BUILDERS !! Have You Tried : § GYPSUM WALL PLASTER? [ It Saves Time | P. WALSH, 3 Barrack Street. A tN A Pt a Pl RAIL HERE REA Local Branch Time Table. IN EFFECT MAY 30TH, 1915, Trains will leave ard arrive at City Depot, foot of Johnsion street Golag West. I ity No, No. No. No. No. No. » 1.41 pm . 3.04 p.m. Belleville Golug 6.5% p.m. East. Lv. City 140 am , 258am Brockville S$.15am 8.50 am A220 pom. 1252 p.m . 1.08 p.m. . 8 -Mail . 14--Intl. Ltd. . 38--~Local to Brockville 6.58 p.m m Nos. 1, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19 run dally, other trains daily except Sunday Direct route to Toronte, Pelerboro, Hamilton, Buffalo, London, Detroit, Chicago, Bay City, Saginaw, Montreal Ottawa, Queber, Portland, St 10Bn Halifax, Boston and New York, For full particulars apply J. PP. HAN- LEY, Railroad and Steamship Agent, cof. Johnson and Oftatio streete A rr i, (oT PAacCiFic The World's Finest Fresh Water Trip Steamers leave Port Tuesdays, Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays for SAULT STH, MARIE, PORT ARTHUR and FORT WILLIAM, Ly teamer "Manitoba." sailing t Nicoll Vednes- ind, leav- MeNieoll "STEAMSHIP EXPRESS" leaves onto 12.45 pom, dally, cept Friday, making ire tions with steamers at p coll on sailing days ox annec- ort MceNi- Pacific Coast Tours AT LOW FARES, INCLUDING "CATAFORNIA EXPOSITIONS» Particulars from F.- CONW AY, .C "A, Oity Ticket Office, rner Prin. F8y and Wallington Streets, Phone A i A -------------------- Bn NR ANADIAN NORTHERN NEW NIGHT TRAIN Ottawa-Quebec- Valcartier Connectin 245 pm, rain leaves Kingston except Sunday, ¢ JTORONTO SERVIC for Napauce, Trenton, Ploton Cobourg, Por Hope, Toromtu, leaves Kingston 246 p.m, except Sunday, . Train Belleville, For full service and further par- ticulars apply to M. © Dunn, City Agent, or 1 H. Ward, Station Agent. . EAN EA RN Arrant ns ANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS Liverpool June 25--Metagama July 16--Missanabie July 30--Metagamsi Aug. 20---Missanable Particulars from ¥. PA, Clty Ticket OF cens and We SOME OTTAWA GLIMPSES THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1915. hi } Special Correspondence by H. F. Gadsby. Ottawa, July 2 Finance Minister White's explanation that Canada doesn't get from the British Government as she might bheca » exchange is against us in New York is the subject of a great deal of amusing comment at the capital. It is about as reason able as saying that the law of gra- vitation doesn't work because Rogers is going to run in Carleton County or that the moon has ceased to influence thé tides because Prem- ier Borden gets his feet wet when waters the garden. as h Finance Ming | ter White's explanation does not ex] that the Purchasing Committee had plain why Canadian manufacturers with a pull get contracts which they have no plants to fill while Canadian manufacturers with plants which could fill the contra¢ts in a hurry have no pull with the Purchasing Commission. However, it does partly explain the Purchasing Committee stationed in New York, which has the sanction of the Canadian Minister of Militia and does a line of business caleulat- ed to make éven Bob Rogers Jealous. This Purchasing Committee, which has beén on the job ever since the war started, consists as far as can be learned, of two colonels--one real or Tipperary colonel and one honor ary--and an honorary major. The honorary officers are both of Ma jor- General Hughes' appointment and one of them, the colonel, is chairm: of the committee. His mame is John Wesley Allison, a fine name for an ambush. Colonel John Wesley Allison is an expatriated patriot, an old pupil of the Major-General, who was once a schoolmaster, one of the perféct flowers of his teaching and influence and therefore to he trust- ed with large sums of money. of course all the Major-General's old pupils are not built that way--for ex- ample Honorary Major McQuarrie's foot slipped--but a fair percentage of them are level-headed men and can be relied on not to make bh breaks. In times of peace Cologel Allison is secretary of a New York tleeping car company but in times of war -he wakes up and is at least twenty-five per cent more active: The other colonel on the commit- tee is named Morgan. He is the genuine artigle, imported from the old country and his name is one which suggests stitring adventire on the high seas. Honorary Major Thomas, the other member of the Committee, is also a find of Major- General Sams. He is a transpor- tation expert and he sprang into fame by going over the same ground as Honorary Major Thomas Russell, another of Major-General Sam's pro- teges, and saving half the money Major Russell had, found it neces- sary to spend in the first wild geram- ble for armored cars, motor trucks and things like that. This New York Purchasing Com- mittee was formed with the definite object of protecting the British War | Office which is supposed to chafe if it comes into direct contact with the manufacturers. To prevent this it is necessary to throw up a screen of middlemen, Which, as the Major- General would say, was done accord- ingly. From that day to this the ew York Purchasing Committee has never faltered in its heroic work for Canada and the British Empire. During the last session of Parlia- ment its operations came under scru- tiny from Dr. Pugsley who asked if it was true that the first race of seventy-five 'million rounds of Mark Seven Point 303 small arms ammunition -- the standard rifle shell for all the belligerents -- was purchased from the American manu- facturers at twenty-six dollars per thousand rounds and turned in to thé British Government ab" thirty- Corinthian Grampian Pretorian Aon Corsican .. Aug. 14. Glasgow For full information apply local Agents, or THE ALLAN LINE 93 King St. West.