Cardiffs Dookeeper’s Fortune Leads to Oil Riches
Sergeant-major Serethemia for Thomas Smith, a known Cardiff theatre doorkeeper, learns he is a part heir to his brother Richard’s estate in Strathroy Canada. Executors estimate £2,000,000 plus shares to siblings and their children, with Plymouth and Australia beneficiaries. Smith plans cautious use, cherishes duty, and aims to help family while maintaining his post. The tale includes details of beneficiaries in Plymouth, Birmingham, and among Smith’s relatives.
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Serethemia
Thomas Smith
Cambfians
Richard
Strathroy
Canada
Prinschel Street
Cinton
News
Messrs
Cowan and Towers
Messrs. Cowan and Towers
Monmouth
Plymouth
Devonshire
Major Smith
Stoke Camerol
Devonport
Vuetralia
Thei Lerew
Stoke
Sergismaret Smith
Cardi
Testator
Dr. Price
Buckwell-street
C. Price
Birmingham
Fostato
Catherine Smith
Placiny
Jeremiah Smith
Waterloo-place
Tn Glind
Public School Attendance Soars With All Classrooms Full
Attendance records show every room filled across divisions with a note that additional accommodation will soon be required. The Nelson Shield goes to Division VI Miss Cartwright for the highest attendance percentage on September 1, highlighting perfect attendance among students listed by division and staff including Miss Dek, Miss Close, Miss Suttaby, Miss Hiscocks, and Miss Cartwright.
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Dek
Miss Close
Listings of participants by divisions in a civic event
A reader list shows participants across divisions V VII and VIII with numerous surnames and given names including Eleanor Aubertin Irene Beech Helen Barton Dolphine Bennett Irene Bernard Mak Bing Matilda Brault Christine Carlson Charles Chapman Jennie Hopkins Hattie Hollander Harold Kummer Margaret Morrison Wilma McNabb Ella McGoldrice Joseph Swain Hugh Tompson Doris Sainsbury Garfield Taylor Irma Ward Samuel Whittaker Trene Woodman Marie Bartram Robert Beaton Marion Drummond Mabel Hopkins Margaret Lacey Sadie Lacey Lenora Little Stanley Moffat Gilbert Moser Hugh Macdonald True Perry Pearl Pratt Mah Quong Kim Flossie Robinson Palmer Rutledge Alma Sarvis Cyril Selby Norman Wasson Everet Williamson Eric McKinnon Albert Brault Margaret Carr Norval Caslake Elizabeth Chapman Donald Dallas Mortimer DeRiemer Joseph Frost Arthur Gill Alfred Ilife James Kemball Helen Leclerc Thomas Beckie Ruth Simpson Hope Taylor James Tito Gordon Woodman Abert Aubertin Lena Brogan Norman Bernard Vera Baxter Clair Dids Leo Frost Stanley Kemball Howard Brogan Allan Livingston Donald Morrison Jack Moffatt Marion McKinnon Willie Noys Mah Ping Harry Smith.
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Ford St. Mlos
Crossley Taylor
Tdware Turner
John Turner
Keith Wasson
Eleanor Aubertin
Irene Beech
Helen Barton
Dolphine Bennett
Irene Bernard
Mak Bing
Matilda Brault
Christine Carlson
Charles Chapman
Jennie Hopkins
Hattie Hollander
Harold Kummer
Margaret Morrison
Wilma McNabb
Ella McGoldrice
Joseph Swain
Hugh Tompson
Doris Sainsbury
Garfield Taylor
Irma Ward
Samuel Whittaker
Trene Woodman
Marie Bartram
Robert Beaton
Marion Drummond
Mabel Hopkins
Margaret Lacey
Sadie Lacey
Lenora Little
Stanley Moffat
Gilbert Moser
Hugh Macdonald
True Perry
Pearl Pratt
Mah Quong Kim
Flossie Robinson
Palmer Rutledge
Alma Sarvis
Cyril Selby
Camilla Tito
Norman Wasson
Everet Williamson
Eric McKinnon
Albert Brault
Margaret Carr
Norval Caslake
Elizabeth Chapman
Donald Dallas
Mortimer DeRiemer
Joseph Frost
Arthur Gill
Alfred Lolife
James Kemball
Helen Leclerc
Thomas Beckie
Ruth Simpson
Hope Taylor
James Tito
Gordon Woodman
Abert Aubertin
Lena Brogan
Norman Bernard
Vera Baxter
Clair Dids
Leo Frost
Stanley Kemball
Howard Brogan
Allan Livingston
Donald Morrison
Jack Moffatt
Marion McKinnon
Willie Noys
Mah Ping
Harry Smith
Hawthornthwaite to Resign Seat in Nanaimo
Nanaimo reports indicate James H. Hawthornthwaite, Socialist member for Nanaimo coal city, plans to resign his provincial house seat soon. He hinted prior that his bill to require weekly wage payments would be his last proposal and Environment coalition opposition frustrated him. A by election is expected next month to fill the vacancy before February session.
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Nanaimo
James HH. Tawthornthwaite
Hawthornthwaite
Mr. Brewster
Albtrni
Deep coal bore near London spurs new red stone work
In Calvert Buckinghamshire a borehole on the Great Central railway reaches 150 feet in red sandstone. A coal gas outburst at 0 pounds per square inch accompanies operations run by the Guildhall Syndicate for Sir Harry Verney MP. London adds the Strand Royal Courts annex with a Justice statue atop, quietly nearing completion despite site disruption.
