http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0344740
data provider: CONTENTdm
issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1912-08-31
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcfed/items/1.0344740/source.json
format: application/pdf
note: CIRCULATION .7,000 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIO INDUSTRIAL UNITY:. STRENGTH. OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL AND B. C. FEDERATION OP LABOR. Fourth Year, No., 73. VANGOUVER, B. 0„ SATTJRB&T, AUGUST 31, 1912. UOR DAY PICNIC-SPORTS AND DANCING-LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS i m Labor Day committee ot the Vs. ' iver Trades and Labor Council ha.'» everything In readiness for the mass picnic, sports and motor-cycle races at Hastings Park on Monday next, when organised labor will celebrate the day set apart tor the people who toll. There will be no Industrial parade this year. The programme ot the day's sporting events Ib now ready and may be procured by those so desiring at tbe Labor Temple, corner ot . Dunsmuir and Homer streets, tt Is a lengthy one, and the sum of about |1,0I10 has been allotted for the prises. It may also he stated that the games will be mostly for members of organized labor, and .that union cards must be shown or. vouched for when an entry is made. BesldeB there are a number ot open events set aside for all comers, except for professionals. - The street car service will be specially arranged so as to accommodate the picnickers, starting at 9 a. m. from Main and Powell streets and con' tlnutng at Intervals of five minutes all day. The committee who have worked so faithfully to ensure the proposed gay day for those who will take advantage of It, are as follows: W. J. Pipes (chairman), J. C. Burgess (secretary- treasurer), and Messrs. Gould, Burkhart and Hurst. Among the events which have been recommended by. the committee! on Held sports are as follows: TRACK EVENTS. Starting at 10 a. m. 1. One hundred yards dash, open— . First, candalebra, value 012, by Mc- .Taggart & Moscrop, 7 Hastings street Weat. Second, set carvers, by Wood, Vallance & Leggat, Limited, Hastings street west. Third, one dozen quarts "Jack, o' Hearts" pale lager, by Gold] Seal Liquor Co., Pender street west. | 2. One hundred yardB dash, closed to union men—First, tobacco J…

30
15: 5

The British Columbia Federationist
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344740
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The B.C. Federationist, Ltd.
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text