Plan to Bring New Settlers to Canada Under Federal Plan
The government outlines a plan to attract new settlers with emphasis on English speaking immigrants. W J Egan will depart for Great Belizin to spearhead immigration efforts while Bruce Walker, recently appointed, will lead a U S mission. The program will stress colonization and prioritize settlement of British origin entrants.
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W. J. Egan
Immigration and Colonization
Great Belizin
W. R. Little
Dominion
Great Britain
Ilruce Walker
United States
Hien
Has. Stewart
Trade Conditions Improving Upward Trend Noted by Bank of Montreal
The Bank of Montreal released its annual statement for the year ending October 31, 1925, showing general trade improvement and stronger demand for business expansion reflected in higher current loans. Total assets reached 755,147,876 with capital and reserve accounts up to 29, SIT,000 from 27,500,000.
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Bank of Montreal
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Montreall
Alberta Coal Supply Talks With Ontario Government
Ontario aims to secure the remaining 6 000 tons of Alberta coal under a tripartite contract with Alberta and the federal government via the Canadian National Railways. About 19 000 tons of the 25 000 ton trial order were delivered before the railway reduced shipments for grain movement, which should finish by mid December. Officials will press Sir Henry Thornton on increasing the 6 000 to 7 000 tons and explore expanding tonnage under current conditions.
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Ontario
Torontoe
Alberta
Canadian National Railways
Charles McCree
Mr. McCrea
Henry Thornton
Victoria student wins 1925 overseas scholarship
Frederick J. Brand of Victoria has been chosen as a winner of the 1925 overseas scholarship under the LODE war memorial scheme. The scholarship, valued at Ho, is tenable for one year at a university in Great Britain.
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Victoria
Frederick J. Brand
British Columbia
Great Itaia
Canadian National Railways Posts Increased October Revenue
For October 1925, Canadian National Railways reports net revenues after operating expenses of 8,159,955 dollars, up 3,466,115 dollars from October 1924 and 2,974,541 dollars from October 1923.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Radio guided air express flies to London over clouds
Captain F I Barnard recently piloted a big air express from here to London entirely by radio guidance from Croydon airdrome without touching ground.
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Paris
F. I. Barnard
London
Croydon
Saskatchewan Egg Pool to Start Operations Early 1926
Regina reports the Saskatchewan Stand poultry pool is nearing contract completion with about 3,000 contracts received and daily growth. G F Edwards states the pool could begin operations in early 1926 after finalizing contracts and establishing a permanent board of directors by March 1926.
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Regina
G. F. Edwards
Parker House in Boston Ends Era with Demolition Plans
The Parker House Inn Boston, birthplace of the Parker House Roll, served its last breakfast as demolition preparations began for a 700 room modern structure. Dickens once wintered there and the Dickens Fellowship visited the literary shrine rooms kept in honor.
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Poston
Mass
Parker House
Boston
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Trial of Twelve Communists at Old Bailey Sentences
The Old Bailey sentenced the five principal prisoners to 12 months and the seven others to six months for conspiring to publish seditious libels and violating the Incitement to Mutiny Act. This marks the greatest blow to the Communist party in Britain to date, with the men classified in the second division meaning deprivation of liberty.
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London
Old Bailey
Communist Party
White woman held prisoner in Hasbeiya Syria crisis
London reports Miss Lillian Cave the only white woman in the South Lebanon area is being held by Druses at Hasbeiya, the Druse headquarters. Advices say she is well treated and allowed to walk about the town.
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London
Syria
Lebanon
Lillian Cave
Hasbeiya
Miss Cave
Smithsonian Appeals for $10 Million for New Projects
The Smithsonian Institution announces its first direct public appeal in nearly eighty years, seeking ten million dollars to fund new major projects and continue its publications, diversifying financing beyond its endowment and special gifts.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
World Press Conference Proposed for Pekin 1927
S N Au Young director of the Chinese Government bureau of economic information at Pekin announced proposals for a world press conference at Pekin in 1927. He planned to confer with Dean Walter Williams of the University of Missouri president of the World Press Congress who favored the idea.
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Chicago
S. N. Au Young
Bureau of Economic Information
Pekin
Dean Walter Williams
University of Missouri
World Press Congress
Ancient Tombs Unearthed Near Athens After Floods
In Athens thirty ancient tombs were uncovered by floods from Mount Lykabellos. Gold ornaments and vases, five mummies, and other artifacts emerged. Archaeologists are intrigued but uncertain about the represented period.
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Athens
Lykabellos
Captain Bentley Fights for War Tank Idea Compensation
Captain J. F. Bentley claims he originated the tabki concept in the Great War and that the British Government owes him 1.5 million dollars for its use in the army. He appeared in London in a high court suit seeking damages.
