Budget debate in Commons stirs party lines in Ottawa
In Ottawa on May 14 the House of Commons heard sharp exchanges over the budget proposals. Conservative speakers dominated the debate criticizing protection measures while Liberal members defended the budget as scientific and necessary for imperial unity. Agnes MacPhail announced plans to vote against the budget, and MPs raised concerns about tariffs and the federal deficit amid trade conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Rtm
Ottawa
House of Commons
R. J. Nioni
Copsettive
Fort ‘William
Canada
Dr. Manion
BK. C. St. Pete
Hochelaga
C. BE. Bothwell
Swift Current
General Smuts
Bothwell
Australia
British Commonwealth of Nations
Agnes MacPhail
Southeast Grey
A.E. Ross
Kingston
Grote Stirling
Yale
E. Ross
King
Great Britain
Ross
Rerar
Lar
Charles Stewart
United States
Lincoln
Liberal Party
Unrest Mounts Under Gandhi Tide in Bombay Presidency
Chaos spreads across British India as authorities widen arrests and impose martial law. In Bombay Presidency riot and hunger strikes ripple through Rangoon to Ahmadabad, with Sholapur under military control and curfews dictating daily life.
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Bombay
India
A.P
Mahatma Gandhi
Presidency of
Burma
Ahmadabad
Shiroda
Mahatma
Abbas Tyabji
Garidhi
Sholapur
Mahataleshwar
Bombay Presidency
Presidency
Frederick Sykes
Ufder
Calcutta
Abbhas Tyabji
Karachi
Mill City
All-India, National Congress
Government of India
Medicine Hat Calgary Road Work Planned in May
Tenders called by the department of public works for grading and paving on a 20 mile South Cooking Lake to Tofield segment, 33 miles Passano to Brooks, and two second course paving contracts on Calgary Medicine Hat and near Cardston. Tenders due May 21. work to start after award. The program will nearly complete the season with a few small contracts remaining.
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Timonton
South Cooking Lake
Tofield
Department of Public Works
Adeparemert
Garth
Passano
Brooks
Calgary
Calgary-Meaicine Mat
Corway
Cardston
Hist
Public Works Department
Grain inspections report for Winnipeg on May 14
The Winnipeg grain inspection statistics for May 14 show current year figures in contrast with last year. Wheat 189 cars contracted and 169 received. oats 16 vs 104. barley 10 vs 92. flax nil vs 4. rye 3 vs 20. mixed grains 1 vs 6. screenings nil vs 4.
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Winnipeg
Weather snapshot for Canadian west and prairies
Vancouver and Victoria show fair conditions with cool lows. Alberta towns report clear or fair skies with winds light, Manitoba remains cool while Saskatchewan stays mostly fair. Forecast calls for little temperature change with partly cloudy periods and cooler nights through Thursday.
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Vancouver
Victoria
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Fair
Lethbridge
Moose Jaw
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Rioting in Winnipeg Chinatown Leaves Several Injured
In Winnipeg's Chinatown last night, axes and baseball bats were used as two Oriental factions clashed. Three Chinese were hospitalized and numerous others were treated. seven Orientals were arrested after the riot began shortly after midnight near city hall.
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Winnipeg
C.P
Chinatown
Rfaée
odmBat
Dynamite Cap Explodes in Mouth Near Shipshaw River
A workman in Chicoutimi Quebec sustained likely fatal injuries when a dynamite cap exploded between his teeth while he prepared to blow a log jam on the Shipshaw River. The blast also set off a stick of dynamite, flinging the man a distance.
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Chicoutimi, Que
Shipshaw
Measures to limit World manufacture of narcotics at opium conference
Geneva May 14 The League of Nations Council proposed calling up help from victim countries to fight illicit opium traffic. It tentatively set December 1 for an international opium conference where the main issue will be a proposal to limit world manufacture of narcotics to needs of magic and science.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Council of the
League of Nations
Council
Doings in Parliament Ottawa May 14 Senate liquor bill
Ottawa May 14. In the Senate the Liquor Export Bill will be discussed while in the Commons the budget will be continued. Yesterday Hon. A. C. Hardy was installed as speaker to replace the late Hon. Hewett Bostock. The budget debate in the Commons featured several MPs including Dr. R. J. Manion Agnes McPhail and Grote Stirling among others.
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Ottawa
C.P
Senate
Commons
A. C. Hardy
Hewett Bostock
R. J. Manion
Fort William
Agnes McPhail
Southeast Grey
C. St. Pete
Dochelaga
Grote Stirling
Yale
GC. E. Bothwell
Swift Current
A. E. Ross
Kingston
H. A. Stewart
Leeds
Wm. Bock
Maple Creek
R. B. Hanson
York-Sudbury
Lethbridge Bonds At High Premium For City Hospital Funding
The Bank of Montreal offered 102.37 for bonds to finance Galt hospital expansion in Lethbridge, 70 000 at 25 years and 5 000 at ten years, 5 percent interest, city council unanimously accepted. Competing bids came from C T Burgess Co and Wood Gundy, with par sinking fund bid of 100 rejected after BMO offer.