® Toronto Ji]! set them thus to ---- Ennui. John D. Wells On days like this when shines the sun And balmy are the breezes, The Muse completely masters one And treats us as she pleases. Her idclination seems to be To set a bard a-spinning A dreary thing or two or three And help him at beginning. She grasps his pen and things and dreams, And o'er his paper tramples, And starts a dozen timely themes Of which below are samples. "0 lead me by the purling brook" "I'll walk with you, my brother" "1 wander to a shady nook" Add many a dreamy other. You say here's thought for something fine? 'Tis true, but Nere's what hurts me: She gives me but the starting line And then the Muse deserts we. And what are themes, however To mie, a la2y poet! : ragged rhyme, And let the balance go it. ---- Cranks » A rvatalogne of murderers is one | of the curiosities in the offices of the United States secret service in Wash. ingion. In this ea ue all the "eranks™ in this eonhtry are Hsted-| has first alphabetically under their Mines and aliases, and secondly, un. the particular forms taken "by their ob The catalogue fs Rept up by contributions from the Police of every town and ¢ity where a crank is found. : Trat Purchasing Committee many war contracts | Beb | --_---- ' . J j wo dollars per thousand. To which { Major-General Hughes replied that { thirty-two dollars was a reasonable price and that the British Govern- ment had paid more since. Perhaps {they did but nobody will think any more of the British Government for | that . A profit of $450,000 on one | transaction of two million and & half | twenty-five per cent--is fairly stiff, | When the Major-General husten {ed to add that seventy-five inillion | rounds was a mere bagatelle and that | three hundred million rounds was | an average arder, it became plain A good thing and that the unearfied increment would put them in {he | millionaire class long before the war | was over, even if they had to split {it more than three ways. | Bob Rogers, Frank Cochrane, Dr. | Reid and A. EB, Kemp, their ears twitched at the amazing revelations by their martikl colleague. They rea- lized that their little purchasing committee was only a side show and that the Big Tent was in New York | with Major-General Sam en the tic- | ket. wagon Their pain and their surprise was such that-it almost led | to a breach in the Cabinet. | Quizzed further by Dr. Pugsley | the Minister of Militia acknowledged himself godfather of the New York Purchasing Committee. When he | went over to England at the begin- { ning of the war, it was not to collect laurels for his Valcartier Camp per- formance--plenty of laurels can be got at home--but to get eertain sanc tions from the British War Office, of | whieh the New York Purchasing { Committee was one. The commit- | tee, so far as the Major-General's |-statement goes, WAS appointed on his | nomination. The Major-General is | like that. You think he is wholly concerned with glory but he is not overlooking the practical "things of life. Like Pooh Bab in the Mikado | his bfain it teems with endless sch- | emes both good and new for Titipu, Even his Stenographer is infected and whén he traverses the battle ter- 'rain, a year before the war, in com | pany with: that lady the armored ( shovel blossoms in her mind and | bears fruit in an order for twenty- five thousand of which only six hun- dred are beéing used at the front be- { cause the British War Office has an | unaccountable prejudice against them. However, the shovels have [been paid for and that's the main | thing. Being strategically located in the United- States the New York Pur chasing Committee does not come within the bounds of Sir Charles Davidson's inquiry. No information is available nearer than the British War Office with whom, so the Major General stated, the correspondence is confidential. So far as.prodicing the documents in the Canadian Par liament--so the Major-General told Dr. Pugsfey--he couldn't if he would jand he wouldn't if he could. And fehere the matter stands. However the British Government is waking up and is sending a special commisgion- er, D. Rk. ihomas, over to ask what about it. The fault seems to be that the New York Purchasing Com mittee is doing its work too well--ijt is a perfect hog for contracts. The story runs that the recent Russian reverses in Galicia are due to a con tract with the committee, the Ameri- can factories being glutted and not able to turn out the ammunition en time. Among other things Mr. Thomas will inquire why Canadian factories are starved for orders while American factories { have 'more than they ean do. It is {not likely that Finance Minister White's explanation will be accepted as covering the whole case. H. F. G¥ As for Pe trary erie rs tte coma Trained On Trellis, The head of