z pe] font le ae 2 a PAGE TWO ee UR SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIBW AND SAANICH GAZETLE, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1819. _ ees x 2 7 BY = y Re TAN B INDING FURNACE = PREPARING 10 PLAY TENNIS|"°"" °" Swiss "™™"*™ PRIZES FOR BEST ESSAYS) | ° "== S" ———e =e ——— A big st fan irty-six feet Sidney Tennjs Club Meets-Monday (Continued from page 1 Allies @hapter L.O.D.E. Gonducts | long see Fen feet in eee: cap- Best Pack Paid tor Bee, Pon Byening And Transacts Busi- ness Preparatery To Play An enthusiastic meeting of the Sidney Tennis Club was neid on Monday evening. A copy of the rules was submitted and agreed upon. It was reported that the courts had been rolled and prepared for use. Volunteers were called for to help move the backstops further back. The courts will probably be ready for use about~the middle of the week, so that all ladies or gentie- men wishing to join may apply to the secretary, Miss Pattie Simister. It was also decided that the Club is to haye junior mempers, of 16 years or under. WOMEN'S LNSTITUTE MHETING The monthly meeting of the North Saanich Women’s Institute was held yesterday afternoon at Berauist’s Small Hall. In addition to the trans- action of routine business, a number of arrangements were settled for the Imperial Day celebration May 24tn. The meeting was well attended. Witch Hazel of proper strength and quality. Lesage. the Drugegist. SANDS Funeral! Furnishing Co., Ltd. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND LICENSED EMBALMERS Competent ady in Attendance, Qur charges are reasonable, and best of service day or night Phone 3306 1613 QUADRA ST., VICTORIA SUBSCRIBE TO THE REVIEW When in Sidney Stop at the ‘Harriet’ Lunch and Tea Fooms Sidney Boarding House Third Street, Sidney, B. C. Room and- Board By Day or Week Sidney Boarding House Third Street, Sidney, B. C. B. C. FUNERAL CO., LTD- (HAYWARD'S) Motor or Horse Drawn Eqpvipment as Required St Broughton & St., V.ctoria, B. C. Telephénes 2285, "2286, 2257, 2238 3 Established =D Years Classified Ads. WANTED—Child’s Sulky; must be in fair condition and reasonable in price. Mrs. E. Tutte, Henry Avenue, Sidney. §-8-1t POUND—On Beacon avenue, Sidnes | radiator for Owner niay obtain same hy c 7 at Review cap Office and payin this ad. FOR SALE—Ancona eggs, fine win- ter layers; male bird from whiner of egg-laying contest, 1918; siz pullets sold for $300. $1.50 for 15 eggs. Also Pekin Duck eggs, $1.59 a dozen. Miss Hsley, Sid- ney. Phone 291. 4-24-3t SETTING BEGGS—Pure bred im- ported Barred Rocks, from excel- lent laying strain, cocks unre- lated; $1.00 per 15. Also 2-wheeled cart for sale, $8.00. J. Mouland, Sidney. Phone 49L. 2-24-4tp WANTED—Your furniture, poultry, etc., at City Market Auction, Vic- toria. Also sales arranged any- where. Phone 2484 or S5019L. Victoria, and IT will call A. Hem- ingway, Auctioneer. 4-17-4) -antomodiie. | tains ' =m her owned and operated it, orders have been made against the company. Understand Great Northern have abandoned property and that com- pany is insolvent. Also, that Davis, Marshall, McNeill and Pugh, barris- ters, Vaneouver, act fer depenture Holders through whom arrange- ments for operation might be made.” Wr. Walton this week received in- formation under date of April Ist from the office of Hon. John Oliver, Premier and Minister of Railways of British Columbia, that the Prem- jer would return from his inspection four of the Pacific Great astern 11 and the mill manager has made arrangements to interview him’ today. Tt is understood tie Premier has full power to authorize an emergency service to Sidney un- fil permanent arrangements Can be a week, made. The Victoria and Sidney train crew brought out a freight on Sun- day evening and spent a couple of hours shunting cars and spotting empties to be loaded at the Mills yards. All cars loaded at the time sere taken to Victoria. A string of empties was loaded this week and was moved to Victoria today, and it is understood that this is the last wsork which will be undertaken by the V. & §. management. As it was, the train crew were pald oniy for the actua] time they put in, Dut re- mained largely as an accomodation of appreciation by Mr. Walton. Demobilization Very Rapid Railways of Canada “transport Troops From Halifax to Homes With Great Dispatch A returning soldier on a transport in a Canadian harbor is not expected to philosophically await facilities of transport. A cheering crowd in an inland town, waiting for troop trains to arrive, isn’t likely to be perfectly patient either. But a fairly large proportion of the workers of Canada —those engaged in railway seryice— are putting in long, strenuous days, these