Week
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contributor: W. E. Peirce
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1918-02-02
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/pwv/items/1.0374046/source.json
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note: rw provincial Library. (4 tfiirliamqjj Buildings.: The Week Published by W. E. Peirce, In the Interest of Good Government, Temperance, Single Tax and Sane Socialism Victoria, B.C., Canada, February 2nd, 1918 New Police Broom THE utmost credit must be given to the new Board of Police Commissioners who, headed by the Mayor, have promised to see that the law is enforced so far as illegal Sunday trading and illicit traffic in liquor are concerned. The edict which the Commissioners have sent out regarding shoe shines, news and tobacco stands on Sundays may appear drastic if not tyrannical: but people who have been in the habit of depending upon these little Sunday conveniences would do well to remember that the closing down of the stand will give a much needed day's rest to the men and boys who have generally to put in seven days a week on the job. The Week stands for the greatest happiness, not merely for the greatest number but for everybody and believes the general public have only to think about the other fellow who is tied up at the news stands all day on Sunday to see that .the closing down order is a good thing. If the Police Commissioners would next tackle the work of sifting the police force and clearing out the undesirables, then citizens would no doubt be prepared to endorse their action still further. The Vaccination Order THE vaccination order by tlie City Health Officer has roused the indignation of many of the better class citizens with results that should compel the medical fraternity to sit up and take .notice. It would seem that hundreds of parents have claimed exemption although they were confronted with all sorts of difficulties in securing affidavit forms and in finding out how to go about it. Of the few who appear to have submitted, it is believed that most of them felt coerced into it by fear of having their children excluded from the public school. It is evident that the order has created a great deal of dissatisfaction and no end of irritation am…
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: 10.14288/1.0374046
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