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A despatch from London says: A despatch to Reuter's Limited from Amsterdam says it in "portal from a Samar: source that Germany intends shortly to concentrate her submarine activity eatehurivetrattrainst England. ENGLAND Exciiswai, MARE FOR muons th, FOOD ma snafu-ms . morougn canvass conducted by it. Members of the committee expan- ed the hope that the solution of the difficulty will be found in 1 supply of doctors from the United States, say-1 intt that they believe that thousands of medical men there are willing to can] to Europe. A despatch from London Bars.'- The Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for War, was informed By the Central Medical War Committee that no more media] men are available for an!!! commissions without "tseriously' en- dangering the supply of doctors for the civil community." The cognit- tee's announcement was made After a thorough canvass conducted by it. NO MORE MEDICAL MEN AVAILABLE IN BRITAIN A despatch from Ottawa tsagtc--De- finite regulations, to come into enact " once, for restricting the use of beef, bacon and white bread in public eating places. and for prohibiting the use of wheat in the distillation or manu- facture of alcohol have been promul-‘ gated by order-in-Council at the in. stance of the Food Controller. The serving of beef and bacon is prohibit- ed on Tuesdays and Fridays, and at more than one meal on any other day. Substitutes, such as corn bread, oat- cake, potatoes, etc., must be provided at every meal " which white bread is served. Under the order the expres- sion "baeon" includes cured (either pickled or smoke) sides, backs, hams and any portion of what is termed, in the trade, Wiltshire sides. RESTRICTIONS tix use or was" AND BEEF shard. lost to Field Marshal Von Mac- hnsen's men. They have attacked the Auatro-Germans with strong forces, but Berlin says the effort hil- ed. The number of prisoners taken by the Teutons in this region is re- ported to have reached 3,300. I la Galicia and Bukowiaa the Anstro-German Forces Are Being Held Back. A despatch from London gays: Ap- parently the Russians have checked greatly the Ametro-German advance in Galicia and Bukowina, as no notable advances have been made by the Teu- tons since the Russian line stiirened.) To the south in Moldavia the Russians} and Romanians are attempting to re-’ occupy the positions north of Fok-l RUSSIANS CHECK ENEMY ADVANCE The only infantry engagement has taken place on the line between Ypres and Dixmude, with the French troops the nmouors in both in- The Anglo-French guns of ali all- hee ere evidently engaged in level- in: the German defence positions, preparing the way for another thrust of the infantry. " A despateh from London says: he artillery duel in Flanders has again Increased to the greatest intensity, Mona the German general tstaff. The bombardment has been especially heavy on the Belgian coast and from Bixschoote to Hollebeke. 1maiiiirjiiiiii=iiii' AGAIN manic Nilt0il,r Liu-,,.,,, Calcuhted te Level Gen-m- "o-.., --- " .. IS OFTEN WAt3TED, ONTARIO Ittted te Level German Defences, and Prepare For Infantry Advance. Among the latest sanitary appli- ances for public eating places is a spoon pressed from paper that can be thrown away after using. _--..uu “an “Al". I A despatch from Paris says: The French authorities learn that during [the nights of July when French aero- planes bombarded Treves and Essen. the Germans forced French and Eng- lish prisoners. both officers and men, interned at Karlsruhe, to leave their, quarters and remain in the open where they most probably would be hit in case Karlsruhe were raided. The mop Were compelled to remain in these places until alrdantrer had passed. I PRISON ERS EXPOSED I A despatch from Hazebrouck, France, says: British