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:1 Lord Neon reminds In that "God Almighty ttrat phntod a union.” and man. made in the image of his Creator an do no better now. The Insertion of the British that their been ere fifty per cent. smeller than in the Battle of the Somme, not- withstanding the feet that larger (one: are engaged, in not borne out by the Hey figures, elthough in the ebeenee of the euuelty report for April, eerly in which month the aden- aive wee launched. the showing in not conclusive. The ceeualtiee recorded in the llret three months of the Somme I drive were 307,169 omens end men. In August of last year, the Iecontl month of the Somme kettle. the casualties were 127,945, as compared with 112.233 for May, the second month of the Array battle. I The British offensive on the Arr-ug front. involving some of the severest l "htine of the war, naturally has 11-! united in n large increase in annuities over the inutive‘ Winter season. Cue-l with. for the last few months have ' not been received. but in February‘ the total reported wns only 1,243 of-j been and 17,185 men. h . - the estimates of th Customs De a - British casuaities as published in In“ revenue imiteaed by .eeef,t1ll,'ll'n't". e p rt May show . total of 5,902 oMcers andy" compared with the gonetsgondtmgi The Minister expressed his belief 106,331 men, as follows: im‘mth last year. or . e “'0, that Canadian ships could handle Officers. Men. Tom ‘months of the fitsetU year which hawlfreight from Canadian ports just " Killed . w...... 1.552 25.838 27,890 now elaPSfd the total Customs T'l'l.1,fdiitiGir; as it could be handled from Wounded . .... 3,762 75.718 79,480 “YES $31,293,525. as compared 11tlyk"i','l York. The start would bemade Mam": . .... - . 323 6,428 7243,3233400’953. for the Prrrpondintr with thc two ships ordered, and upon The total of casualties is 114,118. View during the put hm! rear. the mm” of the mmimem “I -i-_--- -----i-----. pended further action. The ships or- The British offensive on the Arms I FELONY TO BOARD _ g“-.. _-__u ' l ... A despatch from London an: British "slum” as published in May show I total of 5.902 ofBeert, and 106.33] men. as follows: BRITISH (‘ASUALTIES The paper also publishes tutails of how the German obtain Ind main- tain agents everywhere, providing in.. formation about .hiprine and haul movements, hnlping sum-rims to sink merchantmen‘and nape wu- ships. In this code "barrel" means tor~:LlNER FROM HOLLAND polo boat, and nationality is convey-5 BEACHES ATLANTIC PORT ml by "quality." Thus an apparent-: -- " ly innocent business message reading: A degpacch from New York "rw.-. "Six hundred barrels, first 1e'.1l,tt','/,rltt first liner from Holland since would mean "British torpedo boats in i January " he arrived at an Atlantic square 600." A message reading "Six I port with 223 first, Mt ucond and 974 hundred black," would be a notiflca- third-class passengers, via Halifax, tion that a Norwegian merchantman where she was detained two days for was in square 600. examination. Than -- no How Enemy Subs Are Advised of the Presence of ' Merehagttmen. A despatch from London anric.-A despatch from Christiania says that The Tidcns Tern publish“ a map found on a spy taken at Gothenburg showing the seas about the British Isles. Norway, Sweden and the Baltic. The map is marked in numbered squares and has a telegraphic coda attached. HUN " (lf BRITISH WATERS 1 very different position. They etl not allow Germany to profit by tho- pins wasted from them ummnzl-l only and in defUnee, of all right. "Sincerely desirous at Death; the view! of the Run-in Govern-eat that they should be ell-bled to loot- " Brat hand the opinion. of all see- tlou of British thought, the Gonn- lent“? locilitating the journey to Russ' of the