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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-04-04, Page 2OPENING OF THLONG EXPECTED U I3ERMAN OFFENSIVE ON WEST FRONT Field-Mazshall Bang's Report States That Enemy's Losses Were Veld Heavy -British Positions Penetrated but Enemy.: Failed to Attain Objective.• A despatch from London pays: On :forty divisions have been identified on the British front. in, N9rthern France the battle front. No such coneontrA- the Germans on 'Thursday begat; what Jaen of artillery has been seen Since ay be the greatest battle of the war, the war began; m The attack' Was made on a . scale the sagedeon Fbriday, ia bitter Then- e unknown .during' Allis war of istruggle awaged on Friday, The sees offensives, Slaty had guns in one smell sec - "4 roti ---one for every 7.2 yards. Severe ,Field Marshal Ilaig's report -from lighting was proceedingFriday morn - British headquarters in France de -ng in St. Leger, lout -we t of Cron - scribes the German offensive as ems saes, prising an intense bombardment by ; The bardeat fighting on Thursday in ,the artillery and a powerful infantry the northern battle was between the Stack on a front , of• over 50 miles.; Canal du Nerd and Croiselles. Doignies ome of the British positions were Was retaken on Thursday evenhtg in penetrated, but the German losses are a brilliant counter-attack. A bright declared to have ' been exceptionally! erin at midday to -day rendered obs heavy. jservation possible,' On no part of the long front of the• Great numbers of Austrian cannon, 4ttack did the Germans attain their ate declared to have been transferred: Objective. lito the western front to reinforce the , A despatch from British Arany ;,'German artillery, Bulgarians, too Hieadquartels its France says: The :have been brought into the, field by Germans of t Thursday ' ,aunchecl a the German command, it 'is declared,Heavy attack against the British lineal the understanding being that they are Over a wide front in and near the to be used as a Strategic reserve. Cambrei sector, and the assault bears Altogether the indications are that all the ear -narks of being t to be- the Central Powers have massed all ginning of the enemy's much -heralded possible forces at their disposal on grand offensive. the western front for their present Hard fighting is proceeding from al drive. The prospects seem, however, Point north of Lagnieourt southward that they will need every man of'theni to Gauche Wood, just below Gonzeatl if they keep up theft attack long with court. The attack was preceded by 11 anything like its initial force, as all heavy bombardment from guns of all the reports indicate that the German calibres, and the duel between the op- losses have been terrific,' under the hosing heavy batteries has been roek- withering fire of the British artillery ing the countryside for hours. and machine guns. The German artil- The ,Germans.have employed gas lery, too, has suffered heavily through ehelis freely, and a constant stream of counter battery work by the British, sigh velocity shells 1}as been breaking who found the massed .ons fine gotstar- lwith frightful concussion far back of rg for effective desEructive work. the British lines. A despatch from Loddon says: Germtlny is staking everything on British aircraft during the fighting this play, and if the great attack along the front in France Thursday ails to break clear through, it is be, aided materially the infantry forces ievcd that the Germans will be fine below, killing or wounding many Ger- ' shed, for they have nothing furthe4 ratans With their machine guns while ;o offer, except a gradually weakenil flying at low altitudes, according to a ing defence. ' British official statement issued on . A despatch from British Army; Thursday night dealing with aviation. Headquarters in France, says: 'I'h In addition, British aircraft bombed Germans on Friday eonthmed their a L important