medical oftieert, are trying to discover the nature of (ii' new poison used, it is believed for the first time, by the Germans on the French town of Armentieres, near the Belgian frontier. The poison bears a? certain resemblance to the gas which ( temporarily blinded a large number of British troops a fortnight ago but its! effects are infinitely more se’lous. NEW POISON USED The normal war strength of the En- tente Allies, peace strength and re- serves, excluding the United States, is about 21,000,000 men. The total available unorganized in normal times of these nations is 61,000,000 men. The total is 82,000,000 men. ( Combining all the belligerent: there; normally would be available for iiiiiC ing something like 110,000,000 men. Another million poured into the melt- ing pot by the United States, plus 9,- 000,000 more available, makes a grand total of 120,000,000 men. l The combined national wealth of (Germany and At1sttia-Humrary is more than 8100,000,000,000. The com- ;bined national wealth of the United States, Great Britain, France, Russia ‘and Italy is something like $250,000,- 000,000. _ The four Central Powers are less: than one-third the territorial size in: square miles of the Dominion of Canada. The normal war strength of the ’Central Powers, including peace) strength and reserves, is more than 10,000,000 men. The total available unorganized normally of these coun- tries is more than 18,000,000 men, a: grand total of more than 28,000.00“ men. TORONTO In territorial size th seventeen times the silt ponents. In area the Central Powers cover an expanse of 2,223,133 equate miles. The nations of the Entente-American allies cover an area of 34,502,082 square miles. Against the Central Powers are ar- rayed Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Portugal, Ru- mania, Serbia, Montenegro, the United States, Cuba, Panama, Brazil and Siam, with a combined population of 1,009,681,000. momparilon of the Population and I War Strength of Belligereata. I The Central Powers are fighting ‘more than a billion enemies. Ger- ‘many has a population of 68,059,000, with 12,287,000 additional German subjects in the colonies that have been snatched from her. Ayatria-rrumrary has a population of 51,505,000, Tur.. key 21,274,000 and Bulgaria 4,753,000.1 The combined populations are 157,-! 878,000. Comparison of Verdun AijG Except for seven] local raids by the French, there has been no inten- try activity on the long line from St. Quentin to the Swiss border. The French and German guns, however, are hammering the opposing lines along the Aisne front, in Champagne} and on both banks of the Meuse in the mun..- -- - , stances. North-west g the French have can: gains made on Wading west of Bixschoote, in south of Langemarck, the made some progress into line. FIGHTING BILLION ENEMIES, IN GERMAN BOMBS. 1ii'iiiii; ark RAID. The “We” of Bixschoote strength of the including peace es, is more than Ie total available Wedneada'y; ELISE: the Allies are size of their op- in the region , the French have into the German EM further . Montreal. Aug. "r-oats-Canadian ' western, No. g, " to Mc; do., No. 8, " to 83c; extra No. 1 'A; 81 to 82c. Bar- ley--MaitinE $1.26. Iour--Nan. Sprlng wheat patents, tVsts, $18; seconds. 812.60; strong bakera'. 312.30: Winter' gate-ma. Choice. 513: straight rollers, I 19.40 to $12.55; do., bags, 86.00 to 36.15. uRolled 9atte--Bprreu, $9.00 to led.; do.. bags. 90 um. “.40 to $4.60. ran, 335. 'Shorta. 840. MiAdlinirn, $48 to 850. tNouillie, $60 to $61. Hay-No. s, per ,ton. car ts. $10 to $10.lu). Choose-- .‘Finest w, terns, Zlic; do.. easterna. .2130. tter-Choice Creamery, 89t to iteei seconds. ttu to Mc. EArtrtr--Pr'esh, " to 50c: selected. We; No. 1 stock. 1iis.i",iy'.'e". 