RESPONSE IN CANADA
THOUSANDS UNDER ARMS GUARDING OF PROPERTY i CONTROL OF SHIPPING (Reed. Aug. 29, 10.30 a.m.) OTTAWA, August 28. Ten thousand members of Canada’s non-permanent militia are under arms following the call by the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. W. L. MacKenzie King, to man Atlantic and Pacific. Coast defences and to guard vulnerable utilities and public properties. The militia responded swiftly and willingly, and there was no delay in mobilisation. The Government has assumed control of merchant shipping on the a Canadian registry and has instituted naval control of the service.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20028, 29 August 1939, Page 5
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