Government Defeated by One Vote in Non-Confidence Motion
The Meighen Government suffered a one vote defeat in the house after three days of debate on a motion questioning ministers sitting in the chamber. Seventeen Progressives were present. fourteen joined the Liberals and three supported the government. Four Progressives who had backed the government previously switched sides to cause the defeat. This marks the first post Confederation non-confidence defeat in the House.
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Mins MacPhail
Messrs
Coote
Crown
Garland
Bow River
King
North Huron
Jellis
Evans
Bird
Spencer
Gardiner
Beaubien
Steedsman
Millar
Forke
Lucas
Boutilier
Fansher
Grain Act Amendment in Canada Solicits Elevator Purchases
Ottawa reports the Campbell Hill bill to amend the Care ada Grain Act progresses with two amendments. One sets a governor-in-council proclamation date and a one year limit. the other empowers grain pools to buy country elevators at shipping points lacking one, with board arbitration if price and terms cannot be agreed.
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Ottawa
New Red Lake Strike Reported
A Toronto Star dispatch from Hudson Ontario reports a significant new strike at Red Lake on the Bill Smith group near McKenzie Island. Veins are described as exceptionally rich with samples ranging from nine to thirty two dollars per ton in gold and equal silver content.
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Toronto
Toronto Star
Hudson, Ont
Red Lake
Bill Smith
McKenzie Island
Ottawa veteran Archibald McLean dies at 87
Lieut. Colonel Archibald McLean Fenian raid veteran died at his Westboro residence aged 87. He was born at Pendleton Ontario, youngest son of Hugh McLean a Hudson's Bay Company factor and Winnipes pioneer.
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Ottawa
Archibald McLean
Westboro
Pendleton
Ont
Hugh McLean
Hudson's Bay Company
Winnipes
Miners' Committee Stands Against Hours Increase
London miners' executive committee reviews coal situation and reaffirms decision to resist any rise in work hours or wage cuts.
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Londons
Canada C N L R President Urges Staying Home
Sir Henry Thornton of the Canadian National Railways told a Montreal banquet that Canada faces a future of great industrial activity and urged Canadians to stay in the Dominion to share in upcoming prosperity. He praised Lord Shaughnessy as a major empire builder and warned emigrants of better prospects at home.
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United States
Canada
Austria Confident Of Financial Prosperity
A Vienna banker describes Austria’s postwar recovery as underway despite rising unemployment and a wary mood. He asserts Austria seeks peace, resists resentful minorities, and aims to regain solvency without shortcuts, noting resilience since the armistice and a belief that the corner has been turned.
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Vienna
Balkans
Austria
London
Berlin
Paris
Frankfurt
Munich
Bitter Verbal Clash in British House
In the House of Commons a heated dispute arose as Labour MP Joseph Westwood threatened Col. George Lane-Fox with violence amid debates on a government bill to extend miners' work to eight hours a day. Lane-Fox withdrew a remark he believed was misconstrued, amid Westwood's claim of insult to his men.
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London
Joseph Westwood
Midlothian and Peebles
George Lane-Fox
Wines
House of Commons
Col
Lane-Fox
Westwood
Ring Found In Grain Car Returned To Owner
A Masonic ring found in grain car No 345419 shipped from Findlater was located by Fort William staff and returned to the owner, following a note from the Patterson Grain Co Winnipeg confirming the find and arranging direct contact. The ring went missing last September on Ed Dillabough's Findlater farm during wheat separator inspection by J M Robb of Case Co.
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Regina
Ed. Dillabough
Findlater
J. M. Robb
Case Co
E. J. Topping
N. M. Patterson Grain Co
Winnipeg
Greaves
Fort William
N. W. Paterson Co
Cow Breaks Milk Records in Montreal
The Canadian Ayrshire Breeders Association reports Nellie Osborne of Elm Shade owned by W. C. Wylie Glen Elm Farm Howick Quebec set Ayrshire records in a 355 day test producing 21 241 pounds of milk and 909 pounds of butter fat, far surpassing other breed cows.
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Montreal
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Nellie Osborne
Elm Shade
W. C. Wylie
Glen Elm Farm
Howick
Que
Ayrshire
Appointed Manager E G Hingley Named Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Chief
E G Hing ley secretary manager of the Saskatchewan Municipal Hail Insurance Association is named manager of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool after a re organization of Wheat Pool and Elevator Company executives Donald MacRae becomes manager of the re organized pool elevators and S G Lowthian moves to treasurer of the Wheat Pool succeeding J D Reed who takes over the Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Ltd treasurership.
