Visiting relatives and local travel notes
Visiting relatives from Seattle Nanaimo Nanaimo arrive for a visit to Mr and Mrs Harry Farmer. R C Lang leaves for Port Alberni on a short business trip. Cumberland Bay transfers Hood from Keremeos Bank to Kelowna parent Rey Hood. Miss Besse B Stewart visits Vancouver mother Marion Stewart Allan Avenue. Miss Margaret Redford returns from Port Alberni holiday. Mrs C H Tarbell and daughter Molly depart for Victoria to visit Mrs J Bryden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Alberni
R. C. Lang
Cumberland Bay
Montgomery Hood
Bank of Commerce
Keremeos
Kelowna
Hood
Rey
Jan. Hood
Besse B. Stewart
Vancouver
Marion Stewart
Allan Avenue
Margaret Redford
Cumberland General Hospital
Victoria
C. H. Tarbell
Molly
Belle Bilers Elocution Recital at Grace Church
A dramatic recital and comedy impersonations by Miss Belle Bilers, professional elocutionist, Victoria, will be held Friday May 29 at 8 p.m. at Grace Methodist Church. Adults 35 cents, children 20 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Bilers
Victoria
Grace Methodist Church
Dance Night Moves to Friday in War Veterans Hall
Announcement states no dance on Saturday May 23 at War Veterans Hall and shifts to Friday May 22. The article notes this week's dance will occur as usual tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Veterans’ Hall
Merchants Face Wage Cuts and Price Reductions
In Cumberland a question arose whether merchants could offset a 60 cent per day wage cut for coal miners by lowering goods prices. The Agreement Committee pressed the issue at a Cumberland Council Chambers meeting led by Mayor Charles J. Parnham, with Frank Bond stating officials asked merchants to cooperate. A stream of sale notices followed listing items for sale including a Ford Coupe, a rifle, a Remington typewriter, a banjo mandolin, and two cows located in Cumberland B C with contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Charles J. Parnham
Frank Bond
Williard
Sparks Motors
Courtenay) Ltd
Courtenay
B. C
Stanaway
Royston Lumber Company Notice on Wharf Plans
Royston Lumber Company Limited deposits site and amended plans for a wharf at Lot 151 Nanaimo District fronting Marine Drive Nanaimo District Plan 1478 with aim to construct piles and works. After one month from first publication the company will seek approval from the Minister of Public Works Ottawa for leave to build. Dated Cumberland B C May 7 1925. Per G K Uchiyama Managing Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royston Lumber Company Limited
Minister of Public Works
Ottawa
Registrar of Titles
Vancouver
British Columbia
Nanaimo
Royson Lumber Company Limited
Cumberland
B.C
Royston Lumber Co, Ltd
G, K. Uchiyama
Cumberland Merchants Agree to Co-operate with Coal Miners
At a mass meeting the Agreement Committee and Cumberland merchants discussed wage cuts of 60 cents per day to keep mines running amid price pressures. The merchants pledged full cooperation with Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited, if workers accept the reduction, to prevent widespread layoffs and preserve local trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Dunsmuir
Bond
I’. Bond
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Friayth Ets
Suet
Forsyth
Airthy Cunard Re
Anchor Oko
Sere Ae
CoCo Ag
Plymouth - Cherbourg
London
Antonia
Ansonia
Ascania
Liverpool
Lancastria
Glasgow
Saturnia
Athenia
Letitia
Cunard S.S. CO
Hastings ST. W
Vancouver, B.C
Sipieichiail
Frelone
Woods
William Woods
Vaughan
J. Vaughan
Maryport Avenue
McCarthy
F. A. McCarthy
W. Bruce Gordon
Dunsmuir Ave
Ilo-Ilo Theatre
Cumberland, B.C
Read and Osborne
Mercantile
Ib. Lanka
Christies
I de Zie
Pendrays
St. Charles
BUA
Reg Ste
Spies Peetepists
van Heusen
Reg Te
Camp West Cumberland
Jersey
S. Hunt
Derwent Ave
Penrith Ave
Lang
Wouay
Lang’s Drug
REX
KODAK
Lang's
R. S.C
Cumerland
A. Campbell
John Sutherland
Bates
T. Walker
W. Massey
J. Sutherland
M. Brown
T. H. Mumford
J. Marocchi
W. P. S.monds
J. Ledingham
L. Fresono
Mr. Read
S. Davis
G. Cavin
J. Mann
A. MacKinnon
B. Wilrcock
T. Nakanishi
Chevrolet Superior
Ford Touring
McLaughlin
Blunt and Ewart, Ltd
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