Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1907-01-26
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note: l^r»*ir*n'Tirir0--jrt^ King$prd Smith & Co. 3 Stock and General 3 AUCTIONEERS 3 Commission and Real Estate Agents. 3 860 Granville, Vancouver. g 4,*"JUUULJU*JU*JUUUAJ*^^ IVOL. III. No m The Week TL British Columbia Review. Published at Victoria and Vancouver B. 6. rt roTFttrsTnrsvrxvvt i1 wryy*»*j to Stewart,Williams R. c. Janion WILLIAMS & JANION AUCTIONEERS COMMISSION AND REAL ESTATE A6ENTS Si FORT ST. VICTORIA, B. C. tljULSUUUtAJUUUU-KJL-LRJUUU*^ THE WEEK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1907 One Dollar Per Annum [The Editor's Review ©f Current Topics. A NEW SLANDER. In a hurried attempt to divert the •attention of the electors from the ap- Ipalling corruption at Ottawa laid bare Iby the publication of the Order-in- [Council, approved by the Laurier Cabinet, requesting' the Provincial government to hand over—for nothing—the Indian reserve at Kaien Island, containing lands of immense potential value, to the Grand Trunk pacific Railway, the Vancouver World lias invented a nice new slander. [This Ottawa-controlled, Ottawa-edited tuardian of the Grand Trunk Pacific's Interests asserts that, in consideration if a bribe of $37,000, Mr. R. F. Green, Ivhile Commissioner of Lands and forks, had unlawfully approved a brant of valuable coal lands to a certain syndicate. With the courage of |ts class, the World waited until both Ir. McBride and Mr. Green were absent in the Interior before publishing phis home-made and clumsy falsehood Ion the chance of drawing public attention away from the Liberal-Grand Trunk Pacific conspiracy. The Week is in a position to give an emphatic denial to the whole of the ■Vancouver World's fascinating fairytale. Not one acre of coal lands has ■been leased by the Chief Commission- Isr to the Transcontinental Exploration Syndicate. The whole yarn is a most magnificent 1 er—fabrication on the part of our Ottawa- hon trolled contemporary. mercial integrity of their Province is the British Columbia Liberal mem- ceive no less than fifteen million acres dear to…
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: 10.14288/1.0344141
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text