No New Schemes Under Marketing Act For Present
Ottawa reports no new schemes will be considered under the Natural Products Marketing Act and existing schemes will not be expanded until the act's constitutional validity is decided by the Supreme Court of Canada. A subcommittee will draft a resolution on farm credits and debt adjustments. Twenty two schemes operate while eight proposed schemes are paused across provinces and industries.
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Ottawa
Dominion Provincial Committee On Agriculture
James G. Gardiner
Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
Gardiner
Immigration policy change in Canada eases European settlement
The Gazette reports the Dominion government may lift the 50-family cap per rail line for central European immigrants. Minister Crerar has discussed with railways to remove the limit, yet officials expect no flood of migrants as lines may still bring only about 100 families each. Unemployment remains high, and policy will persist restricting newcomers to agriculturally skilled central and northern Europeans until industrial activity improves.
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Montreal
Dominion
Gazette
Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Natonal Railways
Canada
Europe
T. A. Crerar
Ottawa mayors return home after informal Dominion talks
Ottawa civic heads representing the Dominion and provincial mayors conference left the capital after informal sessions. They met Dominion and provincial unemployment and relief committees and were assured municipalities relief costs would be given serious consideration. The mayoral reps offered to assist as a follow-up to calls for the federal government to assume full relief costs.
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Ottawa
Dominion Mayors’ Conference
Dominion
King
Agreement on Amending the British North America Act
A Dominion provincial conference sub committee chaired by Hon. Ernest Lapointe studies reform of the British North America Act. Quebec supports changes but seeks stronger minority and provincial protections. Proposals urge two thirds provincial approval for a defined list, with unanimous approval required on other questions.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Provincal Conference
Ernest Lapointe
Quebec
Cause Of Drouth Attributed To Glacier Recession
Banff naturalist Dan McCowan told Electric club members that gradual glacier recession in the Rocky Mountains drives drouth in Western Canada. Fires near the glaciers hasten 24 hour melting, altering Saskatchewan river flows and other western rivers. He urged accelerated reforestation instead of debating glacier melt.
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Toronto
Canada
Dan McCowan
Banff
Alta
Electric Club
Saskatchewan
Good Shipping Season at Thunder Bay Ends
The 1929 record season at Thunder Bay ends as ice closes port. A total of 402 package freighters arrived in summer and fall at Port Arthur sheds, up from 397 last season, marking a record since 1929. Elevators store 50,000,000 bushels of grain, much destined for wintering boats. Since navigation opened, about 187,800,000 bushels of all grains have cleared the lakes.
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Fort William
Great Lakes
Thunder Bay
Port Arthur
Suspected Kidnappers Nabbed in Ottawa Chase
U S justice department agents captured two men alleged to have kidnapped John S Labatt a wealthy Canadian brewer ending a 14 month international manhunt. Ottawa police chased the pair through a downtown street before their arrest later confirmed by J Edgar Hoover head of the FBI in Washington.
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Ottawa
Ill
Justice Department
John S. Labatt
North America
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Washington
New Zealand Flyer Plans North Atlantic Flight
Jean Batten, 25, announced before sailing for England that she will attempt a northern trans Atlantic flight within six months. She will use the same aircraft that made her record solo Dakar to Natal crossing last November.
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Montivideo
Uruguay
Jean Batten
New Zealand
England
South Atlantic
Dakar
Natal
Hangars Needed Underground on Malta Naval Base
Lord Strickland, head of the Maltese ministry 1927 to 1932, told the House of Lords that underground aeroplane hangars are required on Malta to augment defence measures at the Mediterranean naval base.
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London
Lord Strickland
Malta
House of Lords
Mediterranean
Uniform Company Laws to Be Drafted for Canada
A Dominion provincial conference committee on constitutional amendments adopted a resolution to have the secretary of state convene a committee of Dominion and provincial officials to prepare a draft new act or amendments for uniform company laws across Canada. Ernest Lapointe chairs the panel of officials. The move aims to secure consistent legislation on companies in all provinces.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Ernest Lapointe
Canada
London to Become Europe’s Film Centre at Elstree
The new Elstree studios in England, financed by S. H. Soskin, cost 2.5 million dollars and aim to house 16 productions at once. The complex claims to position London as the world film centre with advanced equipment and facilities for independent producers from any country.
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London
Europe
Elstree
England
Hollywood
S. H. Soskin
Empire Broadcast from Sandringham Planned by King George
The king will deliver a Christmas message broadcast from Sandringham with family present. A Canadian family from Ottawa will greet England and relatives in Ireland and Australia via Radio Canada network. Emissaries from England Ireland Scotland Wales South Africa India Australia New Zealand will follow with various segments and music.
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Ottawa
Sandringham
George
New Zealand
Empire
Canada
E.S.T
Canadian Radio Commissions
National
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
South Africa
India
Australia
Wheat Board Chair J R Murray to devote full time
J R Murray newly named chairman of the Canadian Wheat Board will dedicate all his time to duties. The move followed a directors meeting of Alberta Pacific Grain Co Limited where he serves as general manager. He has taken leave from the company and ended ties with other grain firms involved in cereals.
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Winnipeg
J. R. Murray
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta Pacific Grain Company, Limited
Murray
Wheat Board
Poultry Diets Warn After Ontario College Chicken Theft
Prof. W. R. Graham of the Ontario Agricultural College warns that stolen chickens were fed dangerous diets. Some birds received a concentrated Vitamin B dosage that could kill a dog in eight hours and others were given special diets tied to ongoing research. Authorities fear human consumption could be hazardous.
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Guelph
Ont
Ontario Agricultural College
W. R. Graham
O.A.C. Poultry Department
Graham
Atlantic Air Service Plan Clears Hurdle for Inaugural Flights
Four governments Britain United States Ireland and Canada approve reciprocal landing and operating rights for a joint Pan American Airways and British Imperial Airways trans Atlantic service. Experimental flights could start next spring using China Clipper style flying boats with landings in Bermuda Canada Ireland and Great Britain. Portugal Azores landing permission remains a separate step. Pan American would run US to Europe mail and Imperial Airways Europe to North America.
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Washington
United States
Pan-American Air Lines
British Imperial Airways, Ltd
Azores
Pan-American
Europe
Imperial Airways
North America
Big Increase In Revenues Ottawa
Official returns up to November show federal revenues totaling 257,966,000 dollars, about 13,000,000 more than a year earlier. Sources include Customs, excise, excise taxes, income tax, post office, and miscellaneous. Ordinary expenditures reach 245,674,000 dollars, up 1,500,000 from last year with Public Works Construction act and unemployment relief among costs.
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Ottawa
Farm Loan Board
Canadian National Railways
Rotor Truck Inquiry Ottawa
A resolution urged the Dominion provincial conference to appoint a fact finding commission with members versed in motor transport to investigate the industrys operation conditions functions problems and possibilities. The measure was approved by the Canadian Automobile Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Industrial Traffic League highway transportation committee.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
Canadian Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Industrial Traffic League
Highway Transportation Committee
Pension Cheques On Usual Dates For War Pensioners
Ottawa reports war pensioners will receive their cheques on the normal monthly dates this year. No advance payments will be made for the Christmas holiday, the department of pensions and national health announced.
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Ottawa
Department of Pensions and National Health
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Carl Barrett
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