D.W. GORDON of Nanaimo, B.C.,member of Canadian House of Commons for Vancouver, arrived in St. John, Nov. 20, on his first visit to Eastern Canada. Mr. Gordon claims descent from loyalist ancestry, and before returning will spend a day or two at Gagetown (Queens Co.) where his great-grandparents settled in the last century. The MONTGOMERY family moved to Ontario where Mr. Gordon was born. .. The leading blacksmith and carriage builder in Nanaimo is Ralph CRAIG, formerly of New Brunswick. The collector of customs, Bedford A. SMITH was born near Fredericton. Andrew HASLAN, M.P.P. for Nanaimo, owns the only saw mill in the neighborhood and is also a New Brunswicker. Frank WELDON, conductor of the Vancouver Island railway comes from this province. Stephen COBURN and William COBURN, the former engaged in transportation by teams, the latter a merchant, hail from York Co., N.B. George GARTLEY, who for some years held contracts for providing props for coal mines; half a dozen or so of Piercy's farming in Comox; Walter McFARLANE, James McFARLANE and two other McFarlanes on Denman's Island; Joseph McFEE, merchant in Comox, are among other natives of this Province known to Mr. Gordon. - 'Sun' (see original for career of D.W. Gordon)