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THE Furniture Store [WEILER BROS. Victoria, B.C. The Week fl British Columbia Newspaper and Revie Published at Victarla, B. e. Eighth Yeab THE WEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 27, [TSH JUSTICE the present moment there are six tand Hindus in British Columbia; J of them are Sikhs and a large num- jave fought the battles of the Empire, la few wear medals for distinguished I.e. As a rule they are men of good [que, of temperate habits and of more average educational attainments. acknowledged leader, Dr. Sunday li, completed his education at Oxford J-.lie petition which he has prepared Iresentation to the Federal Govern- and which is now being circulated Igst the Hindu inhabitants of the lnce, exhibits a command of the Eng- llanguage whicii entitles him to be classed as a scholar. No Prejudice prejudice wliieh has been created linoction with the much vexed ques- lof Oriental immigration can be lid for one moment to weigh in a it-ration of the rights and privileges |se Hindus who are in the Province. ,are here legally; if not, they could ported, but having passed the very tests imposed upon all immigrants |tlie Orient, they must be accounted equal stand ing in the community |hcir fellow-subjects of King George. The Disadvantages disadvantages under which they aro clearly set forth in the petition 11ay be summarised as separation ;heir wives and families; comptil- Iv Hindu immigrants to come direct |lndia, which is practically prohibi- ecause there is no direct steamship ■^'requirement of $200.00 to be pro- by each immigrant, and the ab- J)f any provision by which a Hindu lint or student may enter Canada in filar manner as is permitted to use. It will hardly be denied that lise restrictions involve great hard- land a denial of simple justice to ho are loyal .British subjects. Not them can be defended on ethical 1 grounds, and hardly on tlie lower | of expediency or policy. No Justification re can be no justification in any lor treating a Hindu witli less con- Ion than a .Tap; there can be no tion for violating the most sacred lie of civilization, the sanctity of I least of all can there by any justi- for ignoring the principles of I justice which are universally recog- |ar beyond tlio bounds of our own British justice (principles can hardly be defined, iy are clearly understood and the |e form of words whicli best ex- them is ' British Justice." It is |nil.ion of this great fact, wliieh lias lie Empire strong within and im- lilc from without. It is a reliance lhe certainty that those principles Always be recognised by the British Imcnt and the British people which lit one-third of the population of Id both loyal and subservient to Itish throne. A Free Man |k been our proud boast for gener- hat whenever a slave set foot the Empire he became a free man. ly the recognition of such a prin- luld we have held the Indian Em- li itself so far outnumbering the }ace that the emblems of that rule it any moment be swept into the |y sheer numerical superiority but moral restraint imposed by re- |ipon Britain's good faith. The Loyal Sikhs Iwhile every part of the Empire Ihis reliance on British justice it can never be forgotten that we are under special obligations to our Hindu fellow- subjects, and among them especially to the Sikhs. This splendid race, once their kingdom of the Punjaub was conquered and attached to the Empire, cast all sedition aside, and became the most loyal and puissant of the defenders of India. Their Military Prowess It was the Sikhs who fought in the defence of British women and children and of British hearths and homes under John Nicholson and Lawrence, and it was the loyalty and prowess of the Sikh regiments which prolonged the memorable siege of Lucknow until relief came, when "Ever above the top-most tower The banner of England flew." Since the Mutiny there has been no great British war in whicli a Sikh regiment has not distinguished itself. Their colours tell of the Russo-Turkish war, the war in the Soudan under Wolseley, the memorable siege of Magdala under their old commander Lord Napier of Magdala, service in Somaliland against the Mad Mullah, in China at the Taku and Boxer rebellions, and in the expedition to Thibet. The Men Who Seek Redress There are men now in the streets of Victoria carrying medals which they earned in the defence of Lucknow half a century ago, and Dr. Sundar Singh's own father fought at Magdala. This is the scantiest review of the splendid service whicii the Sikhs have rendered to the Empire in the hour of need. Through the warp and woof of its history runs the thin red line of which Kinglake wrote so eloquently but also the glittering thread, which nothing can unweave, of those splendidly caparisoned regiments raised by the Sikhs and led by British Officers. These are the men who are now asking the Canadian Government to grant them simple Britisli justice. The demand must prevail because it is a just one, and it should and will receive the support of every British subject who realizes the debt which the Empire owes to the petitioners, and the duty which it owes to itself. HALL & WALKER Agents WELLINGTON COLLIERY COMPANY'S COAL 11232 GoT-jrnment St. Telephone « One Dollar Pek Annum . Victo* an attitude which constitute ment of the most important functions of a newspaper. It is doubtful whether they will consider a plethora of dogmatic editorial a fair substitute for "news," and that is what the Colonist is now running to. Under the experiment the paper has in a few short months shrunk to half its usual size and is still shrinking. A LAME DEFENCE The Colonist will not leave The Week alone, but it fights with such feeble weapons that there is no satisfaction in laying it low. In an attempt to justify its silence on the Navy robberies it writes three-quarters of a column of drivel, and winds up with a pathetic declaration that the reason it is silent on the exploits of criminals is that it does not wish to "injure" them. This is an admirable maxim, and altogether creditable to the heart of the proprietor of the Colonist, but does that gentleman suppose that he lias a corner on all the "milk of human kindness" that the world contains, and that no one else experiences a feeling of compassion for people who get into trouble? A man who is so blinded by sympathy that he is unable to discern his duty to the public should not own and control a newspaper, which is supposed to be the guardian of the public interest and has splendid traditions which the veriest tyro should be able to follow. Any man who undertakes to improve on the ethics of British journalism must have a pretty goocl opinion of himself. Any man who deliberately pursues a policy of suppressing important news items, of trimming liis news columns to suit his advertisers, and of ignoring' popular incidents to serve the purpose of commercial corporations is prostituting the noblest uses of journalism to serve ignominious ends. The Week will be greatly surprised if the subscribers to the Colonist do not resent JOY-RIDERS The police are keeping up the good work of checking the ebullience of joyriders. They are for the first time directing special attention to the most dangerous type of automobilist, the clever chauffeur who really can handle his machine well and handles it to elude the police. The success of the latter has not been all that one could desire, and as the Automobile Club has no jurisdiction ancl no control over these long-haired, reckless law-breakers the time has come for the people to adopt the somewhat dangerous course of taking the law into their own hands. This is not a reflection on the municipal police, but upon those persons who are responsible for enforcing the law in rural districts. Once outside the municipal boundaries, drivers of the type referred to throw caution to the winds, and, knowing that there may be only one rural policeman in a stretch of many miles, they take possession of the road and hold it against all comers. The writer, when driving with his family this week, had the narrowest possible escape near the Oak Bay Golf Links. A big car containing five men of the rowdy type came along at a speed of at least forty miles an hour. Although sighted at a long distance they held to the middle of the road ancl the writer was obliged to drive his horse and buggy down a slope to allow the motorcar to pass. It was an outrage, but there is no redress. It was impossible to read the number of the car and equally impossible to invoke the aid of an officer. In the Duncans district a Protective Association has been formed for the express purpose of upsetting speeding motors, whatever the consequences may be. This Association has the heartiest sympathy of The AVeek, and unless the authorities are able to put down joy-riding in the outskirts of Victoria with a strong hand The AVeek will undertake that similar organizations will be formed elsewhere. the gold may be long delayed, and that the sombre colours whicli darken and despoil the beauty of communal life in nearly all our large centres of population may never dim the blue and gold of Victoria's prosperity. THE COUNTRY CLUB As anticipated, the Arictoria Country Club has furnished an excellent week's racing and the Pari Mutuel machines have had their first trial in Victoria, indeed in Canada. The result has been entirely satisfactory, and the contention that once these machines were known they would prove popular has been more than justified. Just at the start the public were a little shy, preferring to know what odds they were getting when they put their money up, but after the first few races they found that the machines gave a far better average than the book and then tlieir patronage became general. The machines are perfectly fair. One might say that they are "mechanically" fair because they cannot make a mistake. All the money that goes in, less ten per cent, commission for the Club, is divided among the patrons. Tliere is no leakage and no possibility of trickery work. With respect to the races it need only be said that they were on the square, that good horses ran, that the meeting was well managed and that something like fifteen thousand people thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Whilst great credit is due to all the directors and officials of the Club, Mr. George A. Eraser deserves a special word of praise for his unremitting and self- sacrificing labours. He has proved himself to be a competent and popular manager, and it is to be hoped many similar meetings will be held under his direction. VICTORIA DAY CELEBRATION It will be many a long year before A7ictoria weakens in affection for the holiday which is named after the Goocl Queen. Eor one reason Providence always seems to send fine weather for the 24th of May, but the truth is that Victorians have been accustomed for so long to regard this holiday as their own "par excellence" and on it to recall memories of their beloved Queen, that no new claimants for favour, however popular, can oust the old love. Victoria was "en fete" and assembled in larger numbers than ever at Beacon Hill Park and on the Gorge. "With Queen's weather perfect enjoyment was possible, ancl the enjoyment took a most rational form. It was the enjoyment of sheer content bubbling over with evidences of deep-rooted happiness. Tliere was no horse-play and no rowdyism; there were no signs of poverty; there were no lookers-on outside the charmed circle; no fringe; no submerged tenth; everybody bore the tokens of prosperity, and everybody was on the inside. AHewed in this aspect the celebration was unique; it could not have been paralleled anywhere else in the world and it will be the prayer of all well- wishers of the goocl old city of Victoria that the encroachment of the gray upon CIVIC WORKS This bright holiday week is hardly the time to discuss any of the prosaic aspects of civic work. Brief comment will suffice. It must be directed to the prolonged agony of impassable streets, the inexcusable dilatoriness of the AVestru- mite Company on A'ancouver street, and the almost criminal folly of the persons responsible for the duplication of work on Eort street. The progress made between Cook and Douglas is ridiculous when one considers the length of time already occupied. Tliere is lack of system and an insufficient force of men. There will be general gratification at the decision to go ahead with the work on the Dallas Road sea-wall with improved appliances. The fact of the matter is that this job ought to have been completed by now, and would have been if the manager had realised all the engineering difficulties with which he would have to contend. He will know better next time and from now on will do well to have a little less respect for his own opinion, aud a little more respect for the experience and authority of a Government engineer. KNIGHTS OF THE GRIP Arictoria was serenaded last week by the "knights of the grip" who glory in the official appellation of the United Commercial Travellers' Association. Together with their wives and friends the visitors aggi-cgated nearly a thousand, and not a little difficulty was experienced in finding hotel accomodation. Much praise is due the local committee which secured the visit of this important business organization, ancl it is not too much to hope that tlieir better acquaintance with the Capital City will result in increased business and travel. It is certain that no body of men are in a better position to give Victoria a genuine boost. THE WEEK, SATUKDAY, MAY 27, 1911 Another May 24th has come and gone, and before Victoria Day comes round to greet us once more I should like to ask if it is really necessary that the men ancl women who work * in stores should be compelled to buy their holiday by working overtime the night before. Surely the public does not really require those extra hours for shopping on the evening of the 23rd just because the 24th is a whole holiday. Or are the stores kept open merely for the sake of enticing our visitors to spend their money? Hardly this, I think, because the average visitor stays in an hotel and does not have to burden his or her mind with such details as tomorrow's dinner or the amount of sugar in the store-room. I felt sorry for every one of the clerks who had to work on Tuesday night last. Here we had three bands promenading the city, merry crowds in the streets and all the proper appendages to a holiday, but to my mind everything spoilt by the fact that so many were kept working late. It struck me as being rather a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul. In matters of this nature the public have the remedy in their own hands; the stores are kept open to oblige them and if they would all do their shopping at a reasonable time everyone would be much happier. Think it over and next year let the store assistants have every bit as much holiday as every other working man or woman. * * * I was not present in person to see the fireworks at Beacon Hill Park on Wednesday night, but so far, everyone who has mentioned them to me has used the same word to describe them. "Rotten" is heard on all sides and much indignation has been expressed that so many people should have been brought from all over town to see good money wasted on a "punk" show. I am told that the picture of the King, which by time-honoured custom is shown at the end of a performance whilst the band plays the National Anthem, appeared right in the middle of the evening when the band was in a distant part of the park, and as half the people did not realise that it was the King at whom they were looking there was none of the correct and natural ebullition of loyalty with which fireworks on a patriotic festival usually conclude. It is a thousand pities that so many should have been allowed to leave the park with such feelings of disappointment. * * * Some time ago I wrote about the untidy state of the Post-office and recommended that the postal authorities supply waste-paper baskets for the convenience of those people who open their mail in public and throw away the envelopes and the notices of unpaid accounts which the former usually contain. The idea seems to have been a good one in the eyes of the said authorities for I see that there arc three gigantic waste-paper baskets, carefully branded with the sign manual of the Dominion Government and placed in conspicuous positions. But it would appear that they do not appeal to the public. It is true that there is no sign-board attached stating for what purpose they are to be used, but I should have thought, and apparently the Dominion Government thought, that this would have been sufficiently obvious. As it is not, I would suggest that placards bc stuck up urging the thoughtless proletariat to throw waste paper in the receptacles provided. It is no good in this world ever supposing that the other fellow is possessed of common-sense. He seldom is, and in the cases of the rare exceptions hc is cursed with just sufficient natural "cusscdncss" to offset any advantages the common-sense might afford. I have not seen it with my own eyes but I am told on the very best authority that the flag at Beacon Hill is frequently hoisted half-mast when there is no call for such a proceeding. I understand that a flag is at half-mast when it flies just its own width from the top of the flag-staff. Possibly the person responsible for the flag at Beacon Hill is under the impression that the term half-mast is to be taken literally, and that as long as the flag is somewhere near the top it is properly hoisted. I mention this because it would be rather a "faux pas" if such a mistake were to occur on Coronation Day. But more unlikely things have happened. It seems to me to be rather poor sort of advertising to direct people desirous of information to an address where no such information can be obtained, but that is what is being done down at the Outer Wharf every day at present. Travellers disembarking at this end of town are confronted by a huge notice telling them to call at the office of the Tourist Association on Fort Street for all information with regard to Victoria. Of course we who live here know that the Tourist Association has now been merged in the Vancouver Island Development League with offices on Broughton Street, but how is the unwary traveller to know* it? I have often wondered what sort of people they are who take notice of these advertisements and what sort of information it is they want. One thing is sure, however, and that is that they will never get it as long as they confine their enquiries to the address posted up at the Outer Wharf. Somebody ought to get busy and make an alteration in the notice. * * * In these days of advanced education when everything is taught except the simplest things, which are supposed to be natural assets in every pupil, I think it would be a good idea to have daily instruction in street rules and regulations. Spelling and punctuation have gone by the board, if one may judge by the samples daily seen in the press of the country and in the letters which are a necessary evil in a newspaper office; their place has been presumably filled by lessons in Art and Literature. I would suggest that a portion of the time spent in teaching grimy fingers to draw straight lines be devoted to teaching Tommy that foot passengers walk on the right-hand side of the road but that vehicles travel on the left. This is a time-honoured subject in these columns, but constant reiteration does the heart good and sometimes has been known to be productive of results. If such a course were followed in a few years we should have a generation of young men and women who would know on which side of the street or sidewalk to keep. * * * Recently a man was fined a small sum for looking on at a gambling game. Would he have been fined more or less if he had been an active participator in the game, and how big an interest would he have had to own in the business not to be fined at all? This problem has been propounded to me on several occasions lately, but as I never was any good as a mathematician 1 leave the solution of it to my readers. I am inclined to think that until a mathematician arises out of the West with a series of problems founded on Western moral statistics, the problem will have to be taken out of the realm of pure mathematics ancl consigned to the limbo of those things which arc best left unexplained, or—perhaps better still—un- attempted. * * * Judging from thc crowds around the Pari Mutuel machines last Sat- d£a^ace CORSETS Give comfort and ease without sacrifice o{ style. The variety of models meets every woman's 'requirements. The best stores sell them. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range I TAKE notice that I, Frederick Stock, of North Vancouver, occupation Clerk, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—■ Commencing at a post planted about one mile south of the N. W. corner of T. L. 32429; thence 40 chains west; thence SO ehains south; thence 40 chains east; thence SO chains north to commencement ar.d containing 320 acres, more or less. April 11, 1911. FREDERICK STOCK. Morton S. Jones, Agent, may 13 july 8 urday at thc Willows one may safely judge that their installation has been a success. I don't profess to like them, as 1 plead guilty to an affection for the big check waistcoats, the gaudy umbrellas and the general paraphernalia of the typical bookmaker. Besides, there is an added element of excitement in a modest gamble if you are not quite sure whether your man of business will prove a welcher or not. Moreover, I like to know what odds I am getting before placing my bet. Still, half a gamble is better than no bet, and though I never manage to register a win I agree with the Elizabethan poet and feel ""Tis better to have plunged and lost Than never to have plunged at all." * * * Of all the decorations indulged in by private individuals on Victoria Day I was most struck by those displayed in the window of Moore & Johnston, Real Estate Agents, at the corner of Yates and Broad streets. The background was the Union Jack, which was flanked by the Canadian and Australian flags. In the foreground were coloured shields showing in contour the various great over-seas possessions, the colour scheme of red, blue and white being admirably preserved. The net result was most unique ancl original. * * * I notice on Beacon Hill that a large area between Haywood Avenue and the lake is under the plough. Exactly what is going to be done is beyond my ken, but I sincerely trust that no attempt will be made to lay it out in formal plots and terraces. More than half the beauty of Beacon Hill Park lies in the fact that so much is left to nature and so little muddled by Art. The Hill is at its best now with great masses of broom flowering all over it; it has never been spoiled by cheap amusement booths and its popularity has largely depended on its simplicity. In this view of the Park there are many who agree with the C_ri t'TL^-tZ*. An English Jockey Who was also a lord, rode incog at the Derby last year. He was surprised to find his old college tutor standing near | the winning post. "Ah, doctor!" exclaimed his lordship, "what brings you here] among these thoroughbreds? Why 1 never thought you could] distinguish a horse from an ass." "My lord," replied the tutor, "I soon perceived you among] these horses. How about yourself? Did you pick the winner at the Willows?! If not, doubtless,'you feel like quoting the immortal William| and saying, "Write me down an ass." But if you were on the inside track, after the "homc-strctch,"| you'll naturally want to drink to the lucky gee-gee. Nothing for this seems to fill the bill like the thoroughbred of| wines, G. H. Mumm & Co.'s "Extra Dry." Be sure to order the bottle with the pink capsule for this is the| winner among champagnes. No genuine "Extra Dry" unless it bears the rose-colored capj PITHER & LEISER B. C. Agents for Mumm's Champagne. 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In the case of Olga lersole it dates from that never- l-forgotten staircase scene in Ipho," the pruriency and indecen- |_f which brought the actress [1-wide fame in a night. The jession of the play accentuated ■sensationalism of the perform- land so it comes about that, what- JMiss Nethersole has done since, lis always remembered by her I)ho." This is about the worst lation an actress could get be- it is not based upon merit of lind; it has ruined Olga Nether- as an actress, just as Mrs. Les- )arter's portraiture of "Zaza" her after career. Miss Neth- has developed into an artificial, onscious, fussy, fat woman with |dency to degenerate into inde- even in such a play as Maurice t-rlinck's "Sister Beatrice." As ids grown older Miss Nether- features and figure have ap- liiated more to the type of char- lupon which her fame rests, an*. Id of trying to tone down tne Ipots, she apparently delights in jtuating them. Any personality . that of a pure-minded, white- ascetic nun than Miss Nether- It would be impossible to con- By no skill in make-up could liggcst a character of that type, Ihen, in addition to her natural lifications she could not resist Imptation to cross the boundary |hich separates purity from pass- ven in the most solemn scenes liiracle play, there can be noth- lut condemnation for her per- |nce. From the standpoint of the first scene was the best liight have been passable, for, liccived by Maeterlinck, it is a pui love-scene in which a hand- young knight seeks to woo the nl nun from her conventual lid take her out into the world The part of the young knight Jmirably played, but Miss Neth- Icould not suppress the too sen- |tendency of her temperament, marred the beauty of the conception. The middle act passed over without comment, it be to point out its crudity i all too obvious glorification of |itral figure. But what shall be the third act, when Miss Neth- as the repentant Magdalen, |cd her voluptuous figure to the limit allowed even by Ameri- lage regulations, and wearing •Ut a linen sack which displayed leet and legs and as much of 1st as was possible, flung hcr- Ito carefully studied attitudes, Ily purpose of which must have |o accentuate the lines of her figure? It is certain that no lien, repentant or otherwise, was lo scantily dressed, or could Indulged in such gymnastic ex- when in a dying state. That luance on the couch will linger memory of those who saw it as the staircase scene from no," and for the same reason. Iver else it might be, it was not |ssuredly it was not Nature, ancl nore than ever convinced that the ill-conditioned emotional- Iveloped by severe Beritis. As j J play, if it had been differently lted it might have been worthy licism, for Maurice Maeterlinck is both a poet and a philosopher. It is called a "miracle" play, but I doubt if under any circumstances it is suitable for the stage. It is too difficult to secure the right type of players, and I do not think the general public could follow the philosophy which Maeterlinck was trying to suggest i rather than expound. I think, however, the greatest objection is that | the central idea is too obviously a ; plagiarism from a far better produc- I tion, Longfellow's "Golden Legend." 1 In that beautiful work the theme of the story of the Monk, Felix, is practically the same as that of Sister Beatrice. In any event I have not read Maeterlinck's play, and it is impossible to judge of its possibilities from such a performance as was given by Miss Nethersole and her colleagues. I wish to add one more pro- j test against the degeneracy which is only too apparent in most of the plays, and especially in the playing, purveyed to Victorians by the Ameri can Syndicate which has absolute control of our theatrical entertainments, and I enter this protest with the greater regret when I think that an English-born actress of undoubted 7 ! showed himself to be a thorough artist, over-looking no detail to perfect his part. The Indian woman was well played by Marion Colvin and Miss Ellen Barham, the star, was entirely satisfactory as Necia. Altogether the play is "worth while"; it has its weak spots and it drags a little, but it is at least equal to "The Squaw-Man" ancl "The Great Divide"; it has no objectionable features, if one appreciates its melo-dramatic aspects, ancl it at least possesses the merit of up-to-dateness. I shall be surprised if it does not prove to be a great financial success. The New Grand With the exception of the turn contributed by "Nello," the marvellous juggler and balancer, the weekly bill at the New Grand this week has not been up to the general standard. "Nello's turn is all that it claims to be and is in itself worth the price of admission. Of the other features to my mind the best was the laughable absurdity put on by Spiegel & Dunn who are burnt cork artists of considerable merit. Mann & Franks have been taking up a considerable amount of time with their turn which con- Mr. Bert Hadley of The Allen Players. ability should have lent herself to such an unseemly production. The Barrier On Wednesday night "The Barrier," a dramatized version of Rex Beach's well-known novel, was presented at the Victoria Theatre by a strong, all- round company. It is not the type of play for which I care very much, although it has some redeeming features. If it could have been compressed into three acts and if the ridiculous duel in the dark, at which the audience very properly laughed, could have been eliminated the play would have furnished a good two hours' entertainment. Its chief merit lies in thc opportunity which it affords for character acting in portraying a number of types which could no doubt have been found in Alaska at the time when Beach wrote his book. For instance, the part of John Dale was admirably portrayed by William Chapman, whilst George Cleveland as Poleon Doret, George Zucco as Dan Stark, H. P. Byron as Run- nion and William G. Colvin as No- Creek-Lee were just as good as anyone could ask for. Indeed, Colvin tains only one piece "worth while," and that is the mock melodrama. Lang & Cotton use a playlet entitled "Managerial Troubles" as the background for some imitations which are not particularly attractive. Mort Fox styles himself an Hebraic Humourist. He is equally far from being either Hebraic or a Humourist. Consistent attendances at the New Grand lead me to believe that the Dago impersonations are beginning to oust both the Dutch ancl Hebraic comedians from the stage. The Majestic Theatre One is inclined to regard all boat- racing from the standpoint of eight-, four- or two-oared boats, but a night at the Majestic during thc early part of the week showed that there is other boat-racing every bit as exciting. The sport is extensively indulged in on the Mekong River in China where the natives man their boats with an inconceivable number of oarsmen and manage to travel at the almost incredible speed of twelve miles an hour. The ubiquitous firm of Pathc Frcres havc been on the spot and Manager Christie was for- Robinson & Andrews Just 75 Pairs Of; Best Quality BLANKETS at Greatly Reduced Prices Borders are in either pink or blue. Quality: Well, that's the very point that will make the next couple of clays unusually busy with us. Here are the sizes and prices; Goin. x 6oin., per pair $3.50 66in. x 82m., per pair $4.15 72m. x 84m., per pair $4.85 Bye the bye, we are showing a splendid line of gray CAMPING BLANKETS at, per pair $3.00 Robinson & Andrews The Cash Dry Goods Store. 642-644 Yates Street. Phones 656-657. THE Crystal Theatre BROAD STREET The Largest, Best Furnished and Most Comfortable Picture Theatre in the City WATCH FOR CONSTANT IMPROVEMENTS IN APPOINTMENTS AND SERVICE. tunate enough to secure a unique film portraying some of these exciting races. The Crystal Theatre Some little time ago, thc famous picture called "The Shadow of the Cross" was on view here. The painting is a mysterious one, for though in the light there is only a picture of Christ to bc seen, when the room is darkened the shadow of a cross is dis tinctly visible. No satisfactory explanation has yet been put forward for this phenomenon, the artist himself being unable to account for it. The management of the Crystal Theatre has been successful in obtaining this picture during the current week ancl in consequence large numbers of (Continued on Page 11.) THE WEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1911 V ll I 'll1' 11 I The Week A Provincial Newspaper and Review, published every Saturday by "THE WEEK" PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED. Published at 1208 Government St., Victoria, B.C., Canada W. BLAKEMORE, Editor [Owing to numerous applications for a copy of the article which appeared in this column last week on British Justice the last issue was sold out and the article is being reprinted in the current issue on the Editorial page.] Castles in the flir BY BOHEMIAN What would childhood be without the divine gift of imagination which peoples the glens with fairies, the forests with giants and ogres and the whole world with fair ladies and gallant knights, one of whom we aspire to be in the far-off days when we also shall be "grown-up"? Never were two more fascinating books penned on the subject of children and children's ideas than the two which have immortalized the name of Kenneth Graham. "Dream Days" and "In the Golden Age" are books suitable for every age of man and woman. Who can fail to sympathise with the woes of childhood or refrain from indignation at the callous indifference of "The Olympians" as the "grown-ups" are styled, when the point of view is changed to that of the little one labouring under a sense of injustice whether real or fancied? Read the chapter in which the leader of the children, his soul in agony through misunderstanding, goes forth to seek what solace he can in the green fields, where he can at least unburden his heart to the birds and beasts and contemplate the vengeance which he will take in the future. He vows at first that he will take refuge in the Church and then, when it is all too late, he will forgive his erring relatives and stretching out an emaciated hand give them his blessing uttered with lips that are pallid from prolonged fasting. Or again, he will be a man of war and at the head of victorious troops ride triumphant through a cringing throng, conspicuous in which will be the ones who now are treating him with so much contumely. And then what gratified revenge; how he will make them writhe with his condescension and how slowly will he yield to their imploring voices! And in the gratification of his imaginings his spirit loses its bitterness and he is brought back to things material by a clod of earth hurled by a malicious butcher-boy, which, striking him on the nose, causes him to forget all his griefs in the joy of present conflict. As soon as man is born and his brain begins to fashion fancies he becomes a builder of castles in the air. What matters it how fantastic they may be? There is often to be found the natural bent of the future man in the baby architect. Did not the poet Hogg spend his leisure hours as a shepherd boy scratching verses on the rough stones around which his flocks were feeding, whilst he dreamed of the future that was to make him famous? What were the visions of Jeanne d'Arc but castles fashioned before her eyes of faith by the contemplation of her country's wrongs? The stories of the early days of poets, painters and musicians all show the striving towards the goal which their imagination had depicted. But though the tendency nowadays is to laugh at the preposterous fancies of childhood and to regard the material as the only thing in life worth thinking about, human nature is still unable to dispense with those dreams of the future which we call "castles in the air." The budding office boy when first he sweeps the floor on the threshold of his career pictures to himself the time when he will own an office with a door marked "Private" and be lord and master of a bevy of attentive clerks. And when that aim is accomplished he looks still further ahead and dreams of the time when his citizens shall regard him as their leading man whom they can trust to represent them. Or maybe his tastes are different and he closes his eyes to picture the quiet country home where his last days may be spent in peace and quietude "far from the madding crowd." 'midst his books and flowers. But look forward he must, for no man can be sure that his present state will continue to his life's end. And he who does not build his castles to look fairer than those which he now inhabits will find himself on the downward path which has its ending in the Slough of Despair. Ambition is the salt of life. There is such a thing as too much ambition as Wolsey knew, having found out too late that through this the angels fell, but no man can live a useful life, one full of achievements unless he is ambitious. No nation can grow to maturity and be of good in the world unless it be inspired with the germs of ambition properly nurtured to bring forth the fruits of success. No religion can flourish which does not prove itself by its ambition to produce converts, and love itself, that quality without which the world is naught, would fade away were it not for the castles in the air which every lover erects in the rosy cloud- lands of his first enthralment. Never before have we Britons had such opportunity for dreaming our dreams and building our castles. In this year of all years when the pageantry in London will be such as the world has seldom seen, when the full conception of Empire will dawn before material eyes in a manner never before contemplated, when statesmen from every corner of the earth bound by the ties of kindred blood and loyalty will meet to do honour to the central head, it is possible to imagine a future for the Em pire the like of which has never been conceived. But is it our part merely to dream dreams and build castles and then to cry "enough"? Other nations have risen to pinnacles of power from which they thought they never could be hurled. History abounds in instances of this nature where success and pride and above all self- satisfaction have produced self-indulgence, indifference and destruction. Our part it is to see to it that the foundations of our castles are laid on the rock of preparedness, lest whilst prating of loyalty and swelling with the conceit of the future we find that after all our castles were built in the unstable air. MERRIE ENGLAND A May-Day Picture "I never hope to see country more beautiful than England has been dur ing the past ten days. The long spell of dry, hot weather that came so suddenly on us a fortnight ago was worthy of July| Fires ceased to burn in our grates, and even the most timid, perforce, had to leave off their overcoats, at least during the middle of the day. The brilliant sunshine has started all nature into growth, and yet withal there is a freshness in the air, a newness of the green that only the English spring can give. The bigger trees, the oaks, the elms, and the sycamores, have not yet shown their leaves, but are now in the earliest bud. The gorse on every common has become golden, and the country lanes are a mass of giant primroses. I have never seen the primroses better than now. People are already flocking to seaside towns. I was at Brighton on Saturday and the beach and sea front there were crowded with visitors. The English spring is seen at its best in the Thames Valley, where the miles of orchards are one mass of INDEPENDENT OF ALL COMBINES Don't Go From Place to Place For your Groceries, Provisions, Fresh Meats, Confectioner; Wines, Liquors, Ales, Mineral Waters, etc. Everything that yo can possibly require in these lines await you here. The best c fach kind at prices that mean the very smallest outlay for tt qualities. DON'T GO FARTHER AND FARE WORSE. H. 0. Kirkham & Co., Ltd Grocery Store Tels. 178,179. Butcher Shop Tel. 2678 Liquor Store;] Tel. 2677 Ros We have fine stock! LEADIN(| IETIES, ing all the best novelties of last seasorl is the time to plant if you want to i\ Catalogue Free LAYRITZ NURSERIES Carey Road, Victoria, Branch at Kelov blossom. Mortlake and Barnes and Richmond are a perfect picture of beauty. Kew Gardens on Sunday afternoon last were a sight for the gods. The giant magnolias were literally covered with their big white blossom. One fine cluster of almond trees —which elsewhere have had their foliage destroyed by the frost—was here a poem in pink. The earlier rhododendrons, such as Rosa Mundi, were in full flower. As for the better known spring flowers, there were narcissi in every form literl the score of thousands, tull hyacinths uncountable. Evil seemed at its best on one] best of days."