Britain reports surplus for fiscal year 1931-32 in budget balance
The treasury announced a balanced budget with a surplus of about 1.522 million pounds after redeeming debts and drawing funds from the dollar exchange account. Revenue totaled 770.963 million pounds, expenditures 770.9 million. Tax measures, debt payments, and currency adjustments shaped the annual results as Britain moves to restore confidence. Income tax contributed most funds, with customs duties and surtax also significant, while anticipated relief may be small in the next budget.
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Ramton
Treasury
Brittain
Dollar Exchange
Great Britain
Ballance
United States
Nsw
New York
France
French Republic
Treasu
Technical Education Grants Across Five Provinces
Government grants aided technical education in five provinces during 1930 31 totaling 391 397 dollars. Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Manitoba and Saskatchewan received federal assistance in technical training as disclosed in a House of Commons table responding to Thomas Reid of New Westminster.
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Ottawa
Gat
House of Commons
Thomas Reid
Lib
New Westminster
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British propaganda official returns from Canada to US
Sir Campbell Stuart, director of The Times in London, arrived from Canada to spend a few days in the United States before returning home. A native of the Dominion, he served last year of the Great War as deputy director of British propaganda in enemy countries under Lord Northcliffe.
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Xora
Sir Campbell Stuart
the Times
London
England
Canada
United States
Dominion
Sir Campbell
Lord Northe
Oats Shipment Planned From Alberta to Saskatchewan
G M Stewart district inspector of the Dominion seed branch says about 830000 rushels of seed oats from the Peace River district of Alberta will be shipped to Saskatchewan by week’s end to meet Saskatchewan requirements.
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Calgary
Alberta
Saskatchewan
G. M Stewart
Peace River
Canadian nickel deemed ugly by ARCA official
Arthur Sdmmer of ARCA in Toronto criticized the Canadian nickel as internally unattractive while addressing the Women's Canadian Club in Vancouver, BC. The remark contrasted with a fan ancient Greek coin.
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Vancouver
Arthur Sdmmer
ARCA
Toronto
Veregin Remains Entangled In Trial For Perjury
Veregin, a Doukhobor leader, was remitted for trial on three perjury charges and released on bail at 512,000. He appeared before Magistrate A. McDonald at the Yorkton court. In May he faces a fourth charge of tampering with witnesses connected to the preliminary hearing of George Chutskoff.
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Veregin
Rkton
Sask
Peter Veregin
A. McDonald
Apears
George Chutskoff
Yorkton Court House
Canadian Aviator Plans Rome Flight From Canada
Capt J Erroll Boyd, a Canadian flyer who crossed the Atlantic eastward in 1930, plans a solo flight from Wilburby the Sea Florida to Rome. If plans hold, he will depart to London touching Toronto Montreal and Charlottetown before continuing to Harbor Grace Newfoundland and then onward to London and Rome.
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San
Rome
Ottawa
Canada
J. Erroll Boyd
Iyer
Boyd
Atlantic
Wilbur-by-the Sea
Florida
Ona Beach
Fla
Toronto
Montreal
Charlottetown
Harbor Grace
Nald
London
Plots Reported Against Stalin Figures Across Europe
Paris dispatch to Tass News Agency quoted Humanite claiming far ranging anti-Soviet plots by Russian white guards spread through Europe. The despatches included alleged schemes to assassinate Maxim Gorki in Italy and Maxim Litvinoff in Germany, with Moscow papers highlighting such conspiracies.
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Moscow
Russia
Par's
Tass
Humanite
Europe
Joseph Stalin
Russan
Maxim Gorki
Taly
Maxim Litvinoff
Germany
Alberta wheat pool guarantees no loss claims grow
Premier Brownlee announced Alberta will guarantee no loss from the wheat pool totaling 5 536 707 dollars to be withdrawn in three to four years if pool operations stay successful. He said open market shipments this year passed 35 million bushels as the pool record handlings rose. bills validating agreements with banks and the pool were given second reading. Exemptions under the provincial income tax remain 750 dollars for singles and 1300 for married persons.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Brownlee
Alberta Legisla
Alberta Wheat Pool
Alberta Co-Operative
D. M. Duggan
W. R. Howson
Ocean Fares Slashed By Major Transatlantic Lines
Great Britain major shipowners White Star Cunard Line announce fare cuts across all classes by about 15 percent, with 20 percent reductions for first to tourist class on their liners. Cunard, Anchor, and Anchor-Donaldson lines soon follow, cutting Europe to Canada rates. third class down 10 percent. Officials note no summer fare increases this year.
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London
England
Great Britain
White Star
Cunard Line
Europe
Canada
United States
Brussels
Cunard
Anchor and
Anchor-Donaldson Lines
Europa
BC Attorney General Rejects Short Prison Terms
Victoria BC R H Pooley Attorney General condemned federal practice of releasing convicts before term end. He cited William Bagley bank robber and gunman cases from Nanaimo to Harrison Hot Springs and Okalla jail break, noting one hanged and two in U S police tolls.
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B.C
Victoria
R. H. Pooley
British Columbia
Wiliam Bagley
Pooley
Nanaimo
United States
Bagley
Harrison Hot Springs
Okalla
Beauharnois inquiry scope widened in Senate debate
Senator Arthur Meighen said the inquiry into Beauharnois would be widened as needed to cover any senators affected or public figures defamed during evidence. Senator Hardy had urged broadening the committee’s powers to hear G Howard Ferguson, then Canadian High Commissioner.
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Ottawa
Beauharnois
Arthur Meighen
Hardy
G. Howard Ferguson
Canadian Abeneen Angus Breeders elects officers
Calgary cattle breeders association head James Turner of Carroll Manitoba was elected president of the Canadian Abeneen Angu Breeders Association at the annual convention. He succeeds W. F. Narren of Belbec Saskatchewan. J. A. Brown of Fornet Ontario named vice-president. Directors elected include John Brown and T. A. Edwards of Watford Ontario H. Leader Burnside Manitoba W. B. Lyon Dendron Saskatchewan S. Henderson Lacombe Alberta and R. R. Buchanan Pincher Creek Alberta.
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Calgary
Ata
James Turner
Carroll, Man
W. F. Narren
Belbec
Sask
J. A Brown
Fornet
Ont
John Brown
T. A. Edwards
Watford
H. Leader
Burnside
Man
W. B. Lyon
Dendron
S. Henderson
Lacom
Criticism of Pension System by Sir Arthur Currie in Winnipeg
Sir Arthur Currie, World War I Canadian corps commander, tells the Manitoba command of the British Empire Service League that pensions remain unsatisfactory fourteen years after the war. He cites the need for clarity between the appeal board and pensions tribunals and warns government action is required to fix the system.
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Arthur Currie
Winnipeg
Sir Arthur Currie
Manitoba Command
Sir Arthur
Veterans’ Organization
Christie appointed to CNR board in place of Richards
Ottawa Ga director J Stamon reports Mr Christie a prominent business leader will join the Canadian National Railways board replacing S E Richards who has been elevated to the bench. Christie heads W J Christie and serves as director of multiple companies.
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Ottawa
J. Stamon
Razor
Mr. Christie
W. J. Christie
Christie
Canadian National Railways
S. E. Richards
Large Order For Tea From Soviet Russia To India
Soviet Russia has placed a credit basis order with Indian and Ceylon tea planters for 5,000,000 pounds. The deal carries 9 percent interest. Russia may take the tea as desired at prevailing market prices, reflecting its status as the world's largest tea consumer but a minor producer.
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Colompo
Soviet
Russia
Nas
India
Islands claim filed over Sulu Sea islands near Borneo
Princess Dayang of Sulu reveals that a claim to 16 small islands in the Sea of Sulu near British North Borneo has been filed with the British and United States governments.
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Manila
Sea of Sulu
British North Borneo
United States
Dayang
Sulu
Postage Rate Increase Approved by Congress
Washington DC reports the first class postage rate rises from two to three cents for two years. The measure is expected to raise about 135 million dollars in revenue.
