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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
1
D A Thomas backs the City Voters League on the Cumberland payroll issue. The Canadian Collieries payroll reached 120000 last Saturday as local politics, church services, and holiday events fill the town. Oblique references to Mayor candidates, police court fines, and Christmas concerts pepper the page.
The Socialist Mayor Campbell of Cumberland campaigns for another term using flattering wage appeal and promises of strict economy. He pledges to pursue expensive local improvements with property owners bearing the cost and to raise general funds on municipal credit, while critics question past city credit. Steve Miller was robbed of $35 near the post office Tuesday evening by two assailants.
New Westminster reports Justice Morrison rebuking Rev. Dr. H W Fraser for sermon comments on the riot as juries in the special assize face cases. Crown counsel sought custody of jurors in South Wellington matters. defense denied interference. The judge criticized public sermons influencing jurors and warned against pretrial commentary.
The Nanaimo Daily Herald owner J S H Matson of Victoria telegraphs Vancouver Province challenging the Rev Dr Fraser of Vancouver to debate statements from his sermon on the Nanaimo coal miners strike and arrest for rioting. Fraser declines, saying he will not further discuss the strike and cites the Hedley pamphlet as his source.
The City Voters' League nominates Thomas E. Bate for mayor with aldermen D R MacDonald Charles J Parnham W Wesley Willard Thomas B H Banks Neil McFadyen John Brown and school trustees Thomas H Cary and Neil McFadyen. Frank Sawford of the Hydro Electric plant travels to Victoria. Henry Stokes faces Judge Abrams for coal car theft at No 4 Mine. three months with hard labor. Ladies Auxiliary of the Union and Comox District Hospital to meet at Mrs E W Bickle’s Thursday January 8 in observance of New Year.
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