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C, FRIDAY, Dec. 15, 1916.\nNumber 41\nBRITAIN'S WAR CABINET.\nIn any other time but war time, such political\nchanges and developments as' one week sufficed to\nbring about, without a revolution, without a general\nelection, without even a vote in the House, in the parent and model constitutional government of the world,\nthat of Great Britain, would have been impossible\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nin fact, in all the circumstances, is almost inconceivable. What was essentially a strong Liberal Government under Premier Asquith, with a Conservative\ncoalition element voluntarily admitted since the outbreak of the war, has found itself, on account of inter\nnal disagreements with regard to the conduct of the\nwar, suddenly disintegrated and replaced by a new\nGovernment headed by the most radical and dynamic\nLiberal of the late Asquith Administration, David\nLloyd-George, with a distinctively Conservative, even\nTory, setting and support; while a large portion of the\nLiberal following of the late Asquith Ministry has been\nforced into a position of nominal Opposition.\nAnother startling feature of the dramatic political\ndevelopments of a week at London is the cutting down,\nin the formation of the new Goverment, of the old\ntime-honored Cabinet of over twenty members to a\nbare five, constituting the new war Cabinet of Great\nBritain, of whom but three -Lloyd-George, Lord Mil-\nner, and Mr. Henderson\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwill, it is stated, devote all\ntheir time to the war Council, the others being relieved\nfrom constant attendance on account of other departmental duties. The war triumvirate, therefore, on\naccount of Lloyd-George's dominant personality and\npractically unhampered position, will in effect probably, as is suggested, be more in the nature of a\ndictatorship, with the colleagues of the new Premier\nin the war Cabinet\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLords Curzon and Milner, Andrew\nBonar Law, and Arthur Henderson (the latter Labor's\nrepresentative)\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdregistering his decisions.\nThe Cabinet and Ministry as a whole, is thus\nposed: David Lloyd-George, Premier; Lord Curzon,\nPresident of the Council; Lord Milner, without portfolio; Andrew Bonor-Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Arthur Henderson, without portfolio. Lord\nCurzon will be leader in the House of Lords and\nBonar-Law leader in the House of Commons. The\nother members of the Ministry not in the war Cabinet\nare as follows: Lord High Chancellor. Sir Robert\nBannatyne Finlav; Secretary of State for Home Department, Sir George Cave; Secretary of State for\nForeign Affairs, Arthur J. Balfour; Secretary of State\nfor the Colonies, Walter Hume Long; Secretary of\nState for War; the Earl of Derby; Secretary of State\nfor India, Austen Chamberlain; President of the Local\nGovernment Board, Baron Rhondda; President of the\nBoard of Trade, Sir Albert Stanley; Minister of Labor,\nJohn Hodge; First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Edward\nCarson; Minister of Munitions, Dr. Christoper Addison; Minister of Blockade, Lord Robert Cecil; Food\nController, Baron Devenport; Shipping Controller, Sir\nJoseph Paton McLay; President of the Board of Education, Herbert A. L. Fisher; First Commissioner of\nWorks, Sir Alfred M. Mond; Chancellor of the Duchy\nof Lancaster, Sir Frederick Cawley; Postmaster-General, Albert Illingworth; Minister of Pensions, George\nN. Barnes; Attorney-General, Sir Frederick E. Smith;\nSolictor-General, Gordon Hewart, K.C.; Secretary for\nScotland, Mr. Monro; Lord Advocate, James A. Clyde,\nK.C; Solicitor-General for Scotland, Thomas B. Morrison, K.C; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Henry E.\nDuke; Lord Chancellor for Ireland, Ignatius J. O'Brien, K.C\nLord Northcliffe, whose cons tant agitation through\nthe group of leading English newspapers that he controls had not a little to do with bringing about the\nBritish Cabinet crisis, is authority for the following\noutline of Premier Lloyd-George's war programme:\n1. The arming of merchantmen to fight the submarine peril. 2. Preparation for the spring offensive.\n3. Mobilization of the civil population between the\nages of 16 and 60. 4. Making over of the blockade.\n5. Rationing of the people by the issue of food tickets.\nv 6. Increasing of home food production. 7. Banning\nof work immaterial to the war. 8. Enforcing of the\nprohibition of luxuries. 9. The institution of meatless\ndays. The immediate putting into effect of Home\nRule for Ireland is said to be another.\nOne certainty emerges from the . great political\ncrisis and its immediate result in the foimation of\nthis new and remarkable coalition, in which such\nstrong and staunch statesmen as Premier Asquith, Sir\nEdward Grey, and Reginald McKenna temporarily disappear, to be replaced by Lloyd-George, Balfour and\nBonar-Law as Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs,\nand Chancellor of the Exchequer, respectively\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdand\nthat is, iha Lloyd-George is ihe pivot and king-pin of\nthe n^vv combination, the one man who gives significance, coherence, and iustifica ion to -the startling\nAN INTERESTING COMPARISON.\nCommenting on the inhuman brutality of the Germans in their latest outrage upon the unfortunate civil\npopulation of Belgium and Northern France, in their\npower\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdtearing them from their homes and families\nand deporting them by hundreds of thousands into virtual slavery, in spite of international law and precedent, the Presbyterian finds an interesting parallel for\nsavage ferocity and inhuman barbarity between modern Germany and ancient Assyria. It says:\nIn ancient days, when cruelty was the commonest\nof sins, when war was waged without regard to any\nconsiderations of humanity, there was one nation\nwhich had a bad pre-eminence for the remorseless rigor\nof its policy and the ferocitv of its fighting men. That\nnation was Assyria. Naturally a people of a powerful\nand rugged type, the Assyrians developed into a great\nmilitary nation. As we are told in Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible, \"the King of Assyria was primarily\na general. The army always played the chief role in\nAssyria.\"\nIn Professor J. F. McCurdy's \"History, Prophecy\nand the Monuments,\" the outstanding characteristics\nof the Assyrians are set forth in a striking paragraph:\n\"The singleness and intensity of purpose, along with\ncomprehensiveness and magnitude of aim and plan,\nand swiftness of decision and energy of action, compel\nour attention,and excite our admiration. On the other\nhand, the relentless repression of all opposition, the\ndisregard of the rights of others, the remorseless\ncruelty shown to enemies, and the sober and sincere\nearnestness with which all this was carried out in the\nname of the gods, make us recoil with horror.