LOYAL CANADA.
NATION OF MARKSMEN. THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS. By Telegrsph—Press Association—Copyright. OTTAWA, September 1. Colonel Hughes, Minister of Defence, announced that it was proposed to train one million Canadians to shoot straight at a thousand yards' range. ■A force of at least three hundred thousand will be placed on a war basis throughout the Dominion. MORE WHEAT NEEDED. n Times" and Sydney " Sun " Service* (Received September 2, 5.50 p.m.) OTTAWA, September 1. The Government is. appealing to farmers to enlarge the wheat acreage owing to the decrease of cultivation m Europe, thus strengthening the Empire in the day of trial.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16646, 3 September 1914, Page 7
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100LOYAL CANADA. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16646, 3 September 1914, Page 7
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