formations, :

THE OMINECA MINER,

SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1918

Is Doing and Saying

Snappy Briefs from all Quarters

‘The U. 8S. government has
ruled that American citizens who
are ‘serving with tne British
forces shall not be permitted to
transfer to the American army,

Lord Reading, chief justice of
England, has been appointed
British ambagsadorito Washing-
ton, to replace Sir Cecil. Spring-
Rice, resigned,

The government will remove
the embargo on molybdenum and
tungsten‘and their ores, and will
permit the export, under license,
of these products to the U.S.
and France. :

Last- year 867 Norwegian ships
with a tonnage of 566,000, were
sunk by German U-beats. Since
the war began, 215 Danish ves-
sels have been lost in a like man-
ner, -

The coal output of the Vancou-
ver Island collieries in 1917 ex-
ceeded the output of 1916.

Guatemala City is suffering
further damage from earth-
quakes,

Premier Hughes of Australia
will form a new ministry.

Sergt,-Major James Robinson

oppose Mrs. Ralph Smith in the];

Vancouver by- election,

There is ia great shortage - of

meat i in England.

The number of prisoners cap-|

tured by the British last year
was 114,544, with 781 guns, while
the British lost 29,879 men and
166 puns.

Over 240,000 naval and mili-

tary overseas votes were cast in|

the general election,

Soft coal production in the U.
§. in 1917 totalled 544,000,000

tons, and increase of 42,00),000) -
“tons over 1916, ;

The German general, Luden-

dorff, has resigned.

. Fuel ‘shortage i is embarrassing
many eastern cities.

Floods are doing much dam.
age in Siam. .

‘Addressing Soldiers’. Mail

“What the World |

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INDIVIDUAL PURCHASES LIMITED TO $150). |

FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY AT ANT BANK
OR ANY MONEY ORDER POST, OFFICE

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midnight every Thursday. il
For Anyox 12:00 midnight every Wednesday. q
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Sth, 23rd; Feb. 6th, 20th; March 6th, 20th.

For Maysett, "Port C ements, Pym. Wednesday Jan. 2nd, 16th 80th; Feb.
18th, 27th; March 18th, 27th :
For Tkeda, Jedway, Lockeport, Atli Inlet, Pacofi, Skidegate, Queen Char-
lotte, Sandspit, p.m. Wedn. Jan. 7th, 2)st: Feb. 4th, ‘sth, March 4,18. Van
ARRIVE PRINCE RUPERT from the South 10;80 A.M. every Wednesday. JEL
Passenger traing leave Hazelton Bastbound at 7:10 P.M. Monday, 4 , L
Wednesday, Saturday, e

ay.
For further information apply to any Grand Trunk Pacifle Agent,or to “||
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Stenmers sailing between Seattle, Vicjoria,
Vancouver, Ucean Falls, Swanson Bay,
Prince Rupert, Anyox, Ketchikan, Wrangell,
Juneau, Skagway,

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Territory |

‘R. 8. Sargent, Ltd.

LEAVE PRINCE RUPERT:

+ Express, General “Drayage and "Freighting

1 LIVERY and STAGES

aight

and p blie conveyances day and
Qur stages ‘meet all trains at South Hazelton or New Hazelton.

~ Best Dry Birch, $6.00 :a cord’:

Westbound 9:20 a.nd. Sunday, Tuesday, Thurs-

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Consign your shipments in Our:
Care. for. Storage .or Delivery. :

Address all fons to Ff

Ruddy. & MacKay}

. In order to facilitate the hand-| .

ling of mail at the front and to.
ensure prompt delivery, itis re-
quested that all mail be addresa-
ed as followa: | os

{a) Regimental: Number.

" {b) Rank, _

(c) Name, -

‘¢(d) Squadron, Battery « or Com
"pany,

__(e) Battalion, © ‘Regiment (or

"other unit), ‘Staff appoint-|.

-maent or Department.
, @) CANADIAN CONTINGENT.

x British Expeditionary
‘Force,

~(h) Army Post Office, Lonpow Boe

England.

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“auch” BY brigades, a
divisions, is strictly. forbidden, “

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“THE ‘FACTORY
| She _must_ have ‘Food

for hér Armies in the Field—for her Workers in the Factory—in .
the Munition plant—in the Shipyard—in the Mine. .

| THERE'S DANGER IN SIGHT—BUT

THE FARM :

15 Cae OTS upeen

TWEE. Pe
FARM PRODUCTS | |
“ARE NEECED || 4

YOUGRN HELP || ropa |p

Do You Know— °-'. | You Can— || WHEAT, - Bo
that the rapidly rising price of food stuffs help thwart Germany's desperate sub- OATS, | ir: rr
means that the World’s reserve supply | is marine.thrust on the high ecas, . BEEF, | BE !

_ ‘getting small ? re BACON,, 1

Do You Know. You CAN 7 CHEESE, Wea
that a world-wide ‘famine ‘can only be ' do this by helping to make every bit of |]: EGS, A
averted by i increasing this supply? land in paneda ‘prodiice—the very jast BUTTER, qo

, ' pound of foo 5 . B

Do You Know— —

that a “food famine" would be a woree
disaster to the Empire and her Allies then
reverses in the Field? coy

that no man

AND REMEMBER— -

d stuffs of whicli it ia capable,
POULTRY, yo

can say that he has fully done . BEANS & PEAS,

. his part—who having land—be it garden ||... WOOL,
_ patch, or farm, or ranch—-fails to make it || FLAX. AND. - |
‘Produce food to its utmost capacity. oP. FLAX FIBRE,
oom | DRIED
1 ||_ VEGETABLES

| BRITAIN APPEALS "10 CANADA.

THE NEAREST PRODUCER, oF. STAPLE. FOODS

India cand Argentina are more thi “Givlee the’ distance away and

“No matter what difftcutties may? ee

| face us, the supreme duty of | |
| _.man on the is to use every though

and every energy in the direction. a ee
‘still: ‘more’. eae

DOMINION DEPARTMENT OF “\GRICULTURE q

mo OTTAWA

Australia more than four times. | ; . producing more-
Canada to Briain - (9+ > =. = i Mertin Burelt—Mialiter of Agrivutture.._
Sho own Peed | Geer an :
India & Argentina to Britain we — ~The Department invites every one desiring .|
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‘Australia to Britain ns mi . information on any subject relative to Farm :.

We ace prepared to supply private 7