Chronology

January 11 B.C.’s Premier Pattullo, in Ottawa, told the federal government B.C. wouldn’t object to the “infiltration” of a small number of European refugees into Canada “if they can be readily absorbed.”He is, said the Sun, definitely opposed to any large movement.

January 2 The first contingent of the Canadian Active Service Force left for Europe. The second contingent will leave January 2, 1940. No indication of where they left from was published at the time.

The 1941 census showed the Metropolitan Vancouver population had increased to more than 400,000, with about 70 per cent of us in Vancouver City itself.

January 7 Joe Quoy, jockey, died in New Westminster, aged about 54. He was born about 1867 in New Westminster, writes Constance Brissenden, to parents who had come from California following the gold rush. His father ran a store in New Westminster and owned several horses. The first races in New Westminster were held on Columbia Street, then unpaved…

January 4 Effective this date boys who had reached the age of 17 were allowed to enlist for training in active units or formations of the Canadian Army. They were paid 70 cents per day.