Bright Future for British Columbia Fruits and Farms
The coast of British Columbia is seen as ripe for fruit growth with grapes peaches apples and vegetables thriving in mild inland niches. Potatoes are a staple crop while rail and water links remain limited. Immigrant labor aids cultivation though racial tensions loom as a policy topic for future discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Celestial Republic
Washington
Canada
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
New Ontario
Blame the Cop chorus cries for town reform
The poem riffs on policing and social grievance in a skeptical voice. It questions dry versus wet towns, street noise, dances, children’s curfews, litter and ashes on roads, plumbing problems after drinking, and petty raids. It ends with a call that in peace or war you need the Cop, with a stray line about Bobby and between meals.
Notice in Supreme Court of British Columbia case Spence Hireen v McGregor
Legal notice from the Supreme Court sets a writ of summons against J C McGregor in Victoria B C. Plaintiff Spence Hireen seeks 286 45 including a dishonored cheque 250 exchange 28 25 lodgings 4 00 and telegrams 4 20 with costs 40. 00. Publication and service terms require appearance within eight days after service.
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Supreme Court OF
British Columbia
J. C. McGregor
Justice Murphy
Chambers
P. J. Sinnott
Patrick J Sinnott
Victoria Daily Colonist
Cumberland
Spence Hireen
Douglas Hotel
Douglas Street
Victoria
B. GC
The
Supreme Court of British Columbia
Gordon Hunter
N.B
B. C
Bank of Italy
San Francisco
California
B.C
A.D
E. and N. Railway Donates Market Square to Ladysmith
City officials sought the Market Square from the HE and N Railway Lands Department. The railway notes the land has belonged to the railway since incorporation and will convey the property to the city once a property description is received, upon payment of the registration fee.
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Ladysmith
Lands Department
HE. & N. Railway
A Nut and Two Washers Joke From Convention
A convention tale recalls a man in a small town stealing a flivver and driving into a train. The crash leaves only a nut and two washers as the punchline. The note closes with a remark on Christian Science dating from 1875.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Piket
Sen D. Piket
Courtenay
British Columbia Telephone Co
Canadian Bank OF Commerce
Capital Reserve Fund
Cumberland Branch
J, Grainger
City Meat
F. Wilcock
W. P. Symons
P.O. Box
James Brown Cumberland
David Warwick
Canadian National Railways Magazine
Bobby
Bobbie
Leite B.C.L.S
G. H. M. Georth
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
India
Stanfield’s Men’s
Coats
the Model Clothing and Shoe Store
F. Partridge
P. O
Nairn’s Linoleum
Nairn
Furniture Store
A. MacKinnon
Cumberland, B.C
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