HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-02-23, Page 2BRITISH ATTACK ON TWO-MILEy FRO TMD
'TAKE DEFENCES NEAR•X41 IRA A }
bout 800 Prisoners, Virtually All Prussians, Were Taken, in
Addition To Heavy Losses Inflicted on Enemy.
• London, Feb. 18. -Again the Brit -1
ish have struck on both sides of the
Anere, cutting a wide gap in the Ger-
Man lines and pushing within a few
hundred yards of Petit Mirauniont. A
successful attack Saturday captured
trenches on a :front totalling more
than two miles to an almost uniform
depth of a half mile.
It was another of the thoroughly -
planned attacks the British have de-
livered recently on the Somme-Anere
front, far different from trench raid;.
Its main object was to push closer to
the immediate objectives of Mirau-
mont and Petit Miraumont, north and
south respectively of the Anere and on
the road to Bapaume.
On Sunday the Germans tried to re -
FIVE BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS
Success of Britisli4 Loan Bitter
Pill for Germany to
Swallow.
A despatch from• London says: The
Times' financial editor';, on Saturday
writes: "The Stock Et xeliange is talk-
ing confidently about e...thousand mil-
lions of 'new money'" dein the loan.
gain the positions taken from them We repeat the estimate •Under all re -
by the British, but their attempts serve, for, of course, i•tsts only guess -
were fruitless. Attacking in waves, work, but undoubtedlythe figure is
the Germans cane under the coneen- beyond all precede4.t+ and all the
trated fire of the British guns and early expectations oftock Exchange
were swept back to their trenches, tips, which aro usuallti.based on fair -
suffering heavy casualties. At rao ly elaborate caleulatione arising out
place did the attacking forces reach of data which is more accessible there
the British line, and the British sof- than elsewhere. Five, ,a.,rks ago not}i-
e 1 no casualties. The British cap- ing even remotelymaehing such
felt a huge figure was believed attainable.
turgid 780 officers and men. For the purpose of cheefeing'any esti-
mate of the gross figlik s Of the loan
w e repeat the amounts of the earlier
securities which carried the rights of
conversion. These W6r £899,927,000
four and a half :per cent War loan,
£333,515,000 five'pez~ Ilt. Exchequer
bonds, though the:,lteally are
less likely to .be, l;on
"A feature rf„thea„ge'1IZtons in
many country distri °' been the
quantity of gold lsi G r 'die banks
and post officestx nen and
women. In Enfigls muni-
tions area, 27,000:V '' , d 4;vas., paid
for small antennaoe1s certificates
during the 'cveele ' : ;a' aaturday's
subscriptions'we gr:` ' 00,000, Lord
Nichelham; £650,00 s. 't Tinto Com-
ports, instead of Falmouth, was ob- £150,000, Kc,,eCrS.; £50,000,
tainted from the Government on Thurs- pan y'
Singer Sewing 14P ing!;.', Co. One
day. It was stated by Sir George gratifying feature of1te itt loan is
much war material, is reported by the Foster, Acting -Minister of Marine, seen in the extent, f' wthe County
War Office. that negotiations in progress had of Dublin farmers S2tibscribed. For
This spoil, unusually large for the reached a head and that it was defin- the most part it is .is'ew money in
Mesopotamian fighting, fell into Brit- itely decided Halifax would be an ex-
ish hands as a result of assaults upon' amination port.
the strong Turkish fortifications on i Whether it will be for all sailings
both banks of the Tigris where it I in both directions, however, has not
winds about Kut. A considerable yet been decided. The latter arrange -
sector on the right bank was complete- ment might tax accommodation at
ly cleared of Turks, and advanced the Winter port somewhat severely.
troops now hold the south-west corner Officials of the Naval Service, Cus-
of the strong Shumran loop positions toms, Justice and Post -Office Depart -
five miles from Kut. ments will go down to Halifax to
An unusual feature is that the Turk- form an examination staff, which will ;ties for investment in the war loan,
ish statements admit the British sue- be augmented by experts from Great Down to the last retinae e on Friday, l
cess, which usually they totally ig- Britain. Arrangements will be made when there was yet to subscribe
none. Two Turkish statements of :to avoid all possible delay to the w the loan,agents time thetsu anise
Thursday and Friday admit that "part' vessels examined. The new plan hasp
ourpositions were evacuated ac- been adopted at the request of neu- Government were busy- purchasing
of 1
to...orders to - revent needless: tral ship interests, who are anxious bonds almost regar. die sof amounts.than an of the societies
cording o p - This assistance of obi s ei,n ally, as favorablyy
o Thursd
n
000 OTTOMANS 'HALIFAX IS PORT •
9
MADE PRISONER OF EXAMINATION
Important British Success on
the Tigris, Near
Kut -el -Amara.