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Washington, D.C
United States House of Representatives
Regiment Publishes War History Forty-Fourth Battalion
Winnipeg article notes an official history of the Canadian Forty-Fourth Battalion in the Great War, titled Six Thousand Canadian Men. The 400 page work, compiled for over three years, honors the 1200 who did not return and was praised by Col Duguid as vivid and accurate. The book will be distributed on Vimy Night April 8 to veterans, next of kin, and the public.
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Winnipeg
Baron Byng
Col Duguid
Records Office
Ottawa
Unio
Air Service For Alberta Express Plan Email?
Air service between Calgary and Edmonton will start May 1 under Canadian Airways Company Western Division. Captain Roy Brown announced the plans at Moose Jaw. Two Fokker F-14 planes will carry eight passengers, with Pilots Jarvis and Ashton in charge, to serve the Great Bear district in northern Alberta.
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Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Sask
Canadian Airways Company
Western Division
Moose Jaw
Roy Brown
Western
Prairies
Jarvis
Ashton
Manitoba to issue five million bond after bills pass
Manitoba plans a five million dollar bond issue after a bill rushed through the legislature is passed. Proceeds will pay unemployment relief highways a sanatorium and debts. Maturities include gains in New York and Winnipeg with Labor opposition arguing for a monetary system change. Premier Bracken defended the plan stating default is avoided by paying debts.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Canada
John Bracken
Joan
Premer Bracken
New York
Treasury
Farm Loans Association
Bracken
John Queen
William Ivens
Labor
Ottawa Plans to Limit All Commitments
In a Commons committee debate on extending last year’s Unemployment and Farm Relief Act, Prime Minister Bennett pledges to limit government commitments to the minimum needed. He notes the country’s tough financial outlook and cites the U S deficit as context for restraining new obligations. Opposition criticizes cabinet powers amid wartime-like strain.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Benedett
United States
Bennett
Ralston
Lib
Yarmouth-Shelburne
Pioneer Sheepman Harker Dies in Cardston
Ephraim Harker, 78, an early Western Canada sheepman, died at his Cardston home on March 29 after arriving in Cardston in 1889 from Utah. He worked in sheep ranching with his brother Levi Harker of Magrath, a founder of the Canadian Co-Operative Wool Growers Association.
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Lethbridge
Ephraim Harker
Western Canada
Cardston
Utah
Levi Harker
Magrath
Canadian Co-Operative Wool Growers’ Association
Australia butter shipment to Canada denied
Ottawa officials received word from Australia via Robert Weir that no butter from that country would be shipped to Canada at present. Earlier reports of a large consignment leaving Australia for Canada had caused significant anger among dairy interests.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Robert Weir
Australia
Canada
Severe Johannesburg quake rocks center and mine shaft
A major earthquake in Johannesburg South Africa sent buildings trembling in the city center and caused a rock slip in the Robinson deep mine shaft. One seismograph at the observatory was knocked out of action. No casualties were reported.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Robinson Deep
Observatory
Alberta mare wins grand championship at Calgary show
Netherhall Primrose a Clydesdale mare from the Prince of Wales ranch near High River captured the grand championship of her class at the Calgary spring horse show on Thursday March 31. The reserve grand champion was Lucy Print owned by R A Allan of Dalroy.
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Alberta
Prince of Wales
High River
Calgary
Lucy Print
R. A. Allan
Dalroy
Alberta Repels Plan to Cut Legislature Seats
In Edmonton Alberta the province rejects Saskatchewan style seat reductions. A motion in the House proposed lowering seats from 63 by more than 4 percent, but the measure was defeated, signaling no immediate reform.
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Vnmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Hou
Plane Crash in Desert Kills Three Passengers
A French aircraft flying from Damascus to Baghdad crashed in the desert near Bagdad killing three aboard. Among the dead is reported Colonel De Reynier of Switzerland, head of the League of Nations commission set to adjust the Trans-Syrian frontier.
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Desert Bagdad
Iraq
Damascus
Bagdad
de Reynier
Switzerland
League of Nations Commission
Plans Return Flight London to Cape Town
J A Mollison sails a flight plan from London to Cape Town with a sewing trade or travel context noted.
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London
Eng
J. A. Mollison
Cape Town
South Africa
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CNR
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Lord Trenchard
Regiment
War History
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