i Store Your Furs in tlle Reliable Fur Storage, Our Wagon Will Call, 149 to 157 BROCK STREET. In Marine Circles Open Day and Night, Agents for Dodge Bros', Motor Cars. For Breakfast New oy We have the best brands. D. COUPER, Phone 76. 341-3 Princess St. Seal Shipt Oysters. Ce ------ BUILDERS !! Have You Tried GYPSUM WALL PLASTER? It Saves Time P. WALSH. i iiss) For Your Spring WILLIAM ST. -- "Donble A rr San al Tenia FON: $1,300, PLUM ST--New Bungs- low, 4 rooms, B. ind C.; good cellar and lot. $2500 PATRICK ST.--Store and dwelling, B. and Cu furnace, on A ANSUR- one 230 or 621 On account of the heavy wind blowing on Monday afternoon and evening, many steamers due to leave port were compelled to remain in shelter until after the wind dropped. The steamer Toronto went into dry- dock Tuesday morning for painting and minor repairs. The - steamer Corona, which has been undergoing repairs, left the Kingston drydock Monday night. The steamer Aletha was down from Picton Monday afternoon. The schooner J. B. Kitchen, of Co- bourg, is unloading coal at James Swift & Co.'s wharf. The schooner Ford River arrived from Ashtabula. The schooner Oliver Mowat arriv- ed from Erie with coal for Richard- son's elevator. The steamer Jex cleared for wego to load coal. The sloop John Randall cleared for Rideau points. The tug Shanly cleared for Garden Island for a raft, The schooner Maggie L. arrived from Napanee with grain for Richard- son's elevator. M. T. Co.'s elevator--The tugs Em- erson and Bartlett cleared for across the lake on Monday night, but were compelled to seek shelter up the bay on account of the heavy winds, The steamer Thousand Islander will go into the Davis dry dock on Thursday morning as soon as the steam barge Jessie leaves. Neither the Rideau King or Queen, at anchor near the Davis dry dock, will be used this season The Ri- dean Queen was in service last year, but the King was not used. At the present time the Rideau King is par- tially filled with water, Os- | DR. E. H, YOU | For Overseas With London Univer. | sity Stationary Hospital despatch from London, Ont, says: "Dr. Ernest H. Young, assist- | ant superintendent of the London | Asylum for the Insane, has been giv-| en a convmission in the 'Western | University Stationary Hospital being | organized here, and will leave with | it for overseas service. Dr, Young came here in February from Rock- wood Hospital, Kingston, and is | most highly regarded." Mrs. Young will likely return to| Kingston to reside while her hus- | band is on service abroad. | TO LEAVE, A Canadian Casualties. | Killed in action--Wilfrid Smith, | Walter Thompson, Ottawa, Wounded --Driver Belleville; E. H. Mate LE tle; Lieut. J. G. Murray, Charles Doyle, Belleville, Rev ind Mrs. are at-Wolfe Island, take up residence Mr. Henderson will have charge of the Methodist Church until other arrangements are | made hy the Conference. It is hinted that either Canon Beamish, Belleville, or Rural Dean Armstrong, Trenton, will succeed to the Archdeaconcy of Ontario. It is also possible that Canon Forneri may be advanced. Miss Katharine Hart is to sing at the "CO" Battery cabaret on Wednes- | day night. McKenna, | Newcas- Belleville; William Henderson where they will INDIVIDUAL EYE CARE. RANI A -- No two persons' eyes are exact- Iy alike. Glasses tha one person's vision will probably + injure another's. Each eye must be examined separately, We prescribe glasses only after the most careful ex- amination with 'scientific lnstru~ Exery eyes as. mude for any evening, ? Phone 1019 Kingston's Exclusive Opilclan' GOLDEN LION GROCERY Fancy Clover Honey In one pound sections, 26¢ each. « Fresh California Prunes, nice and juicy, 10¢, 12 1-2c, 15¢. 