Abbotsford notes repair, church addition, and local visits
Local items report repairs at Apbell's and a new addition to the Presbyterian church under way. Mil ad and Manley families welcome new members. Mr Gy Gunley improves after illness. Winnipeg investor Mr Ferris visits Abbotsford to review property purchase. McGowan tours Mission City and receives news of a Dundee incident. Mrs Boyd’s health hoped to improve. Dredging and dyking work on Nicomen Island progresses with a new 1000 yard daily capacity dredge. Marshall Plummer & Co. lead the project from Vancouver. dredge derrick weighs five tons and will operate day and night.
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Nicomen Island
Messrs. Marshall, Plummer
Canadian Countess Marries Fifth Earl of Ashburnham
The Countess of Ashburnham formerly Marie Anderson of Fredericton New Brunswick married the Hon Thomas Ashburnham after a telephone romance. He became the sixth Earl of Ashburnham on his brother’s death and inherits an estate valued around fifty thousand dollars. They planned to sail for England with the countess noted as an excellent horsewoman.
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Countess of Ashburnham
Marie Anderson
Fredericton
N. B
Thomas Ashburnham
Major Ashburnham
Earl of Ashburnham
England
Port Moody Gains City Status and Mayor Election
The Legislature in Victoria passed the bill of incorporation making Port Moody a city with a mayoral election. The act excludes the Indian Reserve north of the inlet and directs the Provincial Government to collect taxes for the current year and remit its share to the new council. Provincial tax collector Stephen H. Hoskins reported a $2,229 poll tax payment from the Doukhobor society covering 741 members at Brilliant and nearby colonies for 1912.
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Port Moody
Victoria
Stephen H. Hoskins
Nelson
B. C
Doukhobor Society
Brilliant
Port Moody Nears Oil Refiner Century Growth
The community notes Port Moody’s rise as an oil refining center with crude oil use expanding for industrial power and heating. Brown Brothers Nurseries in Port Hammond installed an oil furnace with two 140 hp boilers to heat glass houses. other firms and institutions plan or already use oil fuel including hospitals and schools. Provincial Loyal True Blue gathering in Vancouver saw several members listed. North Vancouver to host an orphanage site. new Worshipful Mistress Mrs Hardy and other officers elected.
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Port Moody
B. C
Brown Brothers’ Nurseries
Port Hammond
New Westminster
Western Paper Mills
Westminster Trust Block
Royal Columbian Hospital
Russell Hotel
Hicks
Hick
D. Smith
Emery
David Campbell
J. L. Campbell
Grand Lodge of the Loyal True Blue Association
Van
Vancouver
Hardy
Abbotsford
J. I. Campbell
Stump Pullers and Earth Augurs Advertised at Burnside
A Victorian British Columbia ad lists stump pullers earth augurs take-up cables and self opening gates and doors. Manufactured at 409 Burnside Road Victoria B C for home and workshop use.
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Burnside Rd
Victoria
B.C
Quarterly communion services and local travels noted
Quarterly communion service held this Sunday at the Presbyterian church with Bishop DePender administering baptism and confirmation last Sabbath in the Anglican church. Mr W R Bryant, new Bellevue Hotel owner in Mission City, visited Abbotsford renewing acquaintances. Tenders for Rural Mail Route No 1 from New Westminster to Delta due by April 4.
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The
Presbyterian Church
DePender
W. R. Bryant
Bellevue
Mission City
Abbotsford
New Westminster
Delta Will
For Sale and Special Arrangements for Stump Pullers
For sale Myers Ante Freezing Double Acting Force Pump 11.00 and pipe at 4 cents per foot. In use four months apply C R Davison Abbotaford BC. Special five years arrangements to settlers for stump pullers outfits capacity up to 36 inch green stumps large areas at each sitting 30 min to reseat Prices 50 and upward Trial free.
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Myers
C. R. Davison
Abbotaford
B. C
Sumas Lodge meets Thursdays inviting visiting brethren
Sumas Lodge No. 1084 L.C.O.M. announces regular meetings on Thursdays each month. W. C. Bonds is dictator and E. W. Young serves as secretary, inviting visiting brethren to attend.
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Sumas Lodge
L.C
W. C. Bonds
E. W. Young
For Sale Eggs for Hatching White Wyandottes
Prize winning White Wyandottes offered for hatching with some choice pullets and cockerels. Apply C. B. Hill TQUT, P.O. Box 63.
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C. B. Hill
P.O. Box
Also Mentioned on This Page
Apbell's
Oweler
Arth
Mrs. Milad
Mrs. Manley
Mir. Gunley
E ‘Presbyterian Church
Wm. Ferris
Winnipeg
James McGowan
Conservative Association
Tour
McGowan
Willome
Rs. Fossett
North Bend
G. CG. Clark
J. J. Sparrow
Hie
Nicomen Reclamation
Albert Lee
Baker
H. Windebank
J.J. Sparrow
Presbyterian Church Notice
J. L. Cambell
A. B. de
Huntingdon
Matsqui Hotel
Mission City, B.c
Chase
Dewitt
City Priess
H. Alanson Hardware and Furniture
R. Owen
E. O. Brundage
Gladys Ave
Abbotsford Decorating Co
W. Davey
S. Kravoski
R. A. Henderson
B. C. Land Surveyor Office
P.O. P.O
N. Spies
Russeta
B. Davis
Geo. G. Clark
McNabb. & Gellett
J. H. Jones
City Blacksmith Shop
S. Kravoski Proprietor
W. Kravoski
Kravoski
Vancouver B
Light and Power Dept
New Westminster B. C. Electric Blk
British Columbia Electric Railway Ltd
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