—Overseas Mail! __. Definition Papa, what ls a cynic?" ask| Tommy. "A cynic," replied papa, "Id who asks his wife If a receil goes with the present she gi| on his birthday." IN VESTI GATE! The property of the Steamboat Wonder Gold Mines, Ltd., lies a few hundred feet north of the famous GreenwaltJ and Stevens property, and comprises three claims situated in the Yale Mining District of British Columbia. About 35J miles east of the town of Hope, on Steamboat Mountain. The first issue of 200,000 shares of treasury stock are now offered for sale through the Pacific Securities CompanyJ for the purpose of carrying on extensive development work. According to the annual report of the Minister of Mines of the Province of British Columbia for the year December 31st, 1909, the value of the mineral output for British Columbia was $24,443^25, and of this amount $7,728,256 was produced by the Yale Mining District, in which this property is located. It is the belief of many prominent engineers! that the Steamboat Mountain District in a short length of time will produce more gold than any other district in British| Columbia. ending! The officers and directors of this company are experienced mining and business men, who have the greatest confi-| dence in this property, and expect to push the development work as rapidly as the weather will permit. SHARES-35C NON-ASSESSABLE Call at our offices, 228 Pemberton Building, or drop us a line and we will be glad to call on you with detailed| information, show you our maps, assays and engineers' reports. PACIFIC SECURITIES COMPANY 228 PEMBERTON BUILDING PLEASE SEND INFORMATION TO Name Address _m r THE WEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1911 BUILDING PERMITS May 17th to 24th Exclusive 18th— Ars. E. F. Cullum—Fisguard St.—Dwelling $ 300 ). C, Oldfield—Pemberton Rd.—Garage 1.300 i. Bilton—Southgate St.—Dwelling 2,850 . B. Rendall—Quadra and Bay—Dwelling 1,950 19th— Robinson—Hillside Ave.—Dwelling 1.950 :. Marwick—McNair St.—Kitchen 100 las. Leigh & Sons—Ross St.—Dwelling 1,500 22nd— I). Randall—Shakespeare St.—Dwelling 1,000 [diens Bros. & Co.—Taunton Ave.—Dwelling 1.500 I'rovins & Turner—Grahame St.—Dwelling 1.500 23rd— lutchinson Bros. & Co.—Esquimalt Rd.—Foundry Shed. 1,000 Thos. Hodgson—Blanchard Ave.*—Dwelling 1,800 f, C. Smith—Moss St.—Addition 450 loore & Whittington—Woodland Ave.—Dwelling 1,800 lloore & Whittington—Woodland Ave.—Dwelling 2.500 |as. Williams—Caledonia Ave.—Dwelling 1,325 HAPPY SETTLERS IN KOOTENAY |VIr. J. A. Tormey, who lectured to parties interested in Canada ■ig the winter season in the Old Country, and who was in je of a party of English settlers to the Baynes Lake district, lng England March 4 last, has forwarded to the Old Country Imber of letters from some of these emigrants. An extract of If them reads as follows:—"Our car of English settlers reached les Saturday morning about 9 o'clock. We were handled in piost satisfactory manner from Portland, Me., via Chicago, |e end of our journey. The Grand Trunk and Great Northern won the heart of this party, and 1 have no doubt that the of March 24 will be equally pleased with the route. It may est you also to know that our people are delighted with our les Lake district. The climate is simply overwhelming, it |r better than we were able to picture it in England. Our lie have selected $250,000 worth of fruit tracts. They have Idy begun work on a large residential hotel on the heights looking the Kootenay River, and J think it is safe to state |we have done a very important piece of work for the East lenay district and the English settlers." WESTERN CANADA LAND COMPANY, LIMITED FOURTH GENERAL MEETING The fourth ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of |Vestern Canada Land Company, Ltd., was held on Monday, 24, at Salisbury House, London Wall, E.C., Major-General lonald B. Lane, K.C.V.O., C.B., presiding. hie Secretary (Mr. William J. Challis, F.C.I.S.) having read lotice convening the meeting and the report of the auditors, rhe Chairman said: Gentlemen,—You have had the balance- I and directors' report in your hands for some time, and I only that you may consider them satisfactory. To commence I propose to run through one or two items in the balance- . Our capital has been increased since last year by the issue Ifurther 15,000 shares, and now stands at £465,000, out of |ithorised capital of £800,000. We also have £300,000 Five 3ent. Debenture stock issued, together with options for a ar amount. This issue of Debenture stock and options, you l-emember, was made last April, and I am glad to say was a |ss, for it was applied for some eight or nine times over, writing off all expenses for the issue of the Debentures we Ihave a substantial balance left on our premium account, |nting to £26,882. On the other side, your property stands jcost price of £380,700, which represents the original price lur land, namely, £1 is. 8y2d. per acre on 350,841 acres. Our "ests in the Pembina Coal Company, Ltd., are also taken at lost, and represent £114,000 actually paid, and a liability for ler calls, amounting to £60,000, all of which cash will be lted in the development of that property. Under the heading Indry debtors in Canada there appears the somewhat large of £165,000 odd, but this, as you are no doubt aware, Isents instalments on lands already sold, and is amply secured le land itself, as we do not give title until the final instalments laid. Meanwhile we receive interest at an average rate of 6 lent, per annum. Our experimental farm stands at £3,000, and II think, represents very good value, as it has attracted a good _i attention to the general farming possibilities and the value 3SPEemLS-3 OAK BAY—Three-quarter acre, splendid view over the Golf Links and sea. Price $3,150 WATERFRONTAGE—Foul Bay, lot 50x120; good sandy beach. Price $2,000 OAK BAY—Good level lot, no rock; next to a comer on Oak Bay Avenue. Price $1,000 GILLESPIE & HART Phone 2040 Fire, Accident, Automobile and Employers' Liability Insurance. 1115 LANGLEY STREET .... VICTORIA, B.C. IMPROVED SUBURBAN ACREAGE PROSPECT ORCHARD, THOMAS' CROSSING, OVERLOOKING BAZAN BAY, SAANICH 10 ACRES, about 2-3 orchard, six year trees, Italian prunes, King apples, Bartlett pears and plums. Balance meadow now being ploughed $6,000 26 ACRES, 2 houses and extensive outbuildings; about seven acres orchard and small fruits, 3 acres bush; balance in hay and meadow. Fine soil, good location and view $12,500 8.25 ACRES all cleared, fall wheat now up $3,300 8.24 ACRES all cleared, fall wheat now up; on two roads, house ancl usual outbuildings $4,500 FIFTY ACRES, being Wj-4 Section 15, Range 2; cottage 4 rooms, outbuildings, strawberry vines, orchard, 40 trees, 5 years old; well. Price, per acre $200 THIRTY ACRES WATERFRONT, Sj4 Section 13, Range 6—Timbered, red soil, nice short, no rock. Price per acre $300 Telephone Q^ & BOGGS ""US?* 620 FORT STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. Why Payment? When for a comparatively SMALL CASH PAYMENT and EASY MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS you can buy a nice SIX- ROOMED BUNGALOW, _\\ modern on a full-sized lot worth alone easily $3,000, for $4,000. Terms, $1,000 Cash; balance $30 PER MONTH including interest. i This property is situated on McClure St., near Vancouver St., good locality and close in. Bagshawe & Co. REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL BROKERS Telephone 2271 Rooms 10 and 11 Green Block 1216 Broad Street. of our land. This farm is established near a station on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, about forty miles west of Edmonton. Cash at our bankers and in hand amounts to £200,500, from which the shareholders will realise that the company is in an exceptionally strong position. (Hear, hear.) The Year's Profit Turning to the profit and loss account, I think that the details are so clearly set out that they speak for themselves without further explanation from me, although later on I shall be pleased to answer any questions pertaining to any item that shareholders might like explained. The principal and, to my mind, the most attractive point is the fact that the result of the past year's trading shows a balance applicable to profit of £50,000, which, together with £7,000 brought forward, gives, to be exact, £56,896 available for distribution. As you will have seen from the directors' report, we recommend the payment of a dividend of 5 per cent. (is. per share), free of income-tax, for the year ended December 31 last, and, subject to your confirmation, the dividend warrants will be posted on Wednesday night. Possibly some of the shareholders may think that, with this amount at our disposal, we might have been expected to make a larger distribution than 5 per cent., which will only call for £23,250, but I think you will agree that BARGAINS Large lot on St. Charles St. Price, only $1,500 A snap in Oak Bay, the double corner of Oliver and McNeil Ave., 25 per cent, below market value, at $1,500 A block of nearly three acres in Shoal Bay for $10,000 A small waterfront lot at Esquimalt, high, dry and no rock, close to car, a real snap for $850 Fegan & Co. 'Phone 1500 P. O. Box 848 Mahon Bldg., Government St. VICTORIA, B. C. SEATTLE Chas. Pemy, Mm. THE BEST OT EVERYTHING INTHEDEAOTOFTBECllT 135!toonsWiTtiBffli-505mptERooHS Office Roll-Top & Flat-Top Desks Our stock offers you a more varied selection and range of prices than has ever been shown in Victoria before. Baxter & Johnson Co., Ltd. Complete Office Outfitters 121 Yates St. Phone 730 Crown Grant and License Timber Northern B. C. Wild Lands In acreage or In Large Tracts. For particulars apply to ERNEST BRAMMER Tel. 2095 Office: 103 Pemberton Block 4fl i&M CANCELLATION OF BESEBVE Notice Is hereby given that the reserve established over certain lands in the Cariboo and Lillooet Districts, notice of which bearing date June 30th, 1908, was published in the British Columbia Gazette on July 2nd, 1908, ls cancelled In so far as the same relates to the following surveyed lands ln Townships 52 and 54, Lillooet District, viz.:—Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Fractional Sections IC, 17, Sections 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, Fractional Section 26, Sections 20, 27, 28, Fractional Soction 29, Sections 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, Fractional Sections 35 and 30, all in Township 52; and Sections 3, 10, Fractional Section 11, Section 13, Fractional Section 14, Sections 24 and 25, all in Township 54, and that all the aforementioned lands not already alienated by pre-emption have been set aside for the endowment of the University of British Columbia. ROBT. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands., Lands Department, Victoria, B. C, April 10th, 1911. apl 15 July IB THE WEEK, SATUKDAY, MAT 27, 1911 ■i i i i I I I .1 IV now we have again entered the dividend-paying list, it is better to adopt a conservative policy, and have a substantial reserve in hand to provide for future years. I think, therefore, the wisest course is to carry forward an amount equal to another year's dividend. A motion to this effect having been put to the meeting it was unanimously carried. BRITISH CAPITAL IN CANADA In a little more than six years, January, 1905, to April, 1911, Great Britain has loaned Canada at least $890,805,626. These figures are the best possible reply to the complaint sometimes heard that Great Britain is not taking sufficient financial interest in Canada. Its entire railroad system, for instance, has been financed practically from first to last by the British investor. The following table gives the approximate division of the past six years' investments:— Canadian bank shares purchased by individual shareholders $ 1,125,000 Investments with loan and mortgage companies 8,725,000 Canadian bank shares purchased by a London house, (public flotation of £100,000 omitted) 550,000 British insurance companies' investments 9,854,000 Municipal bonds sold privately 12,000,000 Industrial investments 26,375,000 Mining investments 57-555.500 Land and lumber purchases 34,000,000 Purchases of town and city property 8,525,000 Canadian public flotations in London (January 1905 to April, 1911) 732,096,126 Total $890,805,626 Mr. George Paish, the eminent London financial statistician, states that British capital has been invested in Canada to the extent of £372,000,000. It is practically impossible to check this sum, but it is safe to accept the estimate of Mr. Paish, who not long since lectured on the advantage to borrowing countries of importing capital. The young country, he says, requires to do all those things which in older countries have been gradually performed through the centuries, and it desires to do those things quickly. The rapidity with which things move in a young country is so astonishing to those accustomed to the slower progress of the older countries that it is difficult for the two kinds of countries to understand each other. Persons living in the older countries cannot and do not believe that the growth in the young countries is as rapid as it is said to be. BIG INCREASE IN FLOTATIONS The following table shows the remarkable increase in Canada's public flotations in the London market in the period under review: Year. Amount. 1905 £13.530.287 1906 6,477,500 1907 11,203,711 1908 29,354,721 1909 37>4",723 1910 38,453.8o8 *I9" * 13,945,997 £150,377,747 ♦Four months! The aggregate Canadian public issues overseas for the first four years, 1905 to 1908, was £60,566,219, and for the next two years, 1909 and 1910, £75,865,531. So that in the past two years we have obtained £15,299,312 in excess of the sum raised during the previous four years. In 1910 we borrowed in London almost three times as much as in 1905. In the first four months of 1911, Canada's loans in Great Britain were considerably more than one-third of the previous year's total. B. C. INVESTMENTS REGARDED FAVOURABLY Canadian investments were never regarded more favourably in Great Britain, is the report of Mr. A. D. McRae, a British Columbia financier, who has returned from a business trip to the Old Country. Mr. McRae is known for his connection with the Canadian North Pacific Fisheries, Limited, whicii he promoted, and as vice-president of the Canadian Western Lumber Company, which is interested in this province. He is also associated with Colonel Davidson, Sir William Mackenzie and Sir Donald Mann in numerous other enterprises. One of his flotations while in Great Britain was the debenture issue of $3,000,000 of the Columbia River Lumber Company at Golden, which has been absorbed by the Canadian Western Lumber Company. Mr. McRae says that particular interest is taken in the Canadian West and its great resources, as was evidenced by the prolonged stay of Sir Edward Tennant and party which probably represented more solid investment capital than any other group of capitalists that ever came to this country. Not only are present conditions good for Canadian enterprises in the London market, but for many years there will be available funds for legitimate propositions. There was some criticism about certain timber flotations because the promoters W. D'O. Rochfort ARCHITECT Suite 407 Pemberton Block Plans and Specifications on Application Business Phone 1804 Residence Phone F 1693 "Dunford" Bungalows Our Bungalows are Homes not Houses WE DESIGN AS WELL AS BUILD We build on your own terms 2,000 7,500 35,000 12c per Share R. D. Maclachlan BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING Phone 2106 CANCELLATION OF RESERVE NOTICE ls hereby given that the reserve existing by reason of the notice published in the British Columbia Gazette of the 27th December, 1907, over lands on Graham Island, formerly covered by Timber Licenses Nos. 37055, 37056 and 37057, which expired on the 6th day of November, 1909, and the lands embraced within Timber License No. 37059, which expired on the 25th day of January, 1909, is cancelled, and that the said lands will be open for preemption only under the provisions of Section 7 of the "Land Act" after midnight on June 16th, 1911. ROBERT A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands Lands Department, Victoria, B.C., 9th March, 1911. june10 COAL PROSPECTING LICENCE Submarine Area NOTICE is hereby given that it is my intention to apply to the Hon. Minister of Lands at Victoria for a licence to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under the area bounded and described as follows:—Commencing at a post planted at high water mark on the west side of Prevost Island, Cowichan District, at or near where the section line between sections 19 and 20 Intersects the shore, thence west one mile, thence south one mile, thence east one mile, thence north one mile to point of commeneement. May 9th, 1911. SPENCER PERCIVAL. may 13 June 10 TAKE NOTICE that George H. Crane, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Contractor, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands: —Commencing at a post planted about 20 chains west of the north-west corner of the north-west quarter of Section 22, Township 8, Bella Coola Valley; thence north 20 chains; east 40 chains; south 20 chains; west 40 chains to point of commencement, containing 60 acres more or less. Staked April 3rd, 1911. GEORGE H. CRANE. F. A. Johnson, Agent. may 13 july 8 Mortgages For Sale We have on hand a number of first class first mortgages on choice Residential Properties in the cities of Victoria and Vancouver in sums ranging from i.ooo to 4,000, at rates varying from 7 to 8 per cent, interest, payable quarterly, that we can let investors have. Pemberton & Son Pemberton Block Victoria, B.C.I We desire to announce that we have opened offices in Rooms 304 and 305 Bailey Building, Handling, Seattle, Wash., handling Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Cotton, strictly on a Commission basis, in the various markets of the world. Mr. Carl L. Miller, who hal long been connected with important brokerage firms in the west] will be in charge. We are members of the Chicago Board of Trade. OuJ Eastern correspondents are S. B. Chapin & Co., and Logan Bryan, of Chicago and New York, members of all Exchanged Private leased wire connections enable quick dispatch in handling all business intrusted to us for execution. Having carried on a successful brokerage business in Victoria] B.C., for the past 10 years, we refer you to any bank, firm individual of that city as to our standing and integrity. Respectfully, F. W. STEVENSON & CO. Frank W. Stevenson Walter H. Murphey Seattle, March 6, 1911. P. O. Box 618 Phone 244 Alvo von Alvensleben, Lt< 