Made in BC goods tied to jobs and trade growth
News in brief covers the Game Conservation Board meeting in Vancouver on July 14 10 30 a.m. and discussions of open seasons for game birds and fur bearing animals Delegates from Game Associations and sport men may attend Also BC made boilers urged for North Vancouver ferries with emphasis on local industry and employment The Economic Council plans Made in BC promotions and a large fruit campaign tied to the Vancouver Exhibition plus BC lumber orders from the United States The Sarnia Hatchery reports 12 825 000 whitefish eggs shipped north and crops along the Pacific Great Eastern show strong growth The Victoria Hudsons Bay building opens next month with 40 departments and 250 300 staff
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Game Conservation Board
Court House
Vancouver
Farewell Party Honors Puntledge Teacher Miss P Marshall
Residents of Puntledge held a Thursday farewell in honor of Miss P Marshall who leaves for advanced studies in Victoria. Mrs Watson Mrs Thomas Miss Cornwell Miss Blalock Mr Gamlin and Mr Henderson entertained with rhyme and song as Miss V Marshall played the piano. A supper followed and dancing continued until midnight ending with the National Anthem.
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Puntledge
P. Marshall
Victoria
Miss Marshall
Watson
Thomas
Cornwell
Blalock
Gamlin
Henderson
Mr. Pettys
V. Marshall
Water Licence Request for Tsa-Abi River Use and Langley Lake Storage
Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited seeks a licence to take and use 20 cubic feet per second from the Tsa-Abi River for mining coal washery and steam needs. Storage at Langley Lake would rise to about 600 acre feet, flooding ~10 more acres. Objections must be filed within 30 days with the Water Recorder in Nanaimo or the Comptroller of Water Rights in Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited
Belmont House
Victoria
B.C
Tsa-Abi
Baynes Sound
Union Bay
Langley Lake
N.W
Nelson District
N. Ry
Water Act
Water Recorder
Nahaima
Comptroller of Water Rights
Parliament Buildings
East Side sails after gun haul and other news
The steamship East Side left Newport News for Dublin after a five hundred machine guns were found in her coal bunkers while at Hoboken. The master denied knowledge of the guns and the Department of Justice completed its examination of Captain Johnson and crew. A Prince Albert incident involved a man attempting to bathe while fully clothed, claiming every man and woman do it there. An Idaho Falls ad offers a lost handbag reward upon proof of ownership and disclosure to his wife. A Pan Russian Health Congress report warned of plague spreading through Southwestern Russia from Persia to Siberia, with cholera and malaria blamed on flies and gnats. The Interviewer asks Old Salt about his narrowest voyage, who replies a widow with eight kids in Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Newport News
Hoboken
Dublin
Department of Justice
Johnson
Department
Idaho Falls
Park Avenue
Russia
Persia
Siberia
Moscow
Helsingfors
Elevator Ride Prompts Curious Exchange
A brief dialogue shows Gussie greeting a Miss who replies she is following her nose. Gussie notes she is headed up in the elevator, revealing a playful, social exchange in a city setting.
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Gussie
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Astley
England
Mumford
T. H. Mumford
J. Walton
Ames Holden
Ames Holden “Auto-Shoes
Cumberland Motor Works
Dunsmuir
Cumberland
Star Livery Stable
Alex. Maxwell
Cumberland, B.C
Paolo Monte
B.O
Thos. H. Carey Fire and Life Insurance
Royston Lumber Co
William Jones
Cumberland, B. C
North Vancouver
Committee of Employment
British Columbia
B. C
San Francisco
Britannia Beach
Economic Council
Madern B. C
United States
Sarnia
Dominion Fisheries Branch
A. B. Buckworth
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Pemberton
Timothy
Sam Chute
Berwick
Nova Scotia
Ontario
W. T. Gibson
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Joseph Beaudoin
Nachako Valley
Okanagan Valley
J. E. Reekie
Kelowna
Rolston
Canada
Hudson’s Bay Company
Canadian Collieries
Dunsmuir) Limited
Charles Graham
Marocchi Bros. Grocers and Bakers
Cumberland and Courtenay, B.C
Prince Albert
English Bay
Old Salt
Widder
Plymouth
REX Beach
Hendryx
Farnol
Connor
Johnston
Bower
Oppenheim
Zane Gray
Frost’s Pharmacy
Rexall
F. Aikawa
Royston Rd
British Columbia Telephone Co
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