The British Columbian
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issued: 2017-03-07
issued: 1885-11-28
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note: TH! BRITISH COLUMBIAN It] rUllMBIlGD Kvery Wednesday & Saturday, D. ROBSON & CO. OFFICE COLUMBIA STREET. Entrance to Edi* TORIALANO BUSINESS DEPARTMENT THROUGH T. R. Pearson & Ccs. Book & Stationery Store. TK!tHS«U.v Mall, $3uy«irt $t 60 for6inos.i $1 tin II num.; -myiililo In Ailvmico, Del I ve ltd by Cun Inr or Agent, ft por quarter, payable quarterly to Carrier or Agent. AOENTS T. N. Hibben A Co. Viotoria T. R. Pearson ft Co Yali, T11IC D-ftBEB iimybefi'iinil on file at I llio rArtn a™, p. Roweii a oo, Nawiipnpei Advertising Bureau(10 Spruce at... wliera arlvittliiing contractu may bo mado for it in NKW YORK. %\\z §ritislt flolumbmn. Siilurd-i.v Morniug. Nov. M, 1885. current Events and Opinions. If ever country needed peace nnd prosperity, surely that country is France. Her debt is sotrcthing appalling. When Napoleon "was overthrown in 1870 the funded debt of France wa,s 81,500,000,000. By 1873 it liad risen to §4,000,000,000 from the expenses of war and from having hud to pay the indemnity demanded by Germany. It is now §6,000,000,000, or three times that of the United States, und about twice as much as thut of Britain. Tins makes tho taxes in France very heavy, and depresses the market valuo of her three per cents greatly. If great care is not taken she will be absolutely bankrupt some of these days. Why not give up all the wasteful fooling in Tonquin, Madagascar, and elsewhere, nnd settle quietly down to her own business?—Globe. Divorces are actually unknown among the Quakers, and this absence is accounted for by the extraordinary precautions employed when two young persons desire to be united in marriage. The parties place their proposals of marriage in a written form, which is referred to tho society of which they are members, and is first acted upon at a "Preparation Meeting" thereof. Tf all tho attendant circumstances are in every respect in accordance with tiie views of those present, the proposal is approved, and is then introduced at tho "monthly meeti…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Robson Brothers (1882-1883) ; D. Robson & Co. (1883-1886) ; British Columbia Stationery and Printing Co. (1886-1887) ; British Columbian Printing Company (Limited) (1887-1888) ; Kennedy Brothers (1888-1890).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Westminster (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0345790
language: English
lat: 49.206667
long: -122.910556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Westminster : D. Robson & Co.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text