Training School in Britain Aids Canadian Emigrants
The Canadian National Railways colonization department plans a new training school for intending British settlers to Canada. It will offer preliminary instruction in England and practical farming experience in Canada to help inexperienced migrants adjust. The scheme, signed with the Overseas Settlement Committee, includes expert advice and financial assistance to settlers and aims to improve selection of experienced farm workers.
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Canadian National Railways
W. J. Black
Canadian National Department of Colonization and Development
Overseas Settlement Committee
Canada
Canadian Cheese Quality Urged to Compete With New Zealand
J A Ruddick Canadian Dairy Commissioner told the House Committee on Agriculture that Canada should raise cheese quality to the highest point. He noted New Zealand exports more cheese and, if butter exports continue, could surpass any country. Ruddick acknowledged no New Zealand cheese matches Canada’s finest flavor.
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Ottawa
J. A. Ruddick
House Committee On Agriculture and Colonization
New Zealand
Canada
Yukon Dredge Sinks in Klondyke River
Dredge number four operated by Burrall and Baird Ltd sank in 25 feet of water on the Klondyke River between Gear and Hunker Creeks. The vessel built in 1912 cost $100,000, had 10,000 yards daily capacity and was the world's largest at its launch while crew prepared for summer work.
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Dawson
Burrall and Baird, Ltd
Klondyke
Gear
Hunker
Sask. Board of Trade Meets in Moose Jaw in July
The Associated Board of Trade of Saskatchewan will meet in Moose Jaw in July to discuss the Hudson Bay Railway and a buffalo reserve for Saskatchewan.
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Moose,Jaw
Associated Board of Trade of Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Hudson's Bay Railway
Saskatchewan
Vancouver Daily Star to Debut June 2
Announcement states the Vancouver Daily Star an independent evening newspaper will publish its first edition on June 2. Publisher is Charles E. Campbell.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Daily Star
Charles E. Campbell
Criticism of the Senate Driven by Ignorance Says Dandurand
Ottawa reports Hon R Dandurand argues critics misjudge the Senate. He notes two main criticisms: appointment mode and term length. Sir John Macdonald favored a sympathetic yet critical second chamber and proposes reforms tied to tariff considerations.
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Ottawa
Senate
R. Dandurand
Dardurand
John MacDonald
House of Commons
American Capital Eyes Alsask Sodium Deposit Deal
A New York syndicate of American capitalists has taken an option on the Alsask Sask salt lake deposits and sent an expert to assess purity. If proven, development may begin early in 1925 with about 300000 tons of Glauber's salts needed annually in the US and Canada.
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New York
Alsask
Sask
United States
Canada
Glauber’s
Aliens Smuggled Into States Across Detroit River
P L Prentis of the 11th immigration district says hundreds of aliens are bootlegged into the United States nightly across the Detroit and St Clair Rivers from Canada. A ring on the Canadian side charges 10 to 25 dollars per head and smugglers operate even in daylight. Some gain entry by posing as American citizens aboard ferries that shuttles 500 000 passengers monthly between Detroit and Canada.
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Detroit
United States
St. Clair Rivers
Canada
P. L. Prentis
British Diplomat Sir Edward Goschen Dies in London
Sir Edward Goschen, veteran British diplomat linked with the so called scrap of paper remark, died at his London home. Born 1847, he joined the service in 1869 and held posts as ambassador to Austria-Hungary and Berlin, minister to Serbia and Denmark, and secretary at the Washington embassy. He was created baronet in 1916.
