Government Cannot Fund Branch Lines Yet Says Hon Graham
Ottawa reports that Ron Graham minister of railways states the government cannot spend money not appropriated by Parliament. He cites public protest over branch lines and notes four hundred of a thousand proposed miles are graded. No construction this year. funds redirected to maintenance and facilities.
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Ottawa
Hve
Mag Lake
Canadian National Railways
Ron George P. Graham
Railways
Senate
CNR
Cpeth
Tornado and cyclone sweep through Lumsden area
A severe storm with a tornado path from Dodsland through Marquis and Tuxford caused heavy property and crop damage. The cyclone and hailstorm shattered buildings and uprooted trees, with widespread destruction extending to the Plapot Reserve and Wapelta area. Injuries reported, some serious, and overall losses may exceed a million dollars.
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Lumsden
Regina
Tuxford
Larting
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Plapot
Wapelta
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South African Premier Seeks Peace at Imperial Conference
Premier Smuts of the South African Union urges peace amid European troubles. He praises Premier Baldwin and vows to fight for peace at the Imperial Conference. Navy costs and Britain’s population are referenced amid wartime era discourse. A Mennonite migration to Western Quebec is noted, detailing families moving west to establish communities.
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Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Smuts
Outh African Union
Europe
Great Britain
Premer Baldvin
South Africa
Would Build Wireless Station In England
Teepe mercers applied for licence in London as the Eastern Telegraph Company seeks a high power wireless station in England for an Empire chain. The minister said the company has the same chance of license as Marconi. A 100 acre site near Busby was bought for a high power wireless station costing about £50600.
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London
House of Commons
Por Taster
Taming Worthington Boane
Eastern Teleraph Company
England
Empire Wireless
Bald
Marconi Company
India
Dominions
Post One
Busby
Talon
Dominion Trades leader urges miners to back Barrett
Tom Moore president of the Dominion Trades and Labor Congress urges Ottawa Lite miners of New Scotia to stay loyal to the new provisional president Suby Barrett and oppose J B McLachlan efforts to break union solidarity. The advised strike has hindered movements to remove militia from the strike zone. Russia cannot forecast crop. Moscow reports varied grain export estimates but the government export department refuses to issue any official figure.
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Ottawa Lite
New Scotia
Suby Barrett
J.B McLachlan
Tom Moore
Dominion Trades and Labor Congress
Organiz
Russia
Moscow
Governmet
Saskatchewan Gl A to Form Voluntary Wheat Pool
Regina reports the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association executive decided to form a provincial voluntary wheat pool for this year. A committee will organize immediate steps to implement the pool, aiming for broader provincial cooperation and independent operation from the Farmers’ Union. The association will not call in the Californian marketing expert Aston Rapiro.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
J.B. McPhail
Etx
Tuesay
Tyread
Aston Rapiro
Grais Growers’ Association
Grain Grower’ Association
Sewer Organization
Farmers’ Union
Reviving English Coast Smuggling Era Returns
The English coast from Kent to Sussex sees a revival of nocturnal brandy running as Napoleonic era smugglers resume activity. Depreciated French exchange and reduced coastguard forces boost profits, with German ships previously a major focus now sidelined after a German steward faced a five million mark fine in London last January.
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London
Thames
Canada Loses Population Ottawa May Migration Figures
US immigration data show May arrivals of 3,525 skilled Canadian mechanics to the United States versus 36 American mechanics to Canada. Total Canadian migration in May reached 18,658 with 7,723 women. From Great Britain, 2,381 skilled workers came to Canada, while Australia considers funding passages for 300 Boy Scouts to England for the British Expo next year.
