Canadian British Film Guild Organizes Here
Toronto Ost announces formation of the British Film Guild in Canada as an independent body with about 150 members. It will run a mail poll on officers, study Canadian tastes, and act as a clearinghouse for British film information. Members will preview films, comment to the group, and send a Canadian opinion summary to British producers.
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Toronto
Pim Guild
Canada
Cansam Theatres
Guild
Htis
Decision On Freight Rates Re-Afirmed
Ottawa reports the board of railway commissioners reaffirmed the 20 percent freight rate cut method for west bound goods. The judgment bases the reduction on the ratio of distance from origin to the west limit of the select area, Diamond Junction, to the full Moncton to Calgary route. Example shows Moncton to Calgary cut applied only to proportional distance segment.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway ‘Commissioners
Diamond Junction
Moncton
Calgary
Alta
Prince of Wales speaks to Buenos Aires trade expo kickoff
The Prince of Wales, from York House, spoke seven minutes over a 6500 mile line to Buenos Aires, greeting Sir Herbert Gibson, chairing the British trade exhibition opening March 14 in Argentina. The message welcomed the theater and the group held an informal exchange. In Winnipeg, Manitoba potato growers were urged to use certified seed to lift yields, but production averaged about 135 bushels per acre, seen as low.
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London
England
Prince of ‘Wales
York ‘House
Buenos Aires
Sir Herbert Gib‘eon
Herbert
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Expect Improvement in Fong Inty Expect Improvement in Fong Inty
Fisheries Department survey in Halifax Nova Scotia signals better prospects for the Canadian fishing industry. Minister E N Rhodes says the study is broad and cannot be completed before August, with market conditions across seasons as a key factor.
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Fisheries Department
Halifax
N.S
E. N. Rhodes
Asheries
Courage Needed Says MacPhail Urges Parliament Conscience
Agnes MacPhail MP told Brantford Ont readers in an address that parliament must act from conscience and have courage to stand for what is right despite big interests. She urged Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen and Hon. Charles Dunning as men of courage. Prosperity, she said, rests on all, not quick injections into one industry.
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Brantford
House of ‘Commons
Agnes MacPhail
Miss MacPhail
Arthur Meighen
Charies Dunning
Couraan
Tone
Britain Dominates Shipbuilding in Last Quarter
Lloyds report shows Britain built over a third of world tonnage in the quarter ending December 31 with 181 ships totaling 908 802 tons, a drop of 651 352 tons versus 1929 and 207 544 less than the prior quarter. Foreign builds list the United States 232 030, Germany 281 215, Italy 179 677, France 174 215, and Holland 160 078 tons.
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London
England
Lloyd’s Quarterly Report
Weact
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Italy
France
Holland
Manitoba Legislature Opens January Twenty Seventh
Manitoba’s legislature will open Tuesday January 27 Premier John Bracken announced. The session starts on that date after a cabinet meeting. Unemployment relief measures loom as a main topic for debate. Re adjustment of provincial taxation aims to cut municipal levies by half during the session.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
John Bracken
Manitoba fruit farming praised by pioneer grower
A pioneer fruit grower from Rathwell Manitoba told delegates at the Manitoba Horticultural Association convention that fruit growing is profitable. He cited four acres of crab apples plums and hybrid cherries as earning more profit last year than 300 acres of grain. He urged farmers to view fruit farming as a bright Manitoba future with strong prospects.
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Moses
Pratt
Winnipeg
Prairies
Manitobe Horticultural Association
William ‘Shepherd
Rathwell
Massive Telegraph Merger Feasible in Canada
Montreal reports a proposed $50 million amalgamation of Canadian Pacific and Canadian National telegraph systems, potentially forming a joint overseas company with Imperial and International Communications. The plan aims to reduce eight domestic zones to three, lowering costs and rates for eastern Canada.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National Railway
Dominion
Ottawa
Basil Blackett
Imperial and International Communications. Limited
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
ILC
Canadian Overseas Communication ‘Company
Whih
Canadian Marconi Company
United States
Western Union
Postal
Cape Breton
Head of the Lakes
Regina
Victoria
Canada
Wheat Exports Rise in Nine Months into Canada’s Fiscal Year
Canada exported more wheat in the first three quarters of the current fiscal year than in the same period a year earlier, yielding 137 755 170 dollars from 1929 to 1930 nine months. Imports and exports of domestic staples fell overall. total imports reached 729 901 813 dollars and exports of Canadian produce 656 113 05 dollars, with significant year to year declines. Ottawa’s Governor General and Viscountess Willingdon donated a car to Ottawa’s needy children, to be used for outings under the Children’s Aid Society.
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Canada
Ottawa
Sernor-General
Willingdon
C. H. Thoburn
Dominion
Lord
Lady Willingdon
Children's Aid Society
Mounties to Visit Argentina for British Empire Fair
Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police members will sail from Halifax on February 21 aboard the Prince Robert to Buenos Aires to supervise the Canadian exhibit at the British Empire Trade Fair. The delegation will sail south together, and the men selected are not from Saskatchewan.
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Winnipeg
Man
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Buenos Aires
Halifax
Dominion
South America
Saskatchewan
Bays Seat On Grain Exchange
Arthur Cutten, a Chicago grain operator long called king of the traders, bought a seat on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange on Tuesday January 13 paying 12600 for membership. This marks his first qualified membership in the local pit as big operators shift activity from Chicago to Winnipeg.
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Arthur Cutten
Chicago
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
King
Cutten
Exchange
Ferguson High Com Canada Privy Counsellor oath Ottawa
Canada's new High Commissioner in Great Britain Hon G Howard Ferguson became a member of the Canadian Privy Council on January 14. Accompanied by Premier R B Bennett he proceeded to Government House and took the oath in the presence of His Excellency as a privy councillor.
Farewell to Viscount Willingdon in Ottawa
Ottawa residents gathered on a bright winter day to bid farewell to Viscount and Viscountess Willingdon as they depart Canada after four years. Prime Minister Bennett and other dignitaries led the crowd at Ottawa station while troops band played the National Anthem and Auld Lang Syne. The couple will spend months in England before duties in India, escorted by the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards and with staff in attendance.
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Willingdon
Canada
Dominion
R. B. Bennett
W. L. Mackenzie King
G. Howard Ferguson
Great Britain
Vincent Massey
Washington
Viscount
England
India
Government House
Central Station
Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
E. C. Mizville
Earthquake devastates Oaxaca and shakes Mexico City
The Oaxaca region reels after a strong quake with at least 12 dead and many injured. Communications are down, panic spreads, and bodies are recovered as troops and police search wrecked cities near the epicenter northeast of Oaxaca, while Mexico City suffers fatalities and damage.
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Mexico City
Oaxaca
Mexico
Im & Menage
Ortis Rubio
Evaristo Peres
Department of Communications
Loas
Canada’s Revenues Fall by Sixty-Six Million in Nine Months
Canada reports ordinary revenues for nine months ending December 31 at 285,221,051 down from 351,287,325 year earlier while ordinary expenditures rose to 280,722,205 from 265,141,767. The official financial statement notes the net debt increasing to 2,193,748,531 on December 31 from 2,159,214,780 in 1929.
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Canada
Ottawa
Department of Finance
New Commander Appointed Lieut Hart to Command Vancouver
Lieut Commander Frederick G. Hart RCN has been named to command HMC S Vancouver. The appointment took effect January 20 and he will lead the Vancouver on its winter cruise to the United States and other foreign ports from Esquimalt B C. Hart joined the Royal Canadian Navy as a Halifax cadet during the war and was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1928. He qualified for destroyer command while serving with the Royal Navy in 1929.
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Hart
Vancouver
Ottawa
United States backs Liberian anti slavery commission
The United States expresses willingness to join a League of Nations backed effort to create an international commission to end slavery in Liberia. A high official said the U.S. would participate and support abolition measures.
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Washington
League of Nations i
Liberia
United News
Germany Breaks Promise At Paris Arms Talks
A conference of ambassadors in Paris is believed to have discussed German armaments with the impression that Germany has allegedly stated it will fulfill all disarmament promises under the Versailles treaty. Edmonton entries rise 758 November versus 553 last year showing increased settlement activity.
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Germany
Paris
France
Edmonton
Alberta
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