: THE TEABING WEEKLY” ‘NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA

, VOL. VL.NO. uM | anes HAZELION, BG. SATURDAY, DECEM 2 2, 1916 Pu mon Ye YEAR
. _ —
| = ACUTE CRISIS IN GREEK AFFAIRS

| _ _Vietoria, Nov. 30: Premier
/- . Brewster has announced the se-|-

of the new Liberal cabinet:
Premier and ‘president ‘of the
council, H, C. Brewster;

, . | Attorney- general, M.A. Mac-
uy donald;
. [ - Minister of pubite works, Dr,
ia ‘King;
i‘ Minister of lands, . D. Pat.
\ tullo; -

- - Minister pf mines, Wm. Sloan. |
- Minister. of ‘agriculture and
| -railways, John Oliver.
Minister ‘of: finance,
a on "Provineiat secretary and minis-
' ter of education, “Dr, McLean.

Big Company Organized

. Ralph

a A certificate of incorporation
,— .. hag been gratited to the Hazelton
B . Recher de Boule Mining & Ex-

mh ’ ploration Company, Ltd., with a

: capitatization of: $2,000,000,

_ » . ganized. by Howard. dD. Cameto a
i - and associates to develop a large]:
group of mineral claims on the
“west side At Rocher de-. Boute|

. Tin company: is” expected ae hes

come an ‘important factor i in the
Total tutto industry,” vo ve

Local: Laweuits -

"After hinting the | ‘evidetice: in
: the. case of Harvey ‘va. : Bretzing |
and Mortefi,Judge Morrigon ‘re-|
served judgment. -Plaintiff claim-
ed commission on’ the sale of the
Debenture | property. °- The “de: |:
fence was that the plaintift had
no connection with the sale. :

LL ‘Coyle, who claimed: $12,-
690 from J. J. McNeil in’a .com-
plicated case involving the owner-
_ ~ ship of the Interior News plant, }
4 ‘was, awarded 998, 14 and coat,

Rh Ay Vade: Dies Sdenty

A despatch: from Prince Rupert
" tates’ ‘that R. A.: Vade, who left
Hazelton: last. week, was found
dead ‘in: ‘his: bed: in ‘tke: Royal
‘Hotel on’ Wednesday.” Deceast
' who had -been- employed in'the
Cunningham atore hére. for -sev-

wealness, which’ had caused. his:
rejection when he tried to enlist,
and itis thought his: death ! re:
“eulted from heart disease.’ yh

; Hazelton Was Seventh
Owing: toan error in the figures

o£ urnished from Victoria last week,

Hazelton’ ‘was credited with con:

British Red Cross on “Our Day”..
The amount: raised: -here was
“$567.87, rank ing Hazelton seventh
“of. ‘the (158. B G.. towns which |
contributed... "

eon Sunday

Tomorrow Dee: 8,.:i8 Hospital

~ Sunday in‘ Hazelton, ‘arid - spectal

' services will Ibe be held’ tn St. Peter's
. Church: © The “morning ‘services
will, be” ‘conducted’ -by Rev. Dr.
Sager, ' and: Inthe. ‘evening a
“unio service will’ be held. "The
‘will a Htezel ton ‘Hoss

p ne

lection of the following members .

‘mountain: : ‘adjaceiit to. Hazelton. hed

eral months, suffered from heart!

Jas; MacKay.

“itributing: only $367.37 for the the

London: The. Royalist govern-
ment of Greece having informed [>
Admiral du Fournet, the French

eommander of the. Allied navy,

that. ‘the. arms ‘demanded in his
ultimatum will not be given upy
the Allies have begun to land
troops at Pirgus, the Bat of
‘Athens. ;
The French ° admiral lesued 8
statement j in which he gaid he did
not intend. to ‘peize the arms or

that, unless the guns | were, sur-|*
rendered, he would land, large
| detachments - “of: troops, which
would not’ re,émbark’ “until. ‘tha|<
demands were ‘complied. with.
AB Thave ampla, forces ‘at my
.dispeeal /?hpald- the admiral,” ‘tang:
some of ‘the. -heaviest “anti ‘most

if |Boviersal artillery i in existence, MI

[ean Bee no reason’ ‘why the arma
will not be ‘quietly, given up.”?":
"The ‘Greek parrison of Athens
seems to have withdrawn, inland,
taking. ‘arms, . aimmufition and |:
stores, . ae
~The: reek. ‘povbtnment has
retaken control of the. ‘popstoffices

fire upon the. Greek troops, but front violent. alone are , proceed:

and telegraph ines,expelling, the!’