2 1't,oftk, Y! l? foes, Jlotatoetr-d _ Winnipeg. Aux. “~0th trrieert--No. 1 Northern. $2.40; No. A do.. $2.38!: No. 8. do., $2.34; No. 4. $2.25; No. I. 82.03; No. 6, $1.77; feed. tt.67; No. I special, $2.25; No. 6. do., $2.03; No. ' do., $1.77. oats-No. 2 C.W.. 75c; No. i C.W.. 74e; extra No. 1 feed. NC: No. I feed. 70c; No. 2. 68c; track. Ttue. Bar- "sy-No. 3 CW., $1.22: No. 4 C.W.. $1.18; rejected and feed, 81.12. F'lax--No. 1 N.W.C., $3.33; No. LC. w., 83.27): No. 8‘- CW., $8.16t; track.48.82l. 21c. Cured 'Iteattt---Lontt clear bacon. " to 2650 per lb; clear bellies, 25 to Me. tadd-mire. lard. Memes. 25] to 260; tubs, 25t to Mic: ails. 26 to Mic; com-, gonna, tierces, 20:0; tubs. Mte; pails. . lo. Smoked metttar--Htutts, mm tlc; do., heavy, 26 to 27c: a 42c; rolls. 27 to Me; break " to Me; backs. plain. 36 to 10:5. " to 40c. - - _.-_... w .v w... a, 'er has. car lots. $1.00 to $2.00 Dressed p9ultrr--sprirut chit to toe; fowl, 20c; stguabs, per to $4.50; turkeys. 2 to Mc; Spring. 20c. Live p.ou1tryrrsprirur chicken 3 Me; hens, 16 to 180: ducks I c. lit; no; hens. 16 to 180: ducks. Spring. e. thtne.v--Comts--Extra ttne and heavy Weight. per doa., $2.76: select. $2.50 to t2.78; No. S, " to $2.25. Beante--Prliine white. $9.50 per bush; imported, ttttnd-picked., $10.50 per bush; Limas. per Ib., 18 to 19c. Potatoes. on traeh--Red Star. new, bbl.. $5.26: North Carolinas. new, bbl., $6.M; seconds 84.00; Ontario, has. 88.00. illriteP:tatLiirui, ,. _ -,_, ~w...o. ov‘y. ulpu Hutter--Fresh dairy, choice, creamery prints, 39 to 40e; to 381c. Egtttr--New laid, in cartons, ouk of cartons, 43c. Putt-Creamery, solids, per hm. 85 to Mic'; Prints, per Ib., 8lrk to Mc; dairy, per ltr., 29 to Soc. E trtr---Per doa., 37 to 38c, .-4i'lil'ita'if'Jrg 31-0491be to the retail trade at the following prices _ fpheeae--Nek, large, Mt to 23c; twins. 22! to 23k; triplets, " to 28ic: old, large. 30c; twins, 3010; triplets. Pip, Hanr_F‘-n-I. A..c.... .‘LA- -- - ( l Toronto. Aux. tfr-Manitoba wheat--. drive. 1 Northern, 32.40: No. 2 Northern. d $2.38; No. a Northern. 82.33: No. 4 white, 82.24. nominal. store Fort Wil- f “am. I Manitoba oats-No. 2 C.W., 'rue, track Bay ports. Pi American corn-No a yellow, nominal. . track Toronto. Ontario oattr--No official quotations. t Ontario wheat-No. 2 Winter. per car g lot. 82.56 to 82.60; No. 3. $2.68 to 82.58, according to heights outside; new crop. Fi, 2, 82.35. nominal. , Peas-Nd. s, nominal. accordinu to heights outside. , B.atltw--Maiiiiur. nominal. according to {rt-lama outside. 1 _ Rye-No. 2, nominal, according to , heights outside. I Manitoba tiour---mrat patents. in JuteI bags. $12.00; sot-0nd patents. in Jute (trams, 812.40; strong bakers'. in Jute] bags. 812.00. I Ontario Itqur-winter. according to ,sample. $1i.20, in bags. track Toronto, prompt shipment. Nillfeed--Vrar lots. delivered Montreal heights, bags irtcludrs1r--nrari, per ton. 836; shorts. per ton, $45; middlimzs. per an, $86 to 348; good feed ttour, per bag.‘ .25. I "ay--Rxtru'No. 2, per ton, $11.50 to $12.00; mixed. per ton. " to tro, track, Toronto. I stiiiiF--car iota, Toronto Markets of the WorldL: ---- _... - um! Photograph taken Just after the Stars and S terland." She was the largest passenger vessel ships in U.S. ports have been taken over by the service will be rapidly pushed to completion. l be repaired. The repairs to the Vatorland cost country Protimto--whot+ vroruton-Lwhous.u Wham" can Iontrou Unkn- I'VE Go‘r 'Eit new»: some. 1 WALLOP ta-Hams, medium. 30 to l 26 to 27e: cooked. 41 to to 2‘89: gummy: bacon. P.v--Rpvine chickens. " lc; anguabs. ver doz.. " -yn. 2 to Mc; ducks, Spring 1rhykens. Ib., 20 Inna-cull R. A4itMalitora. _whear WALLoP per ton. 8300. track "is. . AR). "il III: h"f? N3} 1 f°nce ' 70k. Bar- :found fil'rcu'd"i' :consex eu; No: :- 'tivntic ling on 376: ‘56:]; " to 46c 35 to'ééc: solids. 