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- \' .... .- \/O`IlP`lII.\alL.1` Of the English women who have ' recently been instructed in carpentry at Byect, England, twenty are now said to be in France helping in the erection of huts for the soldiers. French and Belgian women are also engaged in work of this sort. ...a......_B ..-.....u Plans are under consideration for the erection of an electric lighting plant capable of providing 5,000 private lamps. 706 `public lamps, and , 1,000 fans in the city of Madurai,` Indian. Hon nf .\`n(:lhlt* I*`:1lhvr. Women Carpenters. Lighting India. ....A `IU\:`I\hn ..n....:.I... UUIU l'LlhL.'b 1-`. \V\)lJl removoul and un- its stead, after rcauly to take its 1 the <.-mpIz1cen1e11Ls '. L. Hong Kong Has Known Prosperity as a British City. Sxieaking at th. harbor of Hong Kong, which is, of course, famous ` throughout the East, a. well-known traveler has described it as one of the few harbors in the world which may be called pm'fect." However this may ho, it presents a scene of great animation on almost any day in the vn-Ir Ihnln nnlu nf funk: and (1:11. Zll 1llllZll.l0ll 0!] 21111108]. any uay Ill LLIU year. Whole Heels of junks and sh- ing boats are constantly coming in or ; going out, and merchant vessels come to Hong Kong from all parts of the world. The harbor, indeed, is one of the most notable features of the city, which, for more than four miles, runs along its southern rim, or climbs quaintly into the hills be- yond. The olcial name of the city is, of course, Victoria; but most peo- ple allude to the island or the cityl indifferently as l-long Kong. It is a place of beautiful buildings, and many trees. and the way it has ofl mounting the hillside_ terrace by ter-` race, at first closely compact, but, ultimzttely, spreading out as it reaches higher ground, with country[ houses and bungalows, gives it a peculiarly striking appearance, as viewed from the sea. Llnnn L ...-un `H. luau in Ilhvlrln Gntn Vlt!V\`(.'u IYUUI LHU 5321.. Hong Kong, in fact, is divided into ! three layers, extending up the hill- side one above another. First comes the Praya," or esplanade, some fty` feet wide, given over to shipping. The main commercial street runs inland, parallel to the Praya, and be- yond this, on either side, lies the Chinese quarter, with a populationl of almost incredible density. The, second stratum of the town lies ten minutes climb up the side of the island," and this is the beautiful part. Government House and other; well-known public buildings are; here, and everywhere are to be seen` well-laid-out gardens, both publici and private; whilst many of the roads are bordered with bamboos and other delicately tronded trees, and-are fringed with the luxuriant] growth of semitropical vegetation.) Finally, there is the third ]a.yer,, known as the Peak, and it isi here that the hillsides, as already` noted, are dotted with summer` houses, with the governor's sum- mer residence occupying the highest; point. An fnr' hicfnrv `I -Tnnnr "Knntr hue` , memorial China, of which it was, of` . a place of yesterday. It was in ' 1841 that it rst came into the hands As. for` history. Hong Kong has! very little, for, compared with im-! course, once a. part. it is -very much or the British. The war of 1840 had been brought to a hasty end, by the authorities at Pekin, when Sir Hugh Gough, having occupied Amoy, Ming-Po, Shanghai, and other places of importance, threatened Nankin. Dreading to lose the Southern capi- tal, the Chinese Government pro- posed terms of peace, and, about a year later, a treaty was signed by Sir Henry Pottinger, at Nankin, one of the provisions of which was that Hong Kong, which the British had occupied two years before, should be `, ceded to the United Kingdom. 