repremtotives of on. ferent political opinion. Among the”: ore factions with a very small follow-l ins. who utterly have not been over- enthusisatic in the vigorous prosecu- tion of the war. "The British Government has no-i thine to hide. They entered the war; in defence of the rights of small nan tion, and democracies, freedom and; justice-a brutal war was forced upon, the allies, who were in 1 state of totali unpreparedness--and now they ore in! A deep-tell fru- Iandon says:--" connection with the approaching visit of George M. Roberts, Lord Com- ninioner of the Tmaaiarr, Jules Benny Mubomld, chairmen of the Labor party, and Frederick W. Jovian, president of the Independent Labor party to Russia, the following author-l ind statement has been iuued: I Representatives of the Dilemt Political Opinion: Included in Delegation to Russia. SUALTIES l A despatch from Ottawa trar..'-- FOR MONTH OF MAY. l The custom: revenue for May amount- -- led to $17,144,368, the Ingest monthly r. from London says: CII"'? in the'history .of. thy country. T0 RUSSIA Ho (relating thrilling experience): “We were having a terrible time until the French brought up their 75's." She: " do think it's splendid for men that age to be fighting, don't you t" front, according to ihGaairrii; Mice statement. A despatch from Petrugnd says: ---Nroptr of the Russian Caucasus army have successfully pesto]! " hostile attacks at several points in Armenia and on the Mesopotamian i A despatch from Washington says: " stringent amendment to the Gore food bill, making it . felony to hoard food products or other necessities of life or to resort to any scheme to ‘create a shortage, was adopted by the Senate on Thursday by a Viv! voce vote. It is recorded by the Senate as by far the most potent of all the food legislation considered by Gangrene,I and is interpreted by Senaton as carrying the real solution of the food problem. RUSSIANS DRIVE BACK TURKS CUSTOMS REVENUE "WV- -...-... rucwugvla. VII '"umMt, where she was detained two days for examination. There were 119 Americans among tho passengers, of whom 72 were survivors of submarine sinkings in the North Se- nd the English Channel. [Intercepts a German Submarine and ‘ Forces it to Sub-urge. A despatch from Boston says: The Norwegian steamer Noruega, which arrived at an American port on Wed- nesday, reported an escape from at.. tack by a submarine while 800 miles off the Norwegian coast. The Nor- wegien was accompanied by a British steamer and was under convoy of a British destroyer when the Normstra's lookout sighted a periscope dead ahead. The destroyer was notifUd and slipped in between the steamer and the submarine in an attempt to ram the underwater boat, but the tsub-i marine plunged in time to save itself.| t , the increasing artillery duel along the , whole Eastern front. The Frankfur- "'ter. Gazette Thursday morning pub- . lished a leading article emphatically t warning the public that the so~called . unofBeial truce is now over, and the l Entenh apparently succeeded in ar- ',rsnging for a simultaneous offensive I on all fronts. The paper says the Kai- "ser's warning to the troops on the: iWestern front that a decision is now, 3at hand referred to the coming com-f bined offensive. It is sittnifiettnt that; .Theotlore Wolff attain warns the Ger-t ‘man public to abandon all hopes of av 'separate peace with Russia, whilst, .the Dutch pacifist press Thursday; [night accuses the German Chancellor; iof clumsiness in his treatment of the! Jtussian situation. BRITISH nEsmdvER I A deapatch from the Hague an: ‘The Germans undoubtedly expect heavy titthtintr on the Eastern front. Recent arrivals in Holland state that numerous transporta of men and naval guns are‘going eastward. The latter feature is novel, and appears to indi- cate a