Ey EER Fun» 223 TB gr Wo-- "£5? ENGLISH OFFICERS' LEGGINGS PUTTEES, SPURS AND STRAPS RIDING CROPS AND WHIPS WHISTLE CORDS, MIRRORS, WHISTLES, BUTTONS, BUTTON STICKS AND POLISH EVER READY FLASHLIGHTS. BATTERIES FOR ALL SIZES OF FLASHLIGHTS «~~ COME IN OR SEND YOUR FRIENDS TQ. 5 Treadgold Sporting Goods Co. "KITCHENER" Is the name of the new Electric Iron made by the Canadian General Electric Co. Under the new power rates, it will cost only 2 1-2 cents per hour to operate this Iron. --FOR SALE AT--- Halliday's Electric Shop; Ma 345 King Street ~ Phone "A Year! Why" run downstairs "when the telephone rings? Why not have an extension telephone upstairs, connected with your main instrument 'below, and then whether you are upstairs or down when the bell rings you can answer with- out useless effort. It will cost you less than three cents a day. Walking upstairs takes eleven times the effort required to walk on the level. Avoid it! * Boery Bell Telephone is a Long Distance Station.' The Bell Telephone | - " *y IN THE HEART OF KINGSTON © Day, Night, 24 Hour and Winter Storage Automobile Repairs, Machani 2 Limited ES Esti Given; > \ tions; Valuations. = Chauffeurs Supplied. SECOND- CARS ' BOUGHT AND SOLD. "210-214 WELLINGTON STREET. 454. : KINGSTON. N i ls. | Tables, all styles and finishes--best assortment. - ~ Side Tables and Invalid Tables. '(Continued from page More definite instructions as to the re-organization of the Schools of In- fantry Instruction have been issued. At the close of the present course at the Provisional School of Infantry about 20th March, an Infantry School of Instruction for members of the expeditionary force will be com- menced, with a view to providing of- ficers,"" and N.C.0's. Members of whatever rank or service will be per- mitted to attend, provided they are recommended by their commanding officers, and that there is room for them. = The staff ;will consist of a commandant and ag many instruc- tors (officers and N.C.0O's) as circum- 'stances justify. Candidates will join fortnightly. The duration of each' probationer's course will depend on the progress he makes and on the rank for which he seeks to qualify. Boards will assemble for periodi- cal examination. The president and members will be officers of field rank. A probationer will not be al lowed to present himself for exam- ination unless recommended by the commandant, but he may request a special examination if he deems hini- self overlooked. Probationers, what- ever their rank or service, will draw the pay and allowance of a private soldier. If his family is entitled tod receive separation allowance, this will also be drawn. . Probationers will wear a special uniform furnished free of cost ex- cept in specified cases. Officers of the militid'units may be permitted, without expense to the public, to at- tend a school for certificate of quali- fication or for higher rank, but they must previously have certified their willingness to go overseas. A provis- fonal lieutenant who has al ready at- tended a school of instruction and failed to qualify 'will be required to attend for further instruction before being re-examined. Officers of overseas umits may be permitted to attend for senior cour-| ses of igstruction. They will wear | their own uniform, but without rank | badged. In future all appointments. | to commissions in overseas units will be made from already qualified offi- cers or from officers qualifying under these regulations. A probationer will rejoin his aver-! seas unit in the rank which he held) when admitted to a school. Schools at present constituted wip be continued until the expiration the period for which militia officers (provisional or for higher certifica- tes) have been authorized to attend Officers of the militia units (not C.E.F.) may be permitted without expense -to the public to attend a] school for certificate of qualification | or for higher rank should it be con- | sidered advisable by the D.O.C., 3rd] Division, but such officers must pre- | vious have certified their willingness | to go overseas, which certificates is attached toc the back of the applica tion for attendance. These may be permitted to wear their uniform but with*no badges of rank. A provisional lieutenant who has already attended a scheol of instruc- tion and failed to qualify will be re- quired to attend for further instruc- tion-before being re-examined. -% Officers of 'overseas units may be 1 D.O.C., for the permitted