Canadian Wheat Exports Show Stronger Tone Into January
Canada report from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes wheat exports for the crop year August 1 to January 31 exceed last year's level by nearly 000,000 bushels. Demand remains steady for mixing Canadian wheat while European stock declines and competition from Russia and the southern hemisphere grows.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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Soviet Russia
Australia
Argentine
Europe
Brownhall
European
United Kingdom
Italy
France
Holland
Belgium
Russia
Orient
India
Dominion and provincial radio rights before Supreme Court
Ottawa reports that the Dominion and provincial powers over radio broadcasting will face a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada. Preparation of questions is under way with no decision yet on Dominion representation at Quebec court hearings initiated by Premier Taschereau. The timing of federal legislation may hinge on court arguments and outcomes.
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Ont
Dominion
Provinces
Supreme Court of Canada
Quebec
Taschereau
Superior Court of
Mystery plane inventor killed in Roosevelt Field crash
Emry Davis, inventor of a unique tandem monoplane, died when his craft nose-dived during a tow at Roosevelt Field New York. Co pilot Carl Nelson was slightly injured. Davis, about 50, had recently arrived seeking secrecy on his aviation project after investing around $100,000.
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Roosevelt
Ontario Unemployment Relief Bill Approved in Legislature
Premier George S. Henry reported that Ontario has spent over 15 million dollars on employment and relief since the Dominion Act. He said 43,000 men were employed by the end of January as the province approved a bill authorizing 4 million dollars for relief and validating municipal debentures to finance relief efforts.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
George S. Henry
Spain forms new ministry to restore legal order
Madrid reports a peacefully formed government led by Admiral Juan Bautista Aznar as King Alfonso seeks to prevent another dictatorship. The cabinet replaces Damaso Berenguer with figures like Berenguer, Count of Romanones, and the Marquis of Albucemas, emphasizing restoration of stability.
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Madrid
Spain
Juan Bautista Aznar
Alfonso
Miguel Primo de Rivera
Damaso Berenguer
Berengeur
Romanones
Albucemas
School Act Amendment targets French language in Saskatchewan schools
Premier Anderson announced a proposed School Act amendment to abolish French language instruction in public schools this session. He said the current practice in which a French child could study the first year in French risks leaving the child without English after 10 months, and the change aims for pedagogical soundness without disrespect to French culture. Also, MP Turnbull said there is no secession movement in Western Canada, dismissing Western agitation as noise from a few individuals.
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Anderson
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Ont
Canada
F. W. Turnbull
M-P
Regina
Grain Growing Countries May Hold Conference
Ottawa reports representations to the Dominion Government for a conference including Russia Australia Argentina and Canada to discuss the wheat situation. Washington dispatches quote Alexander Legge as saying a wheat producing countries conference might be advantageous and could reveal Russia’s willingness to pursue orderly marketing for better prices.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Dominion
Russia
Australia
Argentina
Canada
Washington
Alexander Legge
United States Farm Loan Board
Relief payments to pensioners to continue in Canada
Ottawa announces continuation of relief payments to pensioners at the same rates as before. Premier Bennett says funds were exhausted by parliamentary appropriations and governor general warrants, now supplemented to meet urgent need. Monthly allowances listed: single men 30, married no children 45, one child 57, two or more children 67. vouchers cover the difference from the prior pension.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
R .B. Bennett
Calgary Tops Canadian Sunshine List For January
The Dominion meteorological service reports Calgary had 188 hours of sunshine in January, ahead of St. John with 131 hours and Fredericton with 129 hours. Several prairie and Quebec cities averaged 110 to 115 hours.
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Alberta
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Dominion Meteorological Service
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Fredericton
Prairie Provinces
Quebec
Duty Remission Sought for Old Clothes Trade
Northern Saskatchewan farmers asked Ottawa to remit 25 percent duty on secondhand clothing sent from England. Some shipments faced duties exceeding clothing value in London. A Clandonald farmer appealed, claiming poverty prevents duty payment, with a Customs Act clause allowing remission via affidavit. Lloydminster officials were instructed to release clothing upon affidavits.
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Ont
Saskatchewan
Canada
London
Clandonald
Lloydminster
Asking Amendments To Criminal Code In Ottawa Meeting
Winnipeg police chief Chris H. Newton attended the Ottawa meeting where the Chief Constables Association urged broad changes to the Criminal Code. They pressed for telegraphic warrants and Vagrancy Act amendments and discussed deportation and handling unlawful gatherings. Ottawa also noted a duty policy price for dried beans set at three and a half cents a pound for tariff purposes.
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Manitoba
Chief Constables’ Association
Ottawa
Chris H. Newton
Ont
E. B. Ryckman
National Revenue
Questions Cost Money in Parliament
Rt Hon Arthur Henderson, foreign affairs secretary, says 1680 questions faced since taking office, about 562 relate to Soviet Russia. He cannot estimate the cost of obtaining the information but notes three official statements on Soviet legislation religion and labor cost about 700. Miss Wilkinson cites a former government member estimating 10 per question and calls for economy.
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England
Russia
Arthur Henderson
Ellen Wilkinson
Labor
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Middlesbrough
Labor Was About $700 Miss Wilkinson
Prairie issues to loom large in Parliament
Ottawa notes Western Canada grain policy will dominate the new session opening March 12. Western MPs expect spirited debate on relief, credit policies, freight rates, and wheat bonuses as they weigh Russia's five year plan and the future of large farms versus smallholder farming.
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Ont
Western
Canada
Russia
W. R. Motherwell
Motherwell
H. E. Spencer
United Farmers of
Alberta
Battle River
West
U.F.A
Ottawa fixes 29 percent discount on U S autos for Canada
Ottawa announces a fixed 29 percent discount on six United States automobiles entering Canada for sale. Minister F Ryckman says the discount applies to duty calculations and that dumping provisions apply if discounts exceed 20 percent. Cabinet council approved an order-in-council after lengthy debate among manufacturers and dealers.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Canada
F. Ryckman
National Revenue
Ryckman
Cabinet Council
Saskatchewan approves pool referendum plan in legislature
In Regina the Saskatchewan legislature passed 48 to 5 a private member's resolution calling for a referendum on the 100 per cent pool question. If carried by two thirds, further legislation would fund the required machinery. Five Conservative and Liberal members opposed.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
George Bennett
Wolseley
James Grassick
Regina City
H. A. Lilly
Thunder Creek
Anton Huck
South Qu’Appelle
A. Jules Marion
Ile A la Crosse
R. J. Greaves
Melfort
R. J. M. Parker
Pelly
Open Parliament Ceremony Led by Justice Duff March 12
Parliament will be opened on March 12 in Ottawa by Mr Justice Duff of the Supreme Court of Canada. The ceremony will be performed in his capacity as administrator. The Earl of Bessborough will not arrive in Canada until April 3 or 4. Chief Justice Anglin remains away in the West Indies and returns around April 23.
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Ont
Justice Duff
Supreme Court of Canada
Canada
Earl of Bessborough
Anglin
West Indies
Buenos Aires
Trinidad
Train wreck in Hankow kills and injures dozens
A heavy snowfall disrupted the Peiping Hankow railway near Linyang about 100 miles north, causing a wreck that killed thirty and wounded seventy two. The report reached here on February 18 due to crippled wire and rail communications.
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China
Linyang
Here
Peiping
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