London, Fee. 1.8. -By a series of at-
tacks uniformly successful the British
in Mesopotamia have tightened their
hold upon the defences of Kut -el -
Amara. Turkish resistance was almost
paralyzed on Thursday and Friday,
and the capture of almost 2,000 pris-
oners including high officers, and
Neutral Vessels Leaving the
i T.S. to Call There Instead
of at Falmouth.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -
Confirmation of the report that the
British Admiralty had designated
Halifax as the port of examination
for neutral ships leaving American
hard cash. On Friday ;the amount of
subscriptions received alt the head of -
fide of the Bank of Ireland in College
Green exceeded £1,000,000."
Japan Heavy lsurchaser.
'Heavy purchases ; of Japanese
bonds for sinking fund, purposes have
been the feature of the foreign mar-
ket. The object is the obvious release
of funds invested in -Japanese secur-
{ BRIE°AIN SEEKS TO CLOSE LEADING MARKETS
LAST EXIT FOR UBMARI EOLoiitO. 4.reaQ 11.1;19
New Danger Zone Proclaimed Through Route North of Scotland
and Down Irish ('oast.
A despatch from Washington Says: ie
--Two important moves r ° r treat ,
d to close that way out, is understood
to have been liberally
strewn with
Britain to meet the subma mines.
rt:
i Details of flans for changing the
were announced on Fride . .'r new 1 port of call and examination for boats
danger zone was proclaimed, seeking, between this country and the North -
to block practically the whole route of ern European neutrals from Kirkwall
exit towards the Atlantic of the Ger- I to Halifax were made public. The
lean U-boats from their bases in Ger-' idea is to allow the vessels to avoid
many and Belgium. With the Eng-; the German submarine zone by awing-
lish Channel practically closed by an ing around Ireland and Scotland and
elaborate system of nets, mines and i dawn the Norwegian coast instead of
patrols, the means of exit for the sub- 4 touching the British Isles. A second
marines has been through the route i port for the examination of southern
north of Scotland and down the Irish; commerce may he established later
coast. The new danger zone, design- I at the Bahamas or Bermuda.
A SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY
Canadian Order Of Foresters Has A �
Splendid Financial Basis. ANOTHER WAR F,A
The Canadian Order of Foresters
DOMINION TO ISSUE
VOL 20 --Manitoba wheat -
New No, 1 Northern $7.903, No, 2, de„
41,871; No, 3 do., $1.221: No, 4 wheat,
$1,738 track 'lay ports.
Manitoba vete -No 2 t ,W, 71e; 't1o, 3
710; extra No.7. feed,7•1c; No. 1
feed, 70c, all rail delivered en route,
American corn --No. 3 yellow, $1.14,
subject to embargo.
Ontario crit~ --•-No, 2 white, 63 to 66c,
nominal; No. 3 white, 62 to 04e, nominal,
necordiag to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No 2 Winter. per car
lot, $1,71 to $1,73: No, 3 do., $1.69 to
$1.71 n'oordin to freight outside.
T'e,ts --No. 2. $'2.40, according to
freights outside, 01.20 it $1.22, ac-
13artay'--Mtiltiug,
uording to freights outside. °
1Jueliwheat•--$1.28, nominal, accors'ling.
to freights outside,
Rye ---Nr, 2, $1,40 to $1.42, according'
to freights outside.
Manitoba flour -First patents, In jute
bags, $9,50; set and patents, in jute bags,
$0,00: strong bakers'. in lute bags, $8,60,
Toronto,
Ontario dour--W'Jnter, arenrciiug to
sanri,ic, $7,10 to $7.20, in bags. track,
Toronto. prompt shrinu, nt.; $7.00, bulk
seaboard, export grade.
niillfeed-•Car lots, delivered Montreal
tr•eights. bags ine1ucle.1-4111;run, pd e ton,
535; shorts, pet' tan, 541; a
flour, per bag, $2.70 to 52.80.
