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is | Premier h navy, to use the words | her occupation of territory in Europe until the peace terms enunciated by | Aaquith. re, tolfilled. to he Ina word, Germany may continue of this news--an official | but the might of England's sea power Government circles--will here- | will be steadfastly exerted, and there constitute itself an army of ation of the high seas, both dur- after the war. Germany may and occupy countries and exact is every reason for stating that the highest authorities believe it will be a decisive factor in the world struggle that is now being fought, : 'SERB ARMY NOT IN DISTRESS % IT IS OFFICIALLY STATED 'Situation Relieved Through the Prompt Action of A despatch from London says: The interest in the fate of Serbia's refugee army was shown by the question ask- @d in the House of Commons on Thursday "whether a considerable part of the Serbian army is in dis- tress at Scutari after having suffered great privations in the retreat through the mountains, and whether his Majesty's Government will offer the Serbian army some suitable local- ity in the Mediterranean area where the men may rest and recuperate?" "In reply Lord Robert Cecil, Under- TO LOWER THE DEATH RATE. Provincial Board of Health Will Give | Eastern Ontario Association Conven- : Serums Free. In "connection with the decision of the' Ontario Government to supply 'thirty-ninth annual convention of the of Eastern Ontario Dairymen's Associa- disease-fighting serums free th: Entente Powers ® Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that there was a considerable body of the Serbian army at Scutari, where at first' the men had been in great dis- tress. But the situation, he added, had now been largely relieved. The Entente allies, the Secietary said, had considered the matter raised in the latter part of the question, but he was unwilling to make any announcement concerning it. Telegrams from Athens say that the number of Serbian refugees in Greek territory are now 40,000, of whom 6,000 are at Saloniea. including the Persia and the sidered impregnable. coast. GEN. HAMILTON ISSUES REPORT THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY. tion at Renfrew. A despatch from Renfrew says: The charge Dr.' John McCullough, chief tion opened here on Wednesday, the officer of health for the province, has | President, Mr. J. A. Sanderson of Ox- issued the following statement: -- ford Station, in the chair, # ¢The Provincial Board of Health| The past year Mr. Sanderson term- : pleasure in announcing that on|ed a record one in all branches of the and after February 1st, 1916, the pub- | dairying industry, this being especial- lie wil be supplied, free of charge, ly true of the cheese business. A rough local boards of health" and ieener interest than ever before has "medical officers of health with the been shown by all concerned in dis- various biological products listed be- | trict dairy meetings, herd improve ow. Hospitals and physicians will be | ment work, the work of the district re- lied direct only when they can- | presentatives and the annual factory obtain the products from the local |meetings. The comparison carried on 'd of Health. during the season . between sound, Smallpox vaccine, in capillary well-cooled milk and ordinary milk was bound to prodace the best re- sults. In the output of dairy products, as lo Diphtheria antitoxin, in vials. Tetanus antitoxin, in vials. Could Have Won Out on Gallipoli Peninsula With Reinforce- ments. A despatch from LoSion pays: Gén. Ian Hamilton's report on the British operations on the Gallipoli Peninsula, which was submitted to Field Mar- shal Earl Kitchener, carries the story of the Dardanelles. operations up to mid-October, when he relinquished his command. Gen. Hamilton strongly opposed the abandonment of any of the bases held by the British troops. A synopsis of the report is as fol- lows :-- Anti-meningitis serum in vials. "5. Anti-typhoid vaccine, in vials. 8. Pasteur preventive treatment for rabies at the laboratories of the Board, No. b Queen's Park, Toronto. |and "3 cents per pound higher, so the |in the evacuation of the peninsula, compared with 1914, there was a de-| "On the 11th of October your Lord- crease in butter of 200,000 pounds, but | ship cabled asking me for an estimate the selling price was between 2 cents [of the losses which would be involve] net returns would be about the same. | replied in terms showing that such a The early use of, Diphtheria anti- |The production of cheese showed an|stép was to me unthinkable. On the foxin, tetanus antitoxin and anti- [increase of about 15 per cent. while 16th of October I received a cable re- meningitis serum is advised. the