Seed grain rate push for No. 1 wheat in Canada
Seed specialists pressed the Canadian Freight Association to secure No. 1 wheat freight rates to cleaning centres like Moose Jaw Regina Saskatoon Brandon and Winnipeg. They argued such rates would encourage use of higher quality seed and lift overall grain quality. A 15 district survey showed 75 percent of seed sown was No. 3 with about 20 wild cat seeds per pound. Delegates J. E. Blakeman H Folliot and M. P. Tullis attended the meeting.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Freight Association
Moose Jaw
Regina
Saskatoon
Prandom
J. E. Blakeman
Dominion
H. Folliot
The
Wheat Pool
M. P. Tullis
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Barefoot Finn Survives 76 Nights in Goulais Cave
A 12 year old Finnish homeless boy Eino Kuusela was found alive after living in a Goulais Bay woods cave for 76 days in 20 below zero weather. He subsisted on turnips from a farm after deserting his guardian. He accused farmer Frank McKaughan of threats to kill him and police take him into custody as investigators proceed.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Goulais Bay
Eino Kuusela
Hino
Frank McKaughann
Children’s Aid Society
Eino
Veteran Hunter Killed by Infuriated Elephant in Kenya
Victorian era report details veteran hunter William Judd killed at Mahongalem after a wounded elephant charged him. His son tried to aid him, but Judd died before help arrived. the elephant was later killed by the son. Also notes on Winnipeg rail worker A P Howard found frozen in his home and Prince of Wales losing in squash semis to Lieut. Commander Mackenzie.
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Nairobi
Kenya
William Judd
Mahongalem
Judd
Winnipeg
A. P. Howard
Howard
London
Prince of Wales
Royal Naval
Royal Autommobile Club
R. A. S. Mackenzie
Saskatchewan Assembly Opens Third Session With By-Elections
Premier Gardiner announced the Saskatchewan legislature will open in mid January, with three new members after by elections. D. M. Robertson Lawson Moose, W. G. Ross Moose Jaw City, and George Spence Maple Creek return to the provincial field. party balance remains 52 government to 10 opposition.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
J. G. Gardiner
Gardiner
W. G. Robinson
Francis
D. M. Robertson
Maple Creek
P. L. Hyde
Carnegie foundation funds Manitoba University pension plan
The Carnegie foundation has voted 80,900 dollars to the University of Manitoba to support a staff pension scheme. The grant matches the university’s contribution for staff over 40, with funds released only if the university matches donations from faculties. The foundation, created in 1905 by Andrew Carnegie, was endowed with 10 million dollars to pension professors after long service.
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Winnipeg
Carnegie Fousdation For the Advancement of Regening
University of Manitoba
Carnegie Foundation
Andrew Carnegie
Burke offers for sale medals won in battle of Vimy Ridge
Lyndhurst New Jersey reports James B Burke a 25 year old Canadian war veteran with his wife daughter and blind brother in law in dire need. He offers for sale two medals he says were won in the battle of Vimy Ridge to help them survive.
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Lyndhurst
N.J
James B. Burke
Vimy Ridge
Ties to Be Shipped for Soudan Railway From B C
Two million feet of ties destined for the Soudan Railway are to be shipped from British Columbia on December 27. Prior shipments have already been sent to Egypt and large quantities are being prepared for British railways.
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New Westminster
B.C
Soudan Railway
Pritish Columbia
Egypt
British Railways
Thieves Steal Sacramental Wine From St James Church
In Guelph Ontario thieves broke into St James Anglican Church and stole the entire sacramental wine from a locked cupboard. A container partially filled with wine was drained as well, with nothing else taken from the church.
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Guelph, Ont
St. James Anglican Church
Mining Leaders Visit Winnipeg Over Cold Lake Plans
Halstead Lindsley, president of Sherritt Gordon Mines, Ltd., and Noah A. Timmins, president of Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines and major Sherritt Gordon shareholder, are in Winnipeg to discuss the Sherritt Garden project and its provincial ties. The talks likely cover the White Mud power site and the extension of the Flin Flon railway to the Cold Lake property with Bracken Government involvement.