\"\nOne cannot read these sentences without being\nstruck with the parallel which they suggest between\nthe Assyrians of three thousand years ago and the\nGermans as we know them to-day. Both in the qualities which \"excite our admiration\" and those which\n\"make us recoil with horror,\" the description of the\none can be applied to the other almost line for line and\nword for word.\nWhile the Assyrians from the beginning of their\nhistory were expert in the arts of cruelty, they succeeded, in the course of the years, in developing a new\nform of \"frightfulness.\" In professor H. P. Smith's\nOld Testament History it is described as follows: \"This\npolicy was nothing less than the deportation of the inhabitants of a province, or a considerable fraction of\nthem, and the settlement of them among strangers at\na distance from their home. In their new situation\nthew would be unable to make common cause with\ntheir fellow subjects and the throne would be secure.\nThe ingenuity of the measure was not greater than its\ncruelty.\"\nProfessor McCurdy, in the work from which we\nhave already quoted, speaks of this deportation policy\nas the climax of all civic and domestic horrors.\" He\nis wrong. It has been reserved for our modern Assyrians to cap the climax. We are informed that up\nto the present time the Germans have deported from\nBelgium about 350,000 men. These unfortjnates are\ntorn from their homes, separated from their families\nand friends, and forced to live among a hostile people\nof unfamiliar speech. In these measures the Germans\nhave followed faithfully the Assyrian example. But\nthey have bettered their pattern. The Kaiser has\neclipsed Sargon. Not only are the Belgians carried\naway captive into a strange land. They are compelled\nto labor there for their captors. Directly or indirectly,\nby working in munition factories or by releasing men\nfrom other employments, they are obliged to assist in\nthe German military operations. Under constraint\nthey are helping to rivet the fetters of their own national bondage. No wonder the deportation of the\nBelgians is spoken of as the \"crowning infamy\" in the\nlong black German record.\nIf the Presbyterian had access to the Kaiser and\nhis counsellors, we would advise them to read the Book\nof Nahum and remember that the providential government of the world follows the same principles from age\nto age. Nahum foresaw the doom that would descend\nupon cruel Assyria. \"Thy shepherds slumber, O King\nof Assyria; thy nobles shall dwell in the dust; thy\npeople is scattered upon the mountains, and no man\ngathering them. There is no healing of thy bruise;\nthy wound is grievous; all that hear the bruit of thee\nshall clap their hands over thee; for upon whom hath\nnot thy wickedness passed continuously?\"\ntransposition. And another certainty follows: That\na new decision, energy, vigor, and determination will\nshortly be infused into the whole conduct of the war;\nfor those are the qualities that Lloyd-George has manifested in a pre-eminent degree in the many important\nactivities in connection with the war that were from\ntime to time entrusted to him.\nHERE AND THERE\nBritish Columbia farmers, says the Omineca Herald, are losing thousands of dollars each year by planting imported seed, instead of home-grown acclimatized\nseed. For those who will take necessary care and do\nthe little extra work required, it suggests, there is big-\nmoney in producing seed of all kinds.\nThe movement gathers wav in Britain, notes an exchange, to make one of the Allies' conditions of peace\nthe handing over of German merchant ships, ton for\nton, to replace Allied vessels illegally torpedoed. It\nwould not do for the Government to announce the con\ndition until it is able to enforce it, but the prospect\nshould be made known in Germany.\nFor the first time in history, observes a contemporary, a Liberal premier is at the head of affairs in Russia. From the recent disturbances in the Duma it\nwould appear that there was some truth in the rumors\nof pro-German influence in Russia and that there was\na section of the Duma which favored a separate\" peace.\nRussia is more determined now than ever to see the\nwar through.\nIn compliance with the ruling regarding the liquidation of British business undertakings in Germany,\nthe residue of Prince von Blucher's estate will be sold\nat public auction by order of the chancellor.\" Thus\nthe irony of fate will have it that, just about a hund-\ndred years after his grandsire and the first bearer of\nthe title, Prince von Blucher, better known as Marshal\nVorwaerts, by his timely arrival at Waterloo, helped\nWellington defeat Napoleon, his descendants are adjudged \"hopelessly Anglicized,\" and their property\nin Germany is dealt with like that of any other enemy.\nWhile the Grand Forks Sun would have liked to\nhave seen the representative of that constituency \"in\nthe first Liberal Ministry oi the Province,\" it concedes\nthat ' 'the selections made by Premier Brewster, however, can be heartily endorsed by all sections of the\nProvince. They are all strong men, and the new\nGovernment should have smooth sailing.\" The Prince\nRupert News pertinently observes, in effect, that the\nnew Cabinet includes, among others, all the men that\nevery one assumed must be included in the first Liberal Government, and points out that the new men\nchosen are also the right stuff.\nAs a corrective to the alarmist or pessimistic idea\nthat Germany's spectacular drives against the more\n.vulnerable smaller powers engaged in the great struggle are going to have any more serious effect in the\nlong run than delaying to some extent the inevitable\nvictory of the Allies, the following comment on the\nsituation from the British military strategical point of\nview is worth perusing and considering: \"Every capable strategist in the world will understand that Germany is incomparably our strongest enemy. She is\nthe most formidable military power ever known. We\ncannot beat her by tickling her extremities; we can\nbeat her only by striking in a military sense at her\nheart. * * * Not the least of Germany's weaknesses to-day is that circumstances deprive her of\nstriking at the hearts of her principal enemies. She\nis on the defensive at every point where it really matters in the long run. Military wild goose chases will\nnot help her on the final showing. Indeed, this wastage of strength on her part causes the contrary of\nconcern to the Allied staffs.\"\nThe Nelson News (Conservative) is dissatisfied with\nPremier Brewster's Cabinet, which it calls a \"political\nCabinet,\" and says Mr. Brewster has catered to Van- ^\ncouver and the Lower Mainland\" and \"has sacrificed\nthe Interior.