| 1920s
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Prohibition
replaced with Government control of liquor sales. |
|
Mary Ellen
Smith, first woman to hold Cabinet rank in British Empire, sworn
in as President of Council and a member of the Cabinet. |
|
Favourite
Roaring Twenties dance at Victoria's Alexandra and the new Crystal
Garden: The Charleston. |
|
Hudson
Bay Company store opens on Douglas Street. |
|
New shipyards
at Ogden Point made Victoria
accessible to deep-sea trade from Europe. |
|
Vancouver
Island linked to New York by 55-hour airmail service. |
|
Victorians
learn to drive on the right. |
|
Opening
of the highway section of the Johnson Street bridge links Victoria
to its western suburbs. |
|
Lester
Patrick's Cougars win the Stanley Cup. |
|
The Prince
of Wales (who as Edward VIII will later abdicate) and younger
brother Prince George (who will become King George VI) visit
Victoria. |
|
Esquimalt
Dry Dock officially opened. |
|
Living
on credit, or "the never-never" leads many into a debtor's nightmare.
|
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The Wall
Street Stock Market crashes on "Black Thursday," catapults the
Islander into economic crisis, and prompts provincial Tory leader
Simon Fraser Tolmie to impose a tax of one per cent on all incomes
over $12 per week. |
|
Chinese
Consolidated Benevolent Association opens second-largest Chinese
hospital in the Dominion on Herald Street. |
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