Combines Act upheld by Privy Council in Canada case
London reports that the Combines Act of Canada was upheld by the Privy Council after four years of litigation. The ruling supports federal power to define and criminalize combinations harming the public interest, with ties to sections 496 and 498 of the Criminal Code and implications for trade, monopolies, and patents.
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London
Dominion of Canada
Privy Council
Proprietary
Articies Trade Association of
Cana
Supreme Court
Quebec
Ontario
Proprietary Articles Trade Association
PATA
Ismiasing
England
Pariament
Fordshipe
Testimony On Board Vessel Reports Drunken Boatswain
Coast guard inquiry heard Nova Scotia crew testify Josephine K boatswain Karl Schmidt was intoxicated after boarding the Canadian vessel near Ambrose Light. Testimony described Schmidt firing shots fatally wounding master William Cluett Lunenburg and his behavior aboard the forecastle including seven drinks. Seaman Allan Falkenham and others described Schmidt as drunk and dangerous with a gun.
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United States
New York
Nova Scotia
Bost
Josephine K
Coastguard
Board of Inquiry
Karl Schmidt
Ambrose Light
Scheidt
William Cluett
Lunenberg
Witnemes
Laula Selig
Halifax
Schmidt
Allan Falkenham
Lunenburg
Harry Jewell
Seed Fair Set With Water Fair March Week
Manitoba seed fair runs March 16 20 alongside water fair in Winnipeg area. Now in its seventh year the event grows larger than last year with expansive space in the Exhibition building. Growers of surplus seed invited to attend.
King calls for early Canadian Parliament session
Rt Hon Mackenzie King, Opposition leader, declares distress in Canada is greater than ever and urges the prime minister to announce a date for Parliament and return to regular session. He criticizes delays tied to the Governor-General's arrival and Bennett's Washington trip.
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Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Canada
Mr. King
R. B. Bennett
Washington
BC Government Backs Growers in Freight Rates Fight
Premier Tolmie orders rate counsel Leon J. Lander to cooperate with vegetable growers and canners of British Columbia to seek a railway commission cut in western freight rates to prairie markets. The move aims to prevent a 50 percent drop in prairie-bound growing acreage this year.
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B.C
Victoria
British Columbia
Prairies
8. F. Tolmle
Leon J. Lander
K.C
Railway Commission
Government shows rise in state staffing across agencies
A return to the assembly lists a 351 increase in employee numbers since September 1929 across departments including the liquor bond, farm loan board, and power commission, reflecting broader staffing changes.
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Regina
Bept
Order of the Assembly
Power Commission
Majority for Labor on Trades Disputes Bill in Commons
In the House of Commons the government won second reading of the Trades Disputes Bill by a narrow margin. The Liberal splits narrowed as the bill moved toward committee of the whole, with Winston Churchill denouncing trade unions and Liberal abstentions noted. A final line mentions a new law mandating public libraries in Czechoslovakia.
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London
England
House of Commons
Sir John Simon
Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchill
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Precedence Granted to Dominion High Commissioners in London
The secretary of state for the Dominions announces that the high commissioners of the Dominions in London and the high commissioner for India will rank immediately after British secretaries of state on all ceremonial occasions excluding times when ministers of the crown are present. This mirrors Imperial Conference decisions. The Dominion representative’s position relative to a visiting minister of the crown remains unchanged.
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London
England
Dominions
India
United Kingdom
Fort William banker elected president of Canadian Flying Club
H. R. Richards manager of the Royal Bank of Canada in Fort William Ont was elected president of the Canadian Flying Club Association at the annual convention succeeding J. A. Sully of Winnipeg Other officers include R J R Nelson Halifax Shipyards Nova Scotia A Sidney Dawes Montreal James A Bell Edmonton and H P Crabb Winnipeg with all meetings held in camera and no public announcements beyond officer list
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Royal Bank
Fort ‘William
Montreal
Que
H. R. Richards
Royal Bank of Canada
Fort William
Ont
Canadian Flying Club Association
J. A. Sully
Winnipeg
Maritime Provinces
R. J. R. Nelson
Halifax
Ontario
Quebec
A. Sidney Dawes
James A. Bell
Edmonton Flying Club
Edmonton
Alta
H. P. Crabb
Winnipeg Flying Cub
Winning Alberta Communities in CNR Progress Contests
Announcement outlines Arstrost rents to the Canadian National and details impact on Cratford School im Unit as part of ongoing mandate. Residents and officials respond to the measure affecting local services and funding.
