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1 he Weekly News We tfnqk, tfcer*|r*re. tluU it is \o ct*A*mg power ami importance,-»err TbarwWy »rm -«.•**, interest* of ever horseowner but separated from each other by tL* in the Dauphin district, that defin- leagues of ocean and sea. The jite action be taken at once, to com- better the system of cominunica-* . pletely stamp out the plague tion between these land*, the clos-The most expeditions way uf er are they drawn % .get her andnow•4k*. Hartttr Bk**k, M St., lt;**» *»j ttnmi V,** Hotriftatmr-ri; ik*: j*r ae earn ia »dr a*m.A4rrm*sryf mtm lt;m %prlkm,km.all fwi—in uni! mi‘in hi i« tlui W zmxtr Idoing this, would be to refer t be the better the undorsUnding which A ’ ^ matter to the minister c(agricul- «»lt;« between them. Of all tnetli-THURSDAY. JAN. 10. : XJ1THE OALtCtutre. »nd he in torn would eon: odaofcommunication, yet devised,Hiunicate with the glanders in-the telegraph offers the greatest spoctor. This official would then advantages, and an all-Biitiah net-imWc a personal inspect! *1 of the work of eablea uniting the variousi.-apected horses, sou n tries of the Empire would bea method of communication, val-In another column we #p«oliah *a communication aimiit an eduon-1 A*» the disease is. boik $onta .al which apiiearud in thin [«per, j gious and infectious, action canaot ua in U'nt/ ault; 00111partively safe in time of war— _From an Imperial standpoint suchBOARD OF TRADE. a system q! national telegraphs— - | would be of great advantage andFor a considerable length of to commerce atid to business men,tion referred to, is from Mr.Wood, immigration agent at Sit ton and in it, lie takes exception to a statement regarding the percentage * f the Galicians who can i ♦ ad and • i ib* thfir names. In thus refer in/ to the illiteracy of these emiiiigrannts, we did not do so in j an intentionally derogatory man-1 tier to the Galicians, anti w! en we ] sailed that n!y 2 of the Galician^ c old read or write, we merely repeated hat had been giver to us by *i good authority n tie .Galiciansand their condition. We will admit that Mr, Wood is in a better positi \t. perhaps, to th r-cttghl v know the Galician, than any other Man in the province, today, and therefore, we accept h s statement as fact, without further comment.Taking it for granted that 33 / of the male Galicians are sufficient lv well educated to rear! Galicia! or Pol sh, we w h to ask Mi Wood, what pcrcentageof the mah adults can read or write the English language? We are Canadian* living in Canada and speaking tin English language, and furthermore we are very strongly in the ma jority, and it is, therefore, of tin greatest importance, that they nr* made thoroughly acquainted wit! our language, especially as it is tin current language in Canada. We have not begun a crusade in the interests of the Galicians, from a party ends, as many have erron eously supposed, but We have mad* an honest effort to interest the present provincial government and I he people, in the uneducated condition of these people who are settle] in our midst. It is, we must admit, an impossibility to educate the adult Galicians, hut the child dren would no doubt make apt scholars in the hands of a skillfu teacher- it was not by mean.* our intention to request the gov eminent to establish Galician schools, as oue would suppose, from the text of the communication. It is an English school which we de sire should be placed in every district. Then in addition to the establishing of the schools, we want a compulsory clause in our school a *t, and truant officers appointed t have it enforced: and make non-e nplianee with the requirements of ihe clause, punishable by a line oir conviction. By this means many parents who are now entirely inlitferent, will send theii child-r *ii to schoolWe see that the government is already moving in the matter, and \y; may look for something Betin-lte at the coming session cf the legislature.time, this paper and our worthy it would also be of value, for, were contemporary have been agitato g the present lines of telegraph, in for a Hoard of 1 ?al * for the town national hands instead of in the of Dauphin. This, we think would hands of private corporations, the be of material benefit to th** town rates charged for transmitting general, and our merchants in | messages would be bpt a fractionparticular. With au efficient b ar i of trade acting in coujunc ti n with the town council, great i