\" The News is evidently thinking and\ntalking in terms of sectionalism, but, even judged by\nthat secondary consideration as compared with essential qualifications for Cabinet positions, the make-up\nof the Cabinet could not well have been fairer. The\nLower Mainland, including Vancouver's two, was accorded just three Cabinet representatives, and Vancouver, besides having the men who were qualified and\ncould not be overlooked, comprises at least a fourth of\nthe population of the Province; the Interior got two,\nthe Island got two, and the West Coast section got\none. The only possible change in the direction of satisfying our Nelson contemporary's sectionalistic aspirations would have been to have given one of Vancouver's representatives to the Interior \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd to Nelson,\nperhaps, which, unfortunately for that suggestion,\nwas one of the few constituencies that took the News'\nadvice and stuck to the sinking Bowser derelict. Pwl\nTHE PACIFIC CANADIAN\nNew Westminster. B.( . Dec. 15 M16\nTHE PACIFIC CANADIAN\nPublished every Friday from the Offices, 761 Carnarvon Street,\nNew Westminster, li. C, by the Pacific Canadian Printing\n& Publishing Co-, I\/ri).\nGHO. KENNEDY, - - Editor and Manager\nSubscription Prices;\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd$1.00 per annum [in advance]; 50c. for six\nmonths; 25c. for three mbnths; 10c. per month: 5c. per copy.\nAdvertising rates on application\nANOTHER PEACE BLUFF.\nThe great Murderer of Europe, believing that he\nhas just given another impressive demonstration, in\nRoumania, of his ability to keep on murdering and\noutraging indefinitely, unwhipt of the law, but knowing in his inmost soul that the shadow of the gallows\nlies just before, susptnds his butcheries for a moment\nand flutters a white flag of truce with bloody hands as\nan intimation to the stern ministers of justice who are\non his track that he would like to make terms as a victorious and successful murderer, whereby he may not\nonly escape punishment due but enjoy the fruits of\nhis crimes.\nThat is about the true meaning and significance of\nthe mendacious, blasphemous, impudent, and hypocritical so-called peace overtures that the Kaiser's\nChancellor, von Bethman-Hollweg, early this week,\nostentatiously caused to be proclaimed to the Entente\nAllies and to the world. The announcement was made\nby the Chancellor at a specially summoned meeting of\nthe Reichstag, Tuesday morning, in characteristically\nunctuous and florid phrase, that ' 'Germany, together\nwith her allies, conscious of their responsibility before\nGod, before their own nations, and before humanity,\nhad proposed to the hostile powers to enter into peace\nnegotiations.\" The note itself, after hypocritically\ndeploring that \"The most terrific war ever experienced\nin history has been 1 aging for the last two years and\na half over a large part of the world, * * * which\ninjures the most precious achievements of humanity,\"\narrogantly and untruthfully declares: \"Our aims are\nnot to shatter nor annihilate our adversaries, in spite\nof our consciousness of our military and economic\nstrength and our readiness to continue the war (which\nhas been forced upon us) until the bitter end if necessary. At the same time, prompted by the desire to\navoid further bloodshed and make an end to the atrocities of war, the four allied powers propose to enter\nforthwith into peace negotiations.\"\nThe terms following the preamble, based upon insolence and lies, are hardly worth inquiring into. In\na word, they propose a return to the situation existing\nbefore the war, the occupied portions of Belgium and\nFrance to be lestored by Germany (not including Al-\nscace-Lorraine, of course), in return for her captured\ncolonial possessions; two buffer kingdoms, doubtless\nunder German control, to be carved out of western\nRussia; and the complicated Balkan situation to be\nsettled by the peace conference. Any terms at all,\nhowever, with Germany, except those dictated to her\nwith a halter round her neck, would be treason to our\nown and our Allies' heroic dead, to humanity, and to\nposterity. Germany, in her present spirit and under\nher present rulers, can no more be treated with than\na mad dog or a murdering maniac running at large.\nShe must be accorded the same treatment as they.\nGermany is doubtless perfectly well aware, or\nshould be by this time, that her insulting and hypo-\ncritical \"peace overtures\" will receive no more attention than they deserve. They are intended mainly to\nthrow dust in the eyes of their own people and of the\nneutrals. The result throughout the British Empire\nand the Allied countries generally should and doubtless will be a renewed and more grim determination\nthan ever to bring the world's great and evidently ye?\nunrepentant criminal to full and exact justice.\nHERE AND THERE\nIn the French reorganization for the war, General\nJ off re has been superceded as commander-in-chief by\nGen. Nivelle, commander of the French troops at Verdun, which is said to be the first step toward the reorganization of the higher command. Gen. J off re will\nbe technical military adviser to the re-formed French\nGovernment, and will participate as such in the meetings of the new war committee of five.\nAfter applying in vain to the late Provincial Government to have their pay and conditions of work\nstandardized with those of the C. P. R. employees, the\ntrainmen and other employees of the Pacific Great\nEastern Railway Company presented their case before\nthe new Government, and Hon. Mr. Oliver, Minister\nof Railways, after going thoroughly into the matter,\nconcluded that the men were entitled to what they\nasked, and granted thei, reqiies accordingly, which\nmeans better oav all round.\nLord Shaughnessy is credited with the post mortem\nobservation, at London, recently, anent the firing of\nSir Sam Hughes, late Minister of Militia, that \"his removal will increase both harmony and efficiency,\" and\nfurther: \"He was unable to work in accord with his\nCabinet colleagues. He antagonized the military authorities here (London) and his relations with the\nCovered\nRoast\nPans\nRound or\nOval\ni5c\ufffd\ufffd=$2\nCake Pans, plain tubed and scalloped, 15c to 50c each\nStory Cake Pans, round and square, 40c to 75c each\nCooks Knives, Mixing Spoons, Kitchen Forks, Etc,\nAnderson (St Lusby\n634 Columbia St.\nRoyal City Pork Butche\/s\n(KENNEDY BROTHERS)\n737 Columbia St. 309 Sixth St.\nWe make a specialty of Cooked Meats. Our\nProperly Cooked Hams, Veal Loaf, Etc.,\nare in great demand.\nNEW WESTMINSTER, B. C.\nPhone 219\n, l\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd<\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd0^\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdiMOH\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd<^+4++4+\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd4+\ufffd\ufffd+<\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd^\nCanadian forces in Europe became at least astonishingly inharmonious. I consider Sir Robert Borden\nshowed singular patience in dealing with him.'' Yes,\na patience amounting to weakness, which resulted in\nserious prejuice to the vital interests that Sir Sam had\nso long under his muddling control.