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Alberta
CNR
Progress Cc
Arstrost
Canadian National
Cratford School
Passengers Deported From CPR Liner Empress of Russia
Two passengers from the liner Empress of Russia arriving from the Orient were ordered deported by an immigration board in Vancouver. Captain W Little and L Mercer face appeals in Ottawa. Little, a former Indian Army captain, planned to join relatives in Toronto. Mercer, an engineer from Shanghai aboard Hedwig wrecked off China, sought settlement in Canada under a government rule restricting entry to practical farmers and wives of bona fide Canadian residents.
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Bers
CPR
Canada
Vancouver
Orient
W. Little
L. Mercer
Immigration Board of Inquiry
Ottawa
Little
Toronto
Mercer
Shanghai
Hedwig
China
Mining Men to Meet Ottawa at Conference
Ant delegates from across Canada and some from the United States are expected at the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy annual meeting in Ottawa from March 4 to 6. Papers cover lineal developments in Canada’s mining industry. G. G. Duncan will discuss exploration in the Northwest Territories near the Coppermine River. J. P. Nome will address Great Bear Lake developments and John Drybrough will speak on nickeliferous ores of the Hudson Bay west coast.
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Ottawa
Ant
Canada
United States
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
G. G. Duncan
Northwest Territories
Coppermine River
J. P. Nome
Great Bear Lake
John Drybrough
Hudson Bay
Test Shipments of Grain From Port Churchill
Ottawa plans a mid September test shipment of about 750 000 bushels of grain from the port of Churchill Hudson Bay using private steamship companies. A government conference led by Dr R J Manion with Canadian Government Merchant Marine and CN Steamships endorses port facilities and elevator readiness for two or three cargoes and notes possible effects on dredging. The minister aims to prove port capacity in time for the 1932 navigation season and will address freight and insurance details later.
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Ottawa
Churchill
Department of Railways and Canals
Hudson Bay
R. J. Manion
Canadian National Steamships
Manton
Trudeon Bay
Renuel
Steamship Company
Canada
Canadian seed wheat advocate urges better varieties for prestige markets
Herman Trelle of Peace River Alberta tells Kiwanis Bere in Toronto that Canada must stock up on superior seed wheat to fight rust and drought. He says too many varieties weaken wheat prestige and urges focus on Marquis and earlier types to suit the combine harvester and sustain world demand. He notes Russia lacks organization and Canada must advertise quality to relieve western farmers. He will meet Department of Agriculture officials in Ottawa before overseas travel.
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Toronto
Herman Trelie
Peace River
Alberta
Kiwanis Club
Bere
Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
Trelle
West
Mr. Trelle
Canada
Russia
Herman Trelle
Wembley
J. H. Grisdale
Marquis
Mr.Trelle
Combine
Mob Lynchings Slayer in North Dakota Tragedy
In Schafer North Dakota a mob assaulted the county jail and hanged 22 year old Charles Bannon who confessed to killing the Haven family in February The body hung from a bridge over Cherry Creek as authorities say the mob acted swiftly and without recognition This marks the states twelfth lynching with earlier cases dating back 17 years and involving white men Indians and a Negro.
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North Dakota
Schafer
N.D
Charles Bannon
A. E. Haven
Cherry Creek
Henderson says no negotiations for Russian trade delegations
Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson told the House of Commons that he is not aware of any negotiations seeking to establish Russian trade delegations in any Dominion.
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London
England
Arthur Henderson
Foreign Affairs
House of Commons
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Bronk
Manitoba
Ase
Gert
Czecho-Slovakia
John Aird
Canadian Bank of Commerce
British Empire
Port Churchill
Samen
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