Export wheat quality lower than formerly
Calgary reports that Canada's export wheat base has declined over the past 15 years as sections of the West show signs of wear. Chief Inspector J D P Fraser warned that grades one two and three are not as good as in 1913 with samples often polluted. He advised careful, insured packing for guaranteed grades and noted moisture limits and drying considerations for safe threshing.
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Calgary
Canada
J. D P. Fraser
Board of Grain Commissioners of
Anata
Wimper
Fraser
Birth Rate Declines Across Canada With Quebec Exception
Canada shows a national birth rate of 25.1 per 1000 in May, down from 28.1 last year. Quebec records 24.6, up from 23.6, the highest in the Dominion, while Nova Scotia and New Brunswick rise but at lower figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Quebec
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
New Brunswick
Premier Ferguson Highlights Unscheduled Match At Royal Winter Fair
An informal event disrupted the horseshoe pitching contests as Ontario premier G Franklin Ferguson challenged Lieut Governor W D Ross to a two game set. Both stripped to shirts and played for the amusement of spectators with Ferguson losing the match.
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Toronto
Ontario
W. D. Ross
Mr. Ferguson
Labor nomination for Uxbridge seat outlined
Reginald Francis Orland Buideeman embassy counsellor in His Majesty's Service is named as the Labor candidate for the Uxbridge division of Middlesex. He is related to Viscount Laseches, Princess Mary's husband, and to W C Bridgeman, first lord of the Admiralty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyden
Reginald Francis Orland Buideeman
Uxbridge
Middlesex
Viscount Laseches
Princess Mary
W. CC. Bridgeman
The
Admiralty
Niagara sails with record butter shipments to Canada and Pacific ports
The Niagara departed Auckland with 200 boxes of butter for Vancouver the largest Canadian shipment on record. It also carries 1,870 boxes for Honolulu and 1,000 boxes for Shanghai, with Vancouver due December 9.
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Auckland
N.Z
Vancouver
Honolulu
Shanghai
Chinese Bar War Film Banned After German Protest
Chinese authorities in Harbin ban the motion picture The Big Parade following a protest from the German consul who says the film is unfair to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbin
Manchuria
Consol
Fim
Germany
Homesteads Open Along Hudson Bay Railway Route
Minister of Interior Charles Stewart outlines surveys near the Hudson Bay Railway from The Pas to Mile 221. Quarter sections adjacent to the line are open for homestead entry with lands valued for agriculture forests water powers and minerals. Additional surveys and mapping will proceed to support future settlement and development.
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Ottawa
Charles Stewart
Interior and Mines
British Government Sued Over 1918 £10000 Cheque Case
The British Government is sued to honor a £10000 cheque claimed to be endorsed by a Moscow based diplomatic agent in 1918. The note allegedly moved through Hirshberg and Bencelaronowitz, hidden in a fur cap and boot sole, before being smuggled out after Bolshevik seizures. The government disputes the cheque was signed by the Crown.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Hirshberg
Bencelaronowitz
Laurentic Set for Canadian Trade Entry
Faith in the Dominion of Canada was expressed by C. V. Mitchell vice-president for traffic of the International Mercantile Marine at a banquet aboard the new White Star liner Laurentic. He said the ship was built for the Canadian trade and will enter the trade next spring.
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New York
Dominion of Canada
C. V. Mitchell
International Mercantile Marine
Laurentic
Mitchell
White Star Line
Canada
Laurentie
Women seek Senate seats and committee roles in Ontario
Grace Hunter of Toronto argues for women to be appointed to the Senate and its committees, notably divorce and public health, suggesting the British North America Act could permit such appointments. Dr Lucien Howe in Buffalo reports progress in eye transplantation research, moving eyes between individuals of the same species.
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Toronto
Senate
Grace Hunter
Ontario Women’s Liberal Association
Hunter
Buffalo
N.Y
Lucien Howe
Robber Demands Only 11.60 From Cigar Store
A young man entered a New York cigar shop, held the clerk at gunpoint, and emptied the till taking 234 dollars. He counted out 11.60 and returned the rest, saying that's all he needed. Police search for the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Soviets Deny Rumors of Black Sea Naval Cruise
The Soviet Foreign Office denied Bucharest reports that Soviet war vessels were conducting a mysterious Black Sea cruise to seize air ships once owned by the White Russian sect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Bucharest
Black Sea
Coronation Robe Ordered As Proclaimed Emperor Emerges
A Tokio dispatch reports Chang Tso Lin, the Northern generalissimo, near a crowning as emperor. Coronation robes ordered from See Chow as the Maskhurian chieftain leads the Northern alliance toward a new era. China’s throne empty since 1912 republic, Pu Yi long held imperial title until 1924.
