Larkin Begins Annual Dominion Visit to Ottawa
Ottawa reports Canadian high commissioner in London Mr. P C Larkin arrives in Canada for annual talks with Premier King and federal cabinet. He plans to discuss economies across London departments and potential changes in immigration and trade, likely staying three to four weeks before heading to Geneva for the League of Nations assembly.
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Ottawa
Nica
P. C. Larkin
London
Canada
Larkin
Dominion
King
Canada House
Trafalgar Square
Trade and Commerce
Assembly of the League of Nations
Geneva
Large Sum Needed To Complete B C Road
Premier Oliver announced estimates show about 1 750 000 dollars is needed to finish the Pacific Great Eastern Railway to Prince George. He noted the line is sound but requires extensive ballasting and replacements. cabinet positions how or whether to proceed will be considered before the next session.
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Prince George
Victoria
British Columbia
Pacific Great Eastern
Oliver
Ile
India Objects To Protocol Geneva
In a League of Nations communication India declares the Geneva peace protocol harms its interests. It argues the nation's geography would invite immediate sanctions against eastern recalcitrant states and impose burdensome military and financial costs. It warns Indian religious communities would face unwarranted strain.
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Geneva
League of Nations
India
League
Warren Named Canada's Controller of Immigration in Hong Kong
Ottawa D. F. Warren assistant controller of Chinese immigration for Canada at Hong Kong was selected to succeed the late Joseph Featherstone as controller. Warren has fifteen years in the immigration service with postings at Fort William Fort Frances and Calgary.
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Ottawa
D. F. Warren
Canada
Hong Kong
Joseph Featherstone
Mr. Warren
Fort William
Fort Frances
Calgary
Eskimos Radio Broadcast From S S Peary Ship
Eskimos aboard the S S Peary broadcast a musical programme on a forty metre wavelength from station WAP. The broadcast was heard in Chicago as part of the MacMillan expedition communications from Etab Greenland.
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Chicago
Etab
Greenland
WAP
S.S. Peary
Martial Law Declared in Focsania Region of Romania
The cabinet proclaims martial law in Focsania in Eastern Romania to quell anti-semitic agitation. Officials attribute the trouble to the Third Internationale and seek to restore order.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Focsania
Third Internationale
All-Russia Textile Syndicate Seeks Machinery Deal in Manchester
A delegation from the All-Russia textile syndicate arrived in Manchester after a visit to Germany to negotiate for textile machinery for Russia valued at about five million pounds.
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Manchester
Eng
All-Russia Textile Syndicate
Germany
Russia
Australia Benefits From Imperial Preference
Australia gains from imperial preference with estimated £850,660 this year on sultanas sugar wines and currants. Government aids overseas marketing with over £200,000 advanced to producers for current crops. NZ talks progress while Canadian preference nears operation.
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London
Australia
Baldwin
Loudoun Times
Adelaide
New Zealand
Troops Withdrawn From Cape Breton After Riot in Nova Scotia
In Halifax N S the army removed over a thousand troops stationed in Cape Breton since mid June. They were sent to colliery districts after the June 11 New Waterford riot that left one man dead and others injured, with looting and burning at British Empire Steel Corporation stores. Transportation and maintenance costs from June 12 to August 8 totaled 325000 dollars, based on Major-General Thacker's figures supplied to the attorney general.
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Halifax
N.S
Cape Breton
Canada
New Waterford
British Empire Steel Corporation
Department of National Defence
Thacker
Ontario minister’s wheat pool remarks draw fire in east
Manning Doherty said western farmers could get help from a 10 cent payment on the 1924 crop, while A J Mac Phail, central selling agency head, defended no advance payments and called Doherty’s figures guesswork. Doherty forecast a western wheat crop of 350 to 400 million bushels, above government estimates.
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Ontario
MacPhail
Winnipeg
Manning Doherty
A. J. MacPhail
Prairie Wheat Pools
Regina
Toronto
Canada
Doherty
West
Mr. Doherty
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Cattle Awards At Vancouver Fair Dominate Angus Class
J D McGregor of Brandon Manitoba won senior and grand championships in the Aberdeen Angus bull class with Permit 9th. Queen Quail took senior and grand championships among females, Blue Lady of Glencarnock earned junior reserve female. McGregor totaled seven firsts seven seconds and thirds. Mortson and Sons of Fairlight Saskatchewan had twenty one second or third place ribbons in Ayrshire classes. Amos and Black of Moffat Ontario won Shorthorn female championship with Maxwelton Rosemary and also earned five firsts five seconds and five thirds.
