Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1917-03-10
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note: The Week ft British Columbia Newspaper and Review Vol. XIV, No. 39—15th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, March 10th, 1917 5c a copy $2.00 a year William Blakemore ON Sunday morning last the citizens of Victoria who came down early to read the War Bulletins in the window of The Colonist Office, were startled and shocked to read a short notice to the effect that Mr. William Blakemore had died suddenly early in the morning. The deceased gentleman, though hardly to be considered an old- timer, had lived long enough in Victoria to bring the effect of his personality to bear very largely upon all phases of public life. He took a keen interest in Politics, Journalism, Sport and all matters of public benevolence. Mr. Blakemore was born at Wolverhampton in 1854, and from his earliest years lived in an atmosphere of engineering affairs, particularly mining matters. He practised as a mining Engineer in England from 1874 to 1893, holding several public positions of great importance. He was Consulting Engineer to the Ratepayers' Association of Birmingham, he was the flrst President of the National Association of Colliery Managers of England. On his arrival in Canada in 1894 he became Mining Engineer to the Dominion Coal Company at Cape Breton and afterwards held a similar position in the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company at Fernie, B. C. In 1900 he became Consulting Mining Engineer to the Candian Pacific Railway Company. During his residence in England he won distinction in his profession by becoming a prize man of the North of England Institution of Mining Engineers, and also took the Greenwell Gold Medal, a distinction much coveted by those keen men of the North Country. Early in the twentieth century Mr. Blakemore came to live in Nelson, and took to journalism, assuming charge of the Nelson Tribune, a paper originally started by the late John Houston. This field, however, did not afford sufficient scope for a journalist of the calibre of Mr. Blakemore and he soon moved to Victoria an…
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note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) ; The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) ; �The Week� Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) ; publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0374064
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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