‘THE SuoNcd MINER, SATURDAY: APRIL 14, 1917” 4 The World’s “Doings i in n Brief . | a oo _ News Notes from. Many Sources : “geinaa cna have left China, Japan’ will aasist in patrolling . a Pacific waters. Phe BC, Indian battalion will bea forestry unit. - The U: S. will immediately build , 38 large’ submarines... 7 oe ~. Balfour, Britiah foreign secret ee ary, is to visit’ Washington. ; “Manitoba wheat is being. sent a to’ ‘France for’ use in spring seed- ‘io ing. Sa There was a heavy snowfall in . “the northwest provinees an Mon- “day. oy at sean ge Zo, a ag ie eee TA concealed wireless plant. near Portland wag, deatroyed, by offi- , cays, “More ‘than 1300 eoal miners in co Calgary district have. gone on “strike. : . Austrian vessels interned “in | American: harbors have- ‘been seized, os . becoming a, live issue in Great ' Britain y =~ .* Sir. William Robertson says . ‘Britain requires half a million more men, -! Ss-Sweden will take charge of the aoe ““Austro - Hungarian. interests aty. — Washington. “st Brazil has not yet declared Se war,” but German residents have ent “been mobbed. “During March, the. British lost _ 6B airplanes, the: French tt, and - the Germans 188. ~ Hindu evolutionists wha. had taken. yefuge in- ‘San. Francisco ‘have heen arreated. he fire, loss. in. B. om during 1916 ' Was $1, 380; 853: ‘for. 668. fires, ‘Fifteen lives were logte 5. oy “Brazil's action itt ‘breaking. with Germany ©: ‘gratifies -the,“ people, ‘SBy8. a Rig Janeiro cable. More than’ “460 B British medical ‘officers: were killed or . wounded an ‘the: ‘Batule of the Somme. cA Santiago despatch says Ger- “man. reservists fii Chile are being]: “tnobjlized. for service in Mexieo.- ; : ‘Canadian ‘casualties i in the vie- toky. at: Vimy ridge are reported | mae have been surprisingly light, From’ the. beginning of the’ war “ito Maich. ‘24, Norway last; A083 _ hips, Of a. total tonnage | of 65,- aloe “The Ausirian, emperor. follows “the Kaiser's example in promis- Hing - internal” reforms: after ‘the War co - a ‘Bix Allied hositeal. ships. shave een torpedoed: or. mined ‘by. ‘the Teutons since ‘the ‘beginning of the war. he: -penalty for’ enemy plotters n the. U.S. ‘has been fixed at fines of $10,000 and. thirty years’ - Proportional. repiesentation is| : England: Viviani, Tae “and Foch are expected. to represent] France, - - Speaking to an: assemblage of | Americans ‘on. Thursday, Loyd | George said. a real” peace was: coming and the U.S. would have a voice in: the settlement. : i The’ U:S.: will “probably join Britain in placing an embargo on the export of coal to Argentine, in ‘retaliation ‘for the southern. republic's’ embargo’ on wheat shipments to the Allies. : In speeches on after-the-war Edward Morris said the Empire mustutilize its own raw materials. The speakers advocated govern- ‘jment control of the prices of commodities, even in- peace. | NATIONALIZE LIZE HAILWAYS | Transportation Problems iis Drastic Change Tait, in a pamphlet. just issued, offers a solution to the Canadian railway problem, which is briefly the acquisition by the government of the entire common stock of the Canadian: Northern and Grand . Trunk ‘Pacific railways for possi- bly nominal consideration, with the assumption of all the assets and liabilities of these roads, with of interest on their bonds and debenture stock, supplementary _|to existing guarantees; the Do- minion to lease the (. P. R. sys-| tem in perpetuity for a rental |équivalent'to an agreed annual ‘return on its common stock and agsume all the liabilities of that company and all its assets, except | thé lands; ‘minerals, ‘timber and cash: » The fiye systems, including tlie existing: ‘government railways and the C.N.R., G.L.R. G:T.P., and. C.P.R., under this plan would be}. administered: on behalf of. the Dominion