By a strange irony of cireumstances, the Canadian Minister of Finance presented his budget to the House lof Commons at Ottawa the day after [the Right Hon. Neville Chamberlain had announced a substantial surplus fat the close of the British financial year. The contrast was striking, but jit was a sorry one for Canada. Mr. Rhodes announced a deficit of $135, }000,000 for the past year, and was and in the calmness of his_manner. Yet it always seemed to me that he remained absolutely British in his outlook and in his character. While' we know our own very grievous loss, It is right that we should remember the still greater loss sustained by his widow, and T think we should" all wish to join with the Chairman in his expression of sympathy for Mrs. Mayers.
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