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An

of

Extravagance

in

Patronage

Sale of Lands
Purchase of Sites
Camp Grounds
Starch "Works
Coal

Dredging
&c., &c., &c.,

CONSERVATIVE MOTTO:

"Dash Away and Spend the Money"

LIBERAL MOTTO:

"Millions for the War, not one dollar for the
Grafter"

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(^"iPi INDEX.

The Middleman^Artdis* PACfc

Mail Bag Locks . . 2

Wnce Albert Homesu-ads <

The Gimli Fvami Deal 4

The Carsiake Hotol. Montreal ^

The Dorval Military Site 5

The I^vis Und Scandal 6

The Bank Internationale 6

TJe Quebec-Saguen.y Railway Deai:. '

The Southampton Railway Scandal «

The Post Office Site of Fort Frances ^"

Canning. N.S.. Public BuildinR Site "

Preacott Starch Works H

Victoria Harbor Works . 11

Purchase of Coal at Victoria, BC ^^

Fenian Raid Bounties... IS

The Pacific Constructlon'company princp R.in.:. "

I^l^nl^, Resignations «, CAp^^er

The Middleman's Paradise

of honS^Wel^an'Sl^Srof 1L? 'f «? "«^ ^ '"«h sense
aJly exp^t that their rlStetiv^ in P.'"i^ '^*''^' ^nd nftS^
the members of the Minis^^i j^th^ ff l^™™' and especially
of national concern, adh«4 te th^i^ ^■'^'^"]''''*'^t'on of mattere
very basis of sound ecS,i^te P"n"Ples which f orm th™
especially is this oxpec^ioSnt^J°?,^\?°''^"^^^'^t And
in power has for ySra-wW^f-^^'^ "'''?" ^^^ party at present
abhorrence of loo^?7xtrava«an "^n^/"''"""- prc^ilaii^K
and pledged itself to what thf v tP^fi """^P*. administration
reformation if given an opp'J^u^^^'^ ^ "P^dy and complete
people of Canada some of th^?' ^° "?""« before the
fact, that cling to and con.Ht... '""'"ction., the actual
extravagant elpendUure ..^d"*' !" «PP-"*n« record"
Borden Government U the It. JTf »""??•"•"» °f the
It >s proposed to set forth '^cu^^lT^^^^U^'^r^tl-

domestic affairs-have marLl ?h» '•■"cli'sively to our purely

Government from tht eommencement -''"''^ ' ""^ f"""*"*
to the present time """"^"•^P'nent of its term m 1911 down

of whie"a^p"perrn'nTh'"^ord,"i"T"'r™^^^''''^ -"'-'=^. all
most of which is the sworn t^ttonv of ^■!ir"'"'%"*-OKce^^nd
The torj- party leaders and trnUvi'if^"l"^ '*■'" Country,
occasions offeree! a weal, defence^a^'^^^^^^ on varioi,

Th ^""""""vei Di«ati.fied.

Among 3t*^l°LPare^o"t"fSuJ,dTr' .'''^ Government,
disgjisted with the exhibition of ' Wv ^?^- "I^" Y" absolutely
of PatronaKe" so evident It i,'^rn^''*''i""^* ^'^ '^-e "System
Liberals of Canada that the cA- of ■Hf»Tf•^^.•'"'"?' ^nd not the
IS it to be wondered at 7 ^ dissatisfaction is raised. And

counJfy'^ll^P^^'''il?/^*i^.» interested in the welfare of his

adopted by theCon^^,^a«v™"ll'^^ir?"°'^ of 1907'aSd
and his pol tical associates in ^i.-i ^^^^'^^ wi" «ee S r Robert

pledges that have ne^eTbe^nJ^lT"'' ^'i P«rfo™ed, of
have never been commencef '^^'"^' and of reforms that

ot eol^-S^ in'pu^. '^S't'uA""* I '"' ^^ *« ">«' '-tead
«|e financial fabric of thirooun^' thl'?]'^^'?,-'*'" Mattered
been invaded by all kinds of h^P^^' "^' *^^ P"blie domain has
followers of the Borde„ Ca&Th^,*''*^^^ ^'?"' the ^
adopted for safe and s^u,; obLi^ance of"}'lf f"^. -^^ulations
to ti.e care of ministers of X fw, h^? L *''* ''^'" committed
no longer obstacles to the uS^ ,!.J^" "^ ^'"^^ and are
the stage of Canada's resourc^ ^ndtS^^T^^T "' .jfotera on
throughout this carnival of depreda^n^ =L^"''^ '^i' ««« tbat
country's resources, minister hi?hTnH ? ^""^ invasion of the
■n protest against thLonsTauiht nn £* '"^^ ^?^ "» '^ord
reputation of Canada but rathfr „n ^hl^'^.J"''*.!"^ and moral
Idly by and glorified in their shLe ^^^^ ^^""^ ^""^^ "tood

J to Liberal Expenditure Sir Th"/' Ju:.. . .

expenditures siacea "Whither >» ^' 'd""T."' ■.^^"■'<'=w iioerai

of WMrchm? tlio rwordi. of tho t'overnmenl to find some evidence
nn ''«''=^'<"''"'»'':"""n, by the Uuri.-r Oowrnment. But all ^
no avni and not one lot^. of evi.lenr,. has b.on secure,! that o,is"s

orlnv^n, ">'■"'''';■'.'•'",'"'"" '^'' •>'«''• """■ S'f Wilfrid Unrie?
C he/fnnf tT "' '"« '"";.''"V"'-nmont. The boot i, now on the
Uch^rZ ■«.(/. '^"'■'^'■" ^■'"■«""n'''". «!•• Thos. White included.
ischarKcd with oxtravaKiirn pxp.'nd turps, jrraft and corruotinn

profits all of which la dHailp.i in the following paRes: The facts
are given a« mcluded in the Records of the House of Com.non.
and sworn to before the Public Accounts and other ComrJJitC
of the couXy. Pronounced by the respectable .-itizens

Mail Bag Locks

I P°pfiw-*''^vr ^'^r "'„"«■ ^"'■'^"^ fJovemment under Hon
i^ oo^*"*^ru ^"tionahst Post-Master General wm to purchase
at Jl M«niJ^'' ^^H f i| Hey for the Post OCRct Dep'^me^

&t?d'n^ee^t^^™Tre"LS' "^^ ''*' '"^"^" '^ '•-'^^°^""
Sm'mentT^ul:^-. ^" '"-^^-^-tion was demanded but thi

Prince Albert Homestead

Sold for $10 worth $374,000

took office. In April 1012 Mr. Arthur Donaldson son of the
Lonwrvative M.1,.A. in the Sa.sl<aUhowiin U-gialature applied
for this land and was Kranled homesleud entry to lliis city pro-
perty at a cost of $10.U() the homuHtead tev. Shortly afterwards
he avoidod homtatoad duties by camelling the homestead entry
and Kitlinu a patent to the lan<l under the location rights of
half breed scrip. Forthwith the land w ■ 'ibilividcd and ofTerod
to the public at a price aKKregalinK |374,(. 0.

The Gimli Land Deal

On the Covcrnment plans and maps of the town of (limli,
on l,aku Winnipeg, certain lands fronting on the lake had been
shown for .'J7 years as public domain. —

Some years ago the Town Council of Gimli sought titles
to the land, but the Department of Interior held this was un-
necessary. The strceti and public pa-k were classified with the
rest of tne property.

Eight or nine years ago two persons applied ti the Liberal
Government for the land, but were refused.

During October, 1913, Peter Tergeson, Mayor of Gimli,
on paying .$752 was given a patent for the land, by the Interior
Department of which Hon. Dr. Roche is Minister. Tergeson
had been a Liberal, but became an active Conservative worker
m 1911.

The land obtained by Tergeson, through the Minister of the
Interior shouiJ belong to the town. It is valued at $15,000.

The transf< . deprives the town of Gimli of the best bathing
beach on Lake Winnipeg and it gives Mr. Tergeson a return
of nearly 2,000 per cent on his money and it may be a further
financial reward for his change of politics.

Purchase of Carslake Hotel,
Montreal

When the Borden Government want to purchase a site for '^
a public building no matter where, the question of expen.se is
never taken into consideration, as a matter of fact the more
expensive the property, the more attractive it is to the Govern-
ment. Somebody whispered into the ear of the Hon. Robert
Rogers, Minister of Public Works that a postal sub-station was
desirous in Montreal some where near the Bonaventure Station,
and eventually the old Carslake Hotel, at the comer of St. James
and Windsor streets was ottered for sale.