38 WAIT A MINUTE - TOM, LBOK , Now WATCH nus tleite AMINUTE , ONE-WATCH Tue . 1 m“ Ail C if.» Pd I'. , $9515 aa' ”1 tiBh {a I 'll $f?tt Cr d ‘V Ely 1 , Gi, - JI /i?.tiik l 0:39) L-. . - My lr---""! l _ re" r Er, k‘ I l / {gun 4W: pr s, m ' ' f , M. _ a." 5lSii71f j 'mia,' t"' "StritiiE18trl ,,,,- -. 5--.. van... - uvvll actulcu, In found in keeping the ground clean, conserving moisture by frequent cul- tivation and avoiding root injury dur- ing cultivation . """V _'----- -v--." v- _r..F.r%rtiFfiV n- mun, once a good stand has been secured, b I A despatch from London "YS.'-- ’Another unarmed merchantman has :sunk a submarine, but, because of the ffate of Captain Charles Fryatt of the 'British steamer Brussels, who was executed in July, 1916, by the Get- mans, for attempting to ram 3 sub- marine, the names of the captain and crew of the steamer and particulars ‘concerning their achievements cannot be published. The captain and crew of the vessel, however, have been presented with $2.500 by Sir William J. Tatem, chair- man of the Tatem Steam Navigation Co. for their deed. ?)Senssation at Panama Paeitie Exposi- ' tion to be Seen at To onto. 1 The famous 2e,'2lU2,',','ltihow, . i will provide the Midway attractions at ' I the Canadian National Exhibition., and ; ,' the fund of amusement guaranteed is i l not only unique, but so arranged that ino matter what one wishes to see or Ihow diverse their tastes, they will find lsomething worthy of patronage. “Crew ation," the original spectacle exhibited‘ at the Panama Paeifie Exposition, is one of the head-liners. From impen- ‘etrable darkness and absolute quiet _ and solitude, the wonderful tale of the [birth of the universe is told and un- lAIAnA A-.. L-, AA" A,,L . ,9. . ANOTHER SUBMARINE SUNK BY AN UNARMED STEAMER Venus, the most perfect woman in the world, is another feature, and there are rides and pony shows, sub- marine girls and a host of living curi- osities. folded day by day, each incident, as told in the first book of Genesis, being faithfully and artistically worked out and portrayed in every detail, even to the appearance of Adam and the crear tion of Eve. The whole secret of success in com Toronto. Aug. r4---Extra choke heavy steers. $t1.90 to 812.36; choice heavy steers. $10.50 to 811; butchers' cattle, {choice tto to $10.50: do.. good. 89.50 to 89.75; do.. medium, 88.40 to $8.90: do,, Icommon. $7.10 to $7.25; butcher: buns. {choke $8.26 to $9; do.. good bulls. $7.50 no $7.75; do., medium bulls. $6.76 to $7; iido., rough bulls. $5 to $6; butchers' cows. choice $8.25 to 38.75: do., good. $7.40 to $7.75; do., medium. $6.50 to ”6.75; stockers. $6.40 to 5x26: feeders. ' 7.76 to $8.76; canners and Putters, $5.25 hangs; Pilkers. good to chqlce. $80 to I . A --__-- __ . _ 7 v. .......-.a. guuu u; CHOICE. '50 TO {8100: do., com. and med., $40 to $60; ipptlntters, $80 to $120; light ewes. 38.50 Ili, $9.75: sheep. heavy. $6.00 to $7.25: yearllnxs. $10 to $11.50; calves, good to 1itiil,'. $13 to $15; spring iambm"t16.76 to 817.25; hogs. fed and watered. $17; Ida.. weighed oft oars. $17.25; do., t.o.b., |$1§._75 to $16.00. Montreal. Aug. 14-Choice steers. tit to 311.25; good. $10.50 to $10.75; lower grndes. " to tto: hutchera' cows. $6.26 to $25.25: bulls, 86.75 to 88.75; Ontario lambs, $13.50 to $14; Quebec. 812.60 to $13; sheep. $7.75 to $8.76: selected hogs. "ll:" to $17.50; rough hogs. $18.75 to Minneapolis. Aug. tyr-Whppt-.qep, tember, 82.24; c'aah--No. 1 Northern. 32.95 to $8; No, 2, do., 82.95 to " Oats --No. 3 white. Mit to 69c. Corn-No. , yellow. $2.24 to $226. Bran--$35 to $36. Duluth, Aug. 14-Wheat--No. 1 Northern', 32.90. nominal: No. t, do., $2.85. nominal. ItinAeed--tg.4d; Sep- tember. October and November. 83.45. M I n neaiair," tember. 82.24; tees 19 $3,' No, BIG MIDWAY FEATURE. 