militaryositio. s p n behind vault against the positions in the Cam- the line and aviators accounted for nu - brat sector, notably in the region of merous German airmen in battles in Croiselles' and Ilargicourt. At least the air. NAVAL BATTLE OFF DUNKIRK . • Results in Sinking of Four Ger- i man Raiders -No Allied "Vessels Sunk. A despatch from London says: Two German destroyers and two torpedo boats were3 sunk in - a .naval engage- ment off Dunkirk on L'hursday morn- ing. The British official report reads: "Vice -Admiral Doudr reports that an action occurred ofd Dunkirk be- tween 4 and 5 o'cloclj on Thursday morning. Two Brit sit and three French destroyers we -re engaged with a force' of German destroyers which had prei'iously bomllardecl Dunkirk for 10 minutes. Two enemy destroy- ers and two enemy torpedo boats are believed' to have been sunk. Surviv- ors have been picked lip from tn-o en- emy torpedo boats. "No allied vessels here sunk. One British destroyer was damaged, but reached harbor. The British casual- : ties were slight. There were no French casualties." RED GUARDS CAPTURE SIBERLAN TOWN A despatch from Moscow says:- ' Red Guards and revolutionary troops GERMAN ATTACKS ARE CHECKED French Drive Back Three Enemy Assaults in the Champagne Sector. A despatch front Paris says: -Viols ent artillery engagements are report- ed in the official statement issued by the War Office on Friday. The statement reads: "Great activity by the artillery early Friday became most violent this afternoon at divers points north of Chemin-des-Dames, in the region of Courey and Pompeile and in the Champagne south of Moronvilliers. Three attacks made by the enemy north of Souaine, and east of the Tetons were Without result. "Two German airships' were de- stroyed and four badly damaged in a series of combats with our air squadron. Three enemy machines were shot down by our special artil- lery," FARM WORK BEGINS IN SASKATCHEWAN A despatch from Regina, says: Spring work has begun on the farms in Southern Saskatchewan, the earliest start in several years, Farmers of the Forget and Carlyle districts are q have recaptured Blagovieshtchensk, plowing, while harrowing has start- after a battle with the Cossacks. They ed ;near Fillmore,' , Ron. • George have rdstored`tlie Soviet authority as Brown, who has'beeh organizing local well as order in tovvtr, farm labor committees in the South Recent despatches said that the country, brought the news to the city Siberian Bolsleviki had murdered a on Friday morning. . The soil is in number of Japanese, at Blagovieahtch- are holding back to avoid unnecessary ensk, which lies 50D miles north' 'of good shape for seeding, but farmers Harbin. The BolsiXeviki leaders, in- chances. The earliest start of seed - eluding the president of •the =local ing 9n this province was April 3, =- Soviet, later . were :arrested and im- cording to official records, prisoned by Cossae'lts and volunteer Militia,. The Red Guards and sailors Heaping the measure helps a heap in the city were disarmed, • in the marketing.' 1 PARIS BOMBED BY GERMAN CANNON AT DISTANCE OF 70 MILES Nine -Inch Shell. Thrown IntpJFrench Capital -Great{ Mechalical Feat ;but Inefficac5oujs As Military Factor.l Paris, March 24. -With a newly- Anizy, in St. Gobain Forest. This invented gun capable of hurling a 240- would place it somewhat further south millimetre (9.4 inch) shell upwards of in the wooded area, and it estimates 70 miles, the Germans Saturday and the distance as about 70 miles from Sunday conducted a bombarment on Paris, Paris. On Saturday, from 8 o'clock The newspaper Le Journal, in its in the morning until dusk, at inter- article regarding the gun, says that vats of from 15 minutes to half an the piece, of 240 millimetres calibre, hour, these shells landed• in the =pi- is of Austrian ntanufactnro. It is a tar. The shelling was resumed Sun- very delicate piece of machinery day at daylight and