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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
5
Halibut landings surge with quarter of a million pounds arriving as Canadian trawlers James Carruthers and Andrew Kelly return to port with about 120000 pounds each. Townshend notes a quiet Christmas and forecasts more boat arrivals from the banks once weather stabilizes.
Premier Bowser travels to Kamloops for rest while health concerns linger. The herring industry report notes Fishermen seek two weeks of rest and Bowser’s health reportedly not at best.
Premier Bowser announces new Cabinet committees to gather information on key issues for faster decision making. Tasks include railway expansion, shipbuilding, revision of Provincial University financing, and stock farm scrutiny at Essendale mental hospital.
Judge Robertson of Prince George will hear the Prince Rupert Club case to recover 1000 dollars from a Liability Company for bond coverage of officials short a year ago. Judge Young declined to hear the case due to membership in the club.
At the Liberal convention in Vancouver M A Macdonald was unanimously chosen to oppose Hon C B Tisdall in the pending by election. The date is not fixed but an January sitting of the County Court was set for January 10 by Judge Young.
The Council of the Board of Trade seeks a conference with Hon. William Manson on the provinces shipbuilding proposition. News Advertiser editorial praises the provincial task to study shipbuilding for possible legislation, noting profits from local vessel creation and urging coordination of expert input for future contracts.
Paris reports ongoing activity on the Western Front with artillery and mining actions in Belgium and Artois. German and Belgian positions at Hartmanns-Weillerkopf Rohfelsen Hirzstein and Dixmude areas saw shelling and prisoner counts rising with 300 Germans captured and 1,668 uninjured taken since the start of recent operations.
Private J B W Scott, returning from the front, is reported to have suddenly become deranged and jumped from a bridge into Reversing Fall near St John. His body has not been recovered as he traveled toward Vancouver with a squad of returning soldiers.
London dispatch says General Townshend notes a Christmas Day cessation of attack and bombardment. He reports heavy storms on the 26th while British forces at Kut el Amara conduct sallies against Turkish trenches. Townshend estimates 2500 Turkish losses in the December 12-13 rear attack and cites night raids December 17-18 resulting in 30 killed and 11 prisoners.
The monthly report notes four new offices to open at Borland W Arcy Drag bale and Twin Works in Carillon district and Takugh Marbor in Skeena district. Upper Naas replaces Ayanish post office.
The United States Navy reportedly dispatched a disappearing gun from New York to San Francisco for practice tests and it has not been seen since. Weapons experts view this as strong evidence of its claimed vanish capability.
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