Steamer and Train Schedules for Nanaimo Area 1889
The Nanaimo Courier lists weekly sailings for the Amelia and Rainbow steamers with departures to Comox, Victoria, and Vancouver plus Rupert Dunsmuir service to Comox and New Westminster. It notes trains from Nanaimo to Victoria, and additional Saturday services with a late evening Wellington connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mage
Nanaimo
Victoria
Vancouver
Rainbow
Westminster
Comox
Rupert Dunsmuir
New Westminster
Postal service notice for Victoria and stations
Mail closes daily for Victoria and way stations at 8 AM. Details list several routes and times. Subscribers in the city should notify the office of address changes. Report delivery issues to ensure proper handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Victoria “Times
O'Connell
Dunstan
Victoria
Sheppard
Evening vocal classes by Prof de Maine in city
Prof de Maine has organized evening vocal music classes meeting at St Pauls school room every Tuesday and Friday at 7 oclock starting March 19. East Wellington Coal Company disclaims debts unless ordered in writing signed by the undersigned. W S Chandler Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Maine
St. Paul's School Room
East Wellington Coal Company
W. S. Chandler
Arthur Bersock
Arthur Bellock
John Hilbert
Victoria travel and local moves reported among business and mining figures
Personal visits and travel notes list FE McNeill Gi Frost J Hodgson W J Stokes and backers in Victoria as they arrange a match. Mrs Randle visits Victoria while M I Davys leaves for Nelson to oversee Cottonwood Gold Mining. W R Wilson attends to Mehrer's theatre project. Other names JR Bryden Dunsmuir Norton Nightingale Anrongon and local mining and hotel activity are noted. California towns fill with interest in Lower California prospecting near Ensenada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
FE. McNeill
Gi. Frost
J. Hodgson
Victoria
W. J. Stokes
W. R. Wilson
Alderman Mehrer
Mr. Good
John Bryden
Wellington
Miss Dunsmuir
D. Spencer
A. B. Gray
TH. McAdie
J. Whitfield
R. H. Norton
Ald
Nightingale
B. Anrongon
Texada News
G. Piercy
Comox
Segal Mining
Texada
Piercy
Nanaimo
Comox Club
A. C. Armfield
A. Potts
Ensenada
California
LOCAL AND GENERAL NOTES FOR ST PATRICK S DAY EVENTS
Local items mention St Patrick’s Day reflections, fraternal lodge activities, steamer Isabel arrivals from Vancouver, and new Salvation Army officers taking charge. Also reported are a rock blast near Nicol rock, a fatal typhoid case, a charity dictionary raffle won by a newsroom staffer, and several coastal navigation and local business notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Akenhead
Shelvie
Salvation Army
Isabel
Vancouver
Erection of brick block on Church Street Nanaimo planned
Advertisement announces plans and specifications for a thre a showroom brick block on Church Street Nanaimo. Details available at Hawthornthwate and Wapta's office from Saturday 16th to Friday 2nd instant with tenders due to the architect's office before noon. The lowest tender is not necessarily accepted. W Ridgeway Wilson Architect Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Street
Nanaimo
Hawthornthwate and Wapta
W. Ridgeway-Wilson
Victoria
Nanaimo City to borrow 30000 for bridges sidewalks and needed works
The City of Nanaimo proposes a loan of thirty thousand dollars to fund permanent improvements including bridges and sidewalks. Debentures may be issued up to that sum, repayable over forty years with interest not over six percent per year, and a sinking fund raised at eight and a half mills. The measure requires assent from property owners and is scheduled for March 18, 1889 at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Nanaimo
Enaire
Corporation of
Samuel Gough
Also Mentioned on This Page
Courier
Steaamer Amelia
Nanaiamo
Welling
Victoriseeee
Wellings
P.M
Postal Service
Victoria and Way
Willingto
Alberni and
Way
Riverside
George Cavalsky’s
Geo Cavalsky's
Pimbury
St Pimbury
Commercial Street
Hay
East Wellinging
Eas Wellington
East Wellington Coal CO
Eldorado
Lower California
B. Lees
Central Hotel
ST. Patrick's
Ireland
Socirtier
Constanees
Raper & Co
Trelden
TL. (. Wadwards
A. R. Johnson
J. Calvert
Methodist Church
V. C.co
Rowe
St. Josephi's Hospital
Mutual Improvement Society
Presbyterian Hall
Stephenson
J. Parrott
J. 11. Skirkle
J. Allen R. Piffard
L. Akenhead
Lieut Shelvie
J. Bullock
J. Gemell
Mero
Davis
May
J. White
Miss White
Dennison
Northern Pacific Railroad
J. H. Wilbert
Webster
Courmr
Herbert G. Lewis
Marine and Fisheries
Dominion
Sir James Douglas
Johnson’s Wharf
Gabriola
Mudge Islands
David Kinney
Haslam & Lees
Cascott
Tascott
Snell
J. B. Holman
Holman
Alberni
P. O. Box
Courier Printing and Publishing Company
Robt, Todd
Marebet
Hirst's
W. D. Deeble, Prop
G. W. Bigger
Tom Bei
O'g ‘Owlwuen
Uoseg
Sasnoyourmeanjiuuny vaAnooue
Ladatioh
Nanaimo Employment Bureat P
Revely
Nanaimo and
Nanaime
Scan Vh
Hurcoyne Bay
Vesu
Just
J.h.pleace
RTC
Victoria Crescent
Nanaimo, B.C
Lion Boot & Shoe Store
Little Wonder Cigar Store
Government Telegraph Service
Catt
Ealed
Department of Public Works
Ottawa
Departure Bay
Alberni Settlement
Cape Beale
Carmenah Point
Bonella Point
British Columbia
F.C. Gamble, Esq
B. C
A. Gohell
Department of Public, Works
Hhonlinao S
Way P. Arts
Lay
Vancouvery
Wille
Chemainus
Vesuvius Bay
Burgoyne Bay
Sanuich
Seung, Woroyoey Rutin
Nyody
Ymip
PadspaYren
Europe
Canada
Olds
United States
J. H. Hilbert
Y. Hf
Hilbert
Boot & Shoe Store
Great Britain
Continent
KEEMS
Lion House
Commercial ST. Marist
Str
R. Dunsmuir
James Harvey
Carbolic Smoke Co
P.O
B.C
Nanato
Vancouver Direct
L. Rogers
Purser
John H. Hilbert
B. OC
ER Fraser& CO
Valises
Weyman
Mayer & Co
Red House
Ar, Johnston
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
East Coast Steamship Company
Planet Wholesale Grocery House
Powell Street
Vancouver, B. C
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