Parliament Opens With Ceremony and Tariff Talk
The session opened with government, military, church, and public crowds in attendance. Ernest Lapointe received warm greetings as Hon George Black led the Commons to the Senate. The speech outlined tariff revisions, a tariff board, radio legislation delays, and cuts in estimates, with plans for pensions, agriculture aid, education, highways, wheat marketing, and copyright and naturalization act amendments. The prime minister’s Windsor entrance sparked an ovation.
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Ernest Lapointe
Senate
George Black
Red Chamber
Canada
Commons
Windsor
Gasoline Price Cuts Announced for Eastern Canada
Jake Irwin, president of McColl-Frostenac OU Company, announced a second downward revision in two months. Prices drop 2.4 cents per gallon in Toronto, Island of Montreal, and Western Ontario. 1.13 cents in Quebec and Ontario provinces. and 0.5 cents in Maritime provinces following a 2.14 cents Ontario government levy.
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Cotte
Canada
Mont Que
Quebec
Maritime
Toronto
Montreal
Ontario
Jake Irwin
McColl- Frostenac OU Company
Grants for cattle raising in Western Canada policy announced
Hon Robert Weir minister of Agriculture announces grants to promote cattle breeding in Western Canada. Freight charges on carload stock from Eastern Canada will be refunded upon compliance statements and receipts. Purchases must include at least 12 female cattle aged 8 months to 5 years, tuberculosis free, with merit shown for production. Policy to take immediate effect.
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Ottawa
Canada
Robert Weir
Weir
Dominion
Canadian Pacific Railway seeks 50 million new ordinary stock
Montreal shareholders will be asked at the annual meeting on May 6 to authorize an inclement 50,000,000 ordinary capital stock. The official notice has been forwarded to shareholders. Toronto papers note the move signals a continuation of expansion plans for Canada west rail service.
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CPR
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Toronto
Canadian Pacific
the Mail and
Empire
Canada West
Wheat Exports Rise in Seven Month Period
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canadian wheat exports for the seven months ended February 28 total 148,594,000 bushels, up from 88,420,000 a year earlier. Exports to the United Kingdom reach 10,746,000 bushels, to the United States 7,722,000, and 50,125,000 to other countries, with total value at $11,725,000 due to lower prices.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
United Kingdom
Verne descendant sails for New York to attend submarine launch
Grandson of Jules Verne Jean Jules Verne leaves Havre aboard the Lafayette liner for New York. He will be guest at the launching of the submarine Nautitug in which Sir Hubert Wilkins plans an undersea North Pole expedition. Verne serves as a police magistrate in Rouen.
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Havre
France
Jean Jules Verne
New York
Lafayette
Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Verne
Rouen
Isle Royale National Park to Protect Caribou Moose
Isle Royale in Lake Superior will become a national park with 400 caribou and 2,000 moose already present along with beaver and deer. The 56,000 acre reserve will be a protected habitat under government oversight.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Isle Royale
Lake Superior
Dominion affairs secretary outlines preten draft posters in Canada
The statement from Hon. 3-H Thomas, Secretary for Dominion affairs, describes government work on a campaign to demonstrate board activities in Canada. The text references trade, marketing, and poster frames as part of an effort to show progress prior to a ten year plan.
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Agen
Opie
Canada
H Thomas
Dominion
Canadian dollar steadies near par on Montreal bond sale
The Canadian dollar traded near par in New York on March 11, rising to 164 cf coin percent premium for the second time this year. Bankers credit the gain to Canadian financing in the local market and the sale of $11,070,000 Montreal city gold bonds.
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New York
City of Montreal
Naval accord limits French Italian naval programs to 1896 terms
The London accord among Britain France and Italy constrains battleship and cruiser construction ship tonnage and weaponry through 1996 and 1998 with caps on carriers and submarines. It preserves a French advantage of about 150000 tons while keeping tonnage ratios steady and sets Geneva disarmament as a future reference point.
