Britain posts budget surplus for 1831 22 with tax rise
The treasury announced a balanced budget for 1831 22 showing a surplus of 1 522 000 at par after debt redemptions and exchange account withdrawals. Revenue was 770 963 000 with expenditures of 770 589 000. Income tax, customs duties, and a 76 000 000 surtax formed the main revenue sources. relief for taxpayers in next budget was uncertain.
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Great Britain
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French Republic
Technical education aid to five provinces in 1930 to 31
federal grants total 391 397 dollars supported technical training in Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Manitoba and Saskatchewan as revealed in the House of Commons table replying to Thomas Reid Lib New Westminster.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Thomas Reid
New Westminster
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British propagandist Sir Campbell Stuart arrives in the United States
Sir Campbell Stuart, director of The Times in London, arrived from Canada for a brief American stay before returning home. A Dominion native, he served last year as deputy director of British propaganda in enemy territories under the late Lord Northcliffe during the Great War.
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New York
Sir Campbell Stuart
the Times
London
England
Canada
United States
Dominion
Sir Campbell
Lord Northcliffe
Oats Shipment From Alberta To Saskatchewan Reported
G M Stewart district inspector of the Dominion seed branch says about 830000 bushels of seed oats from the Peace River district of Alberta will be shipped to Saskatchewan by the end of the week to meet Saskatchewan requirements. Arthur Tanner ARCA Toronto criticizes the Canadian nickel as unattractive, calling it infernally ugly.
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Calgary
Alberta
Saskatchewan
G. M. Stewart
Dominion Seed Branch
Peace River
Vancouver
B.C
Arthur Tanner
ARCA
Toronto
Veregin Granted Trial Bail On Four Charges
Sask Peter Veregin was ordered for trial on four charges, three of perjury and one witness tampering, after appearing before Magistrate A. McDonald. Bail set at 12 dollars, with the Doukhobor leader to answer four charges at the King's Bench in May, linked to his testimony during the George Chutskoff preliminary hearing at Yorkton Court House last November.
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Sask
Peter Veregin
A. McDonald
King’s Bench
Veregin
George Chutskoff
Yorkton Court House
Plans Long Flight To Rome From Canada Aviator
Canadian aviator Captain J Erroll Boyd, known for his 1930 eastward Atlantic crossing, plans a May Rome flight via a Daytona Beach departure touching Toronto Montreal and Charlottetown before Harbor Grace Newfoundland then a night hop to London and Rome. He attends the trans oceanic aviators conference opening May 22 in Rome and is currently at Wilbur by the Sea Florida.
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Ottawa
Canada
Erroll Boyd
Ayer
Boyd
Atlantic
Preent
Wilbur-by-the Sea
Florida
Daytona Beach
Fla
Toronto
Montreal
Charlottetown
Harbor Grace
Mid
London
Plots Reported Against Stalin and Soviet Leaders Abroad
Paris dispatch to Tass News Agency quotes Humanite alleging active plots by Russian white guards against Stalin and other anti Soviet conspiracies beyond Russia. It cites proposals to assassinate Maxim Gorki in Italy and Maxim Litvinoff in Germany as part of these plots.
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Russia
Paris
Tass
Humanite
Farmung
Joseph Stalin
Maxim Gorki
Italy
Maxim Litvinoff
Germany
Alberta wheat pool guarantees no loss to province
Edmonton Alberta Premier J E Brownlee stated that no loss from Alberta wheat pool guarantees will occur and that guarantees totalling 5536 71 will be removed in three to four years if pool operations stay successful. He noted open market sales this year passed 35000000 bushels with record handlings by Alberta Co operative. Bills validating agreements between Alberta banks and the wheat pool were given second reading amid political criticism. Exemptions under the proposed provincial income tax will remain 750 for single and 1500 for married persons.
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta Legislaure
Alberta Wheat Pool
Alberta Co-Operative
D. M. Duggan
W. R. Howson
Ocean fares slashed as White Star cuts rates worldwide
Trans Atlantic passenger rates are reduced by 20 percent for first class cabin class and tourist through White Star Cunard and others. Third class rates drop 10 percent as officials say pre summer fare increases will not be enacted and discounts apply to Europe Canada routes.
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Canada
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BC Opposes Short Prison Terms for Desperadoes
British Columbia Attorney General R H Pooley condemned federal releases of convicts before term end. He cited William Bagley and five men jailed for a Nanaimo bank robbery. one hanged, two in U S jails, Bagley a fugitive after Harrison Hot Springs hotel robbery and the Okalla jail break in January.
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United States
Bagley
Harrison Hot Springs
Okalla
Beauharnois inquiry scope to widen in committee
Senator Arthur Meighen said the Beauharnois inquiry may be broadened to cover any senators or public figures whose honour or reputation is impugned. Senator Hardy suggested widening powers to hear Canadian High Commissioner G Howard Ferguson, while asking for broader access to evidence.
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Beauharnois
Arthur Meighen
Hardy
G. Howard Ferguson
Turner named president of Canadian Aberdeen Anguses
Cattle Breeders Association Calgary atta James Turner of Carroll Manitoba elected president at the annual convention succeeding W F Warren Belbeck Saskatchewan J A Brown Forrest Ontario chosen vice president Directors elected include John Brown and T A Edwards of Watford Ontario H sender Burnside Manitoba W B Lyon Dendron Saskatchewan S Henderson Lacombe Alberta and R R Buchanan Puncher Creek Alberta
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Calgary
Critic of Pension System by Sir Arthur Currie in Manitoba
Sir Arthur Currie, former commander of the Canadian corps, tells the Manitoba command of the British Empire Service League that pensions remain in an unsatisfactory state fourteen years after the war. He calls for clearer law interpretation and a stronger government remedy to fix the pension process and align appeal boards and pensions tribunals.
