Calgary Gas Negotiations End in Formal Standstill
Calgary representatives admit defeat in bid to secure highway pipe access from Medicine Hat gas field. After a Friday morning conference with Premier Greenfield and cabinet, Calgary officials packed up as the government declined support. Attorney General Brownlee to outline the stance in the House, with no Calgary moves likely before a new session.
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Carpenter
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Edmonton
Apply Co
Beteen
Greenfield
Adams
Brockington
Judge Carpenter
Brownlee
Huckvale
Crow
Irish Parliament delays possible as forces clear Connemara
Dublin July 28. All towns in Connemara cleared of insurgents and national forces push westward. Provisional cabinet members and 16 Dail members assisting in suppressing disorders. Clifden radio station dismantled, first long distance coast station in British Isles. Rail traffic may suspend due to interference with tracks.
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Dublin
Connemara
Ajujister
Provisional Government
Dail
Clifden
Galway
British Isles
Glace Bay
N. S
Ireland
Peace in U.S. Railway Strike Seen in Sight
Chicago July 28 plans for peace in the railway strike gained form and the hope was voiced that 300,000 union shopmen would soon resume work and present grievances to the United States labor railway board.
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Chicago
United States Labor Railway Board
Rand revolt figure Isaam Viljoen jailed for seven years
London reports that the special treason court in Johannesburg yesterday sentenced Isaam Viljoen a prominent Rand revolt leader to seven years with hard labor.
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London
Johannesburg
Isaam Viljoen
Lloyd George Sees Way Through the Russian Tangle
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that if the Russian government clearly announces its intent to pursue Hague Conference policies and Russian delegation statements, Britain would help its nationals begin negotiations with Russia to recover compensation for private property. He added that expanded export trade and credit to Russia would follow.
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Russia
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Alberta Chief Justices Clash Over Seniority
Edmonton reports that a seniority dispute between Chief Justice Scott and Chief Justice Harvey remains unsettled as proceedings move toward an appeal. The Privy Council granted leave to appeal the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in Harvey's favor, with hearing expected this autumn and Bennett acting for Chief Justice Scott.
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Edmonton
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Scott
Harvey
Privy Council
R. B. Bennett
K.C
Supreme Court of Canada
London
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Supreme Court
Quebec Bye-Election Set for August Seventeenth
Writs issued for a Labelle County byelection with nomination on August 10 and election on August 17. The move ends speculation that a general fall election would occur.
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Quebec
Labelle
Railway Strike Vote Looms Across Canada
Montreal July 27 report shows railway labor groups ready for a strike after a large vote in favor. About 49 000 workers would be affected if called. A conciliation board is authorized for Grand Trunk employees with A E Gillen named to represent the company. The wage cut of roughly six and a half percent sparked the dispute.
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Montreal
Canada
Division No. 4
Grand Trunk Railway
A. E. Gillen
Ottawa
Rail strike risk looms over Canadian railways workers
In Toronto a division executive warns a wage-reduction strike could begin before Sunday night affecting Canadian Pacific Grand Trunk and Canadian National railways. About 62 000 workers across Canada including boiler makers machinists carmen electricians blacksmiths and sheet metal workers would be involved.
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Toronto
Montreal
Railway Employees Department
American Federation of Labor
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk
Canadian National
Carmen
Dominion
New Stamp Rates Take Effect August First
Ottawa reports that starting August 1 stamp taxes will change on telegrams and cables, cheques, promissory notes, bills of exchange, overdrafts, express money orders, and stock transfers. Telegrams and cables will cost three cents per message, cheques and related notes two cents per fifty dollars with a two dollar maximum, stock and bond transfers three cents per hundred dollars, with specifics for bank transfers and advances. Official notices are expected soon.
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Ottawa
India to Harvest Record Wheat Crop and Export Likely
Ottawa reports India’s wheat crop may reach 9,818,006 tons, about 48 percent above last year, per H. A. Chisholm Canadian trade commissioner to India. He says India could export wheat before year’s end.