'T`hA whnlo hiufnrv nf vnnnrn unnol At l(-:1.~'t `.100 vir-ti1n:~' of" Hm fax ]i.<:x.s`lor will lw totally I most of them being` womt-n children. CCIIUU LU L116 ULIIUUU I\lll5llULU. The whole history of modern Hong Kong. as the traveler sees it to-day, is comprised within these eighty years or so. They have, however, been years of enterprise and steady growth. Of late, the city has been specially engaged in spreading itself over the mainland at the other side ' of the narrow channel known as the I u n ktun nu (`inn-val-`..-In Dunn A1 I I v I I I I U | 1 v UL [.116 llil.l'I'UW l.'lJdLllll'.`l ISUUWII 6.3 LLH: Ly-e-Mun, or Carpsh Pass. At first only four square miles on the mainland were leased from the Chin- ese, but this was ceded in perpetuity, by the Pekin Convention of 1860, and, in 1898, the British Govern- ment, feeling the need of more land to allow of development and ade- quate defense, secured from China, on a lease of nin-ety-nine years, the territory behind the Kowloon Penin- sula, consisting, in all, of some 376 square miles. Hong Kong is to-day, of course, the great distributing port of the world for Southern China, as Shanghai is for the North, and, as China develops, the city surely has before it unlimited prospects of prosperity. Au 1-; glishmun, Charles J. Cooke, 1 has invented a new xnugnzine attach- I ment for the automatic revolver. = 'I`hn ..u:.,.h.nnno a pi.-.1 1) hnhlnv ment LOT LUC ILULUIIILLLIC l'l:`V'Ul\ UI`. `v The attachment is simply :1 holder ` which enables LL number of stored X11{l_L;il.'/.iDCS to be fed into the revolver | as fast as they are needed. Such an 3 -'-xntnrnutir-" an Hun (`nit .17` Z`: Y\IlQh_ HS 12151. 11.5 U10) (U11 lllftlull. DUCU an automutic" as the Colt .45 is push- ed into the saddle on the upper end of the holder. when the eight shots have been tired the usual ejecting spring is pressed; the empty maga- zine drops from the gun down into the slot, in the holder, and is ejected. Instantly, one of the full magazines held in re:\(lin<`-ss in the bottom of the holder is pushed up into place. When this matgzr/.ine is exhausted, two othv-rs can be fed it to the hollow end of the rv\'01\'er. -- Popular Science Monthly. ..... .- One of the nttzwlxes to the Ameri- (`an embassy in l_.ondon tells of a.' breezy _voux1,<: American girl who was presented to David Lloyd George when the statesman was clmncellol` of the exchequer. The girl from the west looked at, Lloyd George curious- : ly for :1 mm ent, says Hz11'1)e1"s, and then, just 0 start the conversation in the ri t direction, asked: Don't you nd/it awfully trying to have to chancel when you don t feel like it?" T'-"'a ~ , _ ,. . Kennedy Jones, the director gen- eral of food economy of the United Kingdom, states that the consump- tion of our in June was 15 per cent. less than in February, or the equivalent of a reduction of 19.33 per cent. in bread. He also informs an interviewer that it is practically certain that the country would start the cereal year in September with six or seven months stocks. {Luna up: Iv no vvunl-ooaon In Australia there are ants which build their nests along a north and south line so accurately tha* a tra- ` veiler may direct his course by their nit] HAS PERFECT HARBOR. Maxchinc (inn Revolver. Ants Serve as Compass. A....L..