ednesday, July 27,1966

ROBERT

The man -who gave his name
to the flourishing lower main-
land municipality of. Burnaby
4 was ‘born in Waodthorpe, Leices- .
tershire, England .on .November
#30, 1828, the gon of: an English
© church ‘vicar. Robert. Burnaby'a

family - waa’: influentlal® and: was
fm able to send him‘ to‘ London: t

study and launch: A‘ career. with ye

i Her Majesty’s Custom Service, «

But he-left-that career.at, age °~
@ 30 to come to. British “Columbia. .

B to-make his. fortune in the new -
‘enlonies which then were in the

@ throes of. the 1858 Fraser River. -

= gold rush. He had‘a letter’ ‘of in-
a troduction to. the ‘colonial: Gove:

m nor, James’ Douglas, ‘who,’ in’:

| turn, introduced him’ to° Col.rR.:
C, Moody of the’ Royal: Engin: ~.
eers, the Land Commissioner.
who then was planning .the city .
that was to be-New ‘Westminster;
Burnaby in 1859 became Moody's.
: private secretary ‘and eventually ©
took .over. as head. of Moody's
civilian staff. :
In.’ August,’
Moody | was required to” dismiss .

their posts for the. military. Bure
anaby. and. Walter -Moberly, -

g pioneer civil engineer set out.
min g canoe with. four men -in:

Mhopes of building an empire of -
their own, They - paddled. down
mthe Fraser and around ‘Point
Grey and. Burrard Inlet .to: ex: -
mamine coal deposits where they

left their men while they explor-

Sam Snead, Haig Ultra, .

BURNABY

s0-.did-a tnining: scheme on: Ma

‘1850, however, “

his civilian employees, reserving’ .

American Lady and many more,
* $6,000 WORTH. OF _GOLF" EQUIPMENT te

_ SALE BEGINS JULY. 20. oF UGUST

ed the north arm. of the inlet.
They were taken hostage by In-
dians briefly and added to. their
-adventures, by! examining’.:the.

Victoria. - There

presented. ‘Esquimalt. “until: hig
‘return in-1865 to England: to.care
for, business -interests,. He: was:
S00 back::in Victoria ‘as com-'
~ misslorier of the. Savings Bank’
‘of ‘Victoria, -

‘ter five years, A Cariboo niining
‘venture : ‘ended in insolvency:and<

ey Island, ‘and’; a” three-year.
marine ‘ransporta

Freemasonty; * organizing > the”
’ first lodge' in British. Columbia

oat, Victoria in:1860 and assisting’
In: ‘creation of New Westminster =;
_ Lodge” in 1862. In "1863 he was”
elected’ provincial;Grand, Master. * |.
" His- health failed. in. 1869 -and he’

returned: to. England where he.
‘died at 49 in 1878.

- His name had been given to.:|:

.@ lake in his-early days in the ©
mainland-colony.-It was 33-years

. later when it was adopted for’ |:
the municipality which was in- oe

corporated in 1992,

~~ B.C. Centennial Committee

a ee ay en “to

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| Golf Equipment Slo

ONLY PROFESSIONAL AND - FIRST. GRADE. ‘WOODS,
IRONS, PUTTERS, AND BAGS—REDUCED. UP TO: 30%
TRADE- IN GLADLY. ACCEPTED

Brand names like: Arnold Palmer, ‘Spalding Top Flite, 7

Wilson. Staff.” Cambell

1966 ie

‘fed last: Wednesday: by Nathanael

Cheakamus River for gold before.
ing. to.

~ Not ‘all of.. his. ‘ventures. ‘ware ¢

clair, ‘F.C. ‘of Vancouver, BL., to
the: ‘boned - ‘of directors of Alcan
Aluminium Limited was. announe-

V. Davis, - president, ’ ‘following a
meeting of thé board. -
Mr. Davis alac announced : that
Edwin J. Mejia, now of San Fran-
cisco, who has served 20 years as
a director, has been named the
Company’s first honorary director,
pursuant to a program for. the ra
tirement of directors which. has
been adopted by the board. ~~
‘Mr. Sinclair is:-prominent in
Canadian business as chairman of
Lafarge Cement of North Amer.
ica Lid,, and asa director of the
Bank of Montreal, the Sun’ Life
Assurance Company - of Canada,
Canadian Industries. Limited, Col-
umbia Cellulose Limited and -Com-

the B.C. Energy ‘Board and the ad.
visory board of the ‘Royal . Trust.
Company, and is a former prest-
dent of the Fisheries. Association
of B.C. Mr. Sinclair is a former
member of Parliament and cabinet
minister in Ottawa’ and is.a mem:
ber of the Privy Council of Can-
ada.

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ayatemle . condi:

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inco Lid. He is also a member ‘of ||

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