The British Columbian
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issued: 2017-03-07
issued: 1886-01-23
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note: F +m Provincial Secretary THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN —is FOBmaim— Kvery Wednesday & Saturday, — BT — 0. ROBSON & CO. OFFICE COLUMBIA STREET. EOTMNOE TO Eoi- laiMLUUBUSINESS OEPAHTMiNTTHUIIOH T. R. Puma ft Co's. Bnn ft SnnmuT inn. THB.MH.-1ly Mill, t3.jr.riri 11 SO for«mo«.i 91 fur Jl inn..i imj.lrle In AdTBiice. Delivered l.y Onrilnror Ageet, ,1 per qnarter, payable quarterly to Carrier or Agent. AOENTS T.R.m»iEM*Ci. Viotmih T. R. Pearson ft Co Vaii. TIIIC DA BCD muy lie round on file at InIS rArcn aeo. p. Row.n ten.; Newipap.l Adverlhlnn Bureau (10 Bpruco Bt.), whsr. ailTr.nl.lnK contract, may be mado for it in NEW VORK. Ihe ■ftituflt dolumbian. Saturday Morning. Jan. ts. USO. current Events and Opinions. The popular notion of feminine innocence of everything of a political nature is a delusion. The recent municipal elections in Canada afford ample evidence that the sex will not need a great deal of training in the field of politics to enable them to hold up their end. The women turned out in large numbers through a pouring rain to exercise the right of suffrage for the lirst time accorded them, and most of them, when they reached tho polls, proved that they fully understood the process of registering their opinions by the ballot. In fact a good many showed their familiarity with the political artifices which are supposed to be tho I'xclusivc property of their hufbands and brothers. Tho men who fear that women cannot take care of themselves at the polls and will be imposed upon in political manors, may as well search for some more valid excuse for denying them the right of suffrage.—Detroit News. Wherever thc Ohinese are found outside of their own country, they are there because special advantages for making money are within reach. They care nothing for institutions and have no appreciation of freedom beyond the opportunities afforded for making money. The Ohinese have como to this country because, bByond all others, tliere were advantages for gaining ■null fortunes. Th…
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: 10.14288/1.0346632
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