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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1894
Page
2
The Golden Era is a weekly publication issued each Saturday in June to serve east and west mail trains and upper country routes. It notes subscription at 32.00 per year in advance and advertising rates on request from Alleash Manager for copies, published by The Golden Era Publishing Company.
Harvesting rushes in Enderby. Kamloops Agricultural Exhibition October 3–6. Chilliwack expo October 16–18. New brewery planned at Kamloops by B Wehrfvitz. Gasometer contract let to W Godfrey Nanaimo. Thompson River bridge tender call by Oct 13. Columbia Mining Co buys 640 acres opposite Yale. water via $50,000 Fraser cable bridge. Scalers’ exam Sept 18 in Vancouver. Mission Returning Officer case. Shooting season synopsis lists BC game laws. certain birds and mammals permitted or forbidden.
Memorandum from the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works dated 2 August 1894 recommends enforcing the Official Sealers Act 1894 and publishing a proclamation in the British Columbia Gazette. It divides the province into three districts for official scalers and names examiners with five dollars per day remuneration.
Fragmentary OCR text references J H Turner in Canada British Columbia Victoria with royal title phrases appear. No clear event or outcome.
The Lieutenant Governor proclaims the Official Sealers Act 1894 to come into force from this date and to divide British Columbia into three districts. District 1 covers Vancouver Island. District 2 includes mainland west of the Cascade Range. District 3 includes districts 1 and 2. The proclamation is signed in Victoria on August 14, 1894, under the Great Seal.
A fragment from a poem depicts Tia the voice of the farrior hearing a complaint about a shoe coming off and the need to nail it again. The speaker compares the situation to a bee returning to a hive and a bird to a test, linking loose shoes to unrest.
Eloise Luttrell returns to Weldon Park with Frank Weldon as Mrs Weldon hides a family secret. Doctor Gerrish grows close to Eloise while an unexpected engagement shadows their social circle.
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