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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1920
Page
2
In a lighthearted scene a hotel waitress asks a professor if he said puddin. The professor replies with a formal refusal, saying he did not and never shall. The exchange spotlights witty wordplay in a genteel setting.
Mrs. Fred C Stearman wife of Nanaimo druggist Fred Stearman died in Nanaimo hospital after an operation earlier that day from which she never recovered. The end came suddenly shocking family and friends who expected her return home within weeks.
The Royal Bank report describes cautious but hopeful Canadian business conditions. Lumber and cedar trade slackened with sawmills closing, while coal and mining show mixed activity. wheat prospects rise with favorable rains though harvest size uncertain. Wholesale prices steady, retail demand cautious, funds tight, and labor supply fluctuates across provinces.
Sydney Nova Scotia report that the Royal Tape Breton Yacht squadron will challenge for the America's Cup once financing is arranged. The article notes long lasting asbestos waxed lamp wicks as a related detail.
Jim Inman of Ketchikan Alaska drifted from the Ballinac Islands to Cowichan Gap over forty five miles aboard the Alice after the Dagne grounded near the Ballinacs. The Dagne's crew tried to tow the Alice. it broke adrift, and Inman survived by abandoning the launch and reaching Chemainus and Nanaimo by train. The Dagne remained aground on the Ballinacs with companions aided by Ballinac Light keepers.
HW. E. McKay a returned soldier and local barber in Alberni was killed in an automobile wreck about 9 o'clock Sunday night. The car driven by Douglas McKenzie left the road on a steep grade near Alberni on the way to Nanaimo. the engine stalled, the vehicle backed off a bank and turned over trapping McKay and breaking his neck.
Australia’s merchant fleet is expanding rapidly with federal government vessels totaling 38. Twenty steel cargo ships are being built or completed in Australia for the federal government, and five steel steamers of 12 000 tons each are added to the fleet.
An English government program purchased 15 cargo ships in 1916 at £2,000,000. Profits rose to £3,500,000 in under three years, plus revenue from former German steamships adds to a gross £6,800,000. These figures defend wooden vessels bought from the United States against critics.
Shipping at Canadian Collieries coal port Union Bay shows vessels including Equator and Scow at Seattle Snoqualmie Esdad and Scow at Prince Rupert Shamrock Coastwise August 7 includes Coaster Dominion Che Mainus Clayburn and Scow at Vancouver August 8 Hart coastwise Canadian Exporter Australia August 9 Fearful and Scow Prince Rupert Wytheville Boston Mount Etna Portland Stadacona coastwise August 11 Westham Phoenix coastwise Steel Trader Everett Storm King Alcedo coastwise. It is easier to dodge responsibility than it is to dodge the result.
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