Clergy, travelers noted in Victoria notices
The Rev. J. Lee of Victoria officiated at Grace United Church last Sunday morning and St. George's United in the evening. Mr. C. Horwood of Minto left on Tuesday’s train for Prince George for an extended holiday with his sister Mrs. A. B. Moffatt. Miss Irene Smart of the Cumberland General Hospital staff left Thursday for a short visit to Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Horwood
Minto
Prince George
A. B. Moffatt
Irene Smart
Cumberland General Hospital
Victoria
Comox District Receives Largest Island Grant for Road Maintenance
In 1926 expenditures for roads across British Columbia ridings show Comox District receiving the largest Vancouver Island grant and fifth overall in the province at 55 000. Other notable grants include Alberni 47500 Kamloops 50000 and Skeena 50000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
W. H. Sutherland
W. A. McKenzie
Similkameen
Comox
Vancouver Island
Alberni
Atlin
Burnaby
Cariboo
Chilliwack
Columbia
Cranbrook
Creston
Delta
Dewdney
Esquimalt
Fernie
Fort George
Grand Forks-Greenwood
Islands
Kamloops
Kaslo-Slocan
Lillooet
Mackenzie
Nanaimo
Nelson
New Westminster
North Okanagan
North Vancouver
Omineca
Prince Rupert
Revelstoke
Richmond- Point Grey
Rossland Trail
Saanich
Salmon Arm
Skeena
South Okanagan
South Vancouver
Yale
Lost Pythian Sister Pin Recovered by Mrs Stant
A gold and enamelled Pythian Sister Pin with initials P L B F is lost. Please return to Mrs. Jack Stant in Cumberland or to the Islander Office. The note adds a quip about minimal wants from a dressmaker measuring a gown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.L.B.F. Willfinder
Jack Stant
Cumberland
Islander Office
Armistice Day Observed Aboard Cunard Ship Aurania
On Armistice Day 1925 the Cunard liner Aurania held a quiet service on deck. The ship’s bell rang six bells at eleven, the flag went to half mast, and the crew stood bareheaded for two minutes. The singing of Nearer My God to Thee and the National Anthem followed the Last Post as officers and crew recalled comrades lost in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Aurania
R. W. Peel
Dardanelles
France
Egypt
North Sea
Courtenay Police Stop Over Dirty License Plates
In Courtenay on a rainy day the police stopped a young woman for driving without plates. She claimed she did not want them to get dirty as her Ford reached forty five miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtenay
Mary Jane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sutherland’s
Gaiety
William
Lincoln Carters
Thomas Buckingham
Matt Brown
S Grocery
Comox District
Cicero
Emmerson
Claudianus
Cunarder
Aubania
Montreal Star
Lang’s
Xmas
Lang
Rexall-Kodak
Ilo-Ilo Theatre
Pioneer
Checkers
the ‘‘Gem
Ilo-Ilo
Cumberland, B.C
Albert Evans
New York
Country Clubs and Society
David Grey
Avery Hopwood
Bernard McConville
Akc
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