In 1909 this property had been purchased by G. T. 0
Carslake from McGill University for $75,000. On December
15th, 1910 the property was again sold in the name of the Carslake
Hotel Company for $90,000 cash. In 1913 when the Minister
of I'ubUc Works commenced negotiations for the purchase of

this property tht- tu' .. "»..j

izaUon hj or.ler.in-, omH^u't JZ ," "' 'l""- ^^"^''^ aurhor-'
>n four ypar« „f ahoul l^'lr.hMf '" ''■'^' *■'^■•.M■-^ an inor^vs..

of this prorxTty; ,n f... il„, iJ ' ^'"■'' '" '•"> I""vhaaf

that .the <*:.nH.r;,mc.„t « r\,t 3'' T' "fT'"'*"'- '" "''' ""'"^r

ckequer Court of Canada In iv ,h •'"''' 'l"™'i'>" «" the Kx-
I.'JIS, th« Kxchrciue -ourt a L ( Jm"'*"- "" ^f'^^''"^'"'- 7lh,
sidoralion, fixcl ht- ,;rW. of ,! .^ ''''*'">' '''^'^'1 '"to cmi

m.m loH, ,h„n ,,he ii;:n\ m%,^;^^,:t^!if^'' "■• °-^

The Dorval Military Site

(Near Montreal;

8.^t af A^lii^tco^^ ^i;7";' ""■ other M.ni.ter. to

«hould purchases tract of ami ne-irVl.,m V',''^'" '''Pt'rtmt.nt
oeuvres and on May 2ard 19P at th» i / ''' f"f '"'''t^i"y man-
Sam Hughes, a„ order-in- -ouncM L-? '^'"'5' "^ "'^ ^hen Col.

day Ih^ MpiS^rii;!! 'hlrd/'-.Jnhllf " ^T"-'' ^-"^ ^"^^
Council and o„ June 17lh w' isl,. h. •'""'Of'zation from
Rodden, Fair and Cameron of Mmf 7 "..dieque to Messrs.
for thU Milil..ry Camp ground "' ^"^ ^'^^'"O" '" payment

when a'erd"y3tte''r'it";r^irt ^'Tl'' ^^^ '"»'''' known
nine days before the Mi^^o?"Tl'""'^^ "^^^ "" -^^nv 8th 19l"
^'^'X/f?^'^- h^cKteet li^^'rf^lSO.,^ fo^ this }a*nd

^4^^f^Sft:^^^P^rf^r'o^ and one
on May 23rd, 1912 for authoH^^til I ^'^ I?,"*-'''"''' have asked
Pcny^which 16 days ^^^^^^^HyTi^^^^^^

on a^nt tetst^nt' ^^^^ ^-^den a profit of $95,000

The Levis Land Scandal

Even the Hnr, M^.n. r, ,. . — »••

Agriculture in the Borden Gov™n^'^ fJ""^ '"^ ^""i«t<"- of
be included in tho gXrl „f7ame^!?l?"r A"' ''' '''■'' Portrait

It had long been known that ground for a new cattle quar-

c^e Vp'rirnrsc'^^r Tn^s' "^r- "^r^- ^"" ^^^ -t'^r

24»h I'jl4 Mr linfln i •.. j".?""*,"' Common* on Fobruary
b«n en, cavour n»^, ? "'"^■:^ "'"Sf""' ^ y""^ ""'' » half he had
l«^d al U.vl '^ ^" ^""""'"^0 a plan to w^ure the neceF«,ry

with'u'pi^.o'tf lund'whiKr^ ''""i!? '!|J2 """" '" e°nn^-ction
o^,^«^^i^n^^=^«^^^^

La Banque Internationale

to open in CradTKriaS.^7„'?|;;ir^-^ '"""'''*"« '•>-

b«cai^'ce^;?^fo^E*hLl''nrL'° ,«';^^"'« '^^rtiflcate
formalities had iW^comDlied Jh t^*T ''^'^"^•^;, ^fter these
feel that there w^suffldent stSmtv Lh'I''*^ P*""^ '^''^ "•"
of this undertaking to SiV the certifi?,! JTI^' ■''"«<=!.^ ba<=k
result was that wLn tt^Lili^lf »^.?** J^ ^ granted. The
randum was lef* Mintin<r o^ m^tS' °."' °' .°.®<=« * "lemo-

accerding to ufe Bank ArtThev w^H^5^ "'m''''^ '° C*n»d«'
double liability in ca^ the BankT^lh,"^'^^'^ ^ ■"«** 'he
residing as they did ir. -i f-r»i ™ ^1' ''"', **«• subscribers
whether this double "ability couldT^'^'ii^" .'''^i'"" '^•^
also the fact that one'if&Cb^ ^"^D^^A^o J'^^Sl Z^

wife held $250,00S^Ke"ub8SdcaSteT" tS' ^'•- ^*°,"«t''

part he hT^l^^lt U^ eWtions°^i ^'^'"p^ ^-^ '^n"" "^ "h',.

