octo2-
S3,
1911
THE
DAILY
NEWS
PAQt
TBUBI
CWAC
BAND
AT
WITHERS
,
'Canada
at
War,"
say
in
part:
Naval
bombardment
from
Allied
vari,liirt
l,urjng
2000
tons
of
cx-rloslict
In
20
minutes."
100
tons
rrrmintilcl
Tiiisisjut
one
single
instance
out
of
thousands,
taken
as
ai
example
of
the
stupendous
"'munition
depletion
on
every
f'Kl'tmg
front.
.
'Delighted
Residents
of
Interior
Town
This
Week
SMITHERS,
Oct.
28
The
resi
dents
of
Smlthers
and
of
the
Bulkley
Valley
had
the
pleasure
of
listening
on.
Thursday
afternoon
to
the
famous
Canadian
Women's
.
Army
Corps
Pipe
Band
which
arrived
here
on
the
noon
train
and
gave
a
concert
to
the
delight
of
all
7
A
those
who
were
privileged
to
ft
iff
"
Tlic
.45
Tommy
Gun,
the
flisl'ting
soldier's
"moppina
up"
stand-by,
has
a
sp
ced
of
fire
of
1
2
0
rounds
per
minute,
the
same
as
the
celebrated
Nren
Gun.
It
is
handled
by
one
man.
Tommy
Guns
have
proved
most
potent
weapons
in
this
war
and
are
numbered
in
hundreds
of
thousands
from
the
Plains
of
Normandy
to
the
jungles
of
Uurma.
The
Drowning
.303,
the
fighting
airman's
favorite
weapon,
lias
the
unbelievable
speed
of
fire
of
1150
rounds
per
minute!
When
the
num.
bcr
of
fighting
planes
constantly
in
action
is
considered,
apart
from
other
operational
planes
using
this
gun,
the
enormous
expenditure
of
ammunitioncanwcllbe
understood.
wmm
mm
AND
THOUSANDS
OF
GUNS,
large
and
THOUSANDS
small
need
millions
of
rounds
of
ammunition
every
day,
every
hour,
every
minute
on
every
fighting
front.
The
Guns
are
hungry
in
their
demand.
Ammunition
is
swallowed
up
on
a
scale
never
before
imagined.
And
the
supply
must
never
fail.
Wc
on
the
home
front
are
in
honor
bound
to
meet
this
challenge
and
keep
feeding
the
guns
on
land,
at
sea,
and
in
the
air.
Even
an
hour's
let-up
in
our
combined
.
effort
at
home
may
mean
a
delay
in
the
ultimate
Victory
of
which
wc
are
assured.
We
must
not
let
our
boys
down.
So
let
us
not
flag
nor
falter
for
a
minute.
Let
us
prove
our
will
to
win
by
a
sustained
all-out
effort
and
help
speed
up
Victory,
by
investing
in
Victory,
Bonds
as
never
before.
7-14
UY
VICTORY
ONDS
RATIONAL
WAR
FINANCE
COMMITTEE
I
hear
It
-
The
band,
In
charge
of
Lt.
N.
D.
Boothe
of
the
C.W.A.C.,
was
met
at
the
station
here
by
a
number
of
the
local
people
with
their
cars
and
they
were
taken
to
the
Bulkley
Hotel
where
a
very
fine
dinner
had
been
arranged
for
them
by
the
ladles
of
the
local
Red
Cross
committee
under
Mrs.
A.
B.
Washbern.
Thirty
of
the
ladles
of
Smlth
ers
sat
down
to
dinner
with
the
members
of
the
band
and
these
were
accompanied
by
Rev.
N.
H.
Atkinson,
who
was
chair
man
for
the
occasion,
Major
A.
S.
Parkes,
recruiting
officer
from
Prince
Rupert,
and
Sgt.
Smith,
recruiting
sergeant
from
Prince
George.
Following
the
luncheon
the
Pipe
Band
formed
up
in
front
of
the
Bulkley
Hotel,
under
their
Pipe
Major
Lillian
Grant,
and
marched
down
Main
st.
Counter-marching
at
the
Bank
corner
they
proceeded
back
up.
Main
st.
to
the
strains
of
"Scotland,
the
Brave,"
which
thrilled
all
those
who
watched
and
listened
to
the
martial
music
The
parade
was
met
at
the
square
In
front
of
the
Govern
ment
Office
by
Oswald
Hosklns,
chairman
of
village
commission
ers
and
officially'
welcomes
to
Smlthers.
1
The
band
then
played
a
con-
1
cert
of
marches,
these
being
In
terspersed
by
several
short
speeches
In
support
of
the
Vic
tory
Loan
and
of
recruiting.
Those
who
spoke
on
these
matters
were
Major
A.
S.
Parkes,
Lieut.
N.
D.
Boothe,
L.
H.
Ken-ney
and
J.
W.
Turner.
One
of
the
largest
crowds
to
gather
in
Smlthers,
for
several
years
was
on
hand
po
greet
the
popular
pipers
and
to
enjoy
their
music.
Harvey
Davies;
proprietor
of
the
Bulkley
Hotel,
had
kindly
donated
the
use
of
the
necessary
rooms
to
the
band
and
they
made
their
headquarters
there
during
their
stay
here.
WAR
IN
CHINA
(Continued
from
page
1)
us
to
realize
what.
It
has
been
like
to
fight
a
war
for
seven
years,
living
in
conditions
such
as
many
Chinese
do.
When
the
government
made
Chungking
the
capital
it
had
a
population
of
300,000;
now
lis
population,
Is
about
1,000,000.
So
men
and
women
of
education
and
good
background,
such
as
government
workers
and
educators,
are
living
In
mud
huts
with
thatched
roofs
sometimes
two
rooms
for
a
family
of
six.
When
you
live
among
thent
for
a
while,
you.
marvel
that
they
have
-been
able
to
stick
It
out
for
more
than
seven
years."
Price
Index
Soars
Questioned
about
inflation
in
China,
Misn
Lyon
said
that
American
housewives'
cost-of-living
problems
pale
Into
significance
beside
those
of
the
Chinese
housewife.
In
Chungking
alone,
she
said
the
price
index
for
August
was
441
times
the
prewar
level.
Miss
Lyon
continued:
"One
of
my
friends,
whose
husband
makes
3,000
Chinese
.told
m)e
that
she
had
to
spend.
$2,400
a
month
for
food
In
order
to
feetd
her
family
of
six.
She
pays
five
Chinese
dollars
apiece
for
eggs,
25
cents.
She
gets
rice
from
the
government
and
buys
only
what
food
Is
necessary
to
matoe
it
tempting
to
the
taste."
Miss
Lyon,
who
was
born
In
China
of
missionary
parents,
was
graduated
from
Wellesley
Col-legej
and
served
as
a
New
York
newspaperwoman
before
Joining
the-l
Chinese
News
Service.
Ou
her)
recent
trip
she
flew
to
Chungking
and
from
there
visited
Chengtu,
Kwellln,
Kwelyang,
Knnmlng
and
Chungking.
-Usually
I
went
by
plane
and
returned
toy
bus."
she
said-
"It
took
me
12
days
to
return
U.
Chungking
from
Kwellln,
which
I
reached
In
four
hours
by
plane.
"There
Is
generally
about
one
pas
senger
bus
a
day
to
these
places,
otherwise
you
ride
the
mall
truck,
If
you
can.
We
got
our
food
from
peddlers
or
waysldo
restaurants
and
slept
In
little
mud-plaster
hotels.
The
beds
had
boards
covered
with
thin
pallets
and
pillows
stuffed
with
rice.
I
carried
my
own
sheets."
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