Immigration debate in Ottawa over immigrant origins
Rev Canon Burd of Prince Albert warned before the Commons on immigration that Europeans flood Canada. He cited 1926 to 1927 increases and questioned West development while Saskatchewan census showed shifting British resident shares. The dialogue touched on church representation and church employment by the migration department.
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Ottawa
Canon Burd
Prince Albert
Commons
Canada
United States
Dominion
Saskatchewan
C. H. Cahan
St. Lawrence-St George
Peace River
George McPhee
Yorkton
Brocks
McIntosh
Anglican Synod
Ron
Robert Forke
Church of England
Department of Immigration
Saskatchewan Synod
Profits From Liquor Sales In Saskatchewan Reported
The Saskatchewan liquor trade showed profits of $2,145,890.68 for the year ended March 91. This compares with $2,114,866.44 the prior year. Beer revenue reached $8,171,092.25, while wine and spirits brought in $5,934,442.32, per the annual auditors report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
Arctic explorer Captain Wilkins awarded Morse gold medal
Captain George H. Wilkins, after three years of Arctic exploration and a pioneering flight across the Arctic basin, receives the Samuel Finlay Breeze Morse gold medal from the American Geographical Society, the society’s highest honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arctic Basin
George H. Wilkins
Samuel Finlay Breeze Morse
American Geographical Society
Star of Alaska Wins San Francisco to Alaska Race
The 33 year old Star of Alaska, a single masted sailing ship, defeated the barque Star of England in a long San Francisco to Alaska race. The owners offered a $100 purse to the winning crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Priests and Nine Nuns Arrested in Chiapas for Registration
Despatches from Tuxtla Gutierrez report Catholic priests and nine nuns arrested in San Cristobal Chiapas for conducting religious services without first registering as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Tuxtla
Gutierrez
San Cristobal
State of Chiapas
Aviator Floyd Bennett Dies After Double Pneumonia
Quebec hospital reports the death of renowned aviator Floyd Bennett from double pneumonia following his aid mission to German and Allied stranded airmen at Greenland Island. Bennett, who worked with Bernt Baichen to assist the Dremen crew, contracted illness after taking off from Detroit despite medical advice. His wife and Commander Byrd rushed from New York to be at his bedside as he died. Mrs. Bennett also arrived sick with tonsillitis.
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Quebec
Floyd Bennett
Bennett
Bernt Baichen
Irie
Miers
Greenly Island
Detroit
Byrd
New York
Pleased With Senate Prospects
Edmonton reports Ottawa aims to amend the British North America Act to allow women Senate appointments after a 12 year campaign led by Mrs. Emily Murphy. Murphy, the first woman police magistrate in Canada, under Janey Canada, praised the plan saying it matches the public will across classes and persuasions.
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Edmonton
Alta
Ottawa
Senate
Emily Murphy
Canada
Janey
Germans Plan New Atlantic Flight Attempt
Negotiations for another Junkers flight to North America via Baldonnell Ireland are nearly complete. Lilli Dillen, a Viennese actress, spearheads the project with the Europa aircraft, piloted by Johanna Risticz from the Europa’s earlier U S attempt.
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Dezeau
Germany
North America
Junkers
Baldonnel
Ireland
Associated Press
Lilli Dillen
Azores
Europa
Bremen
U.S
Johanna Risticz
Franken Dillenz
Furopa
Matinee Proceeds Aid Nurse Story From Grenfell Fund
The New York matinee under Sir Wilfred Grenfell will donate proceeds to Miss Great Ferris of Saint John New Brunswick. She carried supplies to Bremen fiers on Greenly Island and provided the first detailed firsthand account of their plight via the Saint John Telegraph Journal and the Canadian Press. Ferris is a nurse at the Fortsea Mission in Labrador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wilfred Grenfell
Government Favours Partial Payment to Home Bank Depositors
In the House Hon. J. A. Robb, Minister of Finance, said the government is favorably disposed toward paying part of amounts due Home Bank depositors who have not received 35 per cent of their claims under legislation from two sessions ago. He replied to G. R. Geary, Conservative, Toronto, South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
J. A. Robb
G. R. Geary
Toronto
Mission Hospital Doctor Fatally Shot in China Incident
Dr. Walter F. Seymour, superintendent of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions hospital at Tsinan, southwest of Shantung, was shot to death by a Chinese soldier. A Wisconsin University and Northwestern Medical School graduate, he went to China in 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Walter F. Seymour
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Tsinan
Shantung
Seymour
Wisconsin University
Northwestern Medical School
Evanston
China
Immigration to Canada Rises in 1927 28 Fiscal Year
The fiscal year ending March 31 1928 saw 151 537 immigrants to Canada up 5 percent from 143 991. British arrivals rose 1 088 and U S arrivals 5 982 while other countries added 2 536. In March 1928 total immigration reached 11 685 with 3 150 from Britain 2 383 from the United States and 9 132 from other nations. 2 670 Canadians who had lived in the U S returned to Canada intending to stay.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Immigration and Colonization
United States
Britain names Sir William Clark Ottawa envoy
Sir William Henry Clark, comptroller general of overseas trade since 1917, is named British high commissioner to Ottawa. Aged 53, he comes from Scroops House Cambridge and is an Eton and Trinity College graduate with a long public service career including posts under Lloyd George and Churchill. He will proceed to Ottawa once arrangements are finished.
