Arranging For 6 000 British Immigrants To Farm Work
Canada’s Department of Immigration plans to place 6000 British trained immigrants in farm employment by July end. Deputy minister W J Pigan said the program aims to limit non preferred country labor while aiding in placing others seeking farm work under new terms. Alberta officials note they have sufficient non preferred country workers and support prioritizing British and preferred-country arrivals.
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Department of Immigration
Canada
W. J. Pigan
Traiway
Alberta
Death Of Senator Ross In Ontario Sanatorium
Senator William Svenjamin Ross Conservative party leader in the Senate for two years died at Homewood sanitarium after two months as patient. He was 74. He led the Conservatives in the Upper House since 1926 and sat in the Senate since 1912. He began practice in 1881 in Regina with clients including Gabriel Dumont. He later returned to Halifax and formed a law partnership with Robert Sedgwick.
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Juelph
Ont
William Svenjamin Ross
Senate
Homewood
Ross
Regine
Gabriel Dumont
Louis Riel
Halifax
Robert Sedgwick
Supreme Court of Canada
Ship Huskies To Byrd Vancouver
Fifteen young husky dogs shipped from Vancouver aboard the R. M. S. Niagara January 9 for Commander Byrd’s Antarctic expedition. The dogs, housed at Grouse Mountain Kennels, must reach Dunedin by February 7 to be forwarded by the Elinor Bolling to the Antarctic base. E. J. Farr of White Pass and Yukon Railways completed arrangements in response to Byrd’s request.
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Vancouver
New Zealand
Byrd
Grouse Mountain
Dunedin
Elinor Bolling
Antarctic
Great Ice Barrier
E. J. Farr
White Pasa
Yukon
Succeeds To Earldom Egmont After Last Earl Dies
The ninth Earl of Egmont has died leaving no issue. Frederick Joseph Trevelyan Perceval of Priddis Alberta succeeds as great great grandson of the Second Earl. The earldom was created in 1703.
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Lomden
Charles John Perceval
Earl of
British harvesters bolster western Canada harvest
Ottawa explained that western Canada needed 75,000 harvesters last year while eastern provinces offered only 31,000. With no assurance of 44,000 from the east, the federal government appealed to Great Britain and brought ten thousand British workers to help harvest the wheat crop. Hon. Peter Heenan outlined the plan to a labor delegation presenting its program to the cabinet.
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Ottawa
Ont
Western Canada
Great Britain
Peter Heenan
Mr. Heenan
German Gold Reserve Soars After Stabilization
The Reichsbank vaults hold 2.65 billion marks in gold by early December, more than double the 1.17 billion marks at end of 1923. Since 1924 gold purchases rose yearly, 1925 set a record with 787 million marks, and 1924 1925 1926 and 1927 totals reached 293 million, 448 million, 377 million, and 34 million marks respectively.
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Berlin
Reichsbank
Japanese Stage Revolt Near Fifu Rages With Peasants
Three regiments were sent to Wamoru near Fifu as unrest flared in rural Japan. Two thousand peasants protested at local government offices and 300 police failed to quell the scene. Fighting caused casualties, troops were deployed, and villagers armed with bamboo spears opposed a government river project threatening hundreds of acres of paddy fields.
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Tokio
Wnamoru
Fifu
Japan
Broadcast Speeches Set for Key UK Campaign Dates
London radio will broadcast major campaign speeches by Neville Chamberlain in Liverpool on January 18 and Stanley Baldwin in Newcastle on January 24. A Labour backed plan for a three party leaders debate on the de rating bill is expected to draw Conservative and Liberal support. Ottawa announces Captain Y Streatfield joins Governor General staff. he is nephew of Cal Streatfield once secretary to Lord Lansdowne.
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London
Eng
Neville Chamberlain
Liverpool
Stanley Baldwin
Newcastle
Labor Party
Ottawa
Y. Streatfield
Government House
Captain Streatfield
Cal. H. Streatfield
Lord Lansdowne
Canada
British Canadian talks plan spring farm migration to Canada
Officials from Britain and Canada anticipate a spring movement of about 6000 trained and partly trained British farm workers to Canada. Negotiations are under way between the two governments to organize the transfer in April.
