Mass Buying Probe Expenses Submitted to Ottawa
The Dominion treasury bore about 475000 for the mass buying commission’s costs. Hon RB Hanson said substantial tax-dedger funds had been directed to the finance department, though not under his department. William Golding criticized commission counsel Sommerville’s daily fees and alleged overlong charging for days not used by the commission.
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Ottawa
Dominion Treasury
RB. Hanson
Trade and Commerce
House of Commons
Hanson
Sam Factor
Lib
Toronto South Centre
Clarkson
Gordon
Osworth
Guilfoyle
Nash
Moisture Favorable Across Canada for Crops
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports generally favorable moisture for crops nationwide. Drought is localized to Vancouver Island and parts of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Crops are late, grain progress is good in the prairies, and rainfall has aided growth in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. grasshoppers are patchy but controlled.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
New Wheat Board Bill Outlines Dual Sell Plans
John Vallance explains the wheat board bill as revised by the House special committee. A minimum price of 70 cents per bushel is set, with producers choosing to deliver at that price for possible extra payments or sell to the grain trade at a higher price. The price stays fixed for the crop year, and producers share any higher market gains. The bill differs from Argentina and Liberal critics want a one year board term with potential renewal, otherwise the board remains permanent unless Parliament acts.
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Ottawa
Wheat Board
House
John Vallance
Lib
South Battleforch
Vallance
Wheat marketings fall in prairie provinces for week ended June 21
Ottawa reported 1,704,250 bushels of wheat marketing for the prairie provinces in the week to June 21, down 997,227 bushels from the prior week and off 947,005 bushels from the year-ago week. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics released the figures. Rudyard Kipling works auction fetches £230 at London sale.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Rudyard Kipling
London
Senator May Resign Opens 17th Upper Chamber Vacancy
Ottawa reports Senator John McLean intends to resign his seat in the Senate. Ill health kept the 83 year old Maritime Senator from attending the last session. J A Macdonald of Prince Edward Island is named as a likely successor in the Bennett cabinet.
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Ottawa
Senate
John McLean
Souris
McLean
J. A. Macdonald
Bennett
Prince Edward Island
Japanese Steamer Sinks Off Osaka Amid Fog Collision
The Midori Maru rammed the freighter Senzan Maru in the foggy inland sea near Osaka and sank quickly. Rescuers saved 91 of 166 passengers and 56 of 85 crew from the Zen zan Maru, as 11 bodies, including three women and an infant, were recovered.
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Osaka
Japan
Cunard Ships Plan New Liner Replacement
Sir E W Beatty announced during inspection that Cunard ships Glasgow and Canaan Pacific steamships will replace older liners with the giant Queen Mary now under construction.
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Glasgow
Canaan Pacific Steamships
E. W. Beatty
Queen Mary
Trade treaty with Poland announced in Commons
Ottawa Premier RB Bennett announced in the House of Commons that a trade treaty between Canada and Poland has been signed. He tabled a copy identified as cepel 2106.
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Poland
Ottawa
RB. Bennett
House of Commons
Canada
Air liner reported lost near Isle of Wight
Air liner en route from the Channel Islands to England sent SOS calls and was believed to have fallen into the channel off the Isle of Wight. Royal Navy destroyers and RAF flying boats searched in vain to find wreckage but a surface oil patch about 10 miles offshore suggested the probable fate of two aboard Pilot Captain Ogden aged 90 and a passenger named Grainger.
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Portemouth
Ang
Royal Air Force
Isle of Wight
Ogden
Grainger
England
Channel Islands
Waldeck man completes 10,000 mile walk in Sudbury
Ernest A. Wail of Waldeck Saskatchewan reports completion of a 10,000 mile journey begun July 6 1934. He arrived in Sudbury Ontario on July 2 four days ahead of schedule and won a wager with his hometown mayor to finish within one year. He spent six months in New Brunswick.
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Sudbury
Heavy Rains Hit Be Nelson and Nearby Regions
Heavy rains in Be Nelson British Columbia have caused major flooding in the Kootenay and Okanagan districts. Rivers creeks and infrastructure suffer as the Mission River at Kelowna breaks flood records. Public works officials report record levels and damage along 10 highways and bridges.
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Nelson
B.C
Kootenay
Okanagan
British Columbia
Mission River
Kelowna
Tariff Revision Urged by Premier Pattullo at Prince Rupert
Premier T. D. Pattullo urged a tariff adjustment and a revision of the British North America Act to redefine revenue and taxation for Dominion, provinces, and municipalities. He said unanimity across Canada supports revision, including Ontario and Quebec, to ensure fairer treatment for British Columbia and reduce land tax overlaps.
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Prince Rupert
Dominion
T. D. Pattullo
Canada
Mier
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Pattullo
Cheese milk bonus to July shipments to factories
In July a bonus of 144 cents per pound will be paid to farmers who ship milk to cheese factories. Agriculture Minister Robert Weir announced in the House of Commons the $1,000,000 fund aims to equalize dairy prices and curb shifts from cheese to butter. First payments will come via cheese factories, potentially up to 1.5 cents per pound.
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Ottawa
Robert Weir
House of Commons
Bishop of London Warns Against Spiritualism Seances
The Rt. Rev. A. F. Winnington Ingram sued to forbid church buildings in his diocese from hosting seances and urged parishioners to abandon unauthorized attempts to contact the other world. He called spiritualist practices dangerous and disrespectful to the dead.
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London
A. F. Winnington Ingram
New Air Mail Service Linking London to Australia and Africa
The British government announced air mail plans for a new service between London and Australia and between London and the Union of South Africa via Egypt, expanding imperial mail routes.
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Bombay
London
Australia
Union of South Africa
Egypt
Floods and Storms Ravage Western Canada Waters Reach Record Levels
Western Manitoba, eastern Saskatchewan, Peace River area in Alberta, and British Columbia report their worst floods in 25 years. Bridges swept away, crops damaged, towns flooded, and residents evacuated. a two year old boy vanish by floods near Borketon as rail lines derail and power services struggle to recover.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Peace River
Alberta
Kootenay
Okanagan
Mission River
Kelowna
Roken
Penticton
Kamloops
Slave Lake
Grandview
Borketon
Arthur Godsworth
Canadian National Railways
Alex. Dykun
Gilbert Plains
Dykun
Dauphin
Man
Atood
Ottawa defines book signing rackets as offence
The senate banking and commerce committee adopts an amendment declaring the practice of collecting signatories and small contributions with promise of higher returns as a crime under the criminal code. Operators face fines up to 500 dollars under the act.
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Ottawa
Senate Banking and Commerce Committee
Ottawa House of Commons Revises Radio Commission Extension
The House of Commons retraced its steps to correct the bill extending the Canadian Radio Commission life to March 31, 1936. An amendment in the senate would have ended the radio act governing public ownership on that date.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Canadian Radio Commission
Senate
Vesuvius Eruption Scares Naples As Obseratory Downgrades Danger
Mount Vesuvius unleashed a massive eruption sending a cone fragment high into the air. Naples residents were alarmed but the observatory released a statement downplaying the immediate danger of the volcanic event.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius
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