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·GENERAL · News.”

Mr. Taft's Debt to Golf. Professor William H. Taft of Yale returned to his classroom duties on Oct. 2nd, after spending) the summerat Point-a-Pic, Marray Bay, Quebec, His weight has been reduced to 288 pounds, nearly 100 pounds lower than | when he was President of be| United States. Prófensor Taft maid that golf deserved most of the credit for the change.

Germana Petrol.

The Hembargache Hannover- sche Erdol-Industrie Gasellschaft, which was recently established by a syndicate of Hamburg mer- chants in order to bore in the province of Expover, where the company has obtained the shares of a great number of small petroleum companies, has made progrers with the works near Witze Hornbostel. A well. bas been bored from which favour- able results are expected,

Oplum on the Atzuta Maru.

Two senistente in the Chinese Customs at Chinwavgtso made a good baal of opium on board the Atsuta Mara recently, just before she was sailing, says the China Critic. The drug was cleverly noncealed behind some panelling seio a c‹bio, end amounted to *;

full pien, worth. some, $10,000, It was. Persian opium, brought | overland through Siberia or Mongolia, and was intended for the Shanghai market.

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Chaplala's Gallantry at Sea The Board of Trade weke the following BDBOUDCFM"of through the Press Baresu: His Majesty the King hue beer pleased on, the recommendation of the President of the Board of; Trade, to award the bronze: medal for gallantry in saving life at ees to the Rev. Robert J. P.) Peyton Barbery, MA, chaplain, ! Royal Navy, in recognition of his services in assin'ing to rescue the crew of the steamship Pollok- shields, of Sunderland, which stranded at Bermuda ca the 7th September, 1915.

Germany, and Americia. The following is part of a large advertisement of German sewing| machines with appears in the Hamburg papers :-Germana !; Remember that American factorica supply our enemies with muci- tions to kill oor sons and brothers! of to make them cripples. Were

it nct for them the war would have been finished many monthe ago. Buy only real German sew ing machines. Protect thereby the German sewing machine ja- dustry, which provides 60,000 | people with brand. Take care to keep the money in the acuntry:

Noted Golfer's Death. Yonkers, N. Y., Oct. 7.-Mr. John Reid, said to have been the Afather of golf in America, died to- Dight bere at the age of seventy- eix yeare. Be was a native of Dunfermline, Boatland; the birth- place of Mr. Andron Carnegie, who was bis close friend, Mr. Reid came to America in 1865. He was tretsurer of the J. L. Mott- Iron Company for forty years. He was fconder and past president of St. Andrew's Golf Society, of which Mr. Carnegis is a member. He also was past president of the United State Golf Association. Revised Admiralty Pensions. Dr. Macpamazs the written to Mr. J. M. Hogge, Y.P., ás follow : -"With reference to your ques tion in the House of Angast 16 respecting adoption by the Ad- miralty of scale of pensione for amputations instituted by Chelusa for the Army, you will be glad to know that we have not only adopted the coales, but are already applying it with retro- speolive effect from May 18 lest, dats of Chelsea Board meeting at which the new scale was decided. `This means that we are revising Call cases previously settled, and where permanent pension had 'been granted men are not on. higher rates as from May 18 last. In cases where permanent rate does not yet operate they will be brought on the new coale when temporary pensions at higher rates have osased. It will, of course, take a little time before all cases are sorted out."

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