shortage of heavy and high- angle field artillery. The latest Ger] lnan communique: continue to refer mi TRUCE NOW OVER RUSSIA WILL FIGHT Inns Look for Renew Hostilities on Eastern Front. FOOD IN THE STATES. FOR MAY Md RECORD SAVES N ORSE SHIP. TORONTO "s. The 13015;; "=Grir'ri'1"E"r'ii", ms» Von yet do wan! ' Bat "$5.” Agata ,'C?ltlg'ltltlt Mung Ire at which it 'travels, militate: greatly again-t accuracy of aim. Thus a Zepp. seldom f1nds the bull’s-eye. Further, a bomb dropped from a height of 8,000 feet, whilst the airship is speeding along at the rate of the Flying Scotchman, would strike the around not less than three-eighte of _ mile in front of the spot over which the Zepp. was at that moment travel- ling. Thus the people who are in danger are those who see the Zepp. coming. . The explanation of this immunity is that the height from which a Zepp. must nteeeltr)1r, operate, and the "Only when the" Aerill Manner In Att- proaching In There Cause For Alarm. “‘ The citizen of the old land who sees a Zeppelin overheard travelling at nor- mal sued need have little fear of the aerial monster and death-dealer, and may, it he please, satisfy his curiosity1 by gazing akywnrd and watching its] flight. VVâ€"_â€". -ll‘ ullly§ Ul- dered would be auxiliary use]: with I speed of eight or nine knots an hour. Wooden Vessels Being Built at Vancouver for This Service A despatch from Ottawa "rr.--- Two wooden vessels are now being built in Vancouver for the Dominion iGovernment as the nucleus of a freight-carrying service between Van- couver and Canadian Atlantic ports. A statement to this effect was made in the Commons Tuesday night by i Hon. Dr, Reid during a discussion of the estimates of the Customs Depart-l ment. of FREIGHT TRAFFIC T0 ATLANTIC PORTS British Foreign Secretary, leader United States to confer with Wall of the war. Mr. Balfour and the Niagara Falls, Toronto, Ottawa, l Ontario. DANGER FROM ZEPPELINS Right Hon. ArihTr'" ry, leader of the British Commission sent with Washington authorities regardinnr the tury. _ “7.-.... nun-v.1, L'll at the same time be of arr-rent service in assisting more proportionate na- tional devglopryeqt thgn Canada hu lncreaaed Output From Canada's Fish., eries to be Undertaken. The Canadian 1i'Uheries' Association is to be commended for its commercial enterprise and patriotic service in undertaking an extensive campaign for an increased output from Canada’s fisheries, It is the intention of the Association to not only have the splen- did fisheries of the Dominion tontrirl bute as largely " possible to the re-l lief of the immediate grave shortage of food, but also to promote perman- ent development of our flsuriet, on a "tttteh greater scale. V In serving the! particular interests which it repre- sents, the Canadian Fisheries’ Asso- ciation, like the Canadian Forestry As- sociation, Canadian Mining Institute, Pulp and Paper Association, the greati farmera' organizations and numerous other influential bodies identltied with!' promoting and protecting primary production in its various phases, 17) -& at, _------ .. . - republics ought not-tiii' irGiiii up. 1 A despatch from Washingston says: --Deteptstehes to the State Department from Chile indicate that the course ‘of Brazil in relation to the war be- tween Germany and the United States has created a profound impression upon the Chilean press. There were indications that public sentiment in Chile favors action on the part of the Chilean Government similar to, Brazil's. The Chilean press is In..: sisting that the solidarity of American! Indications That Chile Will Fol- low Brazirsl Example. A despntch from Rio de Janeiro "i-The Brazilian Senate voted on Thursday authorizing an alliance of Brazil with "other States to defend the American republics against the world." BRAZIL JOINS securing during the preseni J. Balfour, GREATER PRODUCTION, :ommission sent to the ies regarding the conduct the Commission visited no Industrial districts of CEDa:a.Ethirx cen- l, Sum of Foreess Which Had Sailed For England Up To May lst. l A despatch from Ottawa "rib.'