average price was higher, being a | calling me to London for the reason, 'Diphtheria antitoxin and tetanus [fraction over 15 cents. This increase |as I was informed by your Lordship antitoxin will be supplied, on special in production, together with the in-|on my arrival, that his Majesty's Gov crease in price, would net a total in- {ernment desired fresh, unbiased opin- yequest, in syringe containers, for 1 which a charge of 20 cents each will [crease in value of- about: $8,250,000 'be made, and anti-meningitis serum {for the six months from May 1 to in special 'intra-spinal outfits at the | November 1. rate of 45 'cents each. The antitoxin| Mr. Sanderson. congratulated the and serum are supplied free, the |dairymen on the success of their ef- charge being for special containers forts for greater production, and on "only. Cash must accompany order the patriotism shown by dairymen for containers or 'intra-spinal outfits, | throughout Ontario in their splendid No ts will be carried. response to the different patriotic Since the Provincial ' Board of | funds. : 4 ' Health is undertaking this work in TR ATE * the pe of lowering the death rate | ALL BRITISH OFFICERS he IN ITALY RECALLED ucing the morbidity of com- ble diseases influenced by the ee 'of these products, every physician| A despatch from Rome says: All the province is required to co-| British officers who have been in Italy erate with the Provincial Board of jon leave of absence have been recall 'by prompt notification of all ed to Britain, These include most of mmunicable diseases. CS arameiit i Something Just As Good, id Edith get her M.A. at col- she got her MAN. there. one of the college pro- observers with the Italian army. - SURREY SN Only Then. "Do you tell your wife about the things you do?" i "Only when I suspect that she has found out?" ~~ ; jon from a responsible commander upon the question of early evacua- tion." "Could Not Get Reinforcements. Probably no more important contri- | bution to the history of the present war has yet been made, Tire Jeport throws light upon the great landing at Anzac cove and Suvla Bay August 7, requiring the combined action of the army and the navy. The handling of the masses of troops within a limited area probably was the most complicated ever under- taken, and militarly men are not sur- prised that some important details failed to work as planned. Cs complish its object, the report shows, because the force coi oie of untried troops under gen: erals rienced in the new war- fare and partly through the failure of the Yater F Sup vi * The most : ing at Bay and Anzac August £ height : os 7. {The Week's Developments Russian warships have been bombarding Varna and are reported this chief Bulgarian port. Bombardment at closer range held in readiness to land Russian troops near the city. The outstanding development of the week has been the new Russian 1 nh lacking, but the Central Powers report determined attacks against the Austrian lines over a front of = nearly two hundred miles, running north from brought the Russian forces to the heights dominating Czernowitz,. The Czar's troops have captured strong positions near the city, and the fall of the capital of Bukowina may be expected at any time. Activity of enemy submarines in the Meditersatiean has been res engyle. No advance has yet been made by the Central Powers On the Western front there has been considerable activity in Alsace, possession of Hartsmannsweitlerkopf. Elsewhere on the Western artillery duels and minor engagements, British monitors have a fighting for the ridge. ---- in the War, Is now | - swept over the crest and swarmed round the Hampshires and Gen. Bald- win's brigade, which _ had = to give ground, and were only extricated with great difficulty and very heavy losses. "Now it was our turn. The war- ships and the New Zealand and Aus- tralian artillery, an Indian mountain artillery brigade and the 69th Bri-| gade; Royal Field Artillery were get- ting the chance of a lifetime, As suc- cessive solid lines of 8 topped the crest of the ridge, giips were torn through their formation, and an iron rain fell on them as they tried to re- form in the gullies. : ' "Not here only did the Turks pay dearly for their recapture of the vital crest. Enemy reinforcements con- tinued to move up under a heavy and accurate fire from our guns, Still they kept topping the ridges and pouring down the western slopes of Chunnuk Bair, as if determined to gain everything they had lost. But once tiley were over the crest they be- came exposed not only to the full blast of the guns; naval and military, but a battery of ten New Zealand ma- chine guns, which played upon their serried ranks at close range until their barrels were