Railway governance debate spans British Columbia to Alberta
Ottawa watchers report railway questions across several provinces including British Columbia and Alberta are under serious consideration. Proposals focus on provincially owned lines and potential absorption by major carriers with the Pacific Great Eastern seen as a Vancouver outlet for the Grand Trunk Pacific.
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Ottasya
British Columbia
Aleta
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northern
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National
Pacific Great Eastern
Vancouver
B. C
Alberta
New Brunswick
Saint John
McLean
Peace River
Prince George
B.C
Canada plans freer trade with Cuba and Czecho Slovakia
Ottawa reports measures for more favorable trade with Cuba and Czecho Slovakia to apply in Parliament. Trade with Cuba totals 15 to 20 million yearly, while Czech and Slovak commerce runs just over 2 million. Germany trade could lift Canada totals to about 10 million.
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Ottawa
Canada
Cuba
Germany
Prom
Czecho-Slovakia
Dominion
J. L. Isley
M-P
Mexico
Colombia
Venezuela
T.C. T. O'Hara
Trade And,commerce
Lindbergh Reaches One More Objective
Caracas, Venezuela honor famed flyer Charles A Lindbergh after a fog bound flight from Bogota Colombia. He landed near Maracey fifty miles west of Caracas ten hours after departure and apologized to President Gomez for keeping him waiting at the field.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Maracey
Here
Bogota
Columbia
Chas
A. Lindbergh
Godmez
Girl Frozen to Death in Port Arthur Car
Florence McCartney aged 19 formerly of Lethbridge Alta was found dead frozen to death in a parked car on a Port Arthur street. Jack Hollands drove with her last night and slept in the vehicle until morning. Hollands detained as material witness pending post mortem and inquest.
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Port Arthur
Florence
McCartney
Lethbridge
Alta
Jack Hollands
Miss McCartney
Hollands
Mystery light on Hare Island explained as mirage
Captain John Hearn of the ice breaker Mikula reports the light sighting on Hare Island, 100 miles below Quebec, was a mirage created by the converging lights of St. Simon and Notre Dame du Portage. The signals misled residents for fifteen days before official clarification.
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Quebec
Can. Press
Hare Island
St. Simon
Notre Dame
du Portage
John Hearn
Mikula
Hearn
Signal Service Agency
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Grain Inspections Record Higher Wheat Car Totals
Winnipeg report shows total wheat cars at 965 for January 30, up from 497 last year. Contract grade cars numbered 308 versus 107 previously.
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Winnipeg
Fire damages University of Toronto medical building
A major fire at the University of Toronto medical building caused over 100000 dollars in losses, with 25000 dollar structural damage and chemicals, equipment, and diabetes research disrupted. Water damage renders the facility unusable for 400 students for weeks. Dr. Banting and colleagues pioneered insulin treatment there.
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Toronto
University of Toronto
Exie
F. G. Banting
No Export Demand for Wheat on Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Winnipeg Jan 80. Trading on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange showed weak demand with wheat holding a narrow range and closing little changed. Export interest was entirely lacking and activity shrank to local purchases, while nearby grain values declined fractions from last weekend's close.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Sermon on Prayer Book Revisions Cited by Mr Western
Mr Western spoke on the prayer book controversy noting the Anglican church s right to revise and the long history of changes. He outlined the 1928 revisions and said Parliament debated but did not force changes, promising to continue next Sunday with discussions on the Marines conversations.
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M. Raspouae
Western
Priefly
York
Canterbury
Church of England
Commons
England
Schooner Mayotte Abandoned Off Halifax
The schooner Mayotte of Lunenburg was abandoned at 9 30 this morning and her crew were rescued by the Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamship Canadian Pathfinder, according to a message to C S Harvey local agent for the Marine and Fisheries Department.
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Halifax
Lunenburg
Canadian Pathfinder
C. S. Harvey
Marine and Fisheries Department
Government views costly national revenue board unlikely
Ottawa reports say the Royal Customs Commission proposal for a national revenue board to supervise the customs board is unlikely to be enacted this session or ever. Government circles argue the new machinery would be expensive and the reformed existing board suffices for tax and duty disputes. The current board includes Breadner Walters Blair Russell and Taylor. Euler had not acted on the recommendation when the inquiry report was tabled.
