New Legislation Foreseen in Throne Speech Ottawa
The throne speech outlines limited new laws including updates to the Elections, Companies, Fisheries, Narcotic Drug, and technical education acts. It mentions a pensions scheme for Canadian National employees and progress on national research labs and immigration agreements.
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Niagara
Railway Commission
Canadian National
Dominion
Fisheries Commission
National Research Laboratories
Canadian National Railways
Eastern
Western
Canada
Better Relations Between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia Seen
After years of tension and frontier disputes the two nations seem to move toward improved ties. The frontier opened after a year and a half of closure, and a mixed commission will meet in Sofia to finalize the frontier agreement. A commercial treaty is expected to follow to boost trade.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
M. Droff
Commission Now In Euros London England
The Canadian broadcasting commission led by Sir John Aird left for the continent on February 7. It is understood the British organization, yielding about 5 million dollars yearly under government supervision, left a favorable impression on the commission.
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London
England
Canadian Broadcasting Commission
John Aird
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Continent
Seeking Right To Control Property
Shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railroad lodge a petition of right with the government at Ottawa seeking the right to sue the Dominion of Canada for restoration of their property or fair compensation. The par value of their shares is about $180,900,000. No ministers will discuss the matter.
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Ottawa
Ont
Grand Trunk Railroad
National Railway
Dominion of Canada
Grand Trunk
Not Delaying Treaty in Britain and Canada
London sources deny Canada delays the arbitration treaty between Britain and the United States. They say Britain and the United States want to complete the Kellogg pact first but expect the arbitration accord to be concluded soon. Dominion views have been received and no major hurdles are foreseen.
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London
England
Canada
Britain
United States
Dominions
Nurses Called To Paris From England
France faces a severe influenza epidemic with England supplying nurses to Paris hospitals. Red tape is eased to speed aid and some doctors can mobilize help by telephone from London within twelve hours. About one fifth of Parisians affected. earlier cases were mild but pneumonia and bronchitis rising with deaths increasing.
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Paris
France
England
London
Silver bullion shipped from Halifax aboard Cunard liner
The Cunard liner Aurania sailed for Plymouth and London with 240 bars of silver bullion on the London option and 93 parcels of clothing for the miners relief fund of the Lord Mayor of London. This marks the first shipment for this relief effort to go forward from Halifax.
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Halifax
Cunard
Aurania
Plymouth
London
King Signs Papers in London After State Council
King George, newly supported by appointed councillors, signed two state papers in London. One named Justice Tomlin to the lord appeal in ordinary and as a member of the privy council. The announcement marks his first signing of official documents since December 4.
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London
England
King George
Justice Tomlin
Appeal
Privy Council
Two Navy Flyers Die In Midair Crash Near Pensacola
Pensacola reports the deaths of Frs. Branwell P. Howell 24 and Andrew Brink 21 attached to the naval flying squadron when their aeroplanes collided and crashed during a formation fight.
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Pensacola, Frs
Branwell P. Howell
Andrew Brink
Naval Flying Squadron
Duke of Gloucester to visit Tokyo for Order of the Garter
The Duke of Gloucester will leave London at the end of March to invest Emperor Hirohito with the Order of the Garter. The trip was timed due to the King’s improving health, with the party arriving in Japan in early May.
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London
England
Duke of Gloucester
Tokio
Hirohito
Japan
Order of the Garter
New Experience For Italy Rome Ice Brings Venice Gondolas to Halt
Ice clogging Venice canals forces possible use of ice boats and skis as weather stays frigid. Gondola traffic nearly stalls amid temperatures around 15.8 Fahrenheit and lagoon waters frozen.
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Rome
Venice
Roblin Leggett Tie Knot in California Ceremony
Canadian financier and former Manitoba premier Sir Rodmond T. Roblin wed Miss Ethel M. Leggett of Los Angeles at Wiltshire Congregational Church in Los Angeles on February 5. More than 100 guests attended a simple ceremony.