\nj\nii GILLEY BROS.,^\nThe Conservative Opposition has wisely concluded\nnot to waste time, energy and money, besides inflicting the same inconvenience and loss upon the country,\nby contesting the return of the members of Premier\nBrewster's Cabinet, who have to go back for re-election. The shadow of a contest in Vancouver at the\ninstigation of an alleged discontented Liberal minority\nhas also happily vanished as a result of the Government's prompt action in appointing a judicial commission to clear p the long-standing \"plugging\" complications . So to-morrow, nomination day in all but one\nof the by-elections (Prince Rupert, or the Skeena\nRiding), will, from present appearances, record the\nreturn by acclamation of seven out of the eight Ministers going back to their constituents.\nPHONES 15 and 16\n Dealers in\t\n; Crushed Rock, Sand and Gravel. Lime, Cement. Plaster. Drain Tile. Etc.\n\" Forge, House and Steam Coal. Agricultural Lime\nSir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, accompanied by Mr. R. B. Bennett, head of the National\nService Board, has arrived in the Province on a tour of\nthe west, addressing patriotic meetings at all the principal points in behalf of the national service project.\nPremier Brewster was invited by telegram, some time\nin advance, and accepted, to participate in a meeting\nto be held to-morrow night in the Royal Victoria\nTheatre. The Provincial Government proposed to\nmark the occasion by an official welcome to the Premier of Canada. Sir Robert Borden arrived at New\nWestminster by the C. N. R.. this morning, and was\nmet at the depot by the Mayor and a number of the\nAldermen, and later proceeded to Vancouver, where\nhe will address a patriotic meeting In Wesley Church,\nthis evening.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 902 Columbia Street\nNew Westminster, B. C.\nA movement, which has been brewing for some\ntime, is now fairly under way both in this city an d\nVancouver, looking to a change with regard to the\nweekly half holiday established by Act of the Legislature at last session. Under the Act, the various\ncities of the Province decided by plebiscite, last summer, to adopt Saturday afternoon (which includes the\nevening) as the weekly half holiday, with a consequent closing of all businesses, with a few special\nexceptions, from 1 p. m. on that day. Not a few of\nthe merchants both here and in Vancouver desire a\nchange, and, if they can get the necessary ten per\ncent, of the ratepayers and householders on a petition\nto that effect, it is proposed to submit the question to\na plebiscite again in both cities, on Jan. 11th next, as\nbetween Saturday or some other day for the weekly\nhalf holiday,\nA meeting will be held at the Liberal Club rooms.\nWestminster Trust Building, this evening, of representative Liberals of the New Westminster Federal\nDistrict to take steps with regard to organization.\nEDISON\nSpecial Jriday and Saturday\nCharles Chaplin\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdIN-\n\"Behind the Screen\"\nFirst Time Shown in This City\nTJfonday and Uuesday, *Dec. 18-19 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nti ik-\nCC\nAdmiral Arbuthnot Chapter, I.O.D.E.\nWILL PRESENT\nVivian Martin\n a\ufffd\ufffd\t\nHER FATHER'S SON\"\nSPECIAL VOCAL MUSIC\nAdmission:-Matinees 2 to 6 p.m., Adults 10c, Children 5c\nEvenings all seats 15c VU\/3\nNew Westminster. B.C.. Dec. 15, 1916\nTHE PACIFIC CANADIAN\nPa*el\nLOCAL AND GENERAL. THE CITY COUNCIL.\n'She\ngvei\n<&M&&.^^^M~W&*Z&^^\ntie New Westminster Musical Club\nggv\"\ufffd\ufffd itsjfirst recital of the season on\nWednesday afternoon in the assseinbly\nhall of Columbian College.\nLast week's donations to the Prisoners\nof War Fund totalled $71, which included collections from a number of social\nand patriotic organizations in the city.\nThe Business Girls' Club will hold a\nsale of fancy articles and candy in the\nY.W.C.A. club rooms on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 16, from 3 to 6 o'clock.\nMr. D. K. McTagart, head of the so-\ncalled Vancouver \"purity squad,\" finally decided that it was \"up to him\" to\noppose Hon. Mr. Macdonald in the by-\nelection .\nAt a brief session of the Court of Revision of the householders' voters' list,\nheld at the City Hall, Monday, one name\nof a man deceased was struck from the\nlint and the balance of the list confirmed.\nSir Wm. MacKenzie, President of the\nC. N. R., was in the city today and\nyesterday, conferring with the Mayor\nand Aldermen relative to unsettled\nright-of-way, terminal, and taxation\nquestions.\nA sale of home cooking in aid of the\nY.W.C.A. will be held on December ll,\nwhen mince pies will be the feature.\nPlans are being made for the annual\nChristmas tree and Christmas Day festivities at the Y.W.C A.\nThe death occurred at Cloverdale, suddenly, on Tuesday last, of Miss Kather-\niue Draper, formerly of this city, of the\nschool teaching staff, Cloverdale. The\nfuneral was held, yesterday afternoon,\nto the Church of Bngland cemetery.\nThe Admiral Arbuthnot Chapter, *Dau-\nters of the Empire, have taken over the\nEdison Theatre on Monday and Tuesday,\nDec. 18 and 19. Vivian Martin will be\nseen in the great play, \"Her Father's\nSon.\"\nThe Local Council of Women have ap\npointed Mrs. C. A. Welsh as representative from the Council to the convention\nof Women's Councils to be held shortly\nin Ottawa. The annual meeting of the\nLocal Council will be held in January.\nMr. E. M. Wiltshire, of Burquitlam,\nhas received word from his two sons,\nWalter and Frank, who went to England\nwith the 131st Fraser Valley Battalion,\nthat they expected to leave shortly for\nFrance with a draft from the 131st to reinforce the 47th Battalion.\nMr. Edwin Moody, of Port Kells, has\nreceived word that his brother Ernest\nhas been killed in action at the front.\nAnother brother, Fred, is also with the\ncolors. F. G. Wakelin is another Port\nKells resident who is reported as having\nbeen killed at the front.\nPte. Joseph Fraukey, 242nd Forresters\nBattalion, died at a Montreal hospital,\non Sunday last, of meningitis. Prior ta\nenlisting he was mill foreman with the\nHyland Lumber Co. He had resided in\nthis city for three years. He leaves a\nwife, who resides at 428 Eleventh st,\nMr. C. H. Stuart-Wade, a resident of\nthe Sapperton district, has announced\nhis candidature for a seat on the City\nCouncil for 1917. He is president of the\nSapperton Ratepayers' Association and\nwas for many years publicity commissioner of the citv and secretary of the\nBoard of Trade.