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VOL Vii, NO. 7"

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UNION GABINET FORMED]

‘Successful Organization of Coal-|
ition Government for
Canada

- Ottawa, Oct, 18: Premier Bor-

ing a union government. The
sworn in: :
Sir Robert Borden, premier
and secretary. of state for exter
nal affairs, .
' Major-Gen. 5. C.. /“Mewburn,
minister of militia, —
- Sty Edward Kemp, minister of
militia, overseas.
Hon J, A. Calder, ‘minister of:
; imrnigration and colonization,
Hon. Arthur. Meighen, minister
of interior. .
- Hon. T. A, Crerar, minister of
agriculture,
* Hon. A, L, Sifton, minister off
customs, :
Hon. N. W. Rowell,
"of privy council.
Hon. J. D, Reid, minister of
railways and canals.
‘Hon. Martin Burrell, secretary |
, of ‘state and minister of mines, .
‘Hon. ¢: Os Ballantyne}t minister [-
- ‘of pubic ‘works,
’ Hon, Hugh, Guthrie, ‘solicitor.
“general. oo
-. Hon, Frank Cochrane goes. to
- thie ‘Canadian ‘Northern 2 as: ehaiz-

president

‘Sir George Perley becomes. Car
‘adian high’ sommissioner’ to Lon-
don. ree

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den has been successful in form-|°

. | Progress, according to the | meager

| night, ‘and the advance. was made

| German campaign of terrorization
| every day, |

, tials sitting in the annéxed prov-

oo has appointed: a sequestrator

iF Postage ,

‘Lat: ‘Hazelton Hospital to. £0 over-
‘| geag, ta now. on: ‘thes staff’ of | the

| but.

‘following - ministers” have- been _—

London: After the usual pause

| British are again attacking ona
front of dix miles, or theast.of
| Ypres, ‘smashing the . German
lines ‘and making satisfactory

reports 80 far received.

Rain fell heavily. during ' ‘the

through an-ocean of mud:

, Paris: - Fresh evidence of the
in Alsace-Lorraine comes to hand
‘Since the beginning]:
of hostilities Getman court-mar-

inces have inflicted sentences aR

raine whose: sole offence has been
expression of: opinions favorable
to France. Po

The - military court which is

ior the consolidation of gains, the ;

land. Souain. regions were repuls-

}sent home,

grepating.. 5000, ‘wears, imprison-}.
‘ment: “on citizens of- -Alsate-Lor-|

‘Ithe government, on: the ground

. that. he fails to. reflect: the ideals

hee the tion, 5 maintained i in Hoboken, and that
of the organiza io

\HAIG’s MEN AGAIN : SMASH ENEMY LINES. a
NE Ws FROM. VARIOUS THEA TERS OF WAR

for finds: loaned ‘by Bolo.’

The night’ “was” mar ked by
great artillery activity and by a
series of German efforts. to ad}
vance at. various points on our
fr ont, ‘Three « enemy attempts to
captire ground i in the Auberive |;

ed. On the right bank of the
Meuse, in the” Verdun sector,
artillery fighting, continues, being’
especially. heavy i in’ the region of
Bezonvaix.

_ Petrograd: “The demobilization
of superfluous trdopa Attached to
the: Russian arniy, has begun, the
classes of 1894 ‘and 1895 being

The workmet - and. ‘soldiers’
‘ hae
organization “has. asked ‘Nitikil,
minister of the interior, ‘to leave].

{enquiring into. the:, activities of
Bolo Pasha, the German emigsary,.

river and releasing ‘numbers of

Russian troops ha ve. taken
Kurd villages, driving the enemy’
tq: the : banks of the “Great Zob

Syrian captives,
try. to fraternize ‘with: ‘our sol
diers, | ,

Britain has atop-
ped all cable communication with
Holland until such time as. the

Amsterdam: ,

strictions on the transit of sand,
gravel. and. serap metals from
Germany. to Belgium through |. °
Holland. .

