Cumberland City audit reports proper 1924 books and balance
City auditor reports the 1924 Cumberland accounts balanced and correct. Cash on hand 220.52 deposited January 1925. Materials on hand 360.00 Tarvia for road repairs. Fire equipment valued 1928 less 1924 depreciation. Tax roll shows 1 158.23 in taxes in arrears.
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City of
Cumberland
Tarvia
Royal Bank
Board of School Trustees
R. J. le Ore
Public Works Department
Priory to Rise Again in Guelph Restoration Effort
Wellington Historical Society leads effort to restore Guelph Ontario Priory built by John Galt nearly a century ago. Unions contribute to funding while citizens campaign to raise the remaining sum to replica its original 1827 timbered frame. The site once served as a Canadian Pacific passenger station before growth outpaced it.
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Wellington
Canada Company
Canadian Pacific
Guelph
Galt
Exemptions Allowed Under Eight Hour Day Law in Canada
Victoria reports government exemptions to the eight hour day law by the board of adjustment led by J D McNiven. Interior lumber mills may operate nine hours daily where warranted due to short seasons. Bakers and engineers in certain industries may exceed eight hours to meet demand.
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Victoria
Board of Adjustment
J. D. McNiven
Lee
Eight-Hour Law Backed by Judge Manson
Honorable Mr. Manson states the full letter of the new eight hour law must be lived up to and prosecutions will follow any infringement of the regulations, signaling strict enforcement for the affected business.
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Manson
New Railway May Benefit P. G. E.
Premier Oliver returns from Ottawa amid mixed views on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. The Dominion Government plans a new line to connect Peace River country with Pacific ports, potentially easing P.G.E. deficits as northern development expands for British Columbia.
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Victoria
Oliver
Ottawa
Federal Railway Conference
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Dominion
Peace River Country
P.g.eb
P.G.B
Beer sale by the glass approved in multiple BC districts
The January 15, 1925 issue of The British Columbia Gazette lists electoral districts where the Government Liquor Act permits sale of beer by the glass. Districts named include Alberni Atlin Burnaby Cariboo Columbia Comox Cowichan New Westminster and others.
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British Columbia
Alberni
Atlin
Burnaby
Cariboo
Columbia
Comox
Cowjchan-New
Yolanda Screen Adaptation and Election District List
The page lists multiple electoral districts such as Castle Cranbrook Creston Esquimalt Fernie Fort George The Islands Loganette Mackenzie Nanaimo North Okanagan Omineca Prince Rupert Skeena Vancouver Yale and notes Yolanda from Charles Major adapted by Luther Reed with Miss Davies as Yolanda. It also offers curious maxims about self examination and overwork plus a playful shopkeeper exchange praising a persuasive salesman.
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Hile
Stamford
Yolanda
Charles Major
Luther Reed
Robert G. Vignola
Miss Davies
Yolanda silk fair scenes filmed for Marion Davies picture
A carload of silks outfits a fifteenth century silk fair in the Cosmopolitan film Yolanda starring Marion Davies. Filming at Aladdin Rock Farm Stamford Connecticut used real silks for texture with five hundred extras fed by auto trucks.
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Yolanda
Marion Davies
Aladdin Rock Farm
Stamford
Conn
New York
Automa
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Corporation OF the City OF Cumberland
Sirs
Royal ‘Bank of ‘Canada
A. J. Merry
Evans, Cole
Man and Evans
Chas. J. Parnham
W. H. Cope
Benefit
Lesman
the Daily Province
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