War to Peace To Solve Canada's Employment Problem
Government and provinces establish Public Employment Offices in towns to assist all workers, with sixty offices planned. New jobs arise in public works, shipbuilding, roads, railways, and Europe reconstruction materials. A $25 million fund aids worker housing. a Soldier Settlement program offers land loans and training for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ure
Alan
Yau Toyers
Tises Uo
C.ice
Canada
Europe
Local and General News from Cumberland Area
Local notes report visits by residents and service members including Mrs F Bradley and James Whyte with returns from Vancouver. W J Bunbury appointed Chief of Police after three years overseas service. hospital board settles laundry contract at $585 and pays for X-ray machine. Chaplin in The Count appears at Ilo Ilo Theatre March 5 with two Chinamen fatalities ruled accidental at No 4 mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bunbury
City of
Cumberland
Mr. Bunbury
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Cumberland General Hospital
Glover
Moran A. Lyons
Auditor's 1918 report for Cumberland BC highlights wartime trade
The 1918 audit reviews fiscal results for Cumberland City Council. It notes strong coal demand, influenza disruptions cutting output, high living costs, rising wages, and potential unemployment without municipal work. It covers licenses, real estate, rate arrears, school finances, and a hospital bill from the influenza emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Cumberland
City of Cumberland
B.C
Clinton and
Pillsbury
Clinton
Comley
Hicks
T. Mordy
Union Bay Letter Corrects Local Rumor About Harwood Ranch
George P. Davis of Union Bay British Columbia writes to the Islander in February 1919 disputing a prior Union Bay report that Harwood ranch was leased. He condemns a local correspondent as unreliable and asks for a public correction. The letter requests publication of the correction to set the record straight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Islander
Union Bay
Harwood Ranch
Hoitor
George P. Davis
B.C
Cumberland Fire Department Masquerade Ball Set for March seventeenth
The Cumberland Fire Department holds its annual masquerade ball on March 17. Tickets will support department fire safety programs and community services. The event features music, dancing, and a costume contest at the city hall ballroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cumberland Fire Department
Well Known Nanaimo Resident Hannah Bate Dies
Mrs Hannah Bate wife of ex Mayor Bate died yesterday at 422 Hecate Street Nanaimo in her 63rd year She was born in Manchester England and is survived by husband son Harvey Harrison of Victoria and daughter Mrs Fannon of Manchester England Funeral will be held Sunday from the family home Mrs Clinton and J Charles Graham request spoons donated to the Hospital Auxiliary be sent for use at Auxiliary functions
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Clinton
Iloilo Dance Hall
Women's Hospital Auxiliary
Charles Graham
City Hall
Fire Department
Vancouver
Allies
Cere
Red Cross
Waltz
RED Crosciety
T. Graham
Derwent
Allen
Dunsmuir
Penrith Ave
Maryport
Windermere
Chinatown
OO Bevan
Tarbell
Hicks
Dominion
Victoria
Red Cross Society
Amy B. Clinton
Nanaimo
B.C
Hecate St
Hannah Bate
Bate
Manchester
England
Harvey Harrison
Fannon
Germany's New President Named in Postwar Court Shuffle
The article reports that Shoto has been elected president of Germany and will earn a $240,000 annual salary. It also notes Phillip Scheidmann as the first Prime Minister under President Ebert, as shown by a circle insert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoto
Ibert
Phillip Scheidmann
Germany
Ebert
Also Mentioned on This Page
Soldier Settlement Board
W. Mordy
James Whyte
His Majesty's
Canadian Naval Forces
William Whyte
Mrs .D. Michell
B. I. Reynolds
Nanaio
A. Grant
H. Simms
Thomas Rickson
Ladysmith
Ladies' Aid of
St. George's Presbyterian Church
St. Patrick's Day
Women’s Hospital Auxiliary
Bruce
Thomas Graham
Saturday Evening Post
Country Gentleman
A. R. Dorais
Broadway West
Jean Patterson
Arive
Ilo Ilo Theatre
Charlie Chaplin
No. 4
Cumberland Public Schools
Mike Jurovich
Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd
Jurovich
Charles Evans
Richard Bryce
Cumberland Waterworks
Cumberland, B.C
Local Firemen’s Masquerade
Mr. Thos, B. Bate
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