Mass Buying Probe Expenses Submitted to House of Commons
Ottawa reports the mass buying commission cost the Dominion treasury about 475 000. Hon R B Hanson said a very large sum may have been diverted from tax dodgers found during the probe. He cannot confirm collections as they are not under his department. Sommerville salaries and witness costs drew criticism from William Golding with questions over 196 days billed. The commission paid its own accounts and auditing firms’ charges were to be reviewed.
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Ottawa
Dominion Treasury
R. B. Hanson
Trade and Commerce
House of Commons
Finance Department
William Golding
Toronto
Commission
Sommerville
South Huron
Hanson
Sam Factor
Lib
Toronto South Centre
Clarkson
Gordon
Dilworth
Guilfoyle
Nash
New Wheat Board Bill Explained by House Committee
John Vallance outlines a 70 cent minimum price for wheat under the new bill. Producers must choose to sell to the board at the minimum price or sell to the grain trade at higher prices, with futures payments if the board profits. The price holds for the crop year and cannot be lowered, while Libs favor a one year board term with possible renewal.
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Ottawa
New Wheat Board
House
John Vallance
Lib
South Battleford
Vallance
Wheat Marketings Decline in Prairie Provinces
Wheat marketings in the prairie provinces for the week ended June 21 totaled 1,704,259 bushels, down 997,227 from the prior week and 947,005 less than the same week last year, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics report.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Kipling Early Works Auction Sells 310 Examples
London auction fetches about £230 for 310 Kipling early pieces published in newspapers. The lot equates to roughly $1,150, reflecting strong interest in the author’s initial writings.
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London
Rudyard Kipling
Moisture favorable for crops across Canada despite pockets of drought
Dominion bureau report says moisture conditions are generally good for growth though Vancouver Island and parts of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan face drouth. Crops are late but progressing with rainfall in Manitoba and Saskatchewan aiding growth. Alberta faces south drouth while grasshopper, cut worm, wire worm activity and root rot are noted.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Senator May Resign in Ottawa
Senator John McLean of Souris plans to resign his Upper House seat though the move has not yet reached the Dominion government or Senate speakers. At 88 he is the oldest member and missed much of the last session. His departure would create the seventeenth vacancy. Hon. J. A. Macdonald of Prince Edward Island is mentioned as a likely successor.
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Ottawa
Senate
John McLean
Souris
Lilness
McLean
J. A. Macdonald
Bennett
Prince Edward Island
Japanese Steamer Sinks After Night Collision Near Osaka
A fog bound collision between the Midori Maru and the freighter Senzan Maru in the Japanese inland sea killed 104. Rescue ships saved 91 of 166 passengers and 56 of 85 crew members. eleven bodies were recovered including three women and an infant.
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Osaka
Japan
New C P R Ships Glasgow Queen Mary Replacement
Canadian Pacific Steamships will replace its older liner with the giant Cunarder Queen Mary under construction. Sir E W Beatty announced this after inspecting the new vessel at Belfast or Glasgow area shipyards.
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Glasgow
Canadian Pacific Steamships
E. W. Beatty
Queen Mary
Trade Treaty With Poland Signed by Canada and Poland
Premier R. B. Bennett announced in the House of Commons that a trade treaty between Canada and Poland has been signed and a copy was tabled. The measure marks formalizing economic relations between the two nations.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
House of Commons
Canada
Poland
Air liner believed lost after SOS off Isle of Wight
A British air liner reportedly fell into the Channel off the Isle of Wight after sending SOS calls. A destroyer and RAF flying boats searched in vain for wreckage though a surface oil patch about 10 miles from shore suggested the fate of two aboard, Pilot Captain Ogden, 30, and passenger Grainger. The craft was en route from the Channel Islands to England.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Royal Air Force
Isle of Wight
Ogden
Grainger
England
Channel Islands
Hiker Wins Wager With Mayor After 10 000 Mile Trek
Ernest A Wall of Waldeck Sask arrived in Sudbury on July 2 reporting completion of his 10000 mile hike four days early. He left Waldeck July 6 1934 and spent six months in New Brunswick. Wall claims the original 10 cent piece that started the journey and says he beat the one year target.
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Sudbury
Ont
Ernest A. Wall
Waldeck
Sask
New Brunswick
Wall
Heavy Rains Cause Floods in British Columbia Districts
In British Columbia the heaviest rains in a decade have swollen rivers and creeks in the Kootenay and Okanagan districts. Public works officials report heavy damage to highways and bridges as the Mission river at Kelowna breaks flood records.
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Nelson
B.C
Kootenay
Okanagan
British Columbia
Mission River
Kelowna
Tariff Revision Urged by Premier Pattullo in Prince Rupert
Premier T. D. Pattullo urged a tariff adjustment and a revision of the British North America Act to clarify relations between the provinces and the Dominion. He said unanimity across Canada supports revising revenue sources and taxation to reduce overlap and ease land tax, with British Columbia seeking fairer treatment relative to the east.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Dominion
T. D. Pattullo
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Pattullo
Cheese Dairy Bonus Paid to Milk Shippers
Ottawa announced a July bonus of 1 percent of a cent per pound to farmers who ship milk to cheese factories. The fund of 1 million dollars aims to stabilize dairy prices and discourage shifts to butter production. First payments will be issued in July via the cheese factories, with potential boosts up to 14 percent per pound.
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Ottawa
Robert Weir
House of Commons
Bishop of London bans seances in all churches
The bishop Rt. Rev. A. F. Winnington Ingram in a diocesan leaflet forbids any church building in his diocese from being used for seances. He warns the public against spiritualism as a dangerous unauthorized attempt to communicate with the dead and a waste of time for the living.
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London
A. F. Winnington Ingram
New Air Mail Service Linking London to Australia and Africa
British government unveils air mail plan with routes from London to Australia and to the Union of South Africa via Egypt.
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New Air Mail Service
Bombay
London
Australia
Union of South Africa
Egypt
Floods and Storms Roar Across Western Canada Damage Surges
Western Canada endures worst storms in 25 years with floods driving settlers from homes in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Bridges toppled roads washed out and rail derailments reported as searches for a missing two year old Arthur Godsworth continued in Borketon. Damaged dams power stations and farm buildings marked the crisis while some areas show green recoveries.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Peace River
Alberta
British Columbia
Kootenay
Okanagan
Coast Province
Mission River
Kelowna
Penticton
Kamloops
Slave Lake
Grandview
Borketon
Arthur Godsworth
Canadian National Railways
Alex. Dykun
Gilbert Plains
Dykun
Dauphin
Man
Ottawa Crackdown on Book Signing Scams
The senate banking and commerce committee adopts an amendment making a new racket of signing books or sheets with $1 contributions an offence under the criminal code. Operators face fines up to $500.
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Ottawa
Senate Banking and Commerce Committee
Parliament Fixes Radio Commission Term Extension
The House of Commons retraced its steps to correct the bill extending the Canadian Radio Commission life to March 31, 1936. An amendment in the senate would have ended the radio act that enshrines public ownership of radio on that date.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Canadian Radio Commission
Senate
Vesuvius Eruption Shocks Naples Residents
Mount Vesuvius erupted with a loud explosion blasting a cone fragment into the air. Naples residents were alarmed though the observatory stated the danger was minimal and contained.
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Naples
Vesuvius
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