Week
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contributor: W. Blakemore
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1908-01-11
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note: I; j > T " K,> .* Victoria Edition |[ I nri»nnnnr« 8 rrrrrirffTnnnnnnnr L Kingsford Smith & Co. Stock and General AUCTIONEERS Commission and Real Estate Agents. lo £ WO Granville, Vancouver. UUU. o.t.8.8 .ttAJUUUAJUliaJUUUUtJU The ri-SBVVIVSBBItl'XVTVl-NWF o~Stewart WilUa«« I R.CJaalon s : WILUAMS & JANION AUCTIONEERS COMMISSION MD ■ ML ESTATE AGISTS Si FORT ST. VICTOIIA, B. C. a British Columbia Review, ^JglM, B. ^ JW»_t.tttt«ttmmiM«J Published at Vietoria aad Vancouver B. C. Vot. IV. No. 50 THE WEEK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1908 One Dollar Per Annum I A Progressive Ticket THE flUNICIPAL ELECTIONS whicli take place on the 16th inst., are the most important in the historv of Victoria. Tlie Capital City has reached the parting of the ways, VANCOUVER ISLAND IS ON THE EVE OF EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT to an extent hitherto undreamt of. This era of prosperity has already been heralded by the initiation of great enterprises, which include railway building designed within a few years to continue the E. & N. Eailway from Wellington to the north end of the Island; branches reaching Alberni and other points on the A¥est coast and traversing Cowichan Valley. Mining has received an impetus which has already established new camps on the East and West coasts, as well as on nearby islands. The bulk of the available TIMBER LANDS on Vancouver Island have been taken up, and the policy of the Government is to ensure their speedy development. In addition - the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAIL AV AY have undertaken a gigantic scheme for CLEARING LAND, and have further indicated their opinion of the future of Vancouver Island by erecting one of the finest Hotels in the West, and projecting an outlay of $1,000,000 on railway terminals and equipment. M This is Victoja's Opportunity. If the old Capital is not to lose its position of influence as well as its material prosperity it must cut loose from the past and face the future. The day has gone by for a City Council of the calibre of that which has mis…
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: 10.14288/1.0344186
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