1'..tt,te 'lust" Emm- Live Stock nuke" U. :EbacEtrsa. should prove a great Canadian National Revives Competi- tion for Fnrmers and Farmers’ Sons. Among the new departures at the Canadian National Exhibition this year are the judging competitions for young farmers and farmers' sons un- der 26 years of age. They will be held under the supervision of the On- tario Government, and a very large entry is expected from among the three thousand students now taking the Government short courses. Liberal prizes are offered to win.. ners in live stock, poultry, grain, roots, fruits and vegetables. Some years ago judging competition: were held at Toronto, but the present one: are on a much more pretentious scale and under Government nuspices “hunk! nunu- - ~-**‘ YOUNG JUDG.ES AT "BIG FAIR." Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth has presented to Eton College Musical Library a complete set of Bach’: works in memory of his son, G. S. K. Butterworth. v "--"V -- v.“ mu. yum. Miss Annie Jones, a middle-aged munition worker of Forest Hill, was awarded 2250 damages for injuries re- ceived while alighting from a tram- car. Sir Cooper Perry, of Guy's Hospital, has been elected vice-chancellor or the University of London, to succeed Sir [Alfred Pearce Gould. . . _ ( William Cope, the oldest' bellringer in England, has retired frottrhig post of leader of the tyrl1rintrets at. Uttox- eter, after sixty-five years' service. l A large number of :'.iiiii',y'h1inri't'ticj colliers have been ordered by the Magistrates to pay substantial' dam-.I ages for being absent from the Pita, i III..- A A. - . _ Charles Naylor, of the Grove, Ham- mersmith, was fined M for display- ing for sale oats at a price higher than that fixed by the Food Order. A sailor,-who has been twice tor- pedoed and 4wiee lost all his belong- ings, insisted on-giving 21 to Church Army recreation huts. Joseph Smith, of Spitalfields Mar- ket, was fined 220 at Old Street Po- lice Court for imposing a condition in the sale of pothtoes. The challenge cup, given by Sir Ed. Smith, J.P., London County Council, for the smartest turn-out, has been won by Euston. Sir Howard Frank has purchased {the old Beachy Head lighthouse, which lis said to have cost 220,000 to build. Admiral R. S. Dalton Coming, who is serving as a temporary captain, R. N.R., has been awarded the D.S.0. Mrs. M. A. Harcourt, M.B., has been appointed temporary medical health' officer and school medical officer torl Holland, Linea. 1 Occurrences In the Land That Balm Supreme tn the Con- nerclal World. The War omce is calling for laun- dryrnaids, cooks and housemaids to proceed to France at once. NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE success. A despatch from New York can! Conditions in Syria and Palestine are; declared to be the "worst possible" br) a refugeewho fled from there and by; circuitous routes has just reached New York and reported to the Ameri- can Committee of Armenian and l Syrian Relief. ( The eommittee's informant, whose name in withheld, said there were 8,000 cases of typhus in Beirut when he left, owing mainly to a lack of medicine and scarcity of doctors. The poorer classes have been wiped out/ by starvation, he laid. In Lebanon 1 he saw many” village! and tom with- / out a aingie inhabitant. ti 'JThere Are Now 40,000 Jews in I the British Army. " A despatch from London says: Un- "der tl recent agreement between Rus- [eia and Britain a Jewish corps is be- _ing organized here. There are 20,000 [Jews of military age in London alone. ; There are now 40,000 J an in the Brit.. _; ish army, 82,000 of whom are English, News, and 8,000 from the Empire fabroad. The leader of the new corps: jwas commander of the Zion Corp»! icomposed of Russian Jews recruited} 1in Alexandria, which corps gave n' l,i,i,r,"tt', service at Gallipoli. Eight thou-I and Jewish soldiers now in Britain1 will probably form a tstiffenine corps! CONDITIONS IN PALESTINE ARE WORST POSSIBLE.