Combines Act upheld by Privy Council in Canada case
The Privy Council dismisses the appeal from the Proprietary Articles Trade Association and confirms the Combines Act and related Criminal Code provisions as valid federal measures. The ruling supports extending criminal law power to prohibit detrimental combinations within public interest and notes safeguards via sections 29 and 30 while acknowledging tariff protection dynamics.
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London
England
Dominion of Canada
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Proprietary Articles Trade Association of Can
Privy Council
Quebec
Ontario
Proprietary Articles Trade Association
P.at.a
Pariament
Testimony on Drunken Boatswain After Nova Scotia Vessel Capture
Nova Scotia power boat Josephine K testified that G-149 boatswain Karl Schmidt drank heavily after boarding the Canadian vessel near Ambrose Light. Schmidt admitted firing shots that fatally wounded master William Cluett of Lunenburg. Seaman Allan Falkenham and others described Schmidt as drunk and volatile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nova Scotia
Josephine K
Coastguard Board of Inquiry
Karl Schmidt
Ambrose Light
Schmidt
William Cluett
Lunenberg
N.S
Louis Selig
Halifax
Josephine
Allan Falkenham
Harry Jewell
Manitoba Seed Fair to Grow with Winter Fair in March
Manitoba Seed Fair, in Brandon, linked with the Manitoba Winter Fair, runs March 16 to 20. Now in its seventh year it has expanded beyond last year’s arena space, as growers of surplus grain, grass or clover seeds seek buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Man
Manitoba
Mackenzie King Calls for Early Ottawa Session
Opposition leader Mackenzie King urges the prime minister to announce a date for parliament to meet in Ottawa. He asserts conditions in Canada are worse now than at the September special session and argues for a regular annual session to address national affairs before Premier Bennett's Washington trip.
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Ottawa
Mr. King
Canada
R. B. Bennett
Washington
Government backs BC growers in freight-rate bid
Premier Tolmie orders rate counsel Leon J. Lander to cooperate with BC growers and canners seeking immediate proceedings before the railway commission. Vegetables and canning interests urge a 50 percent acreage cut risk and want freight rates reduced to prairie levels, matching Ontario rates.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Prairies
S. F. Tolmie
Leon J. Lander
K.C
Railway Commission
Ontario
Increase in Government Employees in Regina Return
Regina report shows 351 more government employees across departments than Sept 9 1929. The increase includes staff for the liquor board farm loans board and the power commission as outlined in the assembly order return.
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Regina
Sask
Assembly
Liquor Board
Farm Loans Board
The
Power Commission
Majority for labor on trades disputes bill in Commons
In the House of Commons the government passed the second reading of the Trades Disputes Bill by a 27 vote margin. The Liberals mostly supported the government but some opposed or abstained, and the bill moves to committee stage upstairs for clause by clause consideration. Churchill led the final day debates, criticizing unions and Liberal abstention amid rowdy exchanges. A note follows about a new Czech library law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
House of Commons
John Simon
Stanley Baldwin
Winston Churchill
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Churchill
Mr. Churchill
MacDonald
Precedence for Dominion High Commissioners Announced
The secretary of state for the Dominions directs that the high commissioners in London and the high commissioner for India rank immediately after British secretaries of state on all ceremonial occasions excluding Crown ministers. The Dominion representative’s status relative to visiting ministers remains unchanged, with the minister holding precedence before the high commissioner.
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London
England
Dominions
India
United Kingdom
Dominion
Richards elected president of Canadian Flying Club
H. R. Richards, manager of the Royal Bank of Canada in Fort William Ontario, was elected president of the Canadian Flying Club Association at the annual convention. Other officers include R. J. R. Nelson Halifax Shipyards Halifax Nova Scotia as vice-president for the Maritimes and A. Sidney Dawes Montreal as Ontario Quebec vice-president. James A. Bell of the Edmonton Flying Club becomes western vice-president with H. P. Crabb of Winnipeg as treasurer. Meetings were in camera with no public announcements beyond the officers.
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Montreal
H. R. Richards
Royal Bank of Canada
Fort William
Ont
Canadian Flying Club Association
J. A. Sully
Winnipeg
Maritime Provinces
R. J. R. Nelson
Halifax
N.S
Ontario
Quebec
A. Sidney Dawes
James A. Bell
Edmonton Flying Club
Edmonton
Alta
H. P. Crabb
Winnipeg Flying Club
Passengers Deported from Empress of Russia Liner
Two passengers from the Empress of Russia arrived from the Orient were ordered deported by an immigration board. Captain W Littie and L Mercer appeal their rulings in Ottawa. Littie, ex Indian Army officer, aimed to join relatives in Toronto. Mercer, Shanghai native and Hedwig engineer, planned to settle in Canada. Deportations rely on a government rule restricting entry to practical farmers or wives of Canadian residents.
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Vancouver
B.C
W. Littie
L. Mercer
Immigration Board of
Ottawa
Little
Toronto
Mercer
Shanghai
Hedwig
China
Canada
Mining Men to Meet Ottawa Delegates at Institute Meet
Delegates from across Canada and some from the United States are expected at the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy annual meeting in Ottawa from March 4 to 6. Papers cover latest mining developments. social functions are planned. G G Duncan will discuss exploration in the Northwest Territories near the Coppermine River. J P Nome will discuss Great Bear Lake developments and John Drybrough on nickeliferous ores of Hudson Bay’s west coast.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
G. G. Duncan
Northwest Territories
Coppermine River
J. P. Nome
Great Bear Lake
John Drybrough
Hudson Bay
Test shipments of grain from Port Churchill begin
Ottawa reports a middle of September test movement of about 750 000 bushels of grain from Port Churchill Hudson Bay to private steamship lines. The plan, backed by Minister Dr. Manion and Canadian government maritime officials, aims to prove port facilities ready and attract Hudson Bay trade for the 1932 navigation season.
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Ottawa
Ont
Churchill
Department of Railways and Canals
Hudson Bay
R. J. Manion
Canadian Government Merchant Marine
Canadian National Steamships
Steamship Company
Western Canada
Canadian wheat hailed as best in world by seed expert
Herman Trelle of Peace River Alberta told Kiwanis in Toronto that Canada produces the best wheat for flour and needs better seed wheat to fight rust and drought. He urged focusing on Marquis and earlier types, noting too many varieties and the west adapting to the combine harvest. He emphasized brand prestige and price and warned against late maturing, dry wheat.
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Toronto
Ont
Herman Trelle
Peace River
Alberta
Kiwanis Club
Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
Trelle
West
Mr. Trelle
Canada
Russia
Herman Treille
Wembley
Combine
Mob Lynches Slayer Schafer in North Dakota Jail
A mob storms a county jail near Medora and hangs 22 year old Charles Bannon who confessed to killing six members of the Haven family. Bannon’s father James F. Bannon is held, and the crowd disperses after the lynching near Cherry Creek.
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Young Bannon
James F. Bannon
Haven
Russian Trade Delegations Oblivious Negotiations Inquiries
Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson told the House of Commons he knows of no talks aiming to set up Russian trade delegations in any Dominion. The Cuban central highway project is scheduled for completion in February. W. N. U. 1875
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London
England
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
Cuba
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Supreme Court
United States Office
Rt. Hon
Mackenzie King
Czecho-Slovakia
John Aird
Canadian Bank of Commerce
British Empire
Sioners
Royal Bank
C.N.R
Canadian National Railway
Norma
S. W. Shenkel
Liberty
Mundare
Clatford
Unity
C.P.R
U.S
Port Churchill
North Dakota
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