--- The total number of officers and men of the Canadian Expeditionary Force' who had sailed for England up to May lat last was 312,508, according to in-' formation furnished by Hon. J. D. Reid on behalf of the Minister, of Militia to Hon. Frank Oliver in the, Commons on Wednesday. The ton“ number who were on duty- in Canada! on May In was 25,476. In!" - Ina-km Toronto. June 6---C?ttoiee navy steers. 12.15 to 512.60: good heavy steers, I 11.85 to tit; buteherw cattle. choice. ' 11.90 to $12; do., ood, 811 to 811.50; Ida. medium. bro' to (10.25; do., common. ,89 to 89.40; butchers' bulls. choice. 810.50 to $11: do., good bulls. 89.75 to $10; do., (medium bulls, AW, to tty; do., rough Ibullo. $6.40 to $6.50' buteherif co". choice, $10.25 to $10315; do., Good. $9.25 to $10; do. medium. " to " 5; stock- era. £1.50 (a $9.00; feeders. sue to $07.2 ; canners and on"... u in .5 312,503 CANADIAN TROOPS OVERSEAS . -_~-.v. uv.. A.u.u.. ID‘ID. Montreal. June iir"-'iisfrll'td lambs: " to tir, old shun. 811.50 to 813; selected hops, 017.00 to 811.50. munce, 'lu." to 810.75; do., good. $9.25 to $10: do. medium. " to " 5; stock- era. {1.50% $9.00; feeders. $9.50 to $10.2 ; canners and cutters. 85.50 to 6.50; milkerl. good to choice, 885 to tto; do., com. and med.. each. "it to so; springou. 800 to 8110; light even. " to 3181 Iheep, heavy. 88.50 to $9.60; ‘cnlvkea. sed E2 ghqlgg. Ete to 814: sprin- cuves. good to choice. tte to 814: spring lambs. each. " to tii; lumba. choice, $1 to $3; do., medium. tit to $12.60; hogs. fed td watered. 816.60; do., weighed ott 08111 In up Am a-.. ... ..- n neRt---No. 1 Northern, 82.36; No. 8. do. “.83: No. I. 62.25; No. 4, 82.16; No. a. 61.91; No. 6. 81.60: feed. £1.15; buts t?Y1traet--May, $2.86; June, 231; July, 83.26. oat-No. t UAW 611m No. 3, do., 6410; extra No. 1 read. " o. Barley -No. 8, $1.18: No. 4, $1.12; reigned. " food, ti. B'isx---Nti l N.-VV. .. tt.79t; No. 2 am. 32.76;; No. a. do., $2.661. W'lnnlpeg, Juni -iLkia, price: aEtttt-r:yiiclp Fem-3w 82.35: No. Montreal. June 6--otvta--Carusdun western. No. 2, Me; do., No. t, "c; ex- tra No. 1 food. tto. Bttrlty--Mattiittr, $1.18. Ploue--Mtut. Spring when patents than, $13.60; seconds. 818.10: strong bakers', $12.90; Winter patents. choice. $14.25: straight rollers. $18.60 to tit.80; do.. bags. 86.50 to 38.66. Rolled can. barrelws.” lo £9.25; do.. bags. " lb... w,,', to 84.50. 'tll, 838. Shorts. $44. lddlln'a. '" to " . Mouinier 850 to tia. Htiy--No. I. per ton, en Iota, $18 to 813.50. Chesmr-c-Piturnt westerns. " to tue; do.. eastern. " to "ie. But- "r--Chouemt creamer? 'Pa; seconds. Me. Timos--rreitr, I c. otatoes. per has. car lots, $8.76 to $4.00. _ VHV. -7 -v --v. uutunnul uucun. g to 86rr, backs, plain. Me; boneless, o. Lard-ature lard, threes. Mt to Mo; tubs. " to Hie; paths, 27t to "lo; com- Fp,'.'"" Heroes. Inc; tubs, 81te; pails. c. Curoq1 meats-Lon: elettr baron, " to 260 per b; clear bellies. 24 to Me., Smoked meats-Hams, medium, so to Mc; do., heavy. 25 to Mc; cooked. " to 48c; rolls. " to 27c; breakfast bacon, " to 350; backs. Main. Slim hunk-- Beiitir-rrrnTTr'tu' v Villnd- picked. Mun- churlan. 88.00 to $8.50 per bush; Limes. per lb., 19 to toe, "onerccotnirCiiiru tine and heavy weight. per don. 82.76' select. 82.50 to $2.7 ; Nb. a. " to 32.26. Maple 'wt'up---rmperut gallon. tt.0. Potatoesi--0n track Ogulo. per bag. $4.25; New Brunswick elawarea. per but. $4.40: Albums. per bu. $4,00; P. El; whiteg. bag. “.00. -braGii -iiFiitiicc-sprinx chickens. Mc; fowl, 34 to Mc; ducks, 22 to Mc; squat». R',' doa., 84.00 to $4.50; turkeys. " to C.. Live 1e,1ht.rri,.