Power of Britain's Navy Keeps Canadian Trade Safe
Deputy Minister G. J. Desbarais notes six thousand Canadian ocean going vessels enter and clear at ports yearly with no captures or losses amid hostilities. He credits the British navy for keeping trade routes open, while Canadian mariners benefit from war risk insurance and continue voyages to South American ports and Portugal. The Pacific threat from German ships is distant, and Liberal opposition is criticized for delaying navy strengthening.
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G. J. Desbarais
Naval Service
Portugal
Pacific
Canada
SANE PATRIOTISM AND WHAT IT MEANS
Calgary MP R B Bennett argues in an imperial frame that patriotism springs from freedom and British imperial ideals The address praises Belgians defense of liberty and lauds multinational support for Britain urging Canadians to embrace Empire loyalty and duty The speech cites volunteers from Scotland Ireland India Africa and Canada to illustrate a universal patriotic spirit
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R. B. Bennett
Calgary
House of Commons
Belgium
Germany
Bismarck
Canada
Scotland
Mons
Birmingham
British Empire
Barrister Mc Donald Seeks Land Purchase in Coast District
Vancouver barrister D W F Mc Donald of Vancouver B C intends to apply for permission to purchase lands in the Vancouver Land District Coast District Range 1. The parcel begins at Lot 221 southeast corner and includes about 80 acres with shoreline on Jackson Bay. Agent Ralph Chisholm Berteaux notes the filing dated October 2 1914.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Yukon Territory
Northwest Territories
British Columbia
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Dominion Landa
W. Cory
Vancouver
Ronald William Frederick McDonald
Ralph Chisholm Berteaux
Sunday Game Ban On Recreation Grounds Enforced
Effective October 1 1914 no games of any kind will be permitted on the Recreation Grounds on Sundays between 11 a m and 12 noon and between 2 p m and 8 p m Canadian Collieries Dunsmuir Limited J R LockArp General Superintendent
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Canadian Collieries
Dunsmuir) Limited
J. R. LockArp
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Che Islander
Cumberland
Vancouver Island
B.C
THE
Islander Printing and Publishing Company
Britain
India
Plymouth Harbour
Africa
Botha
Dutch Republic
Wellington Colliery Railway Company
Thur
Bevan
Lake Trail
Courtenay Road
Minto Road
Royston
Union Bay
Pam
A.M
John Gillespie
West Cumberland
London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Co
Liverpool
W. Willard
Phillias Harrison
Marocchi Bros
Grocers
Cumberland Courtenay
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