. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. The royal party returning from the mill. In the front row, reading from left to right are Mayor Gale (in silk hat), Major-General Sir Henry Burstall, Alderman Woodside, Rear- Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, Mr. J. Alex. Hendry, the Prince, Mr. Hamber, Mr. Arthur Hendry Sir Godfrey Thomas, Alderman Owen saw, the edgers and through the grading, measur- ing and tallying departments, the royal party pro- ceeded along the electric railway to the wharves and export
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. The royal party returning from the mill. In the front row, reading from left to right are Mayor Gale (in silk hat), Major-General Sir Henry Burstall, Alderman Woodside, Rear- Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, Mr. J. Alex. Hendry, the Prince, Mr. Hamber, Mr. Arthur Hendry Sir Godfrey Thomas, Alderman Owen saw, the edgers and through the grading, measur- ing and tallying departments, the royal party pro- ceeded along the electric railway to the wharves and export sheds, where piles of lumber were lying ready for shipment abroad. There were some fine Douglas fir timbers and spars up to 24 inches square and 100 feet in length for shipment to the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and China; Douglas fir flitches of the best grade for Japan, and rough dressed lumber of smaller dimensions for Australia, the Fiji Islands and other countries Nearby were some fine timbers from 12 to 24 inches square and from 60 to 90 feet long, ready for ship- ment to the Atlantic seaboard. Too much time having been taken up, up to this point. His Royal Highness was unable to visit the picket, lath and broom handle plant, and filing room. The party therefore returned to the adminis- trative building where His Royal Highness was presented with a souvenir of his visit in the form of an illuminated album of photographs, bound in morocco, of the great trees of British Columbia, the processes by which the logs are manufactured into lumber, and its being loaded on ships for transport to all parts of the world. The presentation was made by little Master Eric C. Hamber, nephew of Mr. Eric W. Hamber, and son of the late Captain H. B. Hamber, who was killed on active service with the Royal Air Force. The page opposite the presentation words was the interesting photograph of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, now Their Majesties, King George V. and Queen. Mary, the
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