1B:ay-_1iixlta. No. 2, per ton. $12 to
$12,50; mixed, per ton. $9 to $11, track
Toronto,
titratw•.-t'ar lits, per ton. $9. track
ggg Taranto,
NCountry Produce -Wholesale
&FI Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 36 to 3Se;
creamery prints, 43 to 45c; solids,,42
which has for years occupied a pro- to 430.
I7ggs-No, 1 storage, 47 to 48c; stor-
ninetzt position as one of the leading Flotation Ears in lb March to be age., selects, ,0 to ,,1 , e
Fraternal Insurance Societies operat- Pa able in Canada and Live poultry -Fowl, lb„ 17 to see;
ing in Canada. Was instituted in 1879 3 chickens, lb., 13 to 20c.
by 488 members who seceded front New York. Dressed poultry- c:hicicens 22 to 25e;
fowl, 20 to 2201 ducks, 22 to 25c; squabs,.
Per doz., $4.00 to 54.50; tutice�•s, 2S to
33e; geese, 18 to 20r.
Cheese -New, large, 251 to 26c; twins,
26 to 263c; triplets, 261 to 2620; old,
large, 27o; twins, 271 to 2, 2c
;dories-Nhito clover, 21-1b. tins, 14 to
141c; 3-1b, tins, 133 to 14e; 10-1b., 13 to
1310 60•1b., 121 to 13c; buckwheat, 60,-1b.
tins, 9 to 91e. Comb honey -extra tine
and heav weight, per doz., $275; select,
which $2,50 to 12.75; No, 2, 52 to 82.25.
country, it is regarded as likely that T 1:'otatocs-trntario, per bag, .$2.90;
New Brunswick Delawares,' per hag,
the securities of the new loan will be $3 s6 �ibertas par bag, 52 95.
t! y r r r• new -laid, in car-
tons 65 to 500 out of cartons, 52 to 54e.
the American Order of Foresters..Ades arch from Ottawa says:
To -day it has a membership of over p'
An -
90,000, which it the largest purely other Canadian war loan, the third
Canadian membership of any of the to be issued in the Dominion, will be
'fraternalinsurance societies doing floated probably early in March. In
!business
fns x situation be-
ibtlsiness in the Dominion. view of the exchange
The Society has had a most success- tween Canada and the United States,
ful record and has accumulated funds, 1 ' h is at present adverse to this
which, at the present time, amount to
between five and a half and six million
dollars. Last year was apparently
one of the most successful years in York.
the history of the institution. The No information as to the amount,
amount added to the insurance funds terns or price of the new issue can,
for 1916 was between four and five however, be given at present, as these
hundred thousand dollars. Notwith- details will not be settlers until inme-
standing this success the management diately before the loan is floated and
decided to ascertain what the actuar- will be determined largely by the Gon-
ial standing of the Society was, and, ditions which then prevail.
secured the services of one of the most! The Finance Minister, it is under -
competent actuaries on the Continent. , stood, has been assured that he will
Acting on the advice of the actuary, i have the co-operation, in the fl.ota-
Ithe Society decided to re -adjust its
rates and place itself upon a basis
which will give it at least 100%
actuarial solvency.
By taking this course, while its
funds were still piling up, it has been
able to treat its members much more
made payable both in Canada and New Beans -Imported, hand-picked. per
bush., 56.25; Canadian, hand-pieke 1, oar
bush., 87.00; Canadian primes. $6.00 to
$6.00; Limas. per ]b„ 10 to 1030.
and that an Fri -!,to to avoid; the dange:cs •xncident_,to,=.- etc -'
.. xcr- Y , ,xr n y, +.::, x,rt "sviic lr :x -adil ted,; hit bud �a
,, �e,;,,�n,�ax�� • "�,. E,i,�,,,tiie us � ,� 1 ��.., ,, dor in z�eeen� � ears::.
