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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1923
Page
2
William Leighton of Leighton Bros. was severely burned by a calcium carbide explosion in his Courtenay district shop last Sunday afternoon. A roof leak may have dampened the carbide, causing the blast when he touched it. He rests at his parents’ Lake Trail home.
Courtenay shows growing freight activity as the Etta Mac arrives intact through a southeast gale with a scow loaded with general merchandise hay and grain. A second vessel Ironback is brought in to help grow business and run short trips as local leaders plan further campaigns. The Comox Creamery Agency ships potatoes while the Grain Growers and Creamery feed division manager Walton Beard buys the Courtenay Cash Store from Charles Pigott who departs for California after an auction. Mr. Rutherford suffers a broken leg at Hanbury Mill Vancouver and is recovering in hospital.
Mr Max Blunt left on Wednesday for Vancouver aboard RMS Niagara en route to New Zealand his old home. Mrs Robert McQuillan and Miss McQuillan left for Kamloops on Tuesday. The young son of Mr and Mrs Ir Heri injured a finger in a meat chopper at L D Cafe. The steamer Charmer faced a severe south easter across the gulf tying up at Comox wharf. The district reports snow in most areas while the Valley hub stays clear.
In Comox a legislative debate over an export embargo on logs draws interest from logging firms and workers. American capital dominates local camps with firms like Bloe ler Stewart & Welsh and Esary Timber. critics warn embargo could shutter camps and push wages down. Proponents argue home processing would spur BC mills, keeping Canadian workers employed. The Royal Commission will study industry conditions. Nearby notes mention local business changes and boxing plans in Courtenay. Mr Theed Pearse remains hospitalized in Comox.
At Rochdale a 40,000 strong crowd burst into laughter as ex premier Lloyd George stumbled on a misheard line. He quipped the mic is mischievous and continued the speech with good humor, noting Cobden and Lancashire in the moment.
One hundred thirty four new arrivals speaking sixteen languages landed in Winnipeg on November 21 aboard the Regina and Antonia. The party included 30 girls for domestic service under Salvation Army auspices and was distributed across the four western provinces.
A federal provincial conference in Ottawa this week is expected to yield at least a partial removal of barriers to immigration. Prospects point to Canada welcoming a flood of newcomers next summer, unlike anything seen since the pre war era.
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