-`l.` 51.....- ...... ...-.4- . Using . .-L as l<`l0ur. 11:: rd W01-k. 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Money to 103'` at lowest rates. ._-__ _ ._, ., .... --., 7 ters, Solicitors of the Sup--.m'-Ag Court of Judicature of Ontario; Proctors, Notaries, Conveyancersr` etc. Money to loan. Ofce, Ros}; block, Barrie. W. A. J. Bell K.(L. )J_lI.D.LL.l.|. ll) I`Jl3J.I.`J1V, D1.I\II\c.ll:|_ _- TERS, Solicitors in High Court of` Justice, Notaries Public, Convey- ancers. Oice lst oor Masonic.- Temple Building, Barrie. Money to loan at lowest current rates. G. IT T.`..L..... CURRIE S MAJORITY 1445. iI|ll7UIHc `J1 B1 H. Eaten. Junnuu uuoo, uu. .D., DLI\al\-ID`; tor, Solicitor, etc. Masonic Tem ple Building, Barrie. Money to_ loan. " ters, Solicitors, Notary Public. " Conveyancers, Etc. Money to-- loan at lowest rates of interest- (Hhoes 13 Owen St, i-n the prom- ises formerly occupied by the Bank " _ of Toronto. Branch Ofce, Elg,-.3 )\J J. C) `XI AWL L` J\-\J1l1.|3\JLV , .I)lXI\Il\r.lD` E x I {F vale, Ontario. 7. A. Boys, K . M.P. D. C. 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ARNALL, OFFICE RING 263 Incrc-used effort and efficiency in labor, more economy and less waste in living, building up capital b_v harder work and greater savings will enric-l1 you and your (-mmtr_\'. Tlu men and women at home must p1'odu(-e more to cover \var'a waste. `IL 2.. -...2.... 1.. vnnlrn. .......nn LI... 4:` 30117:: CO A Q:-in.-u vvuale. It is easier in make money than to save it. A Szlvinjgs Account at The Bank of Toronto will help save. what your increased effort provides. 11 Branches in Toronto. 119 Branches in Canada. FIFTY YEARS AGO. ghoice Reading From The Advance of Jan. 5, 1893. Renew the subscription to your daily paper now. Magazines, illustrated weekly papers. The latest in all new publications. Everything to be found in a firsvclass L--I.....-._- 2.. L--- |-v\/I]LIuIl6 L\l bookstore is here. Opp. Post Oice -. f 1.4` -1:7` ll. K: `II lI.l'\ |l.\ 11111) it 1111-) rst. burnt c,-01-k,.< PRODUCTION p('1't.'(-rt I) _v 1114-.\' L . . nu . . . 146 ` an ` I:s'.rA31.In1'.1S 1855. The municipal elections returned the following council: A. E. H. Creswicke, Mayor; J. M. Botlnvell, Reeve; H. Fletcher, lst. D01).- Rcevc. all by acclamation; S. Cald- well, 21111 Dep.-Reeve, defeating John Plaxton. Councillo1`s---Ward 1, R. \Villian1son, J. C. McNab; \Va1'd '2, P. H. Svtewart, Wm. Hublnei-t; Ward 3, M. J. Frawley, G. I). Ellis; \\-'-ard 4, A. C. Ga-rden, C. W. Plaxton; VVa1`d 5, M. Fenuell, Jos. Pullan. A majority of 522 was rc-co1 (1e(l at,-`uiust license reduction. hmns WAVSVSETS: $73,000,000. u1u.; 1 771 296 SCOTT S mlult = D1`u1'_v 1 186.5`. ' lliIll' Mind. and I nmkn From The Advance of Jan. I MILK SHOULD The xumual report of the Board! of Health was presented to the town council at the statutory mcct-| ing. ` FlIO:I`I\InII Q+ll)\`II`IL! ':I'\ 11:1 "f)'I1f\`l'* Ills. Chain-man Stephens in his report paid a high compliment to the Sunita1'_v Inspecto1': The public health has been well looked after by your Health Officer, and my duties as chairman have been very li_:ht because of _\'our_ very efficient` Snnitm-.