Extensive Budget Revisions Proposed in New Resolutions
Ottawa reports extensive changes in budget resolutions. The government moves ahead with revisions to the Bank Act and new sales tax rules, including a January 1 1924 start for the tax and a three quarter cent dumping duty cap. Amendments cover confectionery taxes, exemptions, and refunds, with details to be provided to members later.
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Immigration Bill Amends Deportation Clause Debate
Debate over the immigration act clause that shields British subjects from deportation under the five year residence rule. Sir George Foster questions the exemption while Senator Fowler and Robertson defend retaining Britain’s exemption amid communist propaganda concerns.
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Communist Party
Galaxy of Nations theme in Empire Day message
Premier Mackenzie King cites Sir Wilfrid Laurier on Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee as a “galaxy of nations” uniting the British Empire. The London Times carries an Empire Day message praising shared origin, tradition, and cooperation among nations in celebration of the sovereign’s birthday.
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Baldwin Becomes Britain’s Prime Minister in Succession
London reports Stanley Baldwin, long a minister and ironworker by trade, succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as Britain's prime minister. The change signals a shift with Labour rising and Curzon, Balfour edged from consideration. Baldwin will form a new ministry, with many current ministers likely reappointed.
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Marvale Sinks After Hitting Newfoundland Reef
Canadian Pacific liner Marvale struck a reef off Newfoundland near Cape Freles, forcing abandon ship. Captain and crew guided passengers through fog as lifeboats lowered, with women and children first, amid a swift rescue and shelter for survivors.
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Ottawa sees strong growth in April building permits
Ottawa reports April building permits strengthen with a total value of 17.84 million dollars. Officials note 21 percent year over year rise and a higher total than March. The 56 respondents provide the Dominion Bureau of Statistics with data on authorized construction nationwide.
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Liverpool Professor Claims Cancer Cure Discovery
Liverpool University professor Blair Bell reportedly discovered a cancer cure using a lead solution. Dr L E Houghes of Concordia says Bell has treated over 50 cases with no recurrence and plans broader disclosure after further testing.
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Delorme Trial Set After Transfer to Montreal Jail
Official notice states Rev Adelard Delorme is moved from Beauport Asylum 10 Bordeau jail to Montreal to await trial for murder. Premier Taschereau announced the transfer following a provincial cabinet meeting. Delorme will face trial at the June term in Montreal.
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Snow Slide Kills Four on Denver and Lake Railroad
A massive snow slide swept down a mountainside striking the west end of a tunnel on the Denver and Lake Railroad between Corona and Dixie Lake Colorado. Four workmen were killed and two were injured.
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Prairie Premiers Back Co-Operative Cattle Marketing Plan
Premier Greenfield of Alberta Premier Dunning of Saskatchewan and Premier Bracken of Manitoba visited the Union Stockyards at St. Boniface to inspect a thousand head of export cattle bound for British markets under the United Grain Growers Ltd pool. They praised the system of sorting mixed pool cattle into even car lots before sale and shipping to markets east or south or for export.
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Dominion May Have A Direct Representative At U S Capital
Ottawa reports say Canada may appoint a direct representative to Washington after the imperial conference in London. Premier King aims to choose an able envoy on good terms with the British embassy, to handle agriculture western concerns and reciprocal issues between Canada and the United States.
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Easter Island Rumor Denied After Sunk Report
Recurrent rumors claimed Easter Island sank in the Pacific during last November’s earthquakes. The Falcon, which left for the island in February, returned reporting all was well. Easter Island lies west of Chile with about 1,200 residents and is noted for sculpture.
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Memorial tablet honors 331 WWI heroes in Canada pledge
Poronio Lord Tyne unveiled a memorial tablet honoring 331 boys who died in the Great War while serving in Canada. The event occurred at the Waldorf Astoria during a recent convention of the United States Chamber of Commerce, where a day’s tips totaled $1,100. Skinner, secretary of the association, spoke.
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Clause Withdrawn From Debt Pact Negotiations
Paris reports British representative Sir John Bradbury says London will withdraw the objectionable clause in the debt settlement with the United States and allies France and Belgium accept the grant without extra charge. The clause would have halted aid as the United States collected war damages. Also noted a shipbuilder and inventor Alexander McDowall died in Duluth after 20 years on the Great Lakes, helping build the first whaleback, and Turkish troops blew the Maritza River bridge near Adrianopel.
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Saskatchewan and Alberta Likely to Set Up Wheat Board This Year
Ottawa reports political circles expect Saskatchewan and Alberta to form a Wheat Board to manage the 1923 crop. Premiers Greenshield and Dunsleg of Saskatchewan and Alberta have held private talks as Manitoba declined to join. J H Haslam of Regina and Thomas Sales are tipped for chairmanship roles amid a pool of export-trade figures approached last year.
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