Mining Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-02
issued: 1900-10-06
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note: at VOL. 4.���������NO. 17. SANDON, B. C, OCTOBER 6, 1900. $2.00 PER YEAR. Tlie tabor Party's Platform 1. Free compulsory education. 2. A legal working clay of eight houis. ... Government inspection of all industries. ���������'���������-..������������������ The abolition of the contract s'ys- , tern nn all public,works. 5. Tlie public ownership oi all franchises, such as railways, telegtaphs, water vorks, lighting, etc. 6. The abolition of Asiatic immigration, the application of the educational test and the abolition of inducements to foreign immigration to settle in the Dominion. 7. The abolition of child labor under 34 years of age. S. The adoption of the $250 deposit required of candidate, for the Dominion House. 9. Compulsory arbitration of labor- disputes. 10. Prohibition of prison labor in competition with free labor. IL. Compulsory exercise of the franchise. of the lower Fraser.- The inspectors found that the damage done by the plum rot was very extensive, the crop being practically ruined. Too much stress, in their opinion, cannot be laid on the necessity for the destruction of all infectedr plums, whether on the tree or on the ground. Manitoba's Cabinet. Scotch Miners Arrive. The first section of the party of 500 minors from Scotland, under engagement to work in the coal mines of Vancouver Island for Hon. Jas. Dunsmuir, arrived on Friday afternoon by the delayed train. There were 109 in the party, an unlucky number of 13 having stayed behind on the way out for various causes. In this section of the party there were 122 when they departed from Quebec. At Ottawa two of the miners left the train, and are supposed to have ..one-over to, the-United. States.'"-At Winnipeg,several missed the'train,.and at Brandon three othersdecided to try life on the plains a.������ being supposedly a little better than in the coal mines of Vancouver Ibland, Scotland, or indeed anywhere else. Others will come through to the coast in a few days. One man named Smith claimed to the …
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0183519
language: English
lat: 49.975556
long: -117.227222
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sandon B.C. : Cliffe and Son
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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