\' Inspector, who has_ been] vm-_\_' active in the discl1a1'_g'c of his` duties. I think he has done e\'e1'_V- thing_,v' in his power to keep the muni(:ipaIit_\' in as sa1iita1'_\ :1 condi-i tion as possible. It is also veryi eratifyiil gto know that the expens-T es this year are very mueh less thani last _\'ear. 5 Dr. Little's Report. I Births 18'], deaths ]7]. ])vnth.~'f from contagious diseases, Corc-b1'o*_ spinal n10nin}_-it.is 1, tuberculosis 4. rw_,,, _x- ,,.,A..._'.,, .L___.. ,_ ! Cases of <:oii1a_g1'o1is diseases ro-l ported, scarlet fovc-1' 2.1, measles `J8, (liplitlioria `.2, typhoirl fever 14. Coro- ln-o spinal l1l(?nl11f_','itlS 1. We have an ll)('1'0z1>`(.' in the num- ber 01' typlioitl .-uses ovc-1' that of previous ycais. Tho infmstion came no doubt from our milk and L-.1'eam >`11])])l_V , and until a pa1stouri- zation plant is csmblislictl and all` milk and ivc croani \'(_`X1(lOl'S vom- pclled `to .ha\`(- their milk f1`('\t(`(l'3 hofoi-0 (l(=li\`or_v, we will be sul)joc-ted! 4 to this dan_g'e1`. Our lIl1'f__"(`l' cities` sat'o5_:'11:ii-rl the public in this way` and lmv(- very little typlmitl lo mu-4 gtend with. Pasteuri7.ation has 111-: 1`ea(l_\' been rot-ommcndcd `by _\`oui'| hoarcl. and if the vendoi-.< ozuuimfl a.:;1'c-0 zuuourg` tlicmsclvcs as to the ` ways and nioans, tho muuicip:1lit_\"` shouhl insist on tln.-ii c:1r1`yin}.: out `this much ll(`f`(l('(l 1'ol'm'm in hnml-{ ling milk. ' ('m'tnin rosspotils in the sixth` wm'l lmvo lwon (`nllIl(`nlll(`1l amll ` their 0\vum's i11.s'l1'm*tvd to lmvol {them (lone n\\'a_\' with. and (`lillC1'i `T0 lm\`(- so\\'01' <-ounor,-lion or 1`(`\`(*l`t-`I to lhv use ol' the (l1'_\' o:n'th (-losotu _()n .~':mitnr_\' ;;1'ouml.< the council: [.~'l1()llll he 1`('L`()llll1l(`l1|i(`(l to ('.\'ioml`_ [tho sv\\'(r .~ _\'.\`l('lll to ullorll n l_lll0(l2lilOll for this pu1'p0so. . St-\'(-i':il lmu.~'(.-.s' lmvo been pluv:11'(I-- ml us unlit I'm lll.l)illll()ll until {hr-l . m\'u(-r,< hu\'(- ill('l1l put in :1 .<:1nil:n'_\' .l....mlin'm. 4 I ll\\llI'lF- Hll\|' lH|'HI lllll III N >31 t-nutlitinll. Your in.<]n-<-tm' lms lwvn n to mnkv mnnlhl_\' in. .~.1:1lIu'l1t-1' lum.~ :-,~'. lnlliviu-I` hal<(- .\1I()]v.<, r(-st:uu':uH~'. im- ]p;n'1m'.~'. oh-.. am] in Iilv his 101' s;um- with 1110 .\I.U.H., 1):`. 'I'|1is has horn lonv. ["1'mn r(~]n(-:11`(-I :um|.\'>i~ h.\..~.. .--nu... :4 1.. n -`um-H '1m\'n \"Il1('l`. it lw ulxsolutt-I_\` 1 im:m_\' \\`(-lls in I lbw-n rnuml In Ii": llw n\\'nm I `,1, II II 1 IIIl' sink new `Hue tu\\'11 St01`ati'v`r-. &u.~mI us nli:'m'lw :mt(~r-d to r:-. '.:'1':|_\' 1 n:1tu!'.-!I mlnr or n:mu-_\- ll n:~'i1i\`vl.\' not :1 l_\`<| mu! I)..f.,. my mm A a Dr. Tremain s I\Iat111'a1 ]lll|l.`- I lII`l_' VF sale in Burrit- Drug: Store. The editor z1ckno\\-'lodg'c(l Christ- mas coniplimcntsz from Mr. Thos. Lowe, butcher, :1 line joint of beef; from Mr. Maundrell a sample of his No. 1 sausages; from Mr. Anclm-ton a cask of Christmas ale. GRAY HAIR II\\|l"I.` \\['Il' l'| HXlH' \\'~ll.< or (`()IIIl('l'I H \\`:n1vr\'.'m'I .~y_~.f(':n. ll u IA_\ $1.1m, BE PASTEURIZED I III!` |ll'l'Xl .`l||l\\l ]HH'('. \\':x1<-1' tlw mun'u-ip::|iI_\' -(minim "-ulon 1 ,__ ___ II Bookstore < In-M1 .