Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1910-07-16
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note: 18 S A B'dT fl 8 8 S 61'tt 6 6 6"4"6"tt 151 Just a Little Better Terry's Fountain ALWAYS IN THE LEAD ° It» » g g« BJUUUt ftJUUUUUUUUUL*J The Week ft British Columbia Review, Published at Victoria, B. 6. ■>r»Tnnnnnnr»»»mir»ni»Y>rF HALL & WALKER Agents WELLINGTON COLLIERY COMPANY'S COAL ment St Telephone 83 To... VII. No. 51 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1910 Dollae Pee Annum fE LIQUOR BY-LAW The City Fathers in their wisdom jised a new Liquor License By-law, lich, while less objectionable from the ■Midpoint of British fair-play than the h which the Mayor attempted to foist thc community, is, nevertheless, unjust lthe trade and a nuisance to the public. Iloon licenses are raised from $400 to 150 per annum, while bottle licenses re- lin at $400. Under this provision a leer can sell whiskey by the bottle at Irty cents less than a saloon and pay 150 a year less for his license. The By- ignores the fact that the bottle license lat the bottom of the growing evil of Inily drinking, and that a grocery is the ly place Avhere a proscribed drunkard |i get "booze." The By-law also ignores fact that the best class of saloon men I'our high license. If the license had |.n raised to $1,000 it might have had effect of freezing out the "dives," to great gain of the decent liquor sellers ll of the public. As it is, the 'dives" ll stand for the raise of $250 and stay jthe business, so tliat no good purpose been served. The tinkering reformers ■jiarently lost sight of the fact that the By-law would work its greatest hard- |p on the working man, for most, if not of the five-cent saloons will raise the Ice of drinks. Five-cent beer will soon I a thing of the past in Victoria; a rentable circumstance which is certain to Id to the consumption of less beer and Ire whiskey. But, there is worse be- lid. The prohibition imposed upon res- lirant keepers against selling drinks with lals after eleven o'clock at night and on Inday will deprive them of their most lofitable source of income, and will c…
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: 10.14288/1.0344182
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