to attend for senior cour- Ses of instruction and will be given leave of absence for this purpose. They will while in attendance wear their own uniform but without rank badges and will draw pay and allow- ances as laid down in paragraph 9. In future all appointments to com- missions in overseas unite will be made (1) from already qualifitd of- ficers; (2) from uailfying under paragraph 11 or (3) from in- dividuals who qualify for such a school with which this memorandum deals, To be eligible for admission to a school candidates must belong to ov- erseam units except as provided for in paragraph 12. In making recommendations for admission of probationers to a school it will be stated in each case wheth- er the probationer is a candidate (1) for officérs qualification (specifying grade) or (2) for N.C.O. rank, This will not prevent specially promising officers or N.C.0.'s being permitted fo continue their course with a view to higher qualifications. A probationer will re-join his ov- erseas, units in the rank which he held when being admitted to a school. Officers commanding units must forward applications to the &S.0., for approval on form 35 (b) which may be obtained from the office of | the G.S.0: { 4 W. O. Vrooman has been taken on the strength of the 146th Battalion Lieut.-Col. W. J. Brown, General Staff Officer, returned' on Thursday from Brockville where he conducted the final examinations in the school there. He left on Thursday after- noon for Port Hope. Nine invalided soldiers are at Que- bec and after examination will come to the Convalescent Home here. The contract for building the new barracks at Fort Henry for the mén of the 14th Regiment Guard has been granted to Jorn Peters. Lieut. C. H. McKim, 42nd Regi- ment attending the Provisional School of Infantry, has been recom- mended by Col. T. D. R. Hemming, position as officer commanding a platoon of twenfy- nine cyclists to be raised here for ov- erseas work. The cyclist will be re- cruited here but trained at Toronto. As Lieut. McKim has had extensive experience in motors and cycling work he should be of a great valud in this work. He is a barrister Smith's Falls, at | { Lieut.-Col. C, A. Low, 0.C., 146th Battalion, is of the opinion that there are large numbers of men in the city and district who would enlist | if certain matters that are now a my- stery were made cleir for them. Col. Low or the Whig would be pleased to receive those questions and they wild be answered. | It is published for general iufor- mation that a School of Signalling wil conmence hore on Febraiey oy As in the case of the school recently Three or four of the players com: peting as amatdurs, but on whom the Ottawa Club of the N. H. A. has a string, may be called to the rescue of the pros., who are falling beshiad | at a rate alarming to the manage- | ment... ] Toronto News: The professional hockey league had better make a | few preparations for the future if} they want to keep up their standard | of play. Looking the teams in the | N. H. A. over, one can find the same | veteran players on the roster and the only team that has introduced any new blood is the Torontos. The Ontario Hockey Association's three series should be pretty well cleaned up next week, and the teams in. the finals will likely be playing the week after. The senior series is now down to Kingston Fronten-| acs in the east, Berlin in the west, adn the winners. of the Ango-River- side battle in the centre. The exact age of Honus Wagner is' 42 years. That's not old in the or. dinary professions, in fact, quite a youthful age. But in baseball it is beyond the retiring age, for ithe game calls for the speed and intense vigor of youth, The public will have speed and no laggards. Now Honus has defied old Father Time. His muscles are as flexible as a school- boy's. That eagle eye works in the same old way at field and at bat. And so hess a fixture in baseball. One of the features of the Tiger recruiting or tions will be the rounding up of alk the local athletes, says the Hamilton Herald. Lieut. Harry Fleming is arranging for a canvess of all the ball players, bowl- ers, football players and others ac- tive in sport, and it is felt that in this'way it, will be easy to fill up the ranks. He has uiready been supplied with the names of all the amateur ball players in the city. wd Manager Frank Shaughnessy, of the Ottawa Baseball Club says that baseball players would be a drug on the market this year. The