Way opens for increased Canadian trade with Britain
Ottawa reports free entry for many Canadian manufactured goods into the United Kingdom with preferences on broad goods lists. The pact covers paper, aluminum, stoves, textiles, leather, rubber, and chemicals, plus dairy, eggs, butter, and other commodities. Aimed at boosting overall Canadian exports, it outlines specific duty concessions and preferred rates across diverse products for a multi year period.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Wheat Movement to Churchill Stalls Slightly at Prince Albert
Wheat shipments from the Canadian National Railway division to Churchill slow as only half the 2,500,000 bushels shipped before August remain to be sent northward. Since August, 2,500,000 more bushels have moved, filling Church elevator near capacity with 2.5 million yet to go.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Canadian National Railway
Churchill
Mul Receives Large Order in Hamilton Ontario
A local hosiery firm in Hamilton Ontario received one of the largest orders in Canada, for 1,000,000 pairs of silk stockings. The shipment will keep the stocking department busy for months.
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Hamilton
Ont
Canada
Death By Negligence Court Ruling In Auto Crash
A county judge in Southampton finds gross negligence by both drivers in the New Forest collision that killed Earl of Egmont and former Priddis, Alberta, farcher last May. He dismisses with costs the £100 claim by John Penny against Ira Lithauer, London. The judge says both drivers failed to see the other car and were driving too fast, with no sole cause.
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Bart
Egmont
Southampton
Eng
New Forest
Earl of
Lithauer
Communists Expel Twenty Prominent Soviet Members
Moscow reports the central committee of the Communist party expelled 20 prominent members including Gregory Zinoviel and Leo Hameneff for organizing a counterrevolutionary group to dissolve collective and state farms. The expelled were long-time party members and former Trotsky followers now in exile in Turke.
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Soviets
Moscow
Russia
Central
Centrol
Communist Party
Gregory S. Zinoviel
Third Internationale
Leo Hameneff
Lech Trotsky
Ing
Trotsky
Exil
Tur
Nght
Decision Rests With Local Authorities
Ottawa reports the struggle between the Dominion Government and provincial authorities over direct relief. The Department of Labor says the act grants the local administrator authority to decide whether relief is paid in money or in kind, placing the prerogative in local hands.
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Ottawa
Ont
Department of Labor
Advances Plan For Circulation Of Money
Springside Saskatchewan hears Hon A C Stewart advocate a federal banker commission to issue fiduciary money. The plan aims to flood Canada with cash, reduce interest rates, and shift funds from government securities to industry and commerce to boost investment.
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Springside
Canada
A.C. Stewart
Monster of Highways
Stewart
Dominion
Harvesting accident claims life of young Saskatchewan farmer
Robert Potter a 26 year old farmer from Sovereign district was fatally injured when caught in a combine on his farm twelve miles southeast of Sovereign. He died in hospital after the October 1 incident in Saskatoon. Calgary reports criticise health department reorganization during Alberta Veterinary Association address. Ottawa tally shows Imperial Economic Conference expenses totalled 238,? million with 133,505 spent on delegate entertainment and official parties in Ottawa.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Robert Potter
Sovereign District
Mr Potter
Sovereign
Calgary
Alberta
Dominion Health of Anima’s Department
George Joadhey
Alberta Veterinary Associaton
Ottawa
Ont
George Perley
William Duff
Lib
Antigonish-Guysboro
House of Commons
Lost hunters found near Gravenhurst Ontario after two days
Two Toronto men and one from Kitchener, lost while partridge hunting in Muskoka rocky woodland, were found after spending nearly two days exposed and drenched. All three were in good condition.
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Gravenhurst
Muskoka
Toronto
Kitchener
Coast Fishermen Consider Strike Over Salmon Prices
News notes potential protest actions along British Columbia coast led by the British Columbia Fishermen's Protective Association over depressed salmon prices. A separate item mentions an English scientist developing a glass-like material from rudimentary sugar.
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British Columbia
Bright Fan Sinking Not Affect Bay Route Safety Says Captain
Captain RE Oliver of the grain steamer Bright Fan arrived from Churchill and called the wreck an act of God. He refused details until the inquiry, while crew members said the ship was in order. He noted the iceberg collision was unavoidable and Churchill will grow as a major trade hub despite the loss.
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Hudson Bay
RE. Oliver
Churchill
Oliver
English Woman Killed by Bandits in Harbin Manchuria
Mrs C Z Woodruff an English woman whose husband is chief accountant for British American Tobacco was killed by bandits during a daylight kidnapping attempt on a main Harbin street. The bandits seized her children. two Russians pursued and were wounded when the attackers opened fire. Chinese police recovered the children. two kidnappers escaped. The city, recently plagued by such raids, was set alight with alarm. The children were unharmed. Calgary merchants oppose a debt act moratorium and favor not changing the current system as proposed by the Alberta Bar Association.
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Harbin
Manchuria
C. Z. Woodruff
British American Tobacco Company
Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Retail Merchants’ Association
Land
Alberta Bar Association
MacDonald Celebrates 66th Birthday at No 10 Downing Street
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald marked his 66th birthday on October 12 while at work at No 10 Downing Street. His attention was required by matters connected with various pending conferences.
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London
England
Ramsay MacDonald
No. 10
Downing Street
Preference on Wheat Should Benefit West
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Bennett outlining tariffs and preferences under a Canada UK agreement. A six cent per bushel preference on Canadian wheat and free entry for four imports aim to boost Canadian flour and wheat sales to Britain, while empire producers must meet world prices. Canada seeks a secured UK market as the empire’s prime wheat consumer.
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United Kingdom
United Kings
United K
Gansta General
Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
RB. Bennett
Canaan
Bennett
British Empire
United States
Red Kingdom
Mainain
Winnipeg Urges Immediate Action On Jobless Transients
Winnipeg city council calls for Dominion Government relief of transient unemployment. A resolution petitions that every transient be provided transportation to their legal residence and given proper food and accommodation while stranded. Over 3,000 transients removed from freight trains in six days amid the ban on roaming.
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Winnipeg
Man
Last Ship For Season From Northern Port Believed Outbound
A steamship named Pen ya sails outward from the northern port signaling the season’s final departure. It is the tenth vessel to carry grain overseas via the Hudson Bay route this autumn, as calm seas contrast with the prior week’s turbulence.
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Churchill
Man
Penya
Farry
Hudson Bay
British September exports hit multi year low in England
British exports for September were valued at £26,228,606, the lowest total recorded in many years, according to trade figures released by the Board of Trade.
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London
England
Board of Trade
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