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E. G. Hingley
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Regina
Saskatchewan Municipal Hail Insurance Association
Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Donald MacRae
The
Pool Elevators Ltd
S. G. Lowthian
Successon
J. D. Reed
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Ltd
Temporary cabinet named for new government Ottawa
Prime Minister-designate Arthur Meighen forms a seven member temporary ministry. Sir Henry Drayton announces the lineup with Meighen taking external affairs and privy council posts. Sir George Perley will cover related matters during Meighen's absence from the house.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
Henry Drayton
Treasury
Henry
W. A. Black
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Mr. Meighen
External Affairs
Privy Council
George Perley
Farmers' Party of Alberta To Remain In Power
Calgary Premier J. E. Brownlee leads the United Farmers of Alberta to an undiminished majority in the legislature. Liberals likely keep their strength. Conservatives gain three seats. Labor losses and mixed commitments shape a slow count under proportional representation with new seats Empress and Cypress.
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Calgary
J. E. Brownlee
United Farmers of Alberta
Liberals
Labor
Alex. Ross
Colonization Plan Favored by American Jews for Ukraine
Dr. Joseph Rosen of the American Joint Distribution Committee reports a large majority of American Jews support recognizing Soviet Russia and backing a colonization project in Ukraine's Kherson district. The fund reaches $20,000,000 for farmland settlement while Palestine is deprioritized. over 1,000,000 of Russia’s 3,000,000 Jews are said unable to earn a living.
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Riga
Latvia
Soviet Russia
Joseph Rosen
American Joint Distribution Committee
United States
Ukraine
Leningrad Krasnya
Rosen
New York
Vorwaerts
Dr. Rosen
Kherson
Palestine
Russia
Young Englishmen to Canada on Empress of France
Fifty six young men who trained six months in agricultural work at the Labour Ministry centres at Brandon and Claydon Suffolk depart for Canada aboard the Empress of France. They head to Winnipeg to be placed on selected farms.
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London
Ministry of Labor
Brandon
Claydon
Suffolk
Canada
Winnipeg
Rural Credits Pass Senate With Amendments in Ottawa
Rural credits cleared the Senate with amendments after clearing the Commons. The Mackenzie King government measure aims to aid western farmers and now returns to the Commons for concurrence on changes including removing a one per cent limit and shifting expense accountability to the province where costs arise. Senators debated timing and regional impact as the bill seeks nationwide scope.
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Ottawa
Snate
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Mackenzie King
Schaffner
Dandurand
Willoughby
Canada
Beique
Weather Prediction Not Fulfilled Says Dominion Forecaster
Sir Frederick Stupart of the Dominion Observatory in Toronto dismisses a Washington meteorologist’s claim that 1926 would be a no summer year. He notes April was cold, May warm, June slightly cooler than average, and warns against long range weather prophecies. He says insufficient knowledge prevents reliable forecasts that far ahead.
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Sir Frederick Stupart
Toronto
H. J. Browne
Washington
Dominion Observatory
Dominion
Frederick
London Times on Resignation of the King Government
The London Times comments on the resignation of the King Government in Canada. It says Ottawa’s agitated domestic debate reveals inherent weakness and reliance on vague affinities with a declining group with obscure prospects, not a solid party majority. It notes charges and alleged losses to the Canadian business community due to smuggling.
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London
The
London Times
King
Canada
Ottawa
the Times
Clean-Up of Customs Across Canada Urged by Farmers Party
Ottawa report quotes Miss Agnes McPhail urging a coast to coast clean-up of customs. She calls for a full judicial inquiry extending nationwide, with mixed party representation and no Parliament until the inquiry reports, to end sheltering of higher-ups and cleanse political life.
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Ottawa
Farmers Party
Agnes McPhail
Progressive Party
Canada
Meighen Defends Governor General Action in Dissolution Stand
Ottawa. Prime Minister Arthur Meighen defends the Governor General against criticism of refusing dissolution. He argues a premier who secures dissolution but cannot command a majority is not entitled to a second dissolution, especially while a censure motion is under discussion, and that early parliament stages heighten this principle.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
W. L. Mackenzie King
Meighen
House of Commons
Great Damage From Widespread Earthquake Across Regions
The earthquake struck Italy and Eastern Mediterranean shores, with shocks felt in Singapore and Central Sumatra. Crete reported no major casualties but heavy damage, Rhodes saw widespread ruin with many villages partially wrecked. The Candia archaeological museum suffered severe losses including a mural of a bull fight.
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Italy
Mediterranean
East Indies
Singapore
Sumatra
Crete
Rome
Rhodes
Candia
Blaze at Cooper Department Store devastates Swift Current
Fire starting in the hardware department of W. W. Cooper Departmental Store caused an estimated $300,000 loss, jeopardizing the city business district. The Cooper Block body reduced, Bertin Block damaged, windows shattered across the street after a four hour fire fight. No aerial control of Northern British Columbia fisheries this year per federal officials.
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W. W. Cooper Departmental Store
Cooper
Bertin
Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Provincial Fisheries Department
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