\nThe official paper of the 225th Kootenay Battalion, Queen's Park, made its\nfirst appearance in this citv this week.\nIt is named \"The Mountaineer,\" and is\na bright eight-page paper full of interesting battalion gossip. On the front\npage is a cut of Lieut.-Col. Joseph Mackay, officer commanding.\nMystic Shriners from Seattle, Tacoma\nand Portland, as well as from New Westminster, Vancouver and Victoria were\npresent in this city in large numbers ou\nSaturday attending a ceremonial session\nin Masonic Hall. Hon. Thomas Taylor\nof Gizeh Temple, Victoria, presided. In\nthe evening the visitors were entertained\nat a banquet.\nHon. John Oliver, M. P. P., Minister\nof Agriculture, and the representative of\nDewdney, has written to the Coquitlam\nCouncil, asking for instructions on any\nResolution of Sympathy with Relatives\nof Departed Heroes Passed\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDelegate\nAppointed to Wait on Premier Brewster re Steel Industry.\nAmong the most important proceedings\nof the City Council, at its last regular\nmeeting, on Monday night, was the passing of a resolution by a standing vote, of\nheartfelt sympathy with all relatives of\ndeparted heroes, who have paid the supreme sacrifice in the service of the Empire. The City Clerk was also instructed,\nin this connection, to bring before the\nCouncil the names of all those who pay\nthe supre' . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd sacrifice in the future, when\nsimilar r'-jiutious will be passed. The\nnames will also be placed upon the minutes and copies of the resolution sent to\nthe relatives. The Clerk was also instructed to secure all information obtainable for the compiling of a civic honor\nroll.\nAid, Jardine, on motion, was appointed\nby the Mayor to represent this city on\nthe deputation to wait on Premier Brew-\nster, on Thursday, at Victoria, to urge\nthat some action be taken toward the establishment of the iron smelting industry\nin this Province.\nThe Council endorsed the action of the\nHarbor Committee to take up with the\nliurnaby Council the question of paying\npart of the expenses in connection with\nthe C.N.R. appeal cases in the Supreme\nCourt of Canada, Mayor Gray suggesting\nthat it was just as important to Burnaby\nthat these appeal cases be won as it was\nto New Westminster.\nThe Council made a donation of $25 to\nthe local Anti.Tuberculosis Society for\ncharitable work.\nIt was decided that a list of \"don'ts\"\nfor [fire protection, prepared by Fire\nChief Watson and Building Inspector\nTumbull, shall be printed and 3,000 distributed among householders.\nSeveral requests from ratepayers were\ndealt with by the Council, as follows:\nThe application from the Heaps Engineering Co for a 4-inch water pipe for\nfire protection to the plant on Lulu Island was referred to the Water Committee.\nThe Light Committee was instructed\nto report on the offer of G. Allers Hankey\nto transfer one of the Hotel Russell light\nstandards on Alexander street to replace\none recently broken on Columbia street\nin an automobile collision.\nMr. A. R. Agar asked for some new\nplanking on Salter street, Lulu Island\nThe Board of Works will report.\nThe petition for a new light on Sixth\nand Blackford streets was referred to\nthe Light Committee.\nThe Finance Committee will look into\nthe request from the Columbia Products\nCompany, who asked that the water and\nlight accounts be in the hands of the\ncompany on or before the second of the\nmonth.\nThe Market Clerk reported that the\nsum of $251.05 had been collected at the\nCity Market during the month of November, and the Librarian reported that\nthe total number of 2,730 books were\nused last month.\nThe milk report for the month of November, as reported by the city bactero-\nlogist through Aid. McAdam, chairman'\nof the Health Committee, was satisfactory, both as to butter fat test and bacteria.\nwrite that the Council would be pleased\nto meet Mr. Oliver at his convenience to\ndiscuss matters.\nWhen you want engineering, architectural, legal or medical service, you would\nnot think of dealing with anyone who\npracticised these callings as a side Hue,\nhut would consult a practical man who\nhad spent years in studying liis profession\nApply the same rule to the important\nmatter of insurance, and insure with Alfred W. McLeod, the Insurance Man.\nOn the recount, before County Court\nJudge Lapman, Wednesday, R. H.\nPooley, Conservative, was declared elect\ned over A. W. McCurdy, Liberal, whose\nelection majority was jnst two, which is\nnow the majority awarded to Mr. Pooley.\nFive soldiers' ballots marked in ink,\npreviously disallowed, did the business.\nFour of these were marked for Pooley\nand one for McCurdy. The judge ruled\nthey should be allowed.\nThe New Westminster Trades and Labor Council and Typographical Union\nhave endorsed Mr. Ben S. Kennedy as\n,abor's representative on the Board of\nCommissioners to be appointed by the\nProvincial Government to administer the\nWorkmen's Compensation Act, which\ncomes into effect on January 1st next.\nMr. Kennedy has been connected with\norganized labor in this Province for upwards of twenty years.\nPreparations are about completed for\nthe formal opening of the Returned Sol-\niliers' Club rooms in the Thinpson block,\nSaturday evening, Dec. 16. The commanding officer of the 225th Battalion\nhas been asked foi the use of the battalion band for the opening night. A car\nload of returned soldiers from Vancouver\nare expected to attend and it is planned\nto meet these visitors at the B. C. K. R.\ndepot with the band and march to the\nclub rooms,\n*\ufffd\ufffd\nThe People's\nGrocer\nPHONES:\nMain Store - 193 and 194\nSapperton branch - 373\nWest End branch\n%\n650 X\nThree Big Stores\nof Plenty\nNAP\nI ORANGES\nChristmas wouldn't be right\nwithout Jap Oranges. Let\nus send you a box or two.\nSpecial Price Per Box\n55c\n%\nXmas Bon Bons\nOwing to the war, it is next\nto impossible to get Bon Bons\nor Stockings over from the\nOld Land. We have a very\nlimited amount. Make your\nchoice now.\nBon Bons 35c, 50c, 75c, $1, $1.25\nXmas Stockings 10c, 25c 50c, $1\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Malaga (Spanish) Grapes, lb.30c\nMixed Nuts, per lb 25c\nXmas Mixed Candy, per lb 20c\n(Hard Boiled)\nNew Westminster's\nGIFT STORE\nCome make this your Christmas shopping headquarters. The\nbig displays of useful things to give will make choosing interesting and gifts chosen here are sure of being welcomed ones.\nStart early in the week and early in the day.\nGive Trefousse Gloves\nthis Christmas\nTrefousse fine French Kid Gloves, self\nor fancy stitched points, perfect fitting\nin sizes 5 1-2 to 7 1-2, prices per pair\n$1.75, $2.00 and $2.25\nWomen's French Kid Gloves\nIn white fur and black, Extra Special\n$1.25 to $1.50\nDent's English Crepe Gloves\n$1 50, $1.75 and $2.00\nGive a Glove Order-We Issue\nSame to Any Amount\nGifts That Please Women\nFurs, Blouses, Kimonos, Silk Hose, Umbrellas, Handkerchiefs,\nNeckwear, Purses, Etc, Etc.