Conference on Resources to be Resolved by Arbitration
Ottawa reports indicate a Dominion provincial conference to decide the return of western natural resources. Premier King and Alberta's Brownlee discuss arbitration terms and tribunal selection, with a view to action after the current session. Bracken of Manitoba joins in calls for settlement.
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Ottawa
House of Crowmens
King
J. 2. Brownlee
Alberta
John Bracken
Manitoboa
Tracken
Duncan
Maritime Provinces
Privy Council
Union With Newfoundland Discussed By Canadian Senate
Senator C E Tanner urged the Senate to record Canadian public opinion on any Newfoundland union proposal. He said such a move must come from Canada or Newfoundland authorities, but welcomed talks in a spirit of friendship. He highlighted trade ties and war loyalty, and envisioned broad imperial consolidation across the Atlantic.
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Ottawa
Canada
Newfoundland
Canadian Senate
C. E. Tanner
Dominion of Canada
Tanner
Senate
Government of
Maritime Provinces
British West Indies
Atlantic
Unsatisfactory Poultry Market Says Cowichan Leader
Captain A. B Mathews of the Cowichan Creamery Association criticizes the British Columbia poultry trade. He cites rapid flock growth and rising per bird production, warning that even prolific Hen No. 6 could harm the industry without an organized marketing system. Companies shipping eggs east have faced costs around 40 000 dollars recently.
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Victoria
British Columbia
University of British Columbia
A. B Mathews
Cowichan Creamery Association
Canada
Captain Matthews
North Pole Air Expedition Prepares For Arctic Route
Advance guard and equipment for an aerial expedition to the North Pole moves toward Arctic regions. The ice breaker City of Milan, to be a mobile base for General Umberto Nobile’s dirigible flights, sails from Spezia to Kings Bay Spitzbergen. The Italia, tested for 22 hours with 21 crew, awaits mid April departure from Milan area. Wilkins aims to locate weather stations and map suitable poleside sites.
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Ity
Milan
Umberto Nobile
Volar
Spezia
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Norge
General Nuhile
General Nobile
Baggio
Wilkins
Government to test pulverized coal on ships and buildings
The government will adapt a Pacific coast steamer to burn pulverized coal and use the fuel in a British Columbia government building. Hon. Charles Stewart said pulverized fuel has a bright future for freighters and is no longer experimental, raised by A. W. Weill in Commons.
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Ottawa
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
House of Commons
Charles Stewart
A. W. Weill
Comox-Alberni
Bruce comments on Empire war participation
In Carerra Australia the question to the House of Representatives concerned Premier Hertzog’s statement. Premier Stanley Bruce said when the King is at war all parts of the Empire are involved, though each parliament may determine the extent of active participation.
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Carerra
Australia
House of Representatives
J. B. M. Hertzog
Union of South Africa
Great Britain
Stanley E. Bruce
Unemployment Drop Reported in Britain on March 12
The government announced that March 12 registered unemployed totaled 1,071,700, down 22,000 from the previous week and 47,000 from March 12, 1927, reflecting a decline in joblessness.
Flavelle to Chair Toronto Industrial Research Council
Premier Ferguson announced in the legislature that a research council is to be formed in Toronto to aid industrial advance including agriculture. Sir Joseph Flavelle will chair this council of university men and industry leaders. The plan seeks private and government funding to raise 2 million dollars in five years with matching private donations dollar for dollar.
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Toronto
Joseph Flavelle
Industrial Research Council
Ferguson
Berlin bicycle race scandal silences top teams
Berlin's 26 day race ended March 15 after a sensational reveal that the three leading teams were found guilty by the League of German Bicycle Riders of selling out to a betting ring less than six hours before the finish. Several managers and trainers implicated have been barred from future participation in German events.
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Berlin
League of German Bicycle Riders
Plague outbreak hits prison camp in Sydney colony
After the murder of two white officials in the Solomon Islands last October, 170 tribesmen were rounded up in a hastily built camp at Sydney New South Wales. Dysentery has broken out with 40 natives ill and seven dead. The magistrate to try the prisoners is en route from Fiji.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Solomon Islands
Fiji
Ottawa to centralize research work at the capital
The Dominion Government will establish national research laboratories in Ottawa to unify research efforts with the National Research Council. Universities have long shared labs with academic staff for outside investigations, and the move aims to free facilities for pure science while continuing scholarships to train Canadian researchers.
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Ottawa
National Research Council
Canada
Thanksgiving Date Debate Sparks Ottawa Armistice Split
A proposed resolution by K. J. Ladner of Vancouver South urges observance of Thanksgiving on November 11 to align with Armistice Day. The idea will be debated soon in Parliament as part of the order paper. An estimate places world date trees value at 90 million dollars.
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Ottawa
K. J. Ladner
Vancouver South
Wants To Explore Northwest By Plane
An ultra modern mining application to the Department of the Interior by Col Cyril D H Alpine of Toronto acting for Lindsley interests seeks hydroplane exploration of the northwest north of latitude 60 with exclusive mining claim rights for a limited time. The syndicate would provide air view maps and data. decision pending may grant part of the request. Exploration would cost about 200000 dollars.
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Ottawa
Department of the Interior
Cyril D. H. Alpine
Toronto
Lindsley
Northwest Territories
Lattitude
Department
Afghan King Flies Over London In Record Air Tour
King Amanullah of Afghanistan completed the first royal aeroplane tour over London, flying from Croydon in an Imperial Airways liner. He viewed Crystal Palace Tower Bridge St Pauls Westminster Abbey Buckingham Palace and Chelsea from the air, observing scenes through binoculars.
