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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
2
A Cumberland Islander report highlights a Northeast Philadelphia scout exhibit held in a vacant store for four days. Boy scouts demonstrated facial plaster casts, cooking, Indian work, dances, investitures, bugle and drum concerts, and display windows drew crowds. The piece urges Cumberland scouts to showcase their own efforts.
A BC discussion argues for more local opportunities by tracing a river of wealth from provincial spending. It notes a high per capita income of 836 dollars and five hundred million dollars in total, urging BC residents to buy local products to keep wealth from flowing abroad and to spur industrial progress and job creation.
Robert Quillen of Fountain Inn Tribune reportedly plans to leave to pursue a new post. He recently published a scathing wedding report detailing the bride and groom with harsh personal descriptions, hoping to fulfill a lifelong journalistic aim to tell the truth in print.
Citizens of Cumberland invite the City Council to walk a route from the Council Chambers along Dunsmuir avenue to the railway crossing to expose a nearby city dump. The missive accuses a slack administration and industry committee of neglect while highlighting stench, broken glass, and garbage spreading near the boulevard, urging action.
George S Pearson M L A urged dispatch of Island coal to alleviate unemployment in Nanaimo after a Board of Trade meeting noted 520 residents out of work and many living on four days relief.
A steam shovel towed by a truck damaged 15 feet of a 50-pair aerial cable, cutting service to 50 telephones in South Vancouver on June 3. A cable splicer and helper repaired the lines overnight, replacing the torn section with new cable and restoring service by morning.
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