1b. Evaporated Peaches, 2 lbs, for 25¢. Tk Svaporated Apricots, 15¢ Sweet Cider, 40c per gal. W. R McRae & Co | tensive plan at this time. |'versity THE DAILY BRITISH wins, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1916. ~~ (ROAD PAVING SCHEME ADOPTED BY THE © ory COUNCIL ~ MONDAY NIGHT. The Blocks Selected Are Scattered But Form Part of a Plan--Road. Plant to Be Kept Busy. A roud-paving sclieme embracing about thirty-five blocks was adopted by the City Council on Monday night when the following recommendations of the Board of Works were passed! by a vote of 12 to 4: That a sheet asphalt pavement on a four-inch concrete base be con- structed in the following streets: Barrie, Princess to York. Clergy, Barrie to Johnson. Earl, King to Bagot. Gore, King to Bagot, King, West to Barrie. Stuart, Barrie to Albert, L. Union, King to Bagot. West, Wellington to Earl. Earl, Barrie to Albert. Park Avenue, Barrie to Union, Sydenham, West to Johnson. That a construction by-law under | the local Improvement Act recommended by the City Engineer. There wad some opposition to adopting such an extensive "scheme this year but most of the Aldermen | favored getting down to paving as soon as possible and kéeping city's new plant busy. Underground Work Retards, Ald. Gardiner wanted to know why Bagot from West to Brock was not included. Ald. Kent asked other blocks not being covered Ald. of Works could only recommend the blocks in which the underground work had been done by the Utilities | Commission. .. Those were ready for paving, Ald. paving would be done ing to lack of men, that the clause be referred back the Board of Works. Ald. seconded the resolution. Ald, Corbett held that the north side of the city should be given more attention. Montreal street, for stance, should be paved, Ald. Peters explained that parts of Montreal street could not be paved for some derground work had to be done that roadway. On others the debentures to meet the €ost of ma cadamizing had not been yet paid off. Ald. Laturney stated that Ward was putting up more houses than any other ward, and should re ceive attention. Frontenac street residents petitioned for a pavement Why was it not granted? The recommended this year ow- and he moved in in | of Works' Chairman's answer to Ald was | Laturney was that an endeavor being made to work gradually to the outer districts Ald. Polson's view was that Board of Works was best 'able judge what work should be done, thought recommendationy pressed good judgment, and he vocated backing up the Board the to its ex ad and { making a good start at civic paving. Ald. Litton said that Frontenac| | street was ready for paving, and Ald. | Peters remarked that he would add | | it to the list. Ald. Wright pointed out that the city now had a paving plant and it was up to the City Council to see that it was used. commended by the Board of Works should be adopted. Ald. Nickle to see Lhe paving rather than have with debt at this time The people were being asked to economize, and paving being a luxury, Ald, favored pavement, but not on an ex- One street Ald, Nickle objected to paving was Park avenue, which road was good | for four years and if rebuilt the cost | would all have to be paid by the olty. He was willing to pave Uni- avenue this year but no plant the lying idle mare, The Board of Works' scheme was| | adopted on a vote of 12 to 4, being Alds. Kent and Nickle those opposed Chown, Tenders For Road Oil. This recommendation of the Board | of Works was also adopted: That tenders be called for oil for | oiling the streets mentioned in the by-laws of this corporation, tender- ers to submit chemical analysis of the material they propose to furnish, said material to comply with the Lo- cal Improvement Act, and must not injure material which has been form- erly used on said streets, tenders to furnish a bond, guaranteeing that they will comply with the above, Pushing the Work Now. In order to obviate the necessity of the students at the summer medi- cal session of Queen's University working very hard in the hot months of July and August a new plan has been adopted. Work is being push- ed ahead now at a very fast rate so that in midsummer the work may be relaxed and still the same am- ount will be covered. It is very dis- agreeable to dissecting and other branches of medical work in the hot weather, Portsmouth Council. Aspecial meeting of the Ports- mouth Council was held on Monday evening. All the members were present except Councillor Marks. The assessor presented his roll for 1916 which showed a small increase over last year. Very little business was done