< u' A L "'\\l.'rnr- (`Ul]I]>l In-1.1 I Mr. A. Jary, returning officer for North Silncoe, declared the official count of the votes cast in the gen- eral election on Dec. 17th at Col1ing- wood on Thui'sda_v. The vote cast. for Col. J. A. Currie, was 3,717 and for Mr. E. C. Drury 2,272, a major- it\' of 1,445 for Col. Currie. This is 42 less than the figures given out on election ni1.;ht, the difference being; due to a transposition of the re- turns in one poll in the township of Vespra. The 1najo1'itie:~: by muni- cipalities were: (`in-I-in nvnrv IllIIllI`\ llII\" 4-ulnn h:1<-il- rm1|u-Ilwl in `-1 up \'.`iHl ul' 1111' lllll'Il`VI 01' all . ..m....u r(-pm`! f mm-.` Slyllg Ullllbltll uvuul. LIBUUICU. l Lieutenant Malcolm, who was a` wealthy young merchant before the war, returned on leave from France . and found his wife with the so~called? count. He attacked the count" and ' 4 : afterwards challenged him to a duel, 3 ` but the count ignored the chal-. lenge. Malcolm visited the count s" ? London lodgings and other lodgers ; testied to hearing a struggle, fol-T lowed by a revolver shot. They` l found the connt" dead. Aft.-u. lnox-inn tho nv-r.n1u'4~nu \lnl,` llUS[HLaJ5 Hull supply UUFBKLIS. I ` , Fifteen thousand pounds sterling.q I ` or seventy-ve thousand dollars, hadl , ~ been raised by gifts from those who} 1 `E thought they had nothing worth sell-I _ mg." I The "unwritten law," whereby 3' I; man may kill his wife s seducer, wasi recognized by an English jury re-. '1 cently for the first time within the, I recollection of the English public. ; - Justiabie homicide in self-de-{ l- fence," was the verdict rendered by; 1` a London jury in the case of Lieut.j gi Douglas Malcolm, who shot and kill-] ,1 ed a foreigner, Anton Ba.umberg,, ` styling himself Count Deborch. Q " Lianlnnant Mnlnnlm whn way: xx` English Woman Iiakes Odd (`nntrl- butiun to Aid `War. A writer in the Woman's Home Companion says: "nun dnv an Tnplis.-h woman who Collingvxvood Notbawasura Sunnidalo .. F105 . . . .. Vespra . . . . . Om . . . . . . Stayncl` . . . . Creemore . . . UOITIDQDXOD says: One day an English woman wlzc must understand her own sex very well had :1 beautiful, thrilling inspir- ation. Perhaps in her strenuous sewing for the soldiers she had to discard a punctured silver thirnble for one of brass or composition. Per- haps she just stumbled upon .1 bat- tered, forgotten thimble which had served another generation of nimble ngers. At any rate, she decided that probably every home in her town could boast a thxmhle in or out of service. Now, if all these sil-ver. thimbles were gathered up, sent to 8] silversmith. melted and rened, they] would come forth from the process-1 money! Money with which to buy ambulances and equip hospitals. "Qho hnnnn hv nnllnntinrr thin1hloc i.lIllUlU3.LlCt5 uuu cquxp uuaynula. "She began by collecting thimblesi from friends and neighbors. Thiinblesl came rolling in from every direc-, Lion. The richest and the h-umblest] sent them. Then there were women,} hundreds of them. who had no silver] thimbles-and were sorry for it.] They wrote, asking whether they] might send other bits of silver ori gold---an old silver spoon or two, a; napkin ring, a cuff link, a watch charm-old-fashioned, even bent or broken, but wrought from the pre-I cious metal. ' -"tum ..........~... in ....,.h ....m-nu. `moi uuus menu. -_ : "The answer to such queries was` always the same: `Nothing too large. I 1 Nothing too small." 1 l`hn henna nf rlicnanlnrl ihimhlnul r A 1`;1l11(`l` (~-nihawmssing case of' `hero-warship m-(41ir1`(-(1 in :1 London ` county school the other day. 1'he ` CHlbZ1l`i' Ht-ro \\ <>r:~;hip. the hero, us will he sci-n. toaachm`, who has hr-an 10 the war for two _\'o:u'.