Mackenzie King clashes with Meighen over prorogation stance
Ottawa debate erupts as former prime minister Mackenzie King rejects Premier Meighen’s claim that dissolution without prorogation mirrored King’s earlier plan. King accuses Meighen of unconstitutional overreach and asserts his resignation ended his responsibility. Continued on Page Seven.
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Ottawa
W. IL. Mackenzie King
Arthur Meighen
Meighen
Hugh Guthrie
King
House of Commons
Canada
Great Britain
Dominions
Mackenzie, King
Mystelf
Liberal campaign focuses on constitutional issue in Canada
Ottawa reports Liberals prepare a constitutional platform with no proposals yet, promising a full parliamentary session for supply and a commission to test Meighen government legality. They call Meighen a one man cabinet and criticize governance by warrants. Mackenzie King urged to run in Prince Albert, with opening date undecided.
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Ottawa
Ont
Meighen
Liberal Campaient Liberal
Government of
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
Prince Albert
Sask
Rain to LD Or
Vivid electrical display lit northern and southern horizons last night with little rain overall. The News reports scattered showers in a few localities, with Wert area noting brief precipitation amid clear breaks.
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Wert
Canada Land Company to be Inspected
In Ottawa on July 6 J W McLane of Medicine Hat reports optimistic crop prospects in Western Canada. He represents British bondholders of a land and irrigation company with 500400 acres in the Medicine Hat district 200000 irrigable. McLane will return with C C Baker of London to inspect the property and report to handhelders about roughly 15 000 in investments.
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Ottawa
J. W. McLane
Medicine Hat
Canada
McLane
C. C. Baker
London
England
Old Country
Handhelders
Mexican flood damages run into millions
Mexico City faces isolation as flood waters threaten rail lines and crops across the plateau. A cloudburst in Puebla’s Malinche area caused a torrent washing away tracks, with crop losses estimated at ten to fifteen million pesos and possible food shortages if imports do not arrive.
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Mexico City
el Paso
Laredo
Puebla
Malinche
Coal imports to Britain exceed two million tons since strike
London July 7. George Lane Fox Secretary for Mines told the House of Commons that more than 2 million tons of coal have been imported into Great Britain since the coal strike began. Most imports came from the United States and the continent, carried in by private firms.
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London
Great
Britain
George Lane Fox
House of Commons
United States
Public School Examinations Conclude At Connaught
Public School Examinations list numerous students including Tom Bell Kathleen Isaac Louise Quinlan Doree Averys Edith Baftain Rober Calder Annie Nagneden Joy Vidson Alic Fawcett Mildred Giles Bessie Havertake and others continuing on page I.
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Conna
Tom Bell
Kathleen Isaac
Louise Quinlan
Doree Averys
Edith Baftain
Rober Calder
Annie Nagneden
Joyvidson
Alic
Man with long service in CPR named terminal agent
George C. Bertéous, long time sleeping car conductor on the Trans-Canada Limited, has been appointed terminal passenger agent at Windsor Street station, Montreal. He has frequent contact with Canadian Manufacturers' Association delegates and many conventions, and will remain a hub for travelers and officials across Canada.
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Sapna
Canada
George C. Bertéous
Windsor Street
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
George
Dominion
Trans-Canada Limited
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
C.P.R
Far West
Clarendon Set for Canada Mission Amid Byng Tangle
London reports Lord Clarendon will sail next Saturday aboard the Empress of Scotland with his wife for a major overseas mission in Canada. Officials say the exact purpose remains secret though settlement work is cited. It is believed the mission may address broader tensions between Britain and Canada and Byng’s recent actions. There is talk of delaying the October Imperial Conference pending the Canadian political situation.
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London
Lord Clarendon
Canada
Dominion
Lord Byng
Col. Amery
Overseas Affairs
Snow Slide East of Revelstoke Sweeps Work Train
A pair of snow slides near Lauretta 16 miles east of Revelstoke British Columbia swept a Canadian Pacific work train from the tracks. An engine and four cars were carried to the riverbank with a missing car likely buried. no one aboard is believed injured. Crews rushed debris off the line. line rerouted and telegraph service interrupted.
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Revelstoke
Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lauretta
B.C
Wheat market trades heavily on Winnipeg session
Fairly large trade on the wheat market today in Winnipeg with strong tone. Prices slipped late. rains for the day ranged from 1 4 to 3 4 cents. July closed 1 527 8, October 1 385, December 1 325 8 amid heavy rains in Saskatoon and Central Saskatchewan.
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Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Byng Dissolution Move Declined by Dominion Secretary
London reports Lord Byng acted on his own responsibility in dissolving Parliament. The Guardian notes no Prime Ministerial consultation with K. C. Amery and compares the action to Britain’s constitutional history, including 1924 Ramsay MacDonald and Asquith scenarios, calling it secret history not a precedent.
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Mackenzie King
Baron Bynng
London
K. C. Amery
Dominions
Lord Byng
Lam
Mackenzie ‘Ing
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
Britain
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Australia
South Africa
King
MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald
Herbert Asquith
Flying Wheel Fatality Halts 100-Mile Dirt Race
Houis Coyner of Pittsburgh, a flagman for a 100 mile dirt car race in Butler, was killed when a wheel tore loose from a racing car and struck him. The incident occurred during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 7.
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Butler
Houis Coyner
Pittsburgh
Union Votes Confidence in J H Thomas Amid Strike Fallout
Weymouth August 7 Local report says J H Thomas General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen won renewed support from members. Earlier a move to demand his dismissal over his conduct in the general strike failed by a large margin, with only six delegates backing it. The conference rejected a resolution calling for his resignation over his signing of the National Wages Board award that denied unified railwayman grading.
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Weymouth
J. H. Thomas
National
National Wages Board
South Africa Sees Canadian constitutional echoes in Senate Act
Johannesburg notes that South Africa's Senate Act lets the governor general dissolve the senate within 120 days of the house of assembly, assigns ten year senate terms, and defines a government change by premier replacement. The Star says the governor general could act impartially in a crisis for public welfare, but ultimate power rests with the people.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Canada
Senate
House of Assembly
The
Star
Lancashire Mills May Close Through Lack of Coal
The Daily Mail reports Lancashire cotton mills may shut within days due to coal shortages amid the miners' strike. Only a few firms have about a week of coal left and little chance of more supply.
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Lancashire
London
The
Daily Mail
Lancashire Cotton Mills
Weir speaks at Native Sons meeting over imperialism split
James Weir of Calgary declares Canadians face a parting of ways between imperialism and Canadian nationhood at the Native Sons convention in Vancouver. He urges natives to build a national splint at home and to push Canadianism in every ballot box.
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Weir
Vancouver
Native Sons of Canada
Ottawa
James Weir
Calgary
Alberta
M.L.A
Nanton
Native Sons
Supreme Court
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Marjorie Kleohane
Arnott Armstrong
Gordon Becker
Ennis Berden
Victor Colter
Marjorie Cosman
Florence Davis
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