Shipwreck inquiry orders suspensions and new coast mission steamer
The court of marine enquiry finds Albert A. Sears’s certificate cancelled while Mate John Isbister and Engineer William Thomson receive six and nine month suspensions respectively for the Iroquois wreck. The captain faces censure for rescue failures and cargo stowage, yet the court notes no justification for harsh comments about his conduct. Isbister’s incompetence is noted but his life-saving actions are acknowledged. Thomson left the engine room while engines moved. The wreck is attributed to cargo stowage negligence. The piece also details a new 85 by 17 by 7 foot Methodist Coast Mission steamer to be built in Vancouver for $10,0000, with oil burning engines, five staterooms, a hospital ward, schooner rig, oak frame, north coast operation, ready by December 1. Captain H Oliver will command the new vessel, succeeding Captain H J Woodward on the Homespun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert A. Sears
John Isbister
William Thomson
Court of Marine
Admiralty Court
Isbister
William Thompson
Kinghorn
Methodist Coast Mission
Vancouver
H. Oliver
H. J. Woodward
Pack report for British Columbia salmon crop 1911
Packers estimate the 1911 BC salmon pack will near 750000 cases across all varieties. Sockeye output totals 365000 cases, with Fraser River canneries contributing about 60000. Other regions add to the total, and the Fraser season nears its end as plants shut down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Fraser River
Fraser
Skeena River
Naas
Low Inlet
Namu
River’s Inlet
Smith Inlet
Alert Bay
Knight Inlet
Quathinski Cove
Alberni
Clayoquot
Work Island
Preparations Press On Amid Mixed Fishing Report
Reports note the river is crowded with humpbacks while fish quality lags. Packing cahoes continues in the north as preparations proceed.
First Pulp Mill in British Columbia Hailed by Wood
James Wood of Swanson Bay Forests Wood Pulp and Lumber Mills outlines BCs pulp plant progress. A 200 man crew runs the mill with a 380 ton daily capacity, plus a band mill breaking big Pacific logs for pulp. Wood urges government capital for rapid regional paper industry growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
James Wood
Swanson Bay Forests, Wood, Pulp and Lumber Mills, Ltd
Vancouver
Swanson Bay
Cook
Wood
Old Country
Pacific Coast
Calgary team to tour Great Britain this season
A Calgary based hockey tour to Great Britain seems assured with departure scheduled for the 23rd. The squad will include British Columbia players Melville Dyke from the Vancouvers and additions Andy McLean Arnold from the Celtics and Billy McGuire from Victoria. All expenses are covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Great Britain
Old Country
British Columbia
Melville
Vancouvers
Andy McLean
Arnold
Celtics
Billy McGuire
Victoria
Labor Man's View From Former Slocan MPP
William Davidson former M P P for Slocan and current organizer for the Western Federation of Miners visits the city. He discounts reciprocity arguing cheaper supplies lower wages harm workers and that high wages and living standards benefit labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Davidson
M.P.P
Slocan
Western Federation of Miners
Calgary Team Tours Promised Matches Without Salaries
McLean and Arnold intend to join the touring party but McGuire may not travel. The Calgary squad has secured a schedule with several first league teams in England and Scotland, setting the stage for a highly successful tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean
Arnold
McGuire
Calgary
England
Scotland
City Hall staff member to take two weeks off
Miss Unwin of the city hall staff will be given a two weeks holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Unwin
City Hall
A Complete Banking Service in Canada Ad Highlights Services
A historical banking notice outlines services including collections across Canada, negotiable paper discounts, business finance on reasonable terms, drafts bought and sold locally and abroad, money transfers by money order or telegraph, and letters of credit payable in major world cities. It invites readers to open accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Water licence notice for Ain Lake Ain River works
Orland P Merrill of Masset Gra hian Island wishes a Part V Water Act licence in Queen Charlotte Islands Skeena District for Ain Lake and Ain River. 700 cfs proposed near Ain Lake for power use with 10 acres Crown land and return near mouth of Ain River 150 feet below diversion. 1911 dates June 10 posting September 4 application. None riparian lands affected. George S Mayer agent Masset BC note on conversion 1 cfs equals 35.71 miner's inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Charlotte Islands
Skeena District
Orland P. Merrill
Massett
Graham Island
B. C
Ain Lake
Ain River
Ain Hiver
Geye
Acre
P. O
Masset
George S. Mayer
B. CG
Skeena Land District Notice of land lease applications
Notice from John Y. Rochester of Prince Rupert and T M Turner of Lakelse Valley seeking permission to lease or purchase described coastal range lands. Each description specifies exact parcel metes and bounds along river banks right of way and adjoining lot corners with dates in May and June 1911. Daniel W. Beaton also seeks purchase rights five miles up Excumsiik River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeena Land District
Coast
T. H. Hughes
Lakelse Valley
Tom Hugh Hughes
Thomas Stewart
Prince Rupert
John Kirkaldy
Coast—Range
Skeena River
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
J. Y. Rochester
T. M. Turner
Omineca & Hazelton
N. E
Skeena Land Notice
District of Coast—Range
Daniel W. Beaton
B. C
Carpenter
Excumsiik
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Marine News
Packers
the Bank of British North America
F. S. Long
the Continental Trust Company, Limited
Second Avenue
Prince Rupert, B.C
S. Prince Rupert
S.S
Prince George
Seattle
S.S. Prince John
Port Simpson
Naas and
Stewart
Naden Harbor
Skidegate
Rose Harbor
Copper River
Grand Trunk Railway System
Chicago
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec
Halifax
Portland
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Atlantic Steamship
Office of
A. E. McMaster Freight and Pasenger
G. T. P. Whari
MOE Pacific Railway
Europe
Atlantic
J. G. McNab
The
Thompson Hardware Co
Westholme Lumber
First Avenue Telephone
Fairbanks - Morse
Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd
Water Street
F. M, Davis
United States
Via
Great Northern
Rogers Steamship Agency
B.C
Hart Building
Sixth Street
Jermiah H. Kugler, Ltd
Free Employment Office
Grand Hotel
Rogers & Black
Wellington
Mantel
Daniel W. Breaton
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