Boosting Our Lakes and Plateau Prompts Community Resolve
The Cumberland Islander reports on Courtenay Board of Trade efforts to promote the Forbidden Plateau with support from Mr. Harrison of Victoria. It urges Cumberland to boost Puntledge Lake as a tourism draw, emphasizes local vigor and action, and notes a shift from horse to automobile culture with a humorous aside on driving mishaps and progress.
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Courtenay Board of Trade
Forbidden Plateau
Harrison
Victoria
Cumberland Board of Trade
Puntledge Lake
Comox Lake
Board of Trade
Cumberland
Puntledge
Tomorrow Echoes of Mothers Past
A brief note questions how tomorrow will resemble its predecessors, comparing future events with those of yesterday and past generations.
Canada and the mining boom from prospect to modern power
A reflective column extols the mining drive and the role of electricity in Canadian wealth. It praises adventurers, engineers, and national progress while wryly noting public discourse, hat fashion, and political quips as part of the era's social texture.
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Canada
British coal trade improves as mines reopen and jobs rise
The British coal trade shows rapid improvement with Welsh colliery owners planning reopenings and thousands of unemployed miners rehired in Yorkshire. Exports from South Wales ports reach 604 140 tons in a week, up from 271 670, and 32 pits, employing 12 000, have reopened this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Yorkshire
South Wales
Canadian Forestry Association launches 1929 field tour
The Canadian Forestry Association announces an ambitious 1929 campaign with fifteen lecture parties, about 2000 meetings, and an estimated 500000 attendees. The Caravan Tour will showcase motion pictures for pulp and paper and lumber industries and schools. A speaker will address Rotary clubs across Canada. In British Columbia BE V Albert leads a six week coast tour by motor with film equipment, then additional lectures follow in spring and summer.
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British Columbia
Maritimes
Quebec
Ontario
Rotary
West
C.F.A
BE. V. Albert
Births in Courtenay Hospital Notice
To Mr and Mrs John Mitchell of Courtenay a son born March 22 at St Josephs Hospital To Mr and Mrs Bruce Magoffin of Courtenay a daughter born March 27 at St Josephs Hospital
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John Mitchell
Courtenay
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Bruce Magoffin
Campbellton Welcomes New Business House With Dance
Campbellton hosts a get acquainted dance to open Wilcocks and McLeod shop led by the Bluebird Orchestra of Courtenay. Mr Charles Thulin, a Vancouver visitor, and Mr James H Blake enroute to Victoria were among attendees. Mrs Norman Smith travels to Vancouver for a fortnight visit.
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Charles Thulin
Vancouver
James H. Blake
Campbell River
Victoria
Norman Smith
Campbellton
Messrs
No Rush of Applicants for Minimum Wage Scale Victoria
Victoria March 27 The province will appoint a board to administer the Male Minimum Wage Act and set wage orders after appointment. Only one application from a night watchman has been received so far. labor shows apathy, and unions may avoid industries with existing scales. Proceeding appeals may rise to higher courts.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Industriea
Supreme
County Court
Imperial Privy Council
Courtenay Notables Include Education Visit and Local Moves
Courtenay locals note a visit by Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Willis who praised the local schools. Principal N A MacInnis sails to Vancouver for Easter with his family. Bowie Garage changes hands to C Fred Williams on April 1. Constable Gordon Lennox departs for two months of police training in Okalla. Harry Hopkins of Powell River visits Courtenay before returning home. Mr and Mrs C Rive return from a Vancouver vacation. Charles Sutton leaves for Victoria for Easter. Mrs Sutherland and her two daughters Agnes and Dorothy depart for Victoria for Easter.
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8. J. Willis
Courtenay Schools
N. A. MacInnis
Courtenay High School
Vancouver
C. Fred Williams
Bowie
Williams
Gordon Lennox
Courtenay
Okalla
Harry Hopkins
Powell River
Quinine Order Sparks Quick Poison Charge Joke
A man buys 15 cents worth of quinine at a Scotchman drugstore then shouts that he is poisoned. The storekeeper checks the box and adds that it is strychnine, charging an extra ten cents and urges quick payment.
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Scotchman's
Iaddie
Man in hospital cafe fellowships with flower bed fishing
A man in a hospital cafe sits fishing above a flower bed. A visitor asks how many fish he has caught and the man replies you are ninth, in a light friendly exchange.
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The
B. C
Edward W. Bickle
Canadian Forestry Association
Father Hubbard
Cumberland Islander “Superior Printing
Cumberland, B. C
Men’s Department
New Spring
W. Bruce Gordon
Cor
Dunsmuir Ave
Ilo-Ilo Theatre
Cumberland, B.C
Commer
Meadquarter
Cioberland
W. Merirofield
Charlie Dalton
Union Bay
Yma
Royston Lumber Co. Limited
Hones
Islee
Llo-Ilo
Albert Evans
Joe Hemm
E. Felix Thomas
James Henderson
New Townsite
Jos. Baxter
ED. Parberry
Agricultural Hall
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