28 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 28, 1918
Page
1
Classified items include a furnished restaurant for sale as a going concern on Dunsmuir Avenue, a Chevrolet five passenger touring car in good running order, and notices of social events and civic election previews.
Red Cross Society notes an orderly spending report with balances and receipts while calling residents to bring worn garments and socks to the January 8 meeting in Council Chambers. The day also records visits by Thomas Spruston and Miss Jessie MacDonald and mentions Colonel Collishaw’s fundraising tour and aviation plans.
The 1917 Victory Loan saw 40,000 buyers in March rising to 820,000 in autumn and over 1,000,000 in November 1918. Canadians became a nation of bondholders due to extensive press ads that explained bonds and investment value, with praise from officials for the campaign’s impact.
President Wilson met with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour for peace talks in London. A Buckingham Palace banquet gathered royal family ambassadors and leading officials, illustrating the symbolic and working aspects of his visit.
London dispatch reports at 6 pm that Premier Lloyd George and his government appear set for a large majority in the new House of Commons. Coalitionists lead with 462 seats, while non Coalitionists hold a smaller share, with Labor likely the second largest party after Sinn Fein abstentions. The Labor movement suffers losses as Arthur Henderson and Phillip Snowden are defeated.
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