Special Committee Probes Ocean Rates On Farm Goods
A House Agriculture Committee questions Phillip Currie of Dominion Steamships about ocean freight on farm products from Montreal to Liverpool. Currie cites possible rate alignments among lines and discusses whether larger cattle volumes push rates up. He notes agreements on some routes and that shipowners seek profit, with government and Canadian Merchant Marine representatives present.
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Tread
Phillip Corrie
Moatees
White Star Dominion
House Committee of Agriculture
Montreal
Liverpool
Portland
Currie
A. R. MeMaster
McMaster
Merchant Marine Company
MacDonald Dines with Royalty at Buckingham Palace
J Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, dined with King and Queen at Buckingham Palace in a semiofficial state dinner attended by party leaders and their spouses. Forty one guests filled sound tables as MacDonald mingled with royal guests, despite a Commons meeting minutes earlier.
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Lannon
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Buckingham Palace
Macdonald
House of Commons
Palace
Frontier realignment shifts Vilna district to Poland
By Allied Council of Ambassadors action the frontier between Poland and Russia is fixed attaching the Vilna district to Poland. The decision follows tensions with Lithuania and reshapes territories and military posts in the region.
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Council of Ambassadors
Fame Fn
Poland
Russia
Vilna
Lithuania
Zell
Poet Seeks Newspaper Role at Frascati Villa
The government leases Vila Toscolana at Frascati to a poet who plans to publish a newspaper. The villa, set up by former Emperor William as a home for German writers before the war, will house the project.
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Andunaio
Vila Toscolana
Frascati
William
RCMP to Remain After Defeated Disband Plan in Commons
The House of Commons debated J S Woodsworth's resolution to disband the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and create a Dominion Police for government protection and a Northwest Mounted force for unorganized territories. The motion was defeated by 156 to 2, with 133 against and 13% majority.
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Feworth
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
J.S. Woodsworth
Centre Winnipes
House of Commons
Dominion Poller
Northwest Mounted Force
Nally
Freezone Corn Cure Promises Fast Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Freezone a small bottle sold by druggists for a few cents. It claims to remove hard and soft corns and calluses between toes without soreness or irritation using a painless finger application method.
Italian village buried by landslide in Piacenza province
Italian villagers fear a landslide in Brasehl on the upper Appennines slopes. Water infiltration has started a movement of earth, destroying woods and fields and already engulfing houses and livestock. Viscount Lascelles, husband of Princess Mary, is noted as a collector of oud glass.
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Oiogna
Brasehl
Piacenza
Viscount Lascelles
Princess Mary
BC faces potential prairie labor shortage this spring
The report warns of a possible serious shortage of labor for seeding and growing in the prairies this summer. British Columbia says it cannot spare even a small number of workers despite prairie provinces asking for 1,500 men. Government action to encourage workers to move east may be considered.
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Prairies
Une
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Postponed Round World Flight Planned by French Aviators
The two year around the world flight by five French aviators, set to start March 15, is postponed to April 1 due to passport issues, notably in Persia and India. The route begins Nice, flies east through Asia to India and Japan, reaches Alaska, then the Pacific coast to Chile, crosses the Andes to Argentina, and sails from Brazil to Africa before turning north.
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Paris
Begu
Persia
India
Nice
Asia
Japan
Nome
Alaska
Pacific Coast
America
Chile
Andes
Argentine
Atlantic
Port Banduco
Brazil
Bakar
Coal Imports to Canada Fall in 1922 from US Sources
Canada imported 2,814,249 short tons of anthracite from the United States in 1922, down from 4,567,370 in 1921 and 4,192,964 in 1929. Illuminous coal imports from the US totaled 10,246,415 tons, versus 12,134,216 in 1920. In late 1922 Britain supplied 639,000 tons of coal, with about 17,000 tons received in the final six months.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Germany appeals to Britain over Berlin hostage crisis
A telegram from the German Democrat Party urges Britain to intervene to secure the release of Lord Mayor Zimmermann of Buer, held by the French as a hostage. The message calls the action an unprecedented breach of British justice and demands immediate intervention.
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Germany
Britain
Berlin
Zimmermann
Buer
Germany Signals Plan for Final Reparations Settlement
The Daily Telegraph cites a German plan for a final reparations settlement requiring international financial control and a material guarantee from German industrialists. Berlin seeks allied backing before revealing details after past rejections of proposals in London and Paris. Britain hesitated to lead, disappointing Germany and other governments awaiting a concrete offer from Germany.
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Germany
London
Daily Telegraph
Saya
Uie
Karl Bergmann
Paris
Unosi
Lip
France
Saskatchewan Liquor Law Remains Unchanged
Government states no changes to Saskatchewan liquor policy. Public debate continues on prohibition and enforcement while education efforts remain the focus.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian fish to France exhibit heads cross ocean tour
BC canners sign contract to send a fish exhibit to France as part of the Canadian exhibition tour. An accompanying team of expert chefs will prepare and distribute the product, aiming to showcase Canadian fish during the summer voyage.
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Montreal
British Columbia
France
Australia Gains Most British Settlers Report
The House notes large emigration from Britain to Australia and New Zealand in January. Viscount Wolns discusses counts and origins, mentioning Australia, New Zealand, and Britain in a brief political report.
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Australia
London
New
Daylight Saving Study Faces Quebec Speed Limits
In Quebec this year daylight saving is under review as officials debate timing and potential changes. A symbolic test involved a one dollar amount to gauge public reaction to the proposal.
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Quebec
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