18, 1919.

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jthe Grand Trunk at a time when plan.

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And women, too,

A nation’s mighty

Thou fair land for

Grant that our ser
May witness bear

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My part is ended.

THE BAILY NEWs

The Soul of a Vision

So then—
Other men,
still play their part,

With courage resolute and dauntless heart.

My broken comrade—

Seared by scars that time can not efface,
Is not the jest of fortune; for his aid

forces doth provide.
And those who live—

To carry on our story down the years,

Face not their “quiet days” in bitter pain;
(Forgotten, now they’ve stilled the nation’s fears)
Dwarfed by the lust of pride and selfish gain.

My Canada—
whorn great love

Inspired my youth to ancient sacrifice;

ried ranks in realms above
thee, worthy of the Price.

To Pay Debts of Honou

the Dead and to the richness of their dying,
we must give pause, and in humility confess

a debt beyond redemption.

Before the altar of their sacrifice, Canada is con-
secrated to make its dominion worthy.
that illumines Victory so dearly bought, must burn
Each year of peace must record an added

eternaliy.
lustre to our heritage.

But to those

It is a Debt of Honour.

petitive existence of civil |

who have come back in suffering,
Canada owes a debt which money can, in part, repay

Canada was pledged to the
end, that the wounded and the sick be adequately
cared for untilthey were fairly fitted for the com-

ife.

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For this purpose, our medical services, and our

vo-ational training schools must be maintained until

the need for them is no more.

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These, then, are some of the purposes for which the
Victory Loan 1919 is being raised. Other purposes

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are told about in other announcements.

As you

read them, the conviction will grow upon

you of the absolute necessity for the

Issued by Canada’s Victor mmumittee
in co-operation with the \linist.r of Fimanee
of the Domin on of Canada.

 

jwill not contribute to the coming be taken by the Board of Trade

if the Government purechass

lthe finances of the country are
at present. In a_ letter
jimunicated to the press he says
j that he has subseribed $50,000 to

com

|the first Victory Loan, $250,000
| to the second, and $500,000 to the
jae but now he says: ‘I'm

through.’

| “Montreal—Opposition has de-
veloped in the Montreal Board o!
‘Trade to the proposed plan of the

Government to take over the
firand Trunk Railway, as an-
nounced in reeent despatches

from Ottawa. The president, Mr:

John Baillie, Wis reeently re-
nae many letters a ¢ tele-
#rames asking that officia: action

as!

   

t¢
emphasize its opposition to the
Following these

President Baillie on Monday sent

requests

out notices to all members of the

Board of Trade calling a special
coneral meeting for Thursday
next, It was stated yesterday that

Montreal Board of Trade had been
consisterftly against the national
ization of railways and was op
posed to the plan for the acq!
of the Grand Trunk by the
although the cour

wien
Government
record as desinous t!

the Government should treat th

Grand Trunk with every possible

was on

consideration

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BUSINESS MEN IN

/ £500,000 for

ldeep sea sailors.

Children's gaiters just art ved.

NAVY LEAGUE DRIVE

Realize Value of the Work Navy
League is Doing for
Canada.

 

Prominent business men from
coast to coast are backing up the
Nelson Day Campaign to raise
the continuance
the work of the Navy League of
Canada. The various useful ac
tivities of the Navy League in
clude the conduct of naval brig
ades in which youthful Canadians
are thoroughly trained to become
The Merehant
every «qualified

Marine, requires

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and many It is a great
work that is for the lasting benefit
of the Dominion, the permanent
prosperity of whieh must be de-
pendent to large extent upon ex-
port trade. Business men all over
Canada realize this and are hear-
tily in accord with the aims of
the Navy League.

\ll of the funds raised in the
Nelson Day drive will be spent in
Canada mainly for the support of
ithe naval brigades and for the
sailors homes at Canadian ports.

more,

Ontario's quota is $225,000 in-
duding &125,000 whieh will be
subscribed in Toronto A brisk

‘ampaigu is new in progress and
the actual drive will take place

October 24, 22, and 23.

\dvertise in the Daily News,

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BRITAIN REQUIRES
GREAT MANY HOUSES

(Special via G. 7. RP. Telegraphs,)

London, Oct. 17.—It is esti-
nated that it will take the con.
truetion of 1,044,000 houses in
(ineat Britain in the next five

years to handle the housing prop-
osition with any degree of satis.
faction.

 

 

(Special via 6. T.P, Telegrapnes.)

Paris, Oct, 17.—-A new aero-
plane record between Paris and
London of 4 hour 20 minutes has
been made,