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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 10, 1910
Page
7
The Charing Cross bank with forty one branches has closed and its affairs go to the official receiver. The article notes assets of £1 607 and liabilities of £1 256 571 with a surplus of £371 078. Separately it reports a radium extraction advance from Cornish pitchblende boosting supply and medical research prospects.
London Statistics volume from the London county council cites Greater London population as 7,087,106 with prior years 8,705,770 in 1902 and 7,537,0 in 1907. The report notes marriage ages, school attendance, free meals, insured losses, and notable urban facts. It also covers forestry development plans and Lloyds ship statistics showing Britain’s mercantile dominance with 6,680 British ships on Lloyd’s register.
Reuben Atherton of 367 Ferguson Ave Hamilton an Obsevator Co employee sustained a serious foot injury when a plank fell on his right foot at work. He received Zam Buch treatment with noted relief, the veteran balm claimed to hasten healing and prevent blood poisoning. The advertisement urges Zam Buk use for wounds and skin ailments and cautions against imitations.
Notice is given to all persons asserting claims against the estate of John Dannell Spencer who died around July 24 in Victoria British Columbia. Claims must be sent by December 21 1910 with full details and a statutory declaration. After December 24 1910 executors William Carlin and A L Doyle will distribute assets to notified claimants only and will not be liable for unnotified claims. Harvey McCarter and Macdonald solicitors for the executors.
John Talarivo of Goatfell H C as Section Foreman applies to purchase lands in East Kootenay. Described parcel starts 10 chains east of N FE corner Lot 10101, 40 acres more or less, with compass bounds west 20 chains north 40 chains east 20 chains south 10 chains. Dated October 3 1910.
Under the Liquor Act Section 42 an application will be made on the first day of December to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for a renewal of the hotel license to sell liquor by retail in the Paris View Hotel at Marysville B C. Dated October 7.
In Cranbrook District of the South East Kootenay, Annie Melington a married woman of Cranbrook applies for permission to purchase land described by bounds along the Kootenay river. The parcel contains forty acres and starts at a post at Lot Lonny Group One East Kootenay. Agent J G Cummings represents Staked Now Ltd in 1910.
Dominion Lands in the Railway Belt of British Columbia may be homesteaded by a sole head of a family or any male over 18 for up to 160 acres. Entry is personal at the local land office, with limited proxy rights for close relatives. Plans require six months residence yearly for three years or alternative residency arrangements near the homestead. Six months notice to Ottawa needed to apply for patent. Coal rights may be leased for 21 years at one dollar per acre. up to 2,570 acres per holder. royalty five rents per ton on coal. W. W. Cory, Deputy Minister of the Interior, notes a 29.26¢ value.
In the District of South East Kootenay Bridges Lumber Company Limited gives notice of an application to purchase lands described as the northeast corner of Lot 3060 with specified boundaries totaling about 10 acres. The notice is dated October 22, 1910, Fort Steele, BC.
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