No New Schemes Under Marketing Act For Present
Ottawa announces no new schemes will be considered under the Natural Products Marketing Act and existing operations will not be expanded until the act’s constitutional status is decided by the Supreme Court. About 22 schemes operate nationwide, with plans to slow progress and hold up proposed schemes across livestock poultry honey and other marketing programs in several provinces.
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Ottawa
Dominion Provincial Committee
al Re
Hon Gardiner
Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
Gardiner
Dominion to ease limits on European farm immigration
The Gazette reports Ottawa will remove the 50 family quota for Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways, allowing up to 100 families per company. Despite unemployment, the Crerar ministry will not boost settlement of Europeans for urban work and will keep concentrating on central and northern European agricultural migrants until industry improves.
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Montreal
Dominion
The
Gazette
Ottawa
Canadian Fir Railway
Natonal Railways
Canada
Europe
T. A. Crerar
Ottawa conference hopes for federal relief takeover
Civic heads from the Dominion mayors conference, after informal talks in Ottawa, agreed to return and assist in follow up to the Dominion provincial parley. Interviews with federal and provincial unemployment and finance committees showed belief relief for municipalities would be seriously considered, with no need for mayoral reps to appear again. The mayors offered aid to the two conference committees and to Prime Minister King and provincial premiers to seek federal assumption of the entire municipal debt.
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Ottawa
Dominion Mayors’ Conference
Dominion
Kingland
Amending Canada’s constitution faces provincial unanimity
A Dominion-provinclal conference sub committee chaired by Ernest Lapointe works on amending the British North America Act. The talks report broad agreement with Quebec favoring changes but insisting minority and provincial rights remain protected. Quebec reportedly supports changes on a definite list while requiring two thirds provincial sanction for passage. For other questions unanimous provincial approval would be required.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Provincal Conference
Ernest Lapointe
Quebec
Cause Of Drought Of Rocky Mountain Glaciers Attributed
Banff naturalist Dan McCowan told Electric Club members that gradual glacier retreat in the Rocky Mountains is triggering drought in Western Canada. He cited forest fires near the glaciers causing 24 hour melting, predicting river flow changes in the Saskatchewan and other western basins. McCowan urged coordinated reforestation rather than committees debating glacier melting.
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Torontoa
Canada
Dan McCowan
Banff
Alta
Electric Club
Saskatchewan
McCowan
Uniform company laws to be drafted for Canada
A Dominion provincial conference committee on constitutional amendments proposes a unified approach. Under Hon. Ernest Lapointe, the committee will have Dominion and provincial officials prepare a draft act or amendments to establish uniform company laws across all provinces for presentation to the next session of Parliament.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Ernest Lapointe
Canada
End of Great Lakes shipping season at Thunder Bay
Fort William Ontario and Port Arthur report the 1929 season closed as ice covered slips and harbors. A record 402 freighters arrived in summer and fall at Port Arthur, up from 397 last season, with 30 million bushels of grain stored in elevators and 187.8 million bushels cleared from the lakes since navigation opened.
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Fort Winain
Oue West
Great Lakes
Thunder Bay
Port Arthur
London to Build Europe Leading Film Studios at Elstree
London backers invest 2 1/2 million dollars to create Europe's largest modern film studios at Elstree known as London's Hollywood. financier H Soskin supports the project claiming it will position London as the world film centre with state of the art equipment and facilities for production.
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London
Europe
Elstree
England
Hollywood
H. Soskin
Kidnappers S Suspects Two Men Arrested In Illinois Labatt Affair
US justice agents trap two alleged kidnapers of John Labatt wealth Canadian brewer after a 14 month hunt spanning North America. Ottawa chase ends with arrests confirmed by J Edgar Hoover in Washington.
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Illinois
Labatt
Ottawa
Justice Department
John
North America
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
New Zealand Woman Plans Northern Trans-Atlantic Flight
Jean Bats ten, 25, announced before sailing for England that she aims for a northern trans Atlantic flight within six months. She will use the same aircraft that previously completed a record solo south Atlantic crossing from Dakar to Natal in November.
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Montmary
Uruguay
Jean Batsten
New Zealand
England
South Atlantic
Dakar
Natal
Malta defence plan cited for aeroplane hangars by Lord Strickland
Lord Strickland, head of the ministry in Malta from 1927 to 1932, told the House of Lords that round aeroplane hangars were needed on the island naval base in the Mediterranean to reinforce existing defence measures.
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London
Lord Strickland
Malta
House of Lords
Mediterranean
Empire Broadcast From His Majesty Christmas Morning
King George will deliver his Christmas message from Sandringham with family present. A young girl will introduce the broadcast to listeners in New Zealand. The CBC network will carry the program from 9:30 to 10 am EST on Christmas Day, with Canada featuring an Ottawa family greeting relatives in England Ireland and Australia. Other sound pictures from England Ireland Scotland Wales South Africa India Australia New Zealand will accompany the broadcast.
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Ottawa
Sandringham
George
Empire
New Zealand
Canada
Canadian Radio Commission
England
Ireland
Australia
Scotland
Wales
South Africa
India
Murray to devote full time as Wheat Board chairman
J Murray appointed chairmanship of the Canadian Wheat Board will give full time to duties after directors of Alberta Pacific Grain Company Limited announce his leave of absence. He has severed ties with other grain firms and companies involved in cereals to focus on the board role.
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Winnipeg
J. Murray
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta Pacific Grain Company, Limited
Murray
Wheat Board
Chickens Stolen From Ontario Agricultural College
Chickens stolen from the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph Ont during the afternoon were fed diets potentially dangerous to people. Professor W R Graham head of poultry says some stolen fowl received Vitamin B quantities that could kill a dog within eight hours. Some birds were fed vitamin enriched diets linked to research work.
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Cickens
Axvicultw College
Guelph
Trans Atlantic air service plan advances with joint venture
Washington officials from Britain Ireland Canada and the United States move to extend reciprocal landing and operating rights for a passenger and mail route. Pan American and Imperial Airways plan a joint service using flying boats like the China Clipper with stops in Bermuda Canada Ireland and Great Britain.
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Washington
Pan-American Air Lines
British Imperial Airways, Ltd
United States
Azores
Pan-American
Europe
Imperial Airways
North Americ
Big Rise in Ottawa Revenues Through November
Official returns up to November end show total revenues at 257.966 million dollars, about 13 million more than last year. Sources include Customs 51.315 million, excise duties 31.007 million, excise taxes 72.657 million, income tax 69.7 million, post office 19.287 million, and miscellaneous 14 million. Ordinary expenditures reached 25.674 million, up 1.5 million from last year. Special outlays cover Public Works Construction act 20 million, unemployment relief 24 million, capital 5.8 million, provincial loans 24.763 million, Farm Loan Board 2.9 million, and Canadian National Railways loans 31.9 million.
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Ottawa
Farm Lown Board
Canadian National Railways
Motor Truck Inquiry Urged for Transport Industry
Truck operators at a Dominion conference urged government action to set up a fact finding commission. The proposed board would study motor transport operations, conditions, risks, and potential, with members versed in Canada's industry. Approved by the Canadian Automobile Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Industrial Traffic League highway committee.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
Jeis
Canadian Automoble Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Industrial Traffic League
Highway Transportation Committee
Pension cheques follow usual monthly dates in Ottawa
The department of pensions and national health confirms Canadian war pensioners will receive their cheques on the regular monthly dates this year. No advance pension payment will be made for the Christmas holiday.
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Ottawa
Department of Pensions and National Health
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