Emigration to Canada Rises While Britain Sends Fewer Abroad
The overseas settlement committee reports 1929 emigration from Great Britain and Northern Ireland to non European parts reached 143 686, with Canada up to 65 858 from 46 709 in 1928. Overall movement overseas rose, Australia declines, and 3 000 Canadian farm settlements begun in 1924 are deemed the Act’s most successful large scale project.
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England
Lamping
Canada
Overseas Settlement Committee
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Empire
Australia
New Order Allows Stockyards to Operate in Testing Areas
Ottawa public stockyards are exempted from testing area restrictions under a federal order in council. The order lets stockyards carry on business as if the area were not restricted, with Saskatoon initially the only other Canadian center expected to be affected. Officials noted no order yet for Saskatoon but anticipation possible. Movement is restricted to tested cattle during bovine tuberculosis tests. Public stockyards protested, saying the rules harmed their livelihoods.
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Ottawa
Ont
Saskatoon
Canada
Department of Agri‘culture
Contracts End In December For Winnipeg Teachers
Winnipeg school board decisions end contracts for married women after December 31 1930. Married women now employed will receive notices. The board aims to curb remunerative employment amid high unemployment. Also notes disapproval of employees taking paid outside work. Saskatchewan oil boom grows with two lease applications near Kakwa 17 miles south of Hudson Bay Junction.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prince Albert
Sask
Saskatchewan
Dominion Land Office
Kakwa
Hudson Bay Junction
Ottawa
Bank closings trigger two million dollar Miami cash flight
An aeroplane carrying two million dollars arrived in Miami from Jacksonville to address financial turmoil caused by the Bank of Bay Biscayne and four other failures. Fire National President Robin announced the funds would be distributed through Miami banks to satisfy all creditors and preserve liquidity.
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Fane
Miami
Fla
Jacksonville
Bank of Bay Biscayne
Robin of
Fire National
Police raid vast Chicago underworld to quell crime surge
About 600 alleged criminals were rounded up by a special Chicago police squad aiming to end the city’s underworld reign. The crackdown followed the murder of Tribune reporter Alfred Lingle. Guns tear bombs and tear gas were used as raids hit multiple haunts. Prisoners poured in and booking ran wild at police headquarters. Bail was refused for all detained as attorneys sought releases.
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Chicago
Illa
Underworld
Crimminale
Alfred
Jake") Lingle
Tribune
Bureau of Identification
Jury Acquits Charles Oliver in Penticton Assault Case
Vernon British Columbia report states the assize court found Charles Oliver not guilty of assaulting Dr. W. E. Latimer in Penticton last November 25. Four crown witnesses were called. Chief Justice Morrison addressed the jury and defense counsel Maitland argued briefly. The jury retired at 3.40 pm and returned verdict at 4.00 pm.
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Vernon
Assize Court
Charles Oliver
John Oliver
W. E. Latimer
Penticton
Morrison
Oliver
RL. Maitland, KC
Legion Objects To Fiction War Books
Cardiff the British Legion annual conference condemned war fiction urging removal of war as a subject for stories to honor dead and maimed soldiers. A resolution called for countering insidious propaganda that slanders Britain and belittles wartime principles, urging authors to base works on actual facts and experiences.
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Cardiff
British Legion
Council of the Legion
Great Britain
Bennett Returns Home After Campaign Kickoff in Winnipeg
Calgary welcomes Conservative leader RB Bennett after he fired the opening gun of his election campaign in Winnipeg, with a second speech in Regina. A large crowd greeted him at the station as Highlanders band played and supporters lined up to shake his hand.
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Calgary
Alta
Bennett
Winnipeg
Regina
Calgarian Highlanders
Survey Planned For Fall At Churchill Town Site
Manitoba will survey the Churchill town site next fall and begin construction next summer. Hon. D. G. McKenzie, Minister of Mines and Natural Resources, announced the plan.
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Churchill
Manitoba
D. G. McKenzie
Mines and Natural Resources
Could Not Be Prevented Richard President of NYSE
Richard pres ident of the New York Stock Exchange is noted in the fragment. The text is incomplete and lacks clear actions, dates, or outcomes needed for a full summary card.
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Richard
The
New York Stock Exchange
Nova Scotia Not Liable For Militia Costs In 1925 Strike
Supreme Court of Canada delivers majority ruling in June 1975 that Nova Scotia not liable to reimburse His Majesty in the Dominion for expenses incurred by calling out active militia in Cape Breton during the coal miner strike of 1925. Newcombe dissents Cannon says Habilly was conditional. The ruling ends a five year dispute over $133,116.72 for permanent force troops.
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Nova Scotia
Ottawa
Cape Breton
Supreme Court of Canada
Newcombe
Cannon
Dominion
Trans-Atlantic Trip Is Postponed
Ottawa reports that the R-100 trans-Atlantic flight will not begin until after Canada's general election on July 28. A cable from the British Government to Minister J. L. Ralston says the dirigible’s start will occur in the last three days of July, per Canada Britain agreement.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
National Defence
J. L. Ralston
Great Britain
Prince of Wales Broadcast From Britain on Empress of Britain
The Prince of Wales made his first world wide radio broadcast from the Clydesbank wharves in Glasgow celebrating the launch of the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain. He praised the vessel as a milestone in British mercantile marine and noted CPR's shipbuilding in Britain since the war. The event was relayed via CJRX Fleming and CKY Winnipeg and heard across 91 stations in Canada and the U.S.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Prince of Wales
Canadian Pacific Railway
British Mercantile Marine
Prince
CPR
Britain
Great Britain
Winnipeg
Royal
the Prince of Wales
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Lord Aberconway
E. W. Beatty
CJRX
Fleming, Sask
CKY
United States
Beam
England
Yamachi
Quebec
Beatty
Fogbound Ship Collision Kills Scores in Massachusetts Bay
In thick fog a passenger liner Fairfax and oil tanker Pinthis collide off Boston. Fire erupts from the tanker as oil spews and engulfs both vessels. Survivors perish in the sea or flames. rescue attempts are hampered by the blaze and damaged radio antennas. The Pinthis sinks about 20 minutes after impact, with 19 crew aboard and more than 40 feared dead.
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Boston
Mass
Fall River
Fairfax
Massachusetts Bay
Ship Receives Evening World Page at Sea
The Evening World page was transmitted by RCA photo radio to the US liner America 2310 miles from New York. A purple ink cylinder on deck reproduced pictures and type as clearly as the city, while near Plymouth England, marking a successful ether broadcast of a newspaper page.
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New York
Evening World
United States
Plymouth
England
Submarine Launches At Shipyard In 34 Minutes
Three submarines for the British Admiralty the Regulus Regent and Rover were launched at one shipyard here within thirty four minutes.
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Barrow-In-Fairness
Eng
Admiralty
Regulus
Regent
Rover
First Bride on New Coastal Ship Arrives in Vancouver
At a civic luncheon for the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Elizabeth in Vancouver, Mayor Halkin and port officials praised the fleet project. Mrs L Goodge became the first honeymooner to sail Vancouver to Victoria, receiving a bouquet from George Fitch, secretary to His Honor, as Captain R W McMurray watched.
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Vancouver
W. H. Halkin
L. Goodge
George Fitch
Vancouver-Victoria
R. W. McMurray
B.C. Coast Steamship Service
Goodge
Mr. Fitch
Seccessor Not Appointed Canberra Australia
Canberra circles say Lord Somers will act as governor general of Australia for about six months after Lon Stonehaven departs in October. Premier Scullin asked to defer appointing Stonehaven’s successor to consult the Dominions office in London for the Imperial conference. Earlier talk named Sir Isaac Isaacs for the post, but Scullin said nothing prevents an Australian appointment.
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Canberra
Australia
Lord Somers
Victoria
Lon Stonehaven
Scullin
Lord Stonehaven
Dominions
London
Isaac Isaacs
Winnipeg Lawyer to Represent Canada in Norway Celebration
Winnipeg barrister James C. Perg, a longtime Norse society worker, was named by Premier Mackenzie King to represent the Dominion Government at the 900th anniversary of Christianity in Norway. The event will be held in Trondhjem in July and August. Perg is the son of an early western Canadian Norwegian settler. Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia officials are expected to join Berg aboard the voyage in early July.
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Wil
Government of
Service For Late F E Trautman
Impressive obsequies were held for F E Trautman longtime Canadian Pacific Press representative in Western Canada He edited the Fort William Times Journal in Fort William and Port Arthur. City officials railway company and many citizens attended Interment was in Mountain View cemetery family plot
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Fort William
Ont
F. E. Trautman
Canadian Pacific Press
Western Canada
Fire destroys grain elevator at Port Arthur
Port Arthur fire wrecked the Union Terminal Elevator workhouse, causing about three hundred thousand dollars in damage. The blaze burned for over ten hours, destroying fifty thousand bushels of grain and eleven empty rail cars, with authorities at Winnipeg withholding firm loss estimates.
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Port Arthur
Union Terminal
Lake-Head
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Nitomat Railways
Wheat crop prospects stir London on Canada reports
London readers digest mixed dispatches from Canada about a potential wheat shortage and higher prices this winter. A Winnipeg cable claims Canada's crop may be short, conflicting with official optimism from the Dominion bureau. The disagreement sparks debate among protectionists and Empire free traders.
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London
England
Canada
Winnipeg
Daily Telegraph
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Empire Free Traders
Mail Plane Damaged In Moose Jaw Crash
A mail plane named Boeing CF-A10 dropped 10 feet after an engine or undercarriage fault at Moose Jaw flying field. Two Calgary passengers, R. V. Price and F. A. Ogilvie, were cut by wing glass while en route to a Lions convention in Regina. Major Thompson said the accident was unavoidable and not the pilot’s fault.
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Moose Jaw
R. V. Price
F. A. Ogilvie
Calgary
Regina
Thompson
Narge
Western Airways
Will Visit Native Land Winnipeg Icelandic delegates sail to Montreal
Two hundred fifty Icelandic residents from Western Canada, many from Minneola, traveled by special train to Winnipeg then Montreal to join the millennial Icelandic parliament celebration. Notables included M. G. Bjornson of St Paul who will represent Minnesota, and Captain Sighryggur Jonasson of Arborg, a 58 year Canada resident, aged 78.
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Winnipeg
Emigration Efforts Highlight Sweden Canada Link
Stockholm Swedes fleeing Soviet rule arrive in Canada or Sweden as relatives join in. Public subscription raises about 250000 dollars with Parliament grant. Hoover urged for a second term by Fort Myers figure Falon who blames government inefficiency, cites cross country airport chain proposal by the Candies Chamber of Commerce.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ukraine
Canada
Hoover Fort Myers
Thomas A. Falon
Floover
United States
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R. B. Bennett
Ralph Booth
Montreal
Toronto
Atari
Seccessor
Norway
F.E. Trautma
Iceland
Candies Chamber of Commerce
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