636 View Street REAL ESTATE TIMBER INSURANCl Members Victoria and Vancouver Stock Exchanges Stocks and Bonds Bought and Sold on Commission. HEAD OFFICE: VANCOUVER, B.C. Branch Offices: North Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. Foreign Offices: London, Berlin, Paris, St. Petersburg and Vienna. Mill Bay Waterfrontage 107 Acres on the above bay, good soil, 4 acres under cultivation, new house and barn; Mill Bay trunk road runs through the property. Price $14,75 One-third cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years. R. V. Winch & Co., Ltd. Financial, Insurance and Estate Agents. TEMPLE BUILDING FORT STREET THE AVEEK, SATUKDAY, MAY 27, 1911 Ideavoured to raise more money than was warranted, but on |e whole British Columbia timber was regarded very favourably. an instance of how money was turning toward Canadian curities, Mr. McRae remarked the over-subscribing by 50 per it. of the convertible stock of the Canadian Northern Railway I London. Mr. McRae secured $2,000,000 for a large tract of land Saskatchewan owned by the Canadian Northern Railway. A BRIGHT PICTURE Western Canada presents a striking picture today. The snow, ler having done its duty to the soil, disappeared rapidly. One rly morning this spring the Western farmer awoke, his eyes [ning to the clear, blue sky and his thoughts to the plow. The k, black soil of the West was turned early. Summer came lost before it was realized that spring was visiting. Seeding I practically been completed and crop prophets are already pre- ling their schedule of scares and pleasant surprises. Cereal pisticians have dusted their adding machines and got mental |iring apparatus into shape for juggling with millions of bushels acres. Collections are good, factories are working full time, |k clearings are satisfactory, building statistics are increasing, population and new capital are coming into the country as ckly as is desirable. Things in the West are humming. It is tright picture of Western Canada which the industrial and fcultural pioneers of that country have painted for nineteen Idred and eleven. May their good business sense keep enthu- |m within its proper limits. THE GUGGENHEIMS AGAIN I The Guggenheims have taken over the holdings of the National It Company, of Toronto, in the Yukon, the deal being one of [largest in the history of the North. These include, besides [r creeks, the oldest and richest portion of Gold Rum Creek, lof the banner streams of the Klondike. The consideration is td to be over half a million dollars. For years the property ■been controlled by the Canadian Bank of Commerce. There pipetition in the Klondike between the Guggenheims and the pany organized by Treadgold. One or two other large comas may break into this field, and with proper facilities, liring much capital, good returns can be secured. BANKS AND CUSTOMERS' ACCOUNTS There is a serious aspect of the Oliver incident whicii has not Ived due attention, and is the relation of a bank to its customers pn turn to curiosity mongers. A photograph is said to have taken of a certain bank's ledger page showing part of Mr. Ir's bank account. If that photograph had really been Ined it would reflect little credit upon the institution guarding Recount. The photograph was apparently faked in a clever lugh clumsy manner. So far as we can learn, a minor official Ie bank which had Mr. Oliver's account, was approached by Itain gentleman whom we need not name, with an offer of a lantial cash payment and a remunerative and permanent posi- lelsewhere. The bank official, whose method of address is Ily of the best, was so astounded at the request, that his reply ■be recorded as a matter of history. The suppliant was told lo to h ." [he branch bank manager was informed as to what was hap- In the meantime by some, up to the present, inexplicable er certain items of Mr. Oliver's account had been seen, noted, apparently copied upon ledger paper, then photographed. ■/as the photograph which Mr. D. R. Wilkie, general man- \i the Imperial Bank, stated in the most emphatic terms was exact photograph of Mr. Oliver's account, as had been A comparison of the original with the spurious at once Is this fact. [n investigation is to be held respecting the Oliver charges, ne desires that it shall be limited, except that it shall not lito private affairs. It is not difficult to draw the line len a man's business and his private matters. Undoubtedly [will be an attempt to bring Mr. Oliver's bank account into rielight, to analyse it, trace the source and the destination try debit and credit item, and generally to make public a [lent which concerns only the bank and its customer. This be a dangerous precedent. The office boy, the business [the industrial corporation all consider their bank account a of the strictest privacy. Were it to become known that slightest show of caprice, envy or spitefulness on the part [mies, one's bank account might be exposed to public gaze, ]iole country would soon be banking their money in stockings, and mattresses. Only when a man is absolutely proved criminal should his bank account be shown to others than Uk officials and their customers. Even then, the greatest [tion should be observed. It is not a question as to whether a man's account is clean. Those who have the most honest jits would be among the strongest objectors to publicity of sank account figures. THE RESULTS OF PROSPERITY Ine of the questions most frequently asked is what has been luse of the wonderful growth of railways in Western Canada. Business Property BUSINESS PROPERTY Douglas Street—Fine Corner, 130 feet frontage, south of the Fountain. Price is $31,000 Douglas Street—Fine Corner, 100 feet square, renting at $70 per month. Good location for business. $12,000 cash, balance in one and two years. Price, only $40,000 Douglas Street—South of Bay Street, 54x135, vacant. Price $20,000 Government Street—120 feet frontage, vacant. Price $36,000 Yates Street—Corner Blanchard, 60x70. Price $55i000 James Bay Waterfrontage—120 feet. Price is $24,000 Blanchard Street—Corner, 60x80, renting at $36 per month. Price $12,000 Blanchard Street—Corner, just south of Fort St., 50x100. Rent, $60 per month. Price. .$16,500 Corner Burdette and Penwell—Half minute from Empress Hotel and Post Office, 72x104. Price $12,000 SEMI-BUSINESS PROPERTY Cook Street—Fine Corner, 120x240, on top of the hill. Fine apartment house site. Price $14,000 Cook Street—Corner on top of the hill, 180 feet frontage by 120 feet deep. Price is $7,750 Douglas Street Corner—On car line, 62x120. Price per front foot $65 0 Douglas Street—Two Lots, 60x126 each. Special price for a few days, together or separately. Each .- $3,150 Douglas Street—Corner, 111x115. Price is.. .$6,300 Victoria West—Fine Corner at junction of three streets, 120x120, with six-room house. Price $6,000 Waterfrontage, Victoria West—400 feet, the Reserve. Price $20,000 Pandora Avenue—60x120, near Blanchard Street. Price $20,000 Johnson Street—Between Douglas and Blanchard St., 60x120. Price $30,000 Johnson Street—Near Blanchard Street,- and opposite the site of the proposed new Telephone Block. Price $16,000 MARRIOTT & FELLOWS 619 Trounce Ave. Telephone 645 Thomas Hooper Architect Royal Bank Chambers, Victoria, B. C. 522 Winch Building, Vancouver, B. C. OMINECA LAND DISTRICT District of Cassiar TAKE notice that I, R. Greenwood, of Victoria, B.C., Capitalist, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following descrlhed Iands:—Commencing at a post planted on the right bank of the Skeena River about ten miles up stream from the Indian Village of Kispiox, thence south 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; thence east 80 chains to point of commencement. March 2nd, 1911. RICARDO GREENWOOD, apl 29 Robt. MacDonald, Agent. OMINECA LAND DISTRICT District of Cassiar TAKE notice that I, A. W. McVittie, of Victoria, B.C., surveyor, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the left bank of the Skeena River about nine miles up stream from the Indian Village of Kispiox, thence south 80 chains; thence west 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; thence east 80 chains to point of commencement. March 2nd, 1911. ARCHIBALD W. McVITTIE. apl 29 Robt. MacDonald, Agent. A. Williams & Co. LIMITED 704 YATES STREET PHONE 1386 HARDY BAY TOWNSITE, containing 410 unsold lots, together with 500 acres adjoining same; lots in the townsite have sold from $100, $150 and $200 per lot. Hardy Bay and Quatsino Sound are certain to become great industrial and shipping centres in the near future. For quick sale, price $70,000; terms, $15,000; balance three years; interest 5 per cent. YATES STREET—Between Vancouver and Cook street—6-room Bungalow; pantry, bath, scullery; excellent basement; electric light, gas, lawn. Price $20,000; terms one-third cash, balance 1 and 2 years; interest 7 per cent. R—Cottage, 4 lots, 60x120 each; city water, electric light, telephone can be had. Bargain. Only $2,600 LOTS—240x60 each, cleared; best of soil, fine location. $550 each; very easy terms. WHARF STREET—Valuable business block, near the G. T. P. wharf $17,000 Blue Printing Maps Draughting Surveyors' Instruments and Drawing Oflice Supplies ELECTRIC BLUE PRINT & MAP CO. 1218 LANGLEY STREET VICTORIA, B.C. The Taylor Mill Co. Limited. All kinds of Building Material, LUMBER SASH DOORS TELEPHONE 564 North Qovernment St., Victoria 8 THE AVEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1911 I, t \V I- I Why is raihvay after railway built? The answer is soon given. The Canadian prairies have established a convincing record in the matter of grain production, and the messages contented farmers have been sending back to their friends in the old homes have published widely the story of Canadian prosperity. The settler of today has no longer the pioneer's fear of untoward conditions. Hardships there may be, but they are nothing to what the old timers overcome. New railways are blazing over trails for settlement, and what they mean to the settler can only be understood by those who knew the country before the railways had traversed the prairies as they do today. The railway mileage of Canada in 1910 was 24,731 miles, representing an increase for 10 years of 6,591 miles; railways under construction 4,500 miles, including the Grand Trunk Pacific and the National Transcontinental; capital invested £283,000,000 sterling, an increase over last year of £20,400,000, or an increase in 10 years of £120,000,000. The number of passengers carried in 1910 was 35,894,570; tons of freight carried 74,482,866, an increase in 10 years of 37,483,495 tons, or 101 per cent.; railway employees numbered 140,477, with a total annual pay-roll of £14,800,000. Railway construction is being carried on so extensively that it is estimated 400,000 to 500,000 tons of steel rails will be needed each year for the next four or five years. HEAVY LOANS FOR RAILWAYS That Canada owes a large debt for its growth in railroad facilities is seen in the fact that in little more than six years it has obtained £59,000,000 for that purpose. Government loans have been nearly as heavy with a total of £44,000,000, while industrial flotations are third with £14,000,000. Municipal borrowing has also been heavy, the aggregate being £12,000,000. Mining, land and lumber and financial classes together aggregate less than half the sum represented by federal and provincial government loans and about one-third of the railroad total. The smallest British investments are in the land, lumber, mining and financial securities. Most of the Dominion's financing is done in Great Britain, in one case, late in 1909, while Kansas City financiers were backing a new railroad for Alberta, their money was obtained by means of a public flotation in London. BIG EXPENDITURE FOR G. T. R. The Grand Trunk Railway proposes to spend between nine and ten million dollars for the improvement of its terminal facilities in Montreal. The plans have now been laid before the Railway Commission. They embrace the elevation of the tracks between Bonaventure station and Turcot yards, and from St. Henri to the Point St. Charles yards. The work as contemplated also includes the erection of new freight and passenger terminals at Bonaventure. A BONUS GRANTED The Cape Breton County Council, Sydney, N.S., has granted the new Mono Railway Company recently incorporated as the Sydney East Bay and New Waterford Mono Rail Company, Limited, a bonus of one thousand dollars a mile and exemption from taxes for five years. IMPERIAL TELEGRAPHS In the British House of Commons the other day, Sir Gilbert Parker asked the Postmaster General: "Has control of the Anglo- American and Direct United States cable companies passed exclusively to American financiers? If so, will the Government prevent cabling to America from being entirely dependent oh an American combine?" Postmaster-General Samuel replied: "Negotiations are being completed, whereby the control of the Anglo-American Company's business will pass to the Western Union. I am not aware that the Direct United States Company is included in the arrangement. "The new deal will not make communication between Great Britain and America entirely dependent upon the American combine. It is certain that this Government will control the rates for British protection." Under the agreement between the cable companies, the Western Union will guarantee 3^ per cent, on the ordinary stock, and 1 J/2 per cent, on the deferred stock of the Anglo-American Company. In 1910, the ordinary stock paid 3^, and the deferred Ij4 per cent. There have been $2,675,007 of ordinary, and $15,- 812,496 of deferred stock issued. The Anglo-American Cable Company will remain under British ownership. IMMIGRATION—FIFTY-FOUR PER CENT.-INCREASE For the eleven months, April to February of the current fiscal year, the number of immigrants who arrived in Canada was 271,392, as compared with 175,729 during the corresponding months of the last fiscal year—a gain of 54 per cent. The number who arrived via ocean ports for the same period was 164,486; against 89,241 for a like period of last fiscal year—an increase of 84 per cent. From the United States for eleven months there were 106,906 immigrant arrivals, as against 86,488 during the corresponding eleven months of the last fiscal year—a net gain of 24 per cent. You Can Keep Posted on all Developments in the Peace Biver, the Cariboo and FortGeorge Country, Beading our PBEE monthly B. G. Bulletin of Information which gives all the news impartially, clipped from the leading dailies, weeklies and magazines; articles bearing on British Columbia, covering Farm Lands, Fruit, Lumbering, Mining, Fishing, New Railways; also synopsis of Land, Lumber, Mining, Immigration and othel laws. WE ABB JOIBT OWJfEBS ABO ■OLE AOEHTB OP TBE FOBT GEOBGE TOWNSITE at the junction of 1100 miles of navigable waterways, the strategic point for the building of the second largest city of British Columbia, having more varied and important natural advantages than Spokane. Seven railroads building and projected. One hundred million dollars (estimated) will be spent in next five years In railroad building radiating from Fort George. Millions of agricultural acres waiting for farmers. Coal, timber lands, water power and rich gold mining country all tributary to Fort George. Write us today. We don't ask you to buy; just get posted—then do what you think is wise. Natural Resources Securities Co., Ltd. 693 Bower Bldg., Vancouver, B.C. 643 POBT ST.. - - VICTOBIA, B.C. COAL PROSPECTING LICENCE Submarine Area NOTICE is hereby given that it is my intention to apply to the Hon. Minister of Lands at Victoria for a licence to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under the area bounded and described as follows:—Commencing at a post planted at the extreme end of Peile Point, north end of Prevost Island, Cowichan District, thence east one mile, thence south one mlle, thence west one mile, thence north one mile to point of commencement. May 9th, 1911. SPENCER PERCIVAL. may 13 June 10 Bevan, Gore & Eliot LIMITED STOCK AND BOND BROKERS Members Vancouver, Victoria and Spokane Stock Exchanges WE BUY AND SELL ALL LISTED AND UNLISTED | STOCKS ON A STRICTLY COMMISSION BASIS MINING STOCKS CARRIED ON MARGIN AND SOLD| FOR 30, 6o OR 90 DAY DELIVERY MONEY INVESTED FOR CLIENTS ON MORTGAGEl OR IN DIVIDEND PAYING INDUSTRIAL STOCKS Quotations furnished on all Active Stocks 1122 GOVERNMENT STREET Phones 2470 and 2471 VICTORIA, B.C. "Mount Edwards" Coutts-way and Vancouver Street MODERN AND LUXURIOUS APARTMENT HOUSE In favorite residential district within one minute of Fort Street | car and eight minutes' walk of Post Office and Theatre. Heated throughout with Hot Water; Electric Light, Hot and Cold J Water and all Up-to-date Conveniences OPENS MARCH 1ST Suites may now be rented at moderate rates. Domestic help for all tenants can be obtained on the premises on| economic terms. For full particulars apply THE MANAGER, COAL PROSPECTING LICENCE Submarine Area NOTICE is thereby given that it is my intention to apply to the Hon. Minister of Lands at Victoria for a licence to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under the area bounded and described as follows:—Commencing at a post planted at the extreme end of Peile Point, north end of Prevost Island, Cowichan District, thence east one mile, thence north one mlle, thence west one mile, thence south one mile to point of eommeneement. May 9th, 1911. SPENCER PERCIVAL. may 13 June 10 CAMOSUN REALTY CO. Phone 1139 Room i, Royal Hotel Building, Fort St. City and Suburban Real Estate, Acreage at Sooke ancl Saanich, at reasonable prices. COAL PROSPECTING LICENCE Submarine Area NOTICE is hereby given that it ls my intention to apply to the Hon. Minister of Lands at Victoria for a licence to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under the area bounded and described as follows:—Commencing at a post planted on the south-west side of Diver's Bay, Prevost Island, Cowichan District, near where the line between section 16 and 18 Intersects the shore, thence east one mile, thence north one mile, thence west one mile, thence south one mile to point of commencement. May 9th, 1911, SPENCER PERCIVAL. may 13 June 10 COAL PROSPECTING LICENCE Submarine Area NOTICE is hereby given that it is my intention to apply to the Hon. Minister of Lands at Vietoria, tor a licence to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under the area bounded an! described as follows:—Commencing at a post planted on the west side of Prevost Island, Cowichan District, at or near where the section line, between sections 19 and 20 intersects the shore, thence west one mile, thenee north one mile, thence east one mile, thence south one mile to point of commencement. May 9th, 1911. SPENCER PERCIVAL. may 13 June 10 F. KROEGER ABTISTIC UPHOLSTERY | "Wlndowphanle" Makes Stained Glass out of Pl| Glass Bas removed to 721 COURTNEY ST. Opposite Alexandra Club Telephone 1148 Boy's Art Glass Works and Stj 848 Yates St., Victoria, B. c Albert F. R03 Over twenty years' experience| Art Glass. LEADED LIGHTS Sole manufacturer of Stl Cored Lead' for Churches, Schol Public Buildings and privf Dwellings. Plain and Fancy Gil sold. I Sashes Glazed by ContractJ Estimates free. PBONE 594 COAL PROSPECTING LICENCE Submarine Area NOTICE is hereby given that it is my intention to apply to the Hon. Minister of Lands at Victoria for a licence to . prospect for coal and petroleum on and under the area bounded and described as follows:—Commencing at a post planted near where the section line between sections 12 and 13 Intersects the: shore, on Prevost Island, Cowichan District, thence north one mile, thence west one mile, thence south one mile, thenee ; east one mile to point of commence- ment. May 9th, 1911. SPENCER