The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Pilkington, L.
issued: 2022-07-05
issued: 1920-12-17
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note: THE PRINCETON Twenty-second Year—No, 4 PRINCETON, B C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920. PER YEAR : $3.50 Cash Single Copy 5c. Death of Lieut rm Governor Col. Prior Remains Laid at Rest With Full Military Honors at Ross Bay . British Columbia suffered a severe loss in the death of His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, Colonel B. G. Prior, P. C, on Sunday evening last, at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, following a serious illness of j " *e weeks duration. "'His deajh is the first which has o.ought to an end the term of office of a Lieuitenant*-Gov;erno|r since its creation! in British Columbia. It was on December 18, 1919, that Colonel Prior was installed in the position, and had he lived bu.{ a week longer he would have entered on his second year of office, undoubtedly to fulfill his duties with the distinction which has marked his regime. Por although since his serious illness three years ago he had not enjoyed the robust health which he. experienced previous- ./» his genial spirits anjd energy had made hm popular in office, and few of /Jhose. who came in contact with him were conscious of any lessening vigor. The late Cojlonel Prior came to British Columbia in December ,1873. He was born at Dallaghgil, near Ripon, Yorkshire, England, on May 21 1853, being the second son of the Rev. Henry Prior. He received his early education at Leeds Grammar School, afterwards studying for a Mining Engineer, articled to Mr. J. Tolson Whi(/e, M. E., of Wakefield England. |p|f Coloniel Prior's interests were varied, and from the commencement of his connection with the Province he exhibited a keen public spirit which brought him into touch with the more progressive activij)ies of his adopted oouqtryj, His connecttion with military movements dates back to the first years -of his residence on the Island. He joined the Nanaimo Rifles in. 1874, and in 1884, after he had returned to Vicjoria to live he joined No. 4 Company, B. C. Garrison Artillery, then in command of Captain (now Colonel) …
note: Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1929-12-26).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton, B.C.
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0416119
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
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