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=i================= ~NOWLIN~ /_ ilJ OUR Departments are now ready for Ins !.§.!:.tien, and will repay a visitespecially for Ladies an~Gentlemen--tba: enjoy outdoor Sports & Pastimes.

Jine-Star Hockey Skates ..LADIES' and GENT'S WEAR.V,lo" R,gal, R,gal F,atb"w,;gbt, Glaci", Suitable for Outdoor Sports.

Beaver and MicMac Featberweight. GENTLEMEN'SSweaters,SwtaterCoab,Mocca.nu,'EY SKATES, PUOKS and Snow Sbo, Cap" Wmt" Cap>, WooU.. and

-B ;E¥--STI, LADIES' J~::~,G~:~e~w~;=e~o:~d (~e~o::det) WoolLadiea' aad GeadeIH.'. s.ow Slaoa, BoDDI GauDdets, Glove, and-Mitts, AstriChan GaunUel.,

Gloves, Tobolgus, SteeriDl Slidu, MitbiaBiutudGrey,MuffteninCoasten, and Frame Sleds. Late.tStylaudSba....

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MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING,We keep the largest and best selected stock of Men's and Boys' Suits,

Overcoats, Underwear, Athletic Clothing, etc., etc.LOWEST PRICES! BIGGEST SELEOTION !

Fountain Pens, Post Oard, Photo, Scrap and Autograph Albums, tfttk Stands,Loose Leaf Pocket Books, Oollar, Glove, Tie and HandKerchief Boxes, =

Music and Writing Oases. Boxes of Stationery, suitable for Present----------- --

TroutaadSalmonTackle,FootbalIs,BuebaUs,Belb,Gunl,MarlinandStenDsRifles,AmmunitioD,Cartrid,es,'

FootballG;:n~~:e~::U~n~~::1Suits, Cartridge Belts an Bap. Game BaC"

!beShoo=D:DS:::~.areaJlOable LoadiDg Seband every Sporting

Great Variety of Suitable and Useful Presentation Goods

Clemack Safety Razors, Shaving Mugs, Mirrors, Straps and Brushes, FieldGlassees, Sportsmen's Pocket Knives, Smokers' Oabinets, Pipes,

Tobacco Jars, Oigar and Oigarette Holders.

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Proclamation!

St. John's

Municipal Council

PUBLIC NOTICE

lJIM\1st Newfoundland Regiment

----RESERVE FORCE----

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T. A. MacNab & Co.

TASKER COOKWaterStreet,StJohn's.

C.A.C. BRUCE, ManagerCANADA LIF~.J~~.~URANCE CO"

CHRISTMASGOODS

Place Your Xmas Older With US.

British Made Toysand Fancy Goods.

Handkerchiefs,Necties, Gloves.

Fancy Groceriesfor the Festive Season

ST!ER Brothers I

NEWFOUNDLAND PENITENTIARY IBROOM DEPARTMENT.

-no ,n. --~ VhiskS.

Tessier & Co.GENERAL andCOMMISSION MERCHANTS.

MARINE. FIRE and LH'RInsurfl.nce Underwriters.

Tessier & Company411-419 Water Street.

St.John'"Newfoundland.

Constabulary NoticeINFLAMMABLE OILS

WEBUYC.odfish, Codoil, Herring, Lobsters,Partridge Berries, Pickled Salmon,Tinned Salmon and other Produce. ..

With siocere apologin to the Composer of

"All the Nice Girl. Lon a Sailor."

"Tbe Quality Soda"

I

A. Harvey & Co.

Grand Position of the

SUN LIFEAssurance Company

of CAKADA

We can Insure YourProperty against Lossor Damage by Fire.

It?rUSE VEF,DOL MOTOR OIL."'®}

Smith CompanyLimited.

WATER STREET

St.John'sNewfoundland Office:

tf~I The People's~_PoP~lar Slor~

r.=====--=-=~- .~The Store of SatisfactionParticularly well stocked with

New Things forXmas, 1916and as usual Moderate Pricingsour Speciai Feature.

Christmas is Christmas for all thatand Practical Gifts are much fav­oured this Season Better drop inand let us see your list; we r;an helpyou to decide-that's our hobby.

Attend Our Christmas SalesThey're on Now.

FRIDAY, SATURDAY and MONDAY Special Bargain Days

FURNESS WITUY &CO.LIMITED.

STI.AMSHIP OWNERS and BROKERS

COMMISSION,INSURANCE andFORWARDING AGENTS,

Regular Steamen Iktw«n

LiI'erpool, St, .John's and Halifax.