by a’ company known as. the Cariadian Railway Com- pany, to be incorporated, The -/company would havea: eapital of]: nine. directors, cent of the capital: atock would be subscribed and’ paid for and held by the Dominion, the balance by citizens of. Canada. The gov. per cent: dividends, . Four direc- tors, would be appointed. by. the government and the rest elected ‘annually by. the citizen ‘ ‘ahare- | holders, all to be paid good, salar. |B. ies. . The Dominion would: finance | a a the whole system, including: ads . ditions. and improvements, ‘Sir, Henry: Drayton's ‘proposal to solve the railway. problem of. Canada’ is generally. understood to call, for a considerable exten- || sion . of. the. government. owned problems, Lord Milner and Sir] Tait’s Remedy Fo For Canada’s Toronto, April 9:—Sir thomas t a guarantee by the government ten million dollars and a board of.| _ Fifty-one per]. tors, capable railway administra- | }| colonial have, not been controlled J}by the. Railway Commission, the ‘Tepresentatives of the maritime provinces always having objected to- ‘such a proposal. How Sir ‘Henry proposes. to his' merger .would bring forth is as yet unknown, In the govern- ment most of the members are in ‘favor of nationalization, hitt 'gov- ernment: operation = js. another problem: not’ so easily solved.’ The: situation: jis that nationaliza- tion .has: many supporters and government ‘operation few. Noel & Rock have just received Ta shipment. ‘of the. celebrated : Borsalino hats direct from Italy. Addressing Soldiers’ Mail In order to facilitate the hand- ling of majl atthe front and . to ed as follows: " (a) Regimental Number. (b) Rank, ‘ (ec) Name.: _ (d). Squadron, Battery or Com- pany. - . (e) Battalion, ‘ment: or Department. (f) CANADIAN CONTINGENT. ° (g) British Expeditionary -. Foree, =. } : England, formations,.: and causes delay. ; NOTICE N THE MATTER OF AN APPLIC- ATION for the'lasue of a duplicate -Certificete - of: Title to-Part of Lot.’ Fifty-three (63), Town of Hazelton, ’ known ae Lots Three’ (3) and Four - (4), according to, Map 543." NOTICE IS HEREBY. GIVEN that tion of one month. after the first pub- lication hereafter,’ a duplicate. of the Certificate of Title for mentioned lands in the name of Eowarp Howe Hicks-Béacu, which Certificate | - of Title was issued on the 13th day of a June, 1906, as number 12581-C, Datéd this Fifth day of . April, 1917, at the Land “Registry Office, Prince Rupert, B : H. F. MACLEOD, 88:7” be AGENT FOR THE LEADING MANUFACTUR. GENERAL USE - ‘s F: Maguire ” Manuracturens’ AGENT “HAZELTON, B.C, auanity, PRICES ANB TERMS ARE RIGHT. ENQUIRIES INVITED. : SAMPLES AND QUO. -ALSO INSURANCE OF AU KINDS. — THE Uprto-Date Drug Store for: Kodaks. and Photo Supplies 7 Toilet Requisites A Fine Line. of Stationery’ t ‘ine = Gren Brot, Burden & Co in : > Civil Bagingers 7 >... 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For Jj Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Wednesday, April 4th, 18th: . May nd, 16tb, Bath, pati P.M. Fornip tly sailings to Queen Charlotte Bland points, Arrive Prince Rupert from the South every Wednesday at 10: 30° a. M. Passenger trains leave Hazelton Eastbound 7:10 P. M4. Wednesday and f «Saturday. Mined 1:56 p.m. Tuesday. Wayfreight 12:30 p.m. Saturday. © Passenger trains leave Hazelton Westbound at 9:46 a.m, Tuesday and i ’ Thursday. Mixed trainé A.M. ‘Sunday, Waytreight 11:35 a.m. Sunday, . & For further information apply to any Grand Trunk Pacific Agent,or to - G. A. MeNicholl, Asst. Gen. Freightand Passenger Agent,Prince Rupert, #.C,- i Express, General D Drayage and Freighting : We are prepared to supply private and publi ic conveyances day and _Our. stages meet all trains at South Hazelton or New Hazelton. 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