continued until which; must be handled by expert 2.50 p.m. mathematicians and gunners, the The German "monster cannon" has newspaper adds, as the loading and been located in the forest of St. Go- pointing is a difficult teak. It de- bain, west .of Leon! and exactly 122 Glares that each shot costs about kilentetres (approxi'mately 76 miles) 54,000. "This is a new conception from the Paris City Hall. The gun, of out enemiee," the newspaper =- says the Matin, is established near meats, AH LdF , :r•�, hiat,P MI MAl{ty'. TME Wok t.m. ,. .CANAtilANSIN BIG BOMBARDMENT Launch the Greatest Gas Offen- sive in History Near Hill 70. Canadian Headquarters in Terence, March 24, -While German and British troops were struggling far to the south in the opening clash 'of the Spring campaign the greatest pro- jector gas bombardment in the world's history was carried out by the Cana- dians to -night against enemy position between Lens and Hill 70. Sharply at, 11 o'clock a signal rocket gave nbtice of its, beginning'. A moment laterrover five thousand drums •of lethal gas, simultaneously released from projec- tors, were hurled into enemy terrrtoty� from the outskirts of Lens to Cite St' Auguste and Bois de Dix Huit, Front his front lines and strong points fav- oring winds carried the poisonous clouds back upon the enemy's dugouts) supports, reserves, and assembly areas. The whole was lit up lvi,lt one emy fiares,'Which cbuld be dimly seen through the heavy' mist, while the men in our linos could hear the en envy's gas alarm and cries of distress from the hostile trenches. SUBMARINE LOSS 11,827,572 TON$ This Ha s Been Replacied by New Ships of 6,606,275 Tonnage. A despatch from Washington says; -Secret figures of thel British Ad- ' miralty onsubmarinelosses and world shipbuilding were made+ public he e; on Thursday by the British Embas, y. They show that from both enemy action and 'marine risk oh January it, 1918, allied, and neutral hopping had lost since the war began 11,827,572' gross tons, while shipyards outside of the Central Powers wero� turning mit 6,606,275 tons. These figures, long withheld, are now made public, an Admiralty me; morandum says, because' they will not stimulate the enemy and' because they will impress upon the people the necessity of united actidn in making good losses by submarines. With them goes an appeal to British builders to speed up their efforts by bringing more men and women to work on the task, and warning that the recent fall- ing off in British production must not continue. PRICES OF FOODS STILL ADVANCING LEADING MARKETS Breadatuifs Toronto. Mar. 20 -Manitoba wheat N0, 1 Northor'n, 52.236: No. 2, do„ 52.20 No, 8,- du,, 55178; No. 4 wheat, $2.10 in store Fort William, including.21c,t Manitoba opts -No. 2 (i.tt'. 18e; C.M. 922c; extra No. 1 fred;•9196; N 3: etc N0. 0. 1 feed, 9036; in store Fort William. American corn --The War Board in t United States prohibit Importations. Ontario oats -No, 2 white, 94 to 96 No. 8 white, 93 to 94o, according freights outside. " Ontario wheat -No, 2 Winter, :per0 lot, $2.22; bails In store Montreal. Peas -No, 2, 52,10 to 53,50, accord' to freights outside Barley -Malting, 51.35 to. $'130, a cording• to freights oulsldo. 13uei:wheat-$1.85 to 51,05, accordln to freights outside-•' Rye --No .1, $2,09, accordln! to frelgl cu !side. Manitoba dour--ti•ar quality, $11,1 new bags, Toronto. Ontario flour --War quality, 510.7 new bags, Toronto and :hl'ontre freights. prompt shipment, Rlnifeed-C'nr lots---UeliVered Mein real frlg,ts, bags Included -,Saran, no ton, 586; shorts, per ton, 5.0. Fray -No. 1, per ton, $17 to $1 mixed, 514 to $10, track Toronto. Shaw --Car lots, per ton, 58,10 00,5 track Toronto, he 6; to ar ng c - R rt o, 0, al t 8: 9• Country Produoe-wholesale Eggs -current receipts, cases return- able, 119 to 410, Butter-CJr•earner •, solids, 480 to 49e; crr.amiiry, prints, 9 to 60e; dairy, 34 '09 8sa.' - •.- lite poultry -Buying price, deli vered, Toronto:-Chieltens, 27e; Milk fed' rhlokeus, 805; hens, 39 lbs„ un. 22e; :Lens. 33s„ 26 to Ise: Item, over 5 lbs„ „Oe; roosters, 20e; ducklings, ;25e turkeys, 30e. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 300; mill fed chickens 32c; hens, 39 lbs,un, 265 hens, 53 to 6 lbs., 28c; hens, over 6 lbe 30o; roosters 20 to 2$e; ducklings 27c turkeys, 35c. Cheese -Nees,, large, 33 to 2885 twin '285 to 2300;0 sprig" made, large, 25 t 23e; twins 290 to 269e.. roans-tianadiaa, prince; bushel, $7.5 toy 58; foreign, (rand -picked; bushel $0.76 to 57 Coins; honey-'-Ciroidc - 16 oz„ '58,50 pe dozen; 12 oz., 98 per dozen; seconds an dark comb, $2.60 to 52,78, GREATEST BATTLE OF GREATEST 'From Erie's • Green Isle WAR IN HISTORY ON WEST FRONT NEW By M AIL FROM IRV,- ,, I LAND'S SHORES, British Line Battered But Not Broken ---Our Gallant Troops I Stubbornly Defend Nefv Somme, Line. " Flnitpenings in the 1'otorald Isle of With the British Army in France, dii Tlso Getii}atis, on the other hand, Interest to islets. 'S4. ---Thr;: British and French, gper(ating under the eyes of the Ian- who co-operate at the ;function of the Perot and the Crown Prince, have been u°m two mules, were viewing the trend hurling vast hordes into the fray with The Irish Railway N•:ecutive Com• of the German offensive with optItnis- utter disregard for life, and have role 01111005' llitve gr,,is s l th0 same weakly tie eyes tltis morning:, 11wrd fighting lowed into the abandoned positions, whir inerenee in (rages as in the case was in progress, hut the latest reports getting farther and further away from of British grades, showed little or no change in the situ- then reapplies and finding their corn-, An order has been 111011' by the edea in favor of the; enemy since yes-munications increasingly difficult, Sliuisi•ry of Munitions, for ihn eor sisni tet'day, while on the outer haiu1; the Casualtlos--Four hundred thousand of flax scecl fol salving now or in (efendors had pushed the attacking killed, wounded or captured in throe course of transit to T'el'and, forces back after a bitter struggle and days, according' to e t{nlat50 of Brit" ;,• The new railway line between Bray vets) holding strongly along the Mb rind other military exports; rand Greystenea has been completed, whole new front to which they had • Troops engaged -Ninety-seven Got :anti train's are MAY tanning reesdarly withch•awn. Innn flivisinns opposite the battle aver the naafi. Fighting of a most desperate nature front; over 1,100,000 men, Thr. commander an'l crciv of II; 4T.S: 3150. been continuous since the initial Estimated German x,osses,-,Two ssingnarci were aw{{st'ds i 1850 salvago attach, but so fertile British have used ;'hundred and fifty thousand to 300,00'0. frit services to' a Bussintl vessel off ew troops other than' those which ; No estimate 0f British engaged. , the southwest roast of; Ireland, (veto handing the front linos, I Width of battle front --Sixty miles,i Miss 13. Beatty, a Wexford girl, has These shock troops have been mak- , from the Scarpe to the Oise (airline distinguished herself by leading' a ng as gallant a defence as was ever 1 dlstanee). :company 01 cadets in the fight for alt eco}•tied 1» the annals of the Britislll' ; Devlloprritents German ofllc.ial , an-; Kerensky Government at Petrograd. s rmy, and as a resuis they have en-; nouncemente claimed 30.000 prisoners, Captain W. R. Beaumont Nesbitt, bled Hie main body of the 'forces to 1000 cannon, British Omit that en- M,C„ who was killed in action, coati the $all back deliberatelyand without con- I emy has crossed the Somme at some son of Mr. and Mrs. 18. J. Nesbitt, union, and occupy positions , which places, indicating that Iiaig's 101550 17denberry, King's County, id been prepared long ,before the have fallen back at some points from Lieut. John A. Harvey, Royal Duh, erman offensive began. 