Personal mentions of Victoria arrivals and staff changes
A long list of residents and visitors are noted including Mr. and Mrs. T. O. MacKay guests at Beaufort House who returned to Victoria, plus Mr. James M. Savage and family departing for Victoria. Several staff and public school appointments and vacations are reported with brief movements to Vancouver and other communities. A birth is announced for Mr. and Mrs. Robertson. A Rochester fight incident closes the item with two women fined for bare knuckle fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. T. O. MacKay
Beaufort House
Victoria
Rochester
N. Y
Cranbrook urged as site for BC steel mill and Cranbrook coaliron location
Premier Oliver and his Cabinet hear Cranbrook officials argue the town’s strategic fit for a large British Columbia steel plant. They cite Crow's Nest Pass coal and abundant iron ore, with Comox district claiming even stronger coal reserves and Union Bay as an ideal shipping point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Cranbrook
B. C
Crow's Nest Pass
Comox
Union Bay
Pleasant surprise party at Mrs Freeborn home
A cheerful surprise gathering was hosted at Mrs Freeborn's house in honor of Mrs Waddington from Michel who has spent two months with her son Mr Alex Waddington. About twenty guests attended with Mrs Alex Waddington and Mrs John Thomson serving.
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British Columbia Nurseries
British Columbia
Sardis, B. C
the Furniture Store
A. MacKinnon
F. Partridge
Cumberland P.O
James M. Savage
Canadian Collieries (C) Ltd
Savage
Mary MacKay
James Savage MacKay
J. A. McCullock
C. P. Renwick
D. R. Macdonald
Mr. J. Walton
James F. Hough
Marshall
Clark County
Ilinois
Marshall Herald
W. H. O. Club
Rhoda Walton
Madge Bryan
Mrs. H. Bryan
Marjorie Beckwith
Town
Nat. Bevis
Vancouver
Mr. Bevis
Clara Dalton
Cumberland High School
J. E. Marpole
A. H. Webb
Cumberland School
Mr. Geo. Apps
Fraser Valley
M. Evans
J. Tremlett
J B. Bergland
Jessie Smith
Nanaimo
Wm. Merrifield
Cumberland Hotel
Eleanor Parfitt
Royston
Pat. Dunsire
Mr. R. Dunsire
A. Robertson
Geo. Mason
Dorothy
Dalton
London
Blue Bloods
Owen Moore
Him Brownie
Wm. Russell
Gleeful
Birmingham City
Charmer
Annacis
San Francisco
Dole
C. P. R. Transfer
Shamrock
Couth
Gordon
Crawford Freestone
Peaches
Pacific
Jersey
Comox Creamery Association
Courtenay
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