Canada ready to present measures to Commons on March 15
Ottawa reports the government’s legislative program is shaped for a March 15 Commons return. Plans include estimates for the next year and a renewal of the Hudson Bay Railway vote, with the Old Age Pensions Bill and Rural Credits legislation near completion. Immigration rules may also be revised under Charles Stewart.
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Hudson’s Bay
Ottawa
House of Commons
Hudson Bay
Commons
Progressive Party
H. M. Tory
Research Council
Tory
Charles Stewart
Immigration and Colonization
Stewart
W. J. Egan
Britain
Canada Draws Emigrant Trade Compared With Australia
Montreal March 8 Canada faces a paradox in attracting British emigrants. A former London County Council member Davis-Hanely argues Canada’s geography tempts migrants, yet locals criticize their homeland, unlike southern colonies. He urges Canadians to shed pessimism and support their country.
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Montreal
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Dominion
Davis-Hanelyormer
London County Council
Drilling Resumes at Roth No 1 Well
Drilling at the Roth No. 1 well has resumed with the hole at 8 am today. The hole shows 3,085 feet drilled, casing still set at 3,045 feet, and 1,500 feet of water bailed from the well.
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Roth No. 1
Man and Wife Survive Perilous Auto Descent
In Toronto on a Sunday afternoon March 8 Edward Jennings aged 47 tried to shield his wife as his car skidded on an ice road, jumped a curb and rolled down a sixty foot embankment. He held her in his arms until the vehicle stopped at the bottom. both escaped with minor injuries and the car was a total wreck.
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Toronto
Edward Jennings
Red Route Links Fernie to Winnipeg in Saskatchewan
A. Richardson reports the Trans-Canada Red Trail Association completed a crucial conference in Regina on March 1. Delegates from Medicine Hat to Winnipeg affirmed plans for a Saskatchewan Manitoba tourist map and the completion of the Red Route from Southeastern British Columbia to Winnipeg.
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Fernie Winnipeg
Richardson
A. Richardson
Trans-Canada Red Trail Association
Medicine Hat
Winnipeg
Regina
Medicine
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
How the Eight Hour Day Impacts the Retail Merchant
A survey of retail trade views on the eight hour day includes comments from Mr. 8 C Taylor who argues retailers should not be governed by the Factories Act. He notes retail workers receive pay when sick and enjoy two weeks of paid holidays, unlike factory employees.
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8. C. Taylor
Page Wight
Aged Parents Die of Gas Fumes in Seven Oaks Hotel
Percy Walter received word that his parents Mr and Mrs George Walker aged 85 and 82 were asphyxiated by gas fumes in their hotel room in Seven Oaks England. Percy Walker who resides here and a brother survive among fifteen sons thirteen killed in the war. Percy lost five sons.
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St. Catharines
Ont
Percy Walter
George Walker
Seven Oaks
Percy Walker
Percy
Rioting Fur Workers Face Police Platoon in Manhattan
A platoon dispersed 500 striking fur workers in downtown Manhattan as they tried to demonstrate. Police arrested 125 women on disorderly conduct charges amid a 17,000-strong strike across more than 2,000 shops demanding a forty hour week and an unemployment fund. A separate report notes Miss F. H. Barr of Banff died by suicide in Calgary.
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New York
Poligs
Manhattan
May Wheat Drops as Market Slumps in Winnipeg Trade
The Winnipeg wheat market fell after an early gain as weak demand from exporters and mills, plus slim buying power, led to May slipping to 1.43 1/2, July 1.41 1/4, and October 1.29 3/4. Canadian visible supply declined to 88,661,600 bushels. Coarse grains held firm briefly before weakening and flax also closed lower. In Calgary, two auto thieves, Wm. Tribe and Wm. Moore, received two year sentences.
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Winnipeg
United States
Tme
Japanese Diet Sets Wheat Tariff Hike for April 1
Tokyo March 8 The diet committee agreed to raise the wheat tariff from 77 sen per hundred kilograms to 150 sen and the flour duty from 185 to 29 sen. No rice duty rise was fixed. The increases take effect April 1. A sen equals about one half cent.
