CANADA.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1640, 19 August 1887, Page 3

CANADA.

Tho Canadian Knights of Labor hwe Beparattd from the body m the United State?, m the matter of jurisdiction, and formed a General Assembly cf the Order for Canada. A new order has been issued In Council at Ottawa, Ontario, which prohibits the importation of meat and cattle from the United Statea into Manitoba and British Columbia, except for breeding purposes, or transit from one point to another. The Dominion cutter Critic soizidthe boats and seines of the American aohooners Argonant and Colonel J H. Franco off Prince Edward's Island on July 25th. The echoonerß set sail and eaotped. Dr. Davlson, the Dominion C>mmisslooer to run the boundary lines between Alaska and the North-west territory, recommends Canada to oitabllah Ouatom Houses, ss tha district is likely to become thickly settled, on account of mineral deposits . At present there is unrestricted freedom !n trade. The election m Digby County, Nova Scotia, on July 16th, resulted m the defeat of tho Commercial U^ion candi* date, and inflicted a serious blow to the incipient agitation for annexation of the province to the United States. Dlgby County doei a large trade with New England, and was generally regarded as the most likely district m Cauada for the Commercial Union candidate. The Dominion Government proposes to send a Commission to Asia for tha parpose of promoting the trade of Canada with China and Japan. Allcffirts np to the present of the Dominion to ex'end Canada's foreign trade have bee n utterly barren of result*. There ia trouble on the coast of New foundland between English and French fisherman, and the warship Daores has driven the former from the fishing ground they usually occupied.