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Ottawa
United States
United States Department of Immigration
Canada
Great Britain
Boy Scouts
Melbourne
England
Miniature Wheat Pool Planned by Southern Alberta Farmers
Desperation over wheat prices drives Alberta farmers to form a miniature pool. At MacLeod a preliminary step toward joining Creek Cooperative is taken to market produce. The plan aims to cover Pincher Creek, Claresholm, Granum, Macleod, and Glenwoodville districts. The meeting drew about six provincial legislators led by Hon. A J McPherson. The Vancouver grain route was endorsed at the same gathering.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
MacLeod
Creek Co-operative
Reich
Pincher Creek
Claresholm
Granum
Glenwoodville
A. J. McPherso
Alberta House
British Not Obliging To Tel Naval Plans In Trade Debate
Exports to Brazil surpass American shipments for the first time since the war. Federal statistics show BR exports in 1922 nearly equal to prewar levels, while US figures lag due to unfavorable exchange rates and higher costs of doing business.
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Brazil
America
Rio de Janeiro
Federal Department of Commercial Statistics
Europe
Britain weighs Canadian wheat surplus and rail funding
A Saskatchewan trades association meeting urged Mackenzie King to authorize spending on Canadian National branch lines from a 75 million Parliament vote. Lords discuss imperial defense and Canada’s wheat exports, with Lord Long proposing arrangements to secure Britain a large wheat supply while managing Dominion concerns. Canada faces a bumper crop this year and questions of disposal.
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Lord Selbourne
House of Lords
Committee On
Lord Long
Great Britain
Canada
Dominions
Peace Treaty Terms Stir Turkish Reactions
Turkish officials react to negotiated terms, signaling acceptance of an upcoming peace accord while tensions over borders and guarantees persist. Government statements outline expected signatures and regional implications for stability and diplomacy.
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Pepren
Ras
Turkey
Ottawa Prohibits Import of Racing Sheets Into Canada
Ottawa general legislation asset for the recent session of Parliament. Prohibiting the import into Canada of racing sheets is occupying the attention of the customs department. It was stated the department had information that such sheets were still coming into Canada from the United States and that a statement would be forthcoming.
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Ottawa
Canada
Customs Department
United States
King Receives Empire Service League Delegates at Buckingham
Delegates from across the empire attended the biennial conference of the British Empire Service League and were received by the King at Buckingham Palace. Introduced by Field-Marshal Earl Haig, president of the league, His Majesty spoke of memories from outposts he had visited and thanked the League for its loyal message.
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Service League
Earl H. London
British Empire Service League
Buckingham Palace
Empire
Earl Haig
League
Indian Army Officers Will Settle In British Columbia
Victoria reports Empress of Australia bringing 100 passengers including G Corbett delegate from the Stra Settlement to the Forestry conv at Ottawa Capt HE Silver and five ex army officers plan to settle in British Columbia. Foot and Mouth Disease outbreaks occur in London Midlands district with restrictions and over 30 cattle destroyed after cases surfaced.
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Victoria
Far East
G Corbett
Stra
Ottawa
HE Silver
Indian Army
British, Columbia
London
Bilfordshire
Trade Affected By World Conditions Trade Decline
British export trade showed a 35 percent deficit at the start of 1922, improving to 20 percent by 1923. Traders blame general future uncertainty for weak orders, while Sir Philip argues for stable policy and bold imperial resource development in dominions and colonies to meet raw material needs.
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London
House of Commons
Board of Trade
Great Britain
Philip St
Maine Captain Sigsbee Dies at 52 in New York
Rear Admiral Charles Sigsbee, retired, captain of the Maine, died suddenly July 19 at age 52. A Civil War veteran and inventor of the beeping and sounding apparatus, he was aboard for the fated battleship Maine explosion. Insurance firms affirm travel by air tourists won’t jeopardize policies. Mutual Life of New York states ruling. Ottawa officials deny US rumors of a head tax on Canadian tourist arrivals.
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Maine Dea
New York
Charles Sigsbee
USN
Maine
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Canada U S trade reprisals war predicted by World
The New York World warns a Canadian pulp wood embargo could trigger a full trade war with the United States. It says embargo enforcement would close mills along the border, raise paper prices, and spark retaliatory cuts in coal oil and other supplies, harming both nations and fanning ill will. The paper urges reconsideration of the entire trade relationship and cites the Fordney McCumber tariff as a catalyst.
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York
Canada
United States
New York World
Mt Aserts
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