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Arthur Currie
Winnipeg
Sir Arthur Currie
Manitoba Command
Legvon
British Empire Service League
Appeal Board
Pensions
Sir Arthur
Veterans’ Organization
Winnipeg businessman named to Canadian National board
Ottawa announces William J. Christie of Winnipeg as a director of the Canadian National Railways. He replaces S. F. Richards, who has been elevated to the bench. Christie is a prominent Winnipeg business leader and head of W. J. Christie, Ltd., serving on multiple company boards.
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Winnipeg
Ottawa
Ont
R. J. Manion
Canadian National Rai v8
Christie
W. J. Christie
Canadian National Railways
S. F. Richards
Large Order for Tea from Russia to India Planters
Soviet Russia National Agricultural Agency placed a year long credit order for 5,000,000 pounds of Indian and Ceylon tea. The deal says Russia may take tea at market price when it wishes, at 9 percent interest. Russia is the world’s largest tea consumer but a small producer.
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Soviet
Russia
Naa
India
Claims to small islets near Sulu filed by Sulu sultan’s sister
A claim to small islands in the Sea of Sulu near British North Borneo has been filed with the British and United States governments. The filing was made by Princess Day Fang, sister of the Sultan of Sulu.
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Manila
Sea of Sulu
British North Borneo
United States
Dayfang
Sulu
Postage Rate Increase Passed by Congress
United States House of Representatives raises first class postage 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, DC
United States House of Representatives
Regiment Publishes War History For Forty-Fourth Battalion
Winnipeg plan on Vimy Night to distribute the official war history of the Forty-Fourth Battalion. Entitled Six Thousand Canadian Men it runs about 400 pages and covers the unit's experiences in the Great War. Col Duguid at the Records Office Ottawa called it a vivid, interesting history.
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Winnipeg
Forty-Fourth Battalion
44Th
Baron Byng
Air Service For Alberta Regina Saska Commencing
Canadian Airways Company will operate day one passenger and express air service between Calgary and Edmonton. Moose Jaw announcements by Captain Roy Brown say two Fokker F-14 planes, eight passengers each, will run with pilots Jarvis and Ashton. Calgary to Edmonton service aims to aid the Great Bear district in northern Alberta.
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Regina
Saska
Calgary
Manitoba Plans Five Million Dollar Bond Issue Soon
Manitoba will offer a five million dollar bond issue to fund debts for unemployment relief the Trans Canada Highway and a tuberculosis sanatorium. The bill was introduced by Premier Bracken with labor leaders opposing the loan and blocking second reading. Maturities include four payments in New York and Winnipeg with a December six million dollar issue looming, while Labor presses for a monetary system change.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Canada
John Bracken
Bracken
New York
Treasury
Farm Loans Association
John Queen
William Ivens
Labor
House
Ottawa Plans 70 Limit All Commitments
The Canadian government seeks to curb obligations under the Unemployment and Farm Relief Act as economic strains press, aiming to extend the act from March 1 to May 1 while limiting commitments to essentials amid a national financial outlook. Prime Minister responds to critics, noting the country’s extraordinary conditions and urging cabinet restraint.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Bennett
United States
J. L. Ralston
Pioneer Sheepman Harker Dies at 78 in Cardston
Cardston mourns death of early Western Canadian sheepman Attamphaim Harke r 78 who arrived from Utah in 1889 and ran sheep with brother Levi Harker of Magrath, a founder of the Canadian Co-Operative Wool Growers Association. Ottawa reports no Australian butter shipments to Canada amid dairy industry concern.
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Lethbridge
Ottawa
Ontario
Robert Weir
Australia
Canada
Butte
South African quake rocks Johannesburg center
One of the strongest tremors in the city’s history rattled buildings in central Johannesburg and caused a rock slip in the Robins Won deep mine shaft. An observatory seismograph was knocked out of action. No casualties were reported.
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Tohannesburg
Union of South Africa
Clydesdale Mare Wins Grand Championship at Calgary Show
The Prince of Wales' ranch near High River bred mare won the grand championship in her class at the Calgary spring horse show held Thursday March 31. Reserve grand champion honors went to Lucy Print owned by R. A. Allan of Dalroy.
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Calgary
Prince of Wales’ Ranch
High River
Lucy Print
R. A. Allan
Dalroy
Alberta rejects Saskatchewan seat reduction plan
The Province of Alberta has no intention of following Saskatchewan's lead in cutting the number of seats in its legislature. A motion to reduce seats from 63 to no more than 45 was introduced weeks ago in the House but was defeated.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Plane Crash in Desert Kills Three in Iraq Flight
In the Iraqi desert a French airliner en route from Damascus to Baghdad crashed. Three passengers were reported dead, including Colonel De Reynier of Switzerland, head of the League of Nations Commission tasked with adjusting the Iraq Syrian frontier.
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Bagdad
Iraq
Damascus
Wen
de Reynier
Switzerland
League of Nations Commission
Plans Return Fight lendon mag J A Motion Cape Town
A terse notice indicates J A Motion plans return voyage to Cape Town South Africa aboard a vessel linked to Lendon Mag. The snippet confirms a travel plan amid limited readable details and names the destination and principal actor.
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Lendon
Mag
J. A. Motion
Cape Town
South Afric
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