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Vancouver
J. D. McGregor
Brandon
Man
Queen Quail
Blue Lady of
Ayrshire
Amos and Black
Moffat, Ont
Maxwelton Rosemary
Japanese Captain Floats B C Officers
The Japanese freighter Kaikyu Maru ignored a seizure demand over the Hustler sinking in Vancouver harbor. Acting on instructions from Vancouver, the marshal waited off Victoria as the ship dropped its Vancouver pilot. After discussions the captain promised to enter Royal Roads but refused marshal access. The vessel then headed to sea leaving officers in an open boat.
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Victoria
W. H. Goggin
British Columbia
Admiralty Court
Hustler
Vancouver Harbor
Vancouver
Royal Roads
First Wheat Of Season Reaches Winnipeg From Rosenfeld
A carload of top grade northern wheat from a Rosenfeld Manitoba farm arrived in Winnipeg on August 11, believed to be the first shipment of the 1925 crop. The sample weighed 63 pounds to the bushel.
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Winnipeg
Rosenfeld
Man
Frontier Closure at Belgrade Over Plague Fears
The Jugo-Slav Government ordered the Greek frontier closed amid reports of a plague outbreak in Piraeus.
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Belgrade
Piraeus
Reached Agreement on Security Pact Amid London Talks
In London, French Foreign Minister Briand and British Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain agreed on France’s reply to Germany regarding mutual guarantee and arbitration treaties. The exchange also touched on the broader security pact, with officials saying talks have improved prospects for future discussions among Allied nations and Germany, with a meeting expected when the German ambassador visits Downing Street.
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London
Europe
France
Briand
Austen Chamberlain
Foreign Office
Germany
British Isles
Mr. Chamberlain
Downing Street
Canada Pays Large Loan in London and New Debts Loom
Canada has paid off a £5,000,000 loan due in London on August 12. Three more loans are due in the coming months, including a $90,000,000 note in New York next month and an $8,000,000 loan due November 15 in both cities. A $42,900,000 tranche of the first war loan issued under Sir Thomas White is due in December.
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Ottawa
Canada
London
New York
Sir Thomas White
Reichstag Approves U.S. Trade Treaty and Tariff Bill
Berlin reports the Reichstag approved the new treaty of commerce and amity with the United States. The body also passed the government's tariff bill without any amendments.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
United States
Saskatchewan cattle pool report backs cooperative pool model
A Saskatchewan committee recommends a cattle pool shaped as a federation of livestock associations rather than a grain style pool. It warns a true grain-like pool is not feasible and could disappoint, with George F. Edwards of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association releasing the findings. The enquiry was created by a Grain Growers' Association resolution and involved Langley, Evans, Wright, and Waldron among others.
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Regina
Federation of Livestock Associations
Saskatchewan
George F. Edwards
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
George Langley
Edward Evans
South Saskatchewan Stockyards, Ltd
Moose Jaw
R. A. Wright
Saskatchewan Livestock Board
W. Waldron
Department of Agriculture
Passes New Tariff Act Restrictions on U S Exports to Germany
Germany's Reichstag passes a new tariff act with high duties on foods and industrial goods including automobiles. The act aims to curb United States exports to Germany with maximum rates to guide future talks. The agriculture ministry may adjust food duties to secure reciprocal treatment where treaties are lacking.
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Berlin
Reichstag
United States
Germany
Ministry of Agriculture
Canadian Official Dies In Hong Kong
Ottawa reports the death of Joseph E Featherston 45 in Hong Kong where he served as Canadian commissioner of immigration. Born in Brampton Ontario he left Canada for China in 1923 and had been in civil service since 1905 serving as secretary to Frank Oliver J A Calder and Charles Stewart.
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China
Ottawa
Joseph E. Featherston
Hong Kong
Department of Immigration
Brampton
Ont
Featherston
Civil Service
Frank Oliver
J. A. Calder
Charles Stewart
Quebec to Restore Ancient French Shield on Sept 10
The ceremony to restore the ancient escutcheon of the Kings of France to Quebec has been fixed for September 10. The shield was presented by the City of Hastings, England, and will be returned to the city on that date.
