The Express
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issued: 2015-11-26
issued: 1911-10-27
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note: 1 * I f t 1 ft a ll /'■' / > NORTH VANOOUVBB, B. 0., FBIDAY, OOTOBBB 91, WU. NUMBBB 16 DEDICATION OF THE NEW DISTRICT HALL : i .. Address by Hon. F. Carter-Cotton; Happy and Memorable Function "Fill the bright goblet, spread tbo fes live board, Summon tbo gay, the noble, and l,ic fair; ' Through this loud hall, in joyous con cert poured, Let mirth and music sound tbe dirge of care. Thus runs Iho old Honian exhortation according to Macaulay, ami, though it Is s considerable stride from IjiI.c Begiilus to I.yuu Valley, the same four linos might, nevertheless, havo boon strung over the portals of tho new district ball two nights agu. "Bright fobluts" wero assuredly filled with discreet frequency and nothing more luscious in the way of "festive boards" could he reasonably imagined than that upun which a small army uf ladies had exercised their prowess for Wednesday night's occasion. As fnr tho "gay, the noble, and Ihe fair," each was represented in goodly numbers, outhusiasls coming from far and wide to Inspect' the new hall and congratulate the municipal authorities. If a building could blush, the district council's cdiflco would have been ■tuTused continuously on Wednesday night, fur a laudatory comment was on every lip. Mayur McNeish strode frum room to room strewing enconiums as he went. Other City ofllciais roamed bitbe rand tbithcr from the basement upwards sniffing the newness of it all snd envying tho cleanliness thereof. Bee,i' McNaught, almost forgetting to look over tbe top of his eyeglasses, preceded Ihem as uflieial guide, I'uuir- cillur Allan following in his wake minus tbe committee -room fruwn, and wearing in its place a .wide smile uf well-nine. The hall has been very aitutcly 'planned; every a/earn . Jtfjuglbii own pi •pacious in accordance willi" ln*Xi) Viiafid.,tiu quiremciits and at the same time uot a vestige of space wasted. No doubt in time tho interior of the place will take upon itself a fittingly sevore ap p.'uriniee. At present it is altogeth…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: North Vancouver (B.C.)
spatial: North Vancouver
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0309706
language: English
lat: 49.320556
long: -123.073889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: North Vancouver, B.C. : The Express Printing Co.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text