Guthrie Attacks Credit For Canadian National Success
Orewa. House leader Hugh Guthrie of the Conservative opposition accuses the government and ministers of claiming credit for Canadian National gains, praising Sir Henry Thornton and CN board instead. Wet earnings rose by 125 million dollars, with 105 million withdrawn from the treasury over four years. Guthrie says credit goes to Thornton and CN, not the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orewa
Hugh Guthrie
Frname
Kenry Thornton
Canadian National
Guthrie
Sir Henry
Thwatnton
Iuthrie
Henry Thornton
W. T Lucas
ULF_A
Camrose
Canada
Prairie Provinces
I. S. Cahill
Pontiac
Liberal Party
Weekly Meeting of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Directors from across provinces convened at the Chateau Laurier for urgent business at the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association annual gathering. A banquet hosted by S. N. Wynn of Yorkton featured speeches by C. A. Dunning and George McPhee focusing on press power and public opinion.
Woman Liberal Elected In Britain Penzance by election
Mrs. Walter Runciman became the first woman Liberal in the present British Parliament and won Saint Ives, defeating the Conservatives. The by election also marks the first husband and wife in the Commons, as her husband supports her candidacy. Dr John McLean of Winnipeg, a historian and pioneer missionary, died at 76 after influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penzance
Eng
House of Commons
Saint Ives
Walter Runciman
Swansea West
St. Ives
Winnipeg
John McLean
Western Canada
MacLean
Canada
Methodist
Dominion
Saskatchewan Legislature Prorogues Sixth Assembly
Regina reports the third session of the sixth Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly closed after 33 sittings. Newlands prorogued the house. supplementary estimates of 1,118,515 were passed for power, treasury, health, and education. Legislature pay rises were approved, increasing indemnities to 2,000 and leaders’ pay, with Premier’s salary up to 7,200.
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Regina
Homer
Newlands
Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
The
Power Commission
Treasury
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Farm Loans Board
Educational Department
Public Health Department
Saskatchewan
Maritime Provinces
Howard McConnell
Saskatoon
Gardiner
Infant Princess Hisa Dies at Six Months in Tokyo
The six month old daughter of Emperor Hirohito died from complications of pneumonia after influenza. The Empress and royal family were present at her bedside. No official mourning due to the child’s age. interment to be at Asakawa near Tokio under Shinto rites.
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Japan
Tokio
Hirohito
Hisa
Asakawa
Taisho
New Copper Discovery Reported at Flin Flon Mines
Flin Flon Mines report a new ore body located south of the main deposit with 2 percent copper and zinc on average. A crosscut at the 400 foot level runs 300 feet, sections show higher grade copper including a 28 foot width at 5 to 6 percent. A new town site district is being prepared with sites for a concentrator and smelter and existing camp buildings will be relocated.
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Toronto
Alberta approves sterilization bill to aid feeble-minded
Edmonton reports the Sexual Sterilization Bill passing third reading and awaiting lieutenant governor assent, making Alberta the first Canadian province to adopt sterilization of the feeble minded. In Stockholm Sweden a national fund for cancer research is launched in honor of King Gustav V’s 70th birthday with the king’s consent to dedicate donations to medical research.
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Edmonton
Alberta House
Alberta
Dominion of Canada
Stockholm
Sweden
Gustav V
Boy Inherits Millions From New Jersey Shoe Maker
A five year old boy in Glenridge New Jersey inherits at least two thirds of the more than four million dollar estate of J Mortimer Coward late head of the Coward Shoe Stores who died in Havana. The will includes a one million dollar life policy from July and the father was 28 years old.
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New York
John Mortimer Coward
Glenridge
N.J
J. Mortimer Coward
Coward Shoe
Havana
Mr Coward
Near East tensions rise as Britain and Egypt clash over independence
British notes threaten to block full Egyptian independence while insisting on troop presence to guard the Suez Canal and police control. Egypt led by Nahgug Pasha seeks constitutional government. King Fuad involved as negotiations falter. Britain and Egypt face a potential diplomatic crisis with wider regional impact.
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London
Great Britain
Egypt
Arabia
Near East
India
Nahgug Pasha
Fuad
Britain
Suez Canal
Air dusting eyed in war on crop pests
Ottawa report notes Dominion entomologist Arthur Gibson telling the Canadian Horticultural Council convention that aircraft dusting experiments last year showed promise in controlling destructive crop insects and protecting soil.
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Ottawa
Arthur Gibson
Dominion
Canadian Horticultural Council
Daring Aviators Return To Safety
Flying Officer A. Lewis and Flight Sergeant N. S. Terry, crew of the Fokker Saskatchewan, were missing from February 17 to March 1 after their plane wrecked. They traveled overland sixty miles to Port Burwell despite severe hardships.
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A. Lewis
N.S. Terry
Saskatchewan
Port Burwell
Government Bill Criticized In Winnipeg
The Bracken Government's bill for one day of rest in seven faced sharp opposition after second reading. Labor Leader John Queen condemned it as a bluff aimed at workers already receiving rest, while Green labeled the measure unsympathetic and limited to existing seven-day rest workers.
