Daily British Whig (1850), 24 Jun 1916, p. 10

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ON DOMINION DAY. Whether you remain at home or leave for a visit ya'll feel more at ease if you are well dres- sed. No matter if you get a new suit and some articles of furnishings for Dominion Day wear, they will be with vou after the day is gone, and besides you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that you looked your best. A few timely suggestions: "Suits, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00. Hats--the very latest shapes. Shirts--Handsome new designs, attached cuffs., and soft turn back cuffs, Neckwear of special beauty and elegance. ® ® » Livingston's, A little out of Taek She nt pay you to walk Ili OO Special To-Night - THE DAILY BRITISH pce ais --- -- : -- At the Grand, On Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day of next week a well selected programme of vaudeville and piet- ures has been provided for by the management of the Grand Opera House. The programme includes al two-reel Universal photoplay, a comedy picture, and the famous] Paramount Topical Budget showing: interesting scenes of the war. The feature picture for the three days is "The Race," featuring two well! known stars, Victor Moore and Anita King. This thrilling comedy drama is founded on Miss King's #ecent transconti al automobile trip, which sie made alone. The vaude- ville wil] include Goodall and Den- ton iu a comedy singing and dancing | number entirely different from any- thing seen this season at the Grand. Another good vaudeville act is also |and Lana Major E. J. Watt and Capt. Me- Crosty, respectively, officer command- ing and adjutant of the 240th Perth ) Battalion, were in the city on Friday and Saturday in con jerence with paicadquarters SHicers. e p ing made b; al SE dio, ae Ty most all of launching o have been the arrangements for the f an immense campaign completed. This battalion will have in its ranks, according to hints by its officers, some of the best business leaders in that district. Al- ready a number have come forward to offer their services and have been en- listed as privates. Only men who show: their military ability to com- mand, will be granted promotions and every man will have an equal chance. booked, making one of the best bills yet offered to Kingston theatre goers. | At the Strand, "Bullets and Brown Eyes," the new Ince-Triangle play, which comes | to the Strand Theatre the first three! days of next week, is full of daring | deeds and romance, as i name | | might imply. Miss Bessie Barris-| cale, who will-be remembered by | hundreds for her clever work in "The Golden Claw" and "The Green| Swamp," and who came into promin- | ence theatrically as star in the two | notable productions of the stage, | "The Rose of the Rancho" and "The | Bird of Paradise," has unusual op- | portunities to display her beauty and | harming ability in this romantic! production. Playing opposite her is | William Desmond, the well-known Broadway leading man. Great battle scenes are shown in "Bullets and Brown Eyes," which for their realism might be thought to have been taken on the battlefields of Europe. 'One thousand people are employed in the cast, and the story is one of thrills | and sensational feats from start to finish. A two-act Keystone comedy, Wife and Ant's Trouble, and other | 800d photo plays will also be shown. | Lake Ontario Park. The management of Lake Ontario Park has secured a first-class bill for Monday evening and the first three! days of the week. The vaudeville will include "Conrigan's Performing Goats," a good, snappy comedy act, working without the use of whip or driving of any kind, a troupe of ani- mals that begin where others leave off; Dan E. Glency, comedian, in a sensational acrobatic act. There will be 3,000 feet of new moving pictures. Two entertainments will be given, the first at 7.30 and the second at 9 o'clock. Admission is free to the park by the cars. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES | OF COUNTY COUNCIL. | (Continued from Page 9) | These recommendations of the Fin- | ance Committee were adopted: That the County grant to the Canadian | Patriotic Fund from July 1st to No- | vember 30th be at the rate of $2,000 | a month; that $25 be paid American Consul Johnson for comforts for Can- | adian prisoners in Germany. { On motion of Councillors McKnight and Coulter the Council decided to memorialize the Department of Mili- tia and Defence to allow the 146th Battalion to remain at Barriefield - camp for training until such time as it shall be ready to proceed overseas. At the concluding session on Sat- urday morning, . Councillor Kennedy protested against Hinchinbrook being | given a grant to repair its portion of | a road running through both Bedford | and Hinchinbrook. | G. Ferguson won from W. C. C Only the adjutant and quartermaster of the battalion have as yet been ap- pointed. A phenomenal, as al-; |i Joseph Stanton has enlisted in the 109th Battalion, . An advance party of eight N.C.0's. | and 92 men will leave for Valcartier via CN.R. at 2.45 p.m, Saturday from the 139th Battalion, under Capt. A. A. Clark and Capt. C. W. West. Lient, C. Crozier will also accompany the party. | { The 109th Battalion band has re- | turned from Lindsay, and splendid | music will once more be heard on | the battalion camp grounds from this | band. | BOWLING GAMES | ON FRIDAY NIGHT. | W. G. Ferguson, J. W. Corbett, J. Jamieson and A. Turcott Were the Winners. are attempting to catch up on their schedule for the | games that were missed through | rain. Consequently Friday night] there were four games played. . | rozier | by 19-10, and J. W. Corbett from Dr. | Buchanan by 20-11, In the other | two A. Turcott won from Smith by 17-12, and J. Jamieson from H. W. | Newman by 15-13." The teams: { W. Linton, Geo. Vanhorn, L. Sleeth, W. C. Crozier, skip. | W. King, A. Hatch, R. H. Steven-| son, W. G. Ferguson, skip. | The bowlers H. F. Price, Dr. Knapp, M. Mana- | han, J. W. Corbett, skip. | J. W, Power, J. C. Gwilliam, W. B, MacKay, Dr. D. Buchanan, skip. R. R. Creighton, W. M. Baillie, J. | | E. Singleton, C. F. Smith, skip. J. Mortimer, William Moore, J. J. | Baker, Alfred Turcott, skip, ! Mr. McDougall, V. Bryant, H. D. Bibby, J. Jamieson, skip. J. Farrar, W. D. Dyde, Prof. Day, H. W. Newman, skip. LIEUT. C. CROZIER ROSE FROM RANKS. Incapacitated For Further Ser- vice at Front, He Is Now At- tached to 139th. Lieut. C. Crozier, who is attached to the 139th Battalion on instruction- al duty, was at the front with the 14th Battalion, and is assisting by his advice in the work of making the 139th one of the best battalions in the C. BE. F Lieut. Crozier enlisted with the first contingent as a private, ability came up Until 9.30, for the sale of NEW BLOUSE WAISTS NEW REPP SKIRTS NEW PIQUE SKIRTS NEW SILK HOSIERY NEW THREAD AND ( N HOSIERY NEW GLOVES Sritish lace enrtain manufae- has We have just received from a I turer his sett of curtains and nett samples, as their season closed . These we will offer on Monday at a decided bargain. 600 Fine Curtain Nets, Madras Nets and Lace Curtain Samples "9 Ranging from 1 vard to 1 1- vards long, and 30 inches to 45 inches avidel suitable for small windows and doors and transoms. These we have divided into two lots and will sell them as follows. He claimed that | and through sheer the Bedford portion should also be re | through the ranks. He wasiwound- Black Chiffon Taffeta Silk 90 yards only extra fine Black-Taffeta Silk Chiffon finish, full vard wide. Best French dye, this season's most popular silk for suits and dressds. Good value at $1.50 a vard. Special tonight for$1.19 a yard. Children's Ribbed Cotton Stockings 40 dozen Heavy Cotton Stockings, fine rib- bed for bovs and girls; just the thing for holiday wear; perfectly fast in color, all sizes from 6 inch to 10 inch. Worth 25¢. a pair. Tonight for 18¢ a pair or 3 pairs for 50c, 200 Pairs Fine Lisle ~~ Thread Stockings In black and white, seamless fret, deep gar- ter top, reinforced heels and toes, sizes 8 1-2 to 10. Regular 35¢ quality. : Tonight for 25¢ a pair. paired. Councillor Munro, chairman of the Roads and Bridges Committee, said that grants had been made only where absolutely necessary. Other town- ship applications for road grants had to be refused. . A motion was finally passed to give a grant -of $50 to Bedford for the Mast road and one of $50 to Wolfe Island to help in repairing wharves that had been flooded The Council adjourned until the fourth Tuesday in November. DUTIES OF SIGNALLERS. Robert Johnston Tells of Their Work at Front. > Napanee, June 23.--Robert Johns- ton, who is dt the front with Canadian signallers, in writing to this mother, Mrs. W. B. Johnston, Nap- anee, gives some idea of the duties Of himselt and comrades. He writes in part ag follows: "In battle we have to be under two | different fires, repairing and finding trouble in the lines, so as Keep the higher offices of command in com- munication with the happenings in and around the front line, and also for the good and welfare of our boys, who are holding the line. If it was not for communication they might all be wiped out of existence. | our work So you will ynderstand clearly in having to keep up com- munications. You may think, be- Cause it is a telephone line, that is so small it would escape being hit. But] I may say that they do not fire to hit them, aithough they do get them direct at times, but there are so many shells fired, and again concus- sion breaks them, but high explosive shrapnel breaks the most of them. Also the shrapnel falling from shells that are fired at aeroplanes. The lines are all laid on the surface of the earth, and the infantry trip over them and break them very otten. We cannot wait if our communication bas been broken until darkness to repair it, although we have many lines. But we"have to go crawling out over the line on our stomach un- til we find the trouble. If we delay its repairs, chances are the others will get broken and then we are out a Of communication, with some parts of our front. We do not have so many casualties as the men in the front line, but as regards the strength of signal units we get our share of casualties. They are mest generally killed when we have any." Film Packs at Gibson's. the | [ed in the leg, and still has the billet | that did the damage. Though desir- {ous of going back into the game, it is i very unlikely that he will be able to | proceed to France. Teachers for Renfrew. { | Renfrew, June 24. --F J. McDon- | | ald, Weston, specialist in mathema- | tics; W. D. Hay, Winchester, science | specialist, and James Cameron, Sim- coe, junior teacher, have been engag- ed to fill vacancies on the staff of the Renfrew Collegiate Institute. For { the position of Principal of the Mo- | del School there were received about | twenty applications, and two of these, as being the best, will be submitted to the Education Department to be passed upon. $2--Watertown and Return--$2. Tickets good going any Saturday | or Sunday per SS. America to return | Monday. Leaves 7 a.m. and 2.15 p.m. ---------- No word has 'as yet been heard of | little Helen McKenna, who disappear- {ed on May 16th from her father's re- {sidence in the township of Marlber- ough. The child has not been heard | of since 11 a.m. of the 16th, although a thorough search has been made in | the neighborhopd. Police Magistrate W. M. Horsey and Mrs. Horsey, Bowmanville, cele- | brated the 61st anniversary of their | wedding day on Wednesday, June {14. On the same day Mrs. Horsey celebrated her eighty~third birthday. The men employed by the corpora- tion on the Alma avenue sewer, Na- panee, struck for higher wages on Monday. The men were getting $2 per day, and wanted $2.25. The council laid off the bunch, The Provincial Secretary's Depart- ment will establish at Cobourg a hos-, pital for the treatment of mental and shock cases among returied soldiers. CATARRH LEADS TO CONSUMPTION Catarrh is ae much a blood 300 at 9c a Piece J00 at 1215 c a Piece These range in value from 25¢ up to Tse apiece. l continues all day. for these. Sale commences at 10 o'clock and No telephone orders accepted | Week End Special for 'Women 3 a special offer for Saturday . of Women's Pat. Pumps ° : We are making with colored tops. These shoes are made on smart lasts and good fitters. Regular price $4.00. Price To Clear $2.38 Th: Lockett Shoe Store. ~ iA,

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