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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1928
Page
4
A student newspaper argues the current curriculum is ill suited for local pupils. It urges emphasis on History, Higher Arithmetic, Composition and Literature, and English clarity, proposing debates and real world preparation over classical subjects.
Vacant unreserved surveyed Crown lands may be pre empted by British subjects over 18 and aliens declaring intention to become British subjects with residency occupancy and improvement for farming. Details in Bulletin No 1 How to Pre-empt Land. Applications to Land Commissioner. five year occupancy and $10 per acre improvements needed. Purchase of vacant not timber land arable $5 per acre grazing $2 50. Leases for grazing and industrial sites up to 640 acres. Grazing Act districts overseen by a Grazing Commissioner. permits issued by headcount. settlers campers travellers may receive up to ten head free or partially free.
The 1927 annual report to the board covers patient counts births and deaths, admissions, discharges, and days of treatment. It lists out-patients, medical and surgical cases, X rays, consultations, anaesthetics, daily patient average, and per capita cost. Financial statements show government grants, city support, private donations, and total receipts and expenses, with a surplus and capital accounts. Certified correct by auditors J A Carthew and John Conway.
A writer criticizes the existing high school program noting few students apply this year and many graduates fail to find work. They argue the curriculum lacks practical trades focus and suggests compulsory training in everyday business skills like cheque handling, deeming it more economically valuable than Latin. Address opinions to the C.H.S. editor.
EW films presents Judgment of the Hills at the Ilo-Ilo Theatre Friday and Saturday February 8 9 featuring superb acting by a strong cast led by Frankie Darro as the kid brother and a group of seasoned performers delivering convincing roles.
Virginia Valli delivers one of her finest performances as a schoolteacher who loves and inspires self respect in her brother Brant Dennison played by Orville Caldwell. Caldwell earns praise for a difficult role and the director receives credit for skillful work in the J. Leo Meehan production lineup.
The February Rod and Gun issue features Bonnycastle Dale with a notable piece on hunting brant along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Arthur Hawkes closes an insightful Rainy Lake damming proposals discussion, plus diverse hunting and fishing articles on bird life guns ammunition and trap shooting.
Samuel Alexander White finishes his engaging fiction on old Northwest fur trading days with a new complete story. An additional feature by Robert James describes Anticosti Island at the mouth of the St. Lawrence.
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