FURNESS ~~Io¥.{,N~, CO" Limited.Offices and Pier; ST.JOHN'SEAST

Working Miracles Dail~ IIS TtlE TURNING OUT OF SATISFACTORY

UP.TO-DATESTYLISH

~r~en~ ENGINESWe hllVf' made a sweeping reduclion on priccsof new

FERRO Kerosene EnginesRegular Now

Price Selling11 H.P.EnginewithReverse .... $312.80 $240.00

lVz H,P. Eng~:d:~:i~:u~~:~~r~~her 57~!s'OO 160.00EVINRUDEDETACHABLEDORY

MOTORS only $55.00 complete

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IGuardian Assurance

Company, LimitedI~"'~ ",_"rn,.,

IT. & M. WINTERAGENTS.

TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS

OF YOUR

CHRISTMAS BAKINGYOU SHOULD. USE

ROYAL HOUSEHOLD

Sports and Pa8titneSIn Newfoundland.

iSegt. A. G. Duffett, D.C.M·1

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SPORTS A-ND PASTIMES.-3-~.~-~~ --=-=

--PROMOTED--Athletes Who Have Died at the Front

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SPORTS AND PASTIMES~IO----- -

=IN MEMORIA~f=

~CAPT. ERIC STANLEY AYREKiJledinAction,Ju!YJSt.

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BOWR 'G 0, [El Limited.

Christmas Presents

PHOTOGRAPH.Frieodaat Home and Abroad will appreciate them.

CHILDREN'S PHOTOGRAPHSA SPECIALTY.

.J. C. PARSONSj Bank of Montreal Building.

f,Vh'y noladdadistincltouch to it b~ wearing

The Newest inFELTS.

Thencw Flat Rim are thelatest. See these.-thcy areditectfwn the American ~;

an$t7~ht;$jt~50. ~

I~ ANDERSON~

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A GASOLENE GUAGE & LUBRICATINGCHARTS, showing CORRECT LUBRICA·

t TID of all makes of Automobile or Motor Boat

IEngines-You will find them useful-Costs younothing-Call at Office or send us your name.

Vacuum Oil Co.!!

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Don't Lose Sight of the Fact

GEORGE SHEAGeneral Agent for Newfoundland

W.lerSlre,1 SI.]oh,,'s,N.F

1 he ~::~:~t~:~~i:~~::u;:s:~:n~' 01 c\anada·1

ILlliott C< Le., \~nange ISlands. i ~ I

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f -Cable Address' Telephone 60. \I "OUTER" ST.JOHN'S. ,

IP. E. Outerbridge II Broker & Commission Merchant I

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Westfield,N Y

The Pure Gold ManufactunngCo IExtracts,Jelly,Icmgs etc t

I Toronto Ont , I

I IIIW.A.Ross&Sons,Ltd.

IDry ~~~~:~.~:i~~,

W.Clark,Ltd.

I Pork~o~~:i: ~:~.da.

!j.Millhoff&Co.,Ltd.I "De ~~~::: ~~;:~~~.

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FIRE! PIRE! PIRE!NORTH BRITISH MERCANTILE

INSURANCE COMPANYESTABLISHED 1809

S. MILLEY, Water StreetST. JOHN'S.

Wholesale and Retail.

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i Baine, Johnston 1i & Company ~~t ESTABLISHED 1780. ~:* ---- *iMerchants and Ship Ownersit :~t EXPORTERS OF t1 CODFISH and OIL 1i~OTHER FISHERYPR~~~~~~

~, AGENTS FOR ~:

1Alliance Insurance Company, Ltd. f:

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TUE CROSBIE flOTEL'rbe LEADING and T.,ARGEST

HOTEL of St. .J obn's is

THE CROSBIE.Its Guests include Visitors from all

parts of the World.

SPORTSAswellasotherkindofmennowr«ognizc:

~::I ~::;~~ell-dre"edwhen wearing one of

Suits or. OvercoatsIf you are pe~imistic try a suit and be con­

:::d~t tCesk any reliable dealer for suits

NewfoundlandLl~!~!!OOg Company,

rThe HolidayslIAre Nearing I

I ~~i~~~;~~'i~~~;!~:~'~~~)~~~tr~:~;:~~~'~~~J;~~,I; I~JTURE, PICTURES,E~ I

U. S. PICTURE 1& PORTRAIT co.·1

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TUE NICKEL TflEATREST. JOHN'S

Is the Leading Picture House.

The NICKEL

2 Great Essentials IIn Every HOIUe-1Arbuckles Breakfast COFFEE.

~~b\~; t;hitli:lde!:an~::r'a;ic~hebJB~:kf:~

Cleveland Trading Co.

W. & G. RENDELL

Agents Pho~~~!~s~~ce Co., Ltd.

