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Newspaper
Hedley Gazette
Location
Hadley, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
2
The piece argues against registering parcels to Britain via Canada. It warns registration costs may not cover extension and could invite post office theft. It urges inquiry into costs and criticizes shying from registration as inviting dishonesty in clerks. It stresses tracing lost parcels and reducing postal abuse.
The piece recalls a memorial for a former US ambassador in Westminster Abbey and notes British honors, including a warship offer for his return home. It compares the event to a past occasion when Sir John Thompson, then premier of Canada, was killed at Windsor Castle.
Fragments lament lost courtesy to Prine and Napoleon Bonaparte. The text weaves a poetic travel of English muse Ta the Paris festival, then shifts to British and European crisis. It hints at a future long war and the United States.
Meteorological readings show weekly temperatures with highs and lows. The summary lists maximum and minimum temperatures, mean temperature and precipitation figures including rain and snowfall for the period ending December 21.
Contractor Wm Bonthran reports good progress on Kettly Valley Railway Co stations section houses and water tanks along the new line west of Midway. Favorable weather aided efforts and all buildings are now in place for thirty miles west of Midway including Rock Creek and Westbridge. Construction to continue through winter with an aim to reach SumHTEWHL in spring.
An early 20th century report notes Germany establishing a roughly two million dollar aviation fund as part of broader finance and policy discussions. Other items mention reduced British telegraph rates, upcoming judicial appointments, and railway workers under the workmen compensation act.
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