Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1912-09-21
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note: : L. McLeod Gould Public Stenographer Copying, Mailing, Editing, Expert Journalistic Work and Adv't Writing Accuracy, Despatch, Privacy 1208 Government Street Phone 1283 The A British Columbia newspaper aad Review, Publish*! at VictoHa. B. C. HALL &> WALKER Agents Wellington Colliery Company's Coal 1232 Gov't St. Telephone 83 Vol. X. No. ZS Tenth Year THE WEEK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER'21, 1912 Tenth Year One Dollar Per Annum ■"TIS EXCELLENCY—Next week !~1 Victoria will be honoured in entertaining the only surviving son of r great and good Queen. When it was nounced that the Duke of Connaught hiild come to Canada as Governor- I'sneral, a Victoria daily deprecated the ■»gestion, and in its wisdom opined that Inada would not know what to do with pi, and that a man made of common clay [•uld be more serviceable. If this was wis- Rn, it was the wisdom of the owl which tits its eyes to the light, for it is no ex- [jeration to say that, in spite of the many [jliant men who have preceded him, not has made more personal friends, or Lduced a tnpre favourable impression in [short a time. The Duke of Connaught [erits the finest qualities of his noble Iher and his illustrious father; he shares [marvellous tact of his late brother, and Ipday the embodiment of those cardinal hies which endeared both to the hearts ■four hundred million people. He comes Jthe representative of his nephew, King ftrge V, and while we shall all do honour ■him in that capacity, it is by no means I of place to give credit to him in his own J-sonal character, to the illustrious series which he has rendered the Empire for |!ny years, as our Soldier-Prince, and for able manner in which he has discharged duties of the office which he recently I timed in 'the Dominion of Canada. The pek believes that all these thoughts will a place in the minds of Victorians dur- |; the coming week. There is no city in Empire where English royalty is more J;ed and esteemed; there are no people puder of their princes, and there are …
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344133
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : ""The Week"" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text