The Charing Cross Underground Station at a busy time of day has no less than 177 trains in the hour. The average number of. passimgcrs carried weekly by tho London Electric Railway Company is 6,380,000. It has 213 stalione, ■140 platforms, 23G lifts, and 9 escalators. An investigation made recently elicited the information that Japanese berths cajiable of building vessels over 1000 tons numbered 113, tho number of yards was •12, and there wore besides 21 berths either in course of construction or to be started in the near future. The number of vessels listed to be launched during IMS aro reported as 63, with a total tonnage of 600,000 tons. To Resist the Indians of the West to increase the production of food cattle on their reserves, tho Canadian Government has granted 300.000 dollars (.CGO.OOO), which will lje expended under tho super-j vision of departmental instructors'. .
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 203, 16 May 1918, Page 6
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147Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 203, 16 May 1918, Page 6
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