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i : —— (For Press Association.—Copyright.) A OAR. DISASTER. VANCOUVER, July 2. An electric observation" car on the American side of the Niagara Falls
was derailed on Sunday and rolled into tile river. Twenty wer e drowned. baby week. NEED TO SAVE LIFE. (Received This Dav at 12 25 p m ) LONDON, July 3. Lord Rhonda at. a Baby Week meet- 1 ing said. two thousand babies under j twelve 'and thre e . thousand under five ! were lost weekly owing to warnt of j knowledge of the necessities of life, j A thousand might he saved by cleaner and healthier homes, better food. Greater care by mothers would have i prevented the rejection of a million ! men for the army since the war. Lord Fisher deplored that h hundred thousand were still bor n yearly, equal to the casualties of the Great Campaign.. Urgent housing reform was needed . Every cottage should hav 6 the hot water system and a gas stove. obituary' LONDON, Julv 3. ! Sir Herbert Tree, the, well-known 1 actor.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1917, Page 3
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