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Quebec
France
Hastings
England
No Foundation For Report On 10000 Ukrainian Settlers
W J Egan deputy minister of immigration at Ottawa wrote to Vancouver police commissioners denying a Trail B C protest that Canada would accept 10000 Ukrainian settlers. He said the report lacked basis though plans to place some Ukrainians on land across Canada are possible.
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Canada
Vancouver
Dominion
W. J. Egan
Ottawa
Trail
B.C
Immigration Department
Investigating Rust Resistant Wheat in Saskatchewan
Comment on a report that R S McFadden of Aberdeen SD has produced rust resistant wheat. Saskatchewan University under Dr Thompson has crossbred hard red spring wheat with Emmer or Speltz. Early crosses resisted some rust strains but failed against others. Investigations will continue and reciprocity is noted.
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Regina
R. S. McFadden
Aberdeen
C. M. Hamilton
Saskatchewan University
Thompson
Protest Against Rates By British Columbia Apple Growers
Associated Growers of British Columbia Ltd filed with the board of railway commissioners a submission arguing unjust discrimination in freight rates for apples from Vernon and the Okanagan to prairie points compared with shipments from London and Chatham Ontario. The BC growers also contend potatoes shipped from their region face discriminatory freight charges.
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Associated Fruit Growers
B.C
Ottawa
Vernon
Okanagan
Prairies
London
Chatham
Germany seeks return of seized German property in Canada
Germany asked the Canadian government through its Montreal consul to release seized German assets in Canada from the Great War era. The request is under study and unlikely to be resolved for months. About 18 million dollars in German property has been seized, with roughly 6 million paid to Canadians as war indemnity claims.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Montreal
A. B. Copp
James Friel
K.C
Strike in Pekin may extend to British banks
In Pekin Chinese Christians push to consolidate British mission schools under native teachers and clergy, risking closure of Anglican and London missions in September. The British legation reports service cuts, with police unable to end picketing. Students plan extending the strike to banks, businesses, and broader foreign ties.
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Pekin
Anglican
London
Foreign Office
Aviators Narrow Escape Over Vancouver Flight
Squadron Leader J. H. Tudhope Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman of Newark and Sergt Perry had a narrow escape when a fire broke out at several thousand feet during a flight arranged for Dr Hoffman. The connecting rod broke in the engine and Perry activated the fire system as Tudhope toppled into the water. little damage to the plane occurred.
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Vancouver
J. H. Tudhope
Frederick L. Hoffman
Newark
N.J
Sergt. Perry
Hoffman
United States
Canada
Tudhope
Satisfaction With Grain Act For Canada Elevators
Leslie J. Boyd, chair of the grain commissioners, praised the final Canada Grain Act at the Royal Alexandra Hotel after returning from a coast visit. He said farmers should be satisfied, most elevators on the coast hold licenses, and all Canadian elevators fall under the board’s jurisdiction.
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Winnipeg
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Leslie J. Boyd
Board of Grain Commissioners
Mr. Boyd
Canada
Rioting in Shanghai Over Strike Pay Promises
Chinese coolies on strike over not receiving promised strike pay overran Shanghai causing demonstrations and looting food shops. Police fired once into the crowd wounding one man, but could not prevent rioting. Disorder subsided by evening.
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Shanghai
Message From MacMillan Quebec Broadcast Hope
A wireless station received Aug. 11 a message from E. F. McDonald of the MacMillan Polar expedition at Etah Greenland about 11 degrees from the North Pole. The message said the expedition was in daily touch with the world and hoped to broadcast more clearly and with greater volume from their northerly position.
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Quebec
E. F. McDonald
MacMillan Polar Expedition
Etah
Greenland
North Pole
Alberta Coal Order Cut Reduces Alberta to Ontario Shipment
The experimental shipment of 25 000 tons of coal from Alberta to Ontario will be cut by 5 000 tons. The special railway rate expired August 15. Minister Charles McRea said half the shipment had arrived and westbound loadings would raise the total to about 20 000 tons.
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Toronto
Alberta
Ontario
Charles McRea
Premier Baldwin to Visit Canada in Fall Says Local Source
The Telegram reports that British Premier Baldwin plans a Canada visit this fall, via a prominent local citizen in contact with Mr Baldwin. Cables indicate the prime minister and his wife may travel to the Dominion next year.
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Toronto
Baldwin
Great Britain
Canada
Dominion
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