Government proceeds with fruit probe under Dunman commission
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police study books of western fruit firms as part of prosecutions under the Combines Investigations Act. Federal officials led by McRuer met with Labor Minister Murdock while Ottawa awaits next steps. The report, tabled February 18, cites a frail combine and gives provinces three months to act, with provinces favoring federal action and promising cooperation.
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Hione
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dunan Commission
McRuer
James Murdock
Labor
House of Commons
Department of Labor and Justice
Present Dealing With Chinese Firms Risky Ottawa
Canadian exporters are advised to take extreme care in financial transactions with Chinese firms. In a message from L. M. Cosgrave in Shanghai the bulletin urges that shipments go only through irrevocable letters of credit due to unsettled Chinese economic conditions and uncertain dock and shipping situations. The bulletin is dated June 15.
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Ottawa
Commercial Intelligence Journal
L. M. Cosgrave
Shanghai
China
Mes
Combat Rust Menace Winnipes Fall Progress
A federal committee advances rust eradication work on cereal rusts led by IL H Newman. Over 180 tests are underway on experimental and private farms. By fall they expect rust resistant wheat varieties and data from artificially inoculated cultures to prove prairie immunity.
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IL. H.newman
Dominion Cerealist
Newman
Prairies
Overthrow Mussolini Campaign Reported by Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph notes an energetic international effort to topple Mussolini and the Fascist regime in Italy. It claims forces from Wall Street to Vienna and Milan to Moscow seek to sow dissension among Fascists and unions. In Teheran, reports say China may ask Moscow to recall the Russian ambassador to Pekin.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Wall Street
Vienna
Milan
Moscow
Teheran
Persia
China
M. Kazakhkan
Pekin
M. Pautsukei
M. Patsukoff
Karakhan
Dutch Farmers to Enter Canada Next Spring
A Dutch agricultural expert, R L Dojes, a Groeningen College graduate, says hundreds of ambitious Dutch farmers with college training will likely move to Canada next spring after touring western provinces. He notes Hollanders are primed as farmers and pioneers.
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Montreal
Que
Canada
R. L. Dojes
Groeningen Agricultural College
Netherlands
Aeid Hollanders
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool to Build Thirty Country Elevators
The Saskatchewan wheat pool executive approves construction of thirty more country elevators at various provincial points where housing is scarce. Contracts for sites like Swift Current and Shaunaven have been awarded, with potential additional towns named Strasbourg Uren Guill Lake Fale North Wigwar Kisbey Weyburn Fox Valley Success Edgeley if purchases prove impossible. Canada to be represented at Geneva International Congress on Child Welfare in August with Frank Yeight attending.
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Yellow Grass
Dunblane
Dodsland
Simpson
Vantage
Grayson
Rouleau
Hamlin
Broderick
Disley
Kinley
Canada
Geneva
League of Nations
British Commons Members To Visit Canada For Empire Study
A large group from the British House of Commons will travel to Canada to extend knowledge of the empire. They will attend Inter-parliamentary Union conferences in Washington and Ottawa, leaving England September 19. Right Hon. Ramsay MacDonald plans to go to Canada this fall, aiming to sail October 2 on the Megantic.
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London
House of Commons
Canada
United Kingdom
Empire Parliamentary Association
Baldwin
Inter-parliamentary Union
Washington
Ottawa
England
Ramsay MacDonald
the Megantic
Canada Wins MacKinnon Cup Bisley Camp
Canada wins the MacKinnon Challenge Cup at Bisley Camp with a total of 1,084 points out of 1,200. England scores 1,065 and Scotland 1,061. the prize is a challenge cap donated in 1891. Special souvenirs will be issued to the captain, adjutant, and each Canadian team member by the NRA.
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Bisley Camp
Canada
England
Scotland
MacKinnon
Col. MacKinnon
National Rifle Association
Winnipeg advisory council formed for co operative marketing
Premier Bracken announced formation of an advisory council on co operative marketing in Manitoba to coordinate existing marketing units and share practical knowledge for mutual benefit. N. C. MacKay, director of agricultural extension, was named chairman.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Bracken
N. C. MacKay
Ellison Milling Plans Big Lethbridge Elevator Complex
George W. Green, general manager, announced plans to build the first unit of a one million bushel storage elevator with cleaning and treating plant in Lethbridge this fall. The facility will handle 20 cars daily and be expanded with three additional elevators in the northern project. Ellison Milling Company is financed by Utah capital.
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Lethbridge
Alta
George W. Green
Ellison Milling and Elevator Company
Lethbridge Northern
Ellison Milling Company
Utah Capital
Italy Has Right Idea in Pay Per Session Senate
Rome reports that Italian senators are paid only for sessions attended, unlike the Canadian senate with many empty seats. The practice highlights a contrast in attendance and compensation approach between the two parliaments.
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Rome
Neman Senate
Canadian Senate
London Air Mail Service Expands to Nordic Nations
A new air mail route is now in operation connecting London with Denmark Norway and Sweden enabling faster international mail delivery. The service links major capitals and aims to improve regional communication and trade efficiency.
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London
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Influenza Epidemic Strikes Bristol Bay Village
Bureau of Fisheries officials report a severe influenza outbreak in a Bristol Bay Indian fishing village in Alaska. Eight natives have died and most residents are sick, unable to fish, risking hardship this winter without aid. Conditions have since improved but support remains essential.
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Juneau
Alaska
Bristol Bay
Bureau of Fisheries
Premier King Says No Election Date Yet
Ottawa. Premier Mackenzie King announced there would be no decision on calling a general election for a good time to come. The cabinet, limited to five members, held a routine meeting and will reconvene in a couple of weeks.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
G. P. Graham
Ernest Lapointe
James Murdock
Labor
A. TI. Copp
Fearful fuel outlook warns of next winter shortage
A. Magrath, wartime fuel controller and federal advisory committee member, urges Canadians to stock up on fuel now. He notes strikes by eastern and western Canadian coal miners and possible trouble in the British coalfield and Pennsylvania region, signaling a severe supply risk next winter.
