Floats Parade to Feature Carnival in Nelson Kootenays
Nelson merchants enjoy prosperity as a large Trades Procession crowd is expected. Vancouver crew arrives, with four men and a cedar shell. prize list covers industrial and children floats, best turnout, originality, and horse teams. Sessions include two band performances and a planned Eiffel Tower lantern tower on Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Kootenays
Vancouver
F. B. Springer
C. B. Worsnop
H. E. Springer
R. D. Scott
R. P. Woodward
Winnipeg
Hume Hotel
Springer
Pacific Coast
Alexander
Portland
Prairie Province
Hale
Ice House Wharf
Eiffel Tower
St Josephs Schools gain Cambridge affiliation and new buildings
Nelson sees St Josephs Schools expanding with Cambridge affiliated exams every December. Applications to join must reach the London secretary in September. A four story stone and wood building 86 by 50 feet will house girls and a limited number of boys up to age ten.
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St. Joseph's
Nelson
University of Cambridge
London
Curtis
Education Department of London
Nelson Tribune and Miner team up for daily editions
The Tribune will publish every morning except Sunday and The Miner every evening except Sunday. This plan aims to speed news to Nelson’s tributary regions. The Miner will reach Koote nay Lake within four hours, Boundary points in six, and Crow's Nest road and Columbia River areas in ten hours. The Tribune will deliver to the Slocan, Nelson and Boundary districts on the same day.
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Nelson
The
Tribune
Miner
Kootenay Lake
Crow's Nest Road
Columbia River
the Tribune
Slocan, Nelson and
Boundary
Fighting in Transvaal The British Move Amid Boers Actions
London reports from June 29 describe Roberts forces in the Transvaal with engagements near Lindley Ficksburg and Wachkop Spitzkop. Casualties include officers and men killed or wounded as British operations push toward final actions. Milner and Kruger news frame the broader crisis with deportations and neutrality issues. Ottawa confirms Colonel OGrady-Haly appointed Major General and departure plans for Coneds post July 10.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Grenfell
Dreiper
Brabant
Ficksburg
Boyes
Lindley
North
Orange River Colony
Senekal
South Africa
Cape Town
Holland
Netherlands
Steyn
Bethlehem
Dewet
Alfred Milner
Ottawa
Ont
O'Grady-Haly
Haly
Coneds
Adventures of Allies From Tien Tsin to Anting During Rising
Despatch from Admiral Seymour recounts Allied advance toward Pekin with heavy Boxer resistance. It details rail disruptions, losses on both sides, capture of the Armory near Tiensin, and the evacuation to Tien Tsin with extensive casualties and armory destruction. Washington and London dispatches discuss China crisis and minister safety reports.
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London
Seymour
Anting
Pekin
Admiralty
Tien Tsin
Che Foo
Lang Yang
Lofa
Yang Tsan
Yang'Msun
Yang Tsun
Tien Tain
Imperial Armory
Tiensin
Johnson
New Lieutenant-Governor Arrives Amid Rousing Reception
Victoria news reports Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere greeted by civic and military leaders, with thousands of spectators as the R C R band led a marching procession. Ottawa notes the dismissal of British Columbia Lieutenant Governor Thomas R. McInnes by order in council on June 28. Winnipeg reports Herbert Scarrow of Bradford England killed by a plow near Moosomin after injuries suffered in the field.
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Victoria
Henri Joly
The
Ottawa
McInnis
British Columbia
Wilfred Laurier
Thomas R. McInnes
McInnes
Winnipeg, Man
Herbert Scarrow
Bradford
Eng
Moosomin
End of Term Closing Exercises At Public School
The last day of the term featured closing exercises at the Public School with a large parent audience. Promotion lists and honor rolls were announced, followed by a multi-group program of songs, recitations, and addresses.
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May Sinclair
Retta Emman
Rey
J. G. C. White
Lottie Annable
Austin Elliott
Winna Ellis
Mr. Stithland
Flossie Johnstoe
J. Hastley Seady
Soldiers of the Queen
Elsie Park
Rev. H. White
Velma Ironsides
Nellie
Paulina Annable
Alice McBeath
George Johnstone
Nellie Lackey
Little Fairy
Soady
Dominie Currie
Clyde Emory
Grace Smith
Edith Manson
Clarence Maulsby
Jack Morris
Rese Swannell
Mary Rutherford
Horace Langford
Susy Clarke
Willie Riley
Willie Batley
Ernest Ellis
James McCandlish
Mary Sinclair
Youlh MacKay
Walter Scole
Charlie Swannell
Regie Cummins
Ella Stewart
Milton McCandlish
Clarence Davidson
Ivan MacKay
Raymond Bard
Stanley Fairweather
Velma Ironside
Anna Mastberg
Ellena Darough
Jane McLauchlan
Annie Christensen
John Bell
Katie McPhee
Harold Ellis
Hazen Nickerson
Fred Emory
William Christensen
Orpha Manhart
Mabel Knudson
Howard Aldo
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Bel
Salvation Army
Hume
Phair
Paris
Boat House
Hyslop
Clark
Piercy
Fairwell
Bow
Winter
Hickling
Bevan
Ford
McRae
Wetmore
Hervey
Procter
Balfour
No. 3
Hudson Bay and Rifle Company
J. S. Fraser
Rossland
Bank of Montreal
T. G. Proctor
Herbert H. Playford
ST. Joseph’s Schools
Charles Plowman
Fletcher Group
Whitewater
Plowman
Hudson Bays
Opposit
Hoovers
the Tribune Ass'n, Ltd
John Houston
Miner Printing and Pub. CO
D. J. Beaton
Transvaal
Roberts
Lindley and
Orange River
Golony
Kruger
Admiral Seymour
Marth
Washington
State Department
United States
Japan
Daily Mail
Shanghai
Rolls of the Public
Nelson Children
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