City Council Meeting Deliberates Debenture Plans and Fire Protection
The City Council met in the Council Chambers with Mayor Campbell presiding. Aldermen Maxwell Beveridge Coe Richards Aspecia Miller and City Clerk A McKinnon attended. Minutes approved. A letter from Dominion Permanent Loan Co urged swift action on property neglect. The mayor noted city finances and consulted Royal Bank officials in Vancouver. Debenture issuance was discussed but not advised. A committee to revise bylaws was formed led by the mayor and Alderman Maxwell. The council resolved to address ill feeling toward the Colliery Co and affirmed fire protection for their property when needed. The meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Ald. Maxwell
Ald. Beveridge
Ald. Coe
Ald. Richards
Ald
Aspecia
Ald. Miller
A. McKinnon
Dominion Permanent Loan Company
Morrison
Royal Bank
Vancouver
Maxwell
Richards
Piano tuner D A Thomas to visit Cumberland in April
Mr D A Thomas a piano tuner will be in Cumberland for business about the 29th April. Orders for tuning may be left at the Islander Office. Phone No 8 5.
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D. A. Thomas
Cumberland
Local items of general interest in Cumberland and area
Furnished rooms for rent, stove heat. Miss Nina White of St Pauls Hospital Vancouver enjoys a three week vacation in Cumberland. In City Police Court Judge Abrams dismissed John Voss for obscene language. John Krall charged with supplying Maiden liquor. case dismissed for lack of evidence. Fred Ray of Studebaker left for Nanaimo after a business trip. to return in about two weeks. Constable Stephenson left for Mission City for preliminary chin murder case hearing. Stephen son arrested the murderer in a Japanese tailor shop. Cumberland Hall hosts a grand ball for the benefit of the local Hospital on Sunday the 25th. Ladies Auxiliary and Comox District Hospital organize, grand march at nine, dinner at midnight, Parhnam and Roys orchestra likely. Admission $2 a couple plus 50 cents for extra lady. Cumberland-Courtenay Auto Association forms. officers named and rules to be drafted. grand ball in Courtenay planned with auto transportation. Cumberland Tennis Club holds first meeting. officers elected. entrance fees set. net purchase promised.
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A. ‘T. Stephenson
Mission City
Mr. Stephenson
Cumberland Hall
Union and
Comox District Hospital
Parnham
Cumberland
Courtenay
No. 6 Mine Breaks Record Despite Delays
No. 6 mine hoisted 357 tons in eight hours breaking all previous records. Weekly output reached 8780 tons despite machin ery at No. 4 delaying work and pay day absences. Output judged good given delays and lost time.
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No. 6
No. 4
Bazaar a Great Success at Grace Methodist Church
The Cumberland Hall bazaar and supper hosted by Grace Methodist Church Ladies’ Aid last Tuesday drew strong public support despite seven months of town hardship. The Young Ladies Guild showcased over $100 in fancy-work while about 300 people enjoyed a full meal. Gross proceeds exceeded $360 with a net around $330. The church Adult Bible Class formed a girls basketball club, with Miss Helen Freeman as secretary.
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Cumberland Hall
Grace Methodist Church
Young Ladies Guild
Helen Freeman
Church Services and Bible Class Announced
Holy Trinity Church in Anglican service next Sunday at 7 pm with litany and Holy Communion at 11 am and 7 pm. Grace Methodist Church lists 11 am and 7 pm services with Adult Bible Class at 2:30 pm. Morro evening topic The Bible what it is and where it comes from. Strangers welcomed by pastors Franklin Watson and B C Freeman.
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Holy Trinity Church
Franklin Watson
Grace Methodist Church
B. C. Freeman
Conservative meeting and car arrival noted
A conservative meeting occurred Monday evening at 80 o'clock. A new Ford car arrived yesterday for Walter S McPhee in Courtenay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S.mcphee
Courtenay
Chief Justice Hunter Breaks Silence On Imperial Naval Policy
Chief Justice Hunter spoke at the Canadian Club dinner in Victoria urging a non partisan view of naval policy. He described the issue as an imperial and world matter, not Canadian, and warned against tying defence to party politics while defending Canada’s imperial responsibilities.
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Hunter
Victoria
Cepada
Canada
Every Second Car a Ford Shatters Industry Records
The Mord Motor Company shows six months of sales totaling about 117 million dollars. From October to March, 78 162 words were sold and delivered, about 8 000 more than all of last year. The slogan Every Second Car Ford replaced last year’s Every Third Car Ford. In March, Ford built and sold 17 864 Fords valued near 10 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mord Motor Company
Remarkable feat in telegraphy links Vancouver to empire
Vancouver gains direct cable-telegraph connection through a new instrument at Hazel Hill. Tests show rapid transmission from London to Bamfield and across Canada, with 24 to 32 words per minute, using Wheatstone and Morse systems. Officials call it a landmark invention for continental messaging speed.
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Vancouver
Empire
Montreal
Hazel Hill
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Waterville
England
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tasting-street
London
Atlantic Ocean
Bamfield
North American
Pacific Cable Board
Australia
Toronto
Victoria
Winnipeg
Commerrell Cable Company
Me Gott
Tle
Golt
J. J. Richardson
B.C
Rural mail delivery expands services to patrons
The Post Office Depart ment extends rural routes allow ing patrons to buy stamps money orders and postal notes from couriers on their rounds. Forms are supplied in bundles for money orders and postal notes, with pickup and box delivery, registering mail prepaid, and receipts. In Victoria division thirteen routes serve 870 patrons with homes near post offices, showing steady growth and broad utilization of rural mail service. A separate notice advertises land trade and a liquor license application for Hotel Bevan in Comox with a 30 day processing period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Victoria
Fresh title to Lot 210 Comox District notice
Land Registry Act notice announces intention to issue a fresh certificate of title for Lot 210 Comox District in place of lost title 8698 issued to Andrew Lewis Galarno on June 9 1897. Registrar General of Titles Wooton dated March 12 1938 at Land Registry Office Victoria.
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Comox
Notich
Andrew Lewis Galarno
Land Registry Office
Victoria
Wooton
Registrar General of Titles
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. B. Grawford
Vane’ Ver Stencil & Seal Co
T. B H. Bale
McKinnon
Cumberland Electric Light
Provincial
Nanaimo
Toney Maiden
Bevan
Nina White
St. Paul's Hospital
Abrams
John Voss
John Krall
Fred Ray
Studebaker Automobile
Cumberland Tennis Club
George W. Clinton
Geo
I. MacNaughton
J. B. Hicks
H. W. Lafere
J. W. Cooke
I. J. Dalby
George Tarbell
Will Clinton
George Roe
Naval Policy
Ford
Totel
Hotel Bevan
No. 7
Hugh Thornliey
ACT
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