_ VOL. Vi, No. 13"

* “PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR

Remember December ona.
OW.A. Sale of Work. Dec. 14. : ;
“LW. Ww. Kerr hag returned ftom my

a Visit to the ‘coast.

Hobart, of Vaneonwer, was]:
“among Tuesday’ 3 ‘atrivals, * ve

“G.°H. Dennis, of Vancouver,
was in town: ‘on. Wednesday.

a J.-A “Hodder. returned from|
aa Prince Rupert: on ‘Wednesday.
w. J. "Sweeney, wha’ ‘has been

s. in town,

EL ‘Larson, of Wistarta,i is amonz
“the week's: visitors i in’ Hazelton: |j

HL. Dunbar was up “from
~Skeena Crossing: Tor. the weelk- -

fanching at Houston, i

a os “0nd, a

* Rev, M. Pike returtied yestar.|
aay from -a* visit ‘ta’ Rocher’

| - Boule: .

- LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS n

“Items Of General Interest: Fiom
7 ‘Hazelton and —
Coe ing: District’.

 BornAt Hazelton Hospital on

“it the German official
reports are accurate, Falkenhayn

“Lon don:

Berlin claims that|
jthe Teutonic forees, have oecupied
“Tarnu- Servin. .”. If
this*is correct, the: invaders now
control ‘three of thé: largest cities

: Roumiunia, , .

Arsova and.

in eastern Roumaiia. yt
, In Dobrudja. the Russians and|

Routhanians are ‘Apparently. hold-
ing the. enemy in check, and, in
places, Bo
.charest reports the ‘epulse of

gaining, “ground,

‘has: tightened his grip on eastern |-

Nov: 20,-a -son to Mr, and Mrs. ip
: ie oH. “AY Hariis::* ‘

“Inapector Wynn,” ‘of the pro:

~ Hazelton, yesterday. :

. » sviticial police, wasa visitor. in "|

“be held i
Bay

Brewer,

ete

has* ‘rejoi ined h

“Goriservatilve ‘Association’ willy, ‘:
in St. -Andrew’s

‘Bergeant-major |;
‘the: 16th- ‘Battallori*ba imbets,
i)

: |ENEMY GAINS IN EASTERN ainmina- we
- AE. KEMP SUCCEEDS SIR SAM HUGHES

five more villages in. this, Tegion.

Paris:
1 attaele on: a German trench near
Hilsenheim, ‘Alsace, resulted in

Germans. by: the French troops.
‘On the’ Somine ‘front, cin, the

{sector of ‘Sailly- Saillisel, «

was lively éannonading g,

“there

Five Germai. aeroplanes were
destroyed: by. ‘Allied aviators in
|e ‘séries of forty air fights,

“London; * “The British hospital

"| pedo” in” *Mykoni ‘Channel

othe, Figean.

ay successful surprise)

the capture ‘of a nuiaber” “of |;

4 was, no: event of importané yes

sunk by an: “internal explosion.

Ottawa: "Premier Borden has
appointed Hon, A. E Kemp min-
ister “of thilitia. and defence, in
snecession té Sir Sam. Hughes

—

“Londons:

Along the. Britig|
front in. the Somme-fegipn the |

terday. General “Haig reports}

further successful raids on enemy

Festubert anid at Bois de Grenier.

Par

Sale ni i i:

successful, .

trenches southeast’ of Grenay and ‘

, PARCELS: FOR SOLDIERS

People. of: Hazelton Send Xmas

Cheer to the Boys in -
the Trenches: "

Christmas parcels to the. num- - |

‘| ber’ of 112:have been sent to. Ha-.
zelton’s boys in khaki -by the.»
‘Soldiers’ Aid, and, so far ° ag

known, no soldier from the town -..-

or vicinity, has: been.” overlooked:
The committee's * ‘campaign for
the. ‘Christmas ‘ fund. is proving
and “it. is expected’
-| that’ the -cost’of the parcels will
be covered by the special contri-

butions, leaving the . committee’ 3.
. relief. fond ‘intact.

cs n° behalf of.cur soldiers, the

oy committee extends hearty thanks
@| té:the:ladies and gentlemen: who

sisted - ‘in the preparation and ©
ailing of the parcels, as well-as: -

te contributors to the Christmas ayes

n ae eer a The Aliied troops|

“Funder: ‘Gener ‘al ‘Sarrail’ are making
fyether advances west of, Monas-
The battle northeast of the

ty Yetaptar ed ¢] ty ig still in brogress.
nae Jing: Brewster. “BS his. Sueeessor,

ung:the’ change of governnient- - -*

ean earelesenes ralothes hes
too near; stove; defective: chim:
neys and: fiteplaces’ (893: fires, loss.
BL, 801) ; “defective stoves, ‘far
paces, “and. pipes,..(7.. fives, Joss.
$18,841) ¥ 8