-.th"1'y, chickens. 1b., " tod.6e; hee. bin to 250. '.etseaFrl-NisiCiit7t; iiito 270: twins, Mt to 27M; triplets, 27 to Mie; old, Hwy: 29o:r_twl_ns._39h. Butter-Fresh dairy. choice, " to 40e; IT/i'."'""' prints. " to 45c; solids. " to c. Iturtrs---New-tata, in cartons. " to we: out of egg-tons. 43c. strauu-utGrioo, per ton, $9 romo. Miureed-cir lots. delivered Montreal tremble. bans included-Bran, per tom $87; shorts, per ton.#43; mlddnnn. per ton‘ $46; good feed our, per bag. $2.80 to 2.90. Hay-Extra No. 2. per tom 812.60 to 813.50; mixed, per ton, " to 811.50. track Toronto. Rye-No. s, 82.00. nominal. according to trelrhts outside. Man tuba ttour-First patents. in jute bags. WW., second gamma. In Jute bags. 13.00; stfonq akera', In Jute bags. 818.60. Toronto. nun-lo tiosrr---wdnter, according to sample. 811.00 to 811.10. in bags. track ToIo.pAo, prompt yhlpmen}. - -- A Ontario wheat-No. 2 Winter, per car lot. 82.60 to $2.55; No. ' do.. "" to 82.63. according to freight: outside. Peaa-No. 2. nominal. according to freight: outside. Barley-Matting, nominal. according tofreitrhty' oytqide. 7 - _A tiotf,i.i"ic"1 "i/orn-No otrictiu (wow- OHS. Ontario oattr--No ottici" quotations. No, , white._no otrlteuu_utAt?yvttons. - Markets of the World 3mm: Toronto. June 6-Manttotra wheat-No official quotgtions. Manitoba otrtm-Np, otnetpl ggotatlons. u mom. In (this: mm. will can rheumauam. constipation, mm numb trouble. - and lint trotrtifttreo month' :33”!me tttth 'ur-ar' ittt% ,.ii,eii'de,if _. V' JriF TirdarhkF. postpaid. Head: on Herb Co., It} iregi,iff Country Pgodmsq--Who1- ”18' $riiiGrEiCmirti Col Ctt Elm Ave., Toronto: menu valued. "r"u1o-hourmsi.e loam lax-ht. Winnipeg Gnu track To- I Referring to the three great cisl poisons of civilized countrie lalcohol, consumption and syphilis Mn. Harris declared that the In named poison wee taking s glut toll of the children. "Out of 100,000 children who die and: y before they use a twelve-month ol she ssld, "it is estimsted that 50,4 die, directly or indirectly, from effects of this disease." “Jr‘s--- """"'v""', autumn. "The tragedy of this record," Mrs. Kerrie. "lies in the fact these little ones lost their lives largely preventable causes." _tueinl Poisons Resp Gbutly Toll I Anon; the Babies. The number of babies under one you old who died in the British Isles last year far exceeded the total fatal.. ities of the British forces on land and sea. according to statistics pre- sented by Mrs. Duncsn Harris in an address upon child welfare " the Bishopsgste Institute, London. I _ - V'_â€" v- - PVBIDIUII .hae evidently been a most unpleasant gsurprlse. The whole crest of the line of hills on the left bank of the Isonzo (is now in Italian occupation from be- "ween Vodice and Monte Santa to the iheight between Plus and Dnekla, lwhile Monte Santo itself, though not yet captured, is being seriously as- niled. San Gehrielle is coming in for in good hammering from the guns. 5 POISONING THE CHILDREN. Riel-l PM: Kenn ch-r.. N I Developments of Cadornl’s plans show he is attacking in force on a broad front of 25 miles from the sea on the right to Plava on the left, and the second and third Italian, armies are already committed to this attack. Both armies have done famously. The second army has held all its gains on Kuk and Vodice heights, and even extended them, while it has de- feated with signal success numerous powerful counter-attacks by the ene- my, to whom the loss of this position, t..... -_._-.I-~ur I 28, has been conducted with us great a determination Ind conspicuous nuc- cess " the itrrt stage, which won for Italy the Kai” and Vodice heights. . A despatch' from London says: The second stage of the