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Los Angeles
Rodmond T. Roblin
Manitoba
Ethel M. Leggett
Wiltshire Congregational
Increase In Jersey Cattle Toronto Annual Meeting Reports Rise In Registrations
At the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club annual meeting in Toronto reports show registrations and transfers jumping with 1928 figures totaling 24,079 up from 15,450 in 1927. J W McGilivray of Chilliwack B C was elected a vice president.
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Toronto
Canadian Jersey Cattle Club Heid
J. W. McGilivray
Chilliwack
B.C
Alberta Keeps Own Police Province Prefers Not Toe Make Change
Premier Brownlee announced in the legislature that Alberta will not accept the Dominion offer to transfer policing to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He said the Federal government also wanted to enforce its own statutes with its own police, and Alberta intends to maintain its provincial force.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Brownlee
R.C.M.P
Radio for Peace River Plans Outlined in Alberta
Premier Brownlee outlined plans for the Peace River country including short wave radio links to isolated northern points, telegraph connections, intensive water searches, three soil survey parties, and a survey of the pre-Cambrian Shield for minerals in the northeast Alberta region.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
Peace River
Brownlee
France Willing to Renounce Pension Rights in Reparations Talks
Paris reports a concerted push to rehabilitate Europe as the reparations specialists open sessions. France would waive about 6 billion francs in pension rights from the Versailles Treaty, signaling a conciliatory approach to Germany’s payment schedule. The experts assess how much Germany can pay without crippling industry and how long payments should last while war debts remain separate. A plan to evacuate the Rhineland and replace troops with an Allied commission is under review.
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Paris
Europe
International Committee of Experts Ob
France
Germany
United States
England
Rhineland
C Rice Jones Forms Investment Firm in Western Canada
C Rice Jones former vice president of United Grain Growers has launched C Rice Jones and Co Limited in Winnipeg. He resigns from the board to pursue a general investment service on stocks and bonds, with underwriting of new securities and a Western network of representatives.
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C. Rice-Jones
United Grain Growers
Canada
C. Rice-Jones and Co., Limited
Alberta Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator Company
Grain Growers Grain Company
United Grain Growers’ Limited
Amalgamated Company
Rice-Jones
Toronto
Montreal
New York
Curry Block
Winnipeg
Starving crowds raid food stores in Kishiney amid famine
Starving crowds of men women and children attacked relief stations smashing windows wrecking furniture and seizing remaining food. The government relief committee promises more supplies while officials meet in Bessarabia to discuss measures as food trains are delayed by heavy snow between Pessarabia and Bucharest.
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Kishiney
Bessarabia
Bessarati
Pessarabia
Bucharest
Ottawa Athlete Killed in Camp Borden Plane Crash
Ottawa sports figure J. G. Jerry Ault died from injuries after his solo flight crashed at Camp Borden. A court of inquiry will be held there to determine the accident cause.
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Ottawa
J. G
Jerry” Ault
Camp Borden
Ault
Canadian railways official named deputy minister
Ottawa announces I A C Henry director of the bureau of economics at Canadian National Railways will become deputy minister of railways, succeeding the late Major Graham A Bell. Henry will earn the same $10 000 per year as his predecessor.
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Ottawa
I. A. C. Henry
Bureau of Economics
Canadian National Railways
Graham A. Bell
Henry
Greenland Winter Warms as Ice and Snow Fail
The Greenland Administration Department reports an unusually mild winter with virtually no ice or snow. Temperatures are about 48 degrees Fahrenheit, marking an unseasonal warmth for the region.
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Copenhagen
Greenland Administration Department
Fatal injuries after bleaching machine accident in North Bay
William Ashcroft of International Paper Company died after a gang of men cut through gears with acetylene torches to release him from a huge bleaching machine. He was rushed by special train to Mattawa hospital where his right leg was amputated, but he died from shock and blood loss a few hours later.
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North Bay
Ont
William Ashcroft
International Paper Company
Ashcroft
Mattawa
Death Of Bremen Flyer Baron Von Huenefeld
Bremen flyer Baron Von Huenefeld dies after an operation in a Berlin sanitarium. Born in Koenigsberg to a Prussian officer, he was deemed weak but persisted to serve in World War I as a motorcycle dispatch rider.