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Liverpool
Eng
Canada
Saskatchewan Seed Lab Opens in Dominion Seed Branch
Saskatchewan seed testing will move to the Dominion Seed Branch laboratory in this department building. Preparations have run since December to open the lab and offices occupying about 3000 feet of floor space. Nelson Young of Winnipeg will head the Saskatchewan district. Dr. F T Wahlen, Ottawa seed analyst, oversees the national lab work and is here for the opening.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Federal Department of Agriculture
Nelson Young
Winnipeg
F. T. Wahlen
Ottawa
Canada
Science Aids Farming Ottawa
Hon. W. R. Motherwell spoke at the eastern Canada Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers Association about Canadian experts developing methods to resist frost and rust in Peace River fields within the next few years. He called Canada a great next year country and urged faith in the future and hard work for prosperity.
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Ottawa
Peace River
W. R. Motherwell
Eastern Canada Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers’ Association
Canada
New pictorial Canadian stamps go on sale
Ottawa reports Canada’s new pictorial stamp issue features four large denominations and sections from each region. The one dollar shows Parliament Buildings, the fifty cent depicts the Bluenose schooner, twelve cent the Quebec Bridge, twenty cent a wheat field, ten cent a British Columbia mountain with totem poles, and the lower values a ring’s head.
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Ottawa
Canada
Post Office
Maritimes
Quebec Bridge
Prairies
British Columbia
Beaverbrook to clash with British parties over empire tariff
Arthur Beverley Baxter Daily Express managing editor says Beaverbrook will go to the mat with hardline parties to push an empire-wide tariff. Baxter spoke in Canada and predicts a major political crisis in Britain.
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Arthur Beverley Baxter
Daily Express
London
Beaverbrook
Britain
Baxter
Canada
Boost in Canadian Auto Insurance Rates Across Canada
The Canadian Automobile Insurance Underwriters Association announced nationwide rate increases up to 50 percent for legal liability and up to 25 percent for collision. The hikes will vary by urban and rural areas. They cited unprofitability under current conditions and lower Canadian rates than the United States, following a survey and the claim that adjustments were imperative.
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Toronto
Canada
Canadian Automobile Insurance Underwriters’ Association
United States
McLean to Receive Eight Thousand Yearly
Ottawa reports Hon. J. D. McLean former premier of British Columbia now farm loan commissioner is in talks with departmental officials to begin organizing the rural credits system. He will be paid 8000 dollars a year as a deputy minister salary. Two other board members will be appointed soon to serve part time.
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Ottawa
Ont
J. D. McLean
British Columbia
McLean
Earthquake Shakes An gora in Turkey Constantinople
A violent earthquake accompanied by a subterranean roar struck An gora near Turkey Constantinople. No injuries or property damage were reported.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Angora
Dog Days of Quebec Derby Set Despite Street Ban
Consternation in Quebec over a ban on dogs in harness in streets. Rumors of canceling the Eastern International Dog Sled Derby proved unfounded as the Mountie dog leads the Chateau Frontenac team. The derby runs February 21 to 23 with 120 miles in three laps featuring notable names such as St Goddard Seppala Chevrette and Dupius.
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Quebec
Chateau
Chateau Frontenac
St. Goddard
Seppala
Chevrette
Dupius
Ford outlines a farming and home revolution in My Philosophy of Industry
Henry Ford envisions a future where homemaking and farming are automated and outsourced. Published notes describe a prohibition on smoking and cooking at home, with machines handling drudgery and large corporations performing farming operations. Ford argues these changes will reduce costs and secure economic freedom.