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Ottawa
India
H. A. Chisholm
Part of Drilling Outfit Arrives for Snake River Syndicate
Part of the drilling outfit of the Snake Hiver Royalty Syndicate has arrived from Spokane. Another car with the balance of the equipment is expected here in a few days.
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Snake Hiver Royalty Syndicate
Spokane
Plot to murder Premier Poincare reported in Paris
Paris reports that the French government has received trustworthy information alleging a plot to kill Premier Poincare. The tip concerns a German monarchist movement and threats toward the French leader.
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Premier Poincare
Paris
Poincare
Privy Council Dismisses Grand Trunk Shareholders Appeal
London and Ottawa report the Privy Council has dismissed the Grand Trunk Railway shareholders appeal. Lord Cave announced the judgment and costs were not awarded. The decision ends the case with the Privy Council advising His Majesty accordingly.
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London
Grand Trank Railway
Privy Council
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Lord Cave
Ottawa
Grand Trunk
Walter Cassells
Board of Arbitration
Drayton-Acworth
Chamber of Commerce Briefs Regent Month Activities
Secretary Richardson outlined actions by the Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce directors. The campaign for fall rye sowing reached about 50 000 acres within 40 miles of the city. A clothing drive with the Boy Scouts aided the Red Cross for winter relief in 1921 1922. A Retail section was formed with monthly meetings for merchants and members. A skating rink plans committee was appointed and progress noted. Builders supply exhibit plans were discussed at a Calgary convention of the Western Branch of the National Association of Building and Construction Industries. Steps toward a federal housing scheme in Medicine Hat were started and support for free auto tourist camping grounds was expressed. The survey board of Southern Alberta was assisted.
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Chamber of Commerce
Richardson
Medicine Hat
Calgary
National Association of Building and Construction Industries
Survey Board of
Alberta
Alberta Premier Eyes Temporary Coal Mine Working Pact
Edmonton July 28 Special to The News Premier Greenfield says the Alberta government seeks a temporary working arrangement in the coal mines to resume production while awaiting a permanent settlement of the U S dispute. He aims to market Alberta coal in Winnipeg to offset East shortages and prevent simultaneous coal and grain shipments from flooding markets.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Greenfield
United States
Winnipeg
Drive Band of Horses 500 Miles Reaches Saskatchewan Auction
After driving horses from Admire to Vonda and Duck Lake, two cowboys rest at the Baldwin Hotel in Saskatoon. The 500 mile trek yielded brisk sales with yearlings at $40 to $155, farm horses averaging about $100, and many with colts at foot. Prices at Vonda were strong despite the long journey.
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Saskatoon
Admire
Sask
Shaunagon
Vonda
Duck Lake
Baldwin Hotel
J. H. Young
Los Angeles
Corral
Saskatchewan
New Westminster Executions End Murder Case
Alexander Paulson and Alan Robinson were hanged at Oakalla prison this morning for the murder of W. F. Salsbury Jr. last fall. The condemned men were executed shortly before nine o clock as the city faced the late summer news.
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New Westminster
Alexander Paulson
Alan Robinson
W. F. Salsbury, Jr
Oakalla
Classified ads prove sales power in The Newa
A brief note on classified ads as quick salesmen, urging readers to advertise in The Newa newspaper for fast results and broad reach.
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Newa
Alberta border oil well spudded in near Coutts
The Archie McLean well on Section 1 of the quarantine reserve near Coutts was spudded in at 2 PM on Wednesday marking Alberta's first well on the border. Sweet Grass Oils Ltd. beat the government deadline by four days and warns leases risk cancellation if not developed by Sunday. The bustle drew many Lethbridge residents and officials as plans for subsequent spudding at the nearby Buailam well on Section 12 proceed, with derrick work and boiler firing gear already in place.
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Lethbridge Herald
Archie McLean
Coutts
Alberta
Sweet Grass Oils, Ltd
Lethbridge
A. J. McTean
Tiver
Ukel Y
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