The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-08
issued: 1910-11-03
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note: CLASSIFIED ADS I CENT A WORD t \0^ EIGHT PAQES- 50 CENTS A MONTH VOL.9 NELSON, B. C., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1910 NO. 170 NELSON ADOPTS PUBUaTY PLAN City and Business Men Will Raise Five Thousand FOR LOCAL WORK AND ADVERTISING Real Estate Men Maintain a Commissioner in the Old Country 'Five thousand dollars Is to be raised by business men of Nelson and ln the city at large for the carrying on of publicity work. This is to be supplemented by the real estate men of the city and tbe West Kootenay ln general who will maintain an agency In London at an estimated expenditure of not less than 16000 for the purpose of carrying on a campaign of personal work with' prospective settlers and other Investors. In) addition other boards of trade and publicity associations are at work at other points In the district from Nakuap to Creeton and will probably spend an aggregate amount ot 15000. Altogether about 915,000 will probably ibe spent this year ln furthering the development of the districts, Including the maintenance of the agency ln England. Corresponding results ln the progress of the country may confidently be expected. A forward movement has been Inaugurated which means great things for Nelson end the surrounding territory. Three Organisations A definite and comprehensive publicity scheme was adopted at the largo and representative meeting of citizens ln the hoard of trade rooms last night and steps were taken to enter Immediately on the work of raising the funds required. The scheme contemplates two separate organizations, the real estate men undertaking to operate a selling agency in the old-country and maintain a commissioner there, on the condition that the citizens of Nelson generally raise a fund of $5000, to be administered by the hoard of trade (partly In maintaining a publicity office here and partly In advertising In tbe old country. A committee was appointed to enter immediately on the work of canvassing. Still a third organization was forecasted and noti…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0383824
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text