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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1913
Page
2
The Abbotsford Post is a weekly journal devoted to Abbotsford and surroundings. Advertising rates are 12 cents per line for the first insertion and 8 cents per line for all subsequent consecutive insertions. Our shibboleth is neutral toward the government.
The Cowichan Leader discusses Canadian naval policy as a party issue in 1913 and urges action on restricting land ownership by oriental extraction. It argues Japan’s taxation and military burden justify Britain as ally, warning against allowing Japanese landholding and advocating provincial legislation to limit foreign titles.
Victoria population has doubled to 67 000 in two years while local post office staff and equipment rose only around twenty percent The Week publishes letters from Forsythe and leading manufacturers detailing failures to deliver letters and parcels on time An example shows a government letter mailed in Victoria took ten days for blue prints to arrive while another Vancouver mail to a local address returned after three months</S:>
A letter-box parcel delay issue is raised across branches, signaling multiple screw ups. The public complains the service is unreliable and the department must identify weaknesses and implement fixes to restore trust.
Friday holiday shifted market to Thursday at New Westminster with strong demand for poultry vegetables and fresh fish. Fresh sturgeon priced at 16 cents a pound while ducks $14 to $18 per dozen and turkeys 35 cents per pound. Easter lilies laffodils and hyacinths held good demand as prices remained steady.
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