-New York:
under” indict aent today for com:
plicity-i ina plot to blow up Allied
ships. “

Bighteen men are

Among those. engaged in
the conspiracy “disclosed by the
police.i is: Capt: Franz. von Papen,
former riaval attache of the. Ger-

~The Germans

Netherlands places absolute r re-|

The ‘German reichstag yester- .
’ "lday adjourned until December 5.

LOCAL NEWS W'S PARAGRAPHS .

Items Of General Interest’ From
Hazelton and Surround- ;
ing District A

R. rcs Barnett, - “of Smithers,
| spent Sunday here. 1

Ken. Irwin, of Prince George,
was heré on. Monday, :

iy

J.. E. Harrison ‘arrived, from
Ootsa Lake on Tuesday.

Frank Victor, of Telkwa, was
in town during the week. tat
Don’t forget “Our. Day” for”
British Red Cross, Oct. 18 «7 2
Mr. and’ Mrs, .P. Stavin; “of ©”
Houston,. came in on Sunday. wes

Mr..and Mrs..G. L. Edmond- :.
son,.of Edmonton, arrived on
Thiesday, oe
- Mrs. L.A, Graef and little - ,
daughter have gone to Vancouver
for a visit. . 4
Julius Levy, the cigar than,
was among the week’s visitors
in Hazelton, : :
Agricultural’ bulletins of. inter: oe
est to all farmers are on file at
the Union Bank, :
Miss Eva Martin,’ of the Hos.‘
pital staff, is: spending her vaca-
tion at Smithers, .; oy
rm Mrs; ~ Hogali#eturned 6 one “Weds
inesday from: a wisit to Port Simp-

The . evidence
shows . that a. bomb. factory. was

man ‘embassy.

}the Lusitania, on. her fatat, Yoy-
age, . carried nine bombs, timed
to explodé when. the’ ‘vessel
reached the Irish'coast. : 4,

7 _ Following is a’statement of re: Rent... a : te
y ceipts and disbursements by. Ha, Express ee - oe ee
HS gelton Red Cross branch during Mea. ‘Supply C'mit’ee™ 88.52
My the last. fiseal- year, .The toeal| Garment “+ «176.45
a _ branch has 110 annual, membets; pith Red Gra Bo an
: 1 “8 life members, 6 associate mem- Prisoners of Wai’ Fund 50,00|
4 _ s ari site members Headquarters Funds '1451,14
i returned. soldiers maf 404.99
Rl ; _ Ta tal, $Bd0d,
4 RECEIPTS: | OE ~ Set 33
By). . ° ,° Membership: fees: g 271. o0|. a
i _, ‘Cash donations’. Ay 254.00 -Shiping Moly bdenite, -
q = ~ Empls. Road: Supt. 1, 00 Under. the _ management. of. D. i
* Empls. Rocher de ° ; ; B. ‘Morkill, development: work ‘is i
a Boule Copper Co, “16a. 25 ‘being pontinued. ‘on the. Hazelton
-Kispiox Indians . ca 8,00 ‘View. group, and-mining men are
eee Paulie’ re 2 roo taking ‘considerable interest: in
i J © oe | tHe’ ‘results, . A earload of molyb-
e -804,0 :
. ieee denum: ore, “taketi ‘out. in “the r
i. * 86.05 cotirae: of. development, will bel,

shipped to Ottawa within 3 a wedk
or two. A ‘Short ‘aerial, trada-has
been: built: to. -earry the ore from}
the Workings to the. pack. trail. ~

° Nfs Hogan. In England |

» Misa. Hogan, ‘who. resigned the
position ‘of’ lady’ ‘aupérintendent

it

‘Ontario. MUitary.”- ‘Hospital,’ “iin
Kent, England.