Importers ;:ina:,do~:.a~~m~~t.t;:;:, ~a:~~ia?~KriptioDI.

~fabo\'egoodsalwaysinSlock

Sole Agents for Rilinbow Paints and"Brantford" and "Security" Roofing

NewfoundlandProduce Co., Ltd.~

Steamers "Fogota," "Susu"and "Cabot." ~.

North Sydney andScotch Coals.

Large Supplies always on hand.

AGENTS FOR

FIRE and MARINE INSURANCE.

Oli'I?lCES and S'I'OHES:

Job Brothers &Co.---limited.---

Purchasers and Exporters of all the

Products of the Fisheries.

Highest Prices Given forCODFISH CODOIL,Refined and Ordinary.

Fishery Supplies of all sorts offered

at Very Lowest Rates.

FIRE and MARINEINSURANCE

a Specialty.

JOB BROTHERS & CO., Limited.

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PUBLIC NOTICE!Thealtenlion of the Public is cal/edto the

follorving Provisions of the Discover)) of MineralsAct. viz-

I. It shall be lawlul lor any person who shallmake any discovery of minerals in this Colony, atthe time of making application fora license for thesame or without making any such application, to filein the Office of the Minister of Agriculture andMines a claim in writing, veri6edby affidavit. set-

itingforththatheisthefirstandoriginaldiscovererof such mineral,what said mineral is. and as accur­atelyaspossiblethesitnationofthedeposit. TheMinister of Agriculture and Min~, lmmediately up­

on the filing 01 such c1aim••hall give public noticein The Royal Gazette and one other newspaper set­ting forth briefly the facts contained in said claimand the name of the claimant, and calling upon allpersons who may dispute such claimant's right asfirst or original discoverer to giv . to his De~

partment of any objection thereto within listtherealter.llattheexpirationolthesaidperiodolsixty days no such objections are received at the De­partment, the claimant shall be deemed 10 be thetrue first and original discoverer. and hit name a.dthe location 01 hi. discovery shall be regilleredia abook to be kept in the said Deparlmeol.caI1ed "TheRegister of Mineral Discoveries."

2. If at any time thereafter any such locationshall be developed or operated. the person registeredasthetruefirstororiginaldiscovererthereofahallbe entitled to receive and shall receive from thelund. 01 the Colony the sum 01 one thousand dol­lars: provided that no such location shall be held tobe developed or operated unless at least fifty menshallhavebeencontinuouslyempJoyedinactualmining thereon for a period of at least one year.And provided also that such discoverer shaJi not bedeprived of any of the rights herein conferred byreason only that any such.d.iscovery is made uponprivate lands.

Sydney D. Blandford,Minister of Agriculture and Mines.

Department of Agriculture and Mines.St.]ohn's,Newloundland

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To Preserve t~e Complexion

T Offices are operat.datth.prin-cipelTOWDI Vdlaceslhroughoutlh.COlony.

Tariftoall paillbin Newfoundland. 20 centsI'w 10 ....... ..,1... aDd 2 cents lor each additional....d-AcldreaandSignaturelr••.

Our Govemment Cable from Port aux Basquesto CanlO. N.S.• conn~ts with the system of theCommercial Cable Company, the Canadian PacificTelepraphs, and the American Postal TelegraphCable Company to all parts of the world

NightLettergrams

INSPECTION REGULATIONS

INSPECTION FEES

"

EXPORTERS OF

Codfish, Salmon, Herring, Seal 011,Seal Skins, and Lobsters.

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1BO:j~G~;:;i~~a~ers rI AGENTS FOR

L1oyds', London Salvage Association, New SWISS L1oyds,

INational Board of Martne Underwrtters of New York,

LIverpool and Glasgow Underwriters, Liverpool and

--~le_I London and Globe FIre Insurance Company. New York,

Newfoundland nd Hal1fax Steamship eompany. Engl~~ III

and AmerIcan Steam Shipptng Company. [I ~

REPRESENTED BY :JC. T. BOWRING & COMPANY, Li,mited'

Liverpool, London and Cardiff.

BOWRING & COMPANY,New York and San Francisco.

Owners of the Newfoundland Royal Mail Steamships

uPORTIA" and uPROSP£RO"; Plying Between St. John's and ~~ W~"m ..d N.rth= Port,. ~

e~nc~~aannc~c~nnclc~aanclanc~nc~Cu~clcmn

CAN BE SENT "DUTY FREE"TO THE BOYS "SOMEWHERE'IN FRANCE" BY THE . .

"The Little Green Package"

is always in evidence.

AT ALL

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

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In Packages of Ten.In Tins of Fifty.