Vol. 3, No. 1 SOME FACTS. ABOUT TE PRESENT ELECTION Islands s Constituency _ Answers Charges of Misgovernment "Candidates : — eaves oem luminneon areennrinartaenen . Conservative. Captain EUSTACE. - MAUDE, Independ'nt. Mr. ALEC. HAMIL- TON, Liberal. ‘Polling Hours : ee a a. m.. to 74 pa m. ir ve: | create’ a 5 feeling of uneasiness. among g his | nister of Lands i in Stir -{electorate,: and said that in so. far as. ‘it ~ South Salt Spring Bee ‘North Salt SERINE: %. North Pender, BBS ‘South: Pender, . strange’ hat while the pene party 4 ke of | millions ‘of acres being |. j peculators, not a. single. specific answering ‘the ‘reckless charges. of ola tos Mr. Foster's committee to appear on) Perhaps in the future when the redistribu- e platform’ and the repetition of: the | tion ofthe voters is effected and the Lib- 7 iar arguments. repeated by Mr. | oral leader is able to appeal to electors to mrewster in the early part of the meet-|whom he is a stranger, Mr. Brewster will found Mr, Ross in his happiest vein. | have an opportunity of. returning to the RAM, John Oliver. in reply. brought. for-. legislative assembly.” rd many trivialities with regard to). In dealing.with the land available for pa issued. by the department and other ails that were hardly germane ‘to. the le, such as. the purchase of the Kit- ano reserve, the present: balance in the Be Asury; ‘but his pleasantries and banter is re not regarded . Seriously. by the as: mbled voters, i “My, Brewster scems to. have blogsom- for th in onew ‘role lately.” said Mr,’ 88, for. since he has become leader. of} L party he has discarded his oft. repeat | professions of. being a Liberal of the | | school both. in federal, and. provincial MAlitics and now poses as the. prophet . of mac Now Liberalism, The: inference that |. people. of British, Columbia are begin: | to. draw that now. is that the old Liber: | m1 hag been relegated to the place to | ich it) properly. belongs, its former Baherents don.a new role, hoping by this | 2 this ‘means to start! afresh with no old |; ea eomenetiomtormeeeegneaen nreraeremnne Swat aSr ena AH usagmadanaresetesonerasipeenrpeatsseeaeeaat this province. ~ “And yet the Liberals say that the settler cannot find land for pre- -emption,” 1 OEE Y OER RAR TTT IONT OD m Hon. WILLIAM R. ROSS, ‘Minister of. Lands, ao who replied to. the. ‘reckless charges of ‘maladministration in a stirring spech at Hope Bay last Wednesday, Mr. Ross will ‘speak again this evening in Sidney. ae of British Columbia was: appr oxim ately : 4 | opponents say. that the moneys obtained 250,000, 000. acres, a and of this vast amount |. ess than 6,000, 000 acres, or ‘two per cent |: 7 the total, has already. been taken up.: “We have. available. for. settlement ~ public ‘works and improvements.” i LL en |, Rae “1. Inceomparing the number of pre-emp: -oneere SbPPbe Peet es ee et eseTe Het et PHO G4 POGOe" eoeeeeee * | 93,000,000 acres which: cannot. be. alien: Tec. EDITIONS OF REVIEW } - WILL ‘BE | ISSUED SATURDAY | A Spiecial Leased Wire Direct to the ‘Office Has. Been : - Arranged For From All, Parts of the Constituency — } [three ‘years the lands department has | Saskatchewan of 400, and. the News. will Be Received Direct 9 | the basis of 160 acres for each pre-emptor | the government in the matter of cn- oo .} | more than a million and ® quarter acres | couraging immigration, Mr. Ross said it Je the lands department, while the Dom: | inion government has: located: 1,200. set- ltlers in the railway belt. of this province, ‘The net result of: the work, of the: lands + department is: that’ more than. three- | quartera of a million acres of land have mecrit even hia propaganda - masquerades ; wiicr. the euphemistic name of : the. Lib i Malism:o the New. School.” fra : ma Mr: Ross referred to’ the: generalities i at have so freely issued from the Lib- vi platform. during the: campaign which | ¢. a op seid were brought forward in order to + ~peen made with the Telephone company by which «it will be possible : to a “publish: the returns: soon. after. the polling officers. have completed their > gount. Owing to the cost for’ telephone: tolls, ete,, this jsgue will be sold at” ten cents a copy and it is hoped that the people of Sidney will show. thet wt appreciation of this new departure by. thelr patronane. - tal ee heen Free sempted by British, subject: info _okContinued. on. page ay: +e4oe-s re seeseeseret o +044 . + + +4 + + + ++ + e+ esseeenereees | ‘Mr. W. W. FOSTER, tO ce iene jee ee ‘instance of such a sale, with the necess- cl ‘Mayne Island, culated in the Islan at a ee : ary dates and fi ures, had been mentioned dF 3 ae Liberal speakers during the campaign b y Mr. Brewst wk - | ae Galiano Island, faith concrete facts and figures that proved “The Liber all dager seems. to be un der : Thetis Island, success of the land policy of the 20V-| the apprehension that he alone ofall men | | De eep Cove, ment, ‘Hon. ‘William. R Ross, a a has a: right to challenge the government. o : cting held at Hope Bay on tle and @Y.) to answer any reckless absurdities with |} Retreat Cove, Galiano. Biening, dumbfounded his critics and at) Which he wishes to tickle the ears of the 4 iP See Island, ca esege: e close of a long ‘speech in which he. audience, ae Vy Hii ieaume “oe oes pected. and analyéed ne. ape “To-day Mr. Brewster, from. necessity ” North Gabriola, | r, Brewster, the Mini 4 7 ’ rather than choice, has no electorate ‘to i thusiastically applauded by the | large answer to and he passes from constituency 4 = South sepriee dience that filled the. hall. morals BE) toe constituency ‘asa free lance; taking q os ‘ _ Sidney. The Liberal speakers had been invited every advantage of this irresponsibility. | f +o+e $04-4-0-0-4- 5 einen e460 a | said Mr, Ross. Even whea'the govern: settlemant, Mr, Ross said that the area) | jf i Sane ae ment produces , the actual ligures. our =: from the sale of lands hasbeen recklessly. ee dissipated? We have received large sums aay of money from the sale of landsbutthese “| monies have been: honestly. expended. for Ban ed ‘Hasued over 8,000 pre-emptions, and on| In dealing with the policy. adopted by) { . -f-| have been settled during this period, _.| was axomatic that the. first principle in = might embarass_ them. But The ‘Sidney and Islands Review has made svennaoments to issue Inte “uring 1913," Mr, Roas continued, | any logical system of {and sot spans: eralizm vannot .be disguised by. a) f- ‘editions on Saturday evening. giving the results of the election as they:are $ !ug 699 pre-emptors have heen located by | the construction of proper t transportatlott -’ B)' se of coat.every year and o grit 18) received from the various polling . stations. Special arrangements have tions. in British. Columbia. with that of. : ‘| ated’ except” by. .pre- -emption, Of: this! other: provinces of the. Dominion. the: | enormous territory we have already: sur: | Minister of Lands suid that 890 settlers ‘veyed more than: 1,700,000 ‘acres which | had been located: in Northern Ontario | to-day available for. settlement... Does | and 2,800 in Saskatchewan north.of the” | this look as if we: ‘had dissipated our nat-| Saskatchewan river, giving, an. increase | ¢ | ural resources? Are there no. lands: soft of 1,800 pre-emptions for: the present year. skp | for. the: settler?!” ESS {in British Columbia over the year prev: rans Mr, Ross" “gaid- that. during. the ‘ast ious, as against a decrease in. Northern. facilities’ by. railroad: or wagon yoads. 2 oe; “Until September, 1911, there was only: one trans-provincial railway in ‘British’ 0 Columbia, with the exception, of the wore © ‘completed: Crow’s Nest Pass road," said the alton Lands, “while to: day. the Panes