http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0373709
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1914-01-03
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note: ■ The Week A British Columbia Newspaper and Review. Vol. XI, No. 45»Eleventh Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, JAN. 3, 1914 5c. a copy, $2100 a year Naval Defence "No policy will be satisfactory to the people of British Columbia which does not include a substantial and prompt contribution and the ESTABLISHMENT OF A FLEET UNIT ON THE PACIFIC COAST." a Real New Year's Gift THE WEEK hns the greatest possible pleasure in congratulating Victorians on the most important announcement as affecting tho commercial prosperity of the city which has over been made,—the acquisition of the Bullen shipyards by the £ world-renowned firm of Yarrow, Ltd., and the decision of the Federal Government to proceed at once with the construction of a drydock, As to tho former part of this announcement, it is impossible to exaggerate its significance. The Week has always been in the fore- , front of those who have appreciated the splendid pioneer work of the Messrs. Bullen in establishing and developing to their present condition the works of the B. C. Marine Railway Company. It has urged again and again in these columns that tho time has arrived when the Government should stand behind this concern and make it worth while for some big English ship-building firm to absorb and develop the enterprise. These representations have been pressed upon the attention of the Government by all the Members for British Columbia and particularly by our local Members. The immediate occasion for giving practical effect to them arose in connection with the necessity for deciding upon a naval policy. Whether tho policy he that first recommended by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, or that latterly introduced by Mr. Borden, ship-building works on the Pacific and Atlantic became a "sine qua non." This fact has been recognized both by the Premier and the Minister of Public Works and when the eminent firm of Yarrow Ltd. were prepared to put their capital, their prestige and their ability into tho movement, it would have been fatuous t…
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