The British Columbian
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issued: 2017-03-07
issued: 1885-05-27
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note: Oswrr.ont (inr.f' THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN ——IB PWJLtBIIED-**-- Kvcry Wednesday & Saturday, • -u* — [.) ROBSON Sl CO. OFFICE COLUMBIA STREET. ENTRANCE TO Eoi* roxiAL and Business Department through T. R. Pearson & Dos, Book & Stationery Store. TEKMS-Uy Mull. tSny-iur, $1 GO for0moa.i fl tm .1 ni'ia.i payable In Advance. Dellverod Ity Oitnlnrur Agunt, $1 jior qunrtur, jmyiiblo qimrU'i'ly to Carrier or Agent, AGENTS T. N. HlBBEN & CO. T. R. Pearson & Co ..Viotoria. Yale. TUIft DA BCD may lw fmnit] uu filo nt THIS r Ar tn q». i*. it»>w«n & 00.1 Kewspapai Advertlilng Uure«n(10 8pruou St.), wliore atlveitlnltiR contracts may be iinule fur It In JitiW YOBK. flu §ritish Columbinn. Wednesday Moruhig, May ■«, isw. current Events and Opinions* Tlio Britisli pessimists are having a sorry time. Instoud of Britain's navy being inferior to the navy of Franco, ib is now found to be in efl'ective strength superior to the navies on paper of France and any , one othor European powor, combined. Russia, too, whose naval strength waa reportod to be such as to give little hope for British commerce, is now found to bo almost exclusively composed of vessels of old pattern, and armed with guns of old structure. The trouble with Britons is, that they are always ready to believe that they themselves aro in decadence, and that other nations are advancing at their expense. The development of Britain's naval and military strength during tho past quarter of a century, and the growth of her commercial power, and accumulation of national wealth, have, under Liberal rule, boen without parallel in the history of any country or any empire.—-Ottawa Free Press. Since President Cleveland's inauguration thero have beeu times when the Democrats became exceedingly cool towards hiin and there have been other times when the Independents hnvo beon just ns cool. Up to the present time, however, he has avoided an open break witli either of the two parties wliich elected him, and he has done this with an adroitness …
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: 10.14288/1.0346623
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