Mis-Rule of the Oliver Farris Government
A critical summary of Liberal administration costs in office from 1916 to 1920. The piece cites inflated expenses on offices and automobiles, rising public debt, rail and road funding shortfalls, and suspended returns to municipalities. It alleges political irregularities, absenteeism, and mismanagement across departments including Public Works, Insurance, and Soldier Settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Doering
Cache Creek
Cariboo
Victoria
Oliver-Farris
Oliver- Parris
Baker
Vancouver
Parris
Agricultural Credits Commission
Land Settlement Board
Oliver
Kelowna
Thos. Morrison
Liberal Association
Rutland
Fernie
M. A. Macdonald
Mackenzie-Mann
Seattle
John T. Scott
Scott
Cook
Farris
United States
Findlay
U.S
Ottawa
British Columbia
Expressed Plans to Restore Credit and Expand Pacific Railway
The speaker says credit will be restored in money markets where they left 11916 and outlines a return to the 1914 policy to extend the Pacific Great Eastern Railway into the Peace River region. The project aims to reach Western Alberta grain areas to divert shipments to our Coast harbours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Peace River
Alberta
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Als
Cobble Hill
Griffith Hughes
Victoria Daily Times
Hart
Gillespie, Hart and Todd
Thos. D. Caven