' ty shall be. paid - “Soyalty thereon. * : Hightal only, 3 the rate of $10. THE CHINEGA HINGE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, “1916. yay DEPARTMENT OF WORKS «| NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS|, SMITHERS SCHOOL EALED TENDERS;- -superscribed ‘“Tender for Smithers School- house,’’ will be received by the Hononr- able the Minister of Public Works up to 12 o’clack noon of Tuesday, the, 23rd day of November, 1915, for the erection and completion of a two-room school- house at mithers, on the Grand Trunk |. Railway, .in the Skeenu - Electoral District, Plans, specifications, .contract, and forms of tender may be seen on and after the 9th day of Novemher, 1915, at the office of J. Mahony, Governthent Agent, Vancouver; J, H.. MeMuilin, Government - Agent, Prince Rupert; - §& H. Hoskins, . Government Agent, . Hazelton; and Walter Noel, Secretary of School’ Board, Smithers. By application to the undersigned, contractors. may obtain a copy of the plans and specifications for the sun of ten dollars eich or a certified cheque , for the same, h will be refunded on their return in good order. Each proposal: must be accompanied by an accepted bank cheque or certificate . of deposit on a chartered bank of Canada, made payable to the Honour- able the Minister of Public Works, for a sum equal to 20 ner cent. of tender, which shall be forfeited if the party tandering deciine to enter into contract when called upon to do so, or if he fail . to complete the work contracted far. " The cheques or certifiates of deposit of unsuccessful tenderers will be returned to them upon-the execution of the contract, Tenders will not be considered unless made out on the fornis supplied, signed with.the actual signature of the tender- er, and enclosed in the envejopes fur- nished, The lowest ar any tender not neces- * sarily accepted. ; J. E. GRIFFITH, _ Deputy Minister and Public Works . Engineer, Department of Publié Works, o . Victoria, B,C., November Sth, 1915, NOTICE TO DELINQUENT CO- - OWNER , ter Basin, in t ineca District, done the required amount of work: on montioned clalras for the year 1914 i order to hold the same under section 24 of the Mineral AGE roperty of Cy Mineral ARR, Co-Owner. z NC. Dated at Smithers, B, C., this Seth "day oa Gcto- ber, 1916. Synopsis of Coal Mining Regu- lations, ' Coat mining rights of the Dominion in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,: the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and in a portion of the Province of British: Columbia, may. be leased for a term of twenty-one years at “an annual rental of #1 an acre, Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased te one applicant, Ke plication for a lease must be. made by the pogplicant in ra or Sub-Agent o: istrict in which the rights applied for are situated, In surveye territory” the land must | be described by sections or . legal sub: ' divisions of sections, and in ungurveye . territory the tract applied for ait eo ‘staked out by the applicant himself, Hath eeekention must be accompani- ‘ed by a fee of Which vill be refund- -ed if the -rig' r applied for are ‘nat “available, but, not otherwige. A royal- on the inerchanteble cutpot of the mine at the rate of five , cents per ton, "The person. ‘operatin, the mine shall ~ fornia ‘the ‘Agent ‘with aworn returna|- Secounting forthe full quantity of mer- chantable - coal mined. and pay tho If the coal minin; “rights ave not. being operated, suc roturns should . be furnished at. least __,onee'B year, : The lease ill Higtuda, tha. ‘coal mining but tha lessee’ may be per- urcHase whuitever available Bary. for the For. fall: iaforn ation” ould be. made-ta a ‘See Tye ay é “The World’s E | -4 Doings i in Brief. 7 ne News Notes from Mary Sources in eruption on Saturday last. ‘Inavy since the outbreak of the person to the Agent | mit tel to Bu f surface righta may bo considered nec. = of ‘the miho at" in: in London hes-reduced the: num- f ae the ® palige.¢ courts te by, half. : Canada will raise ‘io more cav- alry for active service, The voleano of Stromboli wag Joe Martin will again be candi- date for mayor of Vancouver, — The C.N.R. will begin its trans- continental service on November 28, yore Distress caused by food short- age is becoming general in Ger- i many, ; Trafalgar’ Day contributions t td the Red Cross in ic. C. were $9000, | A great storm whieh swept Central Kansas caused’ eight deaths. Exports from New York aver- aged $7,000,000 a day during October. Esquimalt will be tnaintained as a naval base by the British admiralty. -An American aviator is report- ed to have reached an‘aititude of 11,000 feet. \, Norwegian despatehes s say chol- era is prevalent at Kiel and diph- theria in Berlin. " An Ottawa despatch says par- Hament is likely to assemble’ on January 18 or 20. ‘The result of the prohibition vote in Newfoundland will not be known until next week. a King Peter of Servia, in the ‘tuniform ot a private soldier, is fighling in the trenches, Jermans have assessed War- saw $750,000 a year, tor the maintainence of the garrison. Great Britain has nearly com- pleted its great air fleet, which will surpass any“in existence, Fourteen ‘super-dreudnoughts have been added to the British ‘war, Latest reports ‘on the sinking of the Ancona give the loss of life. as 208, ineluditg nine Am- Srichns, _ ‘Hon. Dr: Montague, formerly minister of works for Manitoba, |: is dead at Winnipeg, of heart disease. J.G, Wood, a well known lum- berman, has been appointed ; -pro- vineial lumber “commissioner in Europe. ° ee Premier Asquith | on + Tuesday tary system of. recruiting would succeed, , Metric: Bh counterfeiter was killed and’ another, auicided to escape’ arrest in-a taid by detectives in: Snoho- mish county, Wash. : A man named. Cummings: was arrested while boarding the Am- erlcan: liner St. -Louisy... He had dynasnite in a suitcase. saat se i “ehe “no-treatin; regulation| ber of cages’ of ‘druhkentess- in -{ed as the result of an explosion ‘| dale, Wash:, on Tuesday. government: to all B. C. question will be decided at the general assembly in June next.:! were drowned in the wreek of ‘gaid he still believed the - volun- i tions and the wholesale and retail ' marketing home: products. vaissions or profita were paid in v-| Halifax “on “Tuesday. Many thousands watched the cortege, | which was two miles long. ; =~ Thirty-four men were entomb- of coal dust in'a mine at Ravens- The prospectus of Canada’s domestic war’: loar, which is expected’ to be Aor $50,000,000, will be issued on Monday. Russia j is making preparations for’ five years of war, believing that Germany will foment trouble in the Orient before yielding, i Suitable Christmas gifts are being sent by -the. provincial a os] en Q2EHMMNKANNEKEO HAKONE NNR |), Hudson’ S Bay Company _HAZELTON, B. C.: Groceries, Dry-Goods, . Hardware and Liquors. Crisco, per tin,. Bird’s Egg Powder 15c, 2 for Bird’s Custard Powder 15c, 2 for _ Bird’s Egg Substitute 15c, 2 for ‘Imperial, H.B.U. Jelly Powders and Jello, pkg. 10c Assorted Icing, per pkg, 15¢, Qfor ~ Kitchen Molasses, gal. 5c, 2 gal, 30c, quart 20c \25e | 25e¢ 25c oo 25¢ 40c eugnccanfsimuconmusetcasimmicrmmmune Every dollar spent with December entitles” you to ‘dinner service which Se us during | the’ month of a.chance for the: pretty. we are giving away. nn | soldiers who are prisoners in Germany. — Church Union is being voted on by eastern Presbyterians, The | Georgia’s ‘new prohibition law eliminates the manufacture or-| sdie of drink containing more: | one-half of one percent of alcohol. ' i. Express, General Di Drayage and and. ‘Freightingl Ik | LIVERY and STAGES night, Our stages meet all ‘trains We are repared to supply private and public conveyances’ day’ and ¥ at South Hazelton or New Hazelton. = BEST DRY-BIRCH, $5.50 A CORD. |} Consign your shipments in Our Care for Storage or. Delivery. Address all communications to Hazelton, Qs rs Ruddy & MacKay "HAZELTON and NEW HAZELTON i One hundred wounded soldiers the British hospital ship Angtia, which struck a mine on Wednes- day. The last C. P. R. statement shows that Great Britain holds. 62.83 per cent of the stock, Can- | ada 13.64 percent and the U. 5. 10.39), ay Italian newspapers say only fear of naval action by the Allies has held King Constantine of Greece back from an alliance with Germany. It is proposed that five-cent eoins of cobalt, intermediate in size between the ten- and twenty- five-cent pieces, should be made in Canada, - George Wakefield, implicated in the robbery of $273,000 from the Bank of Montreal in New Westminster. was arrested in Chicago on Monday, .. Munitions for 60,000 men were found in Damaraland by British’ troops. Germans had secreted them to equip an expected rebel- lion i in South Africa, A Vancouver électrical - engin- eer claims to have solved the problem of zine ore refining, and yroposes the establishment of at refinery.on the coast. The C.P.R:.steamers Empress fof Russia and Hmpress of Asia, are to Ve released from admiralty ervice. After disarmament they will return to the. Pacific, Sane - Victoria board of trade’ is trys ing to bring farmers’ prganiza-| - mefchants together in a plan: far. sony “AL ‘the Ottawa, hearing, the auditor. ‘of the Electric Boat- ‘Co. testifiéd that no’ ‘improper. ¢om- connection with ‘the: purchase: of. thetwo diving: ‘oata in} Seattle | last year. ; AS propo ionate number “of | ' Standard and Tourist. 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Prinee Rupert PRINCE RUPERT, BC French ‘boats arrived the nurses, of whom there. were 36: aboard,. united in calling ‘out “Fi ghting men first.” Ten nurses were drowned. ele A es The Italian steamer: : Firenzi was sunk by a German, submarine, which, asin the Ancona case, eon- tinued to shell’ the: vessel while the passengers. were taking to the boats. ~ Among the Britishers who have arrived ‘in Vancouver to join the Canadian forces are Villa’s sur- geon-géneral and a colonel in the! Villista army, bothiof whom have | enlisted as privates. Many-others are reported - -to bé coming from Mexico to join Canadian; battal- ions. . 7 : oe The new naval prograni of the United States provides for: Fifteen .t 9. twenty fighting ships of tha dreadnought and battle erpiser types. ; ‘Nearly one hundred new sub- marines, making 3 a total of. about one: hundred. and: ‘Aoventy, _ Several, swift seout cruisers. — | Seventy vorpedo : boat destroy. supply. anit hospitel ships, An adequate,numbe “of, aero- | » planes: ‘and: