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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
2
The Abbotsford Post outlines legal advertising charges of 12 cents per line for first insertion and 8 cents per line for each subsequent consecutive insertion. The weekly journal serves Abbotsford and nearby areas with advertising opportunities.
The assembly, after a pomp-filled inauguration, shifts to business as legislators prepare for two months of routine. Mr. W W Foster and Mr. W Je Manson Manson of Dewdney delivered notable addresses on public works and resources since 1903, praising Premier McBride.
In a Vancouver Island debate Mr Foster urged strong support for Crown enforcement and a new finance policy to fund public works. He argued land sales will wane, timber revenue dominates, and a provincial loan is needed. He said skeleton trunk roads costing at least 60 million would sustain growth and tourism.
Fraser Valley NWS PTs Chilliwack secures a ten year contract with B C Electric to supply the city 100 candle power tungsten street lights. Mr D J McQuarrie becomes postmaster at New Westminster replacing J W McDonald. The old Chilliwack court house has undergone a thorough renovation.
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