Bennett Optimistic For Canada And World In New Year
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett delivered a New Year address from Calgary urging optimism and unity. He spoke of shared burdens, more equitable duties, and prosperity spreading to the world as clouds of hardship dissipate. Canada’s resources position it to help global recovery, with peace and fair responsibility key to progress.
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R. B. Bennett
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Centralized Wheat Selling World Wide System Foreseen
George H Williams of United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan sect or says global wheat marketing shifts toward centralized selling. He cites US Farm Board trends and the British quota buying plan as seeds for worldwide policy. Italy France Germany Russia and Poland aim for concerted action with New Zealand and Australia moving toward pooling.
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Winnipeg
Man
George H.willams
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
Williams
Federal Farm Board
United States
Italy
France
Germany
Russia
Poland
New Zealand
New South Wales
Australia
Canadian
Prairies
Excellencies to Leave Ottawa for Saint John and England
Their Excellencies will depart government house by special train at noon Wednesday January 14 for Saint John New Brunswick where they will board the steamer Montclair for England. The journey includes a stop in Quebec and will be accompanied by E C Mieville and Mrs Mieville Capt R J Streatfield and Lieut D H Fuller. Mr and Mrs Mieville accompany to India. The last official function in Ottawa was the levee in the senate chamber at noon on New Year’s day.
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India
Government House
Ottawa
Saint John
N.B
Montclair
Saint -John
Quebec
E. C. Mieville
Baldwin’s New Year Wish Calls for End of Present Government
London reports Rt Hon Stan ley Baldwin’s 1931 New Year message to Britain. He urges an end to the current government and outlines Conservative plans including emergency tariffs, guaranteed prices and markets for British wheat, and a push for Empire trade. He predicts an early general election and vows rapid steps toward national recovery.
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London
England
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Tam
Shareholders to Meet Over Hudsons Bay Company Plans
Emergency meeting of Hudsons Bay Company shareholders is set for January 16 in London Indiana to review a five month report by the special committee. The Daily Herald notes a bleak outlook for dividends on preference and common shares for the foreseeable future. The Financial Times discusses proposed segregation of Canadian stores into a Canada registered company and recommends fewer directors.
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London
Indiana
Hudson's Bay Company
Daily Herald
Financial Times
Canada
Canada Farm Loan Board Nears Seven Million Disbursed
By March 31, the Canadian Farm Loan Board will have distributed almost 7 million dollars in loans to farmers across six provinces since its start, with an average loan of just over 2000 dollars. Government securities backing 4.428 million lent total about 16 million in lands and buildings. Four candidates contested the Edmonton provincial seat vacancy after Colonel Weaver’s death: F C Jamieson Conservative, J C Bowden Liberal, Elmer Roper Labor, Jan Lakeman Communist.
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Canadian Farm Loan Board
Dominion
J. D. McLean
McLean
Edmonton
Alberta
C. ¥. Weaver
F.C. Jamieson
J. C. Bowden
Elmer Roper
Jan. Lakeman
Denial of Immediate Rails Construction at Port Arthur Lake
Montreal report denies that the Sanedian National Railways plan any immediate new construction at its Port Arthur lake terminal. The denial came from 8 J Hungerford vice president in charge of operation and construction.
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Montreal
Sanedian National Railways
Port Arthur Lake
J. Hungerford
Big Corporation to Aid Farmers Proposed in Canada
Premier Bennett addresses about Western Canadian farmers in Regina, outlining a plan to form a private Farm Finance Corporation with banks, transport firms, and insurers as shareholders. The aim is to help grain producers move into mixed farming with revolving loan funds and risk controls while protecting home markets and seeking new overseas sales. He cites U S loan loss figures and stresses no charity, just relief within a framework of national and imperial trade policies.
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Western Canada
Prairies
Canada
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Farm Finance Corporation
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E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
United States
Japan
H. H. Marler
China
Canadian wheat trade and transport plans outlined
Dr. E F Burton and Arnold Pitt showcased a moisture measurement instrument as Canada eyes Orient markets. Bennett cited a possible 20 million bushels French purchases and vowed a broad transport program including Hudson Bay Railway work to cut freight rates and expand trade.
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University of Toronto
Arnold Pitt
France
Bennett
Canada
United States
Hudson Bay Railway
Australian Minister Cuts Canada Visit For Labor Session
Canberra representative Parker Moloney reports the Australian minister of markets will shorten his Canada trip and return to attend party meetings before the new parliamentary session. The session is seen as potentially the most important in Labor Prime Minister James Scullin's history.
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Sydney
Australia
Canberra
Sydney Sun
Parker Moloney
Canada
James Scullin
Buried Pioneer Captain Burke in Uttle Graveyard
Captain E J A Burke was buried Monday December 29 at the Uttle graveyard in Northland Atlin BC. He died November 28 from exhaustion and starvation after being lost with two companions in the Liard River district.
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Toronto to Build David Dunlap Observatory in Essiere
An advanced observatory will be erected in Toronto as a memorial to the late David Dunlap. Prof C A Chant states the David Dunlap Observatory will house a 74 inch reflecting telescope, rivaling the Mount Wilson instrument in size.
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Ont
C. A. Chant
Department of
Astrology
University of Toronto
D. A Dunlap
D. Moffat Dunlap
David Dunlap
Judge Rules Pedestrians Have Equal Rights on Highways
Chief Justice Greenshields rules in an automobile collision case that a motor vehicle has no right of way over pedestrians. The pedestrian may use all parts of the highway within municipal restrictions, affirming equal rights for walkers.
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Montreal
Greenshields
Manitoba Farmers Prepare for Freight Rate Battle
Winnipeg farmers unite as United Farmers of Manitoba plan a petition to Ottawa demanding lower ocean and grain rates via Churchill. They seek to counter eastern interests tied to Montreal and Halifax while calling for reduced marine insurance and a fair, Crow's Nest based pricing to boost prairie prosperity.
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Manitoba
Ottawa
Hudson Bay
United Farmers of Manitoba
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Montreal
U-F-M
Quebec
Saint John
Halifax
Atlantic Seaboard
Tidewater
Prairie Provinces
New Year Honors List Names Canadian Privy Councillor and Leaders
Sir Geo. Perley is named to His Majesty's Privy Council in the Canadian section of the New Year's honors. The list includes 30 prominent knights and peers such as Sir John Scott Hindley, Sir Ernest H. Lamb, Sir William Plender, and Sir Ernest Rutherford. Baronetcies go to John Rose, Ernest Ridley Debenham, Richard Aranam Gregory, George Ernest May, and George Roberts. Thomas Kennedy and Herbert Morrison are among new Privy Council members.
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Sir George
Canada
Bennett
Order of St. Michael and St. George
London
House of Commons
City of London Corporation
William Plender
Ernest Rutherford
Scientific and Industrial Research
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Thomas Kennedy
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The
Treasury
Herbert Morrison
John Rose
Bradford
Royal College of Physicians
Ernest Ridley Debenham
Lloyd's Bank
Richard Aranam Gregory
George Ernest May
Prudential Assurance Company
George Roberts
Funeral for Granville Watts of R-100 crew in London
London mourns Granville Watts grandson of airship R-100 crew who declined R-101, fatally injured in a motorcycle crash. Watts had sailed R-100 across the Atlantic to Canada four months ago and previously served on the 1-32 and B-32.
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Granville Watts
London
England
India
Watts
Mount
Ararat
Atlantic
Canada
Debt Repayment Ends Long Plains Trek
Walter W. Jarvis a Malone florist 66 and David Knight 65 settled a $50 loan from 37 years earlier. Knight surprised Jarvis by walking into his shop to repay the debt after their distant separation on the western plains of Canada.
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Malone
Walter W. Jarvis
Malone Florist
David Knight
Canada
Jarvis
Montreal
Knight
Ontario Town Maintains Uncontested Mayor Candidacy
Hespeler Ontario records show no opposition to L. E. Wayner's mayoral bid as nominations close. All other offices also filed by acclamation, continuing a 20 year tradition without an election.
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Hespeler
L. E. Wavener
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