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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 274, 6 July 1910, Page 3

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s DROUGHT IN CANADA. > . London. r The "Daily Mail's" Ottawa corresl porident states that" the drought in [ Canada is becoming more sefious every day in Saskatchewan. In Al--1 berta many farmers are ploughing in ' their wheat. The yield in some of the J dry districts is likely to be only five f to eight bushels to the acre. Later ! reports received by the "Times" state that general showers have fallen in Manitoba, and the crop conditions are ' excellent. " r IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. r ' ! ' London. The "Times" . says that little has > been done to render the Imperial Con- - ference 0f.1911 successful. Attention . is needed to unification and national is- > ation of laws.a eornmoncommerfcial f code, trade marks, and the growing i menace of double taxation. Moreover, I the Courts of the Mother Land and f Dominions deal with each other as r "foreign countries. The whole subject i of . Imperial delence 4 «equireo constant i consideration,? and also the developi ment of means of communication be- : tween the centrei and remote parts of s the