British Columbia Parliament Debates Railways and Tax Reforms
April sessions discuss government ownership of railways with petitions from Kootenay and Vancouver. A lead refinery proposal, pig lead duty, and a $5 per ton bounty are studied. The provincial revenue tax plan aims for a $3 rate this year and $5 later, with debates on grants and transit subsidies.
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Kootenay
Vancouver
Martin
B.C
Helmcken
Green
Canada
Helmoken
Fires, resignations and tensions across early 1900s headlines
Brief items note Magog Quebec fire damage. Col Leys resigns as M P for London. France withdraws 10000 troops from China. Heinge smelter in Butte damaged 200000 by fire. Stosle Otter Evans named C B s. Nome blizzardkills 200. St Lawrence navigation opens Montreal to gulf. Warden Quebec nearly wiped out by fire. St Henri Quebec factories destroyed. British Commons adopts war loan. 800 Montreal cigarmakers strike. Pre-April 18 coal contracts may dodge new British tax. Ninth Lancers ambushed. lieutenant and three men killed. Malita Manitoba grows stronger, oil prospect suspected. Milner granted three months leave from South Africa. Lake Huron timber values surge. Primrose Day in England. Disraeli’s grave pilgrimage. White House envoy advises on Maybrick case. Ontario vets land grants broadened. Heilbron envoy Andries Wessela alive. Rev Alex Esler named Cooke’s Church Toronto pastor. Ramona boiler explosion on Fraser near Langley BC. eight killed. Georgian Bay ship canal promoters seek Ottawa backing. estimated cost 55 million.
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St. Lawrence
Montreal
Gulf
Warden
Que
St.Henri
House of Commons
Alex. Esler
West Chester
Cooke's
Toronto
Wm. Patterson
Fraser River
Langley
B.C
Georgian Bay Ship Canal
Ottawa
Correspondence and Public Mistrust Across Racial Lines
A column discusses tensions between white residents and Chinese immigrants in British Columbia noting mistreatment, alleged injustice in courts, and appeals for lawful conduct. It references the Dublin United Irish League meeting led by J E Redmond and the Queen Victoria visit, plus Detroit business arrangements and a Canadian plant expansion with large employment and capital figures.
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National Directory
United Irish League
Dublin
J. E. Redmond
League
Queen Victoria
Ireland
Detroit
Wonderful Invention Electric Comb Promises Health Benefits
An advertisement touts Dr Whites Electric Comb promising cures for dandruff hair loss and headaches at the same price as a regular comb. It claims unbreakable construction and a written guarantee. Agents sought nationwide with orders by stamps and a Vancouver note hints at political private information and Catholic claims in China.
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Solla
D. N. Rose
Mgr
Decatur
Ill
Citizens’ Association
Vancouver
British Columbia
Ottawa House
France
China
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