World Court Entry Plan Seeks U S Involvement
Advocates push a compromise for United States entry to the world court linking it to Coolidge’s armament conference. The plan would see U S join under administration terms but withdraw after a set period if Europe fails to join a general outlawry of war convention.
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Washington
World Court
United States
Senate
Coolidge
Europe
Harvesters From Overseas Pass Through Quebec En Route West
More than 3,000 harvesters from Hungary Czecho-Slovakia and Germany will travel through Quebec toward the Canadian west from now until August 15. Western farmers will employ them through winter at a salary of 25 dollars a month to avoid them becoming public charges after the harvest.
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Quebec
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Europe
Alberta Legislature Adjourns to August Session
Alberta Legislature in Edmonton will reconvene in August, the last of several provisional dates. Cabinet has decided, and steps are underway to call the House. Premier Greenfield says the session will be brief due to harvest time and rural members' interest in a quick, short session.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Greenfield
Vancouver Welcomes Earl Haig in Unity Plea for Ex-Servicemen
Delegates from India, Australia, New Zealand, Rhodesia, Ireland and Britain gathered in Vancouver for a dinner honoring Earl Haig party members from Ottawa. Earl Haig urged ex servicemen to unite under one banner for British Empire unity and world peace with liberty justice and fellowship.
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Vancouver
British Empire
India
Australia
New Zealand
Rhodesia
North
South Ireland
Great Britain
Earl Haig
Ottawa
Empire Service League
Icemen
Alberta Hail Causes Millions in Crop Loss
The Alberta department of agriculture reports more than seven million dollars in hail damage to grain crops this summer. About 3,000 claims have been filed with hail insurance bodies. Minister George Hoadley notes that at a fair loss estimate of 25 per acre and 1.50 per bushel for wheat, total losses reach 7.5 million dollars, reducing the province's grain yield.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Municipal Hail Insurance Board
George Hoadley
Canadian Prospector Arrives In St John On Intercoastal Trip
The Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamer Canadian Prospector capt Thomson arrives from Vancouver via the Panama Canal on the first intercoastal run. She brings 5 000 tons of cargo including four million feet of hard pine. After discharging at St John she proceeds to Quebec Three Rivers and Montreal.
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St. John, N.B
Canadian Prospector
Arthur Thomson
Vancouver
Panama Canal
Quebec
Three Rivers
Montreal
Western Canada aims for permanent Western cooperation council
Edmonton reports that a conference of western mayors and civic officials formed a six member executive committee to continue prairie Pacific Coast cooperation. The panel includes Mayors Taylor Vancouver Blatchford Edmonton McLaren Higgar and Gregory North Battleford. They will expand the group and plan future conventions. They urged the government to abolish grain shipment permits westward and sought immediate action granting western shippers the same rights as those to the east.
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Edmonton
Prairie Provinces
Pacific Coast
Conference of Western Mayors
L. D. Taylor
R. H. Gale
Vancouver
British Columbia
Hardie
Lethbridge
Blatchford
Alberta
Howard McLaren
G. G. McGeer
British Cabinet Split Over Naval Building Plans
In the House of Commons a debate over the naval estimates showed a cabinet split. Winston Churchill favors lower costs while the Admiralty pushes a multi year cruiser program. Rumors say Churchill may approve five cruisers this year. Baldwin promised a statement next week.
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London
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Churchill
W. C. Bridgeman
Baldwin
New Reparations Commissioner Plans Western Hearings
James Friel KC will leave Ottawa around August 1 to hear reparations cases in the west. He will begin in Winnipeg about August 1, then Regina August 5, Saskatoon August 7, Edmonton August 10, Calgary August 12, Kamloops August 17, Vancouver August 18 and Victoria August 24, with dates subject to change.
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Ottawa
James — Friel
K.C
West
Friel
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Calgary
Kamloops
Vancouver
Victoria
Canada’s Motor Car Production in 1924 Distinctly Higher Than 1923
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada produced 132580 motor cars in 1924, down nine percent from the 1923 peak but still the best year on record. Output broke into 98365 passenger cars 18043 trucks and 16172 chassis valued at 88480418 at factory selling prices. Capital invested reached 60766886, slight rise from 60000000 in 1923.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Hailstorm Wrecks Saskatchewan Crops Across Districts
Insurance officials estimate 1000 to 1200 farmers will seek aid after last weeks cyclonic hailstorm in southern Saskatchewan. Damaged acreage about 558000 acres with average losses near 50 percent. Some farms hit 100 percent, only a few as low as 40 percent.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Labour trek for harvesters headed to prairies planned
Victoria officials of British Columbia's labor department prepare for the annual harvesters' trek to the prairies. Railway officials will meet labor representatives from western provinces in Winnipeg. Fares are expected to be similar to last year.
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Victoria
B.C
Firnish Columbia Department of Labor
Prairies
Winnipeg
Liberal Regime in N S Ends in Nova Scotia
A 43 year Liberal government in Nova Scotia ends as Conservative administration led by Hon. EB Rhodes takes control of the provincial building and occupies the offices.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
EB. N. Rhodes
Invention Turns Lethal in Redwood Robbery Case
Gratien Moreau of Redwood California was killed by his own device designed to thwart holdups a concealed gun mechanism would discharge automatically when a robber raised his hands. The inventor tested the sleeve gun, leading to a fatal outcome during a robbery incident.
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Redwood
Calif
Gratien Moreau
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