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Berlin
Baron Fhrenfreid
Gunther von Huenenfeld
Bremen
North Atlantic
Derlin
Koenigsberg
von Huenefeld
Gain In Ship Production New York
Lloyds register of shipping reports a 20 percent rise in world merchant vessels production in 1928. Great Britain and Ireland led tonnage gains with the largest percentage, while the United States saw modest growth. Overall, all other maritime nations combined added about 400 000 gross tons over 1927. Mercantile tonnage launched in the United States barely exceeded half of 1927’s 179 218 tons. Britain and Ireland climbed 18 percent and other nations 32 percent.
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New York
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping
Great Britain and Ireland
United States
Great Britain
Air surveys set Canadian mapping record for last year
The Aerial Surveys Committee report to the Dominion Land Surveyors convention states Canada’s aerial mapping era boomed with 66 143 square miles photographed last season. Provinces listed include Nova Scotia 2870 New Brunswick 523 Quebec 12382 Ontario 17099 Manitoba 7635 Saskatchewan 14900 Alberta 4800 and British Columbia 4664. A total of 109 122 photographs were captured.
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Ottawa
Canada
B. W. Waugh
D.L
Dominion Land Surveyors
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Waugh
Townsite plans for Churchill discussed in Winnipeg meeting
In Winnipeg Col A E Dubuc and Ho D G McKenzie conferred on the Port of Churchill townsite on Hudson Bay. The two officials arrived separately at the Fort Garry Hotel. Ottawa Winnipeg talks have long considered the harbour townsite with no land for sale near the proposed chart site as warned in 1927.
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Winnipeg
Man
Churchill
Hudson Bay
A. E. Dubuc
D.S.O
Department of Railways and Canals
Ottawa
D. G. McKenzie
Mines and Natural Resources
Colonel Dubuc
Fort Garry
McKenzie
Mr. McKenzie
Bank of England Raises Bank Rate to 54 Percent
To protect its gold reserve the Bank of England lifted the bank rate to 54 percent from 44 percent, a move aimed at stemming gold outflow to the United States. The weekly gold shipments exceeded £3,000,000, shrinking reserves to under £150,000,000 as the higher rate sought to lift sterling and curb further losses.
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London
Bank of England
United States
Vancouver Traffic Toll in 1928 Police Report
Vancouver statistics show thirty fatalities and 723 injuries from 10 529 motor accidents in 1928. Provincial totals reach 7 500 crashes with an average of three deaths per thousand vehicles, versus 77 500 crashes in 1927.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Liquor Shipment Seized In St Boniface Police Action
A carload of liquor valued at about 60000 dollars was seized by a combined Winnipeg city police and provincial enforcement squad in St Boniface. The shipment listed Hanor asbestos and originated from Canadian Asbestos Company Ltd in Cote St Paul Montreal to Winnipeg Rooting Company. England Elsewhere faces a dry trend with England's spirits consumption dropping from 32239522 gallons in 1900 to 10412921 last year, blamed on alternative amusements like movies and radio.
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Winnipeg
Man
St. Boniface
Canadian Asbestos Company, Ltd
Cote St. Paul
Montreal
Winnipeg Rooting Company
London
England
Quebec Liquor Profits Dispatched to Charities Bureau
In Quebec the provincial secretary Athanase David announced that one million dollars from the liquor commission profits will be handed to the charities bureau next year to aid charitable institutions. In Washington the senate voted to enlarge the Navy by 15 cruisers and an aircraft carrier with ships to be laid down before July 1, 1821.
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Quebec
Legislative Assembly
Athanase David
Quebec Liquor Commission
Charities Bureau
Washington
United States Navy
Senate
Graf Zeppelin Set for February Flight Round to Egypt and Palestine
Friedrichshafen Germany reports the dirigible Graf Zeppelin will launch at the end of February on a round trip to Egypt and Palestine. The airship will depart from Friedrichshafen and return after a long voyage, details on schedule and stopovers to follow.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Figypt
Palestine
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Orient
Mystic East
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Baron von Huenenfeld
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