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London
Sir Edward Goschen
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Edward
Berlin
Britain
Sir Edward
Washington
Serbia
Denmark
Austria-Hungary
Rugby
Oxford
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Clean-up Day June 10 Set
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool announces June 12 as clean-up day. L. C. Brouillette, secretary of Saskatchewan Co operative Wheat Producers Limited, notes current progress with 5,230,000 acres under contract and expectations to pass 7,000,000 by end of June. Special organizers will mobilize districts and appoint key men for the day.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
L. C. Brouillette
Saskatchewan Co-operative Wheat Producers, Limited
Brouillette
Montreal Exports Grain Surpass Last Year By Four Million Bushels
The Harbor Commissioner’s office reports Montreal Montreal's grain exports to date exceed last year by over four million bushels. Total grain handled locally from navigation opening to May 158 inclusive reached 12,839,536 bushels versus 8,580,526 a year earlier.
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Montreal
Aviator Killed In Auto Crash In Dense Melbourne Fog
Captain Andrew Lang, once holder of the world altitude record, died when the car he drove crashed into a fence in dense Melbourne fog during a 24 hour test. He was the nephew of author Andrew Lang.
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Melbourne
Andrew Lang
On to the Bay group forms in Regina meeting
A mass meeting in Regina approved forming a branch of the On-to-the-Bay Association of Canada. A unanimous resolution urged the Dominion Government to immediately complete the Hudson Bay Railway to Adewater, and a wire was to be sent to Robert Forke and W R Motherwell warning of losses to Western Canadian farmers if not completed.
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Regina
Hudson Bay
Adewater
Western Canada
Europe poised for peace after Milan talks
Milan hosts two day talks between Prime Ministers Mussolini and Theunis. Corriere Italiano says further meetings with MacDonald and Herriot could follow and European peace is possible if Allies act firmly and immediately.
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Rome
Milan
Mussolini
Theunis
Belgium
Corriere @Italiano
MacDonald
Great Britain
Signor Mussodini
Edouard Herriot
Europe
Volcano Signals Danger at Kilauea Warning
Dr J A Jaggar of the Hawaiian Observatory warns that Kilauea's rising danger signals may presage further violent activity. He recalls predicting action in 1924 and cites the 1790 eruption that killed hundreds as a comparison.
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San Francisco
Kilauea
Hawaiian Islands
J. A. Jaggar
Hawaii
Jaggar
Hawaiian Observatory
Famous French Aviator Promoted After Paris to Tongking Flight
A renowned French aviator nicknamed Pivate has been promoted to captain in recognition of his record flight from Paris to Tongking, Indo China, covering the distance in 74 flying hours and marking a notable aviation achievement.
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Pivate
Paris
Tongking
Indo-China
Royal Court Opens Social Season at Buckingham Palace
The 1924 London social season began with a royal court at Buckingham Palace attended by about 1,000 guests from diplomatic and official circles and a few Canadian debutantes. The King and Queen processed through the state apartments to the ballroom where they stood beside twin thrones as bands played the national anthem and guests bowed or curtsied before their sovereigns.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Honors for Lenine Moscow
The Soviet Government renames the city of Dimbirsk to Oulianovsk in honor of the late Premier Lenin. It notes Quljanoff as the Bolshevik leader’s real name.
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Moscow
Oulianovsk
Dimbirsk
Lenine
Quljanoff
South Sea chiefs visit Empire Exhibition in Vancouver
Two Fiji rulers arrive on the Makura en route to the British Empire Exhibition. Ratu P Veli, visiting England for a first time since 1903, and Ratu Jeni Antonio Rabicci OB E, decorated for WWI services, lead a display of Fiji heritage and governance.
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Fiji
Vancouver
Ratu P. Veli
Macuala
England
Edward VI
Ratu Jeni Antonio Rabicci
Oakendrove
Ratu Veli
Fell
Suva
Ratu Rabducci
Fiji Legislature Assembly
British Empire Exhibition To Be Closed On Sundays
London reports that Sunday opening of the British Empire Exhibition faces legal and opposition obstacles. Lord Stevenson, chairman of the standing committees, says Sunday access would require legislation and countering organized opposition, making the plan seem impossible.
