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When, last week, the Canadian Pacific Railway announced a proposed expenditure of $50,000 for northern extensions of its lines in Saskatchewan, alarm was felt by the Canadian National Railroad and also by leaders of the King government. For if the Canadian Pacific builds new lines north from Saskatoon and Prince Albert, it will be running through territory hitherto regarded as belonging to the Canadian National. Rural districts in the affected territory are supporting the Canadian National; towns and cities are in favor of the Canadian Pacific. Should the threatened railroad war materialize and become a political as well...
...majority of referendum votes was hailed with hosannas, last week, by wet U. S. news organs. The Republican but wet New York Herald Tribune editorialed: "In thus abandoning prohibition, after an extended trial, New Zealand follows the example of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, New South Wales, Norway, Turkey and Russia...
...Canadians may not decree that an individual province shall be either Dry or Wet. At one time or another each of the nine Canadian provinces have gone Dry; but the following have resumed liquor sale under restricted government control; Quebec, 1918; British Columbia, 1921; Manitoba, 1923; Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1924; Ontario...
Although the nine state pools did not consolidate last week, the presence and encouragement of Premiers James G. Gardiner of Saskatchewan and J. E. Brownlee of Alberta caused those attending to hope for a world wheat pool perfected within the next 50 years, no long term for such a movement...
...nine Canadian provinces, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan, have each their own Lieutenant-Governor, Parliament and Premier...