PERCIVAL. may 13 June 10: COAL PROSPECTING LICENCE Submarine Area NOTICE is hereby given that it is my intention to apply to the Hon. Minister of Lands at Victoria for a licence to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under the area bounded and described as follows:—Commencing at a nnst planted on the west side of Prevost Island, Cowichan District, at or near where the section line between sections 19 and 20 intersects the shore, thence east, one mile, thence north one mile, thence west one mile, thence south one mile to point of commencement. May 9th, 1911. SPENCER PERCIVAL. may 13 June 10 COAL PROSPECTING LICEl) Submarine Area NOTICE is hereby given that if intention to apply to the Hon. of Lands at Victoria for a lied prospect for coal and petroleum [ under the area bounded and dq as follows:—Commencing at planted at the extreme end o| Point, at the north end of Island, Cowichan District, thenc! one mile, thence west one mileX south one mile, thence east oi| to point of commencement. May 9th, 1911. SPENCER PERCl] may 13 COAL PROSPECTING LICENCE Submarine Area NOTICE is hereby given that it is my Intention to apply to the Hon. Minister of Lands at Victoria, for a licence to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under the area bounded and described as follows:—Commencing at a post planted on the small island on the south side of the entrance to Billy Bay, on the west side of Prevost Island, Cowichan District, thonce south one mile; thence west one mile; thence north one mile; thence east one mlle to point of commencement. May 9th, 1911. SPENCER PERCIVAL. may 13 June 10 COAL PROSPECTING LICENCE Submarine Area NOTICE is hereby given that it is my intention to apply to the Hon. Minister of Lands at Victoria for a licence to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under the area bounded and described as follows:—Commencing at a post planted at high water mark on the west side of Prevost Island, Cowichan District, at or near where the section line between sections 19 and 20 Intersects the shore; thence south one mile, thence east one mile, thence north one mile, thence west one mile to point of commencement. May 9th, 1911. SPENCER PERCIVAL. may 13 june 10 COAL PROSPECTING LICENCE Submarine Area NOTICE Is hereby given that it is my intention to apply to the Hon. Minister of Lands at Vietoria for a licence to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under the area bounded and described as follows:—Commencing at a post planted on the small island at the mouth of Billy Bay on the west side of Prevost Island, Cowichan district, thence north one mile, thence west one mile, thence south one mile, thence east one mlle to point of commencement. May 9th, 1911. SPENCER PERCIVAL. may 13 June 10 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range III TAKE notice that Sarah Beatrice Sheppard of Victoria, B.C., occupation Widow, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the shore of Dean Channel, about sixtv (GO) chains more or less in a westerly direction from the Northwest corner of Lot 12, thence north twenty (20) chains; thence west twenty (20) chains, thence south twenty (20) chains more or less to the shore of Dean Channel, thence easterly following the said shore line to the point of commencement, and containing forty (40) acre&, more or less. Dated 14th March, 1911. SARAH BEATRICE SHEPPARD. Lewis Hind, Agent, may 13 July 8 PUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby glvl under the authority contained lnl 131 of the "Land Act," a regulatl approved by the Lleutenant-Govif Council fixing the minimum sail of first- and second-class lands| and $5 per acre respectively. This regulation further provi<| the prices fixed therein should all lands with respect to which I plications to purchase were gil vourable consideration after thel said regulation, namely April 3j Further notice is now given virtue of a regulation approved Lieutenant-Governor In Council! 10th of May, 1911, that the re| dated the 3rd April, 1911, be to apply to applications to purcj cant Crown lands which were by the Assistant Commissloi Lands on or before the said A| 1911, and with respect to which quired deposit of fifty cents || had been received by said sioners on or before the said 1911. ROBT. A. RENWIC| Deputy Minister Department of Lands, Victoria, B.C., 16th of May, 19| may 20 THE WEEK, SATUKDAY, MAY 27, 1911 Dominion and Provincial News Good for Them fhe Penticton Boy Scouts are [dying the Morse code. Spuds I-shcroft potato growers are discing of their next season's crop advance at $15-50 per ton. The Royal Bank |[. K. Wright, an inspector of the Jral Bank of Canada, has estab- fed a branch of that institution Hope in temporary quarters. Jam company has been formed to take the Kootenay Jam Company's lory at Nelson, and will manufac- 1 preserves, pickles, jams and other lbacics from Kootenay fruit. A New Brewery lhe construction of a brewery at Lee Rupert will be undertaken this ijmer by a company of Vancouver Italists headed by Messrs. R. Mar- I, C. M. Marpole, Robert Kelly, ■V. Stewart and George E. Mac- lid. Long Floral Garden ■ver 100,000 packages of flower |s are being sent out this spring lie Canadian Pacific Railway Coral's floral department to the agents, Ion men and other employees of ■company. An Important Strike important strike of rich zinc (with a fair percentage of galena [■ported on the Sunset group at \, which at one time was among (icavy shippers of the Slocan dis- present lack of mail and telegraphic communication, the fact that Hope is the centre and headquarters and outfitting point of tbe mining men, not only of Steamboat Mountain Valley, but of Siwash Creek, Silver Creek and the Coquhalla and other adjacent districts, and, not least, the earnest solicitation of the Citizens' Committee of Hope. A Saving of Time Plans for a railway line between Saguenay River and Cape Charles Bay on the cast coast of Labrador, which will save many hours in the transportation of mails from Liverpool to points in Canada and the United States, are outlined in advices from London. Cape Charles Bay is open all the year round and it is claimed that with fast steamers making the run from Liverpool to this port thc mails can be landed in Chicago seven hours before they could even reach New York by present routes. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that Pauline Vasherresse of Victoria, B.C., ocupation Spinster, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted on the left bank of the Blackwater river about five miles westerly from the south-west corner of Indian Reserve No. 4, Euchiniko and at the crossing of the Kluscus Lake trail on the Blackwater* river; thence north SO chains; thence west 80 chains: thence south to bank of river; thence east meandering river to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. PAULINE VASHERRESSE. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 July 1 Grenfell's New Project Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, the Labrador medical missionary, seeks to erect at St. John's, Newfoundland, the greatest fishing port in the new world, a mission house that shall be at once headquarters and hotel for some portion of the 50,000 fishermen who visit St. John's each year. The cost will be $120,000. The population of Newfoundland and Labrador he places at 300,000, and states that 200,- 000 of the persons are engaged in some form of thc fishing industry. Fishermen and traders of the two coasts have pledged $13,000. Telephones in Trains Irailophonc installation for wire- linductivc telephony and signall- |:o and from moving trains, has laid down by thc Stratford-on- and Midland Junction line from If.ord to Kincton, a distance of lor eleven miles. Experiments show that while a train is run- Jat full speed through this scc- Iconvcrsations can bc carried on een thc train and the signal-box. ■Jew Wharf at Prince Albert le department of public works has lived plans for thc construction of lil'f at Prince Albert and tenders Tailed for. Thc estimate is $25,- llthough thc ultimate cost will Ibly bc in the neighbourhood of loo. Thc project will bc carried In conjunction with work now J on to render the Saskatchewan |navigable. "The New Empire" Congratulations to Mr. S. N. Dan- cey of Merritt, B.C., for thc enticing appearance of the new publication which graces our exchange list under the above title. "The New Empire" is a monthly publication bound in magazine form which comes from Vernon presses and is devoted to the interests of the Interior of the Province. It is attractively gotten up and well illustrated ancl thc first number contains many special articles of interest. If the publisher maintains thc same standard of excellence in ensuing editions hc will well deserve thc success which will undoubtedly attend him. B. C. Cement I; announced that thc Associated Tnd Cement Manufacturers of Ln, England, with a capital of |o,ooo, have secured two sites for lanufacturc of cement in British |ibia, one inland and one on tidc- and that the company will com- I constructive operations within 1 weeks. The cost of thc works, ■ stated, will run over $1,000,000 lhe plants will have a capacity. |oo barrels a day. Rush of U. S. Farmers Canadian Northern railway offi- I estimate that 45,000 United farmers will settle along the of the railway in the west this The total immigration of Am- farmcrs to Western Canada Lay will be 200,000. Four hun- Ithousand acres of land will be In open for settlement along thc liny's lines this year. Beyond Inton 10,800 free homesteads ■been opened for settlement and lit rush of land seekers is re- I from the Peace river valley. The Steamboat Nugget publisher of Thc Steamboat |_t has decided to locate in Hope, The reasons for this decision lhe impossibility of taking a lng plant into Steamboat, the Princeton Cement The British Columbia Cement company, of Princeton, is constructing buildings and getting ready to turn out cement next fall. For its own use the company is now making 30,- 000 bricks. No cement will be sold until it is three months old, and 50,000 barrels will always be kept in stock. The present price of cement in Princeton is $6.75 a barrel, which will be reduced to $3 when thc works arc in operation. It is estimated that the works will employ about 500 persons. New Wagon Road The first steps toward building a government wagon road to Steamboat havc been taken. Recently F. W. Glover and H, H. Lavery, two well known civil engineers, left to commence the preliminary survey. These gentlemen are in the employ of Messrs. Cameron & Cleveland, of Vancouver, who are commissioned by Thomas Taylor, thc Commissioner of Public Works, to recommend the route they find best after their survey is completed. Mr. Cleveland will soon take the field himself and direct the work. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that Emma Marshall, of Victoria, B.C., occupation Spinster, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted on the left bank of the Blackwater River about seven miles westerly from the south-west corner of Indian Reserve, No. 4, Euchiniko, and about two miles west from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake trail, on the Blackwater River; thence north SO chains; thence east SO chains; thence south to bank of river; thence west meandering river to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 18th March, 1911. EMMA MARSHALL. Henry A. Porter, Agent, julyl may 6 Kettle Valley Line Construction work will bc commenced east and west out of Penticton within two months and by the end of the year it is expected about 125 miles—or about half the distance between Merritt and Midway—will be spanned with steel. This definite statement was made by J. J. Warren, president of the Kettle Valley railway, lately in reply to a question from thc Penticton board of trade as VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Cowichan. TAKE notice that we, James Hunter, Joseph Hunter, Thomas Hunter and William Hunter, of Thetis Island, occupation Farmers, intend to apply for permission to lease the following described land, viz.:—the following foreshore:—Commencing at a post planted on the shore line at high water mark at a point on the northern boundary of Lot 27, Thetis Island, about 25 chains south-easterly from the Northwest corner of said lot; thence northerly to low water mark, a distance of about one chain; thence easterly, northerly and southerly following low water mark about 90 chains to a projection of the north boundary of Lot 22, on the said Island; thence westerly about one chain to high water mar*': thence northerly, southerly and westerly **.- lowing high water mark about 90 chain* to the point of commencement, conta___. ing 9 acres, mare or less. Dated April 24th. 1911. JAMES HUNTER, JOSEPH HUNTER, THOMAS HUNTER, WILLIAM HUNTER, apl 29 CANCELLATION OF RESERVE NOTICE is hereby given that the reserve of a parcel of land situated or Graham Island, notice of which appeared in the British Columbia Gazette of the 25th of February, 1909, being dated 23rd February, 1909, is cancelled to permit of the lands being acquired by pre-emption only and for no other purpose. ROBT. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Department of Lands, Victoria, B.C., April 5th,' 1911. july 8 to when actual construction would bc commenced. Mr. Warren stated that he intended to make Penticton his base of operations this summer for construction work. Thc contractor will commence work on the wharf this week and a passenger depot will be erected at the same time. As soon as the slips are built, the C. P. R. will put in a fruit-cooling house. BOOK NOTES To any reader who really enjoys an amusing book without any pretence of retailing the probabilities of life "Thc Gift-Wife" should appeal. This charming tale, which in part recalls tlie work of the inimitable An- stey, is woven around thc misfortunes of a "periodical" as hc styles himself. The hero, Dr. David Jebb, is the victim of alcoholic bouts which seize upon him with the regularity of clock-work and invariably leave him in strange places, penniless and without thc slightest recollection of thc past fortnight. His adventures after one of his seizures in Central Europe form thc subject matter of one of the most genuinely humorous books of thc season. "The Gift-Wife," by Rupert Hughes; Moffat, York & Co., $1.50. "The Marooner," by Charles Fred- crick Holder; B. W. Dodge & Co., $1.50. "Thc Magnet," by Henry C. Row land; Briggs & Co., $1.50. "The Catspaw," by W. H. Osborne; Briggs & Co., $1.50. The above books have inst been received by thc Standard Stationery Company and arc on sale at their store on Government Street, Victoria, B. C. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that Sarah Amelia Mil- by, of Victoria, B.C., occupation Married Woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted at the south-east corner of Indian Reserve, No. 4, Euchiniko, on the shore of Euchiniko Lake, and about b_ miles easterly from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake Trail, on the Blackwater river; thence north 80 chains; thence east SO ehains; thenee south to shore of Lake; thence west meandering Lake shore to point of commencement, containing 560 acres, more or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. SARAH AMELIA MILBY. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 July 1 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that Thomas Morris, of Victoria, B.C., occupation Janitor, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted on the shore of Euchiniko Lake, and about one mile west from the south-west corner of Indian Reserve, No. 4, Euchiniko, and about four miles easterly from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake Trail on the Blackwater River; thence north SO chains; thence east SO chains; thence south to Lake shore; thence west meandering shore of Lake to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. THOMAS MORRIS. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 July 1 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that Alfred Arthur Codd of Victoria, B.C., occupation, Musician, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the shore of Euchiniko Lake, and about one mile west from the southwest corner of Indian Reserve, No. 4, Euchiniko, and about four miles easterly from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake trail on tlie Blackwater River; thenee north SO chains; thenee west SO chains; thence south to shore of Lake; thence east meandering Lake shore to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. ALFRED ARTHUR CODD. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 July 1 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that Erlck Ulin, of Victoria, B.C., manager of Taylor Mill, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted northeast corner of Section 13, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence SO chains west; thenee 80 chains north; thence 80 chains east; thenee SO chaina south to the point of commencement, and containing 640 aores, more or less. Dated March 14th, 1911. ERICK ULIN. apl 8 John Dalby, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that George William Hall, of Victoria, B.C., phy3lcian, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted southeast corner of Section 24, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence SO chains west; thence SO chains north: thence 80 chains east; thence SO chatns south to the point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 14th, 1911. GEORGE WILLIAM HALL, apl S John Dalby, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that George Switzer, of Victoria, B.C., occupation Labourer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted on the shore of Euchiniko Lake, and about three miles west from the south-west corner of Indian Reserve, No. 4, Euchiniko, and about two miles easterly from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake trail on tlie Blackwater River; thence north SO chains; thence east 80 chains; thence south to Lake shore; thence west meandering shore of Lake to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. ■ Dated 17th March, 1911. GEORGE SWITZER. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 July 1 LAND REGISTRY ACT VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that John Dean, of Victoria, B.C., farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted south-east eorner of Section 25, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence 80 chains north; thence SO chains west; thence 80 ehains south; thence SO chains east to the point of commencement, and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 14th, 1911. JOHN DEAN, apl S . D. Wilkinson, Agent. OMINECA LAND DISTRICT District of Cassiar TAKE notice that I, R. Greenwood, of Victoria, B.C., capitalist, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the right bank of the Skeena River about eleven miles up stream from the Indian Village of Kispiox, thence south SO chains, thence west SO chains; thence north 80 chains; thence east SO chains to point of commencement. March 2nd, 1911. RICARDO GREENWOOD, apl 29 Robt. MacDonald, Agent. OMINECA LAND DISTRICT District of Cassiar TAKE notice that I, R. Greenwood, of Victoria, B.C., Capitalist, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for eoal and petroleum on the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on* the right bank of the Skeena River about twelve miles up stream from the Indian Village of KIs- p< ix, thence south SO chains; thence west SO chains; thence north 80 chains, thence east 80 chains to point of commencement. March 2nd, 1911. RICARDO GREENWOOD, apl 29 Robt. MacDonald, Agent. In the matter of an Application for a Duplicate Certificate of Title to Lot 24, Block F, Fairfield Farm Estate (Map 340) Victoria City. NOTICE is hereby given that it is my Intention at the expiration of one month from the date of the first publication hereof to issue a Duplicate Certificate of Title to said land, issued to Seraph Blackwell and Laura A. Blackwell on the 7tli day of September, 1910, and numbered 23923C. Land Registry Offlce, Victoria, B.C., the 25th day of April, 1911. S. Y. WOOTTON, apl 29 Registrar-General of Titles. OMINECA LAND DISTRICT District of Cassiar TAKE notice that I, R. Greenwood, of Victoria, B.C., capitalist, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for eoal and petroleum on the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the left bank of the Skeena River aboul eight miles up stream from the Indian Village of Kispiox, thence north SO chains, thence west SO chains; thence south 80 chains, thence east SO chains to point of commencement. March lst, 1911. RICARDO GREENWOOD, apl 29 Robt. MacDonald, Agent. OMINECA LAND DISTRICT District of Cassiar TAKE NOTICE that I, R. Greenwood, of Victoria, B.C., capitalist, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the right bank of the Skeena River about eight miles up stream from the Indian Village of Kispiox. thence smith SO chains; thence east SO chains; thence north SO chains; thence west SO chains to point of eommeneement. March 1st, 1911. RICARDO GREENWOOD, apl 29 Robt. MacDonald, Agent. OMINECA LAND DISTRICT District of Cassiar TAKE notice that I, A. W. McVittie, of Victoria, B.C., surveyor, Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the right bank of the Skeena River about ten miles up stream from the Indian Village of Kispiox. thence north SO chains; thence west 80 chains; thence south SO chains; thence east 80 chains to point of commencement. March 2nd, 1911. ARCHIBALD W. McVITTIE. apl 29 Robt. MacDonald, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 2 TAKE notice that Elizabeth Blshoff, of Vancouver, B.C., occupation Housekeeper, Intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 2_ miles north-easterly from the head waters of Millbrook Cove; thence east eighty chains; thence north eighty chains; thence west eighty chains; thence south eighty chains to point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated January 27th, 1911. ELIZABETH BISHOFF. mar 25 Frederick A. Smith, Agent. PUBLIC SERVICE ACT The qualifying examinations for Third-class Clerks, Junior Clerks, and Stenographers will be held at tl" following places, commencing on Monday the 3rd July next:—Armstrong, Chilliwack, Cumberland, Golden, Grand Forks, Kamloops, Kaslo, Kelowna, Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Nelson, New Westminster, North Vnncouver, Peachland, Revelstoke, Rossland, Salmon Arm, Summer- land, Vancouver, Vernon, and Victoria. Candidates must be British subjects between the age of 21 and 30, if for Third-class Clerks; and between 16 and 21, if for Junior Clerks or Stenographers. Applications will not be accepted if received later than tho 15th June next. Further information, together with application forms, may be obtained from tho undersigned. P. WALKER, Registrar, Public Service. Victoria, B.C., 27th April, 1911. apl 29 June 10 OMINECA LAND DISTRICT District of Cassiar TAKE notice that I, A. W. McVittie, of Victoria, B.C., surveyor, Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for ennl and petroleum on the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the right bank of the Skeena River nbout ten miles up stream from the Indian Village of Kispiox, Ihence south SO chains; thence cast SO -.hains; thence north SO chain*): thence west SO chains to the point of commencement. Mnrch 2nd. 1911. ARCHIBALD W. McVITTIE. apl 29 Robt. MacDonald, Agent. CANCELLATION OF BESEKVE Notice is hereby given that the reserve existing by reason of the notice published in the British Columbia Gazette of the 27th December, 1907, over lands situated on one of the Islands In the Pearce Group of Islands, Rupert District, formerly covered by Timber Licence No. 27806, is cancelled nnd thnt the said lands will bo open to locntion by pre-emption only, after midnight on July 13th, 1911. ROBT. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands., Lands Department, Victoria, B. 0„ April 10th, 1911, apl 15 july 15 10 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1911 ia VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that Alex. McCarter, of Victoria, B.C., contractor, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted south-east corner of Section 26, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence SO chains west; thence 80 chains north; thence SO chains east; thence SO chains south to the point of commencement and containing 610 acres, more or less. Dated March llth, 1911. ALEX. McCARTER. apl S D. Wilkinson, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that George Arthur Benjamin Hall, of Victoria, B.C., physician, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted at the north-east corner of Section 16, Township 21, Range I, Rupert District, thence SO chains west; thence SO chains south; thence SO chains east; thence SO chains north to the point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or Dated March 14th, 1911. GEORGE ARTHUR BENJAMIN HALL, apl S John Dalby, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that Lawrence McCarter, of Victoria, B.C., contractor, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted southeast corner of Section 22, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence SO chains west; thence SO chains north; thence 80 chains east; thence SO chains south to the point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 14th, 1911. LAWRENCE McCARTER. apl S D. Wilkinson, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that William McCarter of Victoria, B.C., contractor, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted south-east corner of Section 27, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence 80 chains west; thence 80 chains north; thence SO chains east; thence SO chains south to the point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March llth, 1911. WILLIAM McCARTER. apl 8 D. Wilkinson, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that Thomas Charles Hubbard of Victoria, B.C., occupation Clerk, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 20 chains north from the left bank of the Blackwater river, and ahout eleven miles westerly from the southwest corner of Indian Reserve No. 4, Euchiniko, and about six miles westerly from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake trail on the Blackwater river; thence west SO ehains; thence south SO chains; thence east about SO chains to shore of lake; thence north meandering lake shore to point of commencement, containing about 640 acres, more or less. Dated ISth March, 1911. THOMAS CHARLES HUBBARD. Henry A, Porter, Agent, may 6 july 1 NOTICE VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that Henry Gage Dalby, of Victoria, B.C., clerk, Intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted south-east corner of Section 20, Township S, Range 1, Rupert District; thence SO chains west; thence 80 chains north; thence SO chains east; thence 80 chains south to the point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 15th, 1911. HENRY GAGE DALBY. apl S D. Wilkinson, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that Charles Banfield, of Victoria, B.C., printer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted south-east corner of Section 2S, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence SO chains west; thence SO chains north; thence SO chains east; thence 80 chains south to the point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 15th, 1911. CHARLES BANFIELD. apl 8 John Dalby, Agent. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that, under the authority contained in section 131 of the "Land Act," a regulation has been approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council fixing the minimum sale price of first- and second-class lands at $10 and $5 per acre, respectively. This regulation further provides tliat the prices fixed therein shall apply to all lands with respect to which the application to purchase is given favourable consideration after this date, notwithstanding the date of such application or any delay that may have occurred In the consideration of the same. Further notice is hereby given that all persons who have pending applications to purchase lands under the provisions of sections 34 or 36 of the "Land Act" and who are not willing to complete such purchases under the prices fixed by the aforesaid regulation shall be at liberty to withdraw such applications and receive refund of the moneys deposited on account of such applications. WILLIAM R. ROSS, Minister of Lands. Department of Lands, Vietoria, B.C., April 3rd, 1911. june 3 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that William Angus Gleason, of Victoria, B.C., builder, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted southeast corner of Section 23, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence 80 chains west; thence SO chains north; thence SO chains east; thence SO chains south to the point of commencement, and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 14th, 1911. WILLIAM ANGUS GLEASON. apl 8 John Dalby, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range 3 TAKE notice that Malcolm Bruce Jackson, of Victoria, occupation Barrister, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post plantecl on the south bank of the Salmon River, about two miles west of the Salmon House; thence south eighty chains; thence west eighty chains; thence north eighty chains, more or less, to the south hank of the Salmon River; thence following the south bank of the Salmon River in an easterly direction to point of commencement and containing 640 acres more or less. Dated February 15th, 1911. MALCOLM BRUCE JACKSON. Frank Hallett, Agent, may 6 july 1 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range II TAKE notice that I, Maud E. Shepherd ,of Nortli Vancouver, occupation Married Woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about one mile S. E. of 109 on bank of river; thenee north SO chains; thence west SO chains; thence south 40 chains or to shore; thence meandering shore to commencement, containing 400 acres, more or less. Dated April 13, 1911. MAUD E. SHEPHERD. Morton S. Jones, Agent, may 13 july S VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that Robert Swan Dalby, of Victoria, B.C., Clerk, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted north-east corner of Section 21, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence SO chains west; thence 80 chains south; thence 80 chains east; thence 80 chains north to the point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 15th, 1911. ROBERT SWAN DALBY. apl 8 John Dalby, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that Mina P. Schabbel, of Victoria, B.C., intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted north-east corner of Section 15, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence 80 chains west; thence 80 chains south; thence SO chains east; thenee 80 chains north to the point of commencement, and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 14th, 1911. MINA F. SCHABBEL. apl S D. Wilkinson, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range II Take notice that I, Minnie Wood, of North Vancouver, occupation Married Woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described iands:—Commencing at a post planted about one mile north and one- half mile east of L. 295, being blazed to shed on river, thence north SO chains; thence west 40 chains or to the river, then south along river to point west of Post; thence east to commencement, containing 300 acres, more or less. Dated April 13, 1911. MINNIE WOOD. Morton S. Jones, Agent. may 13 julyS isav*. CANCELLATION OF B.ESEBVE Notice is hereby given that the reserve established over certain lands in the Cariboo and Lillooet Districts, notice of which bearing date June 30th, 190S, was published in the British Columbia Gazette on July 2nd, 190S, is cancelled in so far as the same relates to the following surveyed lands in Township 48 and 50, Lillooet District, namely, Fractional Sections 2, 3, Section 4, Fractional Section 5, Fractional E. % of Section 6, Fractional Section 7, Sections 8, 9, 10. Fractional Sections 11, 12, 13; Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, Fractional W. _ of Section 24, Fractional W. y2 of Section 25, Fractional Section 26, Sections 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, Fractional Section 35 and Fractional West _ of Section 36, all in Township 48; Fractional Sections 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, Sections 13, 14, Fractional Sections 15, 16, 17, IS, 19, 20, 21, Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 2S, 29 and Fractional Sections 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36, all in Township 50, to permit of the said lands being located by pre-emption entry only. ROBT. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands., Lands Department, Victoria, B. C, April 7th, 1911. apl 15 july 15 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that Peter Fleming of Victoria, B.C., occupation Carpenter, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted on the left bank of the Blackwater River about five miles westerly from the south-west corner of Indian Reserve, No. 4, Euchiniko, and at the crossing of the Kluscus Lake Trail on the Black- water River; thence north SO chains; thence east SO chains; thence south to bank of river; thence west meandering river to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. PETER FLEMING. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 July 1 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that Blanche Elizabeth Neill, of Victoria, B.C., occupation Married Woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on the left bank of the Black- water River, about four miles west from the south-west corner of Indian Reserve No. 4, Euchiniko, and about one mile from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake trail on the Blackwater River; thence north SO chains; thence east 80 chains; thence south to bank of river; thence west meandering river to point of commencement, containing 040 acres, more or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. BLANCHE ELIZABETH NEILL. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 July I VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that Susan M. McFadden, of Victoria, B.C., intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted north-east corner of Section 18, Township 8, Range 1, Rupert District; thenoe 80 chains west; thence 80 chains south; thence 80 chains east; thence 80 chains north to point of commencment, and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 14th, 1911. SUSAN M. McFADDEN. apl 8 John Dalby, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that Robert McFadden, of Victoria, B.C., butcher, Intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted south-east corner of Section 19, Township S, Range 1, Rupert District; thence west SO chains; thence nortli SO chains; thence east SO chains; thence south SO chains to the point of commencement, and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 14th, 1911. ROBERT McFADDEN. apl S John Dalby, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE that Francis Walter Hall, of Victoria, B.C., physician, Intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted south-west corner nf Section 30, Township 8, Range I, Rupert District; thence SO chains north; thence 80 chains east; thence SO chains south; thence 80 chains west to the point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 14th, 1911. FRANCIS WALTER HALL, apl S D. Wilkinson, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range I TAKE notice that I, Harold W. Wood, of Vancouver, occupation Merchant, intends to appiy for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted about 40 chains west of S. W. corner of T. L. 30927, thence 80 chains south; thence SO chains east or to timber licence; thence SO chains north; thence west to commencement and containing 600 acres, more or less. Dated April 10, 1911. HAROLD W. WOOD. Morton S. Jones, Agent, may 13 july S VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range I TAKE notice that I, James McKechnie, of Vancouver, occupation Author, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted ahout 60 chains west of the N. W. corner of T. L. 30927 on old survey line; thence south SO chains; thence east 60 chains or to timber licences, thence north SO chains, thence west to the commencement, containing 400 acres more or less. Dated April 14, 1911. JAMES MCKECHNIE. Morton S. Jones, Agent. may 13 july 8 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice tliat John Schoeder, of Victoria, B.C., occupation Carpenter, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands.— Commencing at a post planted on the left bank of the Black water river, ahout nine miles westerly from the south-west comer of Indian Reserve No. 4, Euchiniko, and about four miles westerly from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake trail on the Blackwater river; thence north SO chains; thence east SO chains; thence south to bank of river; thence west meandering river to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated ISth March, 1911. JOHN SCHOEDER. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 july 1 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range II TAKE notice that I, Mary Wood, of Vancouver, occupation Married Woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted about one mile nortli and one-half mile east of N. W. corner of L. 295, being blazed west to shed on river; thence south SO chains; thence west 40 chains or to river; thence meandering river to point west of post, thence east to commencement, containing 300 acres more or less. Dated April 13, 1911. MARY WOOD. Morton S. Jones, Agent, may 13 July S ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT District of Rupert, Vancouver Isianl TAKE notice that Alexander Knigll of London, Eng., occupation Gentlemal intends to apply for permission to pui chase the following described lands:f Commencing at a post planted on tH shore of Quatsino Sound about 90 chaiJ distant and in a south-westerly dlreL tion from the S. W. corner of Lot 11 Township 27, Rupert District, thenl north 40 chains; thence east 80 chain! thence south 40 chains; thence aloil the shore to the point of commencf ment, and containing 350 acres, mo or less. Dated 2nd May, 1911. ALEXANDER KNIGHT. Per George G. Shone, Agent.! may 6 julf ALBERNI LAND DISTRICT District of Rupert, Vancouver IslaJ TAKE notice that Gwendolen Bull Colthurst, of Vancouver, B.C., occutt tion Spinster, intends to apply for pJ mission to purchase the following if scribed lands:—Commencing at a pel planted on the shore of Quatsino Soul at the south-east corner of Lot Township 27, Rupert District, therf west 30 chains; thence north 10 chaii thenco west 10 chains; thence south] chains; thence along shore to pointl commencement, and containing 60 acl more or less. Dated 2nd May, 1911. Gwendolen Buller Colthurst. Per George G. Shone, Agentl may 6 jull VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT. District of Rupert, Range 1. TAKE NOTICE tllat Thomas Mould, of Victoria, B.C., butcher, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted north-east corner of Section 14, Township 21, Range 1, Rupert District; thence SO chains west; thence SO chains north; thence 80 chains east; thence SO chains soutli to the point of commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated March 14th, 1911. THOMAS MOULD, apl 8 John Dalby, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that James Darcy of Victoria, B C, occupation Labourer, intends to appiy for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted on the left bank of the Blackwater River, about nine miles westerly from the south-west corner of Indian Reserve No. •I, Euchiniko, and about four miles westerly from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake trail on the Blackwater river; thence north SO ehains; thence west SO chains; thence south to bank or river; thence east meandering river to point of commencement containing 64 0 acres, more or less. Dated ISth March. 