Government cannot fund branch lines says Hon Graham
Ottawa minister George P. Graham states the government cannot build branch lines this year due to lack of parliamentary funding. He says only the Long Lake cutoff is contracted and four thousand miles proposed are not immediate, while funds are for maintenance and facilities. He notes public appeals for lines overlook fiscal limits and that growth hinges on completing planned projects already graded.
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Ottawa
Long Lake
Canadian National
George P. Graham
Ralways
Senate
CNR
CPR
South African Premier Will Champion Peace
Premier Smuts at the Natal congress warned that Europe must recover or Britain faces a terrible rise in hardship. He lauded Premier Baldwin as a simple sincere English gentleman and indicated no plan to pursue war for peace at the Imperial Conference.
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Pietermaritzburg
Natal
South African Party Congress
Smuts
South African Union
Europe
Great Britain
Baldwin
South Africa
Navy manpower and pay rise since 1913 14 to 1923 24
London's report notes the 1923 24 navy comprised 99 500 men versus 151 000 in 1913 14 while pay costs grew from 44 million to 70 million pounds. The figures reflect postwar downsizing yet higher wage outlays.
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London
Mennonites Bound for Saskatchewan Colony Embark
Five hundred sixty Mennonites including men women and children sail from the Empress of France bound for Rosthern Saskatchewan to establish a colony of their own.
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Quebec
Rosthern
Sask
Cyclone Rakes Lumsden and Tuxford Areas Incur Major Loss
A large storm caused over a million dollars in property and crop damage across Lumsden and Tuxford districts. Eight people were injured, one seriously, as a tornado traced a narrow path from Dodsland through Marquis and Tuxford into the valley near Lumsden and toward Piapot Reserve. Wind alone destroyed structures and snapped trees while a hailstorm worsened damage at Tuxford.
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Regina
Lumsden
Tuxford
Dodsland
Marquis
Tuxfoerd
Piapot
Wapella
Would Build Wireless Station In England
In a Commons reply the Postmaster General said the Eastern Telegraph Company seeks a license to build a high power wireless station in England linked to an Empire chain. The government will treat them like Marconi. A site of 800 acres near Rugby was bought for about £50,000 for the station, with India and Dominions decisions left to respective governments.
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London
House of Commons
Laming Worthington Evans
Eastern Telegraph Company
England
Empire Wireless
Marconi Company
India
Dominions
Post Office Department
Rugby
Moore backs Lewis and union solidarity in Nova Scotia miners
Tom Moore, president of the Dominion Trades and Labor Congress, urges Nova Scotia miners to back provisional president Lilby Barrett to thwart J. B. McLachlan and allies’ attempts to split the union. He criticizes the strike for delaying labor efforts to end militia presence at the strike zone.
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Ottawa
Nova Scotia
Lilby Barrett
J. B. McLachlan
Tom Moore
Dominion Trades and Labor Congress
Uncertain Russian Grain Export Estimates Cited
Moscow reports vary on Russia grain export figures as the government export agency remains unable to issue an official estimate. Officials acknowledge wide discrepancies and lack a firm forecast for shipments abroad.
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Moscow
Russia
Saskatchewan GGA to form voluntary wheat pool this year
Regina reports the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association Executive approved forming a provincial voluntary wheat pool to market the current crop. A committee will organize with immediate steps for operation, aiming for inter provincial cooperation. The group does not plan to involve Aaron Sapiro or connect with the Farmers Union Dewer organization.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
J. B. McPhail
Aaron Sapiro
Grain Growers’ Association
Dewer Organization
Farmers’ Union
Reviving Smuggling Along English Coast
London reports a renewal of cross channel smuggling along the English coast as Napoleonic era practices reemerge amid depressed French exchange and thinner coastguard. German traffic to the Thames wanes after a German steward was fined five million marks in London last January for smuggling, shifting activity to Kent and Sussex.
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London
Kent
Sussex
Thames
Canada Loses Population Ottawa
United States immigration figures show a May net migration of skilled Canadian labor to the U S. May arrivals included 3 525 Canadian mechanics and 7 723 Canadian women among a total of 18 658 Canadians migrating, while 2 331 skilled mechanics came to Canada from Great Britain.
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Ottawa
United States
United States Department of Immigration
Canada
Great Britain
Government study to fund 300 Scouts to England trip
Melbourne reports the Commonwealth Government is weighing a plan to cover passages for 300 Australian Boy Scouts to visit the British Empire Exhibition next year. The proposal aims to foster international ties and youth engagement within the empire.