red hot. Enormous Losses. "Enormous losses = were inflicted, and of the swarms which had once fairly crossed the crest line only a der more difficult the task of turni handful ever straggled back to their. out muniti of ownsside of Chunnuk Bair, : "At the same time, strong forces the enemy were hurled against the Br arose a conflict so deadly it be considered the climax of four | {4 the Rumanian border, to have destroyed the mine-fields pr expected and troop-ships are said to be 'offensive in Galicia. Details are still' This new' Galician drive has ponsible for the loss of several large liners, in 'Saloniki, and the Allies' position there is now con- heavy fighting having taken place for front the fighting has been limited to gain shelled ' German positions on the" where they stood. Here Generals 17¢; t g ' to Montreal. Cor ow, 98 1b. sacks in s, $2.20; small lots, $2.85 to . oil cake meal--Lingeed , No. 1, $4.25 per cwt.; do., No, 2, $8.76 f.0.b. mills; Oil cake meal, $37 to $37.25 per ton. KH ay x ' Country Produce.' Butter--Fresh dairy, 28 to 80c; in ferior, 22 to 24c; creamery prints, 33 ig ns, 0 926 per doz rage, e per doz.; selects, 85 to 86¢c; new-laid, 45 to 50c, case lots: Ra ae ' Honey--Prices in tins, Ibs, 10 to lle; combs, No. 1, $2 No. 2, Beans--$4.15 to $4.25. ' Poultry--Spring = chickens, 16 to fowls, 12 to 18c; ducks, 15 to 17e3 Cayley, Baldwin and. Cooper and all geese, 15 to 17c; turkeys, 23 to.26¢. their gallant men achieved great glory. On this bloody field fell Briga- dier-General Baldwin, who earned his first laurels on Caesar's Camp a 'Ladysmith. There, too, f&ll Briga. dier-General Cooper, badly wounded. "Toward this supreme struggle the absolute last two battalions from the general reserve were now hurried, but by 10 in the morning the effort of the enemy was spent. Soon their shattered remnants began to trickle back, leaving a track of corpses be- hind them. By night, except for pri- | i Portions of thi our line were pierced and the troops| were driven clean down the hill. 'At diers, who ha who were ically. the foot of the hill the men supervising the transport of food a water were rallied by Staff 'Captain of Street. Unhesitatingly they. Jollowod ines him back, where they plunged into the midst of that series of struggles, the. officers who now are serving as| The Suvla Bay landing failed to ac- |in which generals fought in the ranks and men dropped their scientific wea- od = caught one another by Ng 5: lers or wounded, no live Turk was left upon our side of the slope." Two lesser attacks were made by the Turks the same day. = : Bh THE WAR'S LENGTH. Lloyd-George Says It Depends on 1 Britain's Workmen. . A despatch from London says: The House of Commons on Wednesday passed a bill designed to facilitate the output of munitions. 4The bill is in the form of an amendment to the munitions act. : In appealing for the passage of the measure, David Lloyd-George, Minis ter of Munitions, said: ; "I hope the Commons will not ren- y epends upon it, The h of the war depends upon it. 'depends' upon whether we t munitions in sufficient quan- to bring the campaign to an end 8 .y Pa | Pi 3 "That does not depend on the sol- "done their task hero- It depends entirely upon--I say. a task more gerious in all solemnity--the workmen th - Cheese--Large, 18%¢; twins, 19¢, . Potatoes--Car lots. of = Ontarios oted at $1.26 to $1.80, and New runswicks at $1.45 to $1.50 per g, on track. hei "Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 16% to 16 per lb. in case lots. Hams--M 17% to 18%c; do., heavy, 1414 T 18 to 16%c; breakfast to 28¢; backs, plain, 24 to 2 less backs, $27, Td Eig | Lard--The market is unchanged pure lard, 14 to 14%c; eompound; , to 12%c, ; Montreal Markets. Montreal, Jan. 11.--Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 82 to 83¢. Oats, No. 2 local white, 46%¢c; No. 3 local white, 44%¢; No, 4 local white, 48%e¢. "Bare ley, Man. feed, 60c; malting, 6v. 68c. Buckwheat, No. 2, 82e. Flour, Man. Spring * wheat patents, firsts, 6.90; seconds, $6.40; strong bakers', 6.20; Winter patents, choice, $6.50; straight rollers, $5.80 to $5.90; bags, $2.76 to .86. Rolled barrels, $5.20 to $5.25; do; Ibs, $2.45 to $2.50. . Bran, Shorts, $25. Middlings, $28 to Mouillfe, $31 to $33. Hay, No, 2 per ton, car lots, $20 to $20.50. Cheese, AMinest westerns, 18% to 18ac; finest | easterns, 18 to 18% c. Butter, choicest creamery, 84% to 86%c; seconds, 32% to 38¢, Eggs, fresh, 48 to b2c; select- ed, 83c; stock, 30c; No. 2 stock, 28¢. Po y , cart lots; $1.30 = United States Markets RL pimp, Jn it Wheat to $1 Bos cash, Noy , 'No. 1 Northern, $1.28% to No. 2 Northern, $1.19% to Corn--No. 8 yellow, 75 to T6¢. Oate-- ml Rl I ee BRL ICY pa 1s >. HM I's c ears,