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Lethbridge
Bank of Montreal
Galt Hospital
C. T. Burgess and Co
Ward
Toronto
Wood, Gundy Do, Ltd
Letheridge
Premier Brownlee Defends Parks Policy Against Bennetts Criticism
Edmonton May 13 Premier Brownlee dismissed Hon R B Bennetts objections to federal control of Alberta national parks as not serious. He argued park administration clause acceptances were clear and noted provincial benefit from continued federal administration to boost tourist traffic and expenditures.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dominion
House of Commons
B. Bennett
Brownlee
Bennett
Chester Cup Won by Mountain Lad in Chester
Mountain Lad owned by Chester H. Sutton won the Chester Cup in Chester England. Mountain Lad s sire is Alan Breck and dam Maid of the Mountains. Paul Caret owned by W. M. Singer finished second and Dark Hillock owned by Baron Bacyen was third. Eighteen ran.
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Chester
Eng
Mountain Lad
Chester H. Sutton
Alan Breck
W. M. Singer
Paul Caret
Baron Bacyen
Smith Found Guilty in License Plate Theft Case
Carl S. Smith appeared at the A. P.P. court last night charged with stealing license plates and four gallons of gas from a car near Hilda. He was found guilty and fined five dollars plus costs. Smith belonged to a Calgary auto party that caused a street disturbance by swearing on Monday evening. A. Baker, another member, was fined yesterday.
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Carl S. Smith
A. P.P
Hilda
Smith
Calgary
A. Baker
Scarface Al Capone Returned to Miami Jail
Al Capone again jailed in Miami after being seized at a boxing match. Authorities moved quickly to detain him on sight, delaying habeas corpus hearings as his attorneys sought a judge.
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eTee
Miami
Fla
A.P
Scarface
al’ Capone
Hector Lang M.L.A. to Speak on Education Wednesday
Hector Lang M.L.A. is invited to discuss Education during the Liberal party period broadcast in Calgary. The CKLC program runs weekly from eight to nine with Liberal speakers addressing the party platform.
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Liberal Party
Calgary
CKLC
Hector Lang
M.L.A
Halifax Mother Is Charged With Murdering Child
In Halifax Nova Scotia a murder charge was laid against Mrs Gertrude Drake after the charred body of her five year old daughter Goldie was found in woods on the city outskirts. She had earlier said she fainted and the child disappeared while near the road. A disinfectant bottle lay close to the scene.
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Halifax
N.S
C.P
Gertrude Drake
Goldie
Little Ora May Simpson Drowns Near Wild Horse Lake
Ora May Simpson known as Pete dies at age nine after drowning in a dam near Barney Simpson's ranch close to Wild Horse Lake. The tragedy occurs on Tuesday afternoon near the family home, a well known Medicine Hat area residence linked to Rotary and Kiwanis clubs.
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Ora May Simpson
Wild Horse Lake
Pete
Barney Simpson
Simpson
Rotary and
Kiwanis
Medicine Hat
Havre
Nationalist Army Seizes 10000 Rebels in Anhwei
Shanghai reports the Nationalist Government forces captured 10 000 Northern rebels and pushed invading troops out of Anhwei Province in a government despatch.
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Shanghai
A.P
Anhwei
Aid. P. M. Simpson Opens Election Office in Medicine Hat
Returning officer P. M. Simpson has opened an election office at Room , in the Bocker Block on Second Street Medicine Hat.
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Aid. P. M. Simpson
Medicine Hat
Room
Bocker Biock
Second St
Central Alberta Crops Report Highlights Wheat Increase
May 14 Edmonton reports Central Alberta sowing expands with 10 percent higher wheat acreage than last fall. About 66 percent of oats sown. moisture uneven across districts. Some areas like Lamont and Killam east show good rains while St Paul Wilkingdon Barrhead Edmonton Wetaskiwin Bentley lack moisture.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Monthly Cron
Ceneral Alberta
Lamont
Killara
Grouth
St. Paul
Wilkingdon
Barrhead
Wetacki
Bently
Setttler
Finest Canadian cattle shipment passes through Winnipeg
May 4 Winnipeg reports a record cargo as seventy head of pedigreed stock, including forty thoroughbred Short Horns and notable horses, travel via the Canadian Pacific lines from High River. Drof W A Carlyle observes the through freight with officials like Governor J D MacGregor in attendance.
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Winnipeg
Drof.w. AL. Carlyle
Prince of Wales
High River
Canada
Canadian Pacific Lines
J. D. MacGregor
Prairie fire coverage from Saskatchewan protests unclear
Fragmentary notes mention Canadian fire events and a prairie region in Saskatchewan with references to rains and western activity. The text is garbled and does not provide a coherent event, date, or identifiable organizations.
Fragmentary OCR Note With Unclear Details
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