He must have his nnimTi «/ n l i" *™ Province of Queber

was pn4 aK"Blk'«S^^^ ^"^^jf ^'^ *^ <=ertSe
It eventually tran..mir»H f»^ »? ""."peteonc career.

the most of th£ stocH'^F^iHLfi"'- P. ^""^^vvho had placed
the Bank which h^ bSn ^»?ed^«/l«:"J".^' *200,000 against
General Manager and ann^^ „ * pnvate agreement by the
of a liability. TWrwa^^Sn^l? "*" ^\ f *fi« Bank instead
shareholdera and Mr Por«t 1'h/^^^'\'^*'^^" 'he French
Montreal armed with proSor 52^^/1"'' shareholder came to
very arbitrarily ruled that U^i^ho A '''^ ?*^°«;'^- The President
further proof thTthe PorS hiteiS^tf j;,!!'./''" '^'^^ which is
with in any way. A law ,iiS^fr,ii»„I? u"?** "°t he interfered
subscnbere selling out ™sto:k f J*!'"- ""^^ ^ *« ^ren'h
or hdf their inve^ment '' '**'"« "•^'^hy $300,000

gentiXlf^oSre Pa?g^i! °' ^'^'^ «^«"« hy this Hon.

The Quebec Saguenay Rail-

during°t*e''s^°?'' 19llT^hSoSL!rf7''?^y,,knows was
, As far back as FebSuS^^ ^^f •''.^^ *i« <^^e™nent.
Lemieux brought tTthe atfaSn „f '+i,^^^ *** Hon. Rodolphe
Saguenay IlXay ,^tt2r fcev Zi^CT'''"'^}^'' ^»«h^
because toe many leoDk in fS^ heensecured in Prance
was risky. The^cSS^nJ^W^,^*'^ that the enteiprisi
with a beautiful prM2ectL^„.^- ^5^ ^n<=h invlstor
summer rtddence of^^iSt Taff"^"^?* ^""^y Bay as the
white the name ofl R Pd"euS^i^^«f-P^ident R^oosevelt"

m some of the literatu- whKt H^^'^i^"" ^""^I^ "^^ ^
»3l,197 per mUe. ^ ^^ '^"'^ **e cost of the road at

coun^tUTrti^^dl^ g'CStmf "!j? S'^ ^^ rugged
charged that unearned difids hS^ wi^Vf* ^^^ " "^
up pnce« white some of the «hn.wH i, m ^" declared to keep
In this way the «2 WW S^ k V?'''^'^ unloaded. ^

and stiu theS^!fiSffl '^Th^". ^"^<^ f™"* ^n<=«
that rf they allowed Sir"'R"lfphe ^^r^^Tth^Lr?^

P«ctable financial p.Mr. of Eu;„i """• °J. *^' "">« ■•"-
bank looting or Mf ' brilking " "^ «omethinB wor.e than

the Sht^HS^SirRSS"^ ::?"" <^'i'^"8 the session of 1916
through ftXmen fhe^purS^'fThl^^f/'ia^- White forced
Railway. Jt meant fLf .„!!,< thib Quebec and Saguenav
money i^ould h"o bl LZut =,"',0"'"'°';^''°"''^ "f P"bMc
ahties were eorajJeted^ When ri^n T.f *•" •f'^'^IT f""""
accoRiing to reliablT authnHH^ u* ^""^ "^ «'°u''l mean

SIO.OOO.MO before tl^Lroirfr.'nt,.''" " '^f^^ expenditure of
and the best the GovemmenTan^ 'th? ^.'''1 ^""^ '"^^.'^y ^"^ "^.
that from its incention thu ™ilr^^ t^^ country can hope for is
but a loosing pr^pSon ™ '™^'' "^ ^^ '^'^ ^^^ be nothing

money^^The"veVUmln?&hSZ'^vE? ^^L^ ^^* «™ «'
of the Borden GovernZntl^« crTn^.y^''*..^"'^ '^« members
««ve, «ave, iave! '*™'"^"t are crying throughout the country

