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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1924
Page
7
The City of Cumberland disputes a $92.20 deduction from its share of 1923 liquor profits. The letter notes 12 prosecutions by the local police, alleges the costs were not incurred within Cumberland, and requests a corrected cheque for the balance of $1,130.08. The mayor directs the Liquor Control Board to adjust.
Memorandum from the Liquor Control Board dated December 24 1923 to the Municipality of Cumberland outlines expenses for investigations and prosecutions from April 1 to September 30 Apart from police prosecutions the Chief of Police is not listed as having other prosecutions Expenses include Voucher No 78 totaling 63 20 dollars.
The Cumberland BC City Clerk rejects $92.20 in alleged liquor enforcement expenses, charging two vouchers as fraudulent. He notes profits from liquor go to provincial Treasury, requests payment of the balance and warns officials against misrepresentation under the Liquor Act.
Major H. G. L. Strange of the Alberta Seed Growers' Association leads a joint meeting with the Winnipeg Board of Trade and Grain Exchange to appeal for donations to a fund encouraging championship grain growth. He has the Alberta government’s support and farms the 1923 world's championship wheat at Big Valley on the Alberta division of the National Railways.
Announcement of G. G. Baird former assistant land commissioner of the Canadian National Railways appointed manager of the land and townsite department for the company based in Winnipeg.
Sir Henry W. Thornton told Canadian National employees by radio that CN earned twenty million dollars last year and he hopes to raise net earnings to thirty million this year with luck and strong support from the staff.
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