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London
William Henry Clark
Department of Overseas Trade
Ottawa
Sir William Clark
W. J. Clark
Scroops House
Cambridge
Sir William
Eton
Trinity College
Board of Trade Department
Government
Shanghai
China
Diplomatic Service
Royal Commission
Board of Trade
Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Exchequer
Commerce and Industry
Council of the Viceroy of India
Commercial Intelligence Department
St William
Socialist Leader Proposes World Peace Scheme
In Paris Dr. Weill, a Socialist leader, suggests every League power deposit half its gold reserves at Geneva with confiscation triggers if a war is declared, claiming this would end war and render shooting irons obsolete. The idea contrasts with slow moves by Briand and Kellogg toward outlawing war.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Frank B. Kellogg
Dr. Weill
Mars
League of Nations
Geneva
Russian White Leader Wrangel Dies in Brussels
Baron Peter Wrangel, last White leader chased to the Black Sea by Bolsheviks, dies at his Brussels suburb home after years in exile. He suffered intestinal illness affecting heart and lungs. Born in St Petersburg August 15 1878, he hailed from a noble Balkan lineage dating to 1200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Peter Wrangel
Black Sea
Jugo-Slavia
General Wrangel
St. Petersburg
Leningrad
Balkan States
Norwegians Aid Canada in Winter Sports and Immigration
Norwegians boost Canadian winter sports by introducing talent in ski jumping and figure skating. Nelson brothers set world records, while Norwegian amateurs and professionals train Canadian skaters. About 69,000 of 9.5 million Canadians are of Norwegian origin, with 5,000 annual immigrants mainly via Canadian Pacific ships to Quebec, Montreal, and St John. CPR trains and routes, plus CPR immigrant agencies in Aalesund, Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger, and Trondheim support arrivals and dispersal across western Canada.
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Canada
Nelson Brothers
Nels Nelson
C.P.R. Brakeman
Revelstoke
B.C
Ivind Nelson
Quebec
Banff
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
St. John
N.B
Oslo
Christiania
Elleman Wilson Steamship Line
Hull
England
London and North Eastern Railway
Liverpool
C.P.R
Winnipeg
The
Aalesund
Bergen
Stavanger
Trondhjem
Automobile Racer Killed at Daytona Beach
Fra Frank Lockhart, famed speed king, died during annual speed trials at Daytona Beach. He lost control while racing down the beach at speeds exceeding 290 miles an hour, the car plunging into the ocean near the grandstand after a final run begun south of the mile stretch. He previously reached 147 and 193 miles per hour on earlier legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fra
Frank Lockhart
Lockhart
Ottawa to Press U.S. on Border Gun Incidents
Premier King told the House Canada will notify Washington via Minister Vincent Massey about bullets fired by American preventive officers under the Volstead Act endangering Canadians. S. F. Robinson cited repeated near misses in Windsor Windsor Walkerville Sandwich border cities.
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Ottawa
Canada
Washington
Vincent Massey
King
Massey
U.S
S. F. Robinson
Essex West
Windsor
Walkerville
Sandwich
Beatty urges population growth for Canada through immigration
E. W. Beatty president of Canadian Pacific argues for executive efficiency and wider immigration from Britain the United States and selected continental countries to boost Canada’s population. He cites 80 000 yearly net growth over recent years and says immigration should focus on land settlement and agricultural futures with job opportunities guiding settlement. Canada has substantial unoccupied land he notes and urges continued orderly immigration.
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Ottawa
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Beatty
Great Britain
Canada
Mr. Beatty
National Railways
United States
U.S
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool aims to cut wheat varieties
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool directors push for fewer better wheat varieties to restore uniformity in the province. They warn that Marquis introduced in 1903 led to many new types with varying milling and baking qualities, and call for coordinated testing and a zoning system to choose superior, uniform varieties for seed and marketing.
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Vegina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Wheat Pool
Marquis
Dominion
Commissioner John W Greenway dies at 67 in Ottawa
John W Greenway 67, commissioner of lands in the Department of Interior and son of former Manitoba premier Thomas Greenway, died in Ottawa after long illness following his wife’s death on March 4. Born in Dervie Ontario, he moved to Manitoba in 1879 and oversaw land settlement projects. He served as inspector of School Lands in Manitoba in 1898 and became commissioner of lands under the Dominion government in 1904.
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Ottawa
John W. Greenway
Department of Interior
Thomas Greenway
Manitoba
Mr. Greenway
Dervie
Ont
Envoy Recall Proposed in Irish Budget Debate
In the Dail Eireann budget debate Eamonn de Valera urged abolition of the Free State representative in Washington arguing the post is costly and based on false pretences. He said the minister there is part of the British embassy and not worth the money. Patrick MacGilligan denied the connection to the British embassy and noted the U S recognized the position by sending its own minister to Dublin.
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Dublin
Free State
Washington
Dail Eireann
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
Patrick MacGilligan
U.S
Lufthansa pilots trained as ocean navigators plan trans Atlantic service
Berlin reports that nineteen Lufthansa pilots have been trained as ocean navigators. A nine to eleven ton aircraft group is being built for regular trans Atlantic flights, likely to South America, announced recently.
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Berlin
Germany
Lufthansa Company
South America
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Quebec Hospital
Janey Canuck
Ernest Lapointe
Murphy
Atlantic
Britain
Sir WM. Clark
Caroline Sykes
Wrangell
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