French éontrat eontrol¢ Gfficers, ;

: The; Ententa: authorities have
deported : ‘to. Malta the German.
and Tarkigh- cobsnle at Syra, with
their households J

“Bucharest her folowing offi-

cial statenient Wwas-lesued yester- |

day: On ‘the: nidechern and north-
western fronta, there have been

violent . ‘actions. ‘along, the whole}
line. We made: progress in. the |.

ing. On: the aouthern front: the
situation: ‘ig, ‘abghanged.

. Londons.” " ckensen, whose
vanguard : ‘isy ROW within twelve
miles of the ‘outer forta of Bu-|
charest, has 0 ened .the - ‘battle |,

which: will: decidt the: fate of the

Roumanian: capital. ‘The Teutons

have. drawn closer ithe ‘band of.
, steel which. extends dlong | a hun-

dred. mile arc from; Pitesei to
Giurgiu. | es

* Romes The evacuation of Bu-
chareat: ‘by the. civil! population
and ‘préparations for.a. desperate
resistance to the ‘expected Ger-
man ‘aasautt, ‘are @, seeupying . _ the

ALLIED TROOPS TO OCCUPY CAPITAL ss
STUBBORN | RESIS TANCE OF ROUMANIANS

“| court’ in, Hazelton. on Monday,

Roumanian authorities,

-London: British troops have
forced an entry into German lines
in- weveral places south’ of Ar-
mentieres, gays Sir Douglas Haig
in-his daily report,

An attempted raid by the en=
emy on-our trenches northeast of
Neuve Chapelle. was: repulsed.

“ameterdam : : ‘The relehstag
Passed the second reading of the
bill for compulsory civilian ser-
vice,

" Petrograd: “The Russian Bf-

fensive i in the Carpathians, south=
ward of Kirlibaba, j is proceeding
puecessfully, oF

-London:. ,. A. British, aviator

‘

bombarded the: railway station atl.

Drama. .

. " Boston: Foreign shipping yea:
terday steered far. out.” of: ‘the
regular steamship lane’ off Nan-
tueket shoals: lightship. "Warn-
ings from ‘Allied cruisers repeated
the report that. two German sub-|
marines had | ‘been sighted on
their way’ to the . American
coast,

|ELECTION’ AND |

At the ania! meeting. of Ha-
zelton™ -Conservative Association
in St. ‘Andrew's Hall on Monday
evening, the following : officers | ©

wére chosen:
President, R, 8. Sargent:. ;
Vice-president, Rev. J, Field;
_ Secretary-treasurer, J. A. Mae-

donald; 5 pete
‘Executive ‘committed, A. EB.

Player, C. V. Smith, wm. Grant,

A, E. Player, a past president
of the association, who’ ‘igfleaving
for a Visit to England, was made|"
a “recipient ofa reaolution @x-
pressing appreciation of -his aer-
vices. to the-assoclation and, tha
community, and waa presented
with a handsome set of pipér. iS

h. “Hospital Contributions. -
Tn addition to contributions te
the various local patriotic. funda,
the ‘staff of Hazelton Hospital
hag, during the last’ year, sent].
the followlng © amounts: To ‘the
Prisoners ‘of. War Hamper Fund,,
$182.19; to.No, 1 Canadian: ‘Sta.
tionary’. ‘Hospital, ‘Lemnos, $80;

to Orferepas ‘Tobacco: Fund,’ $65.

