The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-30
issued: 1928-08-17
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note: * AOWNED AND CONTROLLED f^fj, *W B* mi te'KCOIWER TRADES AM) Supported by Fifty-eight Local Unions NO. 223—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B..C, AUGUST 17, 1928 Five Sterling Silver Cups For the Labor Day Sports Bigger and Better Affair Planned for Hasting* Park on Monday, September 3rd—Open Events That Will Offer Good Glances—Basket Picnic That Every Union Family Will Enjoy piVE SPLENDID SILVER CUPS will be competed for at the Labor Day Sports at Hastings Park on Monday, September 3rd. Three have been added this year along with a lot of other valuable and useful prizes. Chairman Deptford--has 'succeeded in obtaining a bunch of prizes for these events that will set the whole town gasping and will make this affair more popular than ever. A great number of active workers in the various unions are now busy disopsing of the tickets and several return calls have already been made for more, because the union men are realizing the opportunities open to them through the purchase of a ticket. held and sajme of the best prizes ever offered will go to the winners. One of the features of this affair is the fact that everybody who purchases a 50 cent ticket will have a share in a $345.00 union-made Chesterfield Suite (Standard Furniture Co.), or a $65. suit of union-made clothes (Perry £ Dolk), or a $10 order for gents furnishings (Cornfield & Harding). The three new silver cups that are to be competed for this year, will be one donated by Dr. G. H. Worthing- ton for the twelve-mile road race from the Exhibition Grounds in New Westminster to Hastings Park in Vancouver. Three splendid gold watches valued from $65 to $35 go to the winners. Another silver cup will be for the 100 yards dash, donated by E. G. Baynes, chairman of the Vancouver Parks Board, three valuable prizes going with this also. The other cup, donated by Dr. Tolmie, Premier-elect, is for the whippet races, other prizes also going to the winners. These three cups will be competed for every year for similar events. Other cup…
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0439081
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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type: Text