"News Notes:of General Interest

“millions: ‘on street improvements atic and naval service...
curing the year, ;

: Vancouver plang ‘to.spend five|ions and in the military, diplom-

$3, 500, 000 in ‘dividends,’ besides
the profits which have been in-
vested in development. . “There
are few. éanips which will show
such .an.-averaye. of proiit tora

. continuous period of 17 years,

THE OMINEGA: MINER) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1912 ts

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British Columbia will ask for|

New Westininster. has voted | twelve seatsin any redistribution | (i

ERMANY DESIRES

$100,000 for the erection of . a| measure brought before the fed-
new High school. eral house, °

‘The Kettle Valley railway has Bubonie rlague, from which
expended $2,000,000 on construc-| large numbers died in Amoy dur-

Absorption of Portugese Pos-

m ones... saat ert eee mrnni aes

tion in the last six months, ing the first nine months of 1911,
_ is said to have reappeared in that
city.

The Quebec government pro-
poses to raise a loan of ten ‘mil-
lions for read improvements. |

British Columbia's population | st

In the Norwegian parliament
last week a law was passed
admitting women to all public
offices on the same conditions as
men. Exceptions, however, were
made in regard to cabinet posit-

Canada — for Proportionate in-|w
crease,

f Russian oilrields,

j| Sir Charles Tupper, the vet-
@;eran Canadian statesman, who
f has been seriously ill at his Eng-
H|tish home, Bexley Heath, Kent,
B | is making good progress : towards
Bl | recovery,

Just -
Arrived

& Over four thousand @!-
. pounds of HARNESS and §

® SADDLERY Stocks have
# just arrived from the end
m of steel.

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A Montreal despatch says that],

&| 28 far as its operation applies to
: this country.

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Harness

and —
Saddles

of all descriptions,

Captain 5. A. Tallander and

| gy Etinee Rupert.
fi | Rosa,

Ee which filled and sank,

: bill to extend legislative power | im

WHIPS, long’ and short

CHIMES ‘and SLEIGH Juneau and create a council of fo

“ BELLS for cutter and &
sleigh, | bers, all to be elected, or

‘ th
HORSE BLANKETS,

5 double breasted and extra ; quence of the discovery of ore} -

R long. y (carrying $600 in gold to the ton, | Britain dominates South Africa;

—- B| besides other values, in a new Germany must get Ceniral
opposite the town of! Africa,
Moyie, the greatest stampede| while the iron is hot. Mr. As-
since the seventies is in progress, quith and Sir Edward Grey

in fact, everything in § tunnel

M@ the line of harness and
a saddiery is included in this

7 shipment, f/The new find is within a short|sh

silver-lead property. _|th

: Of course the shipment
@ islate, for this reason, ag
s much of the stock is for &
a Winter use, we will sell at
# lowest possible prices,
Bend ue your order by

the Rossland mines, and great| ce

freight and treatment rate hav- a.

: letter or wire, el
to $3.25 to $4a ton. “fhe mines su
employ 1,400 men, 800 of whom
Aldous . ‘Miare miners. As an indication of
& * | the scale upon which work is be-
- Gling carried on, it is (stated ° the

is inereasing at therate of 40,000 bay would have been immense to| J
annually. This is the record in| Great Britian during the Boer
‘far, she has now all the commer:
cial privileges, with none of the
* * | responsibilities of that Portu-
_G, T. P. officials announce that | guese territory since acquired by | Jal
the company’s steamers are to|the treaty. Aside from Mozam- _.
use oil as fiiel.in future, It wilt|bique, of which the bay forms a ml
, | be brought in tank steamers from | part, Portugal has, on the main- | Ml
land of Africa, Angela almost |
opposite on the West Coast and| Ml
Portuguese Guinea, in all about wl
7,000,000 square miles of territory | Mi

German publicist, in a recent in-

@| his young son were drowned at! ihitities worth cultivating, but
The tug Glen!not in British Africa.
upon which they were thinking of the inevitable collapse
3 sleeping, was moored to a wharf of Portugese power in Africa,
f, by ropes which proved too short, and a division of ‘the republie’s
y/ fhe tide careened the vessel, possessions there between Eng-
land and Germany”

' Congress is considering a new brought forth a semi-official state-
mito Alaska, subject to congress-| Germany. would not have to wait

Honatapprovah:*"The bill .would |-for the collapse of Portuguese
‘ - locate the capital of Alaska at power, nor would it be necessary
eight members and a house of| what she might negotiate at Lis-

a/representatives of sixteen mem-| bon,

Nelson, Jan. '80:—In  conse- Significant passage:

| distance of the noted St. Eugene opportunity to prove their words

many’s expansion.
There is arevival of interest in| may eventually be possible ta

| things are predicted for the dis-| remainder of the mutilated Con-
Miirict. Very low-grade ores are! go,
now mined with ‘a profit, the/secure the Portuguese possessions

"tf ttig’ beeti reduced by the C. P. R, Central Africa would then be as-

AFRICAN at

sesions, Rhodesia, and Part
of Congo Is Her Ainbition.