a big New York busi ness concern is exceptionally tall anc his height is still further accentu [ ated. by his exceeding slimness The other day a visitor from the | south called to see him and was duly | asked to sit down. {- After they had concluded thei: | business the visitor rose to go anc {his host rote also, and seemed t« rice and rise. The Southerner, let ting his glance travel upward, a: though inspecting a new species o | Skyscraper. and with an expressio: of awed admiration, ejected: "Great Seolt, old man, your perents must have trained you on a trellis!' . ---- i i A Military Compliment.' During the South Africagy war an order was issued to the men of the Highland regiments that they mus: cover up their tartan kilts, ag they made good targets for the nemy. The order proved very unpopular, and caused a great deal of dissatis faction among the soldiers concern. ed. When Sir George White heard -bis he thought of a way out of the dithiculty. "Let them cover up only the front of their kilts," he sald." "The en- emy will never soe the other side." ~~London Answers. ooking On The Bright Side. ae ehear, that Trottinghan's wite fortunately you have been cor- ment of "acqualutafice BEIween mon [ whe had not seem each other | red as the result of a fittle picture | of a yacht published in a well-known | trade. publication. | Mr. J. J. Turner, Sr., of Peterboro, { Ont., who makes everything Ia the | way of canvas. FRIENDSHIP REVIVED, Strange Story of Communication 37 ter Many Years, An instance of the re establish for nearly half a century recently occur | One of.the best knowpn of Ontario manufacturers is Last Jauvary he saw a picture of a yacht named the "Niobe," which it was. s'a'ed was owned by. Mr. D. McTaggart, of Brigbane, Australla. The description added that the pieitre had been taken in Moreton Bay on the Bris- bane River. The beautiful suit of sails depicted aroused the expert en- thusiasm 6f M¥, Turper, who wrote to the owner, MF. McTaggart, to compliment him on h's oWifit. At the same time he informed hini that th. picture ' revived memories of Moreton Bey, which he bad not seen gifiee he was there as a young man 42 yéars ago, when he went out from the motherland to Australia on the ship Ramsay ih 1868. What was his surprise recently to recelvé a letter from Mr. McTaggart in which he said: "Your letter is one of the strangest incidents in my life. You were iiduced to write to me by the picttire of my yacht 'Niobe,' and by the memories it awakened of More- ton Bay, aud the yacht-like sail you had on it in the old Ramsay on Thursday, 21st of January, 1869, after g§ voyage of just under 95 days 'from pilot to pilot." . No doubt you will remember the Jad who used to be a good deal with the Captain, doing writing for him, working out the ship's position, ete., who used to help In arranging thé concerts at which I see by my diary 'the Sail- maker' assisted; who led Father Neptune's party round the deck when crossing the line, making aj noise on the bagpipes; who acted as signalman on - the voyage and especially on the day we sailed up Moreton Bay. Well that lad was Dan McTaggart, now owner of the yacht 'Niobe." Mr. McTaggart goes on in his let- ter to tell how he went out to Queensland te join an uncle en a sheep and eattle raneh in Queens- land, and after many years in the interior had settled in Brisbane as a wool, produce and stock merchant in 1892, where he had met with fair success, "For the fourteen years 1 was in the bush I saw practically nothing of boats, but when I went to Maryborough, Queensland, I took up rowing with some success as | stroked the champion four oar crew of Queensland with success on sev- eral occasions besides winning a 'iumber of races. After coming to Brisbane I took up sailing as a re- creation, but practically did no raec- ing until after I got the 'Niobe' ready two years ago." Mr. McTaggart goes on to telliof the winnings of his yacht and adds, "Strange to say, I had not seen the picture of the boat that induced you to write to me until I received your letter." The yachts- man also expressed regret that Peter- boro, Ont., was so far away that he could not get his sails from his old fellow-passenger on the good ship Ramsay.--Toronto Saturday Night. Not Ready For Death, During the naval debate of 1912 an irate Conservative business mah accosted Andrew Broder, M.P., im in the lobby of the House and ex- claimed, "Why don't you fellows hire sombody to go out and shoot Big Pugslpy, Mike Clark, and a few others s at the country can get along wit business'. "My dear man," replied Mr, Broder, 'please give some thought to what you are saying. Remember, these unfortun- ate men are in no fit state to die." MgeBroder's comments on the &i- vision between free trade and mod- erate protectionist Liberals in the House are still remembered. He illustrated his point with the story of a man in Ireland who wandered into a graveyard, where he came across a gravestone om which ap- peared the words, "Saered to the memory of John Doe, an eminent lawyer and a Christian man." "This is a strange country," commented the visitor. "I see they bury twe men in one grave here." "That," added Mr. Broder, "is the kind of grave we will be having all over this country when these Liberals come to die." Old