The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-10-22
issued: 1912-08-31
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note: TESl PAGES i 50 CENTS A MONTH VOL. 11 NELSON. B. C. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 81, 1912 NO. 118 Reason Giv.i/for Evading Regi'^iion Laws "MDHAVE 50ME CITIZENS fMsj play; ».. j i ies or iThei'^'eregin Describes As a.t Eaters and De- (oui\. generates JLou) • Matte) Jfeney' the Doukhobors thought In 1 |,' to British Columbia, and tnk- L A private loud here tbey did not f /to become citizens, nor to comply V V the laws rclnllng to tho regis- PI;an ot births, deaths nnd marriages, dtPf5 the statement repeated by Petor Pft'yjgln who was on the witness stand -8cV'«r a severe cross examination by "'frnm iss loner Blakemore yeslerdny. on(\'Veregln stated that the chief 6b- vjitlon to registration of births and yjirriages wus that It gave the government the opportunity to discover the Jninher of men available for military \irvlee. He hud heard compulsory fthilltary service was to be established In the Dominion and had no guarantee lhat ft would,not be; therefore, to be on the safe side, as It were, tbe ''Doukhobors refused lo give the required Information.. He said that they hud reason tp. be* doubtful us to' the friendliness of the government here, on account of the way they hud treated thorn, In refusing to allow them, to-build a bridge across tho river at Brilliant aftor il had been promised to them, and thoy had collected all the mnleyiul and capital necessary. Mr. Veregln yestorday again refused to laVany oath, affirmation or-nnyfhln-g that might In the eyes of the English speaking people be binding upon his conscience. Owing to the constant use of nn Interpreter the-procoedln'gs wore very slow and drawn out. Of Three Sects. .j^Phe conimissloner commenced by 1 *MlMS.J$ IHvre-Wflmnriy-differeJif se&fs 'among nil- Doukhobors, and If so how they came to be- separated. Mr. Veregln answered that originally In Russia ytlie pmikliobors. were all of the one faith, but that on coming to Canada ten years .ngo they hud divided Into threo groups, each with a different faith. First the…
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: 10.14288/1.0384764
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.
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