62 «iie^o%mXfbfcTC^i:"g '^ =^ '«« approximately

. ine U graded and ralK laW n-f^^^^" ^bout 85% of the

from Murray Bay to a D^b mln «°"^ ^S'^ "^^^^ ™'e«' "amely,

fast falling into ^isrepah- '^ ^ '•"" '^''*" '"'''^^ °^ --oad b

peoptet'5'^'^0°ete1te^;;dTho T"*^ 1''' ""'^ ^0,000
portaMon d\iring the sZiirfpr m.^u° ^^^l ""P'« ^'ater trans-
provident aTfndeflnl~paS blffv l^l^^l^' '^''^L « '"»-
Government is faced with the nM^«i^vf„ *' ^ *™* "'*'«" ^be
and every dollar of C3S*i'oJ'tL"^t^„^-K''C'^ ^"^^«'

CapiSf if°*n*?rm'trg'o,S'niilfi^^^^^^ of the

legislation in the followlnrtel?Si..'*'°''«'y P^^^^^d against this

thi.7m:7n't'he Qutbe: l"?.!,'' ""°J .^°' °''J«"<'"
We don't know .nythin^tbttft fV'"''- '!■"*•>'. •"""•'•
of the money watted Xr«ct°",ny.tolSn I* """^ ''"?«*
with the enterprUe. but that .he!.n„f" """"V°"

urw'}5■e:s/e"^^v.t^"n'^

out the ,0.^ had been made ear Ur fn'T""'?] '" ''">'

Hot'tK— p-:.tt7^ ^-H^'pu^rl;.;. VhTh

^.^ The Montreal Gazette another strong Conservative paper

doe:''„\'^''nrma''nr?..p"e"c1" """' circumstance,
i""^'- • • . Ihe present

™e Southampton Railway
^^ Scandal ^

worth |37^S(K) ?oMwX" tZ "pLf """^f ^'^'•' homesteads
a contract for locks, the \iin!?fl-,?^^'" CJenenil can let
^anes, the Ministe^ of Cultnmf °^ •'."?'i=« «» draw "hr^
Works at Prescott, but whenTt^^r^.^" "** ^™*'^ "f a Storet
chicanery one ha^ to im te tl,o7^^-*°^/^=' ^nd jobof poh^Ml
Brunswick to see it X X °"^ °' ^^^ P™^"^^ of Nw

bui/fMil?^,ri S'thf W^r^S?" R """?? '°"«' '^^ to be
2f;£v^'= ^l- J- K. Pindlr and P^ A r ";. ■^""' Conservativl
ht^S^x? **« deal. Bonds fSr $10 Ki^n^""'!?^ "^^"^ 'argely in-
by the New Brunswick Government 111 ""If '^'T S^anteed
Th^&r «"d an additiona "S for $2 Mn"' ■'• ^••, ^^«n
a miil7'"°**? ^£P''ed for an secured th».,.'."^ f*:'!. ""'^ 'ater.
a mile from the fiominion Go^Snt '"^'"'^ "^ *3,200

the construction of tWsmd^ere "tS 'i'f "^ *" the cost of

evident to everybody? E™„=Xrnn' '■°^4: The steal wm
Parlgment for York, Hon H J:''\,\°'^ry^twe Member of
the House of Commonfand",^^^'^^^^^^ i" his place fj

•nd Item, have been tZid VnJo S! '"'" ''••" P»<»d«d
neither true nor correct I ii"**™"?'"* t»>«t are
" .seeing with m«y'ofthe f.ct.MTr" °" '~°'^
by Mr. Carvel!, and I iavth«M-"i *'*".' '''*'""«'
veitigateitandputitri^?." ' Minister .hould in-

s«mdiloWan^tiSJr°Thr^ appointed to investigate this
of Commons onTeCaiyl'th lll^ '"^.^^'^^ ]" ^^Ho^