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Ottawa
Royal Customs Commission
Board of National Revenue
Board of Customs
Iit
Board of Inquiry
J. T. Brown
Saskatchewan
House of
Customs
P. Walters
Taxation
C. P. Blair
J. W. Russell
Finance Department
G. W. Taylor
Excise
National Revenue Board
W. D. Euler
National Revenue
Rumors of Canadian Guardianship Stir Pan American Talks
Ottawa officials reject claims that Canada will assume guardianship over the British West Indies. Havana dispatch notes a Pan American conference rumor that Canada seeks to head a federation of British states in the western hemisphere.
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Ottawa
Jah
Havana
Canada
British West Indies
Cuba
West Indies
Western Hemisphere
London
Conservatives will not move any amendment in reply to the Speech
Ottawa report notes Conservatives will not move any amendment to the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. Decision announced as the first entries of the Opposition slice the opening of the House amid general discussion with no firm stance on any specific question in the Speech. Vancouver stock and commodity figures follow later in the dispatch.
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Ottawa
Chaadkin Press
Haig Dies in London After Heart Disease At 66
London January 30 Karl Douglas Haig veteran of World War I and commander of British armies in France and Belgium died in Prince's Gate London from heart disease He was 66 and had planned retirement He originated poppy day and campaigned to aid disabled soldiers He spoke Saturday urging loyalty to England and citizenship during a Scouts enrolment ceremony
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London
Karl Douglas Haig
France
Belgium
W. G. Jamieson
Prince’s Gate
Harl Haig
Slyde Park
Riviera
Earl Haig
British Empire
Richmond
England
Cosgrave Train Derailment Delays Ottawa Visit
President Cosgrave and party traveling from Montreal to Ottawa aboard a Canadian National special train were derailed near Limoges, 23 miles from Ottawa. Arthur Boyd, road foreman of engines, died from injuries. firemen R. J. Day and A. Legault were injured. no other injuries reported.
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Ottawa
Cosgrave
New York
Ciy
Pan
Canedian
National Railway
Tra
Montreal
Arthur Boyd
Canadian National
Limoges
Boyd
R. J. Day
A. Legault
Trea
Aged Couple Perishes in Montreal Fire
Montreal January 30 Amos White 60 and his wife Catherine 48 died in their beds when a fire destroyed their St Timothy street home Newspapers used as fuel for a small stove overheated igniting walls trapping the couple The bodies were removed to the morgue
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Montreal
Amos White
Catherine
St. Timothy Street
White
Metropolitan Church, Toronto Burned
Fire at the Metropolitan Church in Toronto practically destroyed the building as only walls and the tower remained. The damage is estimated at 500000 dollars. origin of the blaze is not yet determined. Rev. Dr. W. H. Sedgwick serves as pastor.
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Toronto
Can
Metropolitan Church
United Churches
W. H. Sedgwick
Wot
Hamilton
Early Duck Return Signals An Early Spring
Flocks of wild ducks were spotted on the Athabasca river at Jasper by Major Fred Brewster, famed outfitter and Rocky Mountain guide. He notes it is the first duck arrival this early in over 25 years, a sign of an early spring, with many crows noted nearby strengthening the belief.
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Jasper
Alta
Athabasca River
Fred Brewster
Rocky Mountain
Brewster
Rockies
American nurse lost in desert found by soldiers
Vienna Jan 80 Lost in the desert between Bagdad and Mosul for three nights, Miss Alice Carn American nurse of the Near East Relief, was found by British officers and Assyrian soldiers Saturday. The soldiers provided shelter and then brought her to Mostila where a motor helped her proceed. The nurse who was traveling alone to Smyrna carried $10,000 for relief funds.
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Vienna
Bagdad
Mosul
Alice Carn
Near East Reiter
Brsh
Carr
Uy Motoren
Mostila
Wis
Smyrias
Yridn
Barn Fire Destroys Building on 376 First Street
A noon blaze at 376 First Street destroyed a barn of unknown origin. The brigade responded promptly but could not save the structure. No injuries are reported and the incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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First Street
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