Union Cabinet Plan May Solve B C Difficulties
Victoria British Columbia Premier Tolmie plans a union government along National Government lines to meet present conditions. He will seek a statement and work with W J Bowser K C as talks continue with undecided politicians and possible Liberal changes. The move aims to clarify the province's hazy political situation and set a course for an early election.
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Victoria
Tormie
British Columbia
England
Tolmie
W. J Bowser
K.C
Conset
Licely
Men Return To Work At GPR Shop Winnipeg
About 1,200 employees in the Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive department in Winnipeg return to a 12 day work period in September. Car department workers, totaling 700, restart for 21 days September 1. All staff stay on a 40 hour week with no extra help. Vendors report grain tar prep ahead of a large grain trap. Also mentions a separate item about a pilot incident and a record flight to 21,000 feet for cosmic ray research.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Car Department
Car
Canadian Trade Boost Seen in Commonwealth Budget Tariffs
Canadian trade commissioner D. H. Ross reports tariff amendments in the Melbourne introduced budget will aid Canada’s trade with Australia. Ottawa Ottawa consacre benefit noted by Ross, highlighting Canada Australia commerce prospects.
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Ottawa
Australia
Commonwealth
Melbourne
D. H. Ross
Canada Looks to Trade Deals At Imperial Conference
Ottawa reports study of UK markets as Canada plans to participate in conference trade gains. Agriculture officials note high domestic cattle prices limit exports while Britain enjoys cheap bacon and beef prices. Western cattle expected to move to Ontario farms for winter fattening and spring export plans.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Department of Agriculture
Britain
Ontario
Relief for Veterans To Be Equalized Across Relief Basis
Ottawa officials confirm pensioners will be aligned with municipal relief rates, not pension levels, in a move to boost aid for unemployed veterans. Premier Bennett cited, but officials note the change targets relief rates, addressing disparities where small pensions fell short of others on relief.
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Ottawa
Department of Pensions
Natonal Health
Calgary
Bennett
Winnipeg Legion Command
Woollen mill plan eyed for Calgary factory job surge
Dr A Oliver of Galashiels two idle woollen mills offers to mantle one and establish it in Calgary. Alderman Ko Ho Weir says if plans progress, the mill could employ 700 workers. Early stage, service-club remarks noted. Imperial Conference accords seen as lasting beyond set limits, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister reports on Pacific Coast arrival. Also reported are Bradstreet’s weekly failures drop to 425 for week ended Sept 1 and 80 years of Welsh Sunday School attendance by David Owen of Chwileg.
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Caleary
Calgary
Alberta
A. Oliver
Galashiels
Scotland
Ko Ho Weir
Weir
Alta
Dominions
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Philip Cunliffe-Lister
Pacific Coast
New York
Bradstreet's
Beauharnois Project Plans Approved for Expenditure
Dominion Government approves plans for the Beauharnois canal and works costing fifty million dollars. The 14 mile canal between Lake St Louis and Lake St Francis near Montreal will be conveyed to the Dominion. The contract with Ontario Hydro provides 35,000 hp on October 1 rising to 250,000 hp in five years. Agreement signing for canal transfer to Canada expected soon.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Lake St. Louis
Lake St. Francis
Ontario Hydro Commission
Hydro
Canada
Evils Of Waste Warns Lord Bessborough In Vancouver
Lord Bessborough governor general of Canada denounces waste as the world’s worst evil in a Vancouver address before city service clubs. He says diagnosing global ills is fashionable but waste of energy and human effort through lack of coordination stands foremost, and the right cure remains debated.
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Reanborough
Kean
Vancouver
Lord Bessborough
Canada
Cty
Gretheat of London Loads Wheat at Churwill Fifth
After a week of gales fog and ice in the North Atlantic and Hudson Strait the Gretheat of London arrived September 7 and proceeded to load 264 000 bushels of wheat for Cardiff She is the fifth vessel this year to load grain at the port Capt Thomas Griffiths of the Hainton Lines noted ice remains a bother and the ship lacks a gyro compass an official says such a device is needed in Hudson Bay A government geologists party aboard M H Lady Logan was reported off Cape Eskimo en route to Chesterfield
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Northern Pot
Cardiff
Shurenill
Max
North Atlantic
Hudso Strait
SS. Gretheat
London
Gretheat
Co Aat
Thomas Griffiths
Hainton Lines
Hudson Bay
M. H. Lady Logan
Ottawa
Chesterfield
Cape Eskimo
Population of Vancouver Ottawa in 1931 census
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports the Greater Vancouver area population at 308 240. Breakdown by location includes Burnaby 25 564 New Westminster 17 524 North Vancouver district 4 788 West Vancouver 4 786 North Vancouver city 510 University endowment area 575 and Vancouver city 246 593.
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Ottawa
Greater Vancouver
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Burnaby
New Westminster City
North Vancouver
West Vancouver
North Vancouver City
University Endowment Area
Vancouver City
Western Wheat Production Datimate For This Year
Western Canada will produce 426 813 000 bushels of wheat this year per the Winnipeg Free Press estimate. Saskatchewan 217 602 000. Alberta 168 120 500. Manitoba 41 090 500 bushels. Saskatchewan leads in acreage but average yield is 14 bushels per acre. Coarse grains include oats 257 191 000. barley 66 445 800. rye 9 573 800. flax 3 165 500 bushels.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Winnipeg Free Press
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Inquiry on University of Manitoba funds seeks government action
Winnapeg Man reports a judicial inquiry promise by Minister of Education Ro A Hoey into shortages in University of Manitoba endowment funds. Hoey says restitution may come after court and commission investigations, stressing cabinet policy, not individual decisions. Church matters are not affected. Rev Canon Gould meets Archbishop Stringer to discuss western church affairs.
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Winnapeg
Man
University of Mani
Tobe
Hon Ro A Hoey
Emer
Hoey
Mr. Hoey
Canon S Gould
Toronto
Missionary Society of the
Church of England
Canada
J. O. Stringer
Rupert's Land
Clisiis
Ottawa banker named Dominion commissioner of excise
Commissioner Hugh D. Scully of Ottawa Toronto will be appointed Dominion commissioner of excise succeeding G W Taylor who has resigned. Scully brings wide finance and business experience including work with the Canadian Manufacturers Association as assistant secretary and activity in the automotive industry. Since 1922 he has been with Stewart Scully Company investment bankers. Taylor retires from the post on October.
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Ottawa
Hugh D. Scully
Toronto
Dominion
Exise
G. W. Taylor
Scully
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Tha
Stewart, Scully, Company
Taylor
Manchester Cotton Strike Hope for Arbitration After Offer
Employers in Manchester expressed willingness to arbitrate the Lancashire cotton dispute as the Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers Association prepared a reply to Sir Henry Betterton’s invitation to meet with union leaders. A union rep called the move surprising and said employers had progressed toward settlement beyond expectations.
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Manchester
England
Lancashire Weavers
Cotton Spinners and Manfacturers Association
Henry Betterton
Police Veteran Retires From RCMP in Ottawa Ontario
Royal Canadian Mounted Police announce the retirement of Inspector Robert Humby after a long service career. Humby served mainly in Western Canada and was recently stationed at Prince Albert Saskatchewan where he held the rank of inspector.
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Ottawa
Leaders To Visit London for Indian Settlement Talks
Native leaders from Simla and across British India travel to London to work with the king-emperor's ministers on completing a settlement of their country’s political future. The mission aims to outline a framework for self rule and constitutional arrangements within the empire.
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Simla
India
British India
London
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David Owen
Chwileg
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