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Tokio
Auto Goes Thru Ice And Woman Drowned In Nova Scotia
Miss Marjorie Macleod aged 28 of North Sydney drowned when a touring car crossing to Sydney broke through ice and sank in thirty feet of water. Charles Thompson, a well known resident, barely escaped with his life after being rescued in an exhausted condition.
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Sydney
N. S
Marjorie Macleod
North Sydney
Charles Thompson
Thompson
Pipe Is Disconnected And Four People Found Poisoned
Jersey City report states four family members died of gas poisoning at Van Wart Place. The husband James Martin found the bodies after forcing entry by breaking a window. Police deem the deaths accidental as a gas tube on the kitchen stove was disconnected.
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Jersey City
N. J
van Wart Place
James Martin
Lady Fisher’s 39-Day Fast Cited With Fruit Ice Cure
Lady Fisher wife of Sir Warren Fisher of the British treasury is fasting for 39 days at a Tring Herefordshire sanatorium. She continues athletic pursuits but may not engage in rigorous sports and is reportedly neither hungry nor abandoning exercise.
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London
Lady Fisher
Warren Fisher
British Treasury
Tring
Herefordshire
Montreal Chinese Protest Against Police Raids
Montreal protesters claim persecution by city police over raids on Chinatown homes and alleged robberies. They retain lawyers to pursue damage actions against Montreal. recent jury anger followed multiple raids on Oriental residences.
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Montreal
Chinatown
Former Alberta newspaper man dies in Ottawa
John Dixon a former Edmonton Bulletin manager and wartime publicity head for the Commission of Conservation and for the Natural Resources branch of the Interior Department Intelligence Service died in Ottawa last night at age 57. He was born in St Thomas Ontario and is survived by his sister Mrs W H Haslem of Cranbrook British Columbia.
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Ottawa
Ont
John Dixon
Commission of Conservation
Natural Resources Branch
Department of the Interior
St. Thomas
Edmonton Bulletin
W. H. Haslem
Cranbrook
B. C
More Money Now Flowing Into Alberta province Coffers
Edmonton reports 224 companies incorporated in Alberta in 1926 with total capital of 16,500,725 and supplementary certificates adding 860,000. Provincial revenue totals 22,205,199, up 4,388 from 1924, with motor vehicle licenses 58,684 issued and revenue 954,411 up 105,788. Amusement tax 198,231 up 724 and gasoline tax 311,408 up 17,237 from 1924.
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Edmonton
Abberta
Department
French Premier Crisis Sees Briand Hesitant to Lead
Paris faces a tense political period as President Doumergue weighs options after Briand’s cabinet struggles with financial turmoil and health concerns. Possible successors include Herriot Poincare Callaiux and Perret, with talks of a sacred union but dissolution only as a last resort.
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Net
Aristide Briand
Doumergue
M. Briand
Paris
Raris
Httle
Dottmergue
Arrtistide Briknd
M Briand
Herriot
Raymond Poincare
Joseph Calllaux
Raoal Perret
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot—poincare
M. Doumergue
Mr. Caillana
Minn Pl Speaker Praises Empire Loyalty at Ottawa Toast
Ottawa reports Hon. Robt. Forke leader of the Progressives in the House rejects pride in the British Empire, saying loyalty and service to humanity define it. He urges Canadians to stay and contribute to Canada with pride in British citizenship. Premier King and Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen also spoke to the Empire toast.
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Ottawa
British Empire
Robt. Forke
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
Empire
Forke
Canada
King
Arthur Meighen
League of Nations opens special session chaired by Viscount Ishi
The Geneva assembly met in a special session today with Viscount Ishi presiding as crowds filled the galleries. Cardinal Cagliero, named a cardinal in 1916, died at age 88.
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Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations Assembly
Viscount Ishi
Crew DODGED Davy Very Close Margin in Atlantic Rescue
The General Smuts crew were landed at Plymouth by the Volendam after ten weeks at sea. All men are well except cook Stephen ouw, treated for malnutrition and brackish water effects. Captain Charles Rose said the schooner could not have lasted twenty-four more hours.
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Plymouth
England
General Smuts
Atlantic
Volendam
Stephen Ouw
Charles Rose
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Wm. Moore
W. R. Motherwell
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