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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
3
D R Young contracts to buy two blocks of shares totaling 200000 shares. The seller is A E H Kealey as fiscal agent for purchaser T S Gore president Victoria British Columbia. Also named are A S Innes J C Keith Arthur E Hepburn Christian F J Galloway with positions in Victoria and Vancouver BC.
An event notes a rapid return, claiming $85 profit from a $15 investment within a period labeled as a month. The piece stresses high gains as a selling point without detailing methods or risks.
An investment pitch in Northern Antracite Collieries Ltd offers 1.5 million shares at 15c to early buyers with a plan to drill 1000 foot boreholes on Queen Charlotte Islands coal lands. Promoters claim 3,500 acres near Graham Island and Bearskin Bay hold rich seams and expect stock to reach $1.00 after drilling.
The Times argues private US telephone service thrives on profits, while UK state takeover after New Year leads to inferior service and taxpayer burden. It notes Berlin and London disparities, warns against warily cheap public telephony and calls for clear outcomes before policy shifts.
Captain Fred Hackett plans to sail from Seattle in the bark Hesper to Cocos Island seeking fifteen million dollars allegedly buried under a landslide by the Mary Dea crew from Lima. Hackett cites prior expeditions from Victoria aboard the Aurora and Blakely, notes the Keating widow's involvement, and references old maps and previous searches by Admiral Palliser’s forces at Esquimalt.
Three section men and one brakesman are missing after a snow slide blocked the road near Rogers Bags B C for days. Efforts focus on search as officials fear they were carried away amid continued peril. Mine Carte recently returned from Stockholm with a national prize.
J A Harvey of Vancouver argued for a western controlled line to the Peace River Valley to connect with Vancouver. He cited large ore and agricultural potential, questioned eastern control, and warned that without a Pacific port link the benefits would be lost. He predicted Ottawa and Prince Rupert timelines and stressed regional development over mere transit.
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