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"l'lle' ternrs. oi armist.icc wllicll tlre ~ l l i c ~ l : p o \ ~ e r s lnn(l<Ger~nnny sigrl prjol':.to tlla'ce~satiou of I~ystili tie6

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Snltirdny the inr~snne nnnouncil~g $lie nbtlicntiun of tho ICrri~er svns receivtd 80 the . messnge of Monday crcnted 110 sumrise, the sig~ling of t l ~ e nrtniatics I)ei~rg expected.

Reports froill Ger~nnny atnted tllat nearly t l ~ e crltire Germnn empire is in revoltitior~ nit11 t l ~ e Socinlista in poner, a~l r l t l ~ n t tile 'es-emperor . togetlrer with Cronn PI ir~ce; Von Hindenburg, end otlrere of his stnff hat1 fied to Mol- 1~11d~l9urrdaj -nrorning. Snvernl -of the German k i n p ~ llnve left their tlliorles and wit.1) drlkte, I r i n c ! ~ ant1 other lun~innriee i~nve kone to nerrtrnl cmntries or in I~iding,

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In11t8, no dn~nnge tlonc to proper1.v during evncuntien, tlie right of requisilio~l in nll occul)~ctl territory, Sick nnd wountlerl lo 1)e cnretl for t ~ y G e r ~ n a l ~ g , All G e r ~ n n i ~ troops shnll mithdrnrv .from f ro~~t i e r s , Allies to hare nceess Lo 1\11 e~ncuntcd territory, Unconditinllnl cnpituln- tion of Ger~nnn forces ill Enel Africn, Finnnci~l r e p ~ r ~ ~ t i o r l for rill da~nnge done, rcstitntion of a l l , vnlllnl,les, i~~cludirrg gold.

01, tlre n n ~ n l side tlio terrns covci- nlso the ce~sntion of nll hoalilitie~, All nnvnl prisonere of msr .to hb .repntrinled, Surrender to tile Allies 160 s\~bmnrihes, nix I~nttleahipe, e i z l ~ t l i s l ~ t tlcstrovera, two' mine- Isye1.8, 50 tlestroyer~, 'I'lre right to aweep 1111 !nine fieltls, Frcedot~l of uccess to the Bnlt'ic, A11 Rlack Sep ports fo I)e evacuntetl, Ger~nany to revenl nll ~ r i i ~ ~ e a a~ l t l l ~ c l p to deetroy tllern, All tqer,chnnt ellip b e l s ~ ) ~ i n a 1.0 the Allies to be r e~ to red , ' N o trnrl~fer of Ueirnnn ~ n e r c l ~ n n t ' eh ip~ 'to neutrel flnga, 'l'lrc duration of the nrn~istice is t o be. for thirty ilnys w i t h ' oplion to extend, wit11 48 Ilours 1.0 der~o~itlce on the part of. contisctlog pnrties.

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" S i x m e m b e r s a t t e n d e d an i n f o r m a l CMMSG m e e t i n g : Ken E l i i s o n , P e t e r G r a y , J o n J o h n s o n , R o b e r t L e m i r e , D o u g L i n g a r d , : ind C.A. S t i l l i o n s . A g e n e r a l t a l k a b o u t m i l i t a r y m a t t e r s was o , . g a n i z e d . "

T h a n k s Ken f o r t h e i n f o r m a t i o n . I d i d n ' t s ee a n y m i l i t a r y e x : ~ i b i t s i n t h e p a l m a r e s b u t c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s a r e e x t e n d e d t o G r o u p membe:?s who d i d e x h i b i t n o n - m i l i t a r y o n e s . N e x t y e a r ' s BNAPEX w i l l b e h e l d i:i V e r n o n , B . C . a t t h e V e r n o n L o d g e f r o m S e p t e m b e r 1 6 - 1 8 . P l e a s e c o n t a c t B i l l B a i l e y s h o u l d y o u w i s h t o p r e s e n t a s m a l l p r o g r a m m e f o r t h e 3 t u d y G r o u p m e e t i n g . S t a r t t h i n k i n g a b o u t an e x h i b i t f o r t h e s h o w t o o . I t ' s n e v c l - t o o e a r l y ! [ E d . 1 % % % % X I (

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C a n a d a P o s t ' s R e m e m b r a n c e Day 1 9 9 8 i s - s u e o f s t a m p s ( p i c t u r e d r i g h t ) h o n o u r s t h e 7 5 t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e C a n a d i a n . . . . . . , . . .

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. . .RESPONSES TO ENQUIRIES IN TIIE LAST I S S U E (NO. 1 1 6 )

1 ) F r o m B i l l R o b i n s o n r e g a r d i n g K e v i n O 1 R e i l l y ' s E m e r g e n c y R . P . O . ( p . 3 6 2 ) :

" T h e r e was n o a p p a r e n t r e a s o n f o r ElPO 1 1 0 8 t o u s e a n e m e r g e n c y ha: i imer. T h e y h a d t w o - - p r o o f e d A u g u s t 2 2 , 1 9 4 2 a n d Mar'cli 2 6 , 1 9 4 3 . A l s o , t i l e y w o u l d h a v e u s e d a V a n c o u v e r I l i s t r > i c t h a m m e r i.n B . C . , r a t h e r t h a n a n E d m o n t o n h a m m e r .

A p o s s i b l e e x p l a n a t i o n i s t h a t t h e P r i n c e of Wales Ra1,;ers were s e n t e a s t o n t h e CNR, p o s s i b l y t o M e n r i d e , a t s o m e t ime i n 1 9 4 3 . T h i s m a r k - i n g was a p p l i e d t h e r e w h e n t h e l e t t e r was p o s t e d o n t h e E d m o n t o n R P r i n c e G e o r g e RPO. A r e p l a c e m e n t h a m m e r f o r L u d l o w W-43, Hammer 2 w a s p r o o f e d S e p t e m b e r 1 5 , 1 9 4 3 , w h i l e a d d i t i o n a l h a m m e r s 5 , 6 , a n d 7 were p r o o f e d J u l y 1 9 , 1 9 4 3 . T h i s seenis t o r e v e a l a s h o r t a g e o f h a m m e r s o n t h i s b u s y r u n i n l a t e J u n e 19113. T h e o n l y t r u e t e s t o f t h i s t h e o r y w o u l d b e t o f i n d o t h e r c o v e r s f r o m t h i s u n i t d u r i n g t h e same p e r i i ~ d w i t h o t h e r B . C . t o w n m a r k s a l o n g t h i s l i n e , o r E d m o n t o n & P r i n c e G e o r g e R P O m a r k i n g s . D o e s a n y o n e h a v e a n y c o m m e n t s ? " [ T h a n k s R i l l . Well , d o e s a n y o n e h a v e s i m i l a r c o v e r s t o K e v i n ' s w h i c h w i l l h e l p a d d t o t h e s t o r y ? E d . I

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t a i n f u r t h e r d e t a i l s a b o u t t h i s s h i p ( i t m u s t 5e a smal l o n e o t h e r - w i se i t w o u l d h a v e a n a m e ! ) . I am s u r e t h a t y o u a l r e a d y know t h a t 'BNLO1 i s t h e B r i t i s h N a v a l L i a i s o n O f f i c e r a n d 'TRNVR' was t h e T r i n i - d a d R o y a l N a v a l V o l u n t e e r R e s e r v e . W h i l e I ' m a f r a i d t h i s d o e s n o t a n - swer y o u r q u e s t i o n a b o u t L t . M o r e l a n d i t may b e o f i n t e r e s t . I 1 [ T h a n k s J o h n . Do m e m S e r s h a v e a n i d e a a b o u t H . M . S . 7 1 6 ? R e s p o n s e s w e l c o m e d . E d . ]

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T h e Newslet ter w i l l a c c e p t sma l l a d s f r o m m e m b e r s . O n e i n s e r t j - o n o f u p t o f o u r l i n e s f o r a " L o o n i e I 1 ! F o r o u r n o n - C a n a d i a n m e m b e r s , t h a t ' s a C a n a d i a n d o l l a r . P l e a s e s e n d y o u r a d w i t h l t r e a l " m o n e y o r m i n t ( C a n - a d i a n p r e f e r r e d ) s t a m p s t o t h e E d i t o r ' s a t t e n t i o n .

FOR SALE: M a i n l y W o r l d War O n e WANTED: C d n . m i l i t a r y ; > o z , t m a r k s c a r d s a n d c o v e r s e t c . S e n d f o r o n c o v e r f r o m K o r e a n Mar1. N e e d e d p r i c e d l i s t s . J . C . C a m p b e l l , f c r e x h i b i t : CFPO 2 5 ( w i t h o u t # 3 0 3 - 1 2 6 0 R a y m e r A v e . , K e l o w n a , d a s h ) ; CFPO 2 8 ( w i t h / w i t h o u t ) ; BC V1W 3S8 ( 1 / 1 ) CFPO 2 9 ( w i t h o u t ) ; CFPO 3 0 ( w i t h /

FOR SALE/TRADE: B a i l e y / T o o p C d n . M i l i t a r y P o s t s , V . 1 1 ( 1 9 2 0 - 1 9 4 6 ) . VF c o n d i t i o n . Will t r a d e . f o r G o u l d / P r o u d H i s t o r y B r i t i s h Army P o s t a l S e r v i c e , V.III ( 1 9 2 7 - 1 9 6 3 ) . - C o n t a c t t h e E d i t o r . ( 2 / 2 )

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