Immigration policy debate in Canada ranks Britain move
Toronto report on the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada session focuses on immigration, with Minister of Labor Peter Heenan denouncing propaganda to ship British unemployed to Canada for harvest labor. Heenan says Britain offered 25,000 miners, rejects claims Britons won’t work, and notes migration should not affect broader policy.
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Toronto
At &Pension
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Peter Heenan
Ape Heenan
Great Britain
Dominion
Canada
England
Mvs
Heensn
Thi
Ita
Gambling in land values sparks Canada wide price gaps
AG Dalewell of Toronto tells a Town Planning Institute luncheon that Canadian land values are higher across the country than in England due to wholesale speculation. He cites prices to illustrate the disparity and argues speculation as the chief driver of land costs.
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Canada
England
London
AG. Dalewell
Toronto
Town Planning Institute of
Cansita
Dominion
Old Age Pensions Paid in Canada to June
Statistics from the department of labor show 3 350 recipients in British Columbia under the program with total payments of 442 222 up to June. The federal government funded half the pensions with BC residents over 70 receiving benefits, averaging 17.47 monthly. 1 671 men and 1 279 women. Pensioners mostly hailed from Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan Nova Scotia Quebec Yukon and Prince Edward Island. Saskatchewan already pays since June aiming for 1 600 on payroll in September. Manitoba and Yukon to start soon.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Department of Labor
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Nova Scot
Quebec
Yukon
Prince Edward Island
Opportunities In Peace River Famonton
Lord Lovat chair of the British Overseas Settlement committee reports from Edmonton on a week tour of the Peace River country. He notes over 3,000 homesteaders and settlers have entered the district this year and many British families are thriving with farming efforts despite little prior experience.
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Peace River
Lord Lovat
British Overseas Settlement
Edmonton
Canada
Peace Distri
Peace District
Navy Tests New Submarine Rescue Device Jung Brings Breathing Apparatus
The U S Navy tested a diving bell breathing device named Jung to aid submarine crews trapped underwater. Divers reached 159 feet breathing high atmospheric oxygen, reporting no discomfort, with plans to outfit subs if tests remain favorable.
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Solomon Islands
M.D
Jung
France to publish naval accord at League of Nations
Foreign Minister Briand announced that France will make public the Franco British naval accord through the League of Nations disarmament committee. He stated the act will be incidental to demonstrating efforts toward disarmament and denied any secret clauses.
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Geneva
France
League of Nations Committee of Disarmament
Briand
League Assembly
Smit Urges Nations Spare Natives From War
Hon. J. S. Smit, South Africa's high commissioner in London and League of Nations representative, appeals to the League assembly to keep native races out of modern warfare and avoid war.
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Geneva
J. S. Smit
South Africa
London
League of Nations
League Assembly
Dagmar of Denmark In Critical Condition In Copenhagen
Ex empress Dagmar aged about one year in Denmark lies seriously ill in Copenhagen hospital. The ailing figure, once connected to Russian Imperial lineage, is described as the sister of Queen Alexandra and closely tied to royal circles.
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Copenagen
Denmark
Dagmar
Alexander Tit
Russia
Alexandra
Queen Mother
England
Plane Tested Makes Automatic Landing In LA
Merle F. Kelley piloted the craft reaching S seconds off the ground and 100 mph before a hands aloft landing. The inventor Merril described the tilt wing as the speed device, with contributions from Clark Millikan Bateman and Klein of CALTECH.
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Los Angees
Merle F. Kelley
AA. Merril
Clark Millikan
RA. 3Kkan
Harry Bateman
A. L. Klein
California Institute of Technology
Keystone to build deluxe tri motor planes at Bristol
Keystone Aircraft Corporation announces four all metal monoplanes to serve Los Angeles clients. The Bristol Pennsylvania plant will produce the largest American planes capable of carrying 20 passengers with private apartments and sleeping berths. Edgar Scott, president, says the tri motor craft will reach 155 miles per hour with hot and cold water and a radio in sleeping compartments.
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Los Angeles
Keystone Aircraft Corporation
Bristol
Penn
Edgar Scott
America
Ottawa Aids Non-Agrarians with Family Passage Plan
The Department of Immigration announced an extension to the passage scheme for wives and children of British settlers in Canada not employed on land. A reduced steamship fare of 15.2 has been arranged, with free for children under years and only the Dina Colonist railway fare added. The plan follows a June recommendation by the agriculture and colonization committee, while Minister Forke assessed British harvesters, noting about eight thousand in western fields and predicting ongoing political control of immigration policy.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Immigration
Dina
Agriculture and Colonization Committee
Winnipeg
Robert Forke
Thomas Gelley
England
Forke
Regina
Gelley
Saskatchewan Drives Headlight Testing Initiative
Following a government conference on reducing traffic accidents, Saskatchewan urges garages and filling stations to equip a headlight testing device. It lets drivers quickly check compliance with provincial law, which limits beam height to 42 inches at 75 feet. If stations meet standards, private operators may issue driver certificates.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Refuse Trade With Russia Congress Rejects Resolution
Following a heated debate the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada rejected a resolution favoring the resumption of trade relations with Russia. Sponsors argued Russia was the only country where the working classes were in control and that a ready market existed for Canadian products. Australia Buys B.C. Apples Winnipeg. Beginning this month the Wealthy apples from British Columbia to South Africa were resumed, with one Canadian Pacific Railway carload shipped from Salmon Arm as the trade rebuilds.
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Toronto
Ont
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Russia
Australia
B.C
Winnipeg
British Columbia
South Africa
Canadian Pacific Railway
Salmon Arm
Ramsay MacDonald Sails Homeward From Canada
Former British premier Ramsay MacDonald spoke from the Empress of Australia as he sailed toward Southampton recalling Canada with affection and stating he will return to lead the Labour Party into the next general elections. He planned two weeks in Europe before resuming campaign duties and predicted strong results.
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Quebec
Canada
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Australia
Southampton
Labor Party
Birmingham
Fire destroys famous hotel at Murray Bay
A blaze consumed the Manoir Richelieu, a famed Canadian summer hotel at Murray Bay, leaving only smouldering ruin. Officials estimate the loss at 500000 dollars, fully insured with plans for a new building now altered to include a wholly new structure on the site.
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Murray Bay
Que
Manoir Richelieu
Canada
Canada Steamship Lines
Montreal
Nova Scotia Nominations Progress in Halifax NS
Halifax reports 24 candidates already chosen for the provincial election with 11 conventions on the schedule. Four Conservatives including Col Gordon Harrington from Cape Breton Centre have reoffered, making him the fourth Rhodes cabinet member to seek reelection. Liberal organizers say no seats will be ceded to the government by acclamation.
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Halifax
Col
Gordon Harrington
Cape Breton Centre
Rhodes
Plot Nipped In Bud As Arrests Hit Spain
Reports from the Franco-Spanish border say numerous arrests were made in Spain after the discovery of a plot against the government of Primo de Rivera who is about to celebrate his fifth anniversary as dictator. Despatch from Hendays says arrests were reported in Madrid and other Spanish cities.
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New York
Spain
Primo de Rivera
France
Madrid
Evacuation of the Rhineland Debates Restart in Geneva
Indications point to serious talks on evacuating the Rhineland with a second Geneva session. Participants include M Briand German Chancellor Mueller Under Secretary Von Schuehert Lord Cushendun V Sciaioja Hymans and Sachs. A communique said discussions have begun and will resume on Thursday.
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Briand
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Paris
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Germany
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Lord Cushendun
Great Britain
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Italy
M. Hymans
Belegium
M. Sachs
Japan
Herr Muhler
Federal aid promised for grain congress in Regina
Ottawa officials Dr JH Gristale deputy minister of agriculture D T Eid manager of Regina Fur JH Mooney a western grain grower held talks on the world seed exhibition and congress to be staged in Regina in 193. The federal government will assist generously with a prize list of 200000 and samples of wheat barley oats rye buckwheat corn clover alfalfa rice and miller rice. The conference planned for November will invite agronomists field husbandry marketing brewing and distilling experts to refine detailed plans.
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Ottawa
OBI
JH. Gristale
D. T. Eid
Regina
J. H. Mooney
Polar search for Nobile Arctic disaster called off
The Stefan News Agency reports recall of vessels in Spitzbergen waters as polar winter rapidly advances. Further aeroplane searches are impracticable due to 24 hour darkness and recurring storms. The Norwegian icebreaker Bragianza will be released and the Citta di Milano base ship will depart King's Bay for the south.
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Statut
Stefan
Spitzvergen
Bragianza
Citta di Milano
King’s Bay
Chamberlain Improves Health On Bermuda Visit
Sir Austen Chamberlain British foreign affairs minister walks unaided down the gangplank of the Orcoma in Bermuda. He, Lady Chamberlain, and children ashore for a few hours at Clifton residence, marking his first disembarkation in a long voyage. Observers note steady health improvement as the party departs.
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Mamillon
Bermuda
Austen Chamberlain
Lady Chamberlain
Col
KE. B. Leigh
Clifton
Leigh
Prospect
Austen
Liverpool
Gas Poisoning by Lignite Fumes Shocks Halle City
A cloud of sulphurous gas from nearby lignite mines swept Halle Germany poisoning hundreds including many children. Hospitals treated many as panic spread and schools were closed amid fears of wartime gas attacks.
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Halle
Germany
New Transcontinental Bus Service Starts Los Angeles to New York
Regular daily bus service between Los Angeles and New York began September 11 with the arrival of the first large automobile. Cars depart daily for the cross country run in about five days and fourteen hours, roughly a day longer than the typical train trip.
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Os Ange
New York
Los Angeles
France To Honor Tanney Paris Sports Plaque Plan
French sportsmen plan to affix a plaque at 26 rue de Pontoise in Paris to honor Gene Tunney. The former Marine boxer trained there in 1918, shaping his early boxing career before rising to fame.
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Paris
Geneney
France
Rue de Pontoise
Tunney
Bomb Factory Uncovered in Beja Portugal
Government police uncovered a bomb factory in Beja a southern Portugal town. Authorities seized many bombs and made numerous arrests in the operation.
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Liston
Portugal
Beja
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