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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1915
Page
2
Prince Rupert Journal announces daily and weekly editions with delivery in the city. Rates listed: daily in advance one year six months three months. weekly edition Fridays for Canada at two dollars per year and three dollars to international destinations. Advertising rates available upon application.
The August 1915 piece argues Liberals in British Columbia seek Socialist alliance to defeat Conservatives. It notes long history of Liberal boastfulness about electoral victories, shifts in tactic as McBride era ends, and repeated Liberal calls for polls despite past failures. It highlights Liberal patience with coalition talk under pressure.
Columbia ousts the Liberals and installs Socialist members in the opposition. The new lineup aims to reshape policy, but persistent vanity and boasting persist despite the changes.
Pupils now in training are pronounced fully qualified for service and will be sent forward to Britain to join the air brigade which has done such remarkable work since the beginning of the war. This is the first air detachment from Canada, though several Canadian flying men already serve with the British forces and one is at the Dardanelles.
Commerce figures show Holland preparing for war as U S exports to the Netherlands reach 95 887 dollars in brass for July and 117 680 dollars in two shipments. April brass shipments totaled 31 194 dollars. reports say the Netherlands government ordered steel packed bullets shrapnel shells and brass and copper plate from the National Brass and Copper Company, with direct shipments to Rotterdam.
London reports the Food Supplies Committee of the Board of Agriculture presents a plan to boost 1916 wheat output. It proposes ploughing pasture land and guarantees a price to assure profitability, with duties on imported wheat to protect farmers.
The Board of School Trustees notifies parents and guardians that children aged 7 to 14 who neglect school attendance may face penalties under Section 141 of Chapter 206. The first willful offense carries a fine up to $5.00, with double the amount for each subsequent offense.
Skeena Land District District of Coast Range 5 TAKE NOTICE that Peter Mc Lachlan of Prince Rupert BC occupation Broker intends to apply for permission to purchase lands described as starting at a post at high water mark on the east side of Detention Island in Prince Rupert Harbor. The parcel runs along the island contour to the starting point and includes one acre more or less.
I W E Burritt Stipendiary Magistrate of Prince Rupert B C applies for permission to prospect for coal and petroleum on Graham Island West Coast lands described as Lot 2435 area start northeast corner then 80 chains north, east, south and west back to start. Burritt.
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