Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1909-12-18
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note: ^oTnrrinnnrB'TfoTfroTrrinryTnfiQ Let us show you the new 3 Pocket Edition 3 Gillette Safety Razor I TERRY CASlT CHEMIST j* [S.B. coi ner F»rt an J Douglas j The Week A British Columbia Review, Published at Victoria, B. e. sab irmnnnnf b _ * ■» * «8 •t> v¥*r&f |j HALL & WALKER C Agents WELLINGTON COLLIERY COMPANY'S COAL 1232 Government St. Telephone 88 i B ° fl ° BB B » S P 9 ",0<> <""> ° °t fl ft f Vol. VI. No. THE WEEK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1909 One Dollar Per Annum m. According to the reports of this week's Council meeting in the Colonist and Times the Mayor bitterly resented the criticism to which he has been subjected by the Victoria press, especially in connection with the Smith's Hill fiasco. He claimed that the press Avas animated by ulterior motives, thait it published irresponsible statements, that on the whole it had misrepresented the true conditions of affairs and, last, if not worst of all, that it was "knocking" Victoria. The Week never did think that the Mayor was overburdened with intelligence, at least not that one would notice it; but if he possessed a moderate average he would understand that, what the ratepayers are holding him responsible for is not the neglect or incompetency of W. L. Adams, which has now been well established, but the obstinacy and disingenuousness with which he continues to deny the charges brought by competent engineers against the reservoir, and the persistency Avith which he evades the real issue. Dickens' original "Artful Dodger" did not more skilfully elude his pursuers, for however closely the ratepayers of Victoria may press the Mayor, they have never been able to pin him down to a definite statement as to thc alleged defects in the reservoir. His well known illustration of the "wet and dry pocket- handkerchief" will long be remembered, as a triumph of rhetorical skill, and the public has not ceased to marvel at the expansion of intellect which enabled him to convince himself that the leakage could be sopped up by a …
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344402
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : ""The Week"" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text