plotholders, to the number of two hundred, have formed a Plot - holders' Association and elected Ald. R. Stapleton as president. Power has been given to the Agri- cultural Boards of Ireland to take possession of unoccupied lands and lands not properly cultivated. Cavalry in Former Wars. Although the conditions of trench warfare which characterize the pre- sent conflict militate against the cav- alryman, he is still and will always prove an important factor on the battlefields. In wars but a little while ago glittering squadrons were decid- ing factors. Napoleon at Friedland (1807) cheered his charging cuiras- siers, led by Murat, up the hill at double quick and took the opposing batteries. Nees, at the head of the flower of the French cavalry, charged the British squares at Waterloo in 1815. Among the other famous cav- alry charges are the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War; Hanoverian cavalry against the squares of Prussian in- fantry at Langensalz in 1866; those of the Union and the Confederate cavalry regiments during the Civil War, and of the French horse at Reichshofen. Ci ter-....- - Ciirl e;orl:crs on the land parade in London. Note the chickens and the vegetables, mca.,wtes2 No Vol) FELLoW$' MAKE YOURSELVES RIGHT AT HOME I'LL TELL THE ,WIFE Y0U',Re HERE BUT ji LeefeLISTEN, `METRE Nor FOSSY, ANY OLD THING (III WILL DO Ho -WHAT Do '(011 11lllK '11(13' PLACE IS; A HOTEL THAT You CAN BRING , FLOCK of Yo11R FRIENDS IN AT Awl 01.0 twlef IM Not" PREPARED To r 5NTERTAIM _f ,.i I NCRE,ASE OF CANADIAN EXPORT5TO GREAT BRITAIN 1917 OV ER - THAT R,rTHAT Q F •e Y,.191'� ,,• LBS' Dz. L55 • L85• H;HEq°r 'BUTTER. EGGS CHEESE BEEF .s. iiyuR How Canada is Feeding the Allies. Food Controller Thomson gives the above figures as the increased exports of foodstuffs by Canada in 1917 as compared with pre-war time. SEA GULLS DETECT U-BOATS. A Voluntary Friend of Great Britain ,In He'r Fight With Subs. GreatBritain is being aided in hunting down the U-boats by the sea gulls. So useful have the birds shown themselves that a law has been pass- ed which provides for severe penal- ties for killing a gull. The gulls will cluster about a vessel passing through the Irish Sea, for in- stance. If a submarine appears any- where in the neighborhood the birds detect it at once and fly in great num- bers to the scene of the commotion on the ocean surface. The antics of the sea gulls are ob- served by the navigating officers on the ship and the armed guard pre- pares to fight. In many cases in, which the gunners have fired at the point where the gulls are dipping into the crest of the waves it has been proved that a submarine was prepar- ing to come up and take an observa- tion ,y periscope. The gulls are never attracted in great groups to any par- ticular spot, the seamen have learned, unless there is a great run of fish. The sailors explain that the gulls are attracted to the German submarines because they imagine that the dark blotch on the water represents a school of small fishes swimming close to the surface. The gunners, ac- cordingly, point the guns at the sec- tion of the water overwhich the birds are hovering. All along the dockyards and other waterfront places of Great Britain placards have been affixed warning fishermen "that the sea gull Is a great, big voluntary friend of Britain in her fight against the U-boats." English as She is Spoke. The following letter was written by an Indian subject to the Standard 011 Co. at Calcutta on applying for a position: "Most Honored Sir: "Understanding that there are sev- eral hands wanted in your honor's de- partment, I beg to offer you my hand, As to my adjustments, I appeared for the Metric examination at Ooty but failed, the reason for which I shall describe. To begin with, my writing was illegible. This was due to cli- matic reasons for I having come from a warm into a cold climate found my fingers stiff and very disobedient to my wishes. Further, I had received a great shock to my mental system in the shape of the death of my only fond brother. Besides, most Honor- ed Sir, I beg to state that I am in very uncdmfortable circumstances, be -1 ing the sou] means of my fond bro- ther's 7 issues consisting of three adults and four daughters, the latter being the bane of my existence owing , to my having to support two of my , own wives, as well as their issues, of which, by God's misfortune, the fem- inine gender predominates. If by' wonderful good fortune these few humble lines meet your benign kind- ness and favorable turn of mind the poor menial shall ever pray for your long life and prosperity of yourself as well as your honor's family branches," ISM BONS, I GUE55 -' Yo0').L HAVe TO EXCUSE 'Me. Wife THIS evENING, SHE'S slcN IN IMP ,F� AND oUFr MAID LEFT YESTLRDni, AWFULLY NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND 1118 PEOX'LT) Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supremo In the Commer• cial Worid. Professor Bernard Pares has been