‘ Nine Amendments Voted Down; - Measure Adopted Without (t Division. 1 A despatch from Ottawa says: t After nine amendments to the motion [for the third feeding of the Military LService Bill had been presented and . in turn been declared defeated, that lmeasure was passed by the Senate L[without a division. Had it not been _ amended in certain respects in the Up- ',per Chamber, it would now be readyI to receive the Governor-General', "-4 sent and so become law. As it is,’ Ihowever, the bill must be returned to, the Commons, where the changesI Fia by the Senators will be ditseuss-', ed and concurred in. Only one of (these amendments is of importance. It, provides that no prosecution for any violation of the Act or the retrula-' tions shall take place without the' 'consont of the Minister of Justice.) [This amendment, inserted " the in? stance of the Government itself, is I reghnded as a providing means for l preventing hasty and ill-considered/ JEWISH CORPS RAISED IN LONDON prosecutions. SENATE CARRIES CONSCRIPT ION A despeteh froin New when!“ says: Considerable rain has fallen within theputfewdaysendil 10' tarding work in the hay "ids. The boy crop is perhaps the heaviest on record for this district, and for that reason considerable diiBeultr is being experienced in curing the cut. Ped ers who have not been able to. cut their hey, report that already it is, beginning to fell and unless dry wea- ther sets in at once a considerable portion of the crop will rot. The al-I most torrential rains of Sunday lestI knocked down grain also to some ea-l tent and the need of dry weather Is; fairly general. In contrast to the hay. and grain, tomatoes, abbsges, cu-‘ cumbers and all root crops are thriv-l ing as never before in Northern On- , tario. Labor on the farms is still very scarce, but relief is anticipated with-iI in the next ten days in that by that I time cutting and peeling of pulp wood will to a large extent be discontinued, t due to the fact that bark on the pulp t itimber, which up until the present , time has been, comparatively loose/ will tighten almost any day now. At I some of the small lumber mills t throughout the country wages are be- l, ing increased to a point on a par with " the mines. This is without precedent y in this country. Ip Rain is Reading Harvest Work -Root CrdIIB Thrivin- NEW ONTARIO HAY CROP HEAVY In..." '1' --- "lI-DIQ In “an: I- thunt Brim In the u. errqdttke. of travel on the M nu. N... w wile the responsibility of keeping up the home conditions. We must no. that foodstulfl are produced for all, not only at home but for the (“W and have Who have tone to teatmii)riiii"'tdii"r' “valor the ettattrtmd in“... of Ankh. """""---qlN--., Ltlt.iet1rdiiTi'i;u,,,,,. in. tke to hm val-nu. lu- Iflgnnh ttttti lids-I- '- A. we who are unable to Co to the front because of lulu: too Young, or too oldror phylhlly defective. will have to his ' ----, ..--, there I The increase of tuberculosis of late in Belgium. in France and other war- ring countries is largely due to the want of the things that nature de- manda for building up healthy bodies. We mint have some nitrogen in the form of moat or on: or beam. We 'l'gt2,e, some tats. And we and 1e Iona lurch“. Otherwise the My M.il ty, partly starved and dia- “I. n.