\n' m*Q*m6+44&4**9+*+*+*********'********\ufffd\ufffd*W\nRoyal Crown Soap\nOne of the many of the Royal\nCrown family.\n7 generous cakes for 25c\nDaughters of Empire Doings.\nAt a meeting of the Municipal Chapter\nof the Daughters of the Empire, on Saturday last, it was decided to aid the Y.\nM.C.A. military work at Queen's Park\nand, when no battalion is stationed here,\nthis assistance will be given to overseas\nY.M.C.A. military work.\nThe various chapters of the Daughters\nof the Empire, in this city will hold a\nbook and magazine shower shortly, and\nthe reading material thus donated will be\nsent to the Y. M. C. A. quarters at the\nPark for the use of the men of the 225th\nBattalion.\nThe high cost of flour was discussed\nat the meeting and it was decided to inaugurate a movement among the women\nof Canada to have the Dominion Government investigate the alleged unpatriotic speculation in wheat.\nThe civic authorities will be asked to\nset aside and maintain a plot in the\ncemetery for the burial of soldiers who\nneeded legislation for the welfare of the had served with overseas forces,\ncommunity. The clerk was instructed to\nLIMITED\n+4***********tet***6m*4\n**t6**X+>X'++*<><\ufffd\ufffd****i'*<'*\ufffd\ufffd'*++*******+***********>\nEyestrain and Wrinkles\nGo together -both are brought\non by attempting to read or\nwork WITHOUT Glasses when\nGlasses are NECESSARY !\nWe can fit you with becoming Eyeglasses that will enable you to see\nclearly without Eyestrain or Wrinkles\nLet us supply the Glasses to-day.\nH. Ryall\nDruggist and Optician\nNEW WESTMINSTER. B. C.\nt*m*********'X>********<*\nPHONE 57\nWomen's Liberal Association.\nThe first regular meeting of the Women's Liberal Association was held,\nMonday evening, in the Liberal Club\nrooms, the principal item of business\nbeing the adoption of the constitution.\nThe objects of the association as set forth\nin the constitution call for a closer relationship of tlie Liberal party in B.C.,\nand a better understanding of the Liberal platform, and a thorough 'study of the\nGovernment policies. Meetings will be\nheld on the third Monday in the mouth,\nwith the annual meeting in November.\nAn educational discussion was started,\nand it will be continued at the next\nmeeting. Several questions were asked\nbv the president, Mrs. J. R. Gilley, and\nproperly answered by the members in\nattendance. Kach question was one that\ngave new light on important dealings in\nthe Province.\nIF YOU BUY IT HERE\n\"HE\" Will Surelv Like It\nOur Store is full of helpful suggestions\nand you will find you can buy more for\nlittle money when vou buy here than vou\ncan buy any where else ::::::\nCome, Let Us Help Solve the\n Xmas Problem\t\nj. E. brown & CO.\n611 Columbia St. New Westminster\nWOOD\nAND\nCOAL\nat prices that are RIGHT\nQuality, Quantity and Service is our\nmotto\nPhones: 150-732\nBelyea & Company, Ltd.\n827 Carnarvon Street\nHon. Wm. Sloan Married.\nAn interesting social event took place,\nTuesday morning last at 9 o'clock, m\nthe First Baptist Church, Vancouver,\nwhen Miss Catherine Fiske . McDougall,\ndaughter of Mr. and Mrs. McDougall,\n149 Beach ave., Vancouver, was united\nin marriage to the Hon. Will. Sloan,\nMinister of Mines in the Brewster Government, Rev. A. A. McLeod, the pastor\nof the church, officiating. The wedding\nwas quietly celebrated, only a few relations of the contracting parties being\npresent. Immediately after the cere-\nnionv, the newly wedded couple left for\na short honeymoon trip south. They\nwill reside in Victoria.\nCity Market.\nToday's market was a rattling good\none, as the genial Assistant Market Clerk\nobserved while dodging between a constantly shifting labyrinth of poultry\ncrates, butchers' wagons, and delivery\ntrucks There was a plentiful supply of\nmeats again, at usual prices, and poultry\nwas an especially heavv feature, with\nprices about the same as last week.\nGeese were in evidence, at 20 to 22c, but\nthe Christmas turkeys were held in reserve for next week. Eggs were in good\nsupply, dropping to 50c retail and a\nshade less wholesale. Butter sold at 45c\nto 50c. Potatoes ranged at $20 to $25\nper ton and $1.25 per sack. Apples\nshowed an upward tendency, bringing\nfrom 75c to $1.25 per box.\nPhono 498\nLet us help you to\nProtect Your Property\nFrom Fire\nby writing Insurance iu sound,\nreliable Companies.\nWm. McAdam\nRoom 1, Hart Block\nA\nTHERMOS\nBOTTLE\nWill keep your tea or coffee\nwarm and you will enjoy\nyour lunch.\nWe can sell you Thermos\nBottles and Lunch Kits.\nT. J. TRAPP & CO., Ltd.\nPhones:\nStore 59 Office 196\nMachinery and Auto Dept. 691\nHon. John Oliver, Miniater of Agriculture, is in the city to-day, attending the\nannual seed fair, which opened at the\nCity Hall yesterday.\nW. H. Hicks, assistant superintendent\nof the Experimental Farm at Brandon,\nMan., has been appointed to the position\nof acting superintendent of the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, B. C, succeeding P. H. Moore, who has taken up a\nranching appointment on Vancouver\nIsland.\nValuator Money to Loan Farms\nfor Sale\nH. A. EASTM0N\nNotary Public\nGuichon Block, Columbia and MeKenzie Sts., NRW WESTMINSTER\nCOAL\n' New Wellington.\nLump, Nut, pea\nand SlacK\nJOSEPH MAYERS\nFoot Sixth St. Phone 105 \"^st Cop 4\nPage 4\nTHE PACIFIC CANADIAN\nNew Weetaninster. B.C., Dec. 15 1816\nLAUD'S SPLENDID flPPEAL\nSir Wilfrid Laurier, Liberal Leader\nand Canada's Greatest Statesman,\nMakes Thrillinor Patriotic Address in\nOld Quebec.\nSir Wilfrid Laurier excelled himself in\nthe most eloquent and compelling patriotic appeal of the many that he has made\nto his own countrymen since the war began, the occasion being an address on\nbehalf of recruiting delivered, on Friday\naf ternooii last, to thousands of his Quebec\nconstituents in the ancient capital of\nCanada. Sir Wilfrid urged upon Canadians, and especially French-Canadians,\ntheir duty in the crisis which has been\nreached in the war. He urged them to\nenlist and elaborated upon a number of\npoints in his address to show that this\nwas their duty.\n\"I have come with the intention of\ngiving you All my thoughts,\" he said,\n\"to tell you the truth as I understand it,\nand to present my conception of the\nduty that falls upon us a nation under\nthe present circumstances.\"\nTurning to the growth of tlie Dominion during the forty years he had been\nin public life, Sir Wilfrid pointed out\nthat great cities had grown up, and re\nferred to Vancouver on the Pacific Coast.\n\"We have to provide for the defence\nof these cities and our coasts,\" he declared, \"for when England is at war\nCanada is at war.