04 Feb 1909
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Newspaper
Hedley Gazette
Location
Hadley, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
1
The Kingston group shows a striking ore body in a drift in the Kingston tunnel with a rich sulphide vein. Manager Pollock reports a new winze reveals a fine sulphide ore body and anticipates good to possible results, while the Metropolitan drift also improves with promising rock samples.
Notice of introduction of a Sunday bills and a lengthy debate led by John Oliver with opposition speakers including Parsons and Davey. Standing committees named for Private Bills, Minors, Agriculture, Municipal Matters, Railways, Public Accounts, and Printing. Notices of motion to amend Ditches and Watercourses, Municipal Clauses, Municipal Election, and Metalliferous Mines Acts. John Oliver leads in the questions.
c P CLOSES CONTRACT The Princess May, the Canadian Pacific liner, will be equipped with United Wireless apparatus after inspection in Victoria by Chief Operator Thos on the United Telegraph company. The vessel will receive wireless gear before her next trip to Alaska. The fleet of OP. 1, comprising 17 ships, will all be fitted with wireless instruments.
Othawa reports Sir Richard Wright as principal speaker in the Senate on the address. He defends recent government spending while acknowledging potential blame amid the felling of a cavern. Discussion touches on the Guan Trunk Pavilion contract and possible forfeiture if the Winnipeg Munetiiy action fails. Other figures referenced include Lavinox, Collinghoad Schreiber, and a Continental Railway Commission inquiry. GOOD rural mail boxes are reported purchased in New York.
The Canadian government plans a major display at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, with April completion and a focus on agriculture, horticulture, and British Columbia resources. British Columbia will feature minerals, dairy, and livestock, backed by a $100,000 premium fund. The gold exhibit in Seattle will showcase nuggets from Nome, with a secure automatic vault and a large gold pavilion.
Arrangements are under way to publicly witness the wireless telephone advance at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. A 100 foot rustic tower near the main entrance will house an exhibit hall for wireless apparatus and a 150 foot wireless station atop a pole. Daily demonstrations by United Wireless Company and a daily wireless news paper are planned. devices now exist at Vancouver and on warships during Atlantic cruise tests.
D D Mann vice president of the Canadian Northern Railway told the Canadian Club at a luncheon today that the company plans a Pacific Coast line and future branches into British Columbia valleys, seeking government bond guarantees. He said 8,000 miles are built with 2,000 more under construction, claiming 7 percent of prairie people would be reached upon completion. He urged a government financed Canadian squadron to aid the British Navy, while Mr. McBride expressed hope for amicable government cooperation.
Mivks returned on Sunday from Nelson. Since his return he has been arranging for four new workers to begin immediately. The first task is sinking to 209 feet. Supplies are being taken to the mine and the road to the property broken open. Several large blocks of stock have been priced and affairs are on a satisfactory basis with good prospects and payable values ahead.
A Toronto report notes a new steel process by the Cane ad Steel company. A syndicate backs the invention claiming costs drop from 108 dollars per ton to ten cents per pound, using a new method andfang new materials in Ontario.
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