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Winnipeg
Halstead Lindsley
Sherritt Gordon Mines, Ltd
Noah A. Timmins
Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines
Sherritt Gordon
Cold Lake
Flin Flon
Manitoba
Sherritt Garden
White Mud
Bracken
Port Arthur Guide Moses Bouchard Dies in Hospital
Port Arthur Ontario Moses Bouchard aged 55 famed Nipigon River Indian guide to sportsmen nationwide died in a local hospital. He guided the Prince of Wales party in 1519 and is reported to have died from injuries after being struck by a locomotive at Port McDiarmid.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Moses Bouchard
Prince of Wales
Port McDiarmid
Explosions Destroy Guatemalan Arsenal In City Disaster
In Guatemala City two blasts leveled the national aceitano arsenal killing five and wounding eleven soldiers. The Guatemalan and American Red Cross dispatched ambulances and military doctors to treat the injured.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Aceitano
Red Cross
Empire tour official Amery sails for Canada
Wellington New Zealand Lieut Col M S Amery secretary of state for Dominion Affairs on an Empire tour in his official capacity has visited Australia and New Zealand and sailed for Canada on the steamer Aorangi.
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Wellington
N.Z
M. S. Amery
Dominion Affairs
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Aorangi
Value Of Building Permits In Ottawa Region
The value of building permits issued by 63 Canadian cities in November totaled 312 049 089 dollars. This marks a seasonal drop of 5 989 469 from October but a rise of 2 573 058 compared with November of the previous year.
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Ottawa
Baldwin Rejects Peace Letter Demand Arm Britain Stand
London reports Premier Stanley Baldwin warns disarming Britain would ruin the League of Nations and Locarno Treaties. He argues a strong British empire is essential to deter aggression and preserve global peace, saying a weak Britain invites hostile powers and harms colonies and commerce.
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London
League of Nations
Locarno
Stanley Baldwin
Laborite
Arthur Ponsonby
Labor
Te House of Commons
Great Britain
England
Baldwin
Western Europe
League of Nations Assembly
League
Spirit of California Ends Endurance Flight At Mills Field
The tri motor monoplane Spirit of California, after forty nine and a half hours aloft in an endurance flight attempt, was forced to land at Mills Field due to exhausted fuel.
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San Francisco
Cal
Spirit of California
Mills Field
Canadian Archivist Receives Oxford Doctorate of Literature
Dr Henry Percival Piggar, Canadian chief archivist in Europe, has earned the degree of Doctor of Literature from Oxford University.
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Oxford London
Henry Percival Piggar
Europe
Oxford University
French Naval Plans Adopted by French Chamber
The French Chamber of Deputies passed the 1927 to 1931 naval program in a special session with a show of hands. Socialists abstained and called the plan a resumption of heavy tonnage. Sponsor Charles Denielou said the program aligns with the Washington treaty, detailing a 1927 plan including one 10,000 ton cruiser, six destroyers, five first clause submarines, one submarine mine layer, and two despatch boats.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Charles Denielou
Charity carol march raises funds for Salvation Army
In Binghampton New York Digby Frank Denham and George F. Johnson led the hungry club on a Salvation Army Christmas march. Denham and Johnson joined the tire shoe maker's group as they sang on the county court steps. The event raised more than twelve hundred dollars for the Salvation Army dinner fund.
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Binghampton
N.Y
Digby
Frank Denham
Queensland
Australia
Hungry Club
George F. Johnson
Wvl
Salvation Army
Scottish Girls Sail to Canada for Domestic Work
A group of Scottish household workers from Glasgow sails to Canada aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Montcalm amid upbeat talk of new homes and experiences across the Atlantic. The photograph captures the moment before departure as they embark for duties in Dominion households.
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Scotland
Canada
Glasgow
Dominion
Atlantic
Canada Our Country plaques to be placed in public schools
The national committee for the Confederation diamond jubilee organizes copper framed plaques in every public and separate school building across Canada. The plaques bear the mottos Canada Our Country and Canada Notre Patrie for English and French communities. Provincial prime ministers will arrange unveiling ceremonies.