Italian advance on the Isonzo front, _whiclg began on May Hold All Gains and Occupy Hills on Left Bank of the Isonzo. SECOND sua OF ITALIAN ADVANCE l On Wednesday this legion deposited seas from Lanzley last Chr,' le been lite colors in St. Paul's Cathedral. Ther.awarded the Military Meda or com ceremony Wes impressive, and will tro spicuous gallantry on the field. . idown in history as the first ceremony In his first sermon after returning in which American and British troops from the front, the Bishop of West- attended Church service together dur- minster, Capt. the Rt. Rev. De Pen- ing the war. A majority of the mem- , cier, eloquently ytfort.hnhtPte for bers of the American Red_Cross unit, tuteriflee and tsutterirtg in national and l oMeers, nurses and men, attended. All individual life. . . Vthe American members of the Cans-l Although Vancouver's cmc expendi- dian force in the London eommamrture this year has been cut .650.“ were allowed leave so that they could the increase in the rate, 21.5 mills net, be present. The colors were deposited [ is due to the reduction in the feet: on the altar after being handed to;ment on land from $70,189,880 In 1916 Dean Inge by a color party of Amer- to $53,694,822 this year. lean citizens enlisted in the Canadian! Several hundred employee and It force, who had come over with . the pathizersff the strikers at the British first Canadian division. The standards l Columbia Sugar Refinery " Vancou- were carried from the altar to the l var, surrounded the plant on receiving north transept while "Onward, Chris- information that more strikebneakers tian Soldiers," was sung by the choir 1 were to be employed by the company. and congregation. The colors were ar-) Speaking in the Legislature on the posited in the north transept, and l budget debate, Alex. I. Fisher, member there will remain until another cere- l for Fernie, said that the debt of Brita many is performed, when a party re-jish Columbia was not $1M00,000 moves them and conveys them over- I alone, as Capt. Hayward had said, but In stain. " included $75,000,000 of guaranteed ----+----- bonds. J American Legion on Leave From Front Conduct Notable Ceremony. A despatch from London on!" When the ttrat Canadian expedition”! force was formsd"tntmy American lcmssed the border and enlisted for service in Europe. There ms _ sprinkling from every state in the Union. They were drafted into an! (eial battalions, and for'a time wore] - distinctive badges which proclaim-' ‘ed their nationality. Representations, however, were made by the United States Government to have the hedge; altered and the men merged into the Canadian force. After over two years' waiting they may now reclaim their nationality. These battalions will be styled "The American Legion." The lt' is unofheial, but means a great ea . F ts. cams u me three great n- f civilized countnq' t- mption and syphilis c, leaned that the lut- 'Pf taking tt ghastly lost their iGi, /iiiiii IN ST. PAUL'S . I ghastly Out of the ie and: yen- 'month old," trd," Mid Net that the '"-' mm . d" """urrhttttdiiii'.7. mach entrust his better Judgment, the City men decided to engage a girl " “office bor" The ttmt epplieent for the Job wee e fair, frizzy~heired young thing with e lace blouee end as much jewellery u you can get for e ehllling " e penny hue". The City men end her mouth. "t-.ar-aLdL --, - r---“ .. mum.