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London
Lord Stevenson
Proposed Further Power Development in Nelson Area
West Kootenay Light and Power Co seeks to store 678500 feet of water in Kootenay Lake and dam the Kootenay River at Granite to raise the lake level by six feet. Upper Bonnington is 30000 hp and Lower Bonnington is to match. combined with storage the two plants would reach 110000 hp each. Motive is rising demand from Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co of Canada for Trail plants.
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Nelson
B.C
West Kootenay
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada
West Kootenay Company
Consolidated
Bandit pleads guilty in Kadner Royal Bank theft
Smiling Johnny Reid, once jailed for trial by Magistrate Alexander, pleaded guilty to complicity in the Kadner British Columbia Royal Bank robbery of March 28, 1922, in which 128000 dollars in bonds and cash were stolen and received a two year suspended sentence. He is linked to a recent Lethbridge case and has helped recover about 900000 dollars in currency and coke cached by bandit gangs across Canadian provinces and border states.
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Vancouver
Johnny Reid
Alexander
Royal Bank
Kadner
B.C
Reid
Lethbridge
League Investigating Reform Of Calendar
The Academy of Sciences hosted the League of Nations special committee to reform the calendar. The panel aims to fix a common Easter date for Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches and study year subdivisions while joking about leap year.
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Paris
Academy of Sciences
League of Nations
New Method Transmits Pictures Over Long Lines
American Telegraph Company announces a simplified process to send photographs over long distance telephone lines. A Cleveland image was transmitted to New York in under five minutes and developed and exhibited here within 44 minutes.
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New York
American Telegraph Company
Cleveland
Ohio City
May Resign Tokyo Post Ambassador Hanihara
Premier Matsui told reporters after a Cabinet meeting that Hanihara may be permitted to resign as ambassador to the Washington Post. The statement followed persistent inquiry and was made to Japanese press representatives.
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Washington Post
Tokio
Hanihara
Matsui
Public to judge negligence by Sir Thomas White says reply
Toronto reports Sir Thomas White states that Parliament and the public must decide on negligence or no negligence by the finance minister in the Home Bank case. He says Commissioner MacKeown cannot render a judicial decision and that outside auditors are justified only by Parliament. He argues Lafleur seeks parliamentary determination, not judicial.
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Toronto
Thomas White
Thomas Here
Eugene Lafleur
K.C
Ottawa
Thomas
MacKeown
Lafleur
Order-In-Council
Canada May Demand Envoy To Washington
A Daily Telegraph report notes that granting an independent Irish minister in Washington prompts Canada to seek equal treatment. The piece predicts implications for Imperial foreign relations and asks why other dominions could not demand ministers abroad, risking a constitutional crisis.
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Canada
Washington
London
A_s
Daily Telegraph
Paris
Tokio
Navy costs cited to match Britain in strength
Chairman Putter of the Naval Committee told the House that at least 150 million dollars must be spent to equal Great Britain in naval strength. He said action will be sought this session on a bill to establish the 5-5-3 arms conference ratio for the United States.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
House
Putter
Naval Committee
Fireman Pulled From Water After Auto Plunges From Wharf
Arthur Flow a fireman on the government tug Valhalla was seated in his running car on the Proc tor Wharf when the vehicle surged forward and plunged into 30 feet of water. He surfaced and was rescued.
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Nelson
Arthur Flow
Proctor Wharf
Flow
Immigration debate over British and Canadian policy in Ottawa
In Ottawa the House of Commons discussed immigration after remarks by the Duke of Connaught in London. Frank Cahill asked the immigration minister for a way to inform English leaders that immigration is a Canadian matter. The minister said Canada encourages British immigrants with preferential rates this summer and that Britain handles its own affairs.
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Ottawa
Duke of Connaught
London
Canada
House of Commons
Frank Cahill
Pontiac
Cahill
J. A. Robb
Immmeration
England
Robb
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Klondyke River
New Vancouver Daily
American Capital
Edward Goschen
Pelletier Doisy
South Sea
Empire
Power Company
Kootenay Lake
League
Telegraph
Sir Thos. White
Irish Free State
U.S. Navy
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