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London
England
Geneva
France
Italy
Arthur Henderson
A. V. Alexander
The
Admiralty
French Envoy for Ottawa Arrives in Canada
Charles Arsene Henry, French minister plenipotentiary to Canada, and Madame Henry arrived in Ottawa from New York. Henry said France could prove a good market for Canadian wheat as it has not committed to relegated purchases from European countries.
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Ottaw
Ottawa
Miss Feltham to teach Labrador women fruit and vegetable preservation
Miss Doris L Feltham of Springfield Massachusetts will travel to Labrador in May to teach women there how to preserve the scant fruits and vegetables that grow in two months for use during the long winter. She will move on after a brief two month stay and attend Otts Agricultural College under the Grenfell Missions banner.
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Doris L. Feltham
Springeld
Mass
Labrador
Otts Agricultural College
Grenfell Missions
Manitoba relief funds cited as highest in west says Chubb
Winnipeg Man Hon W R Chubb director of relief projects defended unemployment aid, claiming Manitoba earned more relief money than any western province. He said joint Dominion province and municipal projects began last fall and would continue. He cited using relief money on the trans Canada highway link to employ more men and improve the road.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
W. R. Chubb
Dominion
Clubb
Arranging New Mail Service to Canada and Montreal
The assistant postmaster-general S P Iviant announced in Commons that a new mail service will carry letters prepaid for air transmission from London by sea to Belle Isle then by air to Montreal and beyond. Arrangements with Canadian authorities are complete and the start date and fees will be announced in due course.
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London
England
Great Britain
Belle Isle
Montreal
S. P. Iviant
House of ‘Commons
Scottish Woollen Makers Visit Canada by Ocean Liner
Four representatives of woollen manufacturers of Scotland arrived aboard the Olympic en route to Canada for a tour. Their Canadian itinerary includes Vancouver Winnipeg Toronto and Montreal.
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New York
Scotland
Olympic
Canada
United States
Vancouver
Winnieg
Toronto
Montreal
Gandhi’s four commandments to followers in Ahmedabad
Mahatma Gandhi issued four conduct rules for his followers in Ahmedabad, urging them not to tell lies, avoid abusive language, refrain from smoking, and not eat sweets. When asked about tea, he smiled and said tea is allowed, to be drunk from the Sabarmati River, considered Gujarat’s holy river.
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Andi
Ahmadabed
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Sabarmati
Gujerat
Manitoba Pool Elevator Probe Requested by Premier
Manitoba Premier Bracken considers two requests for a royal commission to probe Manitoba Wheat Pool elevator operations. J R Murray and Olin H Burnell urge inquiry into alleged overages and undergrading that deprived farmer shareholders of large sums. They accuse extravagant expenses and deceptive book keeping, while Burnell calls charges false and asks swift investigation.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba Wheat Pool
John Bracken
J. R. Murray
Alberta Pacifi Grain Company, Limited
Olin H. Burnell
Grean
Bracken
Murray
Co-Operative Organization
Manitoba Pool Elevators, Limited
Baldwin Attacks India Policy Amid London Debate
In London, Lord Irwin and Gandhi figure in the Indian policy talks as the autumn conference approaches. Baldwin challenges Conservative rebels over cooperation with Britain and Gandhi, warning that breaking party unity could doom India governance. Churchill sides with Baldwin on abstaining from a round table in India but keeps doors open for future participation.
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London
England
Indian Honalist Congress
India
House of Commons
Lord Irwin
Gandhi
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Mr. Baldwin
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Unemployment relief scheme aids hundreds of thousands
Labor Minister reports the joint relief scheme has provided work for at least 231,351 people, with Canada National and Pacific Railways credited for many positions. Saskatchewan indicates 19,554 employed through February 28, totaling 379,174 man-days, plus 14,151 individuals given direct relief.
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Ottawa
Ont
G. D. Robertson
Quebec Province
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Saskatchewan
Air Company Organized to Serve Mining Regions
A Winnipeg based aviation firm forms to transport miners and supplies to Great Bear Lake and Copper Mine River in the Northwest Territories. It has capital of 160000 dollars and a fleet of six one engine planes.
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Promet
Jules Verne
Weel Il
Livig
Irwin
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