"y�il�ti�srtr"�'a:at"�.., s. favorable impaessiQ a in re ti>.y. We
' i arvt?iiient 1.
casualties,"
TO REDUCE TRAVEL
IN SUBMARINE ZONE
A despatch from Ottawa says: -
Action which will reduce the number
of women and children leaving Can-
ada for European countries adjacen,
tc the zone of Germany's submarine men killed, wounded, prisoners or
operations or which may even prevent missing. The totals compiled from the
such travel entirely, will probably be list follows: Killed and died, 15,906;
taken by the Government. The dang- prisoners, 1,645; missing, 11,874;
int upon the wounded, 48,109; total, 77.534.
ay,
ii
9 to be
avoid unnecessary -blockadedt d that min t tkte beginning The management g
area. an et;-• ' iseon ratul-
•; - • - li:t�ieas ' • , of action which will
GERMAN LOSSES LAST. MONTH Y ated upon a course
WERE MORE THAN 77,000
London, Feb. 18. -Casualties in the
German army, exclusive of colonial
troops, reported in the German cas-
ualty* lists in the month of Jan -
of the year 22,840,000! 'of Japanese
bonds have beee. bought for sinking
funds, making a total since the out-
break of war of 1'9,615,880. The
Japanese Government_is already reap-
ing its reward for its action. Her
credit is higher in this market than
place the Society upon a splendid fin-
ancial basis, and insure the future of
the Order for all time
Provisions -Wholesale.
Smoked meats ---Maros, medium. 26 to
27c; do„ heavy, 23 to 24e; cooked, 37 to
38c; rolls, 21 to 22e; breakfast bacon,
27 to 29e; lades, plain, as to 30c; bone-
less, 31 to 330.
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 211 to 218e;
tubs. 218 to 22c; pair, 22 to 223c; com-
pound, 153 to 170.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to
18tc per ib; clear belies, 18 to 183o.
tion of the new securities, of the bond -
dealers and brokers, whose activity Montreal markets
contributed materially to the success Montreal, t eb, 20 -Corn -American
No, 2 ;fellow, $7.24 to $1.25. Oats ---
of the last domestic loan of $100,- Canadian Western, No. 2, 74 to 7,50; do.:
No. 3 72 to 73e; extra No. 1 feed, 72
000,000.
GERMAN STOLE CHARTS
OF ALASKAN HARBORS.
to 7$c. >3arlev-itianttoba feed, $1;
malting, 5135. Flour --Manitoba Spri.nJ£
wheat patents, firsts,$9.60: do., secontlt4,
,$,9.10; strong bakers', $8.90; z\•inter
atenta choice, $9.26; straight roller
$.55 is ...P.$0; dt in has
Stolen Government charts 'of anclio `i'
ajc11'lA�• tb et.
ages along the Alaskan coast were r$43. o g4 day-- `ae. e, � t
lots $13. Cheese -Finest westerns,. 2+
to 263c; do., easterns, talc. Butter -
Choicest creamery, 421 to 42e: seconds,
29 to 410. Eggs -Fresh, 55 to 54e;
selected, 480; No. 1 stock, 450. Pota-
toes -E'er bag, car lots, $2.76 to $3,
discovered by the police among the
belongings of Herbert Sauer, a Ger-
man deserter from the coast -guard
service, who was sentenced here on
INDIA HAS CURTAILED Thursday to eight years in Sing -Sing winniperr c+rain
RAILWAY SERVICES. Prison upon his plea of guilty to a \\•innipe Fob. 20 -Wheat -No. 1
i- charge of manslaughter for killing Northern, 6.673; No, 2 Northern, 51.641;
nary 1917, totalled 77,534 officers and those of any other country." Caroline T' k i her home in No a Northern, 51.593; No. 4, $1.003;
ars of navigation consequ
submarine warfare and the necessity These casualties bring the total
of
of passing through the clanger zone, , Germans killed and those who
make it inadvisable to allow women wounds or sickness to 988,329, and the
and children to undertake such voy- total casualties since the war began
ages at the present time. to 4,087,692.
CUBAN BAY MAY BE THE REFUGE
FROM WHICH U-BOATS OPERATE
News of the Revolutionary Outbreak in Cuba Greatly Interests
British Officials.
A despatch from London says:
British officials are greatly interested
in the news of the revolutionary out-
break in Cuba, where, they assert,
they have reason to suspect German
agents have been at work for a long
time. Only a few weeks ago Captain
Han: Boehm, a German army officer,
was taken from the Dutch steamer
Zeeiandia at I"aimouth. He had in his
possession a chart of Santa Lucia
Bay, Cuba, where, according to other
papers seized at the same time, Ger-
man agents had secured an oil con-
cession. It is the belief here that the
Santa Lucia project was being de-
veloped by means of money sent from
New York to Havana.
The British naval authorities, while
they have failed to discover any Ger-
man submarine base in the West In-
dies, declare that they have long had
reason to suspect the intention of the
Germans to establish one there, and as
a consequence they look with suspi-
cion upon the Cuban oil project, as
possibly a blind to hide the establish-
ment of a refuge from which subma-
rines could operate.
WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT
CAPTURED STRONG POSITION
Russian Detachments Surprise Austro -German Garrison in
the Carpathians.
The Weekly Nation says it hears
that the war loan is a great success
and that sums have been mentioned
suggesting that the collection of new
money is approaching £1,000,000,000.
Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Direc-
tor -General of National Service,
speaking at Bristol o;Saturday, said
that he ventured to predict that the
result of the war loan Qt3i C1 be a bit-
ter pill for Germany tee
-
London, Feb. 1f3. -A Reuter de- Mrs. aro ine jar a n
spatch from Delhi says that among this city last August. When Sauer Oats.. -N0. 2 C,W„ eec; No, 3: (l \i,,,
the new war measures adopted by the was asked what he intended to do with 533c•; extra No. 1 feed, 533c; No. 1,
p Sale; No, 2. 5230, ;lades -N0, 3 t W.,
'Indian Government are the severe the maps, he replied, according to the 960; No, 4 C.W., 9oc• rejected, ,8c;
curtailment of. railway services and police: "I wanted to make a name for cud•.. 78e, $larY No. 1 N W.C., $2.50;:
o, 5, $1.303; No. 6, 51,043; feed 930,
:he organization of India's industrial myself when 1 returned to the Father -
an d natural resources, with a view land," +�
to increasing the output of munitions.
In addition, an order has been issued FRANCE HASADOPTED
DAYLIHT SAVING
women and children to sail
for England except for the most ur-
gent reasons.
United States Markets
Minneapolis, Feb. 20--wheat-May,
7..741; July, 51.701; cash -No, 1 hard,
1.833 to $1.853: No. 1 Northern,' 51.75 to
1.791; No. 2, do., $1,723 to 51.703. Corn
--No. 3 yellow, 982 to 995e, Oats -No,
3 white, 531 to 643c, Flour -Un -
A despatch from Paris says: --The changed. Pren--532 to $33,
Chamber of Deputies on Friday adopt- uulutit, 1 20• t treat -Na. 1141:
�� cRo
dos $1 o, Northern, e1,7G1;
a ed a bill permanently advancing the do $1 713 to $1.7'13 Linseed -On track,
11 PER CENT.LI�R
TRY TOR RISE INTEREST
ON THE LAST WAR LOAN. legal time one hour during the Sum- $2.7S to 43.81:to ariiv 2,82. asked; July, ,
mer, The putting on of the clocks " '
s A despatch from London say's: The is to begin the first Sunday in April Live Stock Markets
•
._
Excessive Auttlmll �is Re-
with the Bundesrat new direct and in the first Sunday In October. $1a 25 butchers' rattle, chaise, $10.10
ce
German Government is now discussing and this time will be in force until 810.50
1 Toroto nto, Feb.
e . 20-Choic of heavy bio steers, o
w1' r _•__.._ to 10.35: do, good $9.50 to 59.7.5; do.,
direct taxes to raise £80,000,000 inter- -'� `� "�'- gg
9neditun $8 Ii0 oto $C.SO; do., common,
spot sib'le z th i ' est on the last war loan, according to GERMAN TROOPS MOVED
DecreaS±
Adespatchf P g The
tof theA ultt r formation
Berlin newspapers, quoted in a Hague
despatch to the Exchange Telegraph
ro111 a ys: Co. It is probable, repot giic ; i r . that the new taxes will apply to coal -The majority of the German troops stncke tr,555.20 to Vis: choice seeders, $s
Bureau, published ln`"ill ;(711cial jour- mine exploitation acid raft\way tl"affie, recently concentrated on isle eastern to 58.50; canners and choice.cutter,
$5 to
nal on Thursday, give's the average ! $5 4t ' ills good to cutter, $85 to
condition for the 1917 Winter crops as I with an increased tax on war profits. border of Holland o\ p �1 n tla , coin, and n
37.50 to 57,75; butchers' bulls, choice,
FROM FRONTIER TOWNS 10 to $0.50; do.. good bulls, 58.25 to
8.50; do., medium bulls, $7.15 to 57.60:
do., rough bulls, $5 to $5.25; butchers
add the papers, A despatch from Amsterdam says: cows, choice; $8.75 to $9; $7d Ca 37 po:•
ten per cent. below those. of 1916. GERMANY'S WAR COSTS
With 100 signifying very good; SIXTY BILLION MARKS.
good and 60 rather good, the averages
for 1917, e.s compared with those of
1916, are:
Winter wheat, 62, as against 70;
rye, 67, against 12; Winter barley 65,
against 13; Winter oats 66, against
72.