times of demobilization, to get the fighting men back to their homes with the least delay possible. Just how stupendous that work of Tail transport is, may be surmised from the fact that from March 17 to April 23, both dates inclusive, this year, from the port of Halifax there have been handled over the rails of Canadian National Railways to in- terior points, 49,009 military Dassen- gers. This colossal movement re- quired the utilization of 107 speciai trains as enumeractd in this news- paper from time to fime, -and it speaks volumes for the self-sacri- ficine zeal of the rank and file of the roads that this totai of almost fifty thousand men haye been moved as swiftly and silently as if the total had been but a tenth of those actu- ally transported. Probably neyer again will Hali- | gonians see such 4 procession of great ships loaded with se:diers in {hat magnificent harbor. The Jist, Gay wy day, is imposing. Gn Muareh 17 the Carmania dock ed at 9.15 am., with 2,769 soldiers and 2%5 civilians. The ticketing seas trussed through and nine special sere flispatched in six hours. T5. davs later the Celtic warped in ¢o Ser berth at 7.40 in the eyen- ing. She carried 2,810 troops of all ranks. In less than four hours the soldiers had been forwarded, the ac- tual time for dispatching being placed at two hours and a half. The day following, March 20, the Baltic docked. She carried 3,20) return- to the Mills, a fact whish was Men— ‘tiened with a considerable degres, Essay Contest In Local Schools; Col. Hoster May Speals =4tn Several matters of importance and interest were discussed at ise Tuesday meeting of the Allies Chap- ter, North Saanich, 1O.D-E. Tde financial result of the Historic Pic- ture Exhibition reported in last week's issue is as follows: Taken at door..-...- $ 8.20 Expenses: Went, “sins ee eS $ 3.00 Hireient <2 sss ie AE TID: 3 4.75 4-75 | Balance on hand....3.45 The proceeds of the Wxhibition will be sent to the l.0.D.E. French Relief Fund. = It is not generally known that tue Allies Chapter offeres prizes for the best essay on a historic or patriotic, subject written by school children of this district. The Sidney and Worth Saanich schools sent In twen- ty-eight essays. Deep Cove did not ‘compete. Mr. Barry, of Deep Cove, who kindly judged for the Chapter, pronounced some of the essays 6x- eellent. The winners are: Entrance GClass—Margaret Coch- ran, very good. First Year High School—A. Fair- elongh, good. Second Year Anderson, Senior Third Reader—Kittie Wi- liams” High Scnool—Geo. Junior Third Reader—Thomas Wriic. Junior Pourth Beader—stewart Hill, : Third Reader—Alice Cox, speciz)- ly mentioned for good writing and he The geyea prIZeS will be Bresented cele Seation! nee Bah. will hoid a home 24th to raise Empire Day, The Chapter cooking stalj on the” funds for the local War Siemorial. able of holding fifty tons of oil, was brought over from the Victoria Ma- chinery depot Thursday on a scow to the new steel shipyard of the Harbor Marine Company. It was unloaded upon the wharf “at the yard, and practically the whole day was taken to rol] it across the yard to its final resting place, where it will be buried. This big receptacie will hold the oil with which to feea the big sixty-foot bar-bending furn- ace that will shortly be in place. The tank showed a tendency to run into things, but was eventually manoeu- yered into position and then given a coat of paint. The bending furnace is now be- ing replaced and the fireabricks ‘are now on the ground. The first tim- bers of the bending shed are in place. This will be 180 by 40 feet. The bar furnace probably will be the largest on the coast and will be ten feet longer than the one at Goughlan’s yard, Vancouver. It will have fourteen burners, each with an air an oi] feeder pipe. The midship frames will be the longest pieces of steel to be bent at the Vigtoria yard. The new furnace will he used only for bar bending; the plates being bent at the Victoria Machinery Depot where there is a very fine plate furnace, = 4 the Megantic arrived ene harbor with 1,179 soldier passengers and £209 gejvilians, a total of 1,379. The Megantie gid Apt Apri gt puce ana the disembarkation of troops was Carried on ay. tender, pac easel, a slow, laboric soldier endl one ejvilian special had been dispatched in two and. three- quarter hours. On the day follow- ing, the Lapland docked at 5.30 in the evening with 1,974 passengers, and ip 2 iit wore than three hours later, four speelals were disputehed. Bight days later—April:» 18—the Carmania docked at 7.25 p.m., with Any donation for this stali will 08 be asked if he will come to Sidney for the great oceasion and address the assembly, Col. Foster -at one {ime