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Air
London
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Imperial Airways
Croydon
Crystal Palace
Tower Bridge
St. Paul's
Westminster Abbey
Puckingham Palace
Chelsea
Smuggling Conspiracy Spreads Through London Arms Trade
Evening Standard reports Scotland Yard unearthed an arms smuggling conspiracy to arm Irish republicans in London. Detectives estimate about 100 Irish smugglers operate there in revolvers and automatic pistols.
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London
Scotland Yard
Evening Standard
Byrd South Pole Flight Abandoned in Manitoba Test
Word reached here that the proposed test flight to Northern Manitoba of Commander Richard E. Byrd’s South Pole aircraft has been definitively abandoned.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
British Settlers for Canada Arrive at Windsor Street Station
A photo from Montreal shows British settlers forming part of 400 laborers who arrived on the S.S. Menthairn. The group, the season’s first contingent under the Canadian Pacific Railway Colonization Department, are well trained farmers headed for Ontario where farms have been arranged by the government.
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Canada
Windsor Street
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Colonization Department
Ontario
British Medical Men Coming To Canada
Toronto secretary Dr. T. C. Routley sails to arrange details for the 1930 British Medical Association meeting in Winnipeg. The tour will show visiting doctors Canada from Winnipeg through the Rockies to the Pacific, then the Maritime Provinces, highlighting prairies, mountains and British Columbia.
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Toronto
Ont
British Medical Association
Winnipeg
Man
Dominion
Great Britain
T. C. Routley
Canadian Medical Association
Empire
British Isles
Canada
Montreal
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Prairies
British Columbia
Maritime Provinces
London Air Minister Opposes Government Atlantic Flight Control
In the House of Commons Sir Samuel Hoare the air minister argued against government supervision of trans Atlantic flying. He said it would be unwise for a department to gain such legislative power and that better machines and qualifications would be needed before any attempt at control.
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London
House of Commons
Samuel Hoare
Atlantic
Brownlee Freed To Negotiate Province Railways Sale
Premier Brownlee and his cabinet were given a free hand in future talks to sell the provincial government owned railways at a session of the Alberta legislature. Brownlee will likely depart for the East soon. He presented figures showing revenue gains by A and G W and E C and B C lines for the first two months of 1928 versus 1927. A summer session is expected if the railway matter proceeds.
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Edmonton
Brownlee
Alberta
East
G.W
E.C
B.C
Nations oppose Soviet immediate disarmament plan
Geneva reports that 22 of 25 preparatory committee members reject the Soviet demand for immediate complete disarmament. U S delegate Hugh S Gibson Cuba’s Calixo Whitmarsh Belgium’s Paron Rollin Jacquemyns Holland’s Jonkeer Rutgers Sweden’s F Heening Poland’s M Sokal and Jugo Slavia’s M Markovitch join Lord Cushendun in criticizing the plan as unfeasible under current conditions. The Evening News and Evening Star weigh in on the Soviet proposals and their reception in the League of Nations council chamber.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Hugh S. Gibson
United States
Calixo Whitmarsh
Cuba
Paron Rollin Jacquemyns
Belgium
Jonkeer Rutgers
Holland
F. Heening
Sweden
M. Sokal
Poland
M Markovitch
Jugo-Slavia
Lord Cushendun
London
the Evening News
League of Nations Council
Tariff debate in Ottawa over woollens policy
In Ottawa the woollen tariff sparked sharp debate as Conservatives attacked the changes as influenced by English woollen interests. Finance Minister Robb said Canadian manufacturers lobbied British, South African, New Zealand and Australian governments, while U.S. tariff discussions affected choosing between duties on finished fabrics or raw material. He favored broader concessions on raw wool to please Canadians.
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Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Huddersfield
Bradford
Guthrie
James A. Robb
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
London
South Africa
New Zealand
Australia
Robb
Washington
United States Tariff Board
United States
Canada
T.A.B
Conscription of Wealth Debate at Manitoba Legion Meet
The Manitoba Command of the Canadian Legion endorses conscripting property as well as men during war. The convention also backs sending the resolution to Austral ia in 1930 and reaffirms immigration quotas favoring British stock. Lieut Col Ralph H Webb is re elected president. E E Spencer named Dominion representative.
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Manitoba
Canadian Legion
Winnipeg
British Empire Service League
British Service League
Australia
Ralph H. Webb
Manioba Command
E. E. Spencer
Morden
Man
Power Contract Closed In Manitoba For 30000 HP
Winnipeg reports Manitoba Power Company secures a 66 year contract with the provincial government to supply 30 000 horsepower annually from Seven Sisters Falls. Government may assume the plant as a public utility at term end. Power sold to government at 13 80 per horsepower claimed to be the continent's best rate.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Power Company
Seven Sisters Falls
W. J. Major
Alberta Legislature Prorogued After Seven Week Session
After seven weeks in session, the Alberta Legislature was prorogued by Lieut. Gov. Egbert. Iris Honor assented to 81 bills. The final sitting debated railways with a midsummer session possible and three or four bills given final reading.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Egbert
Iris Honor
Brownlee
Deer Captured on Broughton Street in Vancouver
Two men captured a full grown deer on Broughton Street in Vancouver's west end. Dogs from nearby residences joined in the pursuit. The source of the deer remains unknown and the animal appeared unharmed after a likely long journey.
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Vancouver
B.C
Broughton Street
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