Berlin, Jan. 29—Although the
rategic importance of Delagoa

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ith a population of nearly 8,000, - |

000. x

It is believed that Germany is lea!

negotiating for the purehase of w
this territory which, with her}
own possessions, would make her | Jil
formidable rival to British |
4/48 a result of an appeal. to the Afriea—not in extent of territory,
B|Fope by the clergy and laymen but because of her proximity to
mj of the Roman Catholic Church of the valuable British possessions
| Canada, the famous “‘Ne Tem- of the Transvaal, the Orange
picre!’ deeree will be withdrawn River Colony and Rhodesia,

Prof. Delbruck, the eminent

yview in Berlin said:
“In Africa alone we see poss-

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This expression of opinion

ent in Berlin to the effect that

r her to consult: England-ag to

Later the Pan-German

gan, Die Post, had an article on
e; subject which contained the

“France has North Africa;

We must strike now

ould be given an immediate

at Britain does not oppose Ger-
Perhaps it

de Rhodesia, and France the
If we in the meantime
mighty German

empire in

red.”

The Fisheries Poliey
{Special to The Miner)

Vancouver, Feb. 1:—In the

Especially the unmarried ladies who are
twig gatherers——will note our lines em-

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A few pairs of Ladies’

Murray

Harelion, I. c.

Canadian Consolidated, within an
a | area of 400 acres, has 27 miles of
A} workings, all lighted by electrici-
I|ty. The camp has produced
| about $50,000, 000, and ‘has paid

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a Do You Want A Preemption?

_ _If'so, now is the time to get one.” Se
._Thave some choice selections.

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a province would be signed, ‘and

tthat. within two weeks an an-

Reginald Leake Gale, I P.

Telkwa, B. C

‘Real Estat, Financial and bg * :

» “Agent for G. T. P, Townsited

fay & Milligan Brothers, Surveyors. | a, a
Surveys Promptly Attended Te. ae

|} others, who never intended. to
; Opérate ‘canneries;
| @overtitient: would bee to it that

course of an address delivered at
the annual meeting of the Van-
couver Conservatives, Hon. W.
J. Bowser said that within ten
days contracts having an impor-
tant bearing on the development
of the. northern portion’ of. the

nouncement by the Premier of
the Government's policy for the
opening up. of northern . areas
may be expected.

The attorney-general said he

fad been invited by the minister

of marine to go to Ottawa for a
conference in contiection with
the “issue of this years fishing
ligenseg;: ‘but had been unable to

accept." A capable official rout
besent to repregérit this province,
Mr. Bowser added : ‘that he had
been informed the Laurier gav-
ernment had issued fishing licen-
ses to. lawyers, real ‘estate men,
secretaries to ministers, and

‘The Borden

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brace white drawing linen for fancy
work, sheer linen lawn, table cloth linen |

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Fine Sheer Linen Lawn, 36 inches
wide, at $1.00 the yard,

White Damask Hemmed Napkins
at $I. 75 per dozen.

White Drawing Linen, suitable for

Pure Linen Damask Hemmed

fancy. work; 36 inches wide, we Napkins $3 per dozen.
offer at 75c the yard, 72.inch White Linen Table Da-
White Irish Linen ‘Damask Table mask at $1.00 the yard,

Cloths, sizes: 8x10 at $3.25 and
8x12 at $4.25 and also at- $5.

White Butcher Linen, 36 inches
wide, at 35c a yard,

WE have several pieces of dress goods very suitable and

nifty for evening dresses,

A Cream and a Pale Blue Nuns Veiling 40 inches wide,

at 60 cents a yard. |

Heavy Cream Cashmere 42 inches wide, at 75c per yard.

Heavy Cream Suiting in a dainty design, 27 inch width at .

50c a yard.

_ We have the above suiting in'a mauve and a pretty “shade

of brown as well, at 40c per yard,

LADIES PURE SILK HOSE, in black, pink and pale

blue shades, $2.00 per pair.

When in our store ask to be shown our special $2.50 line

of Corsets,

$1.25 a pair.

Black All Wool Equestrians at

Snow Shoes

Stickeen and Semi-Stickeen patterns |

Shoe Pacs

The famous Pentang Shoe Pacs.

Twelve Inch Top at $6.00 - ,
Fourteen Inch Top at $7, 00 ©

Sixteen Inch Top at $7. 15
Tan color 25c extra.

‘Shelf Hardware and

Builders’ Tools

The completeness of this department will surprise |
you if you have not already looked it over. |

We have everything you require.

A Good Stock of
Roofing, Tar and Building Paper, “Windows,

Doors and Glass

Beds. and Bedding - A very ; complete stock |

-R. Cunningham & Son, Ltd.

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