British gains push beyond Combles on Somme front
London dispatch reports a rapid Allied advance north of the Somme with British troops crossing east of Combles and capturing Biaches Morval and other positions. Reports cite heavy gains from Baupaume to Arras Cambrai and rapid French offensive momentum under Mangin while German lines crumble northward.
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London
Somme
Field Marshall Haig
Combles
Peronne
Paris
Biaches
Haig
Les Bouefs
Morvial
Baupaume
Lens
Hetransloy
Balaume-Peronne
Arras
Bullecourt
Scarpe
Pendecourt
Arras-Cambrai
Mangin
Ailette
Canal
Nesles
William Bonnar
Extension
Vancouver Island
Hindenburg
Noyon
Bahaume
South Amme
Perone
Morlancourt
Nesles-Noyon
Ludendorff
Telegraphers strike canceled by review tribunal ruling
The C P R Telegraphers strike scheduled for today is off as the grievance from the Conciliation Board award is referred to a Railway Board tribunal for review. Award backdated to May 1st eases objections. Also notes on criminal code provisions and a $20 reward for false reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conciliation Board
Railway Board
W. J. Devitt
Cumberland District
City Council Brief Session Ends Without Major Action
The City Council opened with Mayor Harrison in chair and Aldermen Halliday Banks and Tarbell present. Rev Fred Comley asking to build a garage at the English Church Vicarage entrance from Third Street was referred to the Board of Works chair. Accounts from Royston Lumber Co Electric Light Co Water Works Co and British Columbia Telephone were sent to the Finance Committee for payment if correct. A discussion on Second Street service drains led to adjournment without action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Halliday
Banks
Tarbell
Fred Comley
Third St
Board of Works
Finance Committee
Frank Dallas
Royston Lumber Company Electric Light Co. Water Works Co
British Columbia
Second Street
Millionaires Double stars Lionel Barrymore in Metro Mystery
Tonight a five act Metro Mystery drama titled The Millionaires Double features Lionel Barrymore in a tale of love and intrigue. Monday promises a Mae Marsh film Fields of Honor with realistic Sarajevo assassination scenes and a World War era backdrop.
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Metro
Lionel Barrymore
Barrymore
Goldwyn
Mae Marsh
Archduke
Austria
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Bedlam
Jane Eyre
Charlotte M. Bronte
Edward Rochester
Donoument
Elsie Ferguson
Paramount
Fatty Arbuckle
Flora Finch
MINE RESCUE AND FIRST AID COMPETITION Lays plans for Labour Day event
The Third Annual Mine Rescue and First Aid Competition will be held on Labour Day at the Recreation Grounds in Cumberland. Teams from Nanaimo Extension Mines and Cumberland will compete with officials and judges from Seattle, Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Courtenay, and Cumberland overseeing events and ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver Island Mine Rescue Association
Cumberland
South
Nanaimo
Extension Mines
Ladysmmith
Bevan
John Newton
Red Cross Collections and Local Notices in Cumberland
Large monthly Red Cross totals are listed for August across Cumberland streets and avenues. The issue also covers Labor Day closures at the Canadian Collieries Dunsmuir and related mine activity, local visits, education notices, hospital auxiliary plans, and Chinatown community events with details on committees and property purchases.
Draeger Correction Medal Prizes at Cumberland Sports Day
Prizes and medals listed for children and adults with events from 10 00 a m to 4 30 p m at Cumberland Mine Nanaimo and Extension Mines. Events include boys and girls races under 10 12 and 14 with cash prizes, skipping, Draeger competitions, First Aid, and cups for Department of Mines and W L Coulson. Cumberland Band to perform all day. judges decisions final. all competitors to be ready at stated times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Bevan
Nanaimo
Ladysmith
Department of Mines
Comox Mines Idle on Labor Day 1918
The Comox Mines of the Canadian Collieries Dunsmuir Ltd will be idle on Monday September 2 1918. Thomas Graham General Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Owen
Dunsmuir Ltd
Victoria
Auto
J. W. Cooke
Fagan
Thomas Graham
the Collieries Co
Vancouver
Dunsmuir, Ltd
Comox Mines
Comox
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Perronne
W. J. Devit
C. 8. C. Military Police
Miss H. Harrison
Sprott-Shaw Business College
G. J. Hardy
Courtenay
B.C
the City Council
H. H. Sanderson
Seattle
Washington
H. F. Bagley
George Willkinson
Brydone Jack
C. G. Ingham
A. C. Frost
H. P. Millard
Geo. K. MacNaughton
Messrs
Frank J. Dalby
John Sutherland
Dunsmuir
Kaiser Bill
RED Cross Society
Maryport
Windermere
Jap Town No
Derwent & Allen
Camp
Penrith Ave
Ruth Clinton
Victoria Jubilee Hospital
Bessie McKnight
Minnie Horbury
Dudley Michell
H. T. Husband
Geo. A. Fletcher Music Co
Sprott-Shaw Business College of
Thomas Weeks
Sport-Shaw Business College
Annie Reese
John Ward
The
Nanaimo Herald
H. T. Peterson
Union Bay
Gulf
Peterson
Mrs. James Dick
Conrad Reifle
Union Brewing Company
Eva
Edith Bickle
Vctoria
St. Ann's Academy
Cumberland Public School
G. C. Baker
E. A. Griffiths
Bradstreets
Cumberland and District
Chas. Graham
Evelyn Bate
Thos. E. Bate
Wv. H. White
Cyril Michell
Lelia Carrol
Flossie Horwood
Minto
Ford Car
Thomas Mordy
P.O. Box
Hilda Watson
Jessie MacDonald
George Robertson
Peters
RE. J. Hicks
Sec
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Cumberland General Hospital
John Bruce
Belvior Villa
Windermere Avenue
Methodist Church
Larsen Brothers
Fanny Bay
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Hornby Island
Vera Bickle
J. H. McCormick
Mabton
Buckle
Mad Mutual Society
Chinatown
Hdlmonton
Regina
Calgary
Mah
Chinese Nationalist League
Saruyama
Comox Lake
Draeger
Cumberland Band
Goldwyn Pictures
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