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Henry Ford
New York
Detroit
Ford
New Directors Elected for 1929 Aber deen Angus Association
The Canadian Aberdeen Angus Association announces 1929 directors by province. Ontario selections: John Lowe Elora, James Bowman Guelph, Col. R. McEwen London. Manitoba: Harry Leader Burnside, J. H. McGregor Brandon. Saskatchewan: A. D. Lyon Deveron, W. J. F. Warren Belbeck. Alberta: F. H. Reed Lacombe, S. J. Henderson Lacombe, Charles Fillett South Edmonton.
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Brandon
Aberdeen-Angus Association
F. W. Crawford
Ontario
John Lowe
Elora
Ont
James Bowman
Guelph
Col. R. McEwen
London
Manitoba
Harry Leader
Burnside
J. H. McGregor
Saskatchewan
A. D. Lyon
Deveron
W. J. F. Warren
Belbeck
Alberta
F. H. Reed
Lacombe
S. J. Henderson
Charles Fillett
South Edmonton
Airplanes Ordered for Eastern Clubs and Alberta Patrols
The Department of National Defence ordered fourteen Moth planes for eastern flying clubs and forest patrols from High River Alberta. The 60,000 dollar order includes five aircraft fitted with radio sets added fuel capacity and navigation instruments for long high altitude flights over Alberta.
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Ottawa
Department of National Defence
Canada
High River
Alta
Alberta
Canadian US anti-smuggling conference denies news on liquor clearance
The Ottawa note rejects morning paper claims that Canada would refuse clearance to liquor cargos for the U S. The report also notes the resignation of A L F Edwards, inspector general of Chinese customs, accepted, with F W Maze named as his successor in protest of dual control of customs.
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Ottawa
Nanking
A. L. F. Edwards
F. W. Maze
Mr. Edwards
CPR Branch Line Plans Signal Parliamentary Arbitration
Ottawa reports indicate the CPR branch line program will be submitted to Parliament after failed attempts to resolve disputes with Canadian National. CN seeks a Saskatoon to Melfort line, with a prior 1924 bid blocked in Senate. Winnipeg notes an anticipated 1200 miles of new track in Western Canada, costing at least fifty million dollars over five years, boosting jobs.
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Ottawa
C.P.R
Canadian National Railways
Canadian National
Saskatoon
Melfort
Vonda
National Railways
Senate
Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
National Resources Question Ottawa
Premier Mackenzie King has not issued a statement on returning natural resources to Alberta. It appears no final agreement is ready. Edmonton dispatches indicate a new offer is being discussed, but Ottawa has not announced any decision yet.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Alberta
Brownlee
Edmonton
Dominion
Reach Flin Flon By Auto The Pas Man
For the first time in Northern Manitoba automobiles are used as winter transport between The Pas and Flin Flon a 400 mile route. Jim Reid a mining man started for Flin Flon via Sturgeon Landing and has reached the landing. Two other parties followed. daily runs exist between Cranberry Portage and Cold Lake with planes tractors and snowmobiles.
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Manitoba
Pas
Flin Flon
Jim Reid
Sturgeon Landing
Cranberry Portage
Cold Lake
Plans to restrict migrants from Central and Southern Europe
Ottawa reports that Immigration Minister Robt Forke plans to limit migration from Central and Southern Europe. The deputy minister says no telegraph confirms this. The issue touches renewal of a railways labor agreement due to bring workers, subject to notice or suspension. In Wichita Goebel aims for a non-stop around the world flight once funds and prep are secured. In Montreal Goebel’s plan follows his Honolulu flight win. In St Edouard School a dynamite stick found before classes. a boy charged in juvenile court with endangering lives.
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Ottawa
Robt. Forke
Europe
W. J. Egan
Forke
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Canada
Wichita
Kansas
Arthur Goebel
Honolulu
Goebel
Montreal
St. Edouard
Ottawa Delegation Seeks New Fisheries Ministry
A Canadian Fisheries Association delegation will press the Premier to create a federal ministry of fisheries. The aim is to establish a dedicated department to oversee fishing policy and related affairs.
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Ottawa
Ministry of Fisheries
Canadian Fisheries Association
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Por Pole
Alberta Palmer
King
Province of
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