beyond the passing of a few accounts. It was decided that the Court of Revision would be held on the first Monday in June. Send to Rockwood Hospital. Henry Pollex, a German who has been on remand in jail for the past few weeks, has been examined by the doctors and prondunced insane and dangerous to be at large. He was taken to Rockwood. It will bei re- membered that Pollex went out of his mind about a month ago. While confined to the cells at the police sta- tion he thought that people were go- ing to kill him. Canon W. F. FitzGerald is attend- ing the Frontenac Rural Deanery Golden Lion Grocery meeting at Sydenham. be | passed for said work, having been| the | about | Peters replied that the Board | Kent remarked that very little | to | Nickle | time as a great deal of un-| de-| Rideau | Board | He | The layput re-| said he would prefer | city burdened | Nickleq Clugston, | BOYS AT FRONT. : The British "Whig is setting 3 4 aside a column for the exclusive 4 use of its readers who may have + received letters from friends at + 4 the front or in England. Care # # will be taken, for censorship # reasons, that these extracts do + + not contain the mention of any # unit, casualty or the location of # the unit. The person sending the letter in should be careful + that the name of the writer is + given. If requested, letters % will be returned promptly to the + sender. Most any letter from |#% the front has something in it |% which is of interest to Cana- + dians, even though it be only the | # reference to some remark sung 3 out between trenches to "Fritz." Terrrrerrerietrenrebened PIECE OF THE CROSS OF HER SON'S GRY GRAVE REACHES MRS. J. MURRAY, | : 3 *! +i + + + PAB EEE LD | Who Also Hears From Her Son, Pte. Samuel Murray, a Prisoner-of-War| in Germany. Mrs. J. Murray, | has just received a piece of the cross| | off the grave of her son, the late Gun-! { ner. Frederick Murray, formerly of {the 5th Field Bdtiery. The piece of | the cross was sent to her by her son {in-law, Sergt. E. J. Dainard, 6th Ma- chine Gun Section, who left here with ithe §th C. M. R. Pte.- Samuel Murray, loverseas with the who \ went! 2nd Battalion, but | was taken prisoner by the Germans on April 24th, 1915, writing to his| mother, says: "Just a post-card to let| vou know that 1 am getting on fine. I] have had a poisoned foot, but it is) | getting better. We are getting | good weather here just now. 1 have | never heard from Lieut.-Col. Dawson | {or afiVbody in Kingston." | Writes of Trip From Cairo Mrs, P A. Haffner, © Johnson street, has received a letter fron her son Pte. Allan Haffner, with No 7. General Hospital (Queen's) at | Treport, France, which describes the trip of the hospital staff from Cairo, Egypt. The trip was made by boat direct to Secuthampton where they arrived on April 22nd in a pouring rain, the first they had experienced | since leaving Canada. Here supplies were taken on and without anyone etting off the boat the trip to Havre made. A ten-hour train run the corps to its present lo {| was brought | cation, OK "cou RSE. PROFE SSORS Tp Secured "Certificates Queen's O. T. C, There were a number of profess-| | ors who took advantage of the] course of military instruction offer-| ed in the Canadian Officers' Train- ing Corps course held at Queen's { University during the winter months. A number of these received certi- ficates, The work was very en-| | couraging and much interest | pd throughout the course. | cip¥ine of the corps was pe fect and the work taken up was| | largely the same as that of the for 8S. L | And { mer P. More Donations Needed, American Consul announced | morning that unless do made immediately to ths { prisoners-of war fund for the Can- { adians in Germany there will be & | shortage in the number of par { ana the amount of goods in ¢ partel. This month has been excep- | tionally low in the number and] | quantity subseriptions™ of either | | money or articles for the boys in the| Ge rman faderland. i The | on Tuesday nations are of Received dW hig Tobacco. J. R, Laidlaw, Division street, is in| receipt of a post card from a mem | ber of the 21st Battalion who receiv- | { ed his donation of tobacco which was sent through the British Whig Tobaes | co Fund, Lawrence Uglow, of 'the i of Minnesota reached home i to ay on a v 1 | NEWEST STYLES IN SILK HATS We have just receiv: ed from the manufae- turer a shipment of the newest Silk Hats. Every well dressed man should have a Silk Hat -- of the correct style. $5.00 and $6.00. GEORGE MILLS &CO. Importers of Fine Hats. 126 and 128 Princess St. From | $ was | | vod Li Univer | it is believed that Following the beautiful custom of former years, Mother? 