The Oriental Menace Debate at Kamloops Rotary
Mr McQuarrie warns of the growing Oriental influx in Canada with claims of 20,000 Japs and 67,000 Chinese, detailing white population decline, economic domination in fishing, markets, and farming, and urging strict immigration exclusion and open discussion of agreements with Japan.
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Kamloops
McQuarrie
Ashcroft
Staveston
B.C
Vancouver City
Okanagan
B. C
China Town
Canada
B C
Fedarit House
Chinch Choir Concert At Presbyterian Church
A successful Thursday evening concert under the Chinch Choir auspices drew good attendance at the Presbyterian Church. The program featured varied instrumental and vocal solos plus readings and a vocal trio, with several performers including Mrs Bedlow, Miss Jessie Coogan, Miss Mabel Alder, Rev A Harding and Mr Thornthwaite among others. God Save the King closed the program with a shout of praise.
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Presbyterian Church
Chinch Choir
Vhe
Bedlow
Mise Thelma
Harry ‘Taylor
W. Morgan
Horn
Brokowski
EB. McMenemy
Mrs
J. C. Alder
Mra
God Save Te
King
Lost ring shaped like light house with green stone
A lost ring shaped like a lighthouse with a small green stone in the centre has disappeared Sunday between the mill and Station OT. Perks Abbotsford. If found, please contact Abbotsford Mill.
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B.C
Notice of Highway Discontinuance in Chilliwack District
Public notice under the Highway Act announces the intention to discontinue a portion of Riverside Road in Section 10 Township 17 New Westminster District after thirty days. Details specify starting points, bearings, and lot boundaries, concluding with an area of 0.041 acres more or less. W. A. Sutherland, Minister of Public Works, 1922.
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New Westminster
British Columbia
Township
St. Olaf Street
Riverside ‘Road
Ald
A. Suthrland
Department of Public Works
Parliament Buildings
Victoria
B. C
Hospital Receives Many Donations Acknowledged
The Abbotsford hospital matron gratefully acknowledges donations received during August and September. Names include Mrs Hogan Matsqui Mrs Fadden Sumas Mrs Kirkpatrick, Mr Black McLehman, Rev Mr Priest, Mrs Brydges, Mrs Eby, Mrs Hutchinson, Mrs Cruickshanks Clayburn, and many others who contributed vegetables fruits magazines flowers and other items for the hospital and St Mathews Harvest Hone Festival.
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S.A. ‘Hospital
Abbotsford
Hogan
Matsqui
Fadden
Sumas
Kirkpatrick
Ham
Clayburn
Black
Mc Lehman
Guerney
McCallum
Wells
Derraugh
McGowan
J. Downie
Brydges
Mrs. Peck
Mr. Priest
St. Mathews
Priest
Plowers
Eby
Hutchinson
H. Fraser
Purvis
Sumas Council Meets For Light October Session
The Sumas Municipal Council held a light October meeting on Saturday October 7. Most road work for the year is finished with few extra appropriations. A $75 payment was secured to improve the road between its property and Whatcom road. The big fill on the Meckenale road is nearly complete, needing about $309 more. A potential $0.50 contract for Clayburn Straiton culverts and bridges requires government engineer approval. Three properties offered at tax sale reverted to the municipality. Musxolwhite school improvements cost about $600 including new foundations and other repairs.
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Whatcom Road
Sumas
Peyton
Mater Road
Frith
Meckenale
S. Goodchild
Clayburn-Straiton
Public Works Department
Courtman
Abbotsford
McKay
Kilgard
Musxolwhite School
Mr J Allen and Bride Expected Home This Saturday
The speaker urged backing members in their fight for exclusion, not restriction, while describing the future for Canada. His address drew cheers and applause from the audience.
Fraser Valley Basketball League Schedule Update
The Fraser Valley Basketball League met in Abbotsford on October 12 and adopted amended bylaws. The schedule lists October 21 through December dates with missions between Langley Matsqui Chilliwack Mission and Langley, including A B and ladies teams. Meetings will occur the first Thursday of each month.
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Fraser Valley Basketball League
Abbotsford
Mission A
Langley
Matsqui
Chilliwack
Langley A
Chiliwack
Mission 4
Chiliwack A
Mission
Miatwantt
Reduction in Wenatchee Valley Apple Crop Forecast
Wenatchee Washington October 4 1922 the crop forecast drops from 15000 to about 34013 cars with further reductions possible as picking nears railroad officials and shippers expect shrinkage wormy apples prompt stricter packing inspections and double checks by state authorities to prevent infected fruit from entering trade the near thousand car loss is viewed as a market tightening factor.
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Wenatchee
Washi
Frank CG. Neilson
Personal notices of visitors and social events in Vancouver area
Mrs Miller and Mr Brown spent Tuesday in Vancouver. Mrs S D Trethowey visited Seattle over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Alex Thompson renewed old acquaintances in Murrayville. Mr and Mrs J Anderson of Vancouver were guests of Mr and Mrs R H Bay during the week. Mrs Harry Barber of Chilliwack visited Mrs G F Zeigler on Tuesday. Miss J Vannetta of Aldergrove visits Mr and Mrs J J Vannetta. A grand play and concert by the Ladies' Aid at the Presbyterian Church in the Alexandria Hall on Monday evening October 30 offers a unique comedy with popular songs and an orchestra. The event will feature the best local talent and aims to raise funds for the M S A Hospital.
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Aldergrove
J. J. Vannetta
Alexandria Hatt
Boomesharp
M.S.A
Fragmentary Wife Caption Sparks Local Gaffe
A mangled, comic newspaper fragment recalls a newlywed couple and a feeble man’s reaction, hinting at a brief courtship and a tense exchange. The excerpt evokes a humorous, chaotic moment from a late edition with unsure dialogue and tangled phrasing.
Professor-What Forgotten Your Pencil Again
A witty exchange contrasts a professor and an ex serviceman Jones about weapons and rank. The veteran jokes that a soldier without a gun would be an officer, reflecting on discipline and perception in military life.
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Jones
Rhodes Scholarship election for British Columbia
The province will elect a Rhodes Scholar to study at Oxford University. Nominees must be British subjects with five years in Canada, unmarried, aged 19 to under 25 on October 1, 1923, and in at least their second year of a Canadian degree program. The committee will value moral qualities and leadership. The scholarship is worth 360 a year for three years. Applications due October 20 to J. T. Logan at the University of British Columbia.
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Britis Columbia
Oxford University
Oxford
Canada
University of Canada
Rhodes
Hlawill
J, T. Logan
University of British Columbia
Minnesota Potato Crop Chief Warns on Freight Rates
A prominent Minnesota potato grower warns that unless freight rates are adjusted in the state, hundreds of thousands of bushels of potatoes may never be dug.
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Minnesota
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S. F. White
Abbotsford, B.C
Japan
Ottawa
New Zealand
South Africa
Australia
Empire
Daory
Cho
A. R. Gosling
Pubiag Works
F. W. Basketball League
Wenatchee Valley
Albert Lee
Baker and Grocer
A. McCallum
Hoy
Abbotsford Post
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