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Melbourne
Commonwealth
England
Form Miniature Pool Lethbridge
Twenty three Southern Alberta farmers facing slumping wheat prices plan a miniature pool at a MacLeod meeting to join the Pincher Creek Co operative Association. The plan spans Pincher Creek Claresholm Granum MacLeod and Glenwoodville districts with six provincial legislators in attendance led by Hon A L McPherson. The meeting also endorsed the western grain route to Vancouver.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
MacLeod
Pincher Creek
A. L. McPherson
Vancouver
Britain Free To Keep Singa pore Naval Plans private
In the House of Commons Lieut. Col. L. S. Amery stated that Britain was not obliged to disclose Singapore naval base plans at the Washington conference. He noted delegates understood Britain retained full freedom of action regarding Singapore, a long standing naval military station. The base proposal was initially approved in June 1922.
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London
Singapore
Washington
House of Commons
L. S. Amery
Admiralty
Great Britain
Turks Accept Lausanne Peace Terms
The near east conference at Lausanne closed with concessions to foreign companies and a withdrawal of warships from the straits settled in a manner not dangerous to Turkish interests. Ismet Pasha informed the Turkish government that it may sign the peace treaty.
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Constantinople
Lausanne
Turkey
Ismet Pasha
Ottawa Laws Ban Racing Sheets Imports
Federal legislation passed in Parliament prohibits importing racing sheets into Canada. Customs officials say such sheets still enter from the United States and a formal statement will be released soon.
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Ottawa
Canada
Customs Department
United States
Our Surplus Wheat Is Matter Of Interest To People Of Britain
A Saskatchewan meeting passed a resolution asking Premier Mackenzie King to fund Canadian National branch lines from its 73 million dollar Parliament approved appropriation or public funds. In London, Imperial Conference discussions noted food production's role in national defense with Lord Long proposing a Canada Britain wheat supply arrangement to avert famine and avoid dominion protests.
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Britain
Saskatoon
Mackenzie King
Canadian National
Saskatchewan Associated Boards of Trade Executive
London
Lord Selbourne
House of Lords
Committee On
Lord Long
Great Britain
Canada
Dominions
British Goods Overtake U S Exports to Brazil in 1922
Britain surpassed American shipments to Brazil in 1922 for the first time since World War I began. American exports to Brazil totaled nearly the previous year’s value but were far below the 1920 peak. Analysts cite unfavorable exchange rates, higher operating costs for exporters, and Brazil’s retrenchment as causes.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
King Receives British Empire Service League Delegates
Delegates to the biennial conference of the British Empire Service League were received by the King at Buckingham Palace. Introduced by Field Marshal Earl Haig, President of the League, the King spoke to each man, recalled empire outposts he had visited, and thanked the League for its loyal message.
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London
British Empire Service League
Buckingham Palace
Empire
Earl Haig
League
Indian Army Officers to Settle in British Columbia
The Empress of Australia arrived in Victoria with 700 passengers including G. Corbett a Straits Settlement delegate to the Ottawa Forestry convention and Capt H E Silver with five ex officers of the Indian army who will settle in British Columbia.
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Australia
Far East
G. §. Corbett
Straits Settlement
Ottawa
H. E. Silver
British Columbia
Foot and Mouth Outbreaks Reported in Bedfordshire
Two outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Bedfordshire lead to immediate cattle destruction and restrictions on movement. Over 30 store and feed cattle were destroyed as soon as cases were confirmed.
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London
Bedfordshire
Trade Affected By World Conditions
In a House of Commons debate on the Board of Trade Britain’s export deficit fell from 35 percent at the start of 1922 to 20 percent by 1923 though orders slowed amid global uncertainty from failed world settlements. Sir Philip urged stable conditions and bold imperial policy to source raw materials from non debtor nations.
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London
House of Commorts
Board of Trade
Great Britain
Sir Philip
Ex Captain of Maine Dead New York
Rear-Admiral Charles Sigsbee retired captain of the ill fated Maine died suddenly July 19. He was 52 years old at the time of the Maine explosion a captain a veteran of the civil war and an inventor of the deep sea exploring and sounding apparatus.
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New York
Charles Sigsbee
Us.n
Maine
Insurance firm clears air travel risk for tourists
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York rules that airplane travel by tourists in aircraft of air transport firms will not jeopardize insurance policies in case of an accident.
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New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Canada denial of head tax on tourists in Ottawa
Officials of Canada’s Department of Immigration and Colonization deny reports from the United States that a head tax is being collected on tourists in Ottawa. The denial emphasizes no such levy exists and urges travelers to rely on official sources for entry requirements.
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Ottawa
Department of Immigration and Colonization
United States
Canada
Canada And U S Trade Reprisals War Now Being Predicted
The New York World predicts a trade reprisals war between Canada and the United States if the pulp wood embargo by Canada is enacted. It warns of closed border mills, shifted paper industry, and rising prices, urging reconsideration of the entire trade relationship and concessions from both sides.
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New York
Canada
United States
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Pasha
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Canadian National Railways
Sir Henry Thornton
Natonal Railways
E. W. Beatty
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