majors and the Interpational have cut sal- aries to such an extent that any man Eptting $200 in the Class count t urged the Canadian League owners to con- sider carefully before deciding to Shaughnessy does not will der himself lucky. On'this ac-| President Fitsgerald drop out for this year. the with] posed Class C Internaticaal the lehigan, Port the. South M > Hamilton and London clubs will ma- terialize. It has been boosted every year and then abandoned. He pre- dicts a banner year for baseball, On account of the application of the Aberdeen hockey club of Ottawa for dates in Boston, Secretary George V. Brown of the Boston A. A made inquiry from the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada as to their stand- ing. He was informed by Secretary Crow that the Canadian Amateur Tlevkey arsocia'ion was recognised body for the 'winter sport, and tha" as the Aberdeens were under su:- pension, they were ineligible for competition where A. A, U. jurisdic- ticn governs. . Following their defeat of Wiarton in the third round of the O. H. A.} intermediate series, Port Colborne have now been matched against Sar- nia "in the fourth round. The first ame wil] take place at Port Col- borne Friday night with the return at-Sarnia Monday night of next week. The Berlin Union Jacks will play at Collingwood on Monday night of next week, instead of Friday of-this week, as formenly arranged. The return game will be at Berlin or London next Wednesday night. A Macon, Ga., despatch says: The baseball season is on. At least the sound of the bal] thudding into tae gloves and the crack of the bat is again known in this section. With the first squad of New Yorx Yankees on the job, the American Lesgucrs limbered up from their trip during the early hours, and Manage» Bill Donovan had the first warming up practice of the scason scheduled for to-day. Long hikes anh funs were on the bill to-day for. the pitch- ers in Donovan's party of early birds. + Though the football season of 1915 was an off one the Hamilton Tiger Club was able to report receipts of $5,833 at the annual meeting. Af- ter donating $100 towards the pur- chase of. a motor truck for the Sportsmen Battery, commanded by Major Gordon balance on hand of $51. It was re- ported that one hundred members and past members had an sympathy to the family of the JIate "Glad" Murphy x Southam, there is a The who will pay $125,000 may a Pet- er Mac. 3 chant all his Lilian R., the dam of Pwer terminated instruction will be.carri- ed on in Grant Hall. The gchool will be conducted by Major D."F. Mun. dell, D.S.0.,, 3rd Division, as com- mandant, and Lieut. J. K. Munsie, 146th Battalion, and Col. Sergt W. 3 Heid, 15th Regiment, as instruc- ors. Ji 'Pte. Ramant, 80th Battalion, bro- ther-in-law of Q.M.S., Boss, 3rd Di- vision, staff. has transferred to the 51st Battery as signalling sergeant. ' The following appointments to the 146th Battalion are annguuced in orders: Lieuts. E. B. Smythe, 14th Regi- | ment; F. L. Whaley, 14th Regiment; F. James, 42nd Regiment; H. 8. Wil- son, 47th Regiment; F. B. Doran, 56th Regiment; W. M. McKenzie, 43rd Regiment. 8. M. Elliott, J. G. Woodhouse, E. A. Dick, F. L. Robinson, V. S. Dick- inson, George Bradley have been ta- ken on the strength of "C" Battery. The Toronto News has the follow- ng: Colonel J. E. de Hertel, 130th Bat talion, Perth, hummed as he passed a dejected-looking individual in the rotunda of the King Edward. "You hum as if you are happy," said the dejected one. "Certainly, I'm in khaki," replied the Colonel. "That's just the trouble with me, I. came from Cobalt to enlist--and was rejected," said the other. Kingstonians are to be given an op portunity on Monday, March 6th of hearing one of the .best bands on the American continent give 'a patriotic concert in the Grand Opera House. This is the band of the 80th Battalion, now stationed at Bel leville, and which was fermerly at Barriefield. The concert should prove one of the real treats of the season. The concert Will "be given under the auspices of the Daughters of'the Empire. The band will be as. sisted by Miss Victoria Stares, of Christ Church Cathedral choir, Ham- ilton. It is under the direction of Lieut. H. A. Stares, Mus. Bae., Trin- ity University, who for the last fif- teen years has been leader of the 91st Highlanders band, of Hamilton, as well as organist and choir leader in Christ Church Cathedral there. When Mr. Stares accepted the lead- ership of the 