This: inatitution |: rs

‘Hogan: likes the. work iy i England,
yn

| BRITISH ‘TROOPS

Reuter’s correspondent empha-

= teat of inilitary strength, for in|.

this war the taking. of a. position.

tle. following ineldent i is 8 charac-
teristic: - : we

" “Following: a. ‘great burst: of
gunfire - the Germans Succeeded,

in the. Searpe valley “where there,

was much: bitte ‘fighting.: Tt
was small affai par risoned by.
a.mere ‘handfil but’ ithe

~|Huns « ‘made a gt
las they. do howal

vauntings, howat
mature, foront
our. Jade return datid¢ aired, out
the post. ;
2 The’ moral i ig,
we keep’ howaday
| thé ‘enenty ft 6

“HOLD. ALL GAINS

London, Oct. 8: “‘Telegraphing!
from: British Army. Headquarters

sizes. the fact that we are retain-|.
ing all gains made i ig ‘the recent? -
pushes. mo
“This,” ‘he Says, “jg the true’

eh are

8 one thing and. the. retaining of
it quite another »Apropos of this

n rushing a little: outpost of ours

heir rare.

toy win

’ recovers its losses is the beaten

| map.

has been promoted to the position

Y | with the. Hodson’ 3 Bay'Co.,- Mr,

heir | his: well: merited bromation,. oS :

and: the’ ‘road’ ‘nday-connect: ith). |
en {he Dunvegan. a eloraybick ma |
fro

side. . . The ‘Germans’ are. “being
surely defeated on: the western
front, and defeat on. thelfiéld is
the one nightmare from: which
Prussian militarism shrinks. * :
"So don’t - trouble" about. the
- We “have: ‘done, all we
wanted i in the way We wanted,
and that i is what really ma matters.’ ”

~ “Johnny” Boyd Promoted _

Oldtimers: in: this. ‘district will
learn: ‘with pleasure that’ a con
Boyd, formerly i in ‘charge . ‘of. the
Hudson’s Bay. store i in: Hazelton,
and ‘recently of Telegraph t Creek,

of district manager for Athabasca
with sixtéen: posts.” under his
{eharge: and: headquarters in Ed-
monton. -Of 26 years’ service

Boyd spent ten yearsin Hazelton, |

food wishes will! “follow him i in}:

CPR. May: Get. PGE.
“Ottawar: Tf. ‘the: proposa): tal

CPR. ‘system i ig, eattied: out, an’
extension. of: ‘plang, ‘is probable, |

‘and ; ‘will Spend. & ‘week or ‘two,

cently from ‘the nurses’ training.
school at Hazelton. Hospital, left: -:
| for" ‘Vancouver on Thursday. .

Vanderhoof, Feplacing Constable -
Wood, who goes. io Clayoquot..

Hudson’s Bay staff here, is pow...
a: ‘Bergedint in, the. 13th - Blagk 7
| Wateh‘and expects a commission “
in. the flying corps.’ re ee

turning. from - the: Least with his:
bride,” stopped’ off at Hazelton; to.
spend . Thanksgiving | swith * ‘Mr.
and Mrs. Albert D. Chappell.

the ‘Methodist Choich tomei

son ‘and other coast towns, ae

H. ‘J. Macdonald and W. Mure"
déch, if Telkwa, were among'the
arrivals by: Sunday's train.

Mise *Macionald, . mother of
‘Mes. ‘Dr. Stone, ds a guest of Dr, eo
and Mrs, ‘Wrineh at the Hospital,
-R, G. Cunninghain. ‘arrived
from. Port Essington on Monday,

here,

“A: a Faleoney. ‘has been ap:
pointed. assistant postmaster :in
succession to the Into H, AL Me.
Vittie, ;

Miss Sisko. who: graduated wee

- Constable’ Ww. RR Henley hind -
| been’ transferred from Endako to =

J C. “‘Loutet, formerly. of; the...

Ww. Hi. Marks;: of: Tereaes,” .

Methodist: Church, ;
Rew. C Scott: will. prepeh

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