\n\"The war has given us a brutal confirmation of this,\" he went on. \"When\nthe war broke out there was a panic on\nthe Atlantic and Pacific coasts, from\nHalifax to Vancouver. It was known\nthat there were German cruisers in the\nPacific and the moment war broke out\nthese cities were open to attack. You\nheard talk of the Rainbow, and how British Columbia immediately bought submarines, which action was authorized by\nOttawa immediately, so that its cities\nwould be protected. This is justification\nof the statement that when England is\nat war, Can ida is at war.\"\nWhy We FtRht.\nSir Wilfrid continued:\n\"If 1 recall these facts, il is not the\npleasure of justifying our policy, or for\nthe purpose of party politics. I am not\nhere to talk politics, but with a higher\nthought.\n\"Some people say that we should only\ndefend our territory, 'Why should our\nchildren go to fight for England ? To\nfight for England I What an injustice !'\n\"For whom is England waging war\nto-day? It is not England which was\ninvaded in August of 1914. It was not\non England that Germany declared war\non August 2, but it was England that on\nAugust 4 declared war on Germany, to\nsave Belgium, to save France, against\nthe German Empire. (Cheers.)\n\"Where is England fighting?\" demanded Sir Wilfred. \"Our own children are being killed and are shedding\ntheir blood, not in Fngland, but on the\nterritory of France. Many have lost\ntheir lives. They go that France may\nlive, and that France may continue to\nkeep in the world of civilization the rank\nshe has kept since the era of Christianity. That is why young Canadians are\nfighting, and that is why I am here to\nsay that it is the duty of Canada to take\npart in the war to save the Christian\ncivilization that is menaced.\"\nSir Wilfrid referred to the days of\n1870-71 when Quebec citizens offered\ntheir services to the French consul to\nhelp France. Tliey had been disappointed in England then. To-day there was\na Ministerial crisis in England, after an\narmy of 4,000,000 had been raised, because it was felt that still more vigor\nshould be shown in the conduct of the\nwar.\nAdmires Britain.\n\"I have been always an admirer ot\nEngland and of British institutions,\"\ndeclared Sir Wilfrid. \"Some pages of\nher history I would like to tear out\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe\npages which tell of the treatment of Ireland; of the part played in the war of\n1870. British institutions are the most\nwise, and freer than any people have,\nand above those of all nations. There\nis no country, my compatriots, which\ncan give to that such a complete testimony as Canada and especially French-\nCanadians.\"\nThe triumph of Germany would mean\ngoing back five centuries, declared Sir\nWilfrid. He spoke of German outrages,\nheir treatment of women and other\ncivilians, and the deportation of civilians.\n\"I will repeat what I said in Montreal\nnot long ago, that, if I were a youm>\nman, I would take up arms and go to\nthe defence of the Allies. I am here to\nsay that I favor recruiting down here,\nthe system of voluntary enlistment. We\nhave no conscription here anil will have\nnone. II is not to force that we want to\nappeal, but to sentiment, to your hearts\nanil vour better feelings.\nAt TurninK Point.\n\"It is evident we are at tbe turning\npoint of the history of the world. It is the\nold fight between liberty and opgression.\nlt is not new, it has always existed. We\nmay hope and believe that in the future\nFrance will secure what it has long\nsearched for, a complete liberty, such as\nwe have here. When that liberty will\ncome in old Europe, a new era will come\nfor us also, and on this occasion there\nwill be buried in the trenches of France\nall the old hatreds, and justice will come\nto all.\n\"What I am telling you is in mv\nheart,\" said Sir Wilfrid in conclusion.\n\"My last word is not to do what is to be\ndone for obligation, but for love of justice and liberty.\" Sir Wilfrid received\nan ovation when he left the building.\nAn appeal to the young men present\nto join the colors was also made by\nLieut. Cliamel, a returned French army\nofficer, who said that a French-Canadian\nbrigade, commanded bv French Canadian\nofficers, would be shortiy formed in\nEngland\nStanley V. Trapp Killed.\nAnother young Royal City hero,\nFlight Sub-Lieut. Stanley V. Trapp, son\nof Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Trapp, of this\ncity, has sealed his devotion to the Britisli\nand Allied cause\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe cause of world\nfreedom and civilization\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwith his life,\nword having been received early this\nweek that he had been killed in an aeroplane accident at the front, whether in\naction at the time or not the wire did not\nsay. The late Stanley V. Trapp, who\nwas about twenty-five years of age and a\nnative son of New Westminster, entered\nthe aviation branch of the service over a\nyear ago, and, after training in England,\nwent to France, where he engaged in\nwork on the coast with the Royal Navy\nAir Service. About two months ago, he\nwas transferred to tbe hottest part of the\nAllied fighting line in France, with the\nRoyal Flying Corps. Lieut. Trapp had\nproved himself a daring aviator and was\nan expert at looping-the-loop and dodging anti-air craft shells. He was one of\nthe first from New Westminster to join\nthe aviation corps. One brother, Tom,\nis a major with the 131st Battalion iu\nEngland, while another brother, Don, is\nalso overseas on active service.\nto it. The Local Council of Women\nhave secured a lady who will probably\nbe a candidate for a seat on the School\nBoard. Mrs. H. A. Wilson and Mrs. J.\nR. Gilley, a former member of the\nBoard, have both declined nomination at\nthe hands of the Loeal Council on the\ngrounds that they have not the time this\nyear to devote to the work.\nThe Vulcan Iron Works has secured\nthe lease of a site of waterfrontage on\nthe industrial island in False Creek,\nVancouver, and will move its plant from\nthis city to Vancouver as soon as the new\nbuildings are ready, some time in February, possibly retaining a, part of the\npresent plant here.\nFrench Cabinet Reconstruction.\nThorough Cabinet reorganization, with\nthe view of a more vigorous and effective prosecution of tlie war, has been\ntaken up in France also, on similar lines\nto the great shake-up in Britain. Pursuant to such reorganization, a resolution was adopted by the Chamber of\nDeputies, early in the week, calling for\nthe reduction of the Ministry to five\nmembers\ufffd\ufffd\ufffda sort of War Council composed of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance, War, Marine and Interior,\nthe other Ministers to give place to a\nnew organization under direction of the\nCouncil.\n\"In addition to forming a war council\nof five Ministers on the model of that in\nEngland, says the Matin, \"Premier\nBriand has decided, in the interest of\nthe economic organization of the country, to throw the old administrative machine into the melting-pot and oblige all\nMinisterial departments, hitherto congealed in superannuated methods, to get\nin line with tlie rest of the country,\nwhich is freely spending its blood and\ngold.