Week
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contributor: W. E. Peirce
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1918-06-15
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note: The Week Published by W. E. Peirce, in the Interest ol Geod Government, Temperance, Single Tax and Sane Socialism Room 524 Sayward Building Phone 1472 Vol. XV, Noffi-li 15th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, June 15th, 1918 5c. a copy $2.00 a year THE COLLECTION Segregated Vice in Nanaimo THE W. C. T. TJ. convention held in Victoria this week listened to some rather interesting reports. One of these dealt with morals, and special reference was made to moral conditions existing in Nanaimo, It would appear that Nanaimo is in the benighted condition of still maintaining a segregated district for prostitution. It would also appear that this segregated district has the sanction of the Mayor and Police Commissioners. On taking this matter up with the W. C. T. U. delegation from Nanaimo we find 'hat a deputation of Nanaimo citizens, including leading ministers land social service workers, waited on the Police Commissioners last ■Friday and laid before them some glaring,facts regarding the existence of the segregated district, the prevalonce of prostitution and the danger to the community from the spread of venereal disease. It Iwas also pointed out that the- existence of a segregated district or the ■tolerance of vice hy the police authorities is contrary to the criminal jeode. But the deputation might as well have saved its breath. . The [Mayor and Police Commissioners decided that they would, could or ■should do nothing, and there the matter rests for the present. Now, ■this reveals nn intolerable condition of things in the Coal City, and lit is high time that these Police Commissioners were brought to their [senses. Men of this type in public office are a danger to thc com- I munity in which they live. They are devoid of common sense, are [themselves destitute of moral ideals, and have wormed their way into [puhlic position to further their own petty self interests In the cnse I of the Mayor and Commissioners of Nanaimo, however, it would ap- Ipear that, thoy are respectable…
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: 10.14288/1.0374010
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : [publisher not identified]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text