Dr. J. S. Bates, Superintendent of the Forest Products Laboratories,
has left for Shawinigan Falls to assist the Imperial Government in the
production of chemical products needed in munitions manufacture. Dr.
Bates is “loaned” to the Imperial Government by the Dominion Government
for the period of the war.
W. Boyd Campbell B.Sc., Assistant Superintendent, who has been to the
front for the past twelve months, has returned to take up the duties of
Dr. Bates until his return.
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There arrived 10,368,000,000 matches in New York a few days ago from
Sweden on SS. Stockholm to relieve shortage in United States. Steamer
also brought 7,500 bales of wood pulp.