Editorial Notes on Parliament Speech and Emigration
The Colonist argues that the Speech opening Parliament has little significance beyond formalities. It notes promises on railway construction and government telegraphs, Manitoba expansion, and legal amendments, awaiting action. It also covers Asiatic Emigration Commission findings, including S Gotoh's Japanese labor contracts and CPR labor needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Newfoundland
Quebec
Post Office
Prairie
Grand Trunk Pacific
Edmonton
Mountain Division
Moncton
Pacific Ocean
Manitoba
Asiatic Emigration Commission
S. Gotoh
Nippon Supply Co
Wellington
C.P.R
Gotoh
Land Act notices from Nicola region with multiple purchasers
The notices reveal Thomas Heslop of Nicola intends to acquire land described by irregular parcel boundaries totaling 480 acres. Thomas Matthews of Nicola plans to purchase 640 acres. James Pooley acts as agent for both in Kamloops land district dated October 26, 1907. In the Mineral Act section J E Bate seeks a certificate of improvements for Medal Fraction claim near Aspen Grove with 60 days to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Heslop
Jas. Pooley
Mineral Act Certificate of Improvements Notice
Certificate of Improvements stands by for the Stand Bye Mineral Claim in the Nicola Mining Division Yale District at Aspen Grove. S. J. E. Bate holder of Free Miner's Certificate No B10432 acts as agent for S. J. Bate Free Miner's Certificate No B10433 and intends to cre ret
Mineral Claim Improvements Notice at Big Horn Claim
I J E Bate holder of free miner certificate No B10482 hereby gives sixty days notice from November 1 1907 of intent to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of improvements for the Big Horn Mineral Claim in the Nicola Mining Division Yale district at Aspen Grove to obtain a crown grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicola
Yale
Aspen Grove
Big Horn
Notice to Purchase Yale District Land by Chief Commissioner
Sixty days after date I set and sent to the Chief Commissioner of Law and Works for permission to purchase six hundred forty acres or less, as may be presently vacant, in Yale Division of Yale District. Boundary starts at the North East corner post of Lot 294 marked H. E. Chiene's South West corner and runs 80 chains each direction to the starting point. H. E. Chiene, Barclay Bonthrone, Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale Division
Yale District
H. E. Chiene
Barclay Bonthrone
Prospect for coal on lands in Yale District Barclay Bonthrone case
Thirty days from now the applicant will request from the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to prospect for coal on lands in Yale Division Yale District. The description begins at the North West corner of Lot 293 near Barclay Bonthrone’s South West Corner and runs 80 chains in each direction to circle the lot.
Gilchrist Visits Nicola from Aspen Grove on Monday
F. W. Gilchrist of Aspen Grove was a visitor to Nicola on Monday, according to local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Gilchrist
Aspen Grove
Nicola
Reward Offered for Evidence in Brand Destruction Case
The Douglas Lake Cattle Co of British Columbia offers 1500 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who obliterated brands on horses near Douglas Lake in Yale County. DoveLas Lake Cattle Co, J. B. Greaves, Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Province of
British Columbia
Douglas Lake
Yale
Douglas Lake Cattle Co
DoveLas Lake Catrie Co
J. B. Greaves
Lands Act Notice for 320 Acre Lot Purchase in Yale District
Francis William Jackson of Quilchena ranch manager intends to apply for permission to purchase a 320 acre land parcel in the Kamloops Division of Yale District. The description begins at a post near the corner of sections 28 29 82 and 38 Township 95 and runs 80 chains west 40 south 80 east 40 north to commence. Dated 22 October 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald Jackson
Merritt
Cor
Kamloops
Yale District
Francis William Jackson
Quilchena
Permison
Point of
A. Jackson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nicola Herald
Nico.a
B. C
Kamloops Land District
Thomas Matthews
James Pooley
S. J. E. Bate
S. J. Bate
J. E. Bate
Coldwater Hotel
W. McIntyre
E. Mace
F. S. Hussey
Provincial Police Department
Victoria
B.C
Nicola and
J. P. Meyer
Nicola, B. OC
ACT
Wm, Riley
Nicola Lake
Canadian Carriage Co.’s Buggies
Moline & Spleight
John Deere and Fleury
Frost
Lower Nicola
Merritt IS the Centre OF the Nicola
Valley Coal Fields
G.B. Armstrong
Merritt, BC
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