Ottawa Rail Amendments Defeated in House of Commons
In Ottawa on May 17 the Conservative opposition failed to push amendments to fund branch line construction in estimates. Bills for extensions from Grande Fresniere to Rinfret Jametson and Kamloops to Kelowna were advanced to third reading after amendments were lost. The House adjourned with Matthew Evoy, a Regina district veteran, reported deaf.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Grande Fresniere
Rinfret Jametson
Fhatury Drayton
Jion
G. P. Graham
Kamloops-Kelowna
British Columbia
Sir Henry Drayton
Conservative
United Grit
Drayton
Peebles
Saskatchewan
Gravelbourg
Neidpath
Ste. Rose Lac
Borketon
Manitoba
Turtleford
Hafford
Prince Albert
Paddockwood
Fyfe
Acadia Valley
Alberta
Eston
Whitebear
Une Neil Kelvington
Grasshoppers Reported In Milk River Area
Grasshoppers have appeared for the first time this season in the Milk River and Barnwell districts of Southern Alberta. The Department of Agriculture in Edmonton will supply poison bait under prior terms and will coordinate with municipalities and local improvement districts to combat the pest. Supplies are stocked in Lethbridge Medicine Hat Calgary and Edmonton for orders or reports of appearances.
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Milk River
Barnwell
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Weather and notices mix from western Canada and Nova Scotia
The barometer rises across the West with northerly winds. Weather cools in BR, C and western provinces with scattered showers. Forecast shows fresh northwest winds, mostly fair and cool today and Sunday. A monument to Sir Charles Tupper will be erected at Amherst, Nova Scotia.
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Vancouver
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Au Nelson
Calgary
Saskatoon
Sir Chas. Tupper
Amnherst
N.S
Flapper Bandit Pearl Necklace Addendum at Trial
Pearl Redmond known as the Flapper Bandit was sentenced to five years to life in San Quentin for holding up a real estate man. Sheriff deputies report the case as involving a $15,000 pearl necklace. An associate, Mrs. E A Reckenbacker, faced a hotel fraud charge with a missing necklace.
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Los Angeles
Pearl Redmond
San Quentin
Sheriff's
E. A. Reckenbacker
Marie Toombini
Pasadena
Gladya Ellars
Marsh Wins Open Male Voice Solo at Musical Mural
Mr. J P Marsh of Medicine Hat won first honors and the Shenley Shield in the open male voice solo contest the final event of the Musical mural festival. Though previously ineligible in earlier classes, Marsh qualified for the open event and was named best male soloist at the festival.
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J. P. Marsh
Joseph P. Mash
Medicine Hat
Marsh
Sarnia Oil Co Signs Contracts on Muny Island Leases
The Morri son Of and Gas Co Enterprise Ol and Sarnia ON and Gas Co accept and sign leases on 6200 acres in the Muny Island field with plans to extract oil and carbon blacks from wells on royalty terms. Press Wilson notes contracts finalized and Sarnia equipped to ship to Medicine Hat soon.
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Morrison of& Gas Co
Enterprise Ol Co
Sarnia ON and Gas Co
Eastern Company
Medicine Hat
Muny Island
Wilson
Sarnia Company
Train accident claims James Steel near Payne
James Steel, traveling from Saskatchewan to Glasgow, Scotland, was killed today when he fell from the open door of a railway coach on a sharp curve near Payne. No further details are available about Steel’s life.
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Saskatchewan
Renfrew
James Steel
Glasgow
Scotland
Payne
Steel
Alberta crop report notes rapid wheat seeding advance
Edmonton May 17 The Department of Agriculture reports wheat seeding in Alberta near completion by May 20 with oats well under way. About 25 percent of early sown wheat is above ground in healthy condition. Moisture remains short in eastern districts, rain needed soon, while new crop germination is good, especially on summer fallow.
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Edmonton
Department of Agriculture
Alberta
Ma Jormart
Main Road to South Country Likely Soon
After chamber of commerce representations, the Public Works Department expects a main travelled road between Medicine Hat and Manyberries. District Engineer G. McMillan met with chamber leaders and others to discuss a suitable route. He will not recommend construction to the department.
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South Country
Department of Public Works
Chamber of Commerce
Medicine Hat
Manyberries
Chamber
Public Works Department
R. J. Johnson
Gershaw
Ty J
Curd
Municipality of
Excelsior
M. Klaiber
Woolchester
McMilan
Thomas White defends actions in Home Bank case Ottawa
Sir Thomas White the former finance minister faced questions over not ordering an independent Home Bank probe. He argued the order in council limited the commission and that ministerial discretion to authorize audits rests with parliament, not a tribunal. He noted a $1500 retainer paid before the bank failure.