<, and has <-ome lizu-1; to his. desk, having lost un '1rm and in 10.2; i11 f the st=r\'i<-(2 of his '('ounti'y. The boys in tho wimir: svhoui are (ie\'ote(1 to him. zmd his (~la.-as .~:impl_v h:1s_ forgot- ten \\'h:it in(ii.~ar-ip1im- m Othor ttw [t,'1i('iiC`l'-`--121) his name wus '1`:iyior- ~-\\'u5: t'.111:in_: to his; boys uhout the \\`ur, and i'1_Lu1'e who, in out houd um] sh0u1d0I's from all" ol.hvr;s in this ('(iIi(li(`.L. And the un-- `-uu. n-...- n -in-inhnnnu uhnnt nf xiv nt. \\':iS all on the sde of ; He is u; T 11 e he uslirrd them" who was Hm gt-u:iv_r.-st izrilish uiilitary ` Ihnir opinion, stood, 3 and trinkets grew. LVULUIU5 LUU bllliill. I The heaps of discarded thlmbles! The mint meltedl them and then returned them, ingots! of silver and gold. In :1 year, "The: Silver Thimble Fund was able to dis-Q pense the following splendid chari- ties: l -`C.-uvnn nunhnln nnno LIBS; Seven ambulances. Five motor hospital boats for ` Mesopotamia. One disinfector. ; Two thousand pounds sterling to 1 Na-vy Employment Agency for Dis- ; abled Sailors. --rm..- nm......v..x on... 1.....a....A ..-,ai 3 \1al.`l.l3l' I`|.|l.lU. "Ten thousand pounds sterling for 1_ disabled soldiers and sailors. ""|"uvn hunt`:-nrl nnrl iuvnu-uiu_11-A 1 ulsanu-:u SUIUICYS uuu I!'d.HUfS. [ ,` "Two hundred and twenty-two j ` pounds sterling in small grants to` ' hospitals and supply bureaus. . iiflnnn thnnnand nnnnda satarlinxr : amen sauors. "Two thousand two hundred and fty pounds sterling to the Star and Garter Fund. 'I'T`nu dknn:-and nnilun z-Gnu-Hna fru- i I i I 7 IUULIU LL13 CUIIHL U('5'd(l. i After leaving the promises Mal-1 colm surrendered to the first police- man he met. He testitied before thej coroner's jury relative to Deborch's` ` actions, but did not suggest se1f-de-5` = fence in killing the man. Malcolm's: wife admitted her delinquency. H tlnxvnlnnn that Hr-hnrr-h wan: fnr` Cookstowxl A(1\'ncz1to--.\I1-.<. Hoh- nrt Sproulo. forum-1'I`\' 01' this plm-r-. {H011 nf H11 hnnun r\1' ham 1]-unrlxinv _ officers training c-orps, WILU HUIIIILLUII 5l('I \lCllllqUL`J|L']. It developed that Deborch was for` .a brief period in ~.=.en-ice with me? but that he ` was under Dolivu suspicion of beingi an imernatiomxl spy and was listed: by the police as u molt-ssional spy. l % ULHUKV (Ill) [UP LI.'ll'lH_`l _ H15 HIHHU '1`ay10r--\\'u:s t'.'.H:in_-.' thoir stood all otlu-rs ` I s:wcx' was :2 unanimous shout of Mr. ! 'l`uyIor." l(;<.s`on was: husaxily 1`v.*a\1In-` Mr. Tu)`- Iur having gnL Quin; hot, and mur- mured, ".\'0L quite." V\'!1r_'1--11'mv~ the mtdimxry. r I | I3s-<-;tu:;r- mt" an <-xu;;gu`:1I.v stzito-; ' mvnl in swim: Aiiuiic-2111 m-vs[vape1's1 rorzurditig the (-:i.<;uuiti(-s in the medi-i val vows of tin: British army, ($01.; '1`. H. (joodwin, of the in-itish tinny`: medical servicv, who has been on! this continent .-sin(.--.,- U11.` visit of the: British conm1is; L-uhiutl to thei I31'i1.ish War Oiiim: t'(-1' UH! t`zu:ts. In answer it was stated that out of, 12,000 doctors in the whole British`. army, from the beginning of the \-var 3 to June 23,. 96 had been killed. 