Churchill Grain Test Facilities Ready September Fifteenth
Ottawa reports western Canadian grain dealers must test Churchill port facilities this autumn with two or three cargoes. Hon Robt Manion confirms elevator readiness by September 15 and notes no government purchase of grain for movement, leaving exporters to decide if shipments via Churchill proceed this fall or be postponed until next year.
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Ottawa
Western Canada
Churchill
R J. Manion
House of Commons
Hudson Bay
Europe
Canadian
Canada
de. Manion
Trains to Vancouver See Deadly Transient Travel Boom
Rail officials report rising deaths of transients riding freights to Vancouver British Columbia. Police and other forces launched a campaign with about 20 arrests across the province to curb free transport and unemployed displacement. Officials note many travelers pay fares, but freight car congestion and dangerous load shifts complicate operations. A separate project, the Dominica Government grain elevator at Lethbridge, under construction, aims for readiness by September 11.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canadian Pacific Railway
British Columbia
Dominica
Grain Stevator
Leth- Deidge
Government plans two million bushels wheat to flour
Premier Bennett announced in the House of Commons that 2,000,000 bushels of wheat will be purchased and ground into 450,000 barrels of flour with bran and shorts for western Canada drought areas. The move aims to supply municipalities and relief seekers at a very reasonable price with swift distribution.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Grouth
Canada
Bennett
House of Commons
New Canada Australia Trade Treaty Marked by Giant Flag Pole
Premier Tolmie orders sending a giant Douglas fir flag pole from Victoria British Columbia to Canberra to commemorate the new Canadian Australian preferential trade treaty. Government foresters will select a tall perfect tree, cut and season it, and place a bronze tablet at the base in Australia’s capital to celebrate the agreement.
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B.C. Wim
Canberra
Victoria
Tolmle
Australia
Tolmie
Trans-Canada Non-Stop Halifax to Vancouver Attempted
Ottawa pilot J Williams plans the first nonstop Canadian crossing from Halifax to Vancouver on August 14 in a Lockheed Vega. The triangle flight will include Vancouver Mexico City and Halifax with refueling stops, aiming for a 9000 mile round trip in three days.
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Halifax
Vancouver
B.C
Canada
J. Williams
Ottawa
Mexico City
William Templeton
Williams
Newspaper Man Honored With Oil Painting at Vancouver Province
F J Burd Vancouver Daily Province managing director was surprised with an oil painting presentation by executives who have served the Province 20 years or more. Roy W Brown editor led the ceremony at a dinner honoring John Russell the 20 year circle member. Other attendees included Ronald Kenvyn W C Russell F E Henderson D A McGregor and John W Wright.
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Vancouver
F. J. Burd
John Russell
Burd
Roy W. Brown
Ronald Kenvyn
W. C. Russell
F. E. Henderson
D. A. McGregor
John W. Wright
Civil Servants Seek National Insurance Policy
The Victoria and Vancouver branches of the Amalgamated Civil Servants of Canada will push a national five group insurance plan for all Canadian civil servants at the annual Canada Civil Service Convention in Regina this September. The push was clarified at a Victoria local meeting.
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Victora
Canada
All Canada Civil Service
Regina
Victoria
Vancouver
Amalgamated
Civil Servants of Canada
Immigration Act 20 debate in House of Commons
The House of Commons discussed a proposed Immigration Act 20 clause prohibiting deportation for individuals who have resided in Canada for ten years. The debate occurred during the second reading, with opposition and government members addressing the measure and its implications.
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Canada
Tes
Joetom
House of Commons
Ap Joesook
Addres
Mounties Monument at Fort in British Columbia 1887
The Mounties Monument Fort in British Columbia was built in 1887 by Superintendent Sam Steele with Inspectors Wood and Huot and the men of D Division. It marked a key factor in maintaining peace during the region’s early development tied to the Canadian Pacific Railway era.
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Ments Board
Royal North West _ 14 Mounted Police
British Columbia
Sam” Steele
Samuel Benfield Steele, Kcmg
ZT. Wood
C. F. A. Huot
Sureon F. H. Powell
Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitoba Looks To Cottage Hospitals Network Plan
A Manitoba legislative select committee urged establishing a provincial hospital commission with broad powers to divide the province into hospital zones. It backed a network of cottage hospitals and clinics to supplement urban facilities and improve cost distribution. The panel will reconvene in August.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Post Office Deficit Blamed On General Mood
Ottawa shows postal deficit amid countrywide conditions. Postmaster General Arthur Sauve told the House of Commons during committee of supply the department’s estimates approved at 11 million for salaries. For the just closed year the deficit totaled about 5.2 million, with expenditures near 36.29 million and revenues around 31 million.
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Ottawa
Probe of Transportation Question Urges Commission Review
Ottawa reports a unanimous House of Commons committee urges a commission to study general transportation, curtail capital-expense projects, and treat Sir Henry Thornton’s salary as public. It calls for revising former CNR director resolutions, examining executive pay, and ending social-entertainment costs charged to National Railways. It also supports continuing Maritime Freight Rates, auditing item accounts, stabilizing Vancouver Seattle Victoria services, and approving 1931 expenditures and securities guarantees.
