Provincial Legislature Advances Amid Budget Debates
The session progresses with prorogation in sight as opposition targets criticism while miners strike at Nannie limits focus. Finance Minister Bilison pitches a ten million Loan Act amid tighter money, arguing development benefits outweigh debt. Premier McBride defends the acts and notes changes to the Game Act and elections act plan cost trims and cleaner lists.
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Nannie
Price Bilison
Uiet
Parker Williams
Ieee
McBride
Rank Judgment Overruled In Steamship Fatality Case
Vancouver court orders retrial of Workmen's Compensation death claim for Stephin Placas. Judge Grant had ruled the Great Northern Railway worker’s death Sunday employment lawful under Lord's Day Act. Official administrator Charles Georgy Major petitions Supreme Court Chambers to substitute the judgment on the merits. opposition by W A Ladner.
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Vancouver
B.C
Grant
Stephin Plicas
Jnetive Gregory
Charles Georgy Major
County of New Westminster
Placas
J. W. Stewart
Douglas
Mer Major
Supreme Court
W. A.D. Ladner
Murder on train near Samish station shocks Vancouver
Three Great Northern Express passengers were killed in a bandit attack near Samish station. Victims include H Adkinson of Vancouver, Thos F P of Vancouver, and R Lee of Bremerton. Bandits looted several passengers of $30 before fleeing toward the San Juan Islands as authorities offer a $5,000 reward. The incident halts near Samish, and Conductor D W Waldron helped stop the train.
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Vancouver
B. C
Great Northern Express
Conely
Samish Station
H Adkinson
Thomis FP
Wadsworth
Canadian Pacific Railway
Twenty-Third Avenue
South Vancouver
Rb. Lee
Bremerton
Barlington
Eine
Adkinson
DC. W. Waldron
Vancouver Rubber Tire Company
Seventeenth Avenue
San Juan Islands
Bellingham Bays
Dam Shaping Up Well A Fine Week's Work For Piers
Weather favored progress on the dam project with eastern piers nearing full height. Foundations and aprons are complete, five of nine piers have forms in place, and concrete fills rise above foundations. Tracks for concrete and boulders are arranged, with work extending toward a possible second pier and west end excavation.
Blunder Triggers Dynamite Blast On Grand Trunk Express
Passengers aboard the Incoming Grand Trunk Railway express near St Romuald narrowly escaped death when a dynamite blast occurred during track work. A fuse for dynamite was lit by a construction gang just as the train passed. Windows shattered, passengers injured by flying glass, including John Parker and Swallow of St. Giles. The train was two hours late.
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Quebec
Que
Grand Trunk Railway
St. Romuild
I. U. Ry
St. Romuald
Gwlp
Winan
John Parker
Sad Fice
Mr. Swallow
St. Giles
Cit
Churchill declines to discuss naval estimates stance
London Feb. Members pressed Mr Winston Churchill in the House of Commons over naval strength amid missing Canadian capital ships. Mud Middlemore urged England would be three ships short in two years without Canadian grips, but Churchill refused to confirm or deny the claim.
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London
Winston Churchill
Hhouse of Commons
Mud Middlemore
North Birmingham
England
Churchill
Dividend Review Shows BC Mines Yield Big 1913 Returns
The table of dividend reviews, aggregating 238018L, shows British Columbia mines paid dividends in 1913 more than double 1912. This supports confident investor returns on BC mining ventures as the year closes. The BC Mining Exchange notes the strong performance as proof of prudent investment in the province’s mining sector.
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Beielly
British Columbia
Agen Ws
Cvanines
B.C. Mining Exchange
SI MONUMENTUM INQUIRIS The Verion News report on costs
The report of the Commission on the Grand Trunk Pacific costs cites initial estimates of 13 million dollars, later raised by about 50 million, and by 1922 the nation would have paid 234,051,521 dollars as interest and cost. The piece questions Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s monument claim and asks if he would accept the memorial now.
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The
Verion News
Commission
Wilfred Laurier
Wielding
Wilfrid Ligier
Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway Fight Secures Provincial and Dominion Support
Victorian progress noted as Mr Shatford advances the matter with Hedley Victoria Otunwy delegation. telegrams from Vancouver trace efforts to gain assent from Poo vinevil and Dominion Mouses. Resolution moves east via Hedley to McBrideland Le W W Shatford. officials report sympathetic Premise and forthcoming meetings to finalize arrangements.
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Hedley
McBrideland
W W. Shatford
M. P.P
Bork
Mr. Shatford
Mindy
Victoria
Shatford
Otunwy
Vancouver
Utis
A. Shitfrnd
Oluuwa
Hue
Prendes
Ausinor
Kettle Valley Route Map Approved for Hedley Area
Vancouver February 20 1914 G P Jones Hedley B o Hace just received bite wire to Hight from Mr T W Shatford route he requests me to nti fy you that Minister of Railways Ottawa has approved route map Kettle Valley via Princeton J D Kearim Secretary
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Vancouver
G. P. Jones
Hedley
B. O “Hace
T. W. Shatford
Ottaw
Kettle Valley
Princeton
J.D. Kearim
Fitting Recognition for L W Shatford M P P
The Liberal-Conservative Association plans a public banquet to honor L W Shatford for his steadiness and public service. Residents of Similkameen riding praise his attention to public interest and improvements, with broad support from both sides of the electorate. A committee works on details and invites cooperation from valley residents.
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Koremvos
L. W. Shatford
M.P.P
Mr. Shatford
Lb Mande
Sid
Shatford
Sabas
Similkamoon
Vlea Tom
Revenuwes
Suffragette Attacks Peace Leader at Boston Station
A woman, claimed to be a suffragette, struck London Weardale head of the British Peace Centenary Commission with a dog whip on a Boston station platform. Spectators restrained her and she was arrested, possibly misidentifying Weardale for Premier Asquith.
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London
Lond Weardale
British Peace Centenary Commission
Boston
Ibis
Wonidale
Premior Asquith
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Penticton
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