Gardiner predicts Canada population rise and nation building
Premier J. G. Gardiner warns against Anglo-Saxon myths and outlines Canada’s future growth. He predicts Dominion population reaching 23 600 000 by 1900 and urges broader immigration and transportation development across the northern half of the continent to strengthen national prosperity. Saskatchewan strains as cosmopolitan example of immigration.
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Toronto
J. G. Gantiner
Raskatchewan
Empire Club
North American
Gardiner
Canada
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Mr. Gardiner
Hudson's Bay
Grain Armada to Ship Wheat From Vancouver to Britain
More than 100 ships are chartered to carry 20 000 600 bushels of wheat from Vancouver to the United Kingdom and the Continent in November December and January. Forty vessels will load in December totaling about 16 000 000 bushels. Oriental shipments are light now but Japanese demand may grow in December and January.
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Vancouver
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Volune
Strike Persists in Drumheller Mines Over Labor Demands
In Drumheller coal fields miners keep up a multi day strike with operators refusing joint talks. About 1,600 miners across six mines quit, seeking union recognition while few others shift to threshing fields earning six dollars daily. In Quebec, deputy labor minister Louis Gupor reports strong employment with no unemployment and rising demand for labor in Montreal districts.
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Drumheller
Aita
Nen
Quebec
Louis Gupor
Montreal
Pension Plans Behind Flag Controversy Rise in Yukon
Yukon gold commissioner in Ottawa to press the Labour Minister on opposing the old age pension plan. Canadian ministers say coopera tion with the provinces could yield practical results, citing British Columbia as an example where pension cheques exist, despite debates over federal provincial funding.
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Yukon
Ottawa
Percy Reid
Deter Heenan
Gale Commeissioner
Heenan
Prairie Provinces
Brish Columbia
British Columbia
Parliament to Ratify Canada Czecho Slovakia Trade Treaty
Ottawa expects Parliament will be asked to ratify a trade treaty with the Czecho Slovakia Republic. Negotiations are underway for a mutual most favored nation arrangement. A provisional pact, signed before Christmas, governs trade until next spring with Canada granting intermediate tariff rates and Czecho Slovakia extending MFN to 71 Canadian items.
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Ottawa
Canada
CzechoSlovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Czecho- Slovakia
Smallpox Vaccination Ordered for Ottawa Children
Ottawa city board of health orders compulsory vaccination for all school children to curb a mild smallpox outbreak. Four free vaccination bureaus will open immediately and attendance at schools requires a vaccination certificate. Since Oct 1 there have been 191 cases in the city and suburbs. Hopewell Island Smallpox Hospital holds 54 cases, the largest in a decade.
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Ottawa
City Board of Health
T. R. Lomer
Hopewell Island Smallpox Hospital
Carolist Movement Grows as Censorship Tightens in Bucharest
Reports from Belgrade indicate severe censorship in Bucharest with all pews restricted and only official telegrams reaching Belgrade. The Carolist movement is taking a serious turn, government discontent rises, and many Carolist supporters are arrested amid reports of violence in Bucharest.
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Vienna
Belprade
Bucharest
Belgrade
Carol
Plans for Robbery Targeting City Clearing House Revealed
Police increased morning patrols around the London clearing house after authorities received information about a potential holdup. Detectives and officers have been stationed nearby during daily clearings to deter the crime.
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London
Wheat Yield Record Broken at Lethbridge
J. F. Cook of Magrath reported a record wheat yield of 176 bushels from just over two acres on fallowed land near Lethbridge. Cook vouches for the accuracy of the claim.
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Lethbridge
J. F. Cook
Magrath
Mr. Cook
Quebec Women Seek Provincial Franchise Sparks Federal Debate
Premier Mackenzie King tells the deputation from the Canadian Alliance for Women’s Votes in Quebec that the Dominion Government cannot override provincial jurisdiction on women’s suffrage. He notes federal law allows voting in federal elections but provinces control provincial suffrage. Justice Minister Ernest La Pointe agrees provinces are supreme within their own domains.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Quebec
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canadian Alliance For Women's Votes
Dompinion
Ernest Lapointe
Race Around World Looms in British German Airship Challenge
New York Evening Post quotes aviation writer Howard Mingus predicting a world round trip race between British and German airships. Two English airships of 5 070 000 cubic feet each and a German Zeppelin about 3 500 000 cubic feet would be used for mail and passenger service. Mingus says both ships may be ready early next summer with a 12 to 14 day world flight including two fuel stops.
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Cormunmen Sense
Daily Telegraph
Hertzog
South Africa
Telegraph
Daily News
New York
Ning Post
Howard Mingus
England
Egypt
India
Mingus
Zeppelin Company
Germany
Schwartzbard Acquitted in Paris Murder Trial
Samuel Schwartzbard the Jewish watchmaker was acquitted on all counts in Paris after an eight day trial for assassinating General Simon Petlura Ukrainian separatist leader. The court ordered nominal damages of one franc to the victim’s family while spectators reacted with a mix of approval and outcry.