1911. JAMES DARCY. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 july 1 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast, Range II TAKE notice that I, Ernest A. Paige, of New Westminster, occupation Editor, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:-— Commencing at a post planted about one mile north and one-half mile east of L. 295 being blazed to shed on river; thence north SO chains; thence east 80 chains; thence south 80 chains; thence west SO chains to commencement, containing 640 acres more or less. Dated April 13, 1911. ERNEST A. PAIGE. Morton S. Jones, Agent, may 13 july S VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Const, Range II TAKE notice that I, John S. Shepherd, of North Vancouver, occupation Bookkeeper, Intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about one mile north and one- half mile east of L. 295. being blazed to river at shed; thence east SO chains; thence south SO chains; thence west SO chains; thence north SO chains to commencement and containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated April 13. 1911. JOHN S. SHEPHERD. Morton S. Jones, Agent, may 13 july 8 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that James Gibson Hay of Victoria, B.C., occupation Blacksmith, intends to apply for permission to purchase the foilowing described lands:— Commencing at a post planted on the left bank of the Blackwater river, about eleven miles westerly from the southwest corner of the Indian Reserve No. 4, Euchiniko, and about six miles westerly from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake trail on the Blackwater River; thence north 80 chains; thence east SO chains; thence south to bank of river; thence west meandering river to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated 18th March, 1911. JAMES GIBSON HAY. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 July 1 OMINECA LAND DISTRICT District of Cassiar TAKE notice that I, A. W. McVittie, of Victoria. B.C., Surveyor, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect- for coal and petroleum on the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on tlie right bank of the Skeena River about eight miles up stream from the Indian Village of Kispiox, thence south SO chains; thence west SO chains; thence north SO chains, thence east SO chains to point of commencement. March 1st, 1911. ARCHIBALD W. McVITTIE. apl 29 Robt. MacDonald, Agent. VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast TAKE notice that Sydney ClarksonJ Victoria, B.C., occupation Clerk, Intel to apply for permission to purchase 1 following described lands:—Commenc! at a post planted on the left bank! the Blackwater river and about miles east and 40 chains north of south-east corner of Indian Reserve, 4, Euchiniko; thence north SO chaii thence west SO chains; thence south! bank of river; thence east meanderT river to point of commencement, cl taining 640 acres, more or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. SYDNEY CLARKSON. Henry A. Porter, Agenl may 6 jul VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice tliat George Anthl Williams of Victoria, B.C., occupal Waiter, intends to apply for permisf to purchase the following descrl lands:—Commencing at a post plai! on the left bank of the Blackwf River, about four miles east and| chains north from the south-east ner of Indian Reserve, No. 4, Euchir. thence north SO chains; thence easl chains; thence south to bank of ril thence west meandering river to pi of commencement, containing 640 ai" more or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. GEORGE ANTHONY WILLIAM,! Henry A. Porter, Ageil may 6 j(| NOTICE TO CREDITORS VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that Esther Louise Downs, of Victoria, B.C., occupation Spinster, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lnnds:—Commencing at a post planted on the left bank of the Blackwater River, about seven miles westerly from the south-west corner of Indian Reserve No. 4, Euchiniko, and about two mlleswesterly from the crossing of the Kluscus Lake, trail on the Blackwater river; thence north SO chains; thence west SO chains; thence south to bank of river; thence east meandering river to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less. Dated ISth March, 1911. ESTHER LOUISE DOWNS. Henry A. Porter, Agent, may 6 july 1 Court House, Revelstoke. Sealed Tenders, superscribed "Tender for Court-house, Revelstoke," will be received by the Honourable the Minister of Public Works, up to noon of Wednesday, the 31st day of May, 1911, for the erection and completion of a Courthouse at Revelstoke. Drawings, Specifications, Contract and Forms of Tender may be seen at the offices of the Government Agents Revelstoke, Nelson, Kamloops, New Westminster, Provincial Timber Inspector, Vancouver, and at the Department of Public Works, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C. Intending tenderers can, by applying to the undersigned, obtain one copy of the drawings ancl one copy of the specifications for the sum of twenty- five ($26) dollars. Each tender must be accompanied by an accepted bank cheque or certificate of deposit on a chartered bank of Canada, made payable to the Hon. the Minister of Public Works, for a sum equal to flve (5) per cent, of his tender, which shall be forfeited if the party tendering decline to enter into contract when called upon to do so. The cheques or certificates of deposit of unsuccessful tenderers will be returned to them upon the execution of the contract. The successful tenderer shall furnish a bond of a guarantee company satisfactory to the Minister of Public Works, equal to ten (10) per cent, of the contract amount, for the due fulfilment of the contract. Tenders will not be considered unless made out on the forms supplied, signed, with the actual signature of the tenderer, and enclosed in the envelopes furnished. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. J. E. GRIFFITH, Public Works Engineer. Department of Public Works, Victoria, B.C., lst May, 1911. may 6 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that Charles Hansoil Victoria, B.C., occupation Laborer,! tends to apply for permission to I chase the following described lancl Commencing at a post planted onl left bank of tiie Blackwater River, al four miles east and 40 chains nortl the south-east corner of the Indian! serve, No. 4, Euchiniko; thence nortl chains; thence west SO chains; thf south about SO chains to bank of r east meandering river to point of mencement, containing 640 acres, : or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. CHARLES HANSON, Henry A. Porter, Agei may 6 jl VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT j District of Coast. TAKE notice that John Charles Rl of Victoria, B.C., occupation Labol intends to apply for permission to f chase the following described lanl Commencing at a post planted aboutl miles east and 40 chains north oil south-east corner of Indian Reserve! 4, Euchiniko, on the shore of Euchl Lake; thence north 80 chains; t| east SO chains; thence south to shore; thence west meandering shore to point of commencement, taining 640 acres, more or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. JOHN CHARLES RANNS. Henry A. Porter, Ag- may 6 VICTORIA LAND DISTRICT District of Coast. TAKE notice that John Wood ol toria, B.C., occupation Mechanic, ir, to apply for permission to purchas following clescribed lands:—Comme at a post planted about one mile and 20 chains north of south-east ner of Indian Reserve, No. 4, Eucl and on the shore of Euchiniko thence north 80 chains; thence ea chains; thence south to Lake thence west meandering Lake she point of commencement, contalnin acres, more or less. Dated 17th March, 1911. JOHN WOOD. Henry A. Porter, Ag' may 6 NOTICE is hereby given that and pursuant to the Revised St: of Canada, 1906, Chapter 115, F ick William Pretty will apply tl Governor-General in Council fo proval of the plan and site fo erection of a Wooden Wharf in of his Lot, 12S6, in the city ol toria. A plan of the said proposed ancl a description by metes and b of the proposed site of same havc deposited with the Minister of : Works at Ottawa, and duplicates of have been deposited ln the ofl the Registrar of Deeds for the) City of Vietoria, the same bein1 Land Registry Office at Victoria, said. Dated at Victoria, B. C„ the day of April, 1911. A. S. INNES, Solicitor for Frederick William I Applicant, apl 29 \ THE WEEK, SATUKDAY, MAY 27, 1911 11 lUSIC AND THE STAGE (Continued from Page 3) Ictorians and visitors have been poping to the popular Broad street |use. The Romano's Theatre am constantly being delighted Jth Miss England's singing at Ro- |mo's. This week she has been giv- a most sympathetic rendering of png Me to Sleep." I suppose the ustrated Song does appeal to a cer- class of Moving-Picture House Jrons, otherwise managers would continue to run them, but I for am always relieved when I can [ir a good song well sung without foolish and often quite unsuitable |strations which usually accompany singer on the screen. "The Con- It" was a strong drama revealed J Monday and Tuesday, but I was |re particularly pleased with a [lie rendering of that well-known song "Dumb, Dumb, Dumb," ere the luckless swain who has jrried a dumb wife foolishly has operated on and ever after re- Its his kindness. The Yankee Girl ■handle Ring, who has the univer- Iregard of all theatre goers, for 1 excellent work, as the stellar at- Ition in many of the recent musi- 1 comedy successes, will visit us Iday, May 29, at the Victoria Jatre in a vehicle that has found |ur in all the larger cities, "The kee Girl." larting last summer in New York, lhe Herald Square Theatre, it led at once into popular favour, J instead of diminishing receipts, ■ last week of the sixth month, attractions have been bought only found it in the height of its popularity, and beyond the perad- venture of a doubt the "Yankee Girl" could have run an entire year, could off. Miss Ring has a personality so marked, and so delightful in its phases that every one warms to her the instant she comes upon the stage. She has a charm, and an individuality, so refreshing, and so piquant, that no one can help but feel it, the minute they get within the radius of her voice. "Magda" Hermann Sudermann's well known drama "Magda" has earned an enviable reputation for itself, and has already been played in almost every large city on the American continent. It has, however, never before been presented at popular prices on the Pacific Coast. "Magda" was translated from the German "Heimat." Ey his masterly handling of an episode of German family life, Herr Sudermann laid, many years ago, the foundation of a world-wide reputation. With the possible exception of Robertson's "Caste," which, after all hardly comes within the same category, "Magda" represents about the first serious attempt by a European dramatist to deal wjth the ever-present sex problem in its relations to the everyday life of an ordinary middle class family, complicated as it is by that intellectual revolt of modern womanhood, to which Ibsen, Shaw and Maeterlinck have given a perhaps exaggerated expression. "Magda" will be presented by the Allen Players on Tuesday next and on Thursday and Saturday they will play "The House of a Thousand Candles," from the novel by Meredith Nicholson. Sothern-Marlowe Subscriptions The appearance of Sothern and Marlowe in "Romeo & Juliet" at the Victoria Theatre, June 12, has attracted so much attention on the part of the public and such a large advance sale is predicted that the man agement has decided to open a sale of subscriptions at once. This has been done at Mr. Sothern's request, who wished to save theatregoers the necessity of standing in line. Subscriptions may be made at the box office of the theatre, where full information as to prices of seats will be given. Tickets can then be secured at once. This should meet with the general satisfaction of the public, who wish to be assured of good seats in advance of the opening of the sale. Coming With Chevalier After considerable negotiation, Frederic Shipman has secured Edna Blanche Showalter, the American soprano, for the Albert Chevalier tour of Western Canada. Miss Showalter is only twenty-two, but she has already been acclaimed by musical critics as the "Melba of To-morrow." Her rise has been remarkably rapid, for a few years ago she was absolutely unknown to the musical world. How one opportunity leads to another is exemplified in Miss Showal- ter's career. Her first opportunity came when she was engaged for the Grand Opera "Paolette," produced at Cincinnati under the auspices of the Ohio Valley Exposition. Miss Showalter alternated the leading role with Mme. de Pasquali of the Metropolitan Opera and scored instant and complete success. Walter Damrosch, the great conductor, heard her and immediately engaged her as soloist with the Damrosch Orchestra for its 1910-11 tour. Henry W. Savage, the far-seeing impresario, in search of a prima donna to sing the leading role in his English production of Puccini's "Girl of the Golden West," heard Miss Showalter's exquisite voice and declaring her to be the ideal "Minnie" has secured her as prima donna for what will easily be one of the biggest events of next season—the first English production of the opera, the "Girl of the Golden West." CORRESPONDENCE The Week accepts no responsibility for the views expressed by its correspondents. Communications will be inserted whether signed by the real name of the writer or a nom de plume, but the writer's name and address must be given to the Editor as an evidence of bona fides. In no case will it be divulged without consent. Safer Boats Wanted Victoria, May llth, 1911. Editor Week: Sir,—-Could you find space in your valuable paper for enclosed clipping from the Nanaimo Free Press of May llth. We, who have travelled on this coffin, know from experience her danger, and she was lucky to have a careful mariner like Capt. Brown in command or she would have been in the bottom of the sea long ago. All commercial travellers have the same tale, and it is a well known fact that when business called her one-time owner, Hon. Mr. Dunsmuir, to come on business in rough weather, he has preferred other means of travelling. Yours in grateful anticipation, TRAVELLER. "The Colonist the other day reported that C.P.R. officials had been through the islands between here and Victoria looking into the trade possibilities, and that, until some definite action has been taken, the City of Nanaimo will run occasionally. As a matter of fact the City is already on this run, and the Herald regards her as "a more than worthy successor" presumably, that is, to the Iroquois. That is just as it may be. The travelling public of Nanaimo has had all it wanted and lots to spare of the City of Nanaimo. The Colonist the other day went over a list of shipping disasters, any one of which it seemed to think might have been prevented by public criticism at the right time. If the Colonist wishes to give an earnest of its regard for the public weel let it institute some inquiries as to the general condition and seaworthiness of the City of Nanaimo. The boat may be all right, but Nanaimo people were afraid to travel on it. In the winter just past she had to shelter from every breeze that blew, and on two occasions it was reported to the Free Press she keeled over to such an extent that the passengers thought she would never again right herself. We have long advocated the formation or resurrection of the board of trade here but heaven save it would ever advocate this kind of thing."—Nanaimo Free Press. Natural Advantage! 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Ever since that date the name "1847 Rogers Bros." on a silverplate signified that it was the very best quality and stood for reliability, quality and design, led then as now, and for silverplated flatware for table use. There's nothing can excel this brand. "VESTA," "AVON," "LOTUS," "TIPPED," WINDSOR"—These are a few of the patterns we carry in the "1847 Rogers Bros." Silverware. You'll find a pattern you like, for we have many dainty creations. Come here when you want anything in Teaspoons, Table Spoons, Dessert Spoons, Dessert Forks, Table Forks. Where the Most Furniture is Shown and Sold This is the Store With the One Price 12 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1911 i i fl Last Friday week the Dancing Club gave their last dance in the Broad Street Hall. The floor was in excellent condition and the room was artistically arranged with bunting. The supper table was decorated with lilac and white narcissus. Among those present were:—Mrs. Brotherton, Mrs. Cross, Mrs. Fagan, Mrs. B. Tye, Mrs. Keith Wilson, Miss Alice Pooley, Miss Cross, Miss Johnston, Miss Tilton, Miss Mason, Miss Page, Miss E. Tilton, Miss Troup, Miss Combe, Miss Little, Miss Chanhauld, Miss Lawson, Miss Julier, Miss J. Lawson, Miss Paula Irving, Miss Robertson, Miss Grey, Miss Holden, Miss Helmcken, Miss Hanington, Miss Kennedy, Miss Tuck, Miss Newcombe, Miss Ethel Gibson, Miss McCard, Miss Doris Mason, Mr. Tom Pemberton, Mr. A. Pitts, Mr. B. Tjye, Mr. Hopgood, Mr. McDonald, Mr. K. Wilson, Mr. Dickson, Mr. Bromley, Hon. Charles Noel, Mr. Bentiuc, Mr, Monteith, Mr. Twigge, Mr. Kane, Mr. Wilmot, Mr. Julier, Mr. Spalding, Mr. Bruce Irving, Mr. J. Arbuckle, Mr. E. King, Mr. Scott, Mr. Leslie Bell, Mr. Bury, Mr. Barnes, Mr. H, Rochefort, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Douglas Bullen, Mr. Darcy Martin, Mr. Lytton Mara, Mr. Galligher, Mr. Douglas Hunter, Mr. C. Pemberton, Mr. F. Hamilton. This was voted by all to be the most enjoyable of all the dances given by thc bachelors. * * * A very pretty wedding was solemn- nised last Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Dr. Campbell. Mr. John Christie of this place was married to Miss Ellen Norris, daughter of the late Robert Norris, Culuegrew, Ireland. The bride wore an exquisite dress of white satin, beautifully embroidered and carried a lovely bouquet of bride roses. Her bridesmaid, Miss Alice Price, wore a soft white dress and carried pale pink carnations. Mr. and Mrs. Christie received many beautiful and costly presents. * * * The engagement has been announced of Miss Marion Laura Graham, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. K, Graham, Toronto, to Mr. W. J. Shaughnessy, son of Sir Thomas and Lady Shaughnessy. * * * Mrs. H. B. Good left last Tuesday on a visit to Mr. H. L. Good, Nanaimo, B.C. * * * Mr. Leonard Frank, of Alberni, is visiting Victoria and is a guest at the Empress Hotel. * * * Mr. Fleet Robertson, who has been away at Nelson and Trail, has returned to the city again. * * * Mr. A. V. Kennah of Vancouver spent an enjoyable holiday up at Cowichan Lake last week. * * * Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Shallcross, Oak Bay, left last Tuesday on an extended visit to England and the Continent. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Donald of Lethbridge, after a most enjoyable holiday in Victoria, returned home at the beginning of the week. * * * Mr. Charles Vernon of Vancouver is in the city for a few days. * * * Mrs. and Miss Dawson of Chemainus were guests at the Dominion Hotel for a few clays during the week. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rhodes and family havc left on an extended visit to Honolulu. Mr. S. R. Hargreaves came over from Vancouver during the week. * * # Miss Gillespie and Mr. Ronald Gillespie, "Highwood," are the guests of their brother, Mr. Kenneth Gillespie, Cowichan Lake. * * * Mr. William Cartwright has left on a short trip into the Peace River country. * * » Mrs. E. V. and Miss Brownie Bodwell have returned from a visit to relatives in Nelson. * * # Miss Findlayson of Duncan was a guest at the Empress during the past week. * * * Last Monday, the 15th, the President and Executive of the Alexandra Club gave a formal opening to the members of the Club at their beautiful new premises on Courtenay street. The donations were both beautiful and artistic. A few of those present were: Mrs. Croft, Mrs. Hasell Mrs. Tilton, Mrs. Prothero, Mrs. Mat- son, Mrs. R. S. Day, Mrs. McCallum, Mrs. Oliver Campbell, Mrs. Spratt, Mrs. Griffiths, Mrs. C. M. Roberts, Mrs. Henry Heisterman, Mrs. Bigger- staff Wilson, Mrs. McClure, Mrs. Joe Wilson, Mrs. J. D. Helmcken, Mrs. McCurdy, Mrs. Beaumont Boggs, Mrs. Gowan, Mrs. Mohun and many others. % # * Senator and Mrs. Macdonald returned from Ottawa on Monday last. ****** Mrs. Oliver Campbell of Vancouver, was a guest last week at the Empress. * * * Mr. George Langford of Midhurst, Sussex, England, a former Victorian, is in the city for a few months and is registered at the Empress. * * * Last Wednesday week was first guest day of the Alexandra Club at their new quarters and the Sheffield Choir were guests of honour. The following are just a few of those who were present: Mrs. C. E. Pooley, Mrs. Wilby, Mrs. Carmichael, Mrs. C. M. Roberts, Mrs. R. D. Finlayson, Mrs. McClaggan, Mrs. McCallum, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Stuart Robertson, Mrs. Beaven, Mrs. Fleet Robertson, Mrs. H. D. Helmcken, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Atkins, Mrs. Watt, Mrs. Sherwood, Mrs. Charles, Mrs. T. Aikman, Mrs. Gaudin, Miss Pooley, Miss Lilian Smith, Miss Tilton, Miss McNaughton Jones, Miss Devereaux, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Lugrin, Miss Newcombe, Miss Crease, Miss Grey, Mrs. Guy Warner, Mrs. Piggott, Mrs. Mohun, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Troupe, Mrs. McMicking, Mrs. Laundy, Mrs. McClintock, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Croft, Mrs. Tilton, Mrs. Hasell, Mrs. Langton, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Lugrin, Mrs. Frank Bennett, Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. D. Leeming, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Stanley McB. Smith, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Carr-Hilton, Mrs. Jack Grey, Mrs. Hearne. * * * Mrs. W. S. Gore, Burdette avenue, was "at home" last Monday to her many friends. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Griffin, who is at present her guest, assisted her in receiving. Some of those present were: Mrs. Powell, Mrs. C. M. Roberts, Mrs. Arthur Harvey, Mrs. Harry Pooley, Mrs. Griffiths, Mrs. Guy Goddard, Mrs. Love, Mrs. James Harvey, Mrs. Gordon Hunter, Mrs. Fell, Mrs. Finch Page. Miss Page, Miss K, Gaudin, Mrs. Brett, Mrs. Kerr, and Mrs. Walter Kerr, Mrs. Englehardt. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rithet motored up to Cowichan Lake last week and had some splendid fishing. * * * Mrs. Walter Kerr of Vancouver is the guest of Robert Kerr of this city. * * * Mr. Henry Croft spent a few days up at Cowichan last week and was a guest at the Riverside Hotel. Interesting Instructive ROMAN© THEATRE GOVERNMENT STREET NEAR JOHNSO| THE ONLY THEATRE USING FILMS THAT ARE ABI SOLUTELY NEW, NEVER HAVING BEEN SHOWN BE! FORE. Latest and best music by Romano Orchestra. Open from 12 noon to 11 p.m. Admission 10 cents; Children at Matinee, 5 cents. I Cruet Stands Small Silver Plated Sets, holding 3 pieces Each $5.00 to $2.50 Very useful for the breakfast table. Redfern & Sons Oldest Diamond and Jewelry House in Western Canada Established 1862 1009 GOVERNMENT ST. Victoria, B.C. NONA/ Have you seen the "Best" Automobiles? 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THE RATHSKELLER TRIO Wit, Lyrics, Melody and Merriment. LUTTRINGER-LUCAS AND CO. "A Girl of the West.' BISSETT AND SCOTT Swift Steppers in Skillful Steps. SPRAGUE AND McNEECE In Dainty Dances and Roller Rink Recreations. GRETCHEN SPENCER Introducing New Melodies. THE GRANDISCOPE VICTORIA THEATRE iicW__A\\m\\ /VtW1-*1^ MONDAY, JUNE 12TH Combined Stellar Engagement Extraordinary. E. H. SOTHERN AND JULIA MARLOWE in their most popular Shakespearean production, Romeo and Juliet Prices 75c, $1.00, $1.50, and $2.00. Miss Verna Felton AND The Allen Players Repertoire for Next Week TUESDAY, MAY 30TH "MAQDA" Dramatized by Herman Sudermann from his own novel, "Heimat." THURSDAY AND SATURDAY JUNE 1ST AND 3RD. "The House of a Thousand Candles" From the famous novel by Meredith Nicholson. Prices, Reserved, 35c and 50c; Gallery, 25c. Mail Orders will receive the usual Theatre box-office open from 10 attention. a. m. to 6 p. 111. A Fine Hel of Hair A most valuable possessio a social and a business because nothing adds moil the good appearance of w<| or man. Bowes' Dandruff Cui Promotes great growth ol by removing and prewl dandruff. It is cooling ail vigorating with a deliy odor—not greasy. AT THIS STORE ONl Gyrus H. Bowc Chemist 1228 Government Stre| Tels. 425 and 450. Miss S. F. Si A.T.C.M. Takes PIANO PUPILS Her Studio "SEA VIEW" 104 DALLAS ROAI VICTORIA, B. C. Harmony and Theory | a Specialty THE WEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1911 13 |iure effects are in order in frocks for the afternoon. But Inple effects are not always so lo achieve as fussy ones. Lines that the present fashions de- land unless the lines of the sil- le are right the result is sure |a caricature. There is no end variety of materials offered jimmer frocks, voiles of all J-silk voiles, wool voiles and Ithat are mixtures of wool and lid cotton and silk. And the Isettes run the same gamut of fectively. A rose petal pink and white checked silk just finished has, to go with it, a white lawn pelerine, which is to be worn in Quaker style folded smoothly around the shoulders and edged with a tiny frill. The pelerine is pointed at the back, but in the front it passes under the belt and extends in something like an apron shape. * * * Striped muslins are another favorite with girls, and all sorts of plays on organdies and lawns of all kinds. of satin, one lilac and one pale pink. A cluster of sweet peas in pink, mauve and purple colors with gray green stems and tendrils is to be tucked into the belt. *■*.** The Shetland wool sweaters, coats ancl caps which met with favor during the winter for outing purposes will be in demand for summer. The summer woolen garments are of lighter weight than those for cold weather, and include knitted coats, caps, loose knickerbockers, and the quaint "hug-me-tight" of a bygone generation, used now to slip under a spring coat on a cool day or for slight warmth when the sweater is too heavy. With a white serge skirt a white knit coat lined with a color is good-looking and comfortable. This season it is noticeable that the knitted coats match the skirt. A serviceable color is a wood brown knitted coat and serge skirt, worn with a pongee blouse in natural tone, embroidered in browns. Sometimes for extra warmth there is a white jersey blouse worn under the I The voiles and marquisettes are more used than any Ivo materials. Their great |f price and their practical qualities recommend them classes of buyers for many Jif costumes. The pretty |silks arc in demand, too, and going to come out once |th colored pippings and in with jaunty jackets, pelcr- |ius, and collars of all sorts, rouchings of quaint style lining some frocks most ef- Stripes arc very much liked for house as well as street costumes, Thc bordered materials havc been eagerly sought out ever since they opened up in January, and some of the most effective summer dresses are coming out in them. Some of tlie veiled schemes for thc pie satin ribbon, and the waist is like the skirt, the pink under the lilac gauze with a glint of silver lace in the front. A small round yoke is of purple chiffon cloth lines with silver net and bound around with two folds knit coat, or this can be in a gay color to contrast with the outer garments. The chief objection to this use of wool for summer is moths, but if thc garments arc kept well brushed and not allowed to hang in the dark and are occasionally wiped off with gasolene, the danger is small. The gowns shown in the above cuts are taken from designs now being displayed at Messrs. Finch & Finch's Ladies' Outfitting Rooms on Yates street. Gowns of Distinction w, M __:.: ill ... _* i!n $ !i-:.i^f»vi>i«-! '■■•_,■■:■■*• .*_«■:■«*'.-■■■>- __.■■■•. %__&:_*: :• ft, ^ Every week during the season some new model is sent to us from Paris to introduce here, a favour we appreciate as we are able to keep our customers in touch with the Parisian styles as closely as though they were in Paris. This week is tho new "French Guardsman model." LINGERIE DRESSES—$15.00 to $350.00 We venture to say you have never seen such pretty little dresses for the price. They are daintily fashioned, most pleasing in design, and trimmed with especially selected laces and embroideries. Each has the effect of having much thought and attention bestowed upon it. Lingerie Dresses, $45.00 to $350.00 Exquisite, imported creations, made by hand, hand embroidered, and trimmed with real laces. At $35—A large number of styles in serges and fancy mixtures, including many black and white and gray mixtures —the quality of material used in the higher priced suits. Many of these styles are demi-fancy. Finch & Finch 717-719 Yates Street Change of Programme three times a week Monday, Wednesday and Friday HIGH CLASS Motion Pictures shown for the first time in Victoria POPULAR MUSIC AND SONGS We cater to Ladies and Children ■ - 14 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1911 ',i !"< Victoria Cricket 21ub Support the Grand Gld Game On April 6th, 1861, the following notice appeared in the local press:— "A meeting of the members of the Victoria Cricket Club will be held at Mr. Drake's office on Monday evening at 7 o'clock. Any gentlemen wishing to join the Club are requested to send in their names to the Secretary before that day." Most of you know the history of the Club since that day, but not many appreciate how a few have been called upon from time to time to support a game which is the Peer of all sports in science, associations and the upbuilding of manly characters. This support has been freely given both in time and money. To those who have thus given, the Club now owes its nourishing condition. Two years ago the Club's active list consisted of thirteen paid members. Last year with much hard labour and contributions from many friends the Club's deficit of some $500.00 was not only wiped out but a new and active Club sprang into existence. It may be of interest to you to hear what has been accomplished this year and some of the greater things to come, not forgetting Tournament Week and a visit from the Frankford C. C. of Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A. The Victoria Cricket Club has instituted the school series and hopes next year to place a Junior XI in the field. We have a schedule for an A. and B. team, thus placing two XI's in the field nearly every Saturday. We have engaged Coppinger for our professional; a most energetic and efficient man, as indicated by the excellent condition of the grounds at present. Two tennis courts and a clock golf green have been laid out, also an addition built to the present Club House, for use of ladies. The Associate Members (or Ladies Branch) of the V. C. C. are extremely active. In fact, with the Collegiate School (which has the use of one end of the grounds for practice), the senior practice nets, tennis and clock golf, the grounds ' will present an animated picture week-days. On your membership card and schedule you will notice a star opposite certain match days. This star indicates an all-day game, with I luncheon and afternoon tea, to which lall are cordially invited. Of course ' for luncheon there is a nominal j charge; moreover on those days there will be entrance fee to all except members. New members are greatly "en evidence" which is very much to the point. There is only one legitimate I way for a Club to support itself, namely, by its revenue. With a pro- ' fessional, ground rent, improvements, implements and what-not, you can readily see a substantial sum is required. It is not our intention to ask you for a contribution, as it were, to a charity fund, but to place a different proposition before you. In the past, friends of the Club have subscribed varying amounts, but, often, after the season is over ind for the definite purpose of helping the Club out of difficulties. Some of the subscriptions have been quite large. It is our desire this year to place our subscribers on the active membership list, and to issue to them at the beginning of the season a regular membership card, thus accomplishing three important points, reducing the larger subscriptions to the Club dues of $10.00, making all subscribers of $10.00 active members of the Club, whereby they will derive the full advantage during the season, and lastly, placing the Club in a po- i sition which will do away with the distasteful necessity of soliciting financial aid at the close of the sea- I son. There are a number who contribute annually $5.00 and take pride in so doing; they do not attend the grounds, neither would they care to subscribe more, but would feel hurt if not permitted an opportunity of helping the cause. These gentlemen are invaluable to the Club, our old friends and well-wishers, so to speak. They are our Honorary Members. Others there are, one of which you may be, who subscribe $10.00 (or more) annually. Can we not count you as an active member now, and have your moral and personal (as well as financial) support from the beginning of the season? We trust you will favorably consider this proposition and by forwarding your cheque now, swell our membership to the desired number. Last year wc had forty active members. In two executive meetings this year we have taken in fifteen and others are waiting. A hundred members taking a personal interest in cricket, tennis, golf, the luncheons, the teas, the tournaments, the ladies or the juniors, new life would, undoubtedly, be reciprocally beneficial to all concerned, and a glorious semi-centennial awakening for The Victoria Cricket Club. Senior Active Membership Dues, $10.00 Senior Honorary Membership Dues $5.00 Junior Membership Dues $3.00 Associate Membership Dues $2.00 No Initiation Fee. Just a word to the active members; if you wish to play in matches, notify the Secretary, and an opportunity to realize your desire will be forthcoming. You can practice any day, as the nets are well attended and Coppinger is ahvays there up to 6 p. m. Doubtless you know of a desirable new member; if so, kindly telephone his name and address to the Secretary, CRAWFORD COATES. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed Tenders, superscribed "Tender for Additions, Alterations, and Repairs to Rossland Court House," will be received by the Honourable the Minister of Public Works up to noon of Monday, the 22nd day of May, 1911, for the erection and completion of retaining walls, steps, fences, lawns, approaches, sidewalk, kerb gutters, etc., upon and adjacent to the site of the Rossland Court-house in the Rossland Electoral District. Plans, Specifications, Contract, and Forms of Tender may be seen on and after the Sth day of May, 1911, at the offices of the Government Agents at Rossland and Nelson, and the Department of Public Works, Vietoria. Each proposal must be accompanied by an accepted bank cheque or certificate of deposit on a chartered bank of Canada, made payable to the Honourable the Minister of Public Works, for the sum of $700, whieh shall be forfeited if the party tendering decline to enter into contract when called upon to do so, or if he fail to complete the work contracted for. The cheques or certificates of deposit of unsuccessful tenderers will be returned to them upon the execution of the contract. Tenders will not be considered unless made out on the forms supplied, signed with the actual signature of the tenderer, and enclosed in the envelopes furnished. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. J. E. GRIFFITH, Publio Works Engineer. Department of Public Works, Victoria, B.C., 3rd May, 1911. may 6 may 27 SWEDISH MASSAGE MEDICAL GYMNASTICS VIBRATORY TREATMENT Q. Bjornsfelt, S.M. Phone 1856 821 Fort St. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Motor Ferry, Fraser River, at Missll Sealed Tenders, superscribed "Ten| for Motor Ferry, Fraser River," will| received by the Honourable the Ister of Public Works up to noon | Monday, the 29th day of May, 1911, the construction and completion of] Motor Ferry, Fraser River at Missi] Plans, Specifications, Contract, Forms of Tender may be seen on after the 6th day of May, 1911, at offlce of A. J. C. Robertson, Esq., II Dominion Trust Building, Vancou-f Government Agent, New Westminsl and the Department of Public Wof Victoria. Each proposal must be aeeomparj by an accepted bank cheque or cerl cate of deposit on a chartered bl of Canada, made payable to the Honcf able the Minister of Public Works, a sum equivalent to ten (10) per cl of the tender, which shall be forfel if the party tendering decline to ef Into contract when called upon to| so, or If he fail to complete the contracted for. The cheques or o( cates of deposit of unsuccessful derers will be returned to them the execution of the contract. Tenders will not be considered un made out on the forms supplied, si^ with the actual signature of the derer, and enclosed in the envelj furnished. The lowest or any tender not ne| sarlly accepted. J. E. GRIFFITH, Public Works Engli| Department of Public Works, Victoria, B.C., 4th May, 1911. may 6 Willing & Co. Manufacturers of Ladies' anf Children's Underwear. Salts mad to order. All work guaranteed! Retail dealers in High Grade f Silks and Cotton. 1412 Blanchard St., Viotoria, B. THE BROADWAY 852 Yates St. SMOKERS* SUPPLIES Candy, Stationery and . Requisites 1 ''HI 1 Cooking witb Electricity Is far ahead of any other method. It is the safest, cleanest and best way to cook. There are no fumes, no smell, no smoke. So clean and comfortable that if you once try cooking with electricity you will never be satisfied with any other way. Miss Dowling is Giving Free Demonstrations at leading Grocery Stores in Victoria She will gladly show you why no other cooking apparatus can compare with an electric stove for cleanliness, simplicity and capability. We would ask you to call at either of these grocery stores on these dates while Miss Dowling is there demonstrating the superiority of electricity. ACTON BROS. = = = WEST END = - HARRISON <& HACDONALD = May 27 = May 29 to 31 - June 1 to 3 Sooner or later you will be cooking with electricity and the sooner the better for your own comfort and convenience. Our Rates are Low for this Class of Service. We'll be pleased to talk them over with You 8.6. Electric Railway Company, Limited Demonstration Rooms: Corner Port and Langley Streets Phone 1609
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