represented this electorate In the Provincial House and well known here. His many friends have followed his military career with interest, and will be delighted tu {haye the opportunity to welcome him home. Tt has been brought to the notice of the Chapter that some returning soldiers have had to walk trom ihe station to their homes, which, sine: the Victoria and Sidney Hallway has stopped running, is often quite a long walk Therefore, if anyone expects a soldier reixiiye from over- seas and has no conveyance [9 drive him home, will they communt- cate in good time with the Regent, Miss Lowndes, R,M.D, Sidney, Phone 29M, who will be pleased to make the weecessary arrangements? The Chapter would have taken this matter up before, only they under- stood there was a committee in Sid- ney formed for the purpose. is f ; With 4,549 aboard. High winds pre- yented her imjucdiate docking, and the troops, OF most of thei, had to be brought off by tenders. pEDIEE a laborious job for all Con- “Sd, but by dint of hard work, Secs aiter special was sent for- ward until the greet jiner was ciear- ed. This consumed a greet deal ot time, and, before there was time to think about it, the Cedric with 3,829 men, and the Minnekha- da, with 2,45i reached decx, both on Maréh 27. Bigk¢ special trans were utilized to handle the cymple- ing men, to handle whom five spe— clals were sent out in three hours and thirty-five minutes. There was an interval of four days before the Cretic docked at 8.05 am., with 1,802 soldier passengers. Again, four specials were moved out in two hours and forty-five minutes. Next day, March 25, the Royal George, with 15888 troops aboard docked at 11.45 a.m. Three specials were dispatched in one hour and three- quarters, Then came the giant Olympic home. prices that are fair. CHAMOIS, DISINFRCT NATORS, RU ao E. F. LESAGE, 2e Let Us Help You Clean House A thorough renovating at this season will insure a clean, healthy We'll do our part by fura AMMONTA, ANTS, Check off such items as you need and bring the list to us. ishing you what 1s best, and at SAL SODA, FURNI- GERMICIDES, BUG BBER GLOVES, ETC. eo ee The Druggist engers and eight specials were dis- Patched in four hours. tac ut from the-Cedric, while Hx *§) y Sanya ary to take care of the and men from practically every pro- vince in Canada. Within three hours and twenty minutes, five special trains had been dispatched and the local units had been ticketed for the regular trains. On April I, the Canada docked at $ o’clock. She carried) 1,351 soldiers. Three spe- cial trains had been dispatched} within three hours and thirty-five. minutes after disembarkation: the’ actual time between departure of the first and that of the last, being three-quarters of an hour. On April 6 the Northland docked at 4.40 a.m. She carried 1,227 sol- dier passengers. Two hours later her complement had been forwarded, only thirteen minutes passing be- tween the departure of the trains. Tt is at this point in the records that the first prominent mention ts made of the large amount of mili- tary baggage to be handled. Qn the same date the Caronia docked at $.10 p.m. She carried 3,364 pass- Qn April 9 This! TRS forwarding of (hose. proms ehoard the Minnekhada. On March 30, at 5.30) pm., tle} Regina docked with 1,981 officers}. The ceiling of this vessel is about 2,600 troops. Six specials were gladly receiyed by the Convenor, | espe uighes ¢ ip 2 little-more than six Mrs. Critchley. | oes There is alse a pote in tye) Col. W. W. Foster, D.S.0., is io} tecerds in the case ef this ship about the quantity ef baggage to he handled. ‘Two duys inter—April 26 —the Adriatic arrived at 5.25 p.m., with 1.841 passengers. Four hours after the time of docking four spe- vial iyains hed been dispatched. Then on Apri 24 the Qjymnjs was back again. She docked xt 11.80 a.m., end farrien 6,572 ‘mili- tary Passengers and 300 civilians, a total of 5,872. Bleven special trains were dispatched within seven hours and a half, and a civilian. spe- eid was uso sont forward carrying about 260 passengers. Tnere wys an unusually large amount of bas- gage to ‘be handled, but this is re- farded as one of the best trocs _ Matton and Chickens PHONE M30 = a PLETCHER NORTH SIDNEY, B. C. ioze: 5 7 THE LOCAL BUTCHER CYALTX. FRESH AND CURED MEATS, FISH, POULTRY, HIGH GRADE BUDTER AND FRESH EGGS A SPE- SHAMROCK HAMS, BACON AND LARD ALWAYS ON HAND. ETC. Aion a Inspection Invited. Storesat Sidney & Saamichton Pe } fy P i TAN SHORT LENGTH Qne Double Load One Single Load Sidney Mills, Limited ee and Dressed Lumber Manufacturers of All 4nds of "DIMENSION TOIMBERS, MOULDINGS, CEILING, ETE: PLOORING, CEILING AND SIDING, 2 to 7 it., at eres reduction off regular price. Mall Wood For = - PRICES DELIVERED WITHIN os MILE CIRCLE ALG WOOD STRICTLY Cc. 0. D. OR CASH WITH ORDER FLOORING, | Phone 6 piven We ge CHEVROLET 3-PASS., 1918, HUPMOBI 82, a-F ASEHNGDR, FORD TOLBING, JOHNSON STREET AUTO SALESROOM Used, NOT ABUSED, Cars TRUTHFUL REPRESENTATIONS, GOOD RELIABLE SERVICE, LENIBNT, BASY TERMS, MADE FRIBADS AND BOGSTERS HOR US BABY SIX HUDSON, like new in action and appearance. PODGE TOURING, 1917, the car for economical service. in fing Tunnips arder. 