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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1911
Page
5
The steam tug William Jolliffe of the B C Salvage Company, stationed at Hiqui malt, is in port on Sunday night. She is performing fishery patrol duties while the steamer Kestrel undergoes overhaul. Captain Newcomb, representing the Dominion government, directs the vessel’s course.
Captain Locke led the Amur remnants with Captain Whiteley praised as Victoria pilot. The Algerine era ends as crew salutes with a gold mounted umbrella and an illuminated address. Japanese rookeries at Robben Island will see 6000 seals protected as Canada gains twenty percent of annual gross proceeds under a new pelagic sealing agreement.
The Glory of the Seas, once entangled in admiralty court wage claims, has become a floating cannery in northern waters. From Juneau reports say she sails from port to port, canning salmon the day they are caught in the wake of moving sockeye and other varieties, a tremendous success under her captain’s belief. The ship was sold to settle debts after a prior libel suit, then taken to Seattle for commissioning and reentry to the fisheries.
The House Judiciary Committee reports it cannot act beyond noting the Alaska delegates charges and will forward Delegate Wickersham's request for papers on alleged frauds tied to government coal contracts. Bitter exchanges mark the hearing as the attorney general denies the Alaska delegate’s claims of shielded criminals.
Dr Andrew Wilson surveys life and death as two linked mysteries. He notes science, theology and spiritual inquiry all seek to define death and what may lie beyond. He criticizes Carrington and Meader for their blunt treatment, citing photographs and luminous phenomena as sensational.
A critical wrap on a discursive work about death by Carrington. The critic questions intellectual nourishment versus effort, contrasts with Myers, and argues the author’s life law theory lacks clarity. It notes medical limits and compares human death to amoeba life, suggesting mystery remains in both cases.
Banking offers collections in Canada negotiable paper discounted money advances for business financing drafts bought and sold money orders telegraph transfers letters of credit payable in major world cities account invites
The passage argues that physical decay ends life as the body can no longer feed itself. It challenges doctors who claim death originates in brain heart or lungs and dismisses charlatans who claim to converse with the dead. It ends with Omar Kayyam’s meditation on the Road and the mystery beyond.
Calgary and Banff residents react with anger and astonishment after Ottawa quietly transforms the northern Rocky Mountain National Park into a forest reserve. An order in council on June 8 shifts control from Commissioner Howard Douglas, sparking public indignation at Banff as details leak.
The Alberta government reduced a park’s size, carving a forest reserve that includes the breeding grounds for sheep and goats. Officials warn that game regulations may not apply there, risking widespread slaughter and the disappearance of game in the Rockies. Sportsmen and hunters protest, fearing ten years of work will be undone.
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