80th Battalion band, he took with him twenty-five of his for- mer bandsmen, and these he aug- mented with twenty selected musi- cians. About a week ago Capt. E. B. Ar- chibald, the popular Y.M.C.A., offi- cer, was holding a "sing-song" in a tnt not very far from the firing line. During the evening the boys got dis- cussing their biggest difficulties, and one fellow told the captain that his biggest difficulty was in trying to keep from swearing. Some practical minded fellow suggested he "coun: ten before swearing, when a fellow at the back called out: "Aw, g'wan, they Would*(iifik he was trying to work his ticket!" A I NN World of Sport the uniform of the Yanks for the next three years as that is the period his contract is signed for. This is the final step which the owners of the Yankees have taken to bring a winning team to New York. Playing Baker at 4hird will enable manager Donovan to play Maisel either at sec- ond base or in the outfield, The following letter ig self-explan- atory: , London, Feb. 7.--R. Hewtson, Secretary O.-R. F. U., Toronto, Ont. --Dear sir,--I herewith beg to tend- er my resignation as Treasurer of the Ontario Rugby Football Union. ft It is with much regret that I am un: able to fulfil the honor that has been bestowéd upon me. I left Canada to 80 overseas with. a Service Corps Motor Transport within a few hours' notice. Ever since my arrival here I have been laid up in a hospital which has prevented me from writ- ing to you before this. . Hoping the O. R, F. U, has a bigger and bright- er year than ever. 1 remain, yours truly, : W. F. Close, Mr. Close was elected to the office of Treasurer at the annual meeting of the O. R. F. U, in December last. He is connected with the Hamilton Rowing Club. Hugh Gall and "Jim- my" Dolan, who were Secretary and Treasurer, respectively, of the O. R. F. U. last season are also in khaki mow, both with the rank of lieutenant. The former is with the Engineers, while the latter is with the 188th Battalion. : Several times since Peter Mac, a six-year-old trotting ' stallion, ' has shown phenomenal speed, Capt. Da- vid Shaw of Cleveland has been ap- proached by horsemen who admired) the horse, to put a price on the som of Peter, the Great Lillian R. The captain refused bona-fide offers of $35,000 and $60,000 for=the horse and now has put a definite price on the stallion. 1 The buyer of Peter Mac will pay military |: RE re PN TTP LABATT'S STOUT '1 = Fhe very best for use in ill-health and convalescen. _ - == Awarded Medal and Highest Points in America at World's Fair, 1883 Fy ad PURE--SOUND--WHOLESOME = JOHN LABATT, LIMITED, LONDON, CANADA 23 S-U-N-KI-S-T RAISINS . APRICOTS PRUNES PEACHES Insist on "Sunkist" At All Grocers. |Next cary Ends It All This remarkable Sacrifice Sale has broken all store fecords. Hundreds are buying for their spring needs. Everyone seems to understand that prices are really going up. There's no false alarm about it It's now or never at these prices. BOYS' SUITS «+. 8245 'le ¢ 0 Price $1.89 style. with bloomer tL $4 . ¢ Price $1.19 Reg. 50. Sac. Price Te Norfalk pants Sac. 2 assortment of Children's BOYS' BLOOMER PANTS Suits sixes 3 10 1 Years, at Bacri- Reg. $1.25 to $1.75, for :..!% Sde OVERALLS MEN'S BOOTS Patent and Gun Metal, Tan, Button or Lace. Reg. $6--8ac. Price $2.08 Reg. 'rice . 82.48 Reg. $2.50 & $i--Sac, Price $1.48 and MEN'S SUITS Scotch, English Tweeds and Worsteds, made by the best man- ufacturer in ( da Reg. $20--8 Price Reg. $18--8Sac. Price Reg. $15 and $16--Sa Peg, $12--8Sac. Price . "All our Men's and Boys Over- coats to-be sold al one-half the price. vo... B1038 80,38 i LADIES' BOOTS price $7.88 a Patent, Gun Metal or Box Calf, Button or-face - Reg. $56--Sac. Price Reg. $4 & $4.59 Sac. Reg. $2.60 & $3--Sac. Price sasees BROS Price . $2.48 SLAS » MANY TO CHOOSE FROM ---------- Rubbers Rubbers NEW METHOD Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing Neatly done. We. make a special ty of Ladies' Work. M. F. PATTON, Prop. 149 SYDENHAM ST. (Near Prin. eens St.) Phone 214. J RAILWAY \ SYSTEM BT SA oe a L Tor. 5.20 a.m. + « 14lpm, 3.35 am ips sabes 384 pm. s4dpm the biggest sum of money ever ex- harness. horse. present record price is $125,000, which the late J. Malcolm Forbes paid for Amon. But man This is the sum placed on the De han who given the young speed mer- schoolin 8, who record, and who was requ ted by Capt. Shaw to set's price on the PRS Mike MeDevitt, the, trainer, |o ac. [Ott