The Abbotsford Post
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-10-05
issued: 1922-06-02
description: The Abbotsford Post was published in Abbotsford, in the Fraser Valley region of southwestern British Columbia. The Post was published and edited by John Alexander Bates, and it was the first paper targeted specifically at the Abbotsford area. The paper has since been bought and sold a number of times, and continues to be published to this day under the title of the Abbotsford News.
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note: ' rr ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½'.:^kil With which is incorporated "The Huntingdon Star" Vol. XXIV., No. 4. ABbolsford,$VG., Friday, June 2, 1922 ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½: '. '. Jit:.'. ^ $1.00 Per Annum. Give Us Our /lights or .iGive-Us Our Lands OTTAWA, "May. 29.-^-"We have given'lmlllioh^; juid ^millions o'F acres of our land for "t lie right' to protect ourselves against unjust ,. freight rates. ' They took our lands; you took our rights. Restore to us,our rights/ or else/-; roatp.ro to ms our lands.''' '.. "This was the bombshell that Preni-' ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ ier John Oliver dropped into the railway committeo this morning near the close of the most oxclting session which-'I hut committee has yet experienced. <"-'- ..,:."ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½- { This is the crucial stage for the ou quiry..-Every opportunity' for inr ITtiencp is being usedï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½conversations in ministers' rooms,' conferences he- hind closed .doors, goll ' friendship,' dinner.engagementsï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½for .the" com- mitteejis ainiing'to report this week to the-house. Nominally the committee is'compos'ed-of'Liberals, Conservatives and Progressives. Actually it is composed.of lawyers, farmers and a:majority of more or less1 silent members. The lawyers'ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½with the exception of Hon. A. B. Hudson, former attprney-;general~-f6r Manitobaï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ show a natural' genius for espousing the side of the railways. There are no lawyers before the committee but there are lots of lawyers on the committee. The farmers, of course, are a'unit for reduced rates'. Heckled by Lawyers No witness so far ,,has succeeded in unmasking the committee^ like Hon'. Mr. Oliver. Before he had beeif^go'ing half an hour""~h"e~had-'-"a .front,row of lawyers interrupting - him with questions like heelders'at a political meeting. He .answered them with the same vim and welcome. By the time he Avas…
note: Print Run: 1910-1924 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Abbotsford (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0168761
language: English
lat: 49.052222
long: -122.329167
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Abbotsford, B.C. : J.A. Bates
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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