appointed to the newly established chair of Russian at the London University, Princess Mary, on behalf of the Girl Guides, presented an ambulance car to the Army Council at Bucking- ham Palace, The pay of school teachers under. control of the London County Council will be 2894,455 more during the com- ing year. The Derbyshire Miners' Association have invested 250,000 with Rotherham Corporation, and £1,800 in War Loan. The death has occurred at Clapham, of ex -Superintendent Wells, M.V.O., of the Metropolitan Police, in his 07th year. Charles Mayer and his son, Major F. R. Mayer, New York, sent 21,050 to the Navy League as a tribute to the British fleet. A memorial service was held at St. Botolph's Church, Bishopgate, for fallen members of the Honorable Ar- tillery Company. Bonar Law has announced that the amount raised by War Certificates up to the end of last year was £102,- 700,000. One hundred and fifty women have passed through t'he London County Council courses as inspectors of army canteens, The Freemasons of Sussex have se- cured a site in Brighton for the erection of a temple after the war, The London and North-Western Railway have offered spare lancl by the side of their line for food plots. It has been announced that the making of sticks and umbrellas will shortly come under "luxury" trades. - Private Cecil Kinross, Canadians, who was awarded the V.C. for gal- lantry in action, is a native of Lea Morton, near Birmingham. Captain Watson, M.P., mayor of Stockton-on-Tees, has presented I46 to each of the sixty babies born in that town during his year of office. A London lady presented a cheque for £750 to the Motor Transport Vol- unteers for the purchase of an Aus- tin lorry to convey troops across Lon- don. Darlington is opening- a fund in memory of Roland Bradford, V.C., who became a brigadier at 26. In one clay, 216,000 was realized at a Red Cross sale in Birmingham, and is said to be a record effort. A little girl sent all her savings, ninety-six farthings, to the Ilailsham Egg Fund for wounded soldiers. In the pockets of two German pris- oners who had escaped from Leigh Camp, and afterwards recaptured, were found sketches of the coast of Lincoln. The fund started in Coventry for Arthur Hutt, Coventry's first V.C., is now nearly 21,000. During the year 1917 the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution sav- ed the record number of 1,348 lives. The quarrymen of Bethesda have applied for an extra allowance of su- gar, owing to the arduous nature of their work, John Collie, C.M.G., has been ap- pointed Director of Medical Services for the Ministry of Pensions. h THE WAR -TIME GARDEN. n Advice to Amateur Gardeners Issued By the Canada Food Board. Many amateur gardeners are puz- zled to know just how to handle a succession' of crops. To get the most out of a small area it is necessary to plant seeds from week to week, and, in some cases, to grow two crops in one row at one time. Early crops may be taken off and consumed and immediately afterwards their place may be taken by some other crop. The soil should be dug over and more manure added if possible. This should be followed by a careful raking down before the plants are set out or the seeds planted. There is always the danger of wa- tering vegetable crops over abun- dantly. The water should be applied in as fine a spray as it is possible to obtain. Force will wash out the seeds, flatten the soil, expose the roots to the sun's rays and thus cause 1 -he wilting of the plant. As the seeds are first breaking through, the ground should be gently watered in the even- ing with the watering can. The hose is destructive if need too soon after planting. It is necessary to stir the soil with the hoe or rake after each rain or watering in erderto conserve the moisture. The small dark colored "flea beetles" have by this time started their depredations and are very de- structive, The potato flea beetle feeds upon the foliage of the potato, to- mato, cabbage, cucumber, bean, tobac- co, squash, etc. The turnip flea beetle also occurs regularly in the vegetable garden. The red-headed flea beetle is destructive to potatoes and beans. Infested plants should be promptly sprayed with an arsenical mixture containing either Paris green or arsenate of lead, or with Bor- deaux mixture alone, The latter acts as a deterrent. -0. - Brown sugar is better than white sugar with cereals. Why net plan ahead to use potted . plants or bouquets of floweer% with which to intoe bir•thdny gifts? J1, beautiful patted plant will Add t1ree and color to the home oil vont filen tlor weeks and is always an aeet!ptable' gift. Linen can be washed in eke hot wa- ter in which peeled potatoes hayys been boiled. Allow it to soak in We un- til the following day, then tub it as You would in a lathc1r1 1.1t Witihottt Aiding' soap, Tiic 1iri41t vvyy 11 corns out of the tub perfectly Whyte, The re,- tlioxl, etdv$q�atet -Y elxeitiists in it41. giro, is in ono 'tier$ 'Where soap is sears°.