PRESENTATION

and. executive committee - - men

ments, *
the. deportatiine,

"Telegraphic Briefs

I: Mec ‘allum Grantof Halifax,
has been appointed lieutenant-
wovernor .of;: ‘Nova Scotia, - in
succession to the late: David Mac-
Keen. -

ut

Premier. Borden. announces’ a
tour’ of. Canada . in the interesta|
of national service, ..-He will ba
in B.C. ‘about: the middle. of the
month, ,

" LordIstington. ‘states “that: ‘all
Great. Britain’s ‘colonies and do-
tainions will have'a ‘voice in .de-

| termining what, ahall = be the

terms of peace i in Europe,

Crow’ 8 Nest Pass have cbeeia” ‘in-
stracted ‘by their union secretary
to. return ta work pending: the
result of ‘the rovarninent Invest ti-
gation. , -

The British government failing
lo sedure. a settlement of ‘tha coal.
atrike ‘th South Wales, has taken
over. fhe 1 mained, he

‘Belgian: refugees pay’ Germany
fears “an: -uprising -in-'Belgium;

PREPARING FOR
. NATIONAL § SERVICE
- Ottawa,Nov. 21:—Preparations

are being made by R. B Bennett,
1M, P,, and the national’ service

directorate | for the proposed |!

“national service week’ the first
of January. Within. the next two
weeks several hundred thousand |.
circulars will be, sent. ‘out, - and
this will be followed’ by, an axe
tensive | advertising cainpaign,

while: fully million postearda|
will be issued; They | are taba

. jfilled in and returned;

rs\ In. the|
‘The. striking miner els ventoky. ‘of thé: man power of

“The idea in view ig:to take! ab

Canada and. to aacertain’ definite-

ly what-each able-bodied man ia

doing. whether serving the Em-|
pire at home br abroad; engaged |

{dn an juduatey vital to: the cdun-

try or. disqualified physically. for
service, ‘and whether: the. work:
of”. each” is. of such character: aa
could: be-'done.: by: women’ br
whether: no: real barrier: to enlist-

ment exlate.” PR Se hence
owing: -to the: depletion ‘of. the] Cet a

gatrlsone sig. provide “reinforte-| * th

“This is ‘one Reason for

| will spend the next few weeks at
{his Hazelton Office. -

' “| Thursday from the praicies, wiere ©

Princess Pats until wounded early

young, ladies. this’ evening, -will

for whichieredit- ‘must -be given:

Soldiers’ Aid Social tonight.

: Remember the W. AS: Sale’ or
Work ‘on Dec. 14, Lt

_ Judge young will Hold county.

Dec. 11.

The Red Cross social scheduled
for Dec, 8 will be postponed until
after Christmas."

Dr, L. B. Badgero,the dentist,

ae

Miss Dorcas ‘MeDougalisspende
ing a vacation from her: ‘hogpital -
| work at her home i in Hazelton, .

"Percy L, Frost: was reported
missing, in error. . He: is still
with his.corps, the Th: Battalion.

Mr and Mra.’ W. J: O'Neill,
| accompanied by W, A; Williscroft,
{motored down. from ‘Smithers o on
Monday. .

D: Li Purvia has received the.
sad news that. hia ¢ yonhaar, aistar,
Miss ‘Altice “M.’ Purvis, - died on
Monday at the family | home in ,
Sarnia.

i Rethember: the. social fo for. the
‘benefit of ‘the “Soltis” “Ald, ‘to .
‘be given: by the young ladies of
Hazelton in Assembly | all ‘this
evening.. "

A. Ey Player, the. accountant 7
and auditor, Jeayes today: for a
visit to” England. : ‘During hia:
absence ‘his business. will bein’ -
competent hands. - ne °

~The faulted 5 vein ‘on nthe Comeau ;
group has been. found after -
crosseutting: twelve feet; ~The
ore looks very ~ “good, : ‘showing
eonsiderable tay copper. " :

‘Dean Sargent: returned ‘last

he has been for come weeks, ‘He

will spend. the. winter. in the

milder climate of Hazelton...

Andrew’ Moncur, ‘who enlisted
in Hazelton and served with the

in -1915, is in the military con-
valegeent hospital .at Esquimalt.

Mrs, Wm. Grant, who haa been .
a patient-at the Hospital for some
weeks, returned home on Satur- -
day, . having made. a splendid re-
covery after her recent operation,

Joseph Piltz, atias Smith; was.
tried by Magistrate Hosking. this
morning on a charge of-vagrancy. |
The prisoner, whois a German, t

‘was convicted and sentenced to.

six ‘month’ Imprisonment:

_ Those who attend the, Boldietst j
Aid Social, to be given by the»

sea a remarkable, improvementin
the Appearance 0 of Assembly Hail,’

to J. F:: ‘Maguire, to whom’th
hall association retetly delegated a
the management: