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Newspaper
Hedley Gazette
Location
Hadley, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
2
Subscriptions in advance per year and ad rates listed for notices and transients. The piece cites W. C. Martin as managing editor and reflects on diversified training, prairie farming, and a stance favoring mixed farming, livestock, and livestock industry expansion amid concerns over wheat pricing.
Telegraphic reports warn of ongoing forest fires in New Brunswick that devastate standing timber, degrade soil, and cost millions. The British Columbia or provincial lands department urges all citizens, campers, hunters, loggers, and workers in contact with timber to follow strict prevention measures to avoid further economic loss.
The article notes a widespread increase in stock raising among prairie farmers in cattle sheep and hogs. Grain area grew by up to twelve percent, yet the main growth comes from higher stock production driven by high prices, government pressure, and railway influence, particularly from the Canadian Pacific.
The Nationalist volunteers in Ulster and the Covenanters army prepare for possible civil war over Home Rule. Each side seeks to block Dublin control or secure Ulster independence, with large force potentials and international implications. The piece notes political caution before elections and quotes Rudyard Kipling’s reflections on the Asquith ministry.
The Shamuts, a new addition to the GCP21 fleet on Okanagan Lake, completed a trial trip to Penticton last week. She is expected to be commissioned early in July and is described as among the finest boats the company operates on inland waters of the province.
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