” The: execut}

innitte
the athletic association hag:thade
oariaie far: the ¢ opening: ‘of

Ae

s comfort, of those
: “he: well “provided:

n i, be sn
tg the Red. ‘Cros Society.

a3, B18); “fare stoves and

‘¢| fires, loss $42,070); gasdline cates
Tesaniegg” (for: example,’ lighting
fires with: gasoline): grease, paint:
jor tar boiling over n stoves care
| Jesanegs ‘with larhps}mateh care
“| lesness, - Jeaving: anidtches. within:
3 | rene, of: children’, (7firea,: One
‘child ° ried to death); “oil: atove;
lei y ol] -stove; rub-
_ De ‘papers too.. near: stove;
smokers’. carelessnesa (14 fires,
Jue $6, 697) ; spontaneous combus
.|tion (oily ‘raga. and rubbish allowr'|)
fed to” ‘accumilate). ; Stove: pipe fj
. chimneys thsiving. pipes co

- The|t
li

wi me Gonimand: af. the Firs! maa
: * “Cyl ;
os romations |,
uy ‘|For acts of skill‘and daring which
4 [were to: be’ ‘expected ob one with

nces this
ewood; mitre shift, he. found ‘the:;infan-
try disorganized, - “by: ay

ipes insufficién tly: protected’: (49)

"the Red Cross, condiucted by Mrs..

tdian: Tubreling Compan
received. hig. various B4)

“lhe: pluek and, ‘brains whieh’ made |.
him such a: “valuable: meéinber.“ of |:
our ‘ehainpion hockey: and baseball
teams, Hig latest. distinétion i is}.
‘Military Crosgirs which ‘he Won
by,de ating: a German attack on
neh, .- «Coming: out: of. his

“sur rprise
attack, butyallié u’them,and with
he'“assistance:.of Kis own man
jepuls d'the Huni, “Major North,

wie i atl in, hig ‘twenties; is’ a
civil and: thining: ‘engineer, * He
has. beet ‘in chatge-of the:-Sur
ptisetand other ‘Dgperties in this
‘fstrict.:: ” be hes

REALIZED OVERS
no ONE: HUNDRED

- a
2 rare
, :

! RB Vox. and: M

y "“Amonigithe . soldiers “of. whom | Liew!
3 eon Tm Maite 6 Bee

‘Tha.visitors | will - aend 8 Short

~ Japraigements.” for ‘the. ‘annual:

utjor ite The: number Of
in “which collectiona were
tade:was 168;and'in this list Ha-
zelton, with: $B6R 97, 3 is sixteenth.

Commissioner ‘Coming.

> Comnissioner Chas, Sowton,of
the Salvation. Arniy.. who t is-visit-
ing . the branches: of: that organi-.

zation “in- “Yulon,! Alaska: and
British : Columbia; will 3 arrive in|*
Hazelton on Wednesday: “atcom-
panied.-by. Staff-Captain Peacock:-

time at ‘Glen: Vowell:.

The fortnightly ‘aetwing’ ‘patty
will. be held: at the: ‘Mission: ‘House
dn Thursday’ next,’ Nov. 30; at-3
p.m: The Président, hopes that

as: ‘tnariy embers as possible wiil
be: phesent, vin: te to’ mike

sale, | which’ will bo, held in the
‘Asrempy Ball ‘oni ‘December. 4.

+ mony..
3" inade a presentation’ to. Mr. and.
: Mrs. aiamee oto te

soldiats’. ine “the deputy provin-
cial: ‘eeretary: deelai red -the atie-

cessful ‘candidates elected. : Pre-
| imier.. ‘Bowser at once placed. his

resignation i in.the hands of the
lieutenant-governor, recommend-

was made. with: but’ little cere-—
The ‘rétiring “ininisters :

TRAINING: FOR OUR

}. WOUNDED: ee |
“the Military - Hospitals | Com-—

mission at Ottawa” informs - us
that:. 2081 soldiers: ‘were wider its -
care at the beginning’ of “this
‘maonth.
ganatotia for tuberculosis : and
1616" at convalescent: hospitals, ut
682" ‘of. the * latter: -being > out- © .
patients, ~while: 39’: “members. of
"|the’ force. were in. -4aylums for -
’ |the insane.

Of ‘these 426 were'at |

OF the 426 ‘cases of |

tuherculosig;, ‘it may . be: added,“ me
almost ' exactly half. were discoy- he
eted- in time to prevent’ ‘them * '
from. leaving: Canada f for the Seat

of war. *° -

According ‘toa statement pre. oe

pared. by the Militia Department
up. to ‘October. 5. 1916, thé. num-.-

soldiers sent back to Can. _
ause of medical’ unfitne:

On Sunday: Dee; 3. the churches ~~
| wit hold a united’ service in St,
cf Peter’ 8 ‘Church ‘at 7:30 pm.
collection. wilt be piven: to. the
Hazelton Hospital. .

The