16 NOVEMBER 1918, Page 13

" HOWLERS."

fl'o THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The motto of the Province of British Columbia is Splendor sine occasu, having reference to its western situation, and this motto is engraved on the front of the fine Parliament buildings at Victoria, which Were considered by many at the time to be premature. A witty scholar on being shown the motto remarked : " Very true. Splendour without any occasion for it! "—I am,