Daily Colonist (1886-07-13) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1886-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

tion to tho public debt since 1878. We have thus been increasing the public debt and oxpeiidituro, being a party of [iro-greaa, but while that has been going on ill the groat money centres of tiie world wo find that the credit of the country has improved; that whereas in 1.S7.S ilu- rate of interoat paid waa 4 the averiige now ia ;i.80. [Cheera.] TIk; veiy .-x-lioiiditute of whioh .-jniaL- people C in-plain, —the very inereaae which snnn^- lay has been unwise, naa so tended t.) develop the country that it hits enhanced our credit ii tho eyea of those who tend money and who naturally are ve y careful aa to the security offered them. But debt in itself is not after all a bud thing—speaking of iiatii iia. If it were ao, iu wlmt n niiaerablo C(3n:'.iti;;n would our fellow-coloniaia in Australia he to-day, where the average debt per capita is no less than SI 75, m New 55ealand 82.Sf), in South Australia §145, while in Caiiiida the net debt per capita is $43, (CheeiM.) So thtt we have no reaamiahle yrnuiida for alarm. The (pieatioii is luit ao iiiin;h the ainount of tho debt aa how the iiKiiiey liaa been applied; and looking at it in ihia light, I feel sure that the people have no reason to complain in this ruspeet. The Inter colonial Railway roproaenta i i?40,000,000; our cam.l .system i the linest in the world, giving u(X.e3a to

The chairman in a few a|)propriato remarks put the motion which wiui oairied amidst iniiiioiiao eiithuaiaam, with three chcora and a tiger. The audiisiicc not forgetting to cheer the ladies. The meeting terminated by the singing of the national anthem.

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Absolutely Pure.

Thij p )w,ler rievpr vurieM. A niarvol of pnrii; i-treniftli and w holeaomeni as. >.:,5re eeonoinienl than ; ordinary kinds, and eannot be sold In roiupcU-

tion with the multitude of low test, short Iweliih aliiiu or phoauhate powdera. Snld o)Uil in yiiw

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Th.it Mr, \'()ung, of Wabash, Minnu-aota, locked his wife in the house; Mr. i'otts, of Pekin, Wisconsin, locked his { Hlbben &, Oo. wife out of the house, and now both women are suing for divorce. It certainly ia a didicult thing to pleaae a woman.

That T. J. Jones, L. D. S., has removed his dental rooms over the new iSank of Britiah Columbia, corner of Fort and < Joverninont streets. Telephone call 507. 1 in

That "Father," aaid Hollo, "what is meant by the intoxication of wealth/" "Moans that inuney la tight," replied ItoUo'a father, who had boen shinning around all tho afternoon with a piece of paper lookirg for an autograph.

That "what is the reason yon didn't speak to .Innes when he passed us just nowT' "He insulted me the other day." debt ",f : "What did hesay to youJ" "Hs called ,iul)ab!v o'd ass." "Called you an old ass I

How ridiculous' Why, you are not old.

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