MISCELLANEOUS.
RAILWAY TRACKS FROM CANADA. 300 MILES OF LINE TO BE TORN UP. (Received May 10, 12,30 p.m.) OTTAWA, May 9. The Government lias agreed to the request of Britain and France to supply railway tracks for the West front, and will dismantle 300 miles of British Columbia division of tfie Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad, where it runs parallel with the Canadian Northern Railroad, and ship the rails.
to Europe immediately. Canada is ready to send 1200 men for building railways on the West front.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4054, 10 May 1917, Page 5
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