707 had been wounded, and 62 had died} of disease. The newspaper story, or! which this was :1 refutation, stated that 257 had been killed within an hour in one battle, and that in an- other engugement 400 had been killed. I I i Speaking about college clogrees, a chimney sweep who was complainant in :1 case in Edinburgh gave his name as Jamie Gregory, LL.D. Where on earth did you get that distinction?" asked the attorney. "It was :1 follow frae an American uni- v(-1'si1y. answered Jamie. I sweeplt his chimney three times. `I canna pay ye cash, Jamie Gregory, he says, `but I'll mok' ye LL.D. an ve 1l cu it quits. An he did, sir. USING OLD THIMBLES. The Unvrril ten Law. Got 11 Degree. .. ..1..,...; ,...u,....,. i)m'lIIl'.-4 Eiillv-(L THE NORTKERN ADVANCE ugut 01' uea.-vy lU0lS. A Light Ordnance Mobile Work- shop, to give it its full title, is self- contained upon two or three motor trucks, ingeniously arranged. The oor of the lorries carries light Lathes and drilling machines. driven by electric transmission, driven by en- gine of the automobile. light being furnished from the same source. The trucks look like ordinary closed motor vans when travelling, but on duty the sides of the vans drop down to form platforms around the ma- chinery, and the interiors are trans- formed into buzzing hives of activity. Their capacity is limited to the work that can be handled on the compara- Lively light tools that they carry. I`hn Y\DYf churn in thn Mnnlinm l.'llv `7l'l\Il|Il'q l\'Il|I\'Il`\ Ill KXII5 l Il|l"'n died at the home of hm` htm'. Mrs. John lloml. T01'nnt(), nn Sun- day, I)o(:. `.231-I. :1'_~(-I 88 _\`(-:u'.-:. Slu- is Sll1'\`i\ (`(I by two 5011:", 'I`]mnm.~'. of Iisiza and John. Toronto. and two du.uu'11tm`.~:, 7\Ir.<. John Ilvmi. and] Mrs. H00. H(-ml. Toronto. nlm two) l)r0th(-1'.<, M1 . (H-'\. Hull" 01' (`oaks- town. .\ir. 'I'ho<. I)u'. Bu1`l'iv. nnel two si.~:t(>1`.~:, .\h'.~. .\{r-1%ri:I- ol I"..<:~':1.' ]`\`I1's. ;\l(-Koo, I":11'ri<-. Th-~ rs-mains worv bu1'i(-(I at \\'il~nn Hill {"1-nw-i t01'_\i. on \\'(-lml:1_\`. hm. 21331:. : -.--:-:-::~:-:--:-:-:::-~:~.`~:~-2-ioz-:-1:-oz-~:-:~:~: ospitals for the Guns That Have Been Wounded Exist Behind the Lines N war the question of wastage of material is second only to that of men. A1'man1ents become rapid- ly unservioeable through old age and casualties, the; big guns most of all. For gun casualties a regular system of hosptials exists. nap- 2..-; ..:.I ..4...:-... :.. 2.. LL- `-`ml no-ooivuonvun -co o .oo.oo.o4.9o.N.0.N.M..o1..u.9. .o.oo.oo. 90.- uvununla \II u , vxvyunusn) van.-...... The first-aid station is in the bat- tery itself, where, much as :1 medical orderly keeps a supply of medicine and bandages, a trained articer keeps :1 supply of tools and spare parts. He can deal with any triing accident that may occur, or replace any small part that may be broken. The modern gun or howitzer is a complicated piece of mechanism, re- quirinu` constant skilled attention if the best results are to be obtained. This attention the articer supplies. Rn! ahnnl fhn xrnn alnvnlnn 9 1-nrn- LIJIS HLLC`-HLIUIL L116 3.! l,1llL'Ul' .vU[lpl.lC. But, should the gun develop a com- pluint beyond the powers of his tools to rectify, or should an unlucky splinter of shell wound it in some vulnerable part. its removal to hospi- tal becomes necessary. Gun hospitals are workshops, wonderfully organiz- ed to deal with the work that falls to their lot, and staffed by skilled men of the Ordnance Corps. These work- shops are graded according to mobil- ity, and are all capable of more or less rapid transfer from one point to another. They are styled