Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1906-03-10
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note: Bank of Hamilton Capital $2,440,000 Reserve $2,440,000 Savings Department. Interest allowed ou deposits. ^ Vancouver Branch 5 o EWING BCCHAN, - Manager. 3 ^liUJljaJUUULSUUJlAAJUUUULlUJ The Week TL Provincial Review and Magazine. I^oToTo"oTYoTroTTroTo'oT^ g NEW HOUSESforSale 3 C INSTALMENT PLAN £j (P A u\imher ol new homes. Modern ln every respect. Easy monthly instalments. B. C. LAND & INVESTMENT AGENCY, Limited. 40 Government Street. ISLZSlSLSJUUULSJLSlJLSLSLSUULSULSSJ Vol. ill. No M VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER, B. C, SATURDAY, MARCH io, 1906.. One Dollar Per Annum. THE PASSING SHOW. A Review of Local and Foreign Events and Topics by the Editor. There are at any rate some Canadians and some Englishmen in Canada, who do not appreciate their privileges. They recognize that the climate is perfect and that when Kipling invented the immortal phrase, "Our Lady of the Snows," he was guilty of the grossest libel ever perpetrated by a literary man. They also recognize the magnificent resources of the Dominion, in forest, field and mine, which will one day make it the brightest jewel in the British crown. Some of them, at any rate, go even further than this, and devoutly thank a benign Providence once every twenty-four hours that they are permitted to enjoy all all these privileges under the gracious rule of a Liberal government. But on the unimpeachable authority of Sir Frederick Borden, Minister of Militia, and ardent patriot, there is one advantage, transcending all the others, which is not as universally appreciated as it should be. The advantage of living on a continent where the Monroe doc- trine prevails. Perhaps tlie word advantage should have been written in the plural, for not only may the fortunate inhabitants of Canada revel in the sentimental and ethical aspects of this sublime doctrine, but, as Sir Frederick forcibly reminds us, they may reap the benefit of its more material aspects. With an eye to the Canadian exchequer, the Minister of Militia asks why Canadians s…
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: 10.14288/1.0344446
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text