12 to 14 miles, lin Fusiliers, killed in action, was a son of Rev. Ralph Harvey, the Rec- � �w Live Stock Market' Toronto, Mar. 25 -Extra choice heavy steers, 512.50 to $14 do., choice, $12 to $52,26; butohers' cattle, choice, 511,60 to 911.85; do., good, $11 to 51.1.60; do, medium, 510,50 to 510.75' do., common 0,06 to 59.50; butchers' bulls, choice. 810.26 to 511; do„ good buns, $9,26 to 59.60; do,, rhenium bulls, 57,86 to $8.50; do., rough bulls, 58.60 to 57; bUtehers' cows, choice, 515.25 to $11; do., good 09,25 to 59.50; do., medium, $8 to 15.50; stockers, $7.75 to. $9; feeders, $9.26 to $1n,26; canners and cutters,, 06 to 55.70; milkers, good to choice, 500 to 5125; no., coin. and riled,. 565 to 580; springers, 590 to 5156; light ewes, $13.50 to $15; sheep, heavy, 50,25 to $7.50; yearlings, $11.76 to 512.75; lambs. 516 to 520,50; calves, good to choice, $15 to $17.25; °huge, fed and watered, 520.50; do„ weighed - off cars, 550.75; do., f.o.b., 519.10. 'Montreal, Mar, 20•x -Steers, according to, quality,$9 to $12; butchers' bulls, 50 to $'1.50; butchers' cows, $7.50 to $1,0.50; canners' cattle, $5.50 to $5.00; ;sheep, 611 to $13; lambs, $14 to 511.501 intik fed calves, $8 to $13.10; select bogs, off cars, 520 10 531,.,1. CANADA O ASSIST I tcnAntongr'l those Comity It iii 1,. SHIPBUILDING yg �T�•�t ' =etches by Sir Douglas Haig is A'l- :®.(i6kIG'f> N 9d�.DIiV1Mc :lutaltt F. W. H. Magee of the Ulster's Division. There is a complete dearth of turf ' in the Clastlerea district, and the work- ;house has not one 'single rod within Iits walls. Otlders Placed for 43 Steel and 46 Wooden Vessels at Cost of $64,500,000. ' ' A despatch from Ottawa says: De- i T ,tails of the Canadian Governments � � STIMULATE plan for. assisting in meeting the need ef! the allies for 'merchant ships were `i FOOD O PRODUCT �'- !g'rl'en by Sir Robert Borden in the i course of his speech at the opening of� _ lParliament. Alread much has bee Urine in the Dominion by the Imperial' Government through the Imperial Munitions Board for 43 steel ships, Dominion '11reasury to Grant Aid to Various Provinces. s ups, A. , despatch from Ottawa says: • with an aggregate tonnage of 211,300 More than $250,000 will be furnished KAISER DIRECTS tons, and 46 wooden vessels, with a' from the Dominion 'Creasuiry to aid ' total tonnage of 128,400 tons. The i the provincial Governments to carry , total value of these vessels is $64,- on their part of the campaign for k -i ° teats in ing on orders from the Imperial Mufti- Canada, Sir Robert Borden announced -7- tions Board and their capacity is be- in rho course of his opeiung address n g brow ht u to a i rot mtatei 250 - { CroWit :Prince, .3Bind,�nburg and Other Prominent Officials London, March 24, -To -clay's o}iieial BIG OFFENSIVE 500,000; 12 shipyards are now wor g r production of foodstuff } g P 1 p Y n the Commons. The appropriation, 000 tons a year, .Pwhich has been promised by the Do - Berths vacated by the completion of', minion Government, will be distribut- ships ordered by the Munitions Board' ed as follow-- ' Will be utilized at once by the Domin-; Ontario , Are With Him. . ; I announcement from Berlin states that Emperor William 1s in command on c the western front. This;,anneuricement, is regarded as, further evidence that the Emperor has s, staked his all on an offensive, hoping! n to win and to go down, in history as a the 'victor in this great and decisive ' world conflict. , , llespatches,from Amsterdam picturel the Emperor at Spa, Belgiuin, which is being kept isolated oil a radius' of 16 kilometres. The German Crown : Prince, , Frield Marshal von Hindenburg, Gen von Ludendorff and other prominent Ger mans, are also reported to be there Provioloua-Wholesale ' 1 Barrelled incats-i-Plcltled pork; $4D neaa ports, 0f7. Ol•een meats -Out ' 01 pickle, lc les than' 51110955 Smoked meats -Rolla, 30 to 310: hams{, nedlum, 04 to 85e; heavy, 28 to, 2901; 'erred hams, 45 to 47c; backs, plain, 42 to 40e; btlolc4 boneless. 