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Five’ steamers have been char-

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: China is preparing to build 4, wool"

trains isnow. forbidden i in Ontario,

"was foiled on Sunday,

overseas service is 110, 000.

ty «to 9) per cent of its capitalization.

union by more than two to one.

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THE oulpieca Mn SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1015 me

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“The World’s Doings i in ‘Brief

_News Notes from Many Squrcés

- Navigation: is Still open ¢ on » the
great lakes. > Tete

miles of railroad,

~" Seutari, Albania, is now the
seapital of Servia. . ‘

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'. There ig an epidemic’ of bar:
glary in Vancouver.” * * ae

- Ten per cént of Canada’s popu-|

Yation | is of foreign birth. -

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- Okanaganapples captured: many
prizes at Spokane apple fair.

= The sale of liquor on railway

= The CN. R. is now running
three transcontinental traing a
week,

tered to carry wheat for Belgian
relief, , ;

“A tornado swept Little Roek,
7Ark., killing thirteen andi injuring
‘twenty. -

Mrs. W. BR. Ross, wife of the
minister of lands, is dead at
_Mictoria, -

A colliery explosion at Boomer,
Ww, Va, on Tuesday entombed
200 miners.

“ & Canadian, broke in Arizona,
tramped ‘to Vancouver to join the
‘bversens forces.

~ A special corps of Canadian |
‘miners is being formed for serv-
ice at the front. ;

* Kipling’ 8 only 3 son is reported
jhissing, and js'belibved to have
been killed i ing action. | ;

; An attempt to set, fire to 40,000
‘barrels of gasoline at ‘Tacoma

~ Pourthousand lobsters, brought
‘from - the Atlantic, have been
planted i in Puget Sound.

A fire’ at Drummond colliery,
‘Westville, N. S., has’ thrown 800
men out of employment.

Ninety persons were killed in a
/hurricane which | swept the Por-
tugese coat on- Moriday,

meres

- The- number ot ‘officers and
~men who have left Canada for|

o A “Bantam” ‘reximent; of men
too short for. regular battalions,
has been aiithorized for. B. Cc.

A moving picture program is
to be a feature of Sunday evening
services ing Tacoma church. -

The Standard m mine at ail verton
“has so far paid $1,800,000, equal].

|. Preshyteéians in: the. matitime|:
_ provinces votedin ‘favor of church

re -regolution ‘advocating. a ‘six-
hou lay. was, introduced i in the
1. Federation. ‘of Labor.

| whieh the recipients may make |"

work,..

- jutterly un founded.

| wounded .and-imissing approxi-

| the orffanization’ of ‘an: internat

ed “:
ra the Chiles

derew’ top “metal ~ boxes, “thm

hand grenades,

France’s new Joan ia proving,
highly successful. Paris alone
subscribed -for five billion dollars.

2

~ Reports say’! German ‘and ‘Aus-:
trian officera are being emplayéd
in the ‘Chinese army and arsenals.

Seventeen hundred munition
workers have gone from Canada
to England. Nearly all. are at

Over 70 per - cent of the 1840
prisoners paroled in the state of
Washington since + 1909 have -re-
formed.

An anti ~ prohibition petition
which was presented to the pro-
vincial government contained. 33,-
947 names. °

A train on ‘the Mexican Central
was blown up by Villista soldiers,
Sixty were killed,. including Bev
eral Americans. ©.

‘G.M. Dawson, corveningeneral
of B..C,, has been appointed
western ‘member of the Canadian.

munitions beard,

The Canadian * ies - ‘breaking
steamer Minto has been purchased
by the Russian government. for!:
use at Archangel,

“Sir Charles ‘Davidson’ a report
on the submarine enquiry shows
that Liberal charges of graft were

Britain has taken over’ the!
great steamer Statendam, just
completed at Belfast for the
Holland-America line, - :

Legislation deisgned to improve

‘Ithe living and working condition |:
of women ig to be enacted by

Vancouver city council.

‘German newspapers are devot-
ing much space to the growing
scarcity of food, ‘Many chemical
substitutes are being.’ exploited,

A number of Bulgarian officers
who are serving in the Russian
army have béen branded as des-
erters by the Bulgar authorities.

Up to June 30, the losses of the
first Canadiaf divisidn in killed,

mated. 50. “per cent of its strength.

Authorities at Cleveland, Ohio,
are investigating the confession
of Dr. E. W. Ritter, implicated in
plots to destroy Taunition plants.

