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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1910
Page
1
The Prince Rupert Licensing Board approved hotel licenses for the G. T. P. Inn Premier Hotel and the New Knox and granted four wholesale licenses to Sutherland Maynard Prince Rupert Wholesale Liquor Co BC Clarke and H H Clarke and Northern BC Liquor Co The board debated authority to refuse wholesale licenses and scheduled further action for October 15 with other applications carried over.
Mrs Elizabeth James of Victoria drank poison at her employer's home and died yesterday in the hospital.
Vancouver September 18 Justice Clement of the Supreme Court issued an injunction restraining A Rankin a GTP line subcontractor from trespassing on timber limits near Hardscrabble railway right of way. The limits owned by S Rogers allegedly saw Rankin cut timber for road building and building construction without permission.
Farther Point Sept 18 Emigrant James Rae being deported as insane eluded guards on the Empress of Ireland and leaped into the water from the steamer drowning before rescue efforts could reach him.
Capetown reports results from the United South Africa vote with Nationalists at 33 seats, Unionists 26, Independents 6, and Labor 1. General Botha, contesting Sir P FitzPatrick’s seat, was defeated while Dr Jamieson won Albany and Capetown Harbor Division seats.
On Wednesday evening a smoker was hosted at Carpenters Hall for the Carpenters union members and invited guests. Peter Black and Mr. Bondeaux funded the event in appreciation of expeditious work on their buildings. Speakers included J F Macdonald Ald Hilditch Dr Clayton and S D Macdonald president of the Typographical Union.
City council hears mayor propose moving garbage disposal from the wharf amid stench complaints from GTP and others. Officials debate waterfront access and government provisions while health and waterfront committees prepare next steps. The Board of Trade plans a 3 pm meeting to discuss a five year assessment deal and a water site exchange, including reservoir and cemetery sites, plus new terminal facilities.
J. R. Anderson former deputy minister of agriculture in the provincial service left for the south after visiting Kitnangar for the model farm project. He found valley conditions excellent with no frost and a favorable outlook. Beach soil should be easily worked and yield fine fruit without irrigation. Mrs. J. E. B. Merryfield and her young son are visiting Vancouver.
Earl Grey proposes establishing white cevee colonies on the Pacific coast and Sir George Doughty’s visit is supported by a Vancouver Island Development League inquiry. Louis Chollet, longtime Newfoundland fisher, reports poor earnings and hunger among Flat Islands crews and suggests better prospects could draw fishermen to British Columbia if living wages become attainable.
Light and telephones committee reports a small electric plant for immediate city street lighting using boilers from BC Tie and Timber. It urges redeeming Prince Rupert Telephone stock, paying a bank note, buying a 100 kW non condensing engine, testing boilers, wiring, and leasing the former mill site for the lighting plant.
The federal commission on technical education finished inquiries in the Maritime Provinces visiting 33 towns in 33 days. The panel plans Ontario and Quebec tours, with Manitoba to follow and California to include Stanford University. The group notes rising local interest in industrial and technical instruction.
Victoria September 16 Chester Young eighteen of Keatings near here was almost instantly killed by a companion while hunting near Malahat mountain. The shooting was purely accidental. Mrs T D Pattullo and her daughter have gone south on a visit.
Victoria reports the Pacific company's fleet from Sechart and Kyoquot took 740 whales this season. The firm had previously withheld figures, but sale talks with Mackenzie & Mann have ended that reticence. Profits are acknowledged to be very great.
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