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Wednesday, April 1, 196400 SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW

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Coastal B eauty That Brin gs 7 ourists H er e in Thousands ee _ 7 . . in May, 1919, all production of com: Concrete Blocks structures | ippieimalh: 30. feet

mercial: high .explosives. was ‘trans- |. a wide and. 80 fect: long. : These’ were »
ferred to James Island; with the-em- For New Schools loaded on’ scows and. -towed ‘some 40
ployees from other plants being re-| School. construction’ in ~Saanich} miles to the new. site. An: amusing
employed at. the new factory. | School District. will in: future be of! incident occurred when. one. of these °
Black ‘powder. ‘and’ fertilizer-units | conéerete block rather than ‘frame | ‘boarding houses went. adrift’ during :
were also constructed, slater ‘in. the | and stucco. ~~ ; one | a storm one-night and landed near.»
year, and: the products from the}. ‘Trustees decided - to remain. with |English “Bay, “Vancouver, -much. to
‘|-works, instead of serving a‘ destruc: ! the masom‘y. when. the question was]}.{he astonishment. of .Vancouver: resi-
tive purpose, were ‘now put. to use | asked at Monday evening's mecting.| dents, who were: almost, convinced:
for the progress’ and ‘betterment of | “To go back to frame ‘and stucco | that -a-modern’ Noah's: Ark: had ‘ar-
all countries. would be a retrograde ‘step,’ com-; rived! After being successfully re-
TRANSFER : | mented Lewis Harvey, floated, “'The Ark" served for. many

Besides the transfer of machinery | —-—---~-— years (during and after: the war). as
and equipment to James Island was | (Nanaimo) = and.” Turnstall ‘Bay | a boarding house for girls in the
the moving of a large’ number of| (Bowen Island), including the “Tun. | Village. ae, _
dwellings from both Departure Bay ' stall Bay boarding houses—two- story | (To be continued).

Royal ‘Bank helps: you manage your ‘chequing, a
borrowing and other personal finances in a business-:*
like way at lowest cost. Our TWO-ACCOUNT PLAN.
- Keeps you from raiding savings earmarked for vaca- .

- Of Je a m 1es_ | Isl a n d “ Sto ry tion or other purposes; it also simplifies bill-paying:

ue ER IVE, . = oy 2 More “additions were : made tol 60. ma Bree ye Ae “.by providing:a special: Personal. Chequing Account. ... -
mn high. degree of - efficiency: v was| dcid and TNT: ‘plants and at the time pop ulation of. some 60 ‘per -cent. | at the outbreak of: war) ‘was resum-|>* re (uly. 10¢ 2 cheque!) And a Royal TERMPLAN LOAN ©”
‘developed among the: employees ‘of |: ‘of, the “Armistice, monthly’ produc- Now was the'time when. construction| ed. The plants at Nanaimo ‘and Vic-| °° can often’save you big money in interest. Be money-

aaa of ‘the dynamite. lant: disconitinu d toria N ere. “fi al F: ms —. nearb: Ro. al Bank Branch,
the. ‘company during’ the war.” Work mh on po a ast rate: -of : pps two? D “¢ e 1a. Ww inally.. dismantled . and a lwise: ~ bank. at your. ey ye

_Was unceasing. Sundays, or. holidays |:
_ were ‘observed in'the ritual of. work:
‘However, : seven: with. the pressure of |.
work, ‘there, was still time for mie oc
~~ easional bit of sport... °-> ‘
7 oMr.. Grubb, when: “prompted: by: .
“memories of other: old-timers, ‘relat-|"< Some. 35 5 niin sens of Ned t
__@d the following ‘story: During World | went. from ‘the’ island to. the “Allied |]
War. I. days, when. the plant” was Forces “during the’ war and: it’ is
“running 24 hours (three. shifts): a worthy: to: note: that, even with due|f ©
“foot: race took: place, :in31916,"at°the ‘regard ‘to. the enormous ‘statistics |:
change of the 4 o'clock shift, so that ‘characteristic of © the “war. muni-

i ‘tions, : this.” otal” i TECOE gnized ‘asa

as. many. “as possible: might. see. it.
This: “was a 10-yard -race,. carefully | ¢

being proaueed: “Later ray 1917, when |
: the: US. entered’ the; war—produc- |:
’ tion’ from ‘the ‘plant was.‘ no: “longer.
“needed by:.the: British vor: ‘Canadian
‘overnments, ‘but the American gov-|:
srnment,: with : insufficient: ‘supplies, |
sealed upon the plant to: supply « ever: |
ee increasing anes m
Now and ‘then everybody gets a’
“tired‘out”’ feeling, and: may be
bothered bh hackaches. Perhaps noth-
ing seriously wrong,. just a temporary -'
condition caused hy urinary irritation or .
“bladder discomfort. That's the time to
take Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dodd's help
_ stimulate the kidneys .to-relieve this
condition which may often cause back-
ache. and tired feeling. Then-you feel.
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It: is.;notto::be. supposed’ that. all.
this work ‘and: risk” was, entirely ‘un-
‘dertaken: by,‘men.:. The: girls. of :Van-'
‘couver Island ‘were- not: found’ -want-
ing; “for. while: their sisters in’ Europe.
“were ‘undertaking ‘hard and hazard-
‘| ous vocations, numbers of: ‘them did
their bit’ inthe “conflict by helping
in: the®: ¢making~.of. TNT: on «James
sland: More’ than $00: people. were
on ‘the payroll cof the company: at
the date of ithe Armistice; and the
populition” of the island : exceeded
1,000, °°
BY-PRODUCTS | a :
Ww-should, be recalled (oo that, co-
incident. ‘and necessity: for: the: pro-"
duction of -TNT-—large quantities of
- | Nitric. Acid was. manufactured! on |
; |. the plant: : oe
| Production: of this acid made:pose..
Joy Siblee.as fav by-produet, the econom:
Heat manufachire: of: large tonnaes
at, sodium sulphate, This was. ur
7 ntly. needed:and-- was. sold: tos the:
BC ‘paper industry, «thus: saving
Canna “needed © forelgn: ‘exchange,
had It been necessary: for. this mn-
jovial: to be. pur rehased, from worn a
onary. -

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