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Paris
Samuel Schwartzbard
Simon Petlura
Court of Assizes
Schwartzbard
Proposed Flight Of Dirigible Abandoned Over Ottawa Landing Crew Shortage
Washington officials halted the Los Angeles dirigible flight to Canada due to lack of an experienced landing crew in Ottawa. The craft would have carried Sir Philip Sassoon and top U S and British officials. A crew of 500 was needed to land the airship, unavailable at Ottawa in time.
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Washington
Ottawa
Navy Department
Los Angeles
Canada
Phop Sassoon
Air
Warner
Navy
Davison
War Department
McCracken
Commerce Department
Philip
Lakehurst
Tourism Trade in Canada Grows. Expenditures Hit 190 Million
A Bureau of Statistics survey shows tourists spent 190.463 million in Canada last year, up from 85.734 million in 1920. Ocean port arrivals spent 5.5 million, autos 105 million, hotels 25.9 million with Western provinces receiving 5 million. Over 2 million U.S. cars crossed ports and 2.3 million U.S. railroad tickets were bought for Canadian ports.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Ocean
United States
Gallant Rescue Of Passengers On Sinking Ship Mafalda
The Italian liner Principessa Mafalda with about 1000 aboard sinks off Bahia Brazil after an explosion and possible engine failure. Captain Guli goes down with the ship while rescue ships race to pull survivors from rafts and lifeboats. Estimates place dead and missing around 200 with some lives saved by Formosa and other rescuers. The ship valued at 12.6 million lire with insured amounts, carrying freight worth about 2 million lire. A cable grant was sent around the globe in eight minutes.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Principessa Mafalda
Genoa
South America
Guli
Porto Segura
Bahia
Mafalda
Formosa
Princcipessa
Air mail service plans across Canada described
Officials of the Canadian air board report inquiries from 15 cities about forming flying clubs to boost civil aviation. Vancouver Transcontinental aims to cross Canada in two days with multi engine planes, potentially dividing air rail service from Atlantic to Sea and across the prairies.
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Ottawa
Canadian Air Board
Dominion
Canada
Mdmeonton
Regina
Montreal
Alreauly
Vancoouver Transcontigen
J. H. Mackien
Staf
Canedhiat Omy
Lenene
Rockies
Mackinen
Afr
Atlantic
Sea
Prairies
Protest Slavery Methods Questioned in Rhodesia Legislation
London activists raise concerns over Southern Rhodesia laws said to authorize indenture of children to mine work and corporal punishment for disobedience. The Westminster Gazette leads the campaign and urges British government intervention. The Anti Slavery Society backs the scrutiny.
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London
Southern
Rhodesia
Westminster Gazette
Prince of Wales to show Royal Ranch horses at Fair
A. P. W. Westervelt reports six pure bred horses from the E. P. ranch of His Royal Highness Pokisko Alta. Entries include Princeton Carmon Princeton Donovan and others while the Prince previously won senior and grand championships with the white bull King of the Fairie.
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Toronto
Prince of Walesa
A. P. W. Westervelt
E.P
Pokisko
Alta
Princeton Carmon
Princeton Donovan
Somerset
Prince of Wales
Western Prize Winners Western Canada Dominates Handicrafts Guild Show
Western prize winners were named at the Canadian Handicrafts Guild Exhibition in Montreal. Among them in pottery a special prize went to Miss Doris Corday of Sunderland. For general designing the winners included Mrs J H Stewart of Luseland Sask Mrs Out ton of Keeler Sask Mrs RR Wood of Grande Prairie Alta and Mrs FS Ansety of Vancouver B C.
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Montreal
Motion Picture City Planned for Vancouver Island
James J. Wright of San Francisco and Major Bruce Carter retired United States Army purchase 925 acres of the Burbidge estate near Colwood golf links to establish Cinema City Canada. The land price was about 100000 dollars and the project envisions a fully equipped motion picture colony occupying 59 acres.
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Cinema City
Canada
Vancouver Island
Victoria
B.C
James J. Wright
San Francisco
Bruce Carter
United States Army
Burbidge
Colwood Golf Links
Cineton City
Settlers For West Winnipeg from Britain and Britain linked groups
Two hundred British settlers and 41 public school boys and university men from Scotland and England arrived here last week en route to Western fairs. Some will settle in Northern Saskatchewan while others proceed to the Pence River District.
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Winnipeg
Scotland
England
Saskatchewan
Pence River
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Carolist
Roumania
Quebec Province
Immigration Service Chief
J. Bruce Walker
Canadian Immigration Service
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Lord and Lady Willigdon
Ancaster Golf Club
Ontario
Forecast Air Mail
Royal Ranch
Hag Crafts Guild
Motion Pictures
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