1916, in perfect running order. HUPMOGRILE 20, 2 PASSENGER, a beauty in fine shape. r You Will See More When You Call. . $1550.00 > one, 1875.00 - 525.00 the much “wanted kind. . 328.00 724 FOHNEGS § ST. {ero ry B cient « CARTIER BROTHERS Bonds cept “tenn Iz Desireq PHONE § movements since the first of the year. 64 April] 23uthe Belgic, with 3,320 officers Hud troops ahourg, genre in a day ahead of schedule. Six hun- dred of these passengers were dis5- persed from WHalifax, but the mainder were moved out over C. Ni. HX, ris ip geyen special trains. The handling ot {dese 49 Qe) treops and giviliams: by special t movement j§ Fegarded in Ganad 29 Te- ly satisfactory performance, but it reflects especial credit upon ~ staffs pr the old Government linc which are now the Marjtime Pro yinces portion of Canadian Nationa! Railways. The railway service keenly responsive to the great obl!- gation of handling such large bodiss of isgops over long distances rail, There is 2igg a. de part of thé trainmen to facilitei¢ the movement of the trains with aii possible speed, and the men in tne operating departments especially ay carEyine, and will continue to carry, heavy respouspyilities until the last frond ship and the dast ody of —~ng have been cleared | Canadian tre from thé ocean ports. Tentative Dates Set for Launching of Next Two Hulls From the Foundation Shipyards. Tentative dates haye been set for the launching of the next two hulls from the twin yards of the Founda- tion Company, Victoria. The Mont- calm, which is officially known as Hull 208, it is proposed, wiil be sent down the ways at Point Hope yard on May 15. The next launching at Point WHllice is scheduled to take place on May 20. These dates, however, are only approximate, and may be altered to conform with eventualities. The keel of Hull 221 was laid on Monday afternoon on the ways ya- cated the preyious Saturday by the Winnipeg. Up to noon yeszrerday eleven frames had been made and erected and the stern-post is in pow Sition. There is every indication that a new framing record will be established on this vessel. Hull 220 is forging ahead rapidly. railway circles generaily av uo hig.) the. by t sire on tie SU eas as Our charges Will equal Victoria and Sidney Freight . - Service By Motor Trucks to Sidney and Way Points We have the equipment to give reliable service on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays as near as possible regular yail rates. Bepiwomper the Phone, 4040 {not listed yet), for Further Information : Victoria Cartage Company 1912 Broad Street, Victoria (Opp. The Colonist) —— Girls Wash Dresses, White and | Colored Middies, Separate Kiltie Skirts Also Ladies’ Middy Coats and Wash Slorts _English Cashmere Jersey Kiltie Suits, 2 to 10-year sizes. Woolen, Lisle and Cotton Hose | Special Showing of Spring Coats —- == MILLI ER¥= ~Av7 VAI ~ SEABRUUn Ladies’ and Children’s Outfitter Corner of Broad and Johnson Streets ALING Phone 4a 40 fifty per cent. complete and planking Operations on this hull will shortly be put under way. “ At Point Hope splendid progress 1s being made on Hulls 211 ana 213. The ceiling is beyond the half-way mark on Hull 211, and the cants ars now being put in on Hull 213. A new record was established in tne building and erection frames on the latter craft. Hull 206 has been completely planked and with the truss-work well advaneed she will soon reach tune launching stage. Our Dentifrice will prevent de- cay of your teeth and keep your gums healthy. Lesage, the Drus- gist. —_— ~_ BRITAIN'S BIGGHST GUN “Big Bertha,” the monster gun with which the Germans shelled Paris from a distance of thirty to thirty-five miles was easily surpass- ed iby the “Woolwich Infant,” the largest production of our armament factories. Firing a shel¥ weighing a ton and a half, and eighteen inches in diameter, this latest wonder of British artillery, on proper mount- ings can fire a shell a distance of 40 miles. — Thirty vears ago Krupp built an 18 inch gun for land defence, but it only weighed 120 tons and was of comparatively feeble power. Where-_ as, our new 18-inch gun will pierce 54 inches of steel, the old Krupp syould only send its shell through 27 inches. Z ol y SUBSCRIBE TO THE REV