Flotsam and Jetsam.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 39, 8 June 1914, Page 5

Flotsam and Jetsam.

WRECK OF THE EMPRESS. THE INQUIRY BILL. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 9.15 a.m.) Ottawa, June 7. The Senate passed the third readin gof the Commission Bill.

BLOOMFIELD’S LAST LETTER. Quebec,. June 7. The last letter the Bioomfields wrote was received by a Vancouver cadet acquaintance. Mr Bloomfield wrote from the point of their departure from Quebec, giving his impressions of the Rocky Mountains and the scenery, and of his visit to Ottawa and the House of Commons. He closed by stating that he was eagerly anticipating the sight of Loudon, and thanking his Vancouver friends for their hospitality’ during their stay. Commissioner Mackie has arrived and will act as General Booth’s personal representative and will take charge of the Army’s affairs. The Commissioner asserts that the terrible losses the Army sustained by the wreck of the Empress, of Ireland was a direct criticism from Heaven, and the Army will endeavor to find the faults which caused it to receive the Divine rebuke.

IN MEMORIAM. London, June 6. The Mansion House Fund has now reached £24,000, and Liverpool’s fund £13,758. ’''General Bramwell Booth conducted a" inemorial service at the Albert Hall. The upper tiers were crowded and every seat on the floor occupied. excepting the chairs representing the Salvationists lost on the Empress of Ireland, eac hbeing ' ornamented with the Army’s white mourning badge, surmounted by a crown. The Church of England, and the Non-Conformist churches were specially represented. The Queen sent a sympathetic message. THE LINER MAY BE RAISEb. Montreal, June 6. The Board of Trade is opening a relief fund for the stricken survivors of the Empress of Ireland. The Canadian-Pacific Railway Co. has not decided yet whether to attempt to raise the liner, though it ha s been announced that they have determined to recover the bodies from her, if at all practicable. Mrs Kendall has gone to Canada. Professor John Welch and Comma’nder ’W. F. Gaborhe have been appointed British assessors at the Empress of Ireland enquiry.