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Montreal, August 15. Americans staying or travelling in Canada for any length of time become ardent tea drinkers, says Walter Pratt, General Manager of sight Sleeping and Dining Cars of the Documentary 4 months' Canadian National Railways. The sight reason for this, Mr. Pratt adds, is not that Americans are unable to On demand obtain in the Dominion the coffee they are accustomed to in the United States, but that they become ac quainted, many of them for the first time, with some of the ex cellent properties of tea as beverage.

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The numbers of; people travelling in Canada from the United States of recent years undoubtedly has directed the attention of Canadian cooks and caterenз

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the tides and to tap the power contained in the rays of the sun, but these experiments Sub- are still in the initial stages. stantial advances, however, have re-

At the opening of the Burma cently been made towards the Legislative Council Mr. Aurgthein solution of another problem; that chairman of the Burma Provincial of utilizing the electrical energy of Simon Commission Committee) laid the atmosphere. The apparatus on the table the committee's report. which has been designed for this

It stated that the first step to- purpose in Switzerland consists of wards full and responsible self- a network of wires supported by government was the separation ofį standards 40 metres (189) high, Burma from British set up on the side of a mountain. Burma's political connection with India, as This net has the magical power of tudia was wholly arbitrary and un attracting the atmospheric elec-natural, with nothing in common tricity, and in thundery weather between the two peoples except pressures of two million volts have common allegiance to the King. bean registered.

By separation Burma would gain at What use is to be made of these least Rs.30,000,000 per annum. tremendous voltages? People who The Burma Provineial Committee. have had electrical treatment for recommends the realisation of full rheumatism. and return uncom-responsible salf-government. Burma fortable recollections of the prick should be placed in direct relation- ling they felt in their arms and ship with the Home Government legs, will wonder what a current of through the Secretary of State for that strength would feel like. India, who should have a separate Fortunately, however, "Aspirin," council to deal with Burma. The "Spirosal" and a number of other present communal electorates should remedies perform the same services be maintained and the Legislature in rheumatism gout and kindred should be unicameral, a check to the A man who has apparently lost ailments less painfully and with popular assembly being secured by his memory and does not know who equal certainty. The Swiss ap- the retention of the official bloc and he is, but is supposed to have some paratus is of no medical value; fts, nominated members for five years, association with the North of Eng- are purely scientific. Its The executive power should be land, is in the Shipmeadow Poor creators hope by its means to make, vested in the Governor, acting on Law Infirmary, Suffolk On July

station, and asked the officer in charge to help him to discover his name and address.

uses

MYSTERY MAN

PRESUMED MEMORY

LOSS

a practical attempt to solve the the advice of his Ministers. The 23 he walked Into Beccles Police-. long-discussed problem of the dis-Governor should have the power to ruption of the atom. Even two override his Ministers on certain million volts is not sufficient for conditions, and power to alter the this task. It has been calculated Constitution should be given to the that at least three to four million Legislature after five years. volts will be necessary to resolve The Council will discuss the re- into their electrical components port. Exchange Telegraph. these tiny particles of which the

After forming the opinion that it was a genuine case, of loss of memory, the police advised him to go to the infirmary. He allowed them to take him to the institution,

Universe is constructed. It is ab- CAUGHT BY CANDLE where he was examined by the

salutely impossible to conceive of the vistas which would be opened up by success in this enterprise.

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A. WEEK'S DISEASES

Small-pox

CULPRIT TRACED A YEAR..

AFTER ROBBERY

A young man named Charles Mack, described as a painter, was at Bow-street Police-court sentenc

medical officer..

His mind is still a blank as to the past, and the police have not been able to find out anything about him. On the jacket of his blue serge lounge suit is a tab marked, "Walk- er, South Shields.”

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NAVAL OFFICER'S WINE ACCOUNTS

The following notifiable diseases ed to six months hard labour for were notified during the week ended breaking and entering the premises in in height, of medium build, September 6

of Messrs. Levy and Franks with a pale complexion, Roman Cases Death caterers, Gordon square. Blooms-se, light brown hair turning grey. A naval court martial at Ports

bury, and stealing cigars and and a set of false teeth. Some of mouth sentenced Paymaster-Lieut. * 1 -- cigarettes, value £160,

the fingers of his right hand are Cyril Albers Chissell, R.N., to be The robbery, it was stated, took deformed and near his right elbow dismissed the Service. He was place over a year ago, and the de- is a mark apparently caused by a found guilty on five of eight All were Chinese with the exception fendant, who was arrested recently bullet wound.

charges, four of which be admitted, He had a halfpenny in his pos- preferred against bim da connection asssion. There were no papers of with the wine accounts of HMLS any kind in his pockets.

Campbell."

Diphtheria

Enteric Fever

Cerebro-Spinal Fever

of two British cards odd one Danish on another charge, was connected casa of enterica fercce

with it by theand of a finger mark found on a piece of candle.

One plague infected rat was found.

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The prosecution alleged that. over an extended period the accus- ed, in his capacity of wine caterer, systematically reduced, or caused to be reduced, the amount of wines re- corded against his name, and that he avoided eventual payment.

It was stated that there were nearly 400 drinks not accounted for, and accused had admitted berrow- ing sums of £50 and £40 from an acting chief petty officer for the purpose of deceiving the auditing officers as to the amount of cash in hand.