Comrades Meet Again. Her hold filled with war muni- tions, including 70 motor trucks, the White Star liner Arab.c sailed from New York the other day for Liver- pool. 8. C. Weston, of Victoria, B.C., boarded the ship early with his wife and young son. Placing them in their eabin, he went for a walk on deck, when he almost mped into W. H. Cooper, of San Fraficisco, The men had not seen or héard of each other for twelve years, since they fought side by side against the Boers in South Africa. IN NEW QUARTERS. Canadian Record Office In London Has a Huge Task. The ' ever increasing . army at tue front is responsible Tor wonderful expansion of the Pay ana Records Office in London,' which from its inception yas been in charge of Col."W, II. Ward, of Ottawa, Orig- inally the office wis opened at No 36 Victoria sireéf (~lmost oppormte the High Commissioner's Office), then Ji branched into lhe adjoining building, The different departments! were separated from each other, and both as regards space and conveni- ence this arrangement became un- workable." Col. Ward thea secured the fifth, floor of a. new \uilding known as Millbank House, in Wes minster, near the House of Leo is Thi: was an Improvement inasm wb as the various branches were all w the same level, Now, however, mor * room has been necessary, and an other floor has been taken. recent heavy casualties have cauged the office to be simply inun- dated with enquiries by cable, tcle- gram, letter, and In person. On the top floor just opened there is a spe- el-! enquiry department usder Capt. Houston, where many an amxious vigitor gets news of relatives at the frofit. In the Inner room there is a corps of men going through official liste from the War Office compiled from hospital returns. From these al Canadian names are 'extracted, though in other cages the informa- tion reaches the pay office direct. A very active section is the Pay Office, where Jn an average pay- ments are made out to about.300 men per day, sometimes by mailed cheque, but more often in cash. Then there is the work: of handing over Assigned payments fo wives and othér dependents. ' The office also holds the men who keep the réeords of each battalion When the first contifgent was on Salisbury Plain thesé mem were with their respective batialions, but could not accompany them to the front Most of the employes in the Reenrds Office aré wearing uniform, and he few who are not are past mililay age. A number of women and gv} are employed as typists and popyist<. Some of the men new f(hrre were limping, or showed other signe. of having been incapacitated, and t eir faces were familiar as having buen seen elther at the Queen's Hospita Shorncliffe, or at the Duchess cof Connaught Hospital, Cliveden. The policy followed is to, as far as pos- sible, release able-bodied men and use the crippled ones. A letter appeared in a London paper recently 'complaining fbat the writer had sought information about his son' at the Record Office, that they could not give him ary, but that he received a letter poste! at the request of his son, who was in a French Hospital. © The writer sug- gested that nurses should be eém powered to déspatch a card for each patient. Col. Ward peinted out thal the fact that this father was fortun- ate enough to receive direet news of his son in no way reflected upon the methods of the Record Office. It' was very often owing to laxity on the part of the heads of small, isolated hospitals in regard to sending in re- turns that the Record Office wad? Jo! in a position to give news. Further, official routine, though it generally meant greater accuracy, also ipvoly ed a little-more time. As to the sug- gestion that nurses should send out cards, that would cast a still greater burden on women who were already standing great strain and press. cre. The Record Office has received vis- its from both War Office and Admis alty representatives recently, both of whom passed most fayorable com ments upon the organization, . : Canada's Foreign Trade. During the month 'of January 1914, the Dominion imported irom other parts of the British Empire goods to the value of $9,502,046 Of this amount the principal coun- tries of origin and the, amount of their respective contributions were in order of importance, as follows: United Kingdom, ,$6,692,665; Brit: ish East Indies, $917,851; Bfitish Guiana, $619,331; , New Zealand, $438,380, and Fiji, $387,843. During the same month the im-| couatries | ports - from all foreign amounted to $21,435,685, and the relative order of importance by countries of origin was: United States, $19,143,132; France, $492, 185; Switzerland, $451,711; Cuba, $261,000; Japan, $245,706, and Bra- | sil, 112,911, The exports from Canada to Brit- ish countries during January amounted to $14,923,298, the prin- cipal countries of destination being as follows: United Kingdom, §$12,- 845,416; New Zealand, $722,844; British West Indies, $362,158; Brit- ish West Africa, $267,077,and New- foundiand, $251,526. i To all foreign countries the amount exported was $15,907,039; divided among the prineipal coun- tries as follows: United States, $13, 280, 421; France, $1,526,297; gium, $361,355; Netherlands, $139, 636; Cuba, $117,276 and Brasil, $73,274. 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