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Calvert
Buckinghamshire
London
Guildhall Syndicate
Harry Verney
Royal Courts of Justice
The
Strand
Oversea
Temple of Justice
Justice
Dominion Lands in Railway Belt BC Open for Homesteading
Dominion Lands within the Railway Belt in British Columbia are open to settlement. A sole head of a family or any male over 18 may claim up to 160 acres, with entry at the local land office. Provisions allow proxy entry by close relatives under specified conditions. Plans require residence and cultivation or equivalent arrangements. Six months notice to the Commissioner at Ottawa. Coal rights may be leased for 21 years at $1 per acre, with a five cent per ton royalty. cap of 2,570 acres per holder. Dated March 15 1911.
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Dominion
Railway Belt
British Columbia
Commissioner of Dominion Lands
Ottawa
W. W. Cory
Interior
Death of Dr Patrick Former Manitoba College Principal
Rev Patrick, principal of Manitoba College in Winnipeg, died last week at his home in Kirkintilloch Scotland. The telegram to Rev Dr Baird confirms the death. a successor will be chosen at the Presbyterian general assembly meeting next June. Dr Baird remains acting principal in the interim.
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Patrick
Manitoba College
Winnipeg
Kirkintilloch
Scotland
Dr. Baird
Davis Patrick
Presbyterian General Assembly
Baird
Jats
Wil
London Director seeks land purchase in described parcel
Arthur Pol len of London England a director intends to apply for permission to purchase lands described as commencing at a post one mile south and one mile east of the southeast corner of Lot 9970 then 80 chains east 80 chains north 80 chains west and 80 chains south to the starting point dated July 7 1911
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Arthur Pollen
London
Eng
London director seeks permission to purchase lands in Cranbrook district
Stephen Pollen of London England a director intends to apply for permission to buy lands in the Cranbrook Land District. The designated parcel starts at a post at the southwest corner of Lot 9970 and runs 80 chains north east south and west back to the start. Dated July 6 1911.
Water license notice for Little Bull River intake near Kootenay District
William Crawston of Castlegar B C announces on September 26 that he will apply November 7 at 11 am to the Water Commissioner in Cranbrook for a license to take half a cubic foot per second of water from Little Bull River. Water used for subdivision 14 of Lot 314 group 1 near the river crossing by Tot 100 to subdivision 11, block 13, group 1. Dated September 26, 1911.
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William Crawston
Castlegar
B.C
Cranbrook
Little Bull River
Kootenay
Notice of duplicate certificate of title for Cranbrook Lot 27
Samuel P. Rok District Registrar announces intention to issue a duplicate title for Lot 27 Block 1 part of District lots 4 5 22 20 80 Group 1 Town of Cranbrook Map 66 in the name of Nelson Entwistle. The certificate dated 25 July 1907 is to be duplicated after one month from first publication. Office in Nelson British Columbia August 28 1911.
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Cranbrook
Nelson Entwistle
Samuel P. Rok
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Cranbrook Drug and Book Co., Ltd
Seabell Drag Co
St. Catharines
Tal
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Vina Doris
Orville Dow
Frances Drummond
Joseph Egglish
Vincent Fink
Wanda Fink
I Grace Higgins
Bello Johnston
Laura Hichards
Havel Taylor
William Uren
Samuel Bennett
Alice Browne
Celia Carson
Mina Carson
Irene [Lmer
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Douglas Finniss
Josephine Hollander
Rainsford Parks
Josephine Tonitz
Mabel Turner
Florence Uren
Gordon Argue
Philip Briggs
Willie Daniels
Bernadette Doyle
Milo Drummond
Charlie Elmer
Nellie Marcellais
Norma Moser
Agnes Reckie
Margaret St. Eloi
Fred Swair
Gordon Taylor
Merle Taylor
Colman Tonitz
Frances Barton
Elsie Beattie
Muriel Baxter
Dan Daniels
Ruby Deacon
Grace Doris
Armand English
Royal Naval Club
Zam-Buk Co
Zam-Buk
Rodney M. Lloyd
Stoker Kingsnorth
H.M.S
Forpelon Bendley
Portsmouth
England
OLD Country News
Mast Kootenay
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Liberal Commission
Yakima Valley Nursery CO
Toppenish
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Chil Gudoudis Meg
Business College
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H. C. Blair
Spokane
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Columbl
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DRS
King & Green
Imea
Henideace
Armstrong Ave
Porenous
F. B. Miles
Tito
Block 'Ranbrook
B.C. Land Surveyors
McVittie & Parker
Fort Steele
J. G. Cummings
Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor
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Cranbrook, B.C
Cranbrook Lodge
ALF
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Key City
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de A. Fergusson
N. G
New Fraternity Hall
W. M. Harris
Seo Y
Durham
P—H. Clayton
Maple Leaf Rebekah Lodge No
Fraternity Hall
Ada Hickenbotham
N.G
M. Hickenbotham
Sec
Ancient Order OF Foresters Court Cranbrook
Carmen's Hall
Wm. Anderson
L. Bent
Lulu Hayward
Itec
W. B. McParlane
Cranbrook Land District
Istrict
East Kootenay
J. Blake
J. T. Laidlaw
Halcyon Lithia Water
Halcyon Lithia
Stephen Pollen
S.B
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Wwe
W. K. Ueatty
Cranbrook B.C
Cranbrook Cottage Hospital
A. Salmon
H. E. Hall
D.D.S
DE Vere Hunt Insurance and Real Estate Agent
van Lorne Street Fopporite Depot
Land Registry Office
Nelson, B. C
Frank Dezall
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Guild
H. S. Speller
Nobhury Avenue
Sunda Am
Binte
Philothea
Young Peoples
Cranbrook-Fernie Farmers’ Institute
Vreatent
TOS. Gitta
Macbonalty
K. W. Widdowson
Nelson
Trape Marne Anreme
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Ierican
New York York
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