3 Day will be commemorated on Sund: We have a very beautiful selection of Mother ( for this oecasion by the Gibson Art ( O., Now is the time t iV next, 2 'ards made up especially and priced from 5c to 25e. » make your selection. The College Book Store 160-162 PRINCESS ST. 100 Bagot street, | duced prices. get a snap. In Misses' and Ladies' Suits All this season's best styles, at greatly re- If your DROP IN AND SEE THEM. White and Cream | Corduroy Received To-day. OPEN NIGHTS. PHONE 919. Sterling Silver Pieces Of Exquisite Design 'FOR BRIDAL GIFTS' Our cases present suggestions nost without end, for Wedding , ranging fT the Ianrger and Fruit Howis te onfection Scoups," aad All designs are Smith Bros. JEWELLERS, OPTICIANS, Issners of Marriage Licenses, size is in the lot vou'll " Gourdier' $ Newman THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE. § Shaw, | Nes ) On Alwington Avenue, Lot ] T0x180, with Garage, CLOSING OF MAILS British larly 0. mail closes Information posted Lobby from time 1 United daily Grand < east Grand west Do. (including W States) . . Grand Trunk west of city C. P. R, 10.16 a.m. C. N. R. irregu- at bP. to time. States, 1245 p.m Trunk, and al OFFER FOR CONTROL OF STEAMSHIP LINE. A. B. Mackay, Hamilton and Chicago Financier, Report- ed in the Deal. It is understood in Montreal that an offer has been made for a control- ling interest in the shares of the Montreal Transportation Company, but officials of the latter company decline to discuss the matter further than to say that such negotiations as there have been have uot resuited in anything definite. The offer is understood to have been made about ten days ago, those Bain to secure control being A. ckay, Hamilton, and a Chicago nancier. If the deal goes through the Nova Scotia Steel Company will hold the balance of the stock. Mr. Mackay is said to be willing to invest $500,000. Hithefto the com- pany has been a close corporation with the control in a few hands. Bartlett McLennan, now at the front, is president of the company, and Farqubar Robertson, vice-president, is in active charge at present. Evi- dently there has been no agreement on terms as yet, -------- There is also a report current that a syhdicate consisting of A. B. Mac- kay, Hamilton, the president of a bank with headquarters in Montreal, Mr. Webster, of the Canada Import- ing Company, Montreal, and the Nor- ris Grain Company, Chieago, have secured the entire property of ths Montreal Transportation Company for about $2,000,000. For $3,000 Immediate Possession. Furniture Storage Space Limited. preece: BUILDERS SUPPLIES w-oag t FREE NOVELTY POSTAL SCALE Weighs up to eight ounces. Contains useful postal information. make -a- Specialty of Fire Insurance. E. W. Mullin & Son All Kinds of Real Estate. Cor. Johnson and Division Sts. Real Estate Broker. Phones 539 1456. Fresh Garden Rhubarb | Green Onions, Lettuce, Radish, Celery, Choice Ripe Tomatoes, Fresh Eggs, Fresh Dairy Butter. [We Saves many a stamp. Call and secure one. Out of town customers en- close 2¢ stamp to covly postage. S. Anglin & Co. Woodworking Factory. Lumber Yards, Bay and Wellington Sts. hone Factory Phone 1413, weeslumber, Coal and W Garden Tools When you plant your garden, good tools help you both in hecho and the success of the work. Come in here to-day and have a look around this store--we have all the latest garden tools at the right pric- es, A 5 Room Cottage, B. &C,, good cellar, easy hi land, $5,000--There i 10,000 worth of timber on this lot, also good buildings. RL and Hoirig Mais farm and 100 acres $4.750--Good good buildings; easy terms, W. H. GODWIN & 80M Here are a fow: nearly new,