Attorney General Appeals Douglas Beer Case After Dismissal
The case of William Douglas, agent for the Silver Spring Brewery, who was tried for unlawfully possessing beer, was dismissed by Magistrate Baird. The Provincial Attorney General’s Department appealed, with a hearing slated for October 11, arguing the brewery agent’s act to take beer for private use may be unlawful despite the magistrate’s ruling.
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Douglas
William Douglas
Silver Spring
Baird
A. Leighton
Nanaimo
Courtenay
A. M. Johnson
Liquor Control Board
Victoria
Albert J. Merry
Esa
Cumberland
B. C
Harry Maynard
Attorney General's Department
P. P. Harrison
Thia
No Sunday Boats In Fall Schedule For Nanaimo Vancouver
The Fall schedule for Nanaimo to Vancouver steamship service shows Princess Patricia running daily except Sundays. Depart Nanaimo 7.00 a.m. for Vancouver 9.15 a.m. Vancouver 10.00 a.m. to Nanaimo 12.15 p.m. Nanaimo 2.15 p.m. to Vancouver 4.30 p.m. Vancouver 6.30 p.m. to Nanaimo 7.45 p.m. Schedules may vary with tides and weather and can change without notice.
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Nanaimo
Vancouver
Princess Patricia
Cumberland P T A Elects Officers At First Annual Meeting
At the Cumberland High School the Cumberland Parent-Teachers' Association held its first annual meeting. Officers elected include Colin Campbell as President and John Sutherland as First Vice-President. The report highlighted seven regular and one special meeting, a 32-member year, educational papers discussed, and prizes funded to boost student performance.
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Parent- Teachers’ Association
Cumberland Parent-Teachers' Association
Colin Campbell
John Sutherland
Literary and Athletic Club's Splendid Cumberland Home
The Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited built a 437000 building in Cumberland for a club now 560 plus members. The facility hosts a library with 410 members, billiard hall, gymnasium, reading room, and lecture programs, with plans for more educational talks and outdoor activities.
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Canadian Collieries
Dunsmuir) , Limited
Cumberland
Cumberland Literary and Athletic Club
J. W. Tremlett
Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited
Association
Liquor Cases Lead In Magistrate Homes and Campbell River Court
On Friday at Courtenay Magistrate Hames found William Luke of Phoenix Brewing guilty of having beer for unlawful purposes and fined him 200 dollars plus costs with his car and beer fund confiscated. A youth named Cleland faced a beer drinking charge. the case was adjourned for a week. In Campbell River Rex v J Smith for unlawful liquor sales is set for the 26th, with Rex and others pending. R Aske of the Courtenay Great War Veterans Association faces beer purchase charges from a non government vendor.
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William Luke
Phoenix Brewing Company
Courtenay
P. P. Harrison
Hames
Luke
Cleland
T. Pearse
Campbell River
Rex
J. Smith
J. A. Rus
R. Aske
Courtenay Great War Veterans’ Association
Notice of concert and canceled practice at G W V A Hall
There will be no instrumental practice of the C A C 8 on Monday next as the G W V A Hall is engaged. A full recital of the Hallelujah Chorus will be at the G W V A Hall on Thursday evening Sept 28 at 745 pm. Volunteers welcome. Vocal scores 10 cents from conductor Mr Merry. In love letters 4XXX marks the spot where the man falls.
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Ats
G. W. V. A. Hall
Hallelujah
Merry
Comox District Teachers Form Institute Amid Courtenay Meeting
The Comox District Teachers' Institute formed at a Courtenay gathering with thirteen Cumberland and eight Courtenay teachers present plus inspector J. M. Patterson. A convention is planned for November in Courtenay with local arrangements by the hosting teachers and a program organized by Miss C. B. Dalton and A. J. Webb. The constitution envisions yearly meetings for reading and discussing papers on school organization and pupil betterment.
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Comox District
Teachers’ Institute
Courtenay
Cumberland
J. M. Patterson
Comox
Nanaimo
C. B. Dalton
A. J. Webb
Stubbs
Patterson
Webb
Big Day of Sports Planned With Full Program Saturday
Sports committee ready for a full day of events from 11 a.m. to 6 46 p.m. Mayor Macdonald to present prizes at the finish. G W V A booth will sell lunches and refreshments. Cumberland City Band will parade at 10 45 a m and play throughout the day. First round draw for the Half-Aside Football set for 10 30 a m on grounds. Junior Football Club hosts a Friday dance at Io flo hall from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Plump's orchestra to play.
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Macdonald
Cumberland City
Dunsmuir Avenue
Io-flo
Plump
Thanksgiving Day Set for November 6 This Year
The newspaper notes Thanksgiving Day will be observed on November 6 this year. The date was fixed by Parliament in 1921 to fall on the Monday of the week containing Armistice Day, November 11.
Prominent Speakers Invite Address at Session
A session plans to invite one or more prominent speakers to give an address and will be followed by a social.
Cumberland City Council Debates Fire Hall and Hospital Lighting
Cumberland City Council discusses repairing or rebuilding the fire hall and approves a $149,004 electric line extension to the Isolation Hospital with 50 percent city cost. Aldermen note potential future extensions would be city funded and a $5 connection fee would go to the city. School board requests adds for fire escapes, extinguishers, and shelters, citing past grants and current balances.
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Ald
Banneman
Pickard
Bal Wee
Maxwell
Electric Ligh Company
McFayden
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Presbyterian Reducing Club
Allan's Lake
A. H. Webb
E. R. Hicks
Jay, Hood
C. B. Wood
Miss Dalton
Margaret Bannerman
G. B. Kinney
McFadyen
James Hood
Pearse
George Apps
Sam Jones
James Burns
Beckwith
MacKenzie
New Zealand
Teachers’ Association
National Geographic Magazine
Dunsmuir) Limited
Frank
Victoria Public Library
B. C. University
Department of Mines
G. W
Institute
J. Willis
B Dalton
Wood
Apps
Dougan
Bevan
Melville
Minto
Union Bay
Cumberland City Council
School Board
Thomson T .O
Ald. Bannerman
A. McKinnon
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