Immigrant and Trade Ties Stir Canada Finland Issues
Cavin reports Finns seek emigration to Canada due to Finland US quota closure. Martin Maurd predicts a 1924 Scandinavian migration wave to Canada. British campaign rhetoric over Canadian canned salmon sparks letters showing BC fish outperforms Alaska. Alberta coal gains ground in Sudbury as Alberta distributors note Ontario buyers prefer Alberta bituminous at equal prices.
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Canada
United States
Martin Maurd
New York
Maurd
Tion
Sudbury
Canadias
A. N. Walker
Alberta
Ontario
Walker
Pensylvania
Norwegians Consider Immigration to Canada for Farming
Five prominent Norwegian shipping men, newly arrived in Canada, plan to study farming conditions and report back. Canada may issue eight to ten thousand Norwegian immigrant grants during the coming navigation season if the reports prove favorable to officials.
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Canada
Pulp Commission Arrives in Winnipeg to Probe Western Canada Pulp
Members of the Canadian Pulp Commission arrived in Winnipeg last week by the Canadian National to begin an investigation into the pulp situation in Western Canada. After three days in Winnipeg the Commission left February 9 for destinations further west along National lines.
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Canadian Pulp Commission
Winnipeg
Canadian National
Canada
Expense Cut Boosts 1923 Earnings Says CN R President
Sir Henry Thornton of the Canadian National Railways says November and December 1923 saw large expense reductions and revenue gains. He notes November net up 2.63 million and December up 6.82 million, with December 1922 showing a prior deficit. He credits maintenance spending, labor costs, and efficiency efforts for the improved position.
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Montreal
Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Ottawa
Oper
Lunch counter cars added by Canadian National Railways
Canadian National Railways will run lunch counter cars on main line trains between Winnipeg and Toronto to aid travelers including immigrants. Each car offers tea coffee light meals and canned goods at standard prices with an attentive attendant aboard all day. The plan, proposed by Walter Pratt, aims to improve comfort for passengers especially women with children and those unable to leave trains in bad weather.
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Canadian National Railways
Canada
Winnipeg
Toronto
Walter Pratt
Canadian National Airways
St Lawrence River Navigation Opens Early April
April marks the opening of navigation on the St Lawrence with 192 ships planning visits to Quebec in 1924. Canada sees rail and shipping expansions as Pacific tea service expands and new mills and paper facilities begin production in Shawinigan Falls and Vancouver.
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St. Lawrence River
Canadian Atlantic
Europe
Quebec
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Paris
B. C
Willian Sloan
Great Britain
Dominions
F. C. Wade
British Columbia
Alberta Coal
P.O
Canton
Madras
Leckies
A. McKinnon
Cumberland, B.C
Pulp Commission
R, Yates
His
Burns
Wembley Park
London
Burane
KE. W. Bickle
Cumberland
J.C
C.N.R
Moore-Whittington
Cumberland Hotel
Wm.merrified
Dunsmuir Avenue
Courtenay Billiard
McPhee
Theed Pearse
Union Bay Road
Canadian Pacific Railway
Spiller Company
Vancouver
Belgo-Canadian Paper Company
Shawinigan Falls
Que
Dominion Engineering Company
B W. Beatty
Adian Pacific Railway
S. Robinson
C.B.E
R.N.R
Harry A
Robinson
Yokohama
America
Windsor
Sweden
Alfred
Joe
Bill
Canadian Pacific
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