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Maschurian
China
Pu Yi
Hazing Punishment at Ontario Agricultural College
The Ontario Agricultural College faculty and student body punish the freshman class for hazing Edward Beddoes a British student. The class is fined 150 dollars and confined to residence nightly except one night per week for the rest of term. An apology to Beddoes is required.
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Beddoes
Reward Wheat Awards Highlight Manitoba Growers
Manitoba officials declined to comment on Ottawa reports that Reward wheat’s grand championship entry at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto was unauthorized. Samples were tested on prairie farms with the understanding they would not be exhibited. The winning wheat, exhibited by William Pierce of Birtle, was purchased at the Toronto grain auction by J B Almyy of the Manitoba Agriculture department. Deputy minister J H Evans praised Manitoba wheat and anticipated a strong showing at the Chicago international fair.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Manitoba Agricultural College
Ottawa
Toronto
Eastern
Manitoba
Dominion Experimental Farms
Department of Agriculture
Prairie Provinces
William Pierce
Birtle
J. B. Almyy
J. H. Evans
Reluctant To Build Cruisers London
The British Government is unwilling to lay down more 10,000-ton cruisers for now, hoping naval limitation talks at Geneva may yield an agreement. Rt Hon W Bridgeman told the House of Commons that Britain's proposals had not been forced to a vote and the discussions left hope for a future cap.
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London
W. €. Bridgeman
Admiralty
House of Commons
Bridgeman
Great Britain
Geneva
Miners’ Protest Meets Refusal In London
Two hundred fifty nine unemployed Welsh miners marching to see Prime Minister Baldwin were told he would not meet a deputation. Baldwin referred them to the Ministers of Health Labor Pensions and Mines. Leaders say the march achieved visibility for the mining crisis as they returned to Wales after a Trafalgar Square farewell.
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London
Wales
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
Health, Labor, Pensions and Mines
Trafalgar Square
Montreal harbor docks face peak activity as ships load
The St. Lawrence navigation season nears its end while 12 liners and tramp steamers have orders from the Montreal harbor commission. All are loading or due to load with weather likely to raise further orders as open water persists.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence
Montreal Harbor Commission
the &T. Lawrence
Alberta Wheat Pool reports 1926 crop payments total
Manager R. D. Purdy disclosed at the annual meeting that nearly 45 million bushels were handled from the 1926 crop and that growers received about 52.36 million dollars in payments.
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Calgary
Alberta Wheat Pool
R. D. Purdy
Argentine corn shipment to Ogilvie Mills at Fort William
A 50000 bushel load of Argentine corn is being unloaded for Ogilvie Mills in Fort William. The grain will be used to manufacture poultry scratch food and is the first Argentine corn sent to the Head of the Lakes for processing.
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Port Arthur
Ogilvie Mills
Fort William
Will Continue Family Settlement Scheme Calgary
The 3 009 British families settlement plan will continue in 1928 under W S Woods of the land settlement board. A survey will determine available farms for settlers arriving after spring and the number of families to be brought to Alberta. Calgary may send a representative to Britain to aid in selecting districts while immigration staff in Ottawa handle most selective work. Settlers are expected to arrive in April and will be welcomed and settled on farms returning to government control.
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Calgary
W. S. Woods
The
Land Settlement Board
Woods
Alberta
Great Britain
Department of Immigration
Old Country
West Wins With Clydesdales at Royal Show
Saskatchewan entrants dominated the Clydesdale class at the Royal Show winning grand and reserve champions and multiple divisions. The West claimed senior junior and reserve junior titles plus the Carlsrde and Walker House trophies for best Clydesdale stallion, with five firsts, three seconds, three thirds and ten other prizes for mares. Manitoba earned six prizes and Alberta two, while the reserve senior went to Pon Alda Farms Todmorden Ontario.
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Toronto
Saskatchewan
West
Carlsrde
Walker House
Manitoba
Alberta
Pon Alda Farms
Todmorden
Ont
Bay line Service Extended The Pass Man
On November 27 the Hudsons Bay railway added a wayfreight with coach for passenger use. The Muskeg train will carry passengers and through freight only, leaving The Pas Sundays at 7 am and serving all line points. The service will boost both passenger and freight traffic and facilitate local business.
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Hudson's Bay Railway
The
Pas
Turner Valley Oil Field Explosion Rocks Vast Blaze
A massive explosion at the Stockmen's Well in Turner Valley injures five and threatens three men and two children with death. Two additional workers suffer lesser injuries. the fire rages rapidