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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 02, 1923
Page
5
A long, imperfect transcription notes a Vancouver Island banquet for domestic science with praise for the host, while trustees and attendees face missteps and misstatements. It interweaves comments on women’s suffrage, local politics, and figures like Pooley, McRae, Oliver, Bowser, and government officials en route to Duncan and Victoria. The piece mixes social detail with partisan opinion and public figures' activities.
Vancouver Oct 26 1923 Provincial Party of British Columbia calls Premier John Oliver and Attorney General to answer charges of negligence or connivance in public funds use. McRae urges Royal Commission, offers to cover audit costs, warns voters against another term without inquiry.
A call to all electors to support the Provincial Party, defend the government or submit its case to voters, and join a citizens movement to end professional politicians. It urges participation in a December convention in Vancouver and promises a nationwide provincial movement with a recruitment drive and a publication SEARCHLIGHT NO. 5.
A fragmented early science sermon explains solar system dynamics. It discusses sun powered satellites and planets as generators, planetary magnetism, orbital interactions, and cosmic travel. The piece muses on gravity, polarity, and the sun as supreme power guiding Earth and moons.
Port Coquitlam dispatch reports Gregory Tire & Rubber Co executives Mr C G Davidson Mr J J Sutherland and Mr J T P Gregory visiting the factory. They announce resumption of activities by January 1924 with a larger scale operation after earlier delays. Shareholders describe an encouraging report and city benefits from renewed operations.
The report outlines a reform to teacher preparation, requiring university graduates to attend two 18 week terms at normal and model schools, with varsity participation and periods at Vancouver high schools as model labs. A tuition fee of 40 dollars, 20 dollars per term, is proposed. Previous enrolment reached 689 with 152 more than the prior year and 563 certificates granted.
At a Victoria meeting of the Liberal Conservative party, We7 Howser KC urged abolishing the personal property tax as a first step if Conservatives gain power. He traced its history from 1888, noting prior increases and reductions under Tatlow and Bowser, with the current rate at one per cent under Brewster.
Muninibal trucks gravel the new McLellan road east of the Pacific Highway toward Hall's Prairie road. The detour section during summer paving was rough due to heavy traffic and limited repairs. Gravel comes from the Parte auls pit noted as the district's best source of subtle gravel.
Basing his opinion on current routing of a valuable crop with yields over 40 bushels per acre, Lb MacFarland, president of the Alberta Pacific Grain Company, estimates Alberta’s province wide yield for this season at about 50 bushels per acre and a total crop ranging from 177,000,000 to 200,000,000 bushels.
Not precisely Geny s Eley DURITAM and farmer John Kini report two cows found in a stupor in their pasture. A veterinarian declares both animals intoxicated. A search uncovers a moonshine still hidden in the corner of the pasture with mash detected. The curfew tolls at partition day as the Woppy herd crosses the lam. Ploughman returns home envious of a drop remaining in the landscape fades.
The Kelowna Pan or Kelowna and Kamloops regions show a monthly power bill comparison with 25 kilowatts and 100 kilowatt options. Vernon News notes the large gap in rates and claims cheap power attracts industry and boosts growth. A Persian royal standard anecdote and a Xmas quip close the column.
The report notes Port Arthur and Fort William elevators will total 66 million bushels by September this year, with a projection of seventy million by the end of 1624. Immigration records show a 100 percent rise in British Isles arrivals in early-year figures.
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