Senate Rejects Amendments To B N A Act In Canada
Ottawa report shows a Conservative majority in the Senate defeating a joint address to Westminster seeking two amendments to the British North America Act. The rejected plan would allow provincial indirect taxes and create provincial loan councils, with Meighen opposing the measure as a risk to federal unity and provincial expenditures.
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Ottawa
Senate
Red Chamber
Westminster
Arthur Meighen
House of Commons
Experts Set to Review Canada UK Trade Deal
The advance guard of departmental experts sails June 12 from Montreal to begin examining Canada's trade agreement with the United Kingdom. They will lay groundwork for possible summer negotiations as government ministers plan overseas talks.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Montreal
Farmers Ordered to Work Six Days a Year on Roads
In Russia a national directive forces every farmer between ages 318 and 45 to contribute six unpaid workdays annually to road construction. The policy affects rural labor, with penalties for noncompliance challenging local enforcement.
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Russia
Scotland Yard Expert New York
London despatch says Sir Patrick Quinn 80 former Scotland Yard special branch head is dead. He protected Queen Victoria Edward VII and George V abroad and guarded visiting foreign rulers. He avoided publicity and once warned against publicizing spy roundups during wartime.
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New York
London
New York Times
Patrick Quinn
Criminal Investigation Department
Scotland Yard
Queen Victoria
Edward VII
George V
England
Patrick
United Kingdom
Lifts Sanctions Push Regional Security Pact Plan
Neville Chamberlain urged lifting sanctions on Italy and creating a system of regional security pacts. Speaking to the 1900 Club he said actions require counsel with dominions central to empire influence and criticized attempts to escalate pressure over Ethiopia as madness.
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Neville Chamberlain
London
Italy
Mr. Chamberlain
Viscount Cecil
League of Nations Union
Ethiopia
Reduced Holiday Fares Include Special CPR Stowaway Case
The Canadian Pacific Steamship Company asked to withdraw a charge of stowing away against Henry Bunker, a 23 year old Montreal window-dresser, after he joined the Empress of Australia voyage with intent to join the Royal Air Force. The firm said it does not encourage stowaways but would make an exception. Dominion Day rail fares cut by CPR and Canadian National apply June 30 to July 2 with coach and first class options and reduced round trips. A Mount Everest advance party reported narrowly escaping death by avalanche on June 6 while approaching camp four near the 29,000 foot peak. The RMS Queen Mary completed its first North American round trip, arriving June 10 after fog delayed the eastbound voyage.
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C.P.R. Steamship Company
Southampton
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
Henry James Bunker
Montreal
A. R. Lightfoot
Canadian Pacific
Bunker
Quebec
Royal Air Force
Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Joseph B. Parker
Canadian Passenger Association
Darjeeling
India
Mount Everest
Camp Four
North America
M.S.T
Ottawa approves formal motion for large debt authority
The government seeks parliamentary authority to borrow up to 750 million dollars over the next two to three years. Funds would redeem loans, retire or withdraw un matured securities, and finance public works and general purposes. Finance Minister Dunning presents the resolution in votes and proceedings.
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Ottawa
Finance
Dunning
Arctic Expedition Sails North From Churchill to Rankin Inlet
The British Canadian Arctic expedition 1936 39 sails northward in the whaleboat Polecat towing a large canoe. Led by Thomas H Manning the Cambridge graduates Patrick Baird Dr Richard Keeling Reynold Bray and Graham Rowley join the trek under Royal Geographical Society auspices. They plan wintering at Repulse Bay then near the north magnetic pole and later in northern Baffin and Ellesmere Islands.
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Churchill
Polecat
Hudson Bay
Thomas H. Manning
Rankin Inlet
Cambridge University
Patrick Baird
Richard Keeling
Reynold Bray
Graham Rowley
Royal Geographical Society
Repulse Bay
Here
North Magnetic Pole
Baffin Island
Ellsmere Island
Counterfeiter At Work Ottawa
The Bank of Canada announced a search for a man who altered Bank of Canada notes to pass $2 bills as $20. Governor Graham Towers said only about four bills were in circulation and traced to Ontario and Manitoba. A recovered note was a French issue with $2 altered to $20 and "Deux Dollars" darkened in the lathe work.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Graham Towers
Ontario
Manitoba
Wheat Reserve Funded for UK War Time Food Supply
Inskip told the House of Commons that Britain’s present wheat stock would feed the country for about three months if war cut off shipments. Siddal asked what measures ensured a reserve of grain. Inskip said a wheat reserve will be considered by the committee reviewing wartime food supplies.
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London
United Kingdom
Thomas Inskip
House of Commons
W. S. Siddal
Defence
Sir Thomas
Honorary Degree Bestowed on Sir Edward Beatty
New York University awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws to Sir Edward Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway and chancellor of McGill University. The recognition highlights Beatty’s leadership in transportation and higher education.
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Sir Edward Beatty
New York-New York University
Canadian Pacific Railway
McGill University
Cahan and McGeer Clash Over Canada Monetary Policy
In Ottawa the Bennett era secretary of state Charles Hazlett Cahan and Vancouver reformer Gerald McGeer sparred in the House of Commons over monetary policy. Cahan warned against inflation and urged sound national policy, while McGeer rejected a managed currency and central bank, arguing current gold reserves and legal tender practices already supply sufficient money without heavy taxation.
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Ottawa
Charles Hazlett Cahan
Bennett
Gerald Grattan McGeer
Vancouver
House of Commons
Mr. Cahan
Germany
Canada
Mr. McGeer
Code For Girl Workers Halifax Adopts Household Code
The National Council of Women during the Halifax convention endorses a household workers code setting a 69 hour week, overtime pay, and a tiered minimum wage. Miss A M Ward presents figures for cities by population, with rates for inexperienced and experienced help, plus provisions for rest days and living accommodations.
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National Council of Women
Halifax
A. M. Ward
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Raoul Dandurand
Senate Banking and Commerce Committee
Meighen
A. C. Hardy
Brockville
E. S. Little
J. J. Hughes
Prince Edward Island
Sir Patrick Quinn
Investigation Department
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
Europe
Asia
Arctic
British Wheat Reserve
First Presbyterian Church
Regina
Audrey Bell
Charles Edward Michener
Bell
George Bell
Western Canada
Michener
E. Michener
Calgary
Cahan
McGeer
British Columbia
Far West
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