46 to• 470; breakfast biotin, 39 to 42c; cottage rolls, 34 to 35e. lir salted meats ---Long clears in tans 28c; In cases, 289c; 'clear bellies, 249e;9.fat backs, 250, Lard -Pure, tierces, 30 to 81c; tubs, 303 to, 319c; pails, 300 to 319a; shortening, tierces, 25 to 26890; tub9. 353 to 265e; pails, 269 to 27c, Montros3 Markets e Montreal, 11iar. 26 -Oats -Canadian Western, No. 8, 51.076; extra No. 1 feed, 51,078; No, 2 local white, 51.07; No 3, do„ 51.045; No. 4, do. 51.03. Flour -New standard Spring wheat grade, 511.10' to $11.20, Rolled oats -Bag of 90 lbs., 55.00. riilllfeed---Bran, 535; shorts, 5560 tot$ middlings, 4 No $60; t n l car lots, 817, Winulpea• Grain Winnipeg, Mar. 26 -Oats -No, 2 C.W„ 969e; No, 3 c,1y,, 020gi; extra No. 1 feed, 911e; ,,No..1 feed, 0085.; No, 2 feed. 85@'c. Barle3-Nd. 0, $1.026; No. 4 51.109. Fla -No. 1 N.W.C., 53.56; No. 2 C,W., 53.91; No. 8 0,W., $3,74, United States Markets Minneapolis, Scar. 20 -Corn -No, 8 -81.75 to $1,80. Oats -No- 8 lite, 608 to 105o. Flour unchanged, an -532.7`3. Dufuth, Slat; 26-Lingeed-r$4.24, to 23, arrive, $4.24; l53a4 54,28, July; 126 asked; October, $3.7.1 asksd.. , Ottawa,' March 24,E -Food prices gtl1 continue Lep advance. According oto Br the forthcoming March slumber of the Labor Ga'este, the index of whole- 54 sale price for February' was 2.,3.5, as compared with 258.7 in the previous month, 21,7iii .3 in February, 1917. In retail food prices they were slight advances 5n nearly all hi -tides except fresh egg , cheese,'bread and sugar, which wee slightly lower. The aver- age cost 1 a weekly faplily budget of staple f • ds was $12,641, as compared with $12 42 in January, 1918,; and , 10.4 '� g 0 in February, 191.7. CONCRETE VESSELS � BUILT ;IN IRELAND Belfast, March 28,= -The keel of the first concrete vestal to be built in Ireland has been laid its a new ship- yard oni tlx North fa'ish coast. It' will be an ocean-going' vessel of; 1,000 tons and the first of six ordered by the Government RHEIMS DELUGED WITH GERMAN SHELLS Paris, March 24, -Nine thousand five hundred Gelman shells, including many gas shells, were thrown; into Rlleime Tuesday and Wednesday, the leW3Pnper';Eclaireur• d fist reported to -day. with him. BRITISH BRIDGE ,,JORDAN RIVER Allenby's Forces Win Continued Success in Palestine. , London, March 24. -The British in Palestine have forced a passage of the River Jordan, bridged the stream and established themselves on the east bank. The text of the statement reads: "In the early hours of Friday our troops effected a passage of the Jordan despite the strong current. ,The' river was then bridged and passed by our forces, which established themselves on the, left bank and made progress eastward, , encounterinj, considerable resistance. "The operation;are continuing."' P C / +DOStOpA (^a + co0oSE4Ne F 12. G ACAt81 EN2c' • mAIN7- �di \ +r5EvSS -. \,•-iOSNvll-t-E6 - - Pr�RIS 1 . SAARDRUKEN • MANNHEIM 4oh1E72�i KARLSRVH$ 0- csis •1i6N000Rf 'al ,T e0,4DEN J c - •fR5leuIsG.. , 1' $GALE '54 Mt S 100 , too BrsN Rol ,:•t,: Scene of British Aerial Activities ht Germany's Industrial Centres. Map shows most of the more important German towns , well within German borders bombed some as many as sift: times by Allied aviators., Berlin is about 450 miles from the Western Front, and within range of the Allied airplanes.' ion Government. Four cargo steam-; Quebec , ens with a total tonnage of 23,500 tons Nova Scotia are to be completed end placed in New Brunswick conlmission this year. Next year,' Prince Edward Island 5,000 however, 50 steel ships are to be con-' British Columbia 15,000 sbructed, For the present year, the Saskatchewan . 45,000 Government has authorized by order- Alberta, 25,000 in -Council an expenditure of 525,000,- Manitoba . 2r,,000 000 on shipbuilding. 5('0,000 60,000 30,000 25,000 ;0 -- ITALY ENROLLS URGE THE FARJSIL'RS TO GROW FLAX CROPS. �t A despatch from Toronto says: The ALL CITIZENS defection of Russia deprives the allies of and gives to the Germans the larg- est flax -producing area in the world. Both Sexes Between 15 and 60 In consequence there will he a ire - Must Serve the State. lnendous demand by the allies for flax, which is used extensively its the menu_ A despatch from Rome says: From facture of airplanes and other ,in - March 20 to 31 the Italian Govern- struments of war, and the Provincial ment called upon civilians of both and Federal Departments of Agricnl- seses, between the ages of 15 and 60 ture are now discussing plans to en - years, to enroll for voluntary service, courage the production of }lax in this giving part or all of their time, with- province. The Canadian Flax -Grow - out pay, to aid the following indus, ers' Association recently Called 'the tries: Agriculture, metallurgical, tex attention of the authorities to i the tile, chemical, building and road mak- need for flax production. They claim ing, also the minor crafts, such as that fax does not exhaust the sail to saddlery and military clothing. so great an extent as •barley or wheat, If voluntary recruiting fails to give that profits are assured irrespectide of enough worlcers the Government re- weather conditions, that when flax' has serves the right to enforce enrolment, been pulled the land is in excellent Italy is the third belligerent to adopt Chia service, Germany, at the begin- ning of 1916, adopted it, and England the follosving. -year. France now awaits the Chamber's sanction to en- force a similar scheme. The move -0 VALUE OF FISH CATCH tI CREASEI) 53„347,670. A despatch ; from Ottawa says: Canada's production of fish for the last fiscal year, according to the an- nual report of the Fisheries branch of; the Department , of Marine and Fisheries just issued, was valued! ,at 539,208,378, an increase of $3,$47,070, as compared with the previous' year. There Wait an increase in the value of ant, The,Mareoni Company has start- 'the catch an all the provinces with the ed' a special school for training wo- exception of Ontario, where smaller men i n'r wt ole ss telegraphy at its Catches of trout; whitefish, pikll and North Wales station. At present the pickerel resulted in a decrease of over half a million dollars. As usual sal- mont,heads the list in value, with a to- tal of $10,$82,431, CANADIAN TROOP'S • AIt1tIV tL, IN ENGLAND duty in rotation, on trig A despatch from Ottawa saves- •It It is not proposed tq,extend the use is officially announced, through the of women to ships ter the resent Chief Press Censor's Office, that the hitt if this is to he altered it present, ollowing troops' Kaye arrived /safely will apply only to coastwise shipliing, England: `Lord Stratlleonb,s Burge, cavalry draft; 34th Fort Garry I.Iers°, cavalry. draft; Royal Canadian Dra- DAYLIGTIT SAVING: goons, ,'oavalry`, di aft; Machine Gun GOES INTO EFFECT Collies' draft; Engineers} Central On- I,on tarso Regiment, infantry draft; Naval, don, March 24. -All the cloths ;draft and ;details. in the 'United Itingdom were advanced ' one hour for the beginning' a condition for the cultivation of • fall wheat, and that fax production on old sod land kills the destructive wire worm. meet here was directed by the Central Committee, under Giuffelli, Minister of Industries. BRITISH. GIRLS STUDY RADIO. Later May Become Operators on Coastwise Ships. English girls are taking up wireless telegraphy, says a London Correspond: company le tarring only women of. ex- perience in Morse telegraphy, but this is only a temporary restriction. The course deals with slip reading, punching;record reading and the gen- eral duties of a wireless station, The girls will be drafted to land stations when efficient and will goht d lte summer to-dayor daylight saws g f paradhnto •fol aviators that has saving ,period. been itivented in England is compact Normal time will be restored on enough, to be worn in a helmet, ready September 29. for instant use.