Canada to send delegates to proposed empire conference
Ottaway Canada indicates readiness to appoint delegates to a London fall conference to lay groundwork for foreign policy discussions across the Empire. Premier King notes government would name representatives and that opposition leaders need not attend formal meetings.
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Canada
Ottaway
London
Thomas
Premiser MacKenzie King
Haoui Dandarand
Bevaie
E. M. MacDonald
Defence
O. D. Skelton
Department of External Affairs
Europe
League of Nations Council
King
Prooter King
Typhoon hits Japan and Formosa causing floods and isolation
Typhoon sweeps northern Formosa causing about two hundred missing and many feared dead as floods inundate Taihoku. Rail traffic stops and city is effectively isolated while thousands of homes flood. Kiushin islands also hit with widespread railway and communications disruption though Osaka and Kobe ports remain open.
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Tokio
Tamsui
Formosa
Taihoku
Nagashi
Japan
Kiushin
Osaka
Kobe
MacLaren Invited To Seattle Celebration Flight Team
Seattle Chamber of Commerce invites Major A. Stuart MacLaren commander of the British round the world expedition to a Seattle celebration for the United States army world fliers completing a 27000 mile circuit. MacLaren and his crew are en route to Vancouver.
Wheat cutting begins on Coaldale field in Alberta
Spring wheat cutting starts on a 320 acre field at the other farm in Coaldale with an estimated yield of 25 bushels per acre. Similar activity begins at Barnwall Wilson Siding Milk River and other points in Southwestern Alberta with heavy crops near the mountains, and will be general this week.
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Lethbridge
Coaldale
Barnwall
Wilson Siding
Milk River
Alberta
Canadians flood into the United States seeking jobs
The labor publication reports large numbers of Canadians entering the United States due to work shortages in Canada. It notes the new immigration law does not prevent native Canadian workers from coming to the country.
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Washington
Canada
Labor
Polish Government Protests Moscow Over Stolpes Attack
The Polish Government issued two notes of protest to Moscow and the Russian Soviet legation. One protests a Bol Shevik attack on Stolpes near the Polish border, the other complains of the continued imprisonment of two Polish mission members in Moscow.
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Moscow
Stolpes
Rabbits Cost Australia Large Pasture Loss
A study estimates rabbits caused Australia a loss of 125 000 600 pounds by consuming pasture that could have fed 30 million sheep, highlighting substantial agricultural impact and animal damage.
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Australia
Grading Of Bacon Needed To Win British Market
Ontario Minister of Agriculture J S Martin says bacon grading is essential for Canada to compete in Britain. He notes Ontario producers must deliver first class quality to win orders. He predicts limited English labor but expects recruiting from Scotland and Ireland while Scandinavia and Holland may supply a larger quota.
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Toronto
Ontario
Atlantic
J. S. Martin
Britain
Continent
Canada
British Squadron Receives Welcome in Halifax Historic Council Chamber
Halifax Nova Scotia and the city greet Vice Admiral Sir F L Field and the British special service squadron in the provincial building. Field outlines three aims of the world fleet tour testing ships in varied climates exposing personnel to empire trade routes and proving Britain’s continued naval strength. Officials praise Halifax as longtime North Atlantic fleet HQ from 1749 to a strategic shift toward the North Sea.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax City
Halifax
F. L. Field
Special Service Squadron
Council Chamber
Admiral Field
Dominions
Great Britain
North Atlantic
North Sea
Self Government in India Hindered by Religious Intolerance
Professor C V Raman argues in Toronto that India’s path to self rule is blocked by bitter religious strife among Moham medans and Hindus. He says Indians favor self government and seek equal status with Britain and other dominions, not antagonism toward Britain.
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India
Toronto
C. V. Raman
University of Calcutta
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Raman
Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Irish Free State
Floods Displace Thousands in Southern India
Severe floods in Madras and Malabar have caused at least 190 deaths with 50,000 homeless. Thousands of acres of crops ruined. An outbreak of cholera is reported and urgent subsistence relief is needed, including funds for seed cattle and building materials.
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Madras
British India
India
Cochin
Malabar
Duke of York Not Coming to Canada Tour Planned
The Duke and Duchess of York will sail for British East Africa in November for a three month tour. They will visit Kenya Colony and Uganda with likely big game engagements. No foundation for a Canada visit with the Prince of Wales was found.
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London
Duke and Duchess of York
British East Africa
Kenya
Uganda
Duke of York
Canada
Prince of Wales
Must Pay Liability Urges Immediate Action in Toronto
G T Clarkson liquidator of the Home Bank announces immediate action against those who have neglected or refused to pay their double liability or failed to mount a defence. The statement calls for swift enforcement of lability obligations in Toronto.
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Toronto
G.T. Clarkson
No Pension Claims After This Month Warns Veterans
Ottawa reports a War Veterans Association bulletin warns all disability pension claims must be filed by August 31, 1924. Ex service men should act promptly to secure full consideration. dependents may file within three years after death or loss of dependency.
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Ottawa
War Veterans’ Association
Government open to plans to take over Hudson Bay Railway
Ottawa reports Minister of Railways Hon George Graham willing to discuss any reasonable proposition for the Hudson Bay Railway takeover. He notes western provinces should have a strong say and that private or provincial interests may acquire and complete the line, with negotiations possible if support grows.
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Ottawa
George Gralan
Hudson's Bay Railway
Graham
No Harvesters From Britain Not Needed This Year
Immigration authorities announce there will be no movement of British harvesters from the United Kingdom to Canada this year. Transport firms have been notified of the government stance, and officials expect ample Canadian farm labor in the west, with any extra help to be sourced locally.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Canada
Immigration Department
Outlaws Kill Seventeen at Yucatan Hacienda Attack
Seventeen unarmed people were killed and ten wounded when about fifty armed outlaws attacked a hacienda near Opichen in Yucatan state. Merida dispatch to El Universal reports the massacre occurred at the hacienda with no immediate shelter or defense for the victims.
