Spokane Steamer Raised Near High Water
The Spokane will be raised at high water Sunday after Bullens prepared the operations. Admiral Henderson contrasted Canada with Australia noting Australia’s naval buildup and governance, and questioned Canada’s lack of an admiralty and industrial plans. He said Japan’s rise poses no immediate danger to Canada or Australia.
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Spokane
Bullens
Canada
Australia
William Hannam Henderson
R. N
Victoria
M. Makura
Henderson
Admiralty
Admiral Henderson
Commonwealth
Pacific
Rainbow
Admiral Kingsmill
England
Japan
Great Britain
Empire
United States
Pacific Empresses Ordered for C P R Transpacific Service
Contracts awarded to Fairfield Shipbuilding Glasgow for two Empress liners of about 15 000 tons each 570 feet long with 18 knot speed. Vessels to serve Victoria and Vancouver to Yokohama with freight and passenger capacity, oil fuel and coal backup, reducing Vancouver Yokohama voyage to about 9 18 hours. Plans include enhanced saloon accommodation and protection against wind and spray.
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Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of
Glasgow
Victoria
Vancouver
Orient
Yokohama
Pacific
William T. Payne
Pacific Service
Canadian Pacific
Fairfield Shipbuilding Com
Britain
Minnesota of the Hill Line
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Osaka Shosen Kaisha
America Maru
Nippon Maru
Toyo Kisen
Big Thing mine in Carcross expands with new machinery plans
W Vance and Mrs Vance return from Seattle bringing equipment for the Big Thing group on a scale. A 1400 foot level ore body is described as the largest of its grade in the north. Colonel Conrad notes summer work will rise to 150 men with yearlong operation. Yukon government builds road to the mine. company buys a caterpillar freighter for output transport. aerial tramway planned to connect mine with railroad later.
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W. Vance
Carcross
Windy Arm
Vance
Seattle
Conrad
Whitehorse
Star
Yukon
Heavy street work drives Victoria payroll to new high
In Victoria about 1,000 men, plus contractors, push city works with a monthly payroll near 66 000 dollars. Sewer laying and street projects demand large crews under a new sewer loan bylaw, while sidewalk and boulevard work keep up momentum. Water works adds around 11 000 dollars monthly. total payroll for non water works crews about 55 000 dollars. An alderman calls for racial restrictions on city labor, urging work be limited to white men.
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Victoria
Oak Bay Avenue
View Street
Death of Thos Earle Victoria Prominent City Figure
Thomas Earle a longtime Victoria resident dies at his home on Fort Street after a brief illness. Born September 28 1837 in Lansdowne Ontario he lived a life in business politics including 16 years as a Conservative member of Parliament for Victoria. He is survived by his widow a son Walter and two daughters.
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Victoria
Thomas Earle
Fort Street
Mr. Earle
Walter
Mr. Harle
Lansdown
Leeds
Ontario
Williams’ Creek
House of Commons
Ottawa
Hindus Face City Work Ban In Victoria Debate
The Victoria city council debates barring Hindus from day labor or city contracts, even if they accept standard wages. Mayor Morley cites British subjects’ wartime service and Imperial citizenship as arguments, while supporters urge fairness to Empire citizens. The discussion seeks limits on alien labor until policy concludes.
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Victoria
Morley
Mindus
Empire
The Discovery of Chloroform by James Young Simpson
The article recounts James Young Simpson born June 7 1811 in Bathgate discovering chloroform’s anaesthetic effects. It details his early use of ether in 1847 for childbirth and his subsequent self trials with chlorform derivative terchloride leading to surprising sensations and collapse.
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Sir James Young Simpson
Bathgate
Linlithgowshire
Simpson
Waldie
Liverpool
George Keith
Matthews Duncan
Simpson and the Rise of Chloroform in Medicine
The passage honors James Young Simpson for the discovery and adoption of chloroform as a universal anesthetic. It recounts repeated inhalations on Miss Alice Petrie under three doctors, notes Queen Victoria’s influence in easing clerical opposition, and highlights Simpson’s genius, dedication, and lasting legacy after his death in 1870.
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Simpson
Alice Petrie
Queen Victoria
Hiis
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