- possible. An Oregon inventory, windmill Itns blades that move horizontally htstand [of vertically and which are tshielded iwhen moving (guilt-t the wind by n iereen that in governed by a hind VIM. Because ordinary ladders frequently t',",,t,J,'.l,te,tt,iiFGiiiri"t"iWll'f of cylindrical silo. an inventor has put- enhd I ml one, the upper and of which is hung on Wheels from a pas manent track. P" -- “He; 01 "ma. By the invention of attachments for an American typewriter already ex- tensively used in India the writing of the 860 characters and signs ot the Bengali alphabet is made poutble. An Oregon inventor'a windmill I... Cr-a,, 4‘ - ,, __-v--v-.ruc acne-lulu , is the inventor of a gauge to be " mounted near the windshield of n at ‘to show its exact consumption of gu- oline. Rubber "titicinl eyes. which on .putinlly pneumatic, have been in- ‘venwd in Europe and are said to be [lighter and more eortitortatge than glu- ones. mummnuon apparently frightening the fish away. Work has been begun in Australia on a system of locks and teeirs that will make the Murray River navigable far inland and supply irrigation to about 1,li00m0 acres of land. ".. ' s_, .. we mm to be strung from house to house. Norwegian experiments with thrhine with the sid of electric lights [owned into the so. have been failures, the illumination Apparently frightening the fish any. Telegraph poles have been dispensed with entirely in one Welsh town in which the residents have permitted the wires to be strung from house to home. g The B. C. Sugar Refute., has boon closed down, the reuon llleged by ythe president being that the local em- ;ployee with whom he could hove car- ;ried on after the strike we: declared did not receive trttiheient protection from the Vancouver Police Depart: ment. Much Flexible lath for many building pur- pose: has been plunged that is com- posed of wire cloth. coated with brick clay. A Los Angela entomobile sale-nun is the inventor " - -_.__- A, . i On the/basis of the inst estimate of ithe number of sheep in the province, "bout, 50,000, and the especislly high (prices being paid in the esst for the clip, British Columbia this year will produce between '160,000 sud $175,000 i worth of wool. 1 C. Behnsen, who est-nod s reputation Ias s bear hunter inst season by killing lnine bears and capturing s cub, is one of s hunting party now in the Benton Siding district. The bear lesson sp- pesrs to be very lste this you end no "greet success hss been experienced. INVENTIONS "in DISCOVEBIES. Residents and property owner! of Victoria West Are working individual- ly and through organizations to in. duee the Provincial Government to eontirm without further loss of time the gift to the city of the park site on the Songhees reserve. Although Vancouver's civic expendi- ture this yen- has been cut $50,000 the increase in the rate. 21.5 mills net: is due to the reduction in the unen- ment on land from $70,189,380 in 1916 to $53,694,822 this your. In his bat sermon after returning from the front, the Bishop of Welt- minater, Capt. the Rt. Rev. De Petr. cier, eloquently not forth.the need for tuutriflee and suturing in national and individual life. Information has been received at Victoria by wire, stating that Major J. G. Anderson, M.C., was wounded In the hand at Vimy Ridge on April I. and has been admitted to hospital. Corp. Clair Pluton, of the 72nd Scaforth Highlanders, who went over- sea: from Langley last year, he- been awarded the Military Medal for con- spicuous gellentry on the field. llw dung: " v“... Foul Buy road and Foul Bar beach Will hereafter be known by the mo of Vinny, to commemorate the glorious success in attaining which so may Victorians have when. D. M. Ebeeta, E.C., tohnee Epoch! of the Provincial Legislature. has been appointed judge of the British Gdan- bia Court of Amped, succeeding the late J udge Irvine. _ . - . n__ L___._ It up iu' Watt Mk! U" an poms. if eOl'ofully City mun rep! ind .53 iid Th captain culled up a gunnm and 'Mtsttate out I battleship several miles may, aid: “You no that ship?" "Are, lye. sir," slid the gunner. We. no the otfirer on deck?" "Age, aye. ie." 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