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Winnipeg
Bracken
John Queen
Pictures From Empire Tour Blocked by Lord Chamberlain
Capt William Brass photographed places and incidents during Lieut Col Amery’s Empire tour. The proposed exhibition in the House of Commons was refused permission by the Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Cromer, who holds the decision on the matter.
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London
L. Cc
M.S. Amery
William Brass
M.P
Health
Exchequer
Amery
House of Commons
Earl of Cromer
Waratahs Praise British French Crowds During Nine Month Tour
The New South Wales Waratah rugby team arrived in Canada aboard the Melita praising the fair play of British and French spectators on their nine month tour. Manager E Gordon Shaw said crowds were unprejudiced and showed sportsmanship even when referees made doubtful calls.
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Waratahs
New South Wales
Australia
Canada
Great Britain
France
E. Gordon Shaw
Escape Death When Airplane Crashes Near Lympne
Eight passengers on a Paris to London flight survived a crash in a field near Lympne Kent after the left wing dipped near the Kent airfield. Pilot Roger Maury escaped injury and the engine valves fault caused the mishap. Bar oness Van Till Candi Kavanagh suffered facial cuts from glass.
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London
Paris
Lympne
Kent
van Till C Andi Kavanagh
The
Hague
Roger Maury
Maury
Banking System Discussed Ottawa
Government inspector general of banks C. E. Tompkins appeared before the House of Commons committee on banking and commerce to answer questions. He said the banking system, as it stood, met the country’s needs with only occasional changes needed. A. E. Darby of the Canadian Council of Agriculture presented the council’s views on banks and banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
C. E
Tompkins
House of Commons Committee On Banking and Commerce
Canadian Council of Agriculture
A. E. Darby
Council
Search Launched For Missing Aviators In Arctic Reach
Ottawa reports detailed RC A F search for Flying Officer Lewis Flight Sergeant Terry and Esquimo Bobby across Ungava and Ungava Bay. Dog teams Eskimos and coast guards aided from Port Burwell to Labrador as bonfires, flares and radio beacons tried to locate the crew and plane.
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Ottawa
Northland
Royal Canadian Air Force
Lewis
Terry
Bobby
Hudson’s Straits
Port Burwell
Ungava
T. A. Lawrence
R.C.A.F
Ungava Bay
Hudson's Bay
Hudson's Bay Company
W. Bennett
C.G.M.M. Steamship
Canadian
Labrador
Newfoundland
Government to decide Armistice Day holiday status
In Ottawa H J Barber asked in the House of Commons whether November 11 Armistice Day should be declared a national holiday. He was told the matter is still under consideration and awaiting government decision, following the Canadian Legion request.
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Ottawa
Canadian Legion
H. J. Barber
Fraser Valley
House of Commons
British Prime Minister Promises Equal Vote for Women
London reports Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin addressing a large assembly of women from 140 organizations. He vows that Parliament will grant full voting equality for women, with Sir William Joynson Hicks in charge of the franchise bill and the bill set for introduction Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stanley Baldwin
Joshua
Promised Land
Baldwin
William Joynson-Hicks
Disraeli
House of Commons
Mine Chief Admits Slippage Led To Fatal Fire At Hollinger
Timmins Ontario. Charles Williams Hollinger’s general superintendent admitted to the Royal Commission that a “very bad slip up” by him and transport staff allowed disposal of rubbish without rocks in stopes. The negligence started a fire that killed 39 miners. Williams could not name a responsible party or provide further information.
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Timmins
Williams
Eskimo Bobby to be considered for reward in Parliament
In Ottawa the House heard Liberal Progressive MP John Millar ask if the Eskimo known as Bobby should receive a reward for aiding Flight Lieutenant Lewis and Sergeant Terry after their rescue off the Labrador coast. Defence Minister J. L. Ralston said the full rescue report was not yet received and reward would be considered when it arrives.
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Bobby
Ottawa
Lewis
Terry
Labrador
John Millar
a-Appelle
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
Department
Championship Wolf Hunt Proposed in Ontario Legislature
Liberal T Legault urged a championship wolf hunt in Ontario with 19000 dollars in prize money to curb livestock losses. He suggested dividing the prize into about 25 awards, the largest five thousand dollars, others smaller.
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Toronto
T. Legault
Ontario
Canadians Reducing Cross-border Moves in 1927
The registrar general report to the legislature shows a sharp drop of about 15 000 Canadians leaving Ontario for the United States in 1927 compared with 1926.
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Toronto
Ontario
United States
French Legation at Ottawa Approved by Chamber of Deputies
The finance committee approves an appropriation to establish a French legation at Ottawa. It views diplomatic ties with Canada as beneficial for trade and sentiment. Canada exports farm products valued at about $600 million with domestic consumption around $87.50 per capita.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Ottawa
Canada
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Chas. Dunning
Direc
Tors
Walter B.ranciman
Mr. Runciman
Piemeer
Flin Flon
Boy
Manitoba
Queen
Col. Amery
Hollinger
Championship
Wolf Hunt
U.S
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