\"\n\"In the course of conversations he\nhe bad with prominent men, Premier\nBriand announced that he intended to\ngive a free hand to the Ministers, undersecretaries and directors, forming part of\nthe new Ministry. The most absolute\npowers will be granted to them, and, if\nit is found that their methods meet resistance or that certain habits are persisted in, these powers will be still further increased and drastic measures\ntaken. The composition of the new\ncombination will clearly show the new\nspirit. There will be the most complete\npossible reconstruction, as will be seen\nwhen the names of the Ministers are\npublished.\"\nGustave Herve, writing in Victoire,\nsuggests a war committee consisting of\nBriand, Bartheau, Cailleaux, Clemen-\nceau, and Humbert or Thomas. Herve\nis serions enough, but he himself points\nout that his committee would|prove \"bad\nbed-fellows.\" He admires Clemenceau\nand puts him in his Cabinet, despite \"his\ncharacter of a dog.''\nThe heading of Jean Herbette's editorial iu the Echo De Paris is \"The Ris\ning Storm.\" He cites various German\npapers to show that the civil mobilization\nis now in full swing, in Germany, definitely pointing out how France and\nEngland can soon expect a tremendous\neffort against their front. He adds:\n\"Germany promises to dictate terms\nof peace next spring, she promises not\nonly the defeat of Russia, but the crush-\nof France. There may be only a few\nweeks that separate the Allies from their\ngreat blow. The storm rises, and you,\nas Demosthenes would say\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdyou deliberate!\"\nCalled to Book.\nIn its new-found zeal for patronage\nreform, the Columbian recently published some baseless allegations reflecting\nupon Mr. C. H. Croke, secretary of the\nLiberal Association of Mission City, as\nhaving, without Authority, since the\nchange of Government, put a boy to\nwork, displacing some one else, on the\nFraser River ferry at Mission City. The\nfollowing letter, from the captain of the\nGovernment ferry in question, addressed\nto Mr. C. H. Croke, Secretary of the\nLiberal Association, Mission City, completely confutes the Columbian's aspersions, as will be seen:\nDear Sir\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMy attention was called to\nan article in the Weekly Columbian of\nNov- 28th, whereby it was niade to appear that you had brought a certain lad\ndown lo me and put him to work on the\nferry, without consulting me. I hereby\nbeg to emphatically deny this statement,\nand now inform you of the facts.\nOn Sunday, the 26th inst., Mr. Reade,\nwho hail up till then filled the job, informed me he could not stay any longer\nand went home. That left me stuck for\na man, and with no time to find one.\nTherefore, when you came with the lad\nand asked me to give him a trial, I was\nvery pleased to have someone at hand\nand consented to give liim a trial, and\ncan assure vou that I find him very satisfactory. Yours truly,\nA. A. McKKNZIK,\nCapt. Government Ferry \"John H.\nSprotl.''\nAfter eight months spent iu the Peace\nRiver country with Mr. C. B. McAllister\naud party, Mr. G. H. Irishman has returned to New Westminster..\nFor School TruBtees.\nThree members of the city School\nHoard, Mrs. H. A. Wilson, Dr. F. P.\nSmith, and Mr. T. J. Lewis, retire from\noffice this year, following the expiration\nof their two-year term. Mrs. Wilson\nand Dr. Smith have announced definitely\nthat tbey will not stand for re-election.\nMr. Lewis wishes to retire, but will make\nno announcement until he sees what candidates are forthcoming. Last year, suf-\nficent candidates for the School Board\nwere not secured until the last few minutes before nominations closed, and,\nwhile Mr. Lewis would like to retire\nfrom office, he feels that the work of the\nBoard is important and citizens should be\nwilling to give their time and attention\nBREAD\nThe Staff\nof Life\nPlease note that there is no\nreduction in the size of the\nloaf offered by us. Please\nnote the weight-\nLarge 24-oz. Loaf 10c\nLarge 12-oz. Loaf 5c\nSeasonable Offerings\nFancy Seeded Raisins, 16-\noz. pkgs., 2 for 25c\nBlanched Sultanas. 2 lbs -35\nMixed Peel, lb 30c\nChopped Suet, 2 lbs 35c\nHugon's \"Atora\" Brand\nBeef Suet, tin 35 & 65c\nSmall Muscatel Raisins, per\nlb 15c\nAustralian Currants, per\nlb 20c\nSpecial\nOne 8-oz. bottle Sherriff's Lemon\nExtract, 70c value; one 2-oz. bottle Pure Gold, Cherry, Ginger,\nPeach or Raspberry extract, 25c\nvalues; the two for 70c\nModel Grocery\nMatheson & Jacobson\n308 Sixth St. Phone 1001-2\nEast Burnaby, 2nd St. Phone 598\nEdmonds, Gray Block Phone 1111L\nSapperton, Gubr Block Phone 1012\nSilk Waist Lengths*\nMost acceptable are these Silk Waists as a Xmas gift, or if a\nperson buys for her own use. They are in White and Colored\nSilks, Stripes and Checks; in Japanese, Paillettes, Taffetas,\nGros, Grain, Duchesse, etc.; lengths from $1.50 to $4.00\nChildren's Bootees and Gaiters\nComfortable Wool Bootees for babies. Per pair 20c to 75c\nGaiters, for Children up to six years of age in corduroy, plush\nand wool; also Overall Gaiters with or without feet. We can\nsupply your needs from a full stock.\nKnitted Wool and Silk Scarfs\nBrushed Wool Scarfs; in 6 to 12 inch-widths, 36 to45in. lengths;\nwhite and plain and bordered and striped effects. Each\nat 65c to $2.00\nSilk Scarfs, in heavy knitted styles; nice shades of rose, maise,\ncadet, purple, tan, pearl, cream, etc. Each 1.50 to 4.50\nChristmas Neckwear\nBright new styles in organdy, voile, marquisette, georgette,\ncrepe, satin, broadcloth, and other materials; a splendid range\nof popular novelties. Special lots at. .$1.50. 75c, $1.00 to $2.50\nAll the Xmas Stock on Display\nW. S. Collister & Go.\nThe Store for Women's Wear\nP. O. Box 933\nWestminster Iron Works\nJOHN REID, Proprietor\nGeneral Machine Work, Engineering and\nBlacksmithing\nManufacturers of Structural and Ornamental Ironwork\nAgents (or REGAL GASOLINE ENGINES\nOffice and Works:\nTENTH STREET\nNew Westminster, B. C.\nJames & NcClughan\nPLUMBING\nand\nHEATING\nAuto Tires & Accessories\nHARDWARE\nNew Westminster, B. C.\nFront and Sixth Sts. Phone 302\nLet Us Do It?\nYou needn't do your own\nWashing or send it to a\nChinaman\nThe Royal City Laundry\n(White Labor Only)\nwill do it for you.\nPHONE 183. 814 ROYAL AVE.\ntEo Sttbestors;\nTHOSE WHO, FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE FUNDS REQUIRING\nINVESTMENT, MAY PURCHASE AT PAR\nDOMINIOK OF CASiUDA DEBENTURE STOCK\nIN SUMS OF $500 OR ANY MULTIPLE THEKEO*'.\n-. erii.g\nc t\" anv\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd than\"\nPrincipal repayable 1st October, 1919.\nIntaest payable half-yearly, 1st April and 1st October by c'\nof exchange at any chartered Bank in Canada) at tbe rate of fi\nper annum from the dc