Western Canada a strong field for overseas trade
British trade commissioner A E Pollard announced Western Canada offers a better field for British exporters. Pollard, in charge of overseas affairs, will establish headquarters in Vancouver, following transfer of L B Beale to New Zealand. He cited Panama Canal access and British tariff preferences boosting Pacific coast trade.
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Montreal
Canada
Britain
Dominion
A. E. Pollard
Western
Pollard
British Board of Trade
Vancouver
Censorship of Reading Matter Debate at Canadian Press Club
Judge Emily Murphy urged banning salacious literature to curb youth crime as the Canadian Women's Press Club backed a censorship resolution. A committee will seek cooperation with the Canadian Daily Newspaper Association. Officers named include Miss May Clendanain of London as president and Miss Laura Allan of Wilson Publishing as secretary treasurer.
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Toronto
Canada
Emily Murphy
Edmonton
Canadian Women's Press Club
Murphy
May Armitage Smith
Calgary
Canadian Daily Newspaper Association
May Clendanan
London
Ont
Manitoba
Carolyn Cornell
British Columbia
Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
Alberta
Edna Kells
Elizabeth Long
Winnipeg
Laura Allan
Wilson Publishing Company
Kenneithe Haig
Immigrant Restriction Urged by Canadian Trade Leader
Tom Moore of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada urged restricting unregulated immigration at the world labor migration congress in London. He warned Europeans who came to Canada long worked and returned home, while Dr Evat of Australia blamed unemployment on open immigration and cited Italian workers as undercutting labor interests.
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Canadian Trades Council
World Congress
London
Tom Moore
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
World Labor Migration Congress
Canada
Moore
Dr. Evat
Australia
Resumed Air Mail Service After Brief Disruption
Chicago and Twin Cities Air Mail Line resumes service from Maywood Field after a one day stoppage caused by pilots not reporting for duty. Commander Charles Dickinson, 68, contends that a few younger pilots’ temperaments could not halt the mail to Minneapolis.
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Chicago
Maywood Field
Twin Cities
Charles Dickinson
Condor
Minneapolis
Gleneagles Reclaims Old Anchor After Port Arthur Stop
The Gleneagles arrived at Port Arthur Ontario after a rough trip and lost its anchor. A careful search found the old anchor snagged by the new one, and the old gear was recovered.
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Port Arthur
Gleneagles
Port Artow
London minister rails at miners leaders in heated speech
Secretary for India Lord Birkenhead condemns A J Cook as aiming at destroying coal mining and nationalization of mines. He vows determination to oppose what he calls blackmail by a discredited revolutionary group and to protect the nation from upheaval.
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London
Labor Party
Parl
Birkenhead
India
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Federation
Ook
Lord Birkenhead
Union of Municipalities Convention Hearts Citizens
More than 100 delegates attended the Union of Municipalities Association annual convention. The event marked the association’s 21st year with officers and members receiving congratulations for decades of work. Chief Justice Brown delivered the opening keynote praising municipal effort and the province's clearing house for opinions and discussions as foundational to wise governance.
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Swift Current
Union of Municipalities Association
Brown
Court of King’s Bench
Elevators Cleared Regina For Incoming 1926 Crop
Saskatchewan elevators nearly empty as Regina division warehouses hold under 375000 bushels of grains. Railways report less than 24 cars daily moved east and minimal loading despite the 1925 wheat pool cut off set for July 15.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Canada Debates League of Nations Disclosure in Senate
Sir George Foster argues parliament should receive annual details of Canada’s League relations with the Geneva liaison, stating the correspondence with Dr. Riddell should be accessible. Senator Casgrain notes Canada has spent 1.5 million on the League and warns that more men are under arms than before the Great War.
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Ottawa
League of Nations
George Foster
Senate
League
Sir George
Riddell
Geneva
Casgrain
Canada
Missing Evangelist Identified as Aimee Semple McPherson
Positive identification of Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson, the Los Angeles evangelist reported drowned in Douglas Arizona on May 18, has been made by phone from Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, her mother, in conversation with William F. McCafferty, editor of The Despatch.
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Douglas, Ariz
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Minnie Kennedy
William F. McCafferty
Rural credits bill advances to third reading in supper house
Ottawa government rural credits bill passes senate committee on banking and commerce and now awaits third reading in the supper house.
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Ottawa
Senate Committee On Banking and Commerce
Supper House
South African Flag Debate Narrows to Dual Flag Pact
Capetown reports the Labor party council backed equal official recognition for two flags the imperial banner and a South Africa national flag. A deputation met Justice Minister Roos and Nationalist leaders who expressed support. The pact could win Hertzog's government backing.
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National Council
The
Labor Party
South Africa
Tielman Roos
Pretoria
Labor Party Council
Hertzog
Locarno Pact Debate Sparks Empire Wide Interest
In the Canadian House of Commons the Locarno peace pact debate grows as Premier Mackenzie King seeks parliamentary assent before cabinet ratification. The Express argues that all empire parliaments should follow Canada's lead on treaty obligations.
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London
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
The
Express
Canada
Railway rate case argued before Board in Regina
W H McEwen for Saskatchewan boards of trade argues before the Board of Railway Commissioners that Winnipeg enjoys a fictitious mileage advantage in CPR freight rates from Fort William. He requests removal of discrimination and a new rate structure to share benefits equally among prairie points up to Calgary.
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Regina
Sask
Winnipeg
Board of Railway Commissioners
W. H. McEwen
Saskatchewan
Boards of Trade of
Yorkton
Moose Jaw
Fort William
McEwen
C.P.R
Qu'Appelle
Saskatoon
Calgary
Lloyd George rejects leadership role at Liberal Club
London report says former prime minister Lloyd George, Liberal parliamentary leader, told a National Liberal Club luncheon his aim is service not leadership. He warned against being driven from the Liberal party and critiqued Churchill's Russia stance while defending conciliation during the general strike.
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London
Naonal Liberal Club
Lloyd George
Liberal Party
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Russia
Prince Celebrates Birthday in London Festivities
June 23 marked the Prince of Wales thirty second birthday with flags across Britain. London hosted brilliant hunting displays in the west end while the heir received global congratulations. He lunched with royal family at Buckingham Palace and held a private dinner at York House St James Palace.
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London
Prince of Wales
West End
Buckingham Palace
York House
St. James’ Palace
Red Lake Railway Bill Stalls Again in House
For a third time the bill to incorporate the Red Lake and North Western Railway has been talked out in the house. The private bills hour precedes routine business and the Red Lake Bill had failed to pass committee stage twice.
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Ottawa
Red
British Columbia Lumber Workers Get 40 Cent Minimum Wage
Starting November 1 the male minimum wage act sets a 40 cent hourly minimum for all men in British Columbia lumber operations. About 40,000 workers are affected across the industry.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
British Rotarians Headed to Denver Rotary Convention
A group of British Rotarians travels to the International Rotary Convention in Denver from June 13 to 20. Front row includes C White president of the Rotarians Belfast J E Appleyard Leeds H Winnicott Plymouth J E Webb Truro L F King Bournemouth. Back row lists J Smith Liverpool W Curdy Dublin C Kingston Dublin J Riddell Doncaster Fiwerd Willens Brussels G Charlesworth Doncaster W Webler Plymouth. George Woodward Chief Officer of the Montclare sails by CP liner. On return they will tour Canada via CP lines stopping at Winnipeg and Toronto among other cities.
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Denver
C. White
The
Rotarians
Belfast
J. E. Appleyard
Leeds
H. Winnicott
Plymouth
J. E. Webb
Truro
L. F. King
Bournemouth
Appleyard
Western Financing Methods in Western Canada Highlighted
Co P Fell a leading public finance expert praises Western municipalities for debt reduction and healthier provincial finances during a Vancouver visit by Investment Bankers Association. About 100 members tour Vancouver before eastern members depart. some travel to Alaska from Prince Rupert.
