Cumberland News Briefs and Election Notes
Local schools reopen Monday morning. Dr. Kerr to visit Cumberland January 14. Students Harold Freeman John Russell and Miss J Whyte head to Vancouver for studies. Principal Gordon Downes resigns, departs for Victoria. Union Bay municipal election prep and UMWA concerns cited. City Voters League concert January 20. Various social and civic items including Elocution class, finance questions, and New Year dance.
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Harold Freeman
John Russell
Miss. J. Whyte
Vancouver
Farrington attacks Price report in Cumberland mining feud
The Nanaimo Herald discusses Frank Farrington’s counterattack on Commissioner Price’s Cumberland mining report. Farrington accuses Price of bias and questions safety claims, while Price’s factual account is praised for impartiality. The piece analyzes Orientals in mines and fault lines between union leaders and Farrington.
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Frank Farrington
Nanaimo
Farrington
Commissioner Price
Price
Crothers
Vancouver
Cumberland
Canadian
The
Herald
Pettigrew
Mottishaw
Bowser
Jerald
Nanaimo Herald
Bevan Social Notes and New Year Dance Highlights
Miss Ethel Spruston visits Vancouver and will return this weekend. A doctor will reside in Bevan after this week. Ed Jones and Thos McMillan family members visit from Ladysmith for New Year. The New Year Dance by Mr and Mrs Murphy at Bevan drew many from No 8 with a basket social planned for Jan 16. Ladies to bring supper baskets for two, baskets auctioned, tea coffee and crockery provided, prize for daintiest basket, admission free.
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Bevan
Jones
Ladysmith
Thos. McMillan
Hugh Thornley
Rumor of Provincial Mounted Police Force in Vancouver Island
A Vancouver Province report suggests during the upcoming Legislature a plan to form a provincial mounted police modeled on the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Initial plans call for 200 men, with Kamloops as headquarters and Nanaimo housing the divisional office, to address rising interior crime and Island mining-area unrest.
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Royal Northwest Mounted
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Vancouver
Victoria
Canadian Bank of Commerce Posts Strong Year End Figures
The Canadian Bank of Commerce reports the year ending November 29 1913 with net profits of 2 992 251 a 10 percent dividend and two 1 percent bonuses. Deposits total 192 818 714 and current loans and discounts in Canada reach 136 474 874 signaling strong national business.
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Canadian Bank of Commerce
Canada
British Columbia Railway Construction Progress
The project ferries 2,000 miles of new lines in British Columbia with 16,000 workers. Contractors report no financing issues and all government agreements are fulfilled. Work is advancing, in some cases faster than anticipated.
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British Columbia
Carri
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D.E. Kerr
Gordon Downes
the Cumberland High School
Erna Manhs
B.C. Freeman
New Westminster
Union and
Comox District Hospital
E. W. Bickle
U.M.W. of A
Cumberland Conservative Association
Cnt
Union Bay
Courtenay
City Voters League
Cumberland Hall
Harry Murphy
Beveriage
South Wellington
T. E., Bate
D-R. MacDonald
Charles J. Parnham
W. Wesley
Willard
Thos
Banks
A.G. Slaughter
John Brown
H. Carey
Neil McFadyen
Labour
Ethel Spruston
Police
Kamloops
Thor
Militia
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