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Ottawa
Thomas White
Finance
Home Bank
Royal
H. A. “leKeown
Sean
Thomas
Ite
Order In Council
Canada
Minister of Finance
W. OS. Fielding
Fielding
Per- Hanent
Henry Drayton
Daridne
British MPs Denounced for Habitual Drinking at Temperance Conference
In Leicester on May 17 the National Commercial Temperance Union condemned British members of Parliament for over-indulgence in alcohol. A resolution urged restricting sale hours for intoxicants in Parliament as elsewhere. Magistrate Clarke cited one member who became a drunkard and declined politically and socially. Rev. Rowley called for political reform to address the problem.
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Leicester
Eng
House of Commons
National Commercial Temperance Union
Clarke
York
Head-On Collision Delays Canadian National Train Near Port Arthur
Fireman T. J. McLeod of Port Arthur and baggage man J. J. Dohm, also from Port Arthur, suffered bruises in a May 16 collision at mileage 133 west of Hemanite Ont on CN line between westbound passenger No. 33 to Winnipeg and an eastbound freight. Passenger train slowed, freight train ascending grade. Baggage car crushed mid-way. other coaches stayed on rails. Traffic held up until noon.
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Port Arthur
T. J. McLeod
J.J. Dohm
Arso
Hemanite
Beatty Sees Improved Outlook For Western Canada Immigration
Calgary May 16 Canadian Pacific Railway President BE Beatty arrived in Calgary amid optimism on Western Canada immigration. He urged increasing settler placements through agency programs to reduce hardship. Beatty noted better western psychology, strong grain shipments, and growing importance of the western route for Alberta and Saskatchewan. He toured with Holt Molson and other directors and addressed the officers’ association before continuing westward.
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Calgary
Canada
BE. W. Beatty
Caddian Pacific Railway
Beatty
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Prairie
Alberta
Coleman UW Hta
KE. C
B.C
Saskatchewan
Prelfie
Herbert Holt
F. W. Molson
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
H. H. McLean
St. John
N.B
DD. C. Coleman
Western Lines
Heatty
Officers’ Association
Ottawa House Sifts Labour and Trade Estimates
Ottawa May 17 estimates for Labour and Trade and Commerce will be taken up in the House of Commons on Monday. The Senate did not sit. The Agriculture estimates were discussed in the short afternoon sitting and the Canadian National Railway Branch Lines Bill received its third reading in the evening.
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Ottawa
Mounday
Departments of Labour
of Trade and Commerce
House Commons
Senate
Classified Ads Promote Quick Local Sales
The News showcases classifieds as quick, effective sales tools for local buyers and sellers seeking fast results. Advertisers highlight broad reach and concise messages that connect products with interested readers.
Curran Tackles Immigration Detention Claim in Halifax
Rev Dr Curran of Halifax denounces the Canadian Department of Immigration for injustice and discrimination against Italians and southern Europeans. He cites four hundred Italian immigrants held since Tuesday night under orders and urges allowing a lawyer of their nationality.
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Halifax
Department of Immigration
Europe
Charles Curran
St. Mary's Cathedral
Republican Socialist committee calls for Millerand resignation
Paris May 17 The executive committee of forty Republican Socialist party members including Aristide Briand resolved to refuse participation in any government that does not promise to realize the program with the top aim of Millerand's resignation.
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Paris
Republican Socialist Party
Aristide Briand
Presdent Millerand
Youthful Joy-Riders Take a Spin in Dr McLeod Car
Jimmie McLeod and Campbell White, four-year-olds living on Second Street, took a joy ride in Dr. McLeod's Pierce Arrow yesterday afternoon. The car started with observation but the journey ended when it crashed through a fence and stalled against a tree on the Wilson residence lawn.
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Jimmie
McLeod
Campbell White
Second Street
Dr. McLeod
Wilson
Fire on Yuill Street Sparks Barn Blaze
A lighting bonfire on Yuill street caused danger as flames spread to a barn behind Mille Green houses. Fire brigades responded at 6:50 p.m. and extinguished the blaze after water from a garden hose cooled and contained the fire.
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Yuill Street
Mille
Police Court Guilty Plea For Driving Furiously
C Beosoku pleaded guilty at the police court this morning to driving a horse furiously on Allowance Ave and Way and fitted the costs of the court.
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C. Beosoku
Allowance Ave
Way
Notice of power outage in local area
The electric light and power will be off from 12:30 noon until 6 p.m. in the local area. Apologies for any inconvenience.
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Anay Ill
Mis
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Matthew Evoy
Regina
Deafi
Flapper Bandit
Sarnia Oil Co
Thos. White
Coleman
DR. Curran
Ace
Christian Science
Grientist
Peter V. Ross
C.B.E
Francisco
California
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
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