City Council Seeks Transport Help for Royston Students
Full aldermanic attendance led by Mayor MacDonald as School Board and PTA members urged council to fund transport for Royston school children. Other items include railway service curtailment, road labor billing, and approving blueprints requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacDonald
Royston
H. Beasley
Msquimalt and
Nanaimo
Beggley
Board of Trade
Department of Public Works
Courtenay
Capt. Richardson
Bevan Lumber and Shingle Co
B. C. Telephone Company
Board appoints examiners for referees in district football
The British Columbia Football Association has formed a board comprising Messrs Adam and Macdonald to examine men for referee roles at all district games. Interested applicants who wish to take the examination should contact Wm Macdonald, Box 553, or phone 843L, Nanaimo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Adam and
Macdonald
British Columbia Football Association
Nanaimo
Jenolan Caves of West Australia lauded as world’s finest underground wonderland
A description hails West Australia’s Jenolan Caves as more extensive than the Mammoth Caves of Kentucky and richer in stalactites than the Holibay Caves of Elephanta, naming them the finest underground wonderland in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Elephanta
West Australia
One Room Addition Tender Called for Union Bay School
The Minister of Public Works seeks bids to erect and complete a one room addition to the Union Bay school house. Plans and specifications are viewable at Mr. John Baird's office in Cumberland and with Union Bay school secretary Mr. Herbert Glover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bay
Minister of Public Works
John Baird
Cumberland
Herbert Glover
Rates Strangle Island Traffic As BC Seeks Rail Cuts
Excessive Canadian rail rates on Vancouver Island hamper business and cost jobs. Representatives of the Associated Boards of Trade of Vancouver Island urged the Dominion Railway Board in Victoria to reduce lumber freight rates from coast and interior to Western Canada stations, aligning with British Columbia's broader push for rate reductions eastward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver Island
Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners
Victoria
Associated Boards of Trade
Railway Board
Canada
British Columbia
TENDER INVITATION FOR 24 BY 24 FOOT ADDITION
Carpenters are asked to tender for building an addition measuring 24 feet by 24 feet. For further particulars, write to P.O. Box 343, Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O. Box
Cumberland
Space Limits Stock For Christmas Suggestions
Due to limited space we cannot carry full stock this season. Patrons are advised to shop early to avoid disappointment. Special orders are welcomed. Watch this space for Christmas suggestions in watches rings cat glass fine china and more.
Coal Shakedown Reminisces on Old Time Furnaces
A nostalgic note recalls the grand old game of bringing in coal and shaking the fire as a popular pastime, capturing a bygone kitchen and hearth ritual.
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Slater
Cavin’s Shoe Store
Canadian Collieries
Dunsmuir) Limited
St. John’s First Aid and Mines E Rescue Association
Chas. Graham A. J. Taylor
Dunsmuir Ave
Cumberland, B.C
Marocchi Bros
Grocers
Cumberland and Courtenay
B.C
Inspector of Electrical Energy For
National Electric Code
Cumberland Electric Lighting Co., Ltd
P.O
Cumberland and Union Waterworks Company, Limited
Finance Committee
Evans, Coleman
Burns & Brown
Damonte and Machetti
Campbell Bros
Royston Lumber Co
Cumberland Motor Works
Fire Dept
Rss Electric Light Co
Ald. Bannerman
Ald. Francescini
Board of Health
Ald. Brown
Jim & Sacki
Bulletin Board
Jim English
Sacki Conti Proprietors
Ilo-Ilo
Bob Hampton
Buddy
Glacier National Park
Neilan
Wesley Barry
Marshall Neilan
Randall Parrish
Bob
Halliday’s Bread
J. H. Halliday
Dunsmuir Avenue
Vendome Restaurant
P. P. Harrison
Moir
Henderson
Union Hotel
William Jones
Cumberland, B. C
Louis R. Stevens
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