The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2021-11-23
issued: 1931-08-14
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nelsondaily/items/1.0405607/source.json
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note: jo/9 Desmond Burke Wins King's Medal Fifth Time —Page Seven \\_U_tm latin mm$ — s c -l'7/(#« Green Company Gets Contract for Huge Rail Bridge — Page Two NELSON. B. C. — FRIDAY MORNING, AtOl'ST 14. IMI nvi CENTS A COM M MBEB M LINDY PL. __ S WORLD FLIGHT Laid at Rest FEED A. STARKEY Commissioner of the associated boards of trade whose death occurred on Tuesday laat. He was laid at rest In the local cemetery yesterday afternoon. PLAN FLIGHT OF TINY AIRPLANES ACROSSATLANTIC Five or Six Aeroncas May Fly by Way of Greenland to Europe MONTREAL, Que., Aug. 13. (CP) —One of the moat ambitious transatlantic flight yet contemplated, a Journey by a fleet of five or six Aeronca light airplanes across the Atlantic from Canada to Great Britain by way of Iceland and the Faroe islands, is In the course ot preparation, Bretlslav Pliske, a ■former. war aviator now living In Toronto, stated today. The flight would be made next summer, Pliske said. The stilt would be from Ottawa with London the destination. A preliminary flight by himself in a cabin plane would bo made first, he added, possibly this year but more probably early next summer. Pliske fought with tho Australinna durtpg the earlier part of the Gr i : War. later Joining the French Air force. He ha_. flown with the Royal Canadian Air force ln Canada and also wtth commercial companies tn this country and Is a naturalized C.i nad in ii. TRIO CONFESS, SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR 'TORCH" KILLINGS SHOT THE FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE AFTER ROBBERY Admit Guilt; Go to Prison Within Three Hours Time Fernie Mayor Thinks Fernie Fire Situation Exaggerated in Press TWO WHITE MEN AND NEGRO DO SHOOTING FERNIE. B. C. Aug. IS—Reports on fnreet fire conditions at Fernle exaggerated conditions here excedlngly. Although timber on the mountains to the north was practically destroyed and I. still burning; the city of Fernle Has ln little dancer and the fire area has pawed where any great danger might arise. The city fire department was ready for any cinders that…
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: 10.14288/1.0405607
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https://touchstonesnelson.ca
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text