Ivaneement should be made in the interests of the town, both in the way of securing manufactories t.id raising the town to a better rinaueial standing. Beyond the hadow of a doubt, there is a jatid future in store for Dauphin. ,\ her many natural advantages, uple the possi billies which are ilready in sight in the way of iu-reased railway facilities: and oth-r improvements, we need have noof those at present exacted. In Canada the inter-oceanic telegraph lines aie in the hands of a private corporation an i it is npvv a* question whether the time has not arrived in which these lipes should pass into the hands of fhe State. This question is well worthy of the consideration, especially jlm the Canadian land telegraph is one of the mast important licks in an Im perial system and as its importance will be much increased when the projected Pacific Cable becomes an accompiised fact. That cable•ar as to the future of our town w ill be a joint state enterprize andWe have waited in vain for it may be that its completion will nie action to be taken on the I be quickly followed by the estah-and we lishinent of a pau-Brittanic sys tern of State owned telegraphs and cables, such as Sir Sand ford Flem-uggestion of the Press, and w e tope that the people of Dauphin . ill waken to the necessity of tak-ng prompt action A public meet-ug should be called at once, to liscuss tlie matter. Who will take he initiative?THE MUNICIPAL AUDIT.S**mo time ago. we advocated a*change m the municipal act in the lauses referring to the audit. At he present time the auditors report for one year is not brought a until the second or third meet-i tg of the council in the y*%ar fol-owing. Thus we tind that the people are large r in the dark as o how their affairs have been con-lucted, and cannot vote intelligently for or against the old coun-•il, should they offer themselves for re-eleeticn.What we suggest, is. change the late of the ending of the financial year, to Dec. 15 instead of Dec. 31 md change the date of the election to Jan. 1st. This would al low sufficient time for the audit to e made, and published.The legislature meets now* in a few weeks, and we think it is in the best interests of the province, to make a change.ing advocated.—Telegram,COMMUNICATIONS.PriS**cThFix Pd h*» en and 1 mhir *n tii caret Yo he in at Kc Carr Bd prej* and I lect I «nd i pupil Yo ingsMow 4 p. i Pobe *{trictrnd.Th for t pope *rac Tend CarrApuhlWfmanHetoA iGalician Education.To the Editor of the News.SIR SANFORD FLEMING'S COM-MONICA TJON.The letter addressed to Hon. William Mulock by Sir Sanford Fleming, which was published the other day, is well worthy of consideration, not by the Postmaster General, only, but every .citizen of he British Empire. The questionaP t tn nai.uii3ali'»atiftt) At tha fala.Sir:—Kindly allow me space to cor rect a statement published by you in your Inst issue. So nearly as I can estimate after nearly four years oi»er-vation, fully 35% cf male adult Galic-inns can tea*! and write their own language, anil many of these also read • nd write Polish. Of the children Who were attending school any length of time in the old country before leaving f*»r Canada, nearly ail can read and write. Education there, is conducted by the State on excellent lines, and attendance is compulsory, though often shirked. Naturally a year or two without schooling, throws any child back. Tims barring the children born in Canada, 1 estimate that fully titty per cent, of Galician children here c »n read and write. Regarding the women, I have no data, I may state that in many instances, 1 have found Galicians prefer ing to sign receipts and other documents with a cross or mark, who afterwards, I found out, couid both mid and write.Yours etc.Paul Wood.Sifton Dec. 2k 10 m).nextSchool Board Meeting.First meeting heid in the school house, the secretary presiding.Mr. Thos. Young was introduced and took his place at the board, and addressed the staff of teachers and the hoard.Young-Pollon—That W. C. Edgar be and is hereby appointed chairman of the board, for the current year. Carried.The secretary was instructed to communicate with the department of education, regarding the inspection of this school, stating tnat there has not »n insnertion durintr 1P00. alsoSiif j
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Dauphin Weekly News
Dauphin, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jan 10, 1901
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