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Many Happy Returns
THE DOMINION OF CANADA ON SATURDAY, JULY 1ST, ENTERS UPON HER SIXTY-SEV-
ENTH YEAR. IT IS THREE -SCORE AND SIX YEARS SINCE THE NEGOTIATIONS AND PLANS
WERE COMPLETED WHICH BOUND TOGETHER INTO A DOMINION THE SCATTERED PROVINCES
WHICH COMPRISED THE TWO CANADA% NOVA SCOTIA AND PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.
SINCE THAT THE WESTERN PROVINCES HAVE BEEN ADDED UNTIL THE DOMINION LITERAL-
LY "STRETCHES FROM SEA TO SEA AND FROM THE RIVER UNTO THE ENDS OP TEE EARTH."
SIXTY-SIX YEARS IS A LONG PERIOD IN PHE LIFE OF A MAN. IT IS GETTING
-GILL ON TO THE THREE -SCORE AND TEN, MAN'S ALLOTTED SPAN, BUT IT IS A SHORT PER-
IOD IN THE LIFE OF A NATION, CANADA IS STILL IN HER, EARLY YOUTH; SHE HAS
SCARCELY CUT HER WISDOM TEETH YET, BUT SHE HAS BEGUN TO PUT ON THE DIGNITY OF
A GROWN-UP DAUGHTER IN THE FAMILY OF NATIONS MAKING UP THE BRITISH EMPIRE,
AND xtEE. COUNSELS ARE SOUGHT AND HER JUDGMENT CONSIDERED IN THE FAMILY CON-
CLAVES.
CANADA, IN COMPANY WITH ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH, HAS BEEN SUIFFER-
ING SOTMIEWHAT FROM THE WORLD DEPRESSION BUT SHE IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO RE-
COVER, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A PERIOD OF .STEADY, WHOLESOME PROGRESS. TO GAN
ADA. HER LOYAL SONS AND DAUGHTERS EXTEND HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS AND. THE
WARMEST OF GOOD WISHES FOR THE FUTURE �a+:'a4w.lil°ni�
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