CANADA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 71, 13 August 1914, Page 5

CANADA

CANADA'S VOLUNTEERS. TRANSPORT PREPARATIONS. THE STANDARD OP VOLUNTEERS RAISED. Ottawa, August 11. flie Admiralty has cancelled the sail ing of tlie principal Allan Line steamers. It is understood the ships are intended to carry troops and reservists from Canada to England. Alberta province has offered a full war supply of Albertan oats for the British army. British Columbia is offering supplies of apples and canned salmon for the British troops. * Owing to the rush to enlist, the Ottawa authorities are .raising the sta/n----dnrd, and only .picked troops will be •sent from Canada. A strange vessel in the St. Lawrence caused the closing of the ports. The Militia Department is investigating. It is thought likely to be a German cruiser recently sighted oil' Newfoundland. CANADA'S SUBMARINES. ACCEPTED in' THE ADMIRALTY. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Ottawa, August U. The Admiraiiv lias accepted Canada's offer of two submarines recently purchased from Chili. An attempt was made to blow up the Canadian North Railway track at Parry Ponds. Troops are now guarding the railways throughout Canada. A CATTLE KING'S GIFT. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 11, 5.5 p.m. Ottawa, August 11. Mr. Patrick Burns, a cattle king at Calgary, offers fifty thousand dollars to equip the Legion of Frontiersmen,