Melville Delegates Gather for Community Meeting
A large audience in Melville heard delegates report on improving local conditions after recent visits to Victoria. Speaker W S Hunter chaired. MP A W Neill discussed railway growth and veterans’ issues while urging unity and continued effort.
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Merville
Hunter
Victoria
Melville
Cleland
Anderton
Pigott
Barrow
Jay. Reckie
A.W. Neill
M.P
Construction near completion for Mr Jack Mitchells home
Mr and Mrs R H Shaws son Basil broke his left arm last Friday. Two large truck loads of effects arrived on Saturday for distribution among fire sufferers containing furniture stoves heaters bedding clothing kitchenware curtains carpets rugs etc. Shipment from Mrs Bishop Victoria was first class and highly appreciated by recipients.
Romantic Pioneers Shaped British Columbia's Union with Canada
A retrospective tale recalls fifty six years since Vancouver Island joined the mainland to form a colony that later became a Canadian province. It chronicles explorers like Mackenzie and Cook, the Hudson's Bay Company era, the 1850s gold rush, annexation debates, and the 1885 completion of the transcontinental railway uniting British Columbia with Canada.
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Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Colony
Dominion of Canada
Cooks
Alexander Mackenzie
Dean Inlet
California
Hudson's Bay Company
New Caledonia
New Georgia
New Norfolk
New Cornwall
San Francisco
Golden State
New Eldorado
North
James Douglas
Washington
London
Douglas
Dominion
Mainland
Canada
United States
Helmcken
Also Mentioned on This Page
News of Melville Community
Courtenay Board of Trade and Agricultural Association
Tolmle
Mrs. J. Williams
W.S. Hunter
Kitty Colman
Mr. H. Peers
E. J. Pearce
R. B. James
Norman Lyne
Capt. Halley
the Furniture Store
A. MacKinnon
Jack Mitchell
R. H. Shaw
Basil
Halliday's Bread
the New Home Bakery
Llello Theatre
Matinee
Villian
George Melford
Jorven
Sahara
Harold Lloyd
Hoot Gibson
Betty Compson
Sparks Company
Nanaimo
Courtenay
Duncan
B. C
Island United
the Islander Office
Heintzman & Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!