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Mexico City
Opichen
Yucatan
Merida
el Universal
Stop Abuse Of Word British In Company Names
A House of Commons bill would require limited liability firms using British in trading names to have all directors British and at least 51 per cent of shareholders British born or naturalized. Introduced by Conservative S J R Remer, the measure targets firms cloaking foreign nationality. He cited a registered aeroplane concern with three directors, including one Russian national, one naturalized Lithuanian, and a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Russia, as example of abuse.
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London
House of Commons
J. R. Remer
Remer
Heme
Fkirtsa
Lithuania
United States
Russia
Assassins of Mrs Evans Captured in Puebla Mexico
General Roberto Cruz reports in Puebla that the assassins who killed Mrs Rosaline Evans in Mexico City have been captured. They are brought to Puebla under guard with secret service and British legation officials assisting in the arrest.
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Mexico City
Rosaline Evans
War Department
Roberto Cruz
Puebla
Determined To End Revolutionary Menace in Bengal
Calcutta. The British authorities will use every means to defeat the revolutionary menace in Bengal, Governor Earl of Lytton declared at Dacia. He warned of an exceptionally difficult time ahead and said they are strong enough to deal with the threat and will not shrink from using all weapons necessary for its defeat.
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Calcutta
Bengal
Earl of Lytton
Benga
Dacia
Appointed Manager of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Regina Desald MacRae of Regina has been named general manager of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. Mr MacRae is known to farmers across the province from his work with the Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator Company Ltd. He was acting chief superintendent of country elevators in 1920 after Thordarson’s resignation and became chief superintendent in 1921.
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Regina
Desald MacRae
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
MacRae
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company, Limited
Thordarson
Harvest Time Roughly Set for Manitoba Wheat
Manitoba crop report from the Department of Agriculture expects general wheat cutting by August 23 with some late sections delaying to about September 1. Crops are maturing gradually and filling out is well advanced. The report notes the pear is exaggerated and rust unlikely to greatly affect the earliest crop. Sawfly, hail, and frost damage are negligible.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Branch Line Construction CNUR Extension Work Winnipeg
Work has started on the Canadian National Railway Ravelbourg extension after royal assent. Steel is being laid on 11 miles of road. additional branch lines are planned across the province and five more in Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia totaling 162 miles. Tenders for clearing grading and culverts are with the chief engineer. No contracts awarded yet.
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Winnipeg
Canadian National Railway
Ravelbourg
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Ottawa pushes jail terms for professional smugglers
A deputation from Canada's textile and other industries urged Premier Mackenzie King for harsh penalties against professional smugglers. R Percy Sparks led the group, citing large smuggling losses and potential bankruptcies for firms. They asked for a government backed bureau to aid arrests and said the government promised immediate attention.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mackenzie King
R. Percy Sparks
Association of Garment Workers
Air Pilot Killed In Crash Near Hudson Ohio
Harold A. Kullberg aged 28 a famed wartime RAF lieutenant who shot down 11 German planes died in a commercial flight crash near Hudson Ohio. Henry Dunker aged 34 of Hudson also perished when the plane dove 2000 feet nose first.
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Cleveland
Harold A. Kullberg
Royal Air Force
Henry Dunker
Hudson
Ohio
Olio
Palace unearthed near Cairo by Egyptian Society
Archaeologists of the Egyptian Exploration Society will completely unearth a sun worshippers palace 160 miles south of Cairo next year. The palace covers 430 by 340 feet and is only half revealed so far.
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London
Cairo
Egyptian Exploration Society
Allied program of payments now accepted
London reports Germany has accepted a moral obligation to float a 40 million pound loan and the Dawes plan progression accelerates. An agreement allows enforcement 10 days earlier than October 15, with a new October 5 launch target contingent on Reichstag legislation. Amnesty in the Ruhr is also agreed for most offenders.
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London
Marx
Reichstag
Germany
Council of 14
Ruhr
Rhineland
Britain Receiving Dyes From Germany
During the British fiscal year 1923 24 the government received reparations dyes from Germany valued at par of exchange at 944200 dollars. Dye sale receipts including prior years total 1672250 dollars while commissions and other disposal charges including freight and storage run 194640 dollars. From 1920 shipments total dues received amount 5501900 dollars and sales total 6971000 dollars with 1062679 dollars in commissions and other charges equivalent to 15.21 percent of sales.
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New York
Germany
Bankers’ Trust Company of New York
Swiss Plan Everest Attempt Led by Young Alpine Club
Switzerland prepares a national mountaineering expedition to ascend Mount Everest in spring 1925. The leader is a renowned Swiss alpinist with Himalayan experience, accompanied by climbers under 35. They will avoid heavy oxygen gear, using syringe injections of compressed and liquid oxygen to treat breathing issues.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Everest
Himalaya
Explorer Stefansson Returns from Central Australia
Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson reports from Central Australia that a water supply could transform more than half the barren land into productive country and that water is likely to be found. He compares Central Australian pioneer life to Canada forty years earlier.
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Central Australia
Adelaide
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Canada
French Canadians Return to Quebec from New England
Hundreds of French Canadians who went to New England in the last two years are returning home to Quebec or back to their former jobs, officials of the colonization department report.
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Quebec
New England
Colonization Department
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East Africa
H. B. Road
Aieriodh
Mrs. Evans
Lady Byng
Liverpool
Dominion
Montclere
CNUR
Allied Program OF Payments
Mount
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