Second Daily Train Service Inaugurated In B C
The Abbotsford Post notes the new Canadian National second daily transcontinental train through British Columbia marks growth for the province. It compares it to the Canadian Pacific expansion and predicts rapid southern Fraser development with a Vancouver terminus near a million people within decades.
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B.C
Canadian Nationa
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Dominion
Canadian ‘National
Fraser
British Columbia
Richard McBride
John A. Macdonald
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ontario
John Oliver
Hints for Sir Henry Drayton on provincial roads
The morning paper offers tips on how the Ottawa department should operate to satisfy British Columbia. The Sun hopes for better results with Sir Henry Drayton than the province’s premier so far. Sir Henry is noted as a businessman with strong experience and is regarded as a successful figure.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Sun
Sir Henry Drayton
Sir Henry
Dr. Robinson Relieved of Post After Twenty Years Service
The daily paper notes Dr. Robinson has been relieved of his job as superintendent of Education for British Columbia with three months pay and a pension after over twenty years in the role. He built a fair, firm hand guiding the growing school system and earned the respect of many teachers and others in the province. His removal comes amid ongoing provincial school section disputes and duties beyond the department.
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Robinson
British Columbia
B. C
Department of Education
Canadian trade shows slight fall despite 1919 gains and debt hope
Ottawa Finance Department data for six months to September 1919 reveals total Canadian trade at 1 054 657 452 dollars, down 92 575 418 from 1918 though exports of lasting character rose. Imports dropped more, with war-era munitions ending, underscoring reliance on British credit and a 1919 Victory Loan oversubscription to sustain postwar overseas markets.
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Finance Department
Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
Soldiers in Vancouver Favor Seventh Loan to Pay Gratuities
The passage argues that a seventh loan to fund gratuities would appease soldiers and resolve the dispute over government gratuity payments. It cautions politicians that Canadians already favor the soldiers, suggesting public support for such a measure.
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Dominion
Vancouver
Canada
Victory Loan 1919 a bridge between war and peace
An Ottawa era appeal argues Victory Loan 1919 sustains soldiers care and reconstruction, funds the Department of Soldiers Civil Re-establishment, and supports soldier farming under the Land Settlement Act. It stresses Canada must finance overseas credits, preserve trade, and ensures 5 percent bonds.
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Canada
Iori
Wwe
Department of Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment
Levels Criticism of Examination System at 5.0
Dr J G Davidson criticized the examination system at the Canadian club annual meeting in Vancouver this week. He said the current method fails to develop pupils imagination and instead relies on their memorization.
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J. G. Davidson
Canadian Club
Vancouver
Premium for purebred rams boosts sheep raisers support
The Dominion Department of Agriculture offers a five dollar annual premium for two years to any sweep raiser who purchases two purebred registered rams and uses them in his flock. Eligible flocks must follow Pamphlet No 19, with forms available in the pamphlet.
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Vail
Dominion Department of Agriculture
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