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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1925
Page
7
The Stamp Act relief begins July 1 as small cheques up to five dollars and similar money orders will no longer require a two cent excise stamp. The change excludes larger cheques and broadens the definition of cheques to include non bank writings. Fines apply to unstamped payments by individuals or banks.
Young Jack questions a new visitor and learns she is his grandmother on his father's side. The exchange turns sharp as she confirms the relation and hints at future consequences. The scene highlights family tensions and identity.
The article explains that electric power hinges on control, with push button starters enabling widespread individual motor drives. It describes a shift from line shafting to on machine controls, enabling versatile, economical placement of motors and highlighting the motor drive as the core of modern electric applications across generation, transmission, and use.
Swiss guides Heinrich Fuher and Hans Kohler reached Mount Edith Cavell, 11,000 feet high, on June 28 and returned to Jasper Park Lodge the same evening. Previous ascents needed about two days.
The Prince of Wales will visit Canada again and join Nipigon Ontario hunter Neil McDougall for a fall moose hunt. He would also call at Nipigon on a future ranch visit next autumn, joking about not being married off. The note recalls five years ago when the heir learned to catch speckled trout in the Nipigon River.
An advertisement claims Borden's Eagle Brand Milk suits babies upset by heat or nursing issues. It promises easy preparation with boiled water and offers free feeding instructions and baby welfare books upon request to The Borden Company Limited in Montreal or by writing the company.
The Edmonton Grads world champion women’s basketball team begins a tour of the central and western United States and Canada, stopping in Winnipeg on June 30 and proceeding to Minneapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City, Guthrie, Fort Worth, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver. The squad lists captain Connie Smith and players Daisy Johnson, Mary Dunn, Dorothy Johnson, Elsie Bennie, Hattie Hopkins, and Kate Macrae, with J. P. Page as coach and business manager and a chaperone along.
Canada’s imports from the United States for the year ending May totaled 511 million dollars, down 7 million from 1924. Exports to the U.S. stood at 523 million, down 5 million from the prior year. Purchases from the United Kingdom were 152 million, near the year before, while exports to the U.K. rose 9 million to 391 million.
Vacant Crown lands may be pre empted by British subjects over 18 or aliens proposing to become British subjects subject to residence occupation and improvement. Pre emptions require five years occupation and $10 per acre improvement. Purchase or lease of crown lands available with set minimum prices and conditions. Leases for grazing and industrial purposes up to 640 acres per person or company under Grazing Act with grazing district administration and permits.
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