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1 he Weekly NewsI* pvt''*b*4 fry Th.rm%*j wn %l ik# tffteo. Harfccr Hkwfc. M ' . oh^ j Ui* •*»**. V.»w Hote l••bwticifc*: -HM per mss am .a at! * arm.Adrfrttanj r»*e* an *|ifitieatKm. jMd.rvwalf commaies'kwa* to !• W jxxi r | _K*w«joeo barker. %u* v»er.THURSDAY. JAN. 10. Ir«£ qalkiass.In another column we *pa'»H»h a. communication aneiit an eiiusri* al which appeared in this paper,; t*vo vv **k® o*. The • mmunicar tion referred to, is from Mr. Pan) Won) iftimigrat u u aj£ent at Sit ton and in it, he takes* ©fcdpt bn to a statement regarding the jercent-age f the Galicians who can n ad and vi it** their names. In thua referin/ to the illiteracy of these ainniieranntH, we did not do so in an intentionally derouatnry manner to the Galicians, and wl en we atatis! that nly *2 *»f the Galician^ c- -old read or write, we merely rep* ated what had been given to us hv a good authority n tie GaPciausand their condition. We will admit that Mr. Wood is in a better poaiti it», perhaps, to th l-oughlv know the Galician, than any other man in the province, today, and therefore, \v»* accept h:s statement as fact, without further comment.Taking it for granted that 35 of the male Galicians are sufficient lv Well educated to read Galiciai or Pol sh, we w h to ask Mi Wood, what percentage of the niah adults can read or write the English language? We are Canadian* living in Canada and speaking tht English language, and furthermore we are very strongly in the ma jority, and it is, therefore, of th* greatest importance, that they nr* made thoroughly acquainted wit I our language, especially as it is th* 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 efibrt to interest the present provincial government and the people, in the uneducated condition of these people who are settled in our midst. It is, we must admit, an impossibility to educate the adult Galicians, but 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 desire 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 appoint*, d t have it enforced: and make non-lt;• cnpliance with the requirements of the clause, punishable by a tine oir conviction. By this means mmv [arents who are now entire-lv in litferent, will send their child-r *n to school.We see that the government is already moving in the matter, and \v * may look for something Uetin-lte at the coming session tf the legislature.We tjiixtk. therefore, that it in inthe interests of ever horseowner in the Dauphin district, that .definite action be taken at once, to completely stamp out the plague The raoafc expeditious way of doing this, would be to refer the matter to the minister of agriculture, and he in tom w*m!i communicate with the glanders inspector. This official would then make a personal inspection of the ou.spected borxeaAs the disease is both contagious and infectious, action cannot be taken too quickly.BOARD OF TRADE.For a considerable length of time, this paper and our worthy contemporary have been agitatii g for a B**ard of Tiai * l*»r the town of Dauphin. This, we think would he of material bemffit to the town in-general, and our merchants in particular. With au efficient b ard of trad** acting in coujunc ti n with the town council, great i Iv incetnent should be made in the interests of the town, both in th© way of securing manufacturies i.id raising the town to a better rinaueial standing. Beyond the hadow of a doubt, there is a rand future in store for Dauphin /lt; li**r many natural advantages, iiple the possibillies which are 11 ready in sight in the way of iu-reased railway facilities: and oth-r improvements, we need have no •ar as to the future of our town We have waited in vain for nue action to be taken on the uggestion of the Press, and we lope that the people of Dauphin . ill waken tc the necessity of tak-ng prompt action A public meet-ug should be called at once, to liscuss the matter. Wlio will take lie initiative?QLANDERS.During the last month three or four cas. s of glanders in horses, have come under our notice.. This a disease which is dreaded by dll horse owners who have, ever r .perieuced any of its ravages.creasing power and importance, but separate'! from each other by leagues of ocean and sea. The better the system of communication between these lands, the closer are they drawa together and the better the understanding which exists between them Of all methods of com mu r*ra tion. yet devised, the telegraph offer* the greatest advantages, and an all-British net-work of cables uniting the various sountriesof the Empire would be 1 a method of communication, valuable in time of peace and com-partiveiy safe in time of war From an Imperial standpoint such a system of national telegraphs * would be of great advantage and | to commerce apd to business men, it would also be of value, for, were the present lines of telegraph, in national hands instead o£ in the hands of private corporations, the rates charged for transmitting ! messages would be but a fraction of those at present exacted. In ! Canada the inter-oceanic telegraph lines are in the hands of a private corporation an i it is npw a* question whether the time has not arrived in which these lines should pass into the hands of ^he State. This question is well worthy of the consideration, especially as the Canadian land telegraph is one of the mast important licks in an Imperial system and as its importance will be much increased when the projected Pacific Cable becomes an accompiised fact. That cable will be a joint state enterprize and it may be that its completion will be quickly followed by the establishment of a pau-Brittanie system of State owned telegraphs and cables, such as Sir Sand ford Fleming advocated.—Telegram,THE MUNICIPAL AUDIT.S. mio time ago. we advocated a change in the municipal act in the lauses referring to the audit. At lie present time tire auditors report for one year is not brought ti until the second or third meet-i ig of the council in the y*%ar following. Thus we tind that the people are large y in the dark as o how their affairs have beencon-lucted, and cannot vote intelligently for or against the old coun-*il, should they offer themselves i’or re-eleeticn.What we suggest, is. change the late of the ending of the financial pear, to Dec. 15 instead of Dec. 31 ind 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 iVw weeks, and we think it is in the best interests of the province, to make a change.SIR SANFORD FLEMING'S COM-MU MCA TION.The letter addressed to Hon. William Mulock by Sir Sanford Fleming, which was published ihe other day, is well worthy of consideration, not by the Postmaster General only, but every .citizen of he British Empire. The question of the nationalization of the telegraph systems of the Empire is of much moment, and Sir Sandfor \ Fleming’s argument appeal equally to the businessman and to the patriot The Empire, over which Her Majesty holds sway, consists of many countries, of rapidly inGalician Education.To the Editor of the News.Sir:—Kindly allow me space to cor rect a statement published by you in your last issue. So nearly as I can estimate after nearly four years observation, fully 35% cf male adult Galicians can mu! and write their own language, and many of these also read and write Polish. Of the children who were attending school any length *t time in the old country before leaving f*»r Canada, nearly all 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. Thus barring the children born jn Canada, I estimate that fully fifty per cent, of Galician children here can lead and write. Regarding the women, I have no data, I may state that in many instances, I have found Galicians prefering to sign receipts and other documents with a cross or mark, who afterw ards, I found out, could both feud and write.Yours etc.Paul Wood.abfton Dec. '2R, 10 X).School Board Meeting.First meeting held in the school house, the secretary presiding.Mr. Thos. Young was introduced and took his place at the Imaid, and addressed the staff of teachers and the t marchYoung-Pollon—That W. (\ Edgar be and is hereby appointed chairman of the hoard, for the current year. Can ied.The secretary was instructed to communicate with the department of education, regarding the inspection of this school, stating tnat there has not been an inspection during lftlO, also desirability of the board to have the school advanced to an intermediate, having stated on a previous occasion, that th»* recommendation had*la*en mode, but nothing so far had been done. And it was also strongly urg^d that the inspector and the advancement to intermediate should come at one*.
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Thu, Jan 10, 1901
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