Britain May Rescind Offer of Preference
The Bald win Government’s defeat raises conjecture on whether increased preferences promised to the Dominions at the Imperial Economic Conferences will be enacted. Legislation to implement the offers was expected at Parliament’s opening but was postponed, with free trade critics arguing the move may not pass. Canada would be particularly affected by higher preferences on canned salmon and lobster, fresh apples, canned fruit, pears, and peaches.
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Canada
Italian minister seeks relief for Bergamo flood peasants
Rome minister Carnazza reported the Bergamo Valley flood caused about 504 deaths and material damage between 136 million and 156.9 million. He urged indemnity or aid to help peasants resume farming and business. the cabinet unanimously approved the suggestions.
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Rome
Carnazza
Bergamo
Saskatchewan Trail Ranger Scholarship Offered
Regina fund provides 375 dollars to cover travel and living costs at Camp Abnek Ontario for a top Saskatchewan Trail Ranger candidate. Bert A. Macdonald of Regina and Continental Guarantee Co Montreal backs the award. committee members Lb. J. Thom RK Dolan AM Harding and Wilfred Scott to prepare a selection plan.
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Regina
Camp Abmek
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Boys’ Work Board
Bert A. Macdonald
Continental Guarantee Company of
Montreal
Lb. J. Thom
G. RK. Dolan
A. M. Harding
Wilfred Scott
Will Discuss Empire Parley in Parliament
Ottawa report outlines that once Imperial conference papers are tabled Parliament will debate the conference and the Canadian delegation's stance. The government emphasizes sovereignty of parliament, dominion control of defence and bilateral treaties, and urges dominion participation without central dictates.
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Gelyves
Canada
Washington
Great Britain
Penny Postage Seen For Reintroduction After War
Parliament will renew efforts to secure penny postage. Government study focuses on financial aspects, with extra revenue projected around twenty million from a one cent postage. Advocates argue increased business volume would offset the cost, as seen when the rate dropped from three to two cents.
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Ovewa
A& Way
Tour of West Dejoraine Speaker McMaster Plans Prairie addresses
Man-Andrew R. Me Master of Brome will start a speaking tour January 9 with an address in Winnipeg. Telegraphic advice from Mc Master to the Royal Grain Commission says he will survey the prairies from Winnipeg to Regina Saskatoon Calgary and Edmonton to prepare for Parliament's session. He speaks under undisclosed auspices as a Liberal free trader and former Independent at the last Parliament.
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Dejoraine
Andrew R. Me Master
Brome
The
Prairies
Win
Mc Master
Royal Grain Commission
McMaster
Winnipeg
Reina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
McManter F
Eighty Year Old Austin Woman To Make New York Debut
At age 80 Mrs Henry Clan Wright of Austin Texas will give a New York recital debut. Arrangements for a local recital on December 15 have been made in a New York venue. Wright is a small, sighted mother of four children and seven grandchildren with a clear firm voice and a lifelong dream to study music finally realized.
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New York
Henry Clan Wright
Austin
Tex
Will Attempt Altitude Record by Army Pilot McCready
Lt. John A. McCready of the United States Army Air Service plans a first day attempt to set a new altitude record using an improvised supercharger. The device would let a Liberty engine operate at extreme heights, estimated to reach 25 000 feet and boost power by over 900 horsepower.
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Washington
John A. McCready
United States Army Air Service
War Department
Pew
Wheat pool handlers pact signed by Alberta firms
Chester M. Elliott, provincial manager of the Alberta Co operative Wheat Producers Limited, announced that Home Grain Company Limited with 63 elevators and Midland Grain Company with 11 elevators in Alberta signed an agreement to handle wheat for the pool.
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Calgary
Chester M. Elliott
Alberta Co-operative Wheat Producers Limited
Hiome Grain Company, Limited
Alberta
Midland Grain Company
Mild Weather Unfolds in East North Bay Ontario
East North Bay residents with forty years of residence report unprecedented mild conditions. Warm rains trigger budding trees along lake shores and tulip bulbs sprouting. Farmers harrow fields as golfers enjoy daily play under the temperate spell.
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North Bay
Ont
Vancouver Labor Leader Opposes General Strike
Alderman R. T. Pettipiece argued unions in Vancouver are unlikely to back a citywide strike. He discussed a report that labor groups were weighing a strike vote to support workers in dispute.
