New Ottawa Legislation Faces Change Under New Government
An Ottawa dispatch describes how Mr. Borden’s new administration will modify or drop many bills from the late predecessor’s program. Some measures, like explosives and white phosphorus bills, and a copyright bill, may be adopted with minimal changes, while major items such as terminal elevators and branch line takeovers will be redrafted as policy questions.
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Ottawa
Canadian Northern
Edmonton
Brazeau
Dominion Lands Act
Civil Service Act
Maritime Provinces
Intercolonial
Blunders of Latt esmen in Bible and Geography Debates
A curio collection of parliamentary gaffes shows Sir Frank Lockwood and peers poked fun at ministers like Randolph Churchill and Lord Curzon for poor decimal sense and mislocated places. The piece notes blurred geography, mistaken biblical references, and comical ignorance across historic figures with vivid anecdotes from Gladstone to Disraeli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Frank Lockwood
Lord Randolph Churchill
Eton
Arthur Balfour
Randolph Churchill
George Wyndham
David
Daniel
Sir Edward Grey
Mr. Wyndham
Sir Edward
William Evans Gordon
Gladstone
John Bright
St. Paul
John Russell
Pharoah
Jordan
Cobden
W. H. Stith
House of Commons
Bench of Bishops
Leviticus
Richard Cross
Sir Richard
Lord Curzon
Lord Cranbrook
India
Himalayas
Cape Cormorant
Manitoba
United States
Goschen
Lucayos Islands
Bahamas
Orchards Deterioration Triggers Federal Study
Reports of serious deterioration in orange, apple, and pear orchards on irrigated land in California, Oregon, Washington, and other western states prompt a Department of Agriculture investigation. Fruit and soil experts will study water effects for months, as orchard values decline by millions.
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California
Oregon
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Cancellation of Reserve Over Crown Lands Morrice River
The reserve over Crown lands on the Morrice River Range 5 Coast District is cancelled for lands listed as Lots 8881 3882 3888 3884 3885 8886 3887 3888 8889 3890 8891 3892 3893 3894 8895 3896 3897 8898 3899 8900 3901 3902 3908 3904 8905 8906 8907 3908 3909 and 3910. Robert A. Renwick Deputy Minister of Lands Victoria B C notes the termination date of September 12 1911.
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Morrice River
Range
Coast District
British Columbia
Public Inquiries Act Commissioners Named for 1911 Hearing
The Lieutenant Governor in Council appoints Albert Edward McPhillips Priceilson Lugrin and William Marold Malkin as commissioners under the Public Inquiries Act to report on the Assessment Act of 1903 and its financial impact. Meetings are scheduled across multiple cities from September 25 to October 28 1911 with invitations for interested parties to attend and be heard.
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Albert Edward McPhillips
K. C
Executive Council
Price Lison
Charles Henry Lugrin
City of
Victoria
Esquire
William Marold Malkin
Vancouver
Parliament Buildings
Nanaimo
New Westminster
Revelstoke
Golden
Cranbrook
Fernie
Nelson
Rossland
Grand Forks
Princeton
Merritt
Kamloops
Summerland
Penticton
Kelowna
Vernon
Prich Ellison
Treasury Department
B. C
Cancellation of Reserve on Graham Island Lands
Notice cancels a reserve parcel on Graham Island to allow acquisition by pre emption only and for no other purpose. Dated April 6 1911 by ROBT A RENWICK Deputy Minister of Lands Department of Lands Victoria BC.
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Graham Island
British Columbia
A. Renwick
Department of Lands
Victoria
B. C
Public Highways Width Notice in British Columbia 1911
Notice from Thomas Taylor Minister of Public Works states all public highways in unorganized districts and main trunk roads in organized districts are sixty six feet wide with thirty three feet on each side of the centre line. Victoria B C July 7 1911. Jy18-018
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British Columbia
Thomas Taylor
Department of Public Works
Victoria
B. C
Land lease and purchase notices near Prince Rupert 1911
Notices from Edward Chesley and others in Prince Rupert detail intended purchases or leases of land along the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, near Mile Posts 77 to 80, totaling about 320 to 820 acres. Other proclamations cover mining, prospecting for coal and petroleum, and licenses by figures including Kerr Nicholl Kirkpatrick Faulds Gabriel and organizer Chesley, dated August 1911 in the Skeena and Hazelton districts.
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Skeena Land District
Coast
Edward Chesley
Prince Rupert
B. C
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
George W. Kerr
Prince Robert
George A. McNicholl
Philip T. Chesley
TAK
John A. Kirkpatrick
Skeena
Alexander Faulds
Vancouver
Shames River
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad
Land Locator Notices for Gabriel and O'Brien Issued in 1911
Public notices dated July 9 to July 10 1911 announce licenses sought by John Gabriel and Vivian O’Brien for parcels described by a series of 80 chain measurements from Kitnayakwa River mouths. The land districts include Fazelton and Iverton with multiple starting posts and directions.
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John Gabriel
Copper City prospector stake near Kitnayanka River
O O Brien of Copper City B C. prospector. Commencing at a post placed four miles east and two miles north from the mouth of Kitnayanka River. Then north 80 chains, west 80 chains, south 80 chains. Dated July 9, 1911. Also 11 miles east and one mile north from the mouth of Kitnayakwa River. Dated July 1, 1911.
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Iiverton
Vivian O'Brien
Copper City B.C
Kitayakwa River
Vivian O'Briden
Vivian OO Brien
Kitnayanka
Hazelton
Coast
Vivian O’brien
Copper City
B.C
Kitnayakwa River
Lands in Lazelton District described parcels
Describes two land parcels in Lazelton District of the following lands. First begins at a post four miles east then forms a rectangle with 80 and 60 chains bounds, dated July 9, 1911. Second begins five miles east from the mouth of the Kita Yakwa River, runs 500 chains north and 450 chains east then 80 chains south and 60 chains west, dated July 10, 1911.
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Hazelton
Coast
John Gabriel
Aldermere
B. C
Kitayakwa River
Hazelton Land District
Kitnayakwa River
Fazelton
Kumayakwa River
Joun Gabriel
Kitnayawka River
Lazelton
Kitayakwa
Kitiayakwa
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Mr. Borden
Cape Breton
Tabah
Suez
Lupton
Palmerston
Plowden
Massowan
Ontario
United States of America
Robert A. Renwick
Range 5
Truman
Baxter
Albert D. Durham
William E. Burritt
Land Registry Office
Prince
Lands Department
Geo. W. Kerr
Copper City F.C
Kitayukwa
Aazelton Land District
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