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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
2
The Abbottsford Post, a weekly journal for Abbottsford and district, lists advertising rates on request. J A Baths serves as editor and proprietor, with the publication offered by Key Post Publishing Company.
The piece reports on a movement of British women and girls joining agricultural work in the United Kingdom during a period of social change. It discusses possible attire shifts toward masculine garments, citing historical examples like Bloomer fashion and notes public opinion favors modest dress. It also details a separate Vancouver money matter involving Dr. Robert Mackenzie and a hotel sale, with an official transcript attached.
Justice FG Gregory, former commissioner in the Cowpar-Mcionald inquiry, filed his government report on May 14 detailing findings. He states that on about September 7, 1916, Mrs Z MacKenzie drew a cheque from the Canadian Banks of Gamimerecs Winning for 13,000 dollars and other related actions are noted.
A minority report argues that Drayton and Ac sword at once creates the great soil of political control, urging safeguards against concentration of power and calling for broader oversight and accountability within the governing body.
A Royal Commission report on Canada’s railway system addresses the “vet problem” and transportation issues. Parliament reviews the findings with a majority recommendation guiding policy.
A heated discussion favors private operation over full nationalization of railways, arguing private control offers efficiency and fair prices. Critics warn government ownership risks political mismanagement, rate cuts, and hidden losses, especially against Canadian Pacific.
The document lists securities guaranteed by the Dominion prior to June 1916. It names the Canadian Northern Railway Company chapters with principal sums around £1,024,287 and £1,022,530, 3 percent annual interest for fifty years, begun July 20 1908. It also cites the Canadian Northern Ontario Railway Company and Canadian Northern Alberta Railway Company with issued amounts near £7,350,000 and 1911-1910 dates, plus half yearly interest.
Authorized guarantee totals $45,000,000 at 4 percent. Public sale proceeds reach $17,023,982 with a pledge of $18,333,333 to Columbia Just Coy. of New York against advances.
A Kensington textile foreman asks a new apprentice to heat his lunch. The boy, mishearing heat as eat, eats it cold and defies the claim that he should heat it, insisting he did as told with the word eat. The miscommunication highlights cockney English nuances among workers.
The text presents a garbled dialogue about fighting fighters, beggars, and a conflict with unclear names and roles. It mentions a mate, a wal, and a call to uproot trouble, but specifics are unreadable, leaving a partial scene of public unrest and improvised rhetoric.
A quip claiming a single black person dropping a plate of turkey would topple Turkey Greece Africa and China is presented as a biased, inflammatory remark. The note appears as a troubling example of racist rhetoric without factual basis and no credible analysis of real-world consequences.
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