Results of Examinations in British Columbia and Canada
Results of the High School Entrance Examination across 71 centres show 2,063 pass from 3,124 candidates with Dorothy Blakely of Henry Hudson School Vancouver top scorer at 980. Bronze medals go to ten head pupils from cities with the most passes. list includes Ethel Davis Armstrong and Ruth Carlson Nelson among others. McGill matriculation results note 41 percent pass of 507 full participants. Cumberland names several successful candidates. Ottawa reports Premier Borden seeking British help to curb East Indian ship arrivals to Canada amid Vancouver tensions. India vigilant amid fears of violence from Canadian immigration actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel A. Davis
Armstrong
Jennie Thomson
Chiliwack
George E. Fletcher
Kelowna
Oliver. Lawrence
Nanaimo
Ruth M. Carlson
Nelson
Lacey J. Fisher
John Robson
New Westminster
Mabel A. Simmonds
Revelstoke
Dorothy Blakely
Henry Hudson
Vancouver
Mary R. Garnett
Ridgeway School
North Vancouver
Dudley F. Pegrum
Ellen M. Haywood
Hermin Dillman
Olive L. Bickle
Montreal
McGill University
British Columbia
Ottawa
Borden
India
Canada
Wilfred Laurier
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
East Indian Crew Row Sparks Vancouver Turmoil
In Vancouver on July 22, a report that East Indians aboard the Maru refused to depart and that Japanese sailors were thrown overboard caused excitement. A misinterpreted letter asking for sheep and fowl led to the incident. Immigration officials clarified the reply, and militia were called out.
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Vancouver
B. C
Local News Highlights From Cumberland and Bevan
Mrs Frank Sawford and son visit Victoria area while No 8 mine closes main levels await coal demand. Union Bay loses to West Cumberland 11 0 0 at recreation ground. William Carvill dies from injuries at No 7 mine. inquest planned. Bevan Courtenay baseball 8 5. return game tomorrow at 2 30 with special Cumberland train. Bevan school board elects W E Lawrence auditor and trustees Spruston Murray. thanks to Jaynes. Courtenay Electric Light and Power Co forms with Clinton Lockard Lawford Kilpatrick to install town plant. poles line up. illumination near. Cumberland Electric Lighting Co not expanding to Comox Valley. Reward offered 20 for lost sorrel mare and bay horse in Happy Valley.
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William Carvill
Cumberland and Comox District Hospital
May Bate
Heathcourt
Berkeley
California
Bevan
Courtenay
Cumberland
W. E. Lawrence
Hugh Davidson
Thomas A. Spruston
Robert Murray
Mr. Jaynes
Cumberland Electric Lighting Co, Ltd
Comox Valley
Happy Valley
R. Williamson
Assault on miner Saville sparks arrests in Chase River
July 19 at Chase River a brutal attack on Luther Saville fire boss at South Wellington mine left him beaten with broken teeth and a dislocated shoulder. Doctors treated him at home and he will miss work for some time. Four men from Chase River were arrested by Provincial Police later that morning including Fielding Isbister Ostle and Mercer charged with incommoding or direct assault.
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Luther Saville
South Wellington
Nanaimo
Pacific Coast Coast Company
Wellington
Saville
O'Brian
Haliburton Street
Stevenson
Attlee
McKenzie
Neen
Robert Isbister
Robert Mercer
Thos, Ostle
Edward Fielding
Chase River District
Fielding
Isbister
Ostle
Mercer
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Department of Education
Henry Hudson School
Cumberland Centre
George Mordy
Hazel J. Whyte
John Liddel
Josephine Balogno
Mamie Potter
William Rickson
Andrew Anderson
Edith W. Bickle
Rhoda Bickle
Doris Murray
Christina Grey
Comox
Annie Carroll
Thomas J. McQuillan
George Millard
Denman Island
Stanley Dumaresque
Joseph Dumaresque
Fanny Bay
Irene Dixson
Sandwich
Union Bay
Phyllis Partridge
Cumberland High School
Wil
Liam H. Mordy
Eva L. Coe
Agnes Potter
William Watson
Kathleen Freeman
Lena M. Carey
Charlotte Jayne
William Richards
Jessie MacDonald
Annie Reese
Hannah Harrison
Helen Freeman
Nettie Robertson
Sea Lion
Calcutta
Canadian Immigration Department
West Cumberland Conservative
Frank Sawford
Victoria
A. R. McLean
Royal Bank of Canada
D. M. Morrison
West Cumberland
Recreation Ground
Cumberand
Chase River
Mr. Saville
No. 6
Bevan, B. C
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