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London
J. F. Bentley
Census Evasion in London Colonies Causes Widespread Dodges
Residents in several colonies avoid census counts. Natives in London fear misfortune from being counted and take extreme steps to dodge the census. Officials struggle to obtain accurate population figures.
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London
England
Allege Slaying At Hazelton Reserve Sparks Charges
Alexander Bird Frank Bird and Albert Rol, half breed residents of South Fort George, are charged with the murder of Matthew McLean on the Hazelton Indian Reserve September 12 last year. Bird was arrested at Quesnel, Rol was detained near Hazelton, Frank Bird already serves a sentence for drunkenness. The murder followed a reserve celebration that ended in a free for all, during which McLean disappeared.
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Hazelton Reserve
Prince George
B.C
Alexander Bird
Frank Bird
Albert Rol
South Fort George
Hazelton Indian Reserve
Matthew McLean
Quesnel
Clarke
Rol
Hazelton
McLean
Picturesque Trader Leaves the New York Stock Exchange
Jacob Field known as Jakle, a colorful New York stock market floor trader, leaves the exchange. He began as a messenger boy, bought a seat for 1900 dollars, later sold it for 152000 dollars, the record high, and worked as a free lance trader from a broker’s cubby hole.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Jacob Field
Jakle
Progressives of Alberta May Assist Liberals
Alberta U F A federal MPs at a Calgary conference discussed possible cooperation with the Liberal Government. Robert Gardiner was named to convey Alberta views to Premier King. They ruled out cooperation with Meighen over tariff and western freight rates but saw potential in rural credits, single transferable vote, and provincial control of natural resources including Spray Lakes power project.
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Calgary
Alberta
U.F.A
Robert Gardiner
Acadia
Rbathering
King
Meighen
Liberal
Spray Lakes
Grain shipment records broken for the season Winnipeg
Boat loadings at Fort William and Port Arthur broke all season records on Nov 23 with 5,915,000 bushels shipped. Vancouver port shipments reached 793,230 bushels as stock at Vancouver elevators rose to 4,596,958. Prairie marketing totaled 6,097,726 across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with 1,572 cars loaded and 1,441 CP grain cars inspected in the west.
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Winnipeg
Fort William
Arthur
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway Transportation Department
Prairies
Canadian Pacific
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Thousand Treaties Registered By League Of Nations
Geneva reports that one thousand treaties have been registered with the League of Nations. Sweden and Norway filed documents interpreting their 1905 arbitration accord. League officials say all members are faithfully observing the covenant clause. President Wilson valued the registration as a tool for open diplomacy.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Sweden
Norway
League
United States
Wilson
Large Terminal Warehouse To Be Erected On Toronto Waterfront
Negotiations among a broad syndicate and the Toronto harbor commission reach practical completion for a water and rail terminal warehouse costing about 8 million dollars. The facility will span 12 to 15 acres of the harbor front and serve American and European goods. It will be the continent’s largest terminal warehouse.
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Toronto
Toronto Harbor Commission
Steamer Ryouh Arrives Honolulu After Pacific Storms
The Marine Exchange of the Chamber of Commerce received word that the steamer Ryouh, 3467 tons net, limped into Honolulu after a ten day battle with mid Pacific storms. The ship’s bridge chart room and captain’s cabin were badly damaged and its steering gear crippled. She sailed from Vancouver on October 18 for Kobe.
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San Francisco
Marine Exchange of the Chamber of Commerce
Honolulu
Ryouh
mid-Pacific
Vancouver
Kobe
Bears Lose Fear of Man at Jasper Park Lodge Camps
Black and brown bears in Jasper National Park roam into Jasper Park Lodge grounds and construction camps in search of food. Col S Maynard P Rocers, park superintendent, reports they have become so bold they must be destroyed when breaking into cottages. Photographs show bears at a construction camp acting as if man is a friend.
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Jasper National Park
Jasper Park Lodge Groums
Jasper
Revolt Flare Among Chang Tso-Lin Factions in Manchuria
A serious revolt erupts among supporters of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin across Shanchow and Chinwangtao, Eastern China. Claims differ with Kuo Sune-Lien reportedly capturing Mukden while Chang's loyalists block the Teking Mukden railway to slow Kuo Hung-Lien. The Mukden faction appears to have weakened, boosting Feng Yu-Shiang’s position.