‘Large numbers of undesirable

‘| aliens - ave. being deported from

London, and all:pergons arriving

in.Great Britain. must have paus-
ports. re \

Th ‘a revolver battle with hold-|
up. men at San: Francisco,’ Police}:
Corporal .Caok wag shot dead.
One bandit was killed and. three
escaped. /

A grt war. council to arrange

jorial' staff for the Allies ts to be

g, | held ir in Paris, says the 'London :

i

‘to earth from an aeroplane 10,000

‘of the Salvation Army’s relief

‘| No drinks may be sold on credit,

Bult against Moses Cotsworth and

atk Careimapa
wu lost “off .the’ west coast of

to approach owing to the tremen- | &
dous sea running inshore. mn
Later despatches - say five ‘of
the crew were rescued after al-
most superhuman efforts: 7 oy the

men, of. the: ‘Clayuquot lifeboat. *

‘At the reqieat ‘of the e -poattion
authorities, the famous Canadian
exhibit. will be transferred from
San Francisco to the San Diego
exposition, moe

- Experimenting with a para-
chute, Colonel Maitland, of the:
British air fleet, dropped safely

feet i in the air.

Major Winchell, “appointed head

work in Belgium, has been re-
fused. admission to that country
by the Germans.

‘The German eruiser Frauenloeb

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Hudson s Bay Company |

The War Tax on Champagne is 25 cents and on Claret,
Port and Sherry, 6 cents per bottle.

' Please remember we cannot sell in quantities of less than 6
bottles (qts.), but we can assort them for you.

On. the Ist December we commence giving coupons for
the nice dinner service with every dollar you spend with us.
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, “Order your Liquors for Xmas NOW. 8
Brandy! XXX Hennessy "per bot. er bot. $ 2.10 S

‘ XXX Marion -- try — 75 =
Champagne: Mumm’s Extra Dry, pts, ‘.‘*. 2,00 =
(Claret: Chateau Breillan tt 4 600CE
avy cor ee ee BQ Og
- + Gin: Finabury, Sloe, Gordon Dry eee 85 =

*  * -DuKuyper “ «200°

: Port: Old Duke woe 100° EB

“ HL BG, ison 50. 8
‘Sherry: Bodega - ary f) =
Whiskies: Beoteh, per bot, $1.75, 1 50, 1.25,&1.00 =
1.10, & .75 =

Rum: # 3. C., Negrita ; er bot. 1.50. 3

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was sunk in ‘the Baltic by. a
British submarine, a week after
her sister ship, the Undine, and
at the same place,

the end of the war.

now restricted to five and a hat,

and the no-treating rule is en
forced.

Inland revenue reports “show
that the consumption of spirits,
wine and beer in Canada has:
fallen to a lower rate per capita
than in any period in the last
five years, .

by German moneyed interests,
was responsible for the ‘burning
of Pier 14 ut Seattle and for at-
tempts to destroy’ ‘steamships and
‘other property ;

Alex. "Lucas, M.L.A., was
awarded $200 damages in his libel

the Ministe-ial Union ‘for state-
ments made in’ their political |
pamphlet, “The ‘Crisis in B. nad

. oom tbe
Iti is announced-that the British
government will’ tuke measures
to prevent. further mischievous
activity: by Lord Northcliffe, who
has made’ muny: “attacks on the
ministers through his newspapers.-

The Imperial munitions. board
has taken over the. work of’ the
Dominion shell committee. Over
100,000 skilled workmen are en-
gaged in the manufacture of/¢4
miunitions in 820 Canadian pldnts.

cars, has chartered.a steamer’ to
carry. a peace: delegation from
New York to Europe, in the hope
of. ending: the war by Christmas.
His: ‘project is not. rearded: “ge.
riously,

tHe. claim, of of Mellwee & Sons,
the. contractors, ‘againat Foley,
Welch &-Stewart, “for profits on
‘| the’ eonatruction of. Rogers: Pass
| tunnel: has been: inereaged_ to
$642,000. The plaintffa were nat
allowed ‘to: somite their con:
tract. a

“Following myaterious warnings
part: of: the plant, of the Du Pont ’

‘Delaware, was. blown
day;: witha loss
émployeba’ w ore “injured

smaller, explosion

“The Dominion government is'}
said to have asked the opposition a
to agree to.-an extension of the. :
‘| life of parliament for a year after | i:

In London ‘the hours during |
which liquor. may be sold are|—

| Express, General Dr Drayage and Freighting
| LIVERY and STAGES

night.

We are prepared to supply private i
and public conveyances day ‘and §
Our stages meet all trains at South Hazelton or New Hazelton,

BEST DRY BIRCH, $5.50 A CORD.
Ruddy & MacKay

HAZELTOR and NEW H fazetON y

s| Consign your shipments in Our
| Care for Storage or Delivery.
Address all communications to Hazelton.

‘An organized gang, financed me

“Henry Ford, maker of motor}

‘| rights only,

: this advertisement: will pot it be ® Paid for,

Powder. works Bt ee legs from the. Bit Tower in

y TRAINS WEEKLY

MONDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS até: 08p. m.

fo Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, -

St. Paul, Chicago, Eastern Canada, Maritime ..
Provinces and United States.

| Ar RuNK UN
pacielC!

Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars and Parlor-Observation Car

| Service.

2 BOATS WEEKLY from Prince Rupert. §.S. Prince Rupert
every Tuesday at 9a.m. §.8.Prince George every Saturday at 9 a.m.
UNEXCELLED EQUIPMENT --- CHARACTER SERVICE
; For full particulars, reservations on boat or train, ~

7 apply te Locai Agent orto — .
ALBERT DAVIDSON, GENERAL AGENT, PRINCE RUPERT, B. Cc

| Agency AML Atlantic and Trans*Pacifie Lines.

‘Assay Uffice and Mining Office

Aris and.Crafts Building, 578 - our Street
VANCOUVER, B,

Synopsia of Coal Mining Regu: | The Estate of, ‘J. O'Sullivan

E table ah enor ae the ihrem 10's i
7 stablishe e late J.-O7Sul-
lations. ™ ‘| livan, FLO. S, ¥ 96 ‘years with”

Vivian & Sons, Swansea. -

(COAL mining rightsof the Nom*ton, A
‘SSUES

in Manitoba, Saskatchewan an | ATZELTON HOSPIT AL aUES

Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the
‘Northwest ‘Territories and in a portion
of the Provinee of British Columbia, | #7 87 poried from one ruonth upward at 61 per -

may be leased fora term of twenty-one aultations and medicines, a5 well ag all costa while
in the hospital, ‘Tickets obtalnable in Hazelton

years at an, annual rental ‘of $1 an n the hy tOfce keto chtalaahle to Has 7
a i@ Pos! ce or tne Drug re, 1D mere
acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will ftingrod “Sire ee OT ae Dre Wallace

bel leaged to one- applicant, or by mall from the Medien! Superintendent, nt the
plication fora lease must be made | Hospital

by Ate applicant i in person to the Agent
or Sub-Agent of ‘the district in which ‘Green Bros., Burden & Co.
Civil Engineors .

the rights applied for are situated, .
In surveyed territory the: land must j. Dominion and British Columbian
Land Surveyors, 2 |‘

be described by sections, ot legal aub- |
divisions of sections, and-in unsurveyed
territory the tract applied for shall be
staked cut by the applicant himself.
Each application must be accompeni-|* ~ _ and New. Hazelton.
ed ed by a fee of $5, which will be retund- B. C. AFFLECK, Mgr.” New, Mezelton.
the rights applied for are not].
available, but not otherwise) A royal-
ty shall be paid on the merchantable
output of. the mine at the rate of five
cents per ton,

The person operatin, the imine shall
furnish the Agent with sworn returns|’ .
accounting forthe full pantity of mer-
chantable coal min d pay the |”
royalty thereon. If the. coal minin
righta are not being oporated, ‘ suc!
returns should © he lurmished at: lenst
once a year.
The hase willinelude the: coal mining
‘but the lesgee. may be per-
mitted to purchase whatever available
surface tights may be considered. nec-
essary for the working of tha mine at
thd rate of $10.0C-Anatres: -|

-For.. full information . application
should bo made to tha Secretary of the
‘Department of tha Interior, Ottawa,
or to any. Agent : or. Sub-Agent of
Dominion ands

Offices at Vieto.in! Nelson, Fort Réarge.

Commercial Printing at “
_ THE MINER OFFICE

‘NOTICE. - _

| NOTICE ishereby. given’ that'an appli- |
cation will be made to. the Legislative
‘Assembly of the Province of British Co-

Naasd&t Skeena Rivera Railw: Com pany,
ry Company incorporated by Falot-
ive Assembly of the Province, ol ritish

of British Columbia, 1911,.for an Act
to be’entitled “Tha Nass & Skéena
Rivors Railway. Act, 1911, Amendment | |
Act, 1916", extending the perigds' pie~ °
geribed - by Section 79 of the Railway
Act, within. which The Nass. & Skeena
Rivera’ Railway’ Company:ahould bona
fide commence thé construction | of its:
railway, provare the bona fide-payment, ”
up in cash of not lesa than. fifteen: per
cont of the authorized’ share ca ital
the! Company, snd. the expenditure
‘such fifteen per cont. in, upon’) an
towards the construction of its railway.
and tha. com letion and putting. int
operation of the ' said “Company's. all
way; and for snchfurthor and incident
Ra powers.4 aa iiay be! necessary, :

‘Dated at. Victoria, B G., thi
1916. .-

W.W. CORY,:
Deputy Ml Minister ofthe: Interior,

i nauthorized publication. of

Time: slatiale nent, out by: swites

nie |W dyeaday:

month in advanee. This rate includes office con-

jumbia atitsnextSessiononbehalfof The: °

Columbia, by Chapter 69of the Statutes,

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