light, me- dium, or heavy, according to their powers of movement and their capa- city for dealing with work requiring light or hea-vy tools. A Lisvhf nrdnanm: Vnhilo Wnrk- .some convenient shed. 1 be performed here. LlVBly ugul. LOUIS Luau Lucy l,'3l`I'_V. The next stage is the Mobile Workshop." This is no long- er self-contained on motor trucks, ready to limber up and be off at a moment. It carries machinery that must be unloaded and installed in The whole is transported on motor trucks, but the work is not carried on in the trucks. There is a. compact oil en- gine and dynamo, to be bolted down to a. hastily constructed foundation. There are lathes, .nilling machines, every sort of machine tool that is to be found in a general engineering shop. The whole concern requires about two days to set up and put in running order. Nearly every thing except certain intricate repairs, can It is `rarely ne- cessary for a wounded gun to pro- ? (need any further. Rut fnr thn at-onrnmndzufinn nf Medium cxuu BU] ll1lLL|Cl'. But, for the accommodation of really bad cases, there are a few "Heavy Mobile Workshops, where anything that is susceptible of repair may be dealt with. These are equip- ped not only with heavier machinery ;than the Medium workshops, but with elaborate additional machinery for special work. In addition to the , big machine-shop, there are pattern- fmaking shops, wheeler's shops, kl foundry, air compressors, and every 1 sort of device to supply the needs of `_ an army that lights with highly scien- titic weapons. The whole outt is l constructed so that it may be taken down and packed into trucks drawn by great tractor engines. 'I`hn whnln QVRII`-I1] ii: :1 niirnnlo nf Uy Ll't5i.lL lX'i|C|.Ul' lfllglllkf The whole system is a miracle of or:.',:1nizaLion for 21 war which, al- though at present mainly one of posi- tion, muy at any moment. develop into one of inovemont. EveryLl1in.<, ; worksliops included, must be ready . , to follow up an ild\'8.'1(`O. Provision .of machine shops at xed points might meet the conditions of trench _ warfare but they would becoino use- less as the line of battle Ift. them behind. so the Gun Hospitals, like ' the Field .\l11blllzLu('L?S and Uasuzilty ` Clea:-ing Stations, are fashioned upon 21 plan that allows 01' ready ` movement. l`hnun v-nrnuinu ihz. 1-nun nf fhn n-nn Hl()VBllJl,'lll.. There remains the (-use of the gun that through long and honorable service is worn out. It is removed ' from the battery, to be replaced by one of a number that lie in readi- . ness at oiw of the gun parks behind the line, and is m!~;(-n back to an ur- senal to be rebuilt. I`ho inner tube, whose ritling in some vases is worn .ni-,zu`1y smooth, is othcr inserted in which the gun is ; place once more in 1 or an active battery. M-.ijo1' John '1`. C. Thompson, son (`f the into Sir John Thounpson, at one timv l r(:mivx' oi Uzuuidu. and 2!. bI`(.\U.1(`.I` of J. Thonipson, of Ayles- worth, \\ ri:.-hr, .\lus:<, and Thompson, Toronto bzu'1'iste1`s, IS rcported to have been wounded, but returned to duty. Major Thompson is it native of Halifax. and at the outbreak of the war was 11 barrister in Ottawa. He went o\'ersez1s as second in com- mand of an Ottawa b-ittalion. The only thin: 1 debts is not nmkin In mvh r(-.-pirat halos (mo pint of ; Some `l"vl]m\'s :12 in: to in Illvir cl svlm-1 timir duty fi -7I'|10 :1.~'l:<-5 of 11 fine hlnvk paint. `A I A an/u