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Pekin
Chang Tso-Lin
Shanchow
Chinwangtao
Chili
Teking-Mukden
Kuo Sune-Lien
Mukden
Chang
Kuo Hung-Lien
Feng Yu-Shiang
Threats to Japanese Premier Increase Police Guards
Tokyo authorities report heavy police protection around the premier's residence after letters threatening his life. Police say an assassination plan exists and a burglar previously injured a teacher and a policeman, with an associate confessing the killer sought a blaze of glory by taking the premier and others. Prince Safonju travels under guard in Tokio.
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Tokio
Prince Safonju
Butcher Held on Opium Smuggling Charge in Brooklyn
Foo Fhu Hing, a butcher aboard the steamship Eastern King, was held on $15,000 bail in Brooklyn federal court for attempting to smuggle 221 pounds of smoking opium into the United States. The drugs were hidden under the sheet lead flooring of the ship’s ice box on docking. George Oliver, chief steward, was kept as a material witness.
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New York
Foo Fhu Hing
Eastern King
Brooklyn
George Oliver
Floods in Athens Claim Over 100 Lives
A Daily Express dispatch reports Athens faced devastating floods after 80 minutes of torrential rain. Many refugee shelters collapsed trapping residents beneath rubble, with floodwaters from Mount Lykabettos washing up 38 tombs on Anagnostopoulos Street.
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London
Athens
Daily Express
Mount Lykabettos
Anagnostopoulos
Dominions Debate Locarno Pact On European Obligation
In the House of Lords, British dominions debate Locarno Pact obligations. Viscount Fallodon says dominions must accept Europe ties. Earl of Balfour notes no binding obligation but support peace efforts. Lord Haldane favors swift government briefing to allow dominions to judge the negotiations.
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London
House of Lords
Oveseas
Britain
Europe
Viscount of Fallodon
Earl of Balfour
Great Britain
Lord Haldane
Dominions
Germany adopts security pact and seeks League of Nations entry
The Reichstag passed the Locarno oriented security and arbitration pacts and backed Germanys entry into the League of Nations. Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann will travel to London to sign the agreements, with formal league admission sought next month. Opposition came from Nationalists Communists and Extreme Nationalists led by Ludendorff.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Locarno
Germany
League of Nations
Luther
Stresemann
London
League
Ludendorf
German People’s Party
Democrats
Social Democrats
Canada Grants Seasonal Grain Loading Concession
Ottawa allows United States vessels to load grain for winter storage at any Canadian port before navigation ends this year. The order in council ties the move to unloading cargoes at a Canadian port when navigation resumes next spring. The concession has been repeated in recent years near season’s end.
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Ottawa
United States
Conference To Bear Fruit In Canada Says Hanna
Vancouver reports D B Hanna former president of the Canadian National Railways and noted financier believes the Winnipeg meeting of Canada’s boards of trade will be a major development. Hanna visited the coast and represented the Toronto board of trade.
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Vancouver
B.C
Conference of Boards of Trade
Canada
Winnipeg
D. 2
B. Hanna
Canadian National Railways
Hanna
Toronto Board of Trade
Government to settle £1,100,000 Wembley guarantee
The British Government plans to liquidate its financial obligation connected with the Wembley Empire Exhibition within a few weeks. A bill will be passed in Parliament to sanction payment of the government guarantee of £1,100,000 on the same basis as private party guarantees.
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London
Rament
Wembley
Nurses Plan Fund Raising For China 1926 Delegation
Calgary convention of nurses with about 90 delegates from across the province outlines steps to raise funds to send a Canadian nurses delegation to the international nurses convention to be held in China in 1926.
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Calgary
China
Beans win at Ottawa Winter Fair by Darnbrough Laura Lask
Win, Darnbrough, Laura, Lask won first prize and the championship for beans at the Ottawa Winter Fair. The seed exhibit was the largest and best arranged in the fair's history, keeping the province in the limelight despite expected competition from the West.
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Ottawa
Darnbrough
Laura
Lask
Manitoba Rhodes Scholar Hector Allard Selected
Manitoba names Hector Allard of St Donilacy College as the 1925 Rhodes scholar. He holds a long record of scholastic achievement with many medals and awards and is noted for college sports involvement.
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Winnipeg
Hector — Allard
Ae Ks
St. Donilacy College
Manitoba
Allard
Former finance minister Fielding marks 77th birthday at home
Ottawa notes former finance minister Fielding celebrated his 77th birthday on November 23 at his home. Though retired from active politics due to illness, he remains engaged and interested in political affairs.
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Ottawa
W. Ss. Melding
Fielding
Vancouver student wins Rhodes Scholarship
Harry Warren aged 21, a United States student at the University of British Columbia, has been awarded a Rhodes scholarship. The award was announced by university officials.
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Vancouver
Harry Warren
United States
University of British Columbia
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