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Ottawa
Canada
National Railways
Canadian National Railways Financial Act
Premier Introduces Bill For Pensions
Ottawa reports Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett placed a resolution on the House of Commons order paper to raise federal aid for old age pensions from 50 to 75 percent. The amendment to the Old Age Pensions Act would require provincial audits and set the payment benchmark at 75 percent of the protecting quarter. The measure implements a previously announced increase in federal pension support.
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Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
Federal inquiry asked into BC early potato pricing on prairies
British Columbia early potatoes marketed to prairie points at high wholesale prices drew a federal inquiry. Hon. William Atkinson acted on complaints from Vernon Fruit Union and BC growers. A provincial agriculture minister wired Gornall of the federal markets branch citing unwarranted price spreads between BC producer returns and prairie quotations reported in bureau No. 3 dated July 3. The report notes disparity across many prairie markets. The Edmonton discovery near Great Bear Lake reportedly contains silver. University of Alberta tests indicate a high richness.
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B.C
Victoria
British Columbia
William Atkinson
Vernon Fruit Union
Gornall
Federal Department
Bureau
Request For Wheat Board Is Refused
Winnipeg reports that the Dominion Government rejected a prairie-wide wheat board plan. Premier John Bracken of Manitoba said Premier RB Bennett advised no path for a prairie board. Bracken noted Bennett proposed an inter provincial body similar to a Canadian commission to oversee Pools elevator systems and grain marketing.
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Winnipeg
Man
Jobn Brackfen
Manitoba
RB. Bennett
Bennett
Bracken
Ottawa
John I. McFarland
Pools’ Central Selling Agency
Australian Cana dlan trade treaty praised in Melbourne
In Melbourne officials express satisfaction with the Australia Canada trade treaty. Canadian concessions on Australian wines and citrus aim to boost exports to Canada and build a strong market for currants and raisins. Butter exporters also pleased as the Canadian Constructor sails to Montreal with over 200,000 cases of dried fruits and an effort to load a representative Australian cargo.
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Melbourne
Canada
Australia
Austrlian Dairy Produce Export Board
SS. Canadian
British Boys Entering Canadian Universities This Year
A group of British public school headmasters visited Canada last spring and announced that at least 21 British boys will enter Canadian universities this year. McGill will host 12, Queen’s 4, Toronto 3, with one each to Guelph and British Columbia. F R W Crump of Taunton will study chemistry at British Columbia.
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Montreal
Canada
McGill University
Queen's University
University of Toronto
Guelph
University of British Columbia
F. R. W. Crump
Taunton
British Columbia
Manitoba Plans Relief for Feed Shortage in Manitoba
Manitoba announces relief measures for hay shortages including cutting crown land dues from 1 to 25 cents per ton and coordinating with Saskatchewan. Premier Bracken says conditions have improved but some districts still face shortages. A two thirds transportation rate for hay to drought areas will be funded by government responses, with municipalities possibly bearing no cost. The plan aims to sustain livestock, plus 1000 tons of hay to Carrot River Valley and invitation to Saskatchewan and Dominion governments to contract for drought area needs.
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Winnipeg
Man
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
John Bracken
Bracken
Carrott River
Dominion
Saskatch
Bennett withdraws income tax changes in Commons
Ottawa reports Premier Bennett withdrew budget income tax amendments in the House after personal attack claims. He noted the changes would not apply until next year and that corporate tax revisions had already been approved. The move drew mixed reactions as supporters urged continued reform.
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Ottawa
Bennett
House of Commons
Fernand Rinfret
St James
Montreal
Rinfret
G. N. Gordon
Peterborough
Mr. Bennett
Sories
W. D. Buler
National Revenue
H. E. Spencer
UFA
Battle River
Charles Stewart
Interior
Deportation Figures From Ottawa 1930 31
In Ottawa Ontario the House of Commons learned deportations from Canada between August 1 1930 and May 31 1931 totaled 4187 amid a $1 905 000 departmental salaries vote. The minister said from April 1 1990 to today deportations reached 4976 with 3099 British 279 United States and the rest from other countries. Grants to immigration societies had ended. The vote split 1055000 outside service and 550000 contingencies.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Wesley A. Gordon
House of Commons
House
United States
Department
Periscope Hat Aimed to Foil Bandits in Chicago Exposition
Spon sore of the second International Patent Exposition in Chicago announces plans to display a periscope hat. The device would allow a man to see a bandit approaching from behind, enhancing personal safety during the event.
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Chicago
Sweden Plans Major Highway and Street Spending
Sweden announces a plan to spend 12.4 million dollars on highways and city streets. The allocation targets road improvements and urban infrastructure upgrades across key municipalities. Local agencies will oversee construction, with projects slated to begin next quarter and run through the year.
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Sweden
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Alberta
T. G. Donovan
Detroit
Great Bear Lake
University of Alberta
Prairie
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