The War Cry . 0 to 55100,000, immense facilities offered fornaval construction on the Clyde,wouldthus be at the dsposal of aguardian fleet on the east coast, andthe commercial advantages in the wayof affording a short sea route fromeast to west, and thus avoiding thelong voyage by way of the Orkneys,are most important. elation will be enormous—sufficientprobably for at least 2,500—and thecrew will number nearly 1,000. Thegross tonnage will be 45,000, asagainst the 32, 500 of the Luaitania. Enormous Ships. In the shipyards at Belfast, be-longing to Messrs, Harland and Wolff,there are bei
The War Cry . 0 to 55100,000, immense facilities offered fornaval construction on the Clyde,wouldthus be at the dsposal of aguardian fleet on the east coast, andthe commercial advantages in the wayof affording a short sea route fromeast to west, and thus avoiding thelong voyage by way of the Orkneys,are most important. elation will be enormous—sufficientprobably for at least 2,500—and thecrew will number nearly 1,000. Thegross tonnage will be 45,000, asagainst the 32, 500 of the Luaitania. Enormous Ships. In the shipyards at Belfast, be-longing to Messrs, Harland and Wolff,there are being built the two largestliners in the world. They will .prob-ably be called the Olympic aud theTitanic, and. are intended for theWhite Star Line for their Southamp-ton-New York service. The boats,which will have four funnels and onemast, will cost about ,$10,000,000each, and will be ready early in two gantrys,., which had to bespecially built at the shipyard, cost$1,000,000. The passenger accommo-. A oar-Banishing Campaign. The temperance cause is makingheadway in Western ? Canada. FromWinnipeg comes news that a banishthe bar campaign will be started inManitoFm on June 23rd, when a partyof temperance workers, headed byautomobiles, will start on a tour ofthe southern part of the province,and will address meetings in sixty-two towns , and villages. When thistour has been completed, the northernpart of the province will be invaded,_—,—«—— Good Use for Old Coastguard Stations. A,novel scheme has been disclosedby Lady Aberdeen, the wife of theViceroy of Ireland. Speaking at ameeting of the General Council ofthe Womens National Health Asso-ciation of Ireland, held at Dublin,the Countess said that for. some timepast they had been in communicationwith the Admiralty as to obtainingthe leases or remainder of tlie. leasesof disused coastguard stations,, witha view to converting them into sana-toria or convalescent homes. Theyhad now secured the first of these atSutto
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