__ __2Qa .u' _ . -v v- uquaLUIUEIH- ) This want of nourishment is to be accounted for in\several ways. The digestive system may be naturally weak; it may have been strong in ear~ ly life but abused by the use of alco- hol, eating rapidly when physically or mentally tired or by sniping food without proper chewing or mastica- tion. uncut; of the postal department had {been complied with, and that the [service would be inaugurated with- ioyt delay, the councillors contented Ithemselves with filing the letter. ‘Want of Proper Nourishment May Be a Forerunner of Dread Disease. While tuberculosis is caused by a well-known germ. we often have a right to be suspicious of its coming from want of proper nourishment. This would seem to be a forerunner of the true dinette of tubercuIOsis. mg- -- . - At North Vancouver the Lyall Shipbuilding Company, which haa lately acquired the Fell fill on the foreshore of D.' L. 265, including the Wallace Shipyards, expects to lay fthe keel immediately for the first 10f the six wooden ships which thia company has contracts to build foe the Imperial Munitions Board. The inauguration of a postal de. livery in the urban portion of Saa- nich has been so often a theme for discussion that when it was reported from Ottawa to the Municipal Coun- cil that all the necessary require- Mr. Albert G. Langley, M.E., a native son of Victoria and brother of Major W. H. Langley, now attached to Lint-Gen. Sir Arthur Currie’l aw in France, has been "pointed district engineer of the Eastern Kin- enl Survey district, with head- quarters at Revelstoke. The Victoria Board of Trade, through its council. virtually fell into line with public orgnnizntions of the ports of Vancouver. New Westmin- ster and Nanalmo in supporting the proposal to effect an tttrihtion of the pilotage boards, of all four place; Mr. Samuel H. Hopkins. B.S.A.. who has been occupying the position of assistant provincinl live stock commissioner, has been appoinwd district supervisor of agricultural in. struction for Duncan and the dil- tricts of North and South Cowichan. l, Withsninauseoffronpnctied- ly nothing to sixteen million dollsrs In the value of the shipbuilding industry in and around Vsneouver within s year, there has been I growth in the population of about 5.000. In addition to forest tires " Trait, Sproule Creek and Dernsrs, condem- tions of a similsr nature hsve broken out at Woodberry Creek on Kootenoy Lake, Summit Lake and Arrow Perk. The fires at Sproule Creek, Arrow Park and Demure ere under control. The continuance of the marked hot wsve over the interior of British Columbia has begun to assume im- portance from the standpoint of the forest fire danger. Already s serious outbreak has been reported from the vicinity of Nelson. " Word has been received from Otter " Point that the tape Ire making full 1',t,',tt', of salmon. Moat of the fish are sockeyes, but there It I smatter- l ing of springs and echoes. i Gunner Robert Easton, who left lVictorh with a draft from the lid: IRegiment, C.G.A., some months "o, 5was injured during I German air maid over Folk-tone on May M. "My: TUBERCULOSIS A ND FOOD, The vnlue of the British Columbia built auxiliary schooner: he: been shownby the splendid performance of the Geraldine Wolvin, which err-iv- ed at Sydney recently, 49 days out from Vancouver. Vancouver shin have-decided to op of the shingle weavers or a hour day with ten hours' pay. Skeet“ river. high-grade copper-3W lead on their I. G K. group that: creek, W I " helm. We And we Inuit Otherwise the mod and dis- 9 in the dimer- g,A. a soldier on w hide the whoh The task of ke their in the lam police-on. Ev an In naked hi stable, tuk, in u the guidance of I he have. deliw serve: him " a " dom is . Ian CroWnoete. Not . Bind: Scum o * British War Probably there is no a tice like the Imperial one It hut. in one respect- th tttto boiling water tor t minutes. They plump their origin] thick We is moved of hit. Ind should lot either v with than “If Mum; 6 PM: I, li kingdom clue u non: flrgt “Ill upon all Sweden. abetted the c by exporting and their tmr, such Latin A puma: the ene This me little let dealing T Ihown " All“ GIRL GUrnr Bef reg " m An ttN tt it guns m u tt glam-rand mm" mm 13 NEUTR! vt tttE " K" Are H ll If u MEANS the Ntt