The Temps explains the official
figures by the bad state of the soil at
the time of seeding, iiistt loient sup -
A despatch from London says: Ger-
many's war costs to date have reach-
ed the total of sixty billion marks,
says a telegram from Berlin, forward-
ed by the correspondent at Amster-
dam of Reuter's Telegram Company,
Limited.
now have disa - ' 's ted. each, $40 to
peered from the towns along the Igo; ' springers, 500 to $110; light ewes,
frontier, according to reports received refry es, $t;oo d tohc:hoi e�'at$13.605 to�$15;
by The kIandelsbladt, lambs, choice, $14 to 515: do.. medium,
4a 75 to $10.20: hogs, fed and watered,
51.4.40 to 314,50; do.. weighed off cars,
A despatch :From Montreal salts:-- $14,63 to $19.75; do f,a.b., $13.65.
Provided that shipment can be made t.,l intreal`guei; 2 - iolve,rlis steers.seto
immediately the City of Montreal has, cows, 5o to 5": butchers bt $
d seven hundred and fifty tons $S•75: canners bulls, $5,60 to 5'6; con-
'ordered Y Hers co,vrc, 55 to $5.50; calves, miltc fea,
i coal from the iced Deer Valley Coal $1'� to $1.1• lambs, 513 to 514; sheer,, 51
o to�$IJ; hogs. choice, $14.50 to 514.76,
Company in order to cheek the coal _._....,,,�. ,,._._._.._.....-
shortage here. BIG REWARD FOR CREW
THAT DESTROYS A SUB.
plies of fertilizers and the excessive
Autumn rains, Some of the late seed- A
ings must he replaced by Spring seed-
ings on account of the frost, though
most of the wheat crop was well pro-
tected by the snow when the heavy
freeze came and was not injured. The
cold weather is considered to have
produced very favorable conditions
for Spring seeding.
�( COAL MINES a1® BRITAIN
A despatch from Paris says: A
prize of 500,000 francs for the crew
TAKEN Oi y, R�T of
wtinyhichsucFrench,
ceeds alliedin ordestroying aneutral vesil asel
te:
tacking submarine is provided for in
a resolution introduced in the Cham- `
ber of Deputies on Tuesday by Andre
T.cfevre,
AGAINST PROI:III3ITION.
I'etrogra,i, Felt le. es Germans I statement issued to -day by the 'War
Over 1,400 Soldiers Voted Against, It
tl 1
and 221 For It..
A despatch from Vancouver says: -•-
A cable gives the result of the pro-
hibition vote eve.rseas up to Wednes-
day evening as 1,406 against, ;221. for
and 41 spoiled ballots.
tli'osr;e!} in white y'ir•i:.erc}ay took the Department, immediately c rove out
i a ainst the Iussians near the Teutons. In the Carpathians
offE.n� �r +; Russian detachments surprised and
{C;,rhat.r•:a, south-west of Dvin:3k, on the 9 captured without firing a shot a
northern end of the enster'ta front., and strongly fortified Austro -German posi-
• broke into a front. lino Russian trench.' tion south-west of Okna. Teuton coun-
Russian reserves, Nays the official, ter -attacks were uspuised.
A New Officer Known As "Controller of Coal Mines" Will be in
Charge of Department.
A despatch from London says: It' ment to control tl'e coal mines. The
has been decided by the Board of director, of the Lo 1(10)1 and ' North -
Trade. to take possession of all coal ; Western Railway leave Placed the
mines in the 1Jnited Kingdom for the eer ices of their general manager,
Period of the war in addition to those Guy Calthrop, at the disposal of the
in South Wales /already taken over. Board. Mr. (.."aJtliroli';t Official ti:::;i ••
'1'lie President of the Board of '.Trade i nation will be Controller of ('oal
has decided to set up a new depart- , Mines."
NAVIGATION TO OPEN
EARLIER THIS YEAR
A despatch from Port Arthur says:.
--- •Ice conditions at this end of Laky§
Superior favor an early opening of
navigation. Open water commenced
at. Thunder Gape, 18 miles out. The
weather has been cold, but high
winds have kept the ice benison up,
NEI
NEW
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