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Messrs. Cox and Co., 16, Charing Cross, London, S.W., on or before Saturday, 
7th May. 
On and after 23rd April, the price of the tickets for luncheon and tea will be 
raised to 10s,, and for tea and light refreshments only to 2s. These tickets can be 
obtained either from Mr. Garland or from the Club official at the luncheon tent. 
Members are requested to order their tickets, which must be pre-paid, as early 
in April as possible from Mr. Garland, stating, at the time, the number of guests’ 
tickets they will require. 
HALIFAX, ]¥.S. 
An insignificant Baptist minister has succeeded in causing a sensation by making 
an untruthful and scurrilous attack on the garrison of Halifax. In the course of 
a speech delivered at a temperance meeting held in a public hall here, he said it 
was impossible to advance the cause of temperance in Halifax as long as it was a 
garrison town, that the military were not Christians, not even the Army Chaplains, 
and that when a Halifax man wanted to marry he had to proceed elsewhere to 
find a wife. The latter insinuation against the purity of the maidens of the tc city 
by the sea ” drew down upon the rev. gentleman the full wrath of the local press, 
which, to do it justice on this occasion, also took up the cudgels for the military, 
and the utterer of the libel received a very severe metaphorical chastisement, not 
unaccompanied by threats of personal violence. A few days afterwards a full and 
abject withdrawal and apology appeared in all the newspapers signed by this so- 
called minister of the gospel, who at the same time forwarded an original copy of 
his letter to the G.O.C. The military treated the affair with silent contempt, and 
it would not be worth mentioning here except that the libel was copied into the 
Canadian, American, and English papers, and the apology was not. 
On 12th February, an amusing entertainment, called “ Mrs. Jarley’s Wax- 
works,” was given at the Academy of Music (as the local theatre is styled) under 
the management of the wife of an officer of the Leicestershire Regiment, for 
charity. The figures were various ladies and gentlemen dressed up to impersonate 
all kinds of characters. They were grouped in a semicircle at the back of the 
stage and carried to the front one by one by two attendants (Lieutenant Marsh, 
R.A., and Lieutenant Elliot, R.A.), whose humorous gag contributed considerably 
towards the success of the show. A very prominent figure amongst the wax- 
works was Lieutenant R. E. Stuart, R.A., who appeared as “Peptonized Ale and 
Beef,” and sang an explanatory song, which must have been a good advertisement 
for the dietetic staples he represented. 
Lieut. J. M. Macgowan, R.A., has sustained a serious loss in the death of his 
valuable and well-bred racing pony, “ The Tramp,” which was brought about by 
a sleighing accident. His man was driving the pony in a sleigh round a corner 
when one of the “ runners ” caught in a tram rail, upset the sleigh, and threw the 
man out. The pony bolted with the empty sleigh and received such injuries she 
had to be shot. This is the second pony Lieutenant Macgowan has lost through 
driving accidents since he has been quartered here. In this case he is bringing 
an action at law against the “ Halifax Street Railway Company ” for keeping 
their track in a dangerous condition. 
A farewell dinner was given at the R.A.R.E. Mess to Colonel Goldie, whose 
term of office as Chief Staff Officer, Dominion of Canada, which he has held for 
five years, has just expired. Colonel Goldie is an old Carbineer officer, and has 
had a great deal of Staff service in India. He was the purchaser of the Canadian 
Remounts which attracted so much interest at home some years ago. His 
successor, Colonel Dudley North, late 47th Foot, has arrived in Halifax. Colonel 
Goldie has a son in the Royal Artillery, who is at present serving in the 
8th Field Battery at Ferozepore. 
The brief interval which occurred, between the cessation of mourning for 
