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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 08, 1924
Page
2
The Abbottsford Post published from the RR D Cumming is named as editor and proprietor and a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association.
The Fraser Valley Record and Abbotsford Post announce a new manager who vows no radical changes in policy. He stresses independent local publication serving community interests, with a businesslike, nonpartisan stance and twelve years in local papers guiding steady editorial direction. The retiring proprietor J. A. Bates is praised for his service and friendship, as the paper seeks continued patronage while focusing on local needs. A Vancouver Sun opinion critiques inefficient transcontinental rail service and urges earlier stops to aid Fraser Valley farmers.
Poor Canadian Pacific trains run through the Fraser Valley to Vancouver each summer morning at seven, eight, nine and ten forty. Because only the westbound trains stop between Mission and Vancouver, a rail rid slip is worked on reserve. Valley farmers and the railroad fear loss of business from shipments of produce and other goods traded at local yards.
The Herald notes Ontario's twenty four cities include four above 50,000 and twelve with one or no dailies. Since 1915 many dailies vanished, leaving Kingston and Belleville with two daily papers in towns under 50,000. In Canada, about forty dailies disappeared in ten years, affecting smaller cities most as costs rise.
Leaders of the Moose Association in Vancouver plan to host the 1923 annual Moose gathering. A strong delegation is expected to Portland for the convention and a banquet is slated with several hundred lodge members and their wives to attend. The event marks the fourteenth annual meeting in this city.
The secretary’s report from the Provincial Exhibition at New Westminster outlines education as the key goal and praises the Vancouver Island and Brtish Columbia development fostered by the society. It notes extensive publicity efforts including thousands of posters circulars and handbills, and lists public service groups that used the exhibition board. It also mentions a 1492 photograph exhibit and mourns the loss of director J A Cunningham.
Alberta drafts a government liquor bill authorizing beer sales only in licensed hotel guest rooms with strict rules. No advertising or canvassing, no sales on Sundays or election days, and sales limited to licensed premises eight hours daily except holidays. The measure drew consternation from hotelkeepers awaiting details and potential revenue.
A provincial bill advances toward enactment with duties on licenses and liquor sales. Officials discuss licensing rules, distribution limits for beer, and revenue sharing between province and municipalities. The measure targets March or April enactment, with enforcement details to follow by proclamation.
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