Canada and the British immigrantWeaver, Emily P. (Emily Poynton)
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Canada and the British immigrant
Weaver, Emily P. (Emily Poynton)
Canada -- Description and travel; Canada -- Economic conditions
In many of the large city depôts there is a Traveller’s Aid Secretary,
whom it is wise to consult if desirous of any information.
Young women coming as strangers are urged not to seek advice from any
but uniformed officers, deaconesses and Traveller’s Aid Secretaries.
The Young Women’s Christian Association is a recognised centre where any
young woman may go for advice.
SALVATION ARMY HOSTELS FOR WOMEN-IMMIGRANTS.—Cathcart Lodge, 24,
Cathcart Street, Montreal; Rosedale Lodge, 916, Yonge Street, Toronto;
Balmoral Lodge, Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg; and Pleasant Lodge, 75,
Seventh Avenue East, Vancouver.
_Women Domestics._
The Salvation Army Emigration Department undertakes:
1. To advance, if necessary, by way of loan, part of the passage money
to approved domestic servants.
2. To give free and disinterested advice as to the best locality in
which to settle and the best time to go.
3. To safely take parties of girls to Canada under the care of
experienced conductors.
4. To have parties of girls met by our own officers on arrival in
Canada, conducted through the Customs and to the trains, and thence to
their destinations.
5. To guarantee employment before leaving England to all domestic
servants emigrating to Canada under our auspices.
6. To accommodate girls in one of our four Hostels in Canada, should it
be necessary to wait a day or two before going to their situations.
BRITISH WELCOME LEAGUE (for Men, Women and Children), 4 Spadina Avenue,
Toronto.
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Dominion Headquarters),15, Toronto
Street, Toronto.
IMPERIAL HOME REUNION ASSOCIATION.
Winnipeg Offices: The Winnipeg Industrial Bureau, Main and Water Streets
(’Phone M 1,000). (Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum charged
on all loans.) Branches at Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver,
Edmonton, Calgary, Hamilton, Brandon, Ottawa, Regina, Red Deer, Moose
Jaw, Yorkton, St. John, Medicine Hat, Halifax, Nelson, Gait, Weyburn,
Dauphin, Victoria, Fort William, Lethbridge, London, Peterborough.
NOTE G.
BRITISH EQUIVALENT OF CANADIAN MONEY.
_s. _d.
_ _
5 cents (known as a “nickel”) 2½
10 cents 5
( “ “ “dime”)
25 cents 1 0½
( “ “ “quarter”)
1 dollar = 4_s._ 2_d._
An English sovereign is worth
$4·86.
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