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Ottawa
Canada
National Committee For
Mission To Canada London Under Secretary Plans Empire Migration
The Daily News reports arrangements for Lord Lovat to sail next summer on a mission to Canada New Zealand Australia and South Africa to infuse new life into the empire migration activities He will assist in negotiations across dominions after discussions on exploratory inquiries by Lieut Col L C M S Amery secretary of state for Dominion Affairs.
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London
The
Daily News
Lord Lovat
Dominion Affairs
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
L. C. M.S. Amery
Canada to chair inquiry into Pacific Cable Board affairs
Ottawa will have Sir Campbell Stuart represent Canada on a committee formed to investigate the Pacific Cable Board. Great Britain and the Dominions will each name a representative and a technical adviser. The panel will meet in London in January, with Canada yet to appoint its post office technical adviser.
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Ottawa
Sir Campbell Stuart
Canada
Pacific Cable Board
Great Britain
Dominions
London
Canadian Post Office Department
Alcoholic insanity admissions rise in New York hospitals
New York statistics from the state department of mental hygiene show rising alcoholic insanity admissions. Last year 422 cases accounted for 5.8 percent of total admissions, while this year 544 cases, or 7 percent, were admitted.
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New York
State Department of Mental Hygiene
U.S. Shippers Charged With Disadvantage Over Seaborne Trade
New York Maritime Exchange forwards a resolution to President Coolidge urging retaliatory measures against Britain Canada and Australia over shipping discrimination. It cites Canadian port routing rules and cattle trade differences, while the State Department notes partial agreement with the claims.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
England
State Department
Maritime Exchange
New Pacific Coast Line Aims Across British Columbia
Vancouver reports a plan to build a new line from Stewart to Peace River, connecting the Coast with the district. Sir Donald Mann, Hon H. Stevens, and W A Lewthwaite push the project to serve miners and foster timber and water power development. A Stewart to Redcliffe segment opens in 1928 with six miles to Pedier River by 1929, aiding George Copper and Rufus mines.
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Vancouver
Portigal Canal
Sir Donald Mann
H. Tf Stevens
M.P
W. A. Lewthwaite
British Columbia
Peace River
Trict
Coast
Stewart
Redcliffe
Pedver
George Copper
Argenta
Rufus
Red Top
Lon, H. HK. Stevens
England
Submarine cruiser keel laid by Paris in grand ship
World Reaicy Paris-France announces the keel laying of a submarine cruiser far larger than the V-4. The 3,000 ton ship can surface to match cruisers or dive to lay mines and attack capital ships with a crew of 100 and fuel tanks enabling long-range operations.
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Paris
France
United States
Setthe Marine
Chinese Pirates Again Active on Yangtse River
The British admiralty reports renewed pirate activity near Shans in Hupeh province on the Yangtse. British gunboats retaliated, capturing a pirate tug though the crew escaped by land, while pirates attacked a convoy of lighters and the gunboats returned fire. Four British vessels remain on pirate patrol.
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London
Yangtse
Shans
Hupeh
President Cosgrave will not visit Canada during US trip
President Cosgrave will not visit Canada due to time constraints as he pursues a proposed visit to the United States. James J. Walsh, Ireland’s Posts and Telegraphs Minister, told Canadian Press that Cosgrave regrets being unable to travel to the Dominion.
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Dublin
William
President Coolidge Receives Animals for His Zoo
Admirers in Washington presented President Coolidge with a collection of animals able to outfit a small circus. Animals arrived from the Black Hills last summer and filled the Washington Zoo, including a Hon deer a pair of bobcats a peacock a bear and a wallaby.
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Washington
Coolidge
Washington Zoo
Black Hills
Record of 1927 Victoria honey crop and apiary growth
The 1927 Victoria honey crop totalled 86,719 pounds valued at 217,078 dollars, up from 98,257 pounds worth 197,616 dollars last year. Vancouver shows over a hundred more apiaries, with the Okanagan and Upper Country districts also experiencing large increases.
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Victoria
B.C
British Coban’y
Vancouver Island
Okanagan
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