Of these 13 miles of roJ t'S^ol^^^^JZ^^^or^tr.^^
10

meor. This was the findi^fUfH^°Jh^?--«^actors of

Post Office Site at Fort
Frances

Crown Attorney, for thelob \ r rl ^°'^' u^""' A- I^- «eorge
two pieces of ground for i total of Satof °T^*""^ ''P"°"« °n
- evidence given before the PuSl. a ' . J^*"' according to
chased the land hin.Sf repmed that".''l^r"i^''^ ^e pur?
was the agent of the GovS-nment .n/ .'''*''''' J" '^'^ °wn office
properties to the Dominion fo?^?fi c:^n \'"'"^ "'■^'' 'he two

0^1 »eX.-- f {ilf WuT"S|-J;^t
-lt&. ^^-^-^ ^^^ B™Xw%rd,iS P^uti^ b^lnt^

Canning N. S. Public
^ Building Site

look afterZ'in^ter'^te'of a par°ty friend'thT.^ detennined to
Sir Frederick Borden's offer of a fr^li f '' '^'^^^'^ "^^ late
and agi^eed instead to paT$2 000 to vw""^^ .''"''"' ''""'''"?
tory candidate, for property he owned r^' ^^*°"', ^ ^^^^eatea
has been declared to be worthy oZ «'^n(?^"»'J^"u^"'^ property
appear as being worth mor" and f^„S '>r $400 but to make it
for the proposed buildC-^the Gol^i^'' 'l''^ 5^^ large enough

four times the4mouThTno7a^i-rsKStTr\^?l|

T^e Minister of Custom's
Starchworks at Prescott

EventuX'g? 'j 'D'Reff'r "If .««tablished at Prescott
Borden Government became tVd'^l^^''*^'^ "^ Customs T?he
hoder in this Comp^.'""For ^ome retU^1["'•'* ^""^"^ '^^
not prove profitable and the starX^lfr- " ""e investment did

On January 31st 1<^1? nr ^ -n u'"^'^^ """"^ closed.

after the Borden (overnnlnt ooT offic,"°''f . i^V ^'^ '"^''ths

safely installed as MinX of (w t,f '^ ^^^ "°"- ^'- Reid

h.s connection with the Starch' yC^"'to^^.Z''% T'.l^

U

cfnte 1^,X '^Z;^^lf^l *"« ^r. had ceased hi.
public ^oa-u'U- fh^a- '-,. i.e.s. Of the

Victoria Harbour Wharves

Gj^ftfe^^cVlil tcter?^fH"S'«' « -''•-t to Mess™

wharves at Victoria Harbour ?h! f */'/°' '^« ^""ding of ^e

rf ^^^OO'OOO- "• ""^ *°*^ cost to be slightirS!

construcUo^ofXe^*°h^rtl^tt" '".r"^"*"" '^th the

M°l*°ald''5te?.^aki^«^^^^^^^^ ttv^ ^l^-.^^ -b.et the
eluded an^gemJSte ^th He„r^'^°^^ •^'' *«« dred^ng eol'

^=u\- ^''^'r ^^teto^aSrho^pSS ^

of the ;„?k ^- tt'^tt^ar "d^}^ -?^ the d-'^^in^ Portion
4.300 Y.H. of Roc. Exc.v.tion t„„...e, to 25.288 Y.H.

and sublet and accort^ng to^I^"?!"^ gentlemen had^blet
at the 1916 session of the Puhl^/A^'^''®"'^^ ^^ich was prodieSl
collusion betwwn tho public Accounts Committw th^

"^t that th;i^f|,^"fa"tld'\""'' «"b^on™m wft'^Tl^
ya^ to 25,288 cubic ytK- «f '"'^"'ased from 4,300 cubic

12

ir?r -''e 'yVt.f7L^^l^^-^^ontH. While not

collusion be{ween';h:"&^„,;rn,SS^"'=*'^-*° ^^"'^ t^at tl,e,^ wa,
the sub-contractorq Tk^ u^*"' engineer on the worU 7^

ol r r '-■^--- ""^^^^^

how careC"the''°enrine^re » *^. ^^"^ence shows conclumvelv
^tmate sheets to S?tS tL'" P«™i«inff thewTpro^
S«P?rtf ent who haa dwr^' of ^ht vSP°^ °^ «"« Public 1A^
t^f P?*!,^ "F'^"!! thresh LSh or .^"ulf ^'^^ '«*rt«ta wffi
the Public Accounts ComnS ?ha?;^,^ '?"''«■ <>ath befSS
rock as was located i„ this V^ria^L^J"'' 8o«nf through such

was notT .^r^" '=°"d'^^4lT th^t'fc.'' '^' P^^h'our

Purchase of Coal at Victoria,

Urn Cm

boldlS^ v^Ss ^aftS; buTi^if h'=^ r^ off th« prize for

Government and with fh»w n 4^^^ "' the Bowser-M^r;,?!

