CANADA IS BRITISH.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 262, 5 November 1928, Page 17

CANADA IS BRITISH.

NATIONAL SPIRIT MANIFEST. LABRADOR SALE UNLIKELY. TASMANIAN SENATOR'S OPINION. "There is not the slightest possible ?hance of Canada becoming part of the United States," said Senator Sampson, of Tasmania, who is a through passenger by the Aorangi, after having attended the British Empire Parliamentary Conference held in that country. "Don't you make any mistake about it." he said, "the people there are Canadians fir. t and always absolutely. Why in some <>f the places we visited if you expressed the opinion that such a thing was likely to happen you would be laughed to scorn, and in others it might start a jolly (big row. The Lational spirit over there is very much alive. Right throughout that vast country the aggressive spirit is very much to the fore. At every function we attended, and on divers other occasions, the people sang their own national song "O, Canada.' and, of course, it was followed by the British National Anthem. "It stands to reason, however, that the bulk of Canada's trade is done with the United States, their nearest neighbour. a vast and great manufacturing nation which is pushing its trade for all it is worth. For Cheaper Profluction. "Yes." Mr. Sampson reflected, "Canada is a great and glorious country — a jewel in the British Empire, lis truly a wonderful country, and oh, its water and its timber. There are millions and millions of horse power developed, being developed and to be developed, there. By this means Canada is enabled to go in for cheaper production. Then there are its public and other buildings. We've got nothing like them in Australia. There they have fine public buildings in every province. Just to give you an example: In Manitoba the Houses of Parliament cost a million dollars. Fancy Australian States putting up buildings like that. They are great optimists in Canada, too, and rightly so. But above all they are absolutely Canadians. - " Export of Timber. Mr. Sampson, being interested in timber, made it his business to inquire into the trade. Having nine days to spend before the Aorangi left Vancouver, he visited several lumber mills oh the coast, and was surprised at the enormous trade which had been developed. Every mill was working at high pressure and turning out huge quantities. He said he had discussed matters in connection wiVii the industry with various interested ]>eople over there, regarding export to Australia. He pointed out to them that American timbers were being imported both to New Zealand and the Commonwealth in large quantities, and said Australia had to look overseas for its soft Seeing that that was the case, would it not Ibe better to keep the trade within the Empire? He was told that at one time British Columbia did export timber in large shipments to Australia, but the Pacific Hope lumber mills received the trade mainly on account of Australian financiers becoming interested in the American mills. Newfoundland. When Mr. Sampson was told of the cable which appeared in Saturday night's "Star" relative to the sale of Labrador to a United States syndicate, he said he knew quite a lot about the subject.. He had met highly responsible Parliamentarians and officials who had convinced him that the national spirit in Newfoundland was very much in evidence, and he was certain that as far as Labrador was concerned, it and Newfoundland would remain under the British flag. The Australian delegation left, by the Mooltan last July and joined up with the other British delegations, with the exception of New Zealand, in London. Many conferences were held before the combined party set out for Canada.