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Vancouver
R. TP. Pettipiece
Munminent
Jong Shoretieen
Canada May Annex Fiji Islands as Hawaii Did
The Daily Chronicle reports a vigorous movement in the Fiji Islands to join Canada on terms akin to Hawaii's US annexation. The proposed action would make Fiji a Canadian territory under similar arrangements as the former Hawaiian incorporation.
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Canada
Fiji Islands
London
The
Daily Chronicle
Hawaii
United States
No Peace Prize Awarded This Year
The Nowe Commission announces that no peace prize will be awarded this year amid unclear reasons and ongoing debates within the organization.
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ChrisGania
Norway
Nowe Commission
Death of Sir William Mackenzie Former Canadian Railway President
Sir William Mackenzie, prominent Canadian financier and railroad builder, died at 74 after illness and pneumonia fears. He had been ill at home and had seemed improving before passing. Survived by one son and six daughters, with Mrs Adams abroad. other daughters listed: Mrs Griffin, Mrs McCarthy, Mrs Beardmore, Mrs Andrews, and Countess de Lesseps.
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Toronto
William Mackenzie
Willam
William
BM Mackenzie
J. F. Adams
Adams
South Africa
New York
Scot
Griffin
W. W. Beardmore
C. K. F Andrews
Countess de Lesseps
Road Building Programme in British Columbia Outlined
The five year plan by Minister W H Sutherland calls for about 20 million dollars to build and widen trunk roads and add feeder networks across the province. It includes a new link from Quesnel to Prince George and a route from Prince George toward the Alberta boundary, reaching nearly all regions.
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Victoria
J.C
British Columbia
W. H. Sutherland
Quesnel
Prince George
Prince Georgy
Alberta
Royal Canadian Academy scholarship for architects
The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts offers a traveling scholarship valued at 1500 dollars to Canadian architects. It aims to promote architecture as the mother of arts by encouraging understanding of mural decoration sculpture ornament and craftsmanship. Eligible applicants must be Canadian citizens with at least six years residence in Canada and not more than thirty years of age.
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Montres
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Canada
Grenade Attack Interrupts Polish Parliament Meeting
Three hand grenades were hurled through a door at the speaker's platform as two German party members of the Polish parliament prepared to speak on Germans in Poland. Three people were seriously injured and twenty one slightly hurt, including two newspaper men. The attackers escaped.
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Bienhitz
Silesia
Poland
Tribesmen Strike Back at Abdul Krim Household
Rifian tribesmen conducted a deadly raid on the household of Abdul Krim, Moroccan rebel chief, killing ten people including Krim’s guard in retaliation amid ongoing hostilities with Spain.
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Abdul Krim
Spain
Krim
Nansen Honored at McGill by Sir Arthur Currie
Dr Fridtjof Nansen Arctic explorer and League of Nations relief commissioner received an honorary Doctor of Laws from McGill University. Sir Arthur Currie, the university principal, conferred the degree.
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Montreal
Fridtjof Nansen
League of Nations
Arthur Currie
McGill University
Japan Aroused By Return of Immigrants
Public groups and vernacular papers in the empire urge action by the foreign office after the US Supreme Court barred Japanese citizenship and upheld anti alien land laws. The government has prepared guidance for Ambassador Hanishara in Washington but has taken no public steps.
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Toko
United States
Empire
Foreign Office
United States Supreme Court
California
Washington
Hanishara
Importing Wheat To Maintain Reserve
Director Morand of the Federation of Agriculture announced Italy will harvest about 229 million bushels this year. With 15 million bushels on hand from last year, this meets needs until next fall but an import of 36 million bushels is necessary to maintain the reserve due to the international situation.
Alberta oat champion and Aberdeen Angus bull sale headline
The International May oat championship awarded to J. W. Biglands of Lacombe with J. W. Lucas second from Cayley Alta. Biglands wins grand champions for oats again in two years. In cattle news Black Cap Revolution, Aberdeen Angus grand champion, owned by James D. McGregor of Brandon Man, sold for 315000 to H. C. Harrison of San Francisco Cal.
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J. W. Biglands
Lacombe
J. W. Lucas
Cayley
Alta
Biglands
Dominion
Black Cap Revolution
James D. McGregor
Brandon
Man
H.C. Harrison
San Francisco
Calir
French Move Ruhr Troops to Camps to Ease Occupation
French government officials say troops occupying the Ruhr will be concentrated in camps outside cities to reduce burdens and public irritation. No evacuation of Russes is planned. troops stay at current strength but are pulled from streets. Political prisoners will be released and expelled residents may return home.
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Paris
Ruhr
Canadian cattle shipments to Britain bypass Portland routes
Sir Henry Whornton of the Canadian National Railways says cattle shipments to Great Britain will no longer be routed via Portland. Canada has invested to handle deliveries via St John and Halifax. Exporters estimate about 50 000 head will have left for British ports this season after lifting the embargo on Canadian live cattle.
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Jotin
NBC
Great Britain
Portland
Maine
Sir Henry Whornton
Canadian National Railways
St. John
Halifax
Alnes
Canada
Conservative Victory in Halifax Constituency 1921
W. A. Black of Pickford and Black led the Conservative win in Halifax Dartmouth and the county. The result ends the Liberal stronghold of sixteen representatives in Ottawa from Nova Scotia in the 1921 general election.
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Halifay
Ueadine
Halifax
Dartmouth
W. A Black
Firma
Pickford and
Black
Ottawa
Nova Scotia
Clowns Paris Awarded Academic Palms by France
The Fratellini Brothers, a trio of clowns, received academic palms from the French Government for public service in spreading cheer. It marks the first such honor since the era of court jesters.
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Paris
Fratellini Brothers
New South Wales Assembly Debates Monopoly Prevention Bill
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly has given first reading to a bill aimed at preventing the organization of monopolies. The measure seeks to curb concentrated control and promote competition within the colony.
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Sydney
Australia
Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
Erie Speed Record Locomotive Demonstration At GE Plant
A General Electric plant demonstration in Erie shows an electric locomotive reaching 145 miles per hour in a test before railroad officials and engineers. In a tug of war, the electric unit outpulled the newest steam locomotive model. About 54 immigrants from English Irish German and Finnish backgrounds arrived in Regina en route to Saskatchewan with six women and seven children integral to the group.
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Erie
General Electric Company
United States
Regina
Saskatchewan
Coolidge Opposed League Pact and Tariff Cuts in Message
President Coolidge in his message to Congress reiterates opposition to ratifying the League covenant and to canceling foreign debts. He backs tax reductions, rejects a soldiers bonus, supports waterways projects like St Lawrence, favors consolidations of rail lines, and calls for freight rate reform and wheat market policies. He supports immigration limits and logistics for coal and export wheat.
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Washington
Messace Congress
Coolidge
Eas
Prohibition Enforcement Service
Army
Nor
Japan Offers Loans to Insurance Firms After Damaging Quake
The Japanese cabinet approves advancing funds to 26 insurance companies and foreign firms under terms that cover 10 percent of losses from the earthquake. Loans bear 2 percent interest and are repayable via slakine funds.
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Japan
Bandits Loot and Burn Town Near Likwakia Southwest Honan
Report states King Bandits sealed walls of Likwakia in Southwestern Honan province looting and burning the town several days ago. The notice, received from a mission station at Lachokow in Hupeh provinces, describes the event as part of the boundary line from the durnes to town.
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Likwakia
Honan
Lachokow
Hupeh
Servsa
Durnes
Senior Navy Director Eustace Tennyson D Pincourt Retires
Lt Eustace Tennyson D Pincourt director of naval construction and chief technical adviser to the Admiralty since 1912, will retire at year end and join Armstrong Whitworth Co Ltd shipbuilders at Newcastle on Tyne.
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London
Eustace Tennyson D'Pincourt
Admiralty
Armstrong, Whitworth Co. Ltd
New Castle-on- Pyne
Policy of Economy Urged for Nation and Provinces
I W Beatty president of the Canadian Pacific Railway spoke at a St John event urging an economy push. He warned against needless spending and urged selective investments and strict budget scrutiny to cut expenditures 25 to 30 percent over two to three years, enabling tax relief. He stressed immigration, productive spending, and avoiding luxuries.
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St. John
N.B
I. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Nees
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