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Vancouver
Canada
Co. P. Fell
Investment Bankers’ Association Party
Jasper Park
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Association
R. H. Daly
Alaska
Prince Rupert
Hudson's Bay Company Considers Immigration Policy
J McWhirter of the London office arrived to confer with E H Wilson land commissioner. He said HBC will gather information to formulate a policy to bring settlers from Britain to Canada’s idle lands, exploring vast settlement possibilities.
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Hudson’s Bay Company
Victoria
B.C
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
J. McWhirter
London
England
E. H. Wilson
McWhirter
British Isles
Soldiers Lands Bill Passes Third Reading in Ottawa
The senate gave third reading to the government bill for revaluing soldier settlers land. Settlers will apply to the settlement board, with appeals to the exchequer court if agreement fails. Regulations may be made by the governor in council, and court decisions will be final.
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Ottawa
Senate
Settlement Board
Exchequer Court
Governor-In-Council
Rates on Atlantic grain shipments to Britain rise again
May Be Raised Again London. Rates on grain shipments to the United Kingdom from North and South American Atlantic ports, already increased due to British coal shortages and limited ships, are expected to be boosted further unless miners return to work. Canadian shipments rose by about three cents.
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London
United Kingdom
Canada
Britain nears end of coal strike amid reform talks
In London indications point to early peace talks as Prime Minister Baldwin postpones action on the eight hour mine bill for a week. A reorganization bill advances, centering on mine amalgamation and a wage compromise that may ease labor unrest. Herbert Smith calls a wage cut preferable to longer hours. Secretary Cook faces pressure as miners tire of his stance.
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London
Baldwin
Bald
Herbert Smith
Miners’ Federation
Cook
West not competing with East says Gardiner
Saskatchewan premier J G Gardiner told the Liberal Association that Western Canada competes in wheat markets with the United States Argentina and Liberia, not with the East. He urged eastern provinces to cooperate and hoped for a direct Great Lakes to Montreal shipping route to serve a growing western population and trade.
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Toronto
Canada
J. G. Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Gardiner
Liberal Association
United States
Liberia
Great Lakes
Montreal
Western Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Byrd Receives Nationwide Welcome On Return From Pole Flight
Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd Jr. returns from the first North Pole flight to a tumultuous reception. Thousands line the Battery waterfront and Lower Broadway as navy and New York Guard bands lead a southward procession. Family members join the welcomers amid roaring ovations.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
Battery
Lower Broadway
Navy
New York National Guard
Broadway
Byrd
Richard
Advocates Third Route through Quebec for Prairie Trade
Premier James G. Gar diner of Saskatchewan told a meeting in Exeter Ontario that Western and Eastern farmers must work in harmony. He argued the Pacific route solves western shipping issues but called for a third route via Quebec to ship growing prairie crops, with Hudson Bay as a potential link to Europe.
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Exeter
Ont
James G. Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Canada
Washington Naval Agreement Discussion Causes Uproar
Naval experts on disarmament discard the tonnage comparison feature of the Washington pact. The move astonishes United States delegates and reveals continental Europe’s stance on extending the agreement’s principles.
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Washington
Naval
Geneva
United States
Europe
Ontario Temperance Act canvass proposal outlined
Premier G. Howard Ferguson told about 5,000 people at Bayfield that the government will survey public sentiment across Ontario on the Temperance Act before proposing a course of action to the people.
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Bayfield
Ont
G. Howard Ferguson
Western Ontario Conservative Association
Appointed Chairman Named for Winnipeg Electric Board
The minister of labor appointed Mr. Justice Lamont of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals as chairman of the Board of Conciliation for the Winnipeg electric dispute. Other board members are F. Dixon of Winnipeg representing employees and J. B. Coyne of Winnipeg representing the company.
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Ottawa
Justice Lamont
Saskatchewan Court of Appeals
Winnipeg Electric
F. Dixon
Winnipeg
J. B. Coyne
Suez Canal Deepening and Widening Plan Revealed
Following a recent decision the Suez Canal will be deepened from 31 to 235 feet and widened from 150 to two feet, signaling a major expansion to allow larger ships and increased traffic through the waterway.
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Suez Canal
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Denikin
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Woodrow Wilson
M. Clemenceau
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Red Lake Railway
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