I^iblic Works in the^Fede'raf Caoi^'^,^ «?«?" aTniKf

n m""' .^ i^.^"^ «°<«i icond'^ *^' *''" ^0"^ °f British Col!

ffib^"^')^ "-"''•'ohl'r' S°- °^ t'^e Minister of
required for the dredRes and n^^ ^T » Quantity of ctoI f.

, Aa time went on Mr ifi;;;, ""^ ™'« »' W-25 per ton
coal WM being ordered an, f''^'" ^«* «UTrised to find ?hat n„

more than Mr jSa A fe''^''^^'>- "^« Crerament $3 sTi
r' ^" -PP"«^ in^-ote rwiWfe-^hfd'lii^

B^^ • W ""°" RowJved 50 cent.

to^«.^l/*co.^S.SXCo«^^^ Nelson above referred

to Court ttat he had certS"^ ^he*^1LSt.^'^ *« '^"^'^
•"d then^aiide^..'-'-' »' ««t'^'V' tot.^K^^ C

-"-iu.'j'^^icritl ra zt:: r"-'-! «" '•'-

*^^.,?l«*f Bounties

that nearly 17 000 ti- i i

Far?: ••'■"'• r ^'^'^'^i 4 h^Tn 'an^'r"?"'^"' ratdVvot'
but th /"■' P"'n'<'d out that Ofwi ^'^'^'^ """*'«' "Bountv
but that something over 30,Z Lm^o ,Se7h"' i^? ""^ f^^°" ^

»„ .l" '*•• Govtrnmenl i. wiiii "'^ "'*' bounty.

to the.e men." d^7ll^U\hJl"' *.° »'^« the bounty

*Tince Rupert

This Company in IQii io .
fc!i'*''°"i^ Prince Ru^^^5'^«^ a contract tor building

■»«y» "eS." ™ •"' ■»!«««! b„°,i;o,& g°arc"s'

"Appointment of ,„.ki- ;^ "^^ ^ follows:

•ct n, upon th. AUrt of th^ r^^*?*"' «»"""'•"««"
P«t«"v« •Mmln.tlonV' •wmln.r. irft.r com-

bi« but what ia the outeomef " ^'^•* ^*'°'™ wunded

13,466 Einploy,M Uft »h. S«r»lc. 2B«1«A . .

the CMl SI 'on'T ™'^* ^^ *« Government to reform
PloyjKM who left the G^vmWbJSJ^ £i *"**' °' "'<« •">-

^3 ^«* have b«« 26S?r ^-r^-sri^- ^, p^ ^ ^^

two Sve t^\Zat^'i^. ^r r^ «»'«' ">«* «ot out
do not Include one ^SmrJk„fcJ^ "■**- »nd these flmimg
with the w*kTtJ^ar Stl^iSSlif'^^'" cSLS
The*, are all over «id Sk^? „ "T**? !*P«w««Mtely 2,m.

«-7„ta other D^sii ^f :ff5sr«5r;^;-s

threS7he°°^tS^^e;r^;;4PPota^^ have been made
alike fight, in the&re"rtraSl, h.M ""-^ conservatives
pointments to cwy on the wSS ti,-"w'''''"' '.' •="««' *» ap-
•PP ly. How couS one eS a^Jh? J^fi'n'y Torie. neH
Service when we find nuT^ 4?^r"i'!f dmerent In the Civil
Blondin statinr"lwouIdbithfl ™«7' *•>« Hon. Mn
Common, to uk. up the d.?.;** ""fi" *•»• «""•• of
Commiuion." "^ " defence of the CIWl Seryice

F-«?IL!:;!ifu*l%rp'Hl;;''^.*ii- '•"■•*•-'•«"■"■'. tn. sh.„ .„.

''Dash Away and Spend the

Money"

Mr. DonSoia'&^o* J^r?'^'*"^ .^'"'"d" «" of what
ftated in the HoS"commlMonlhr»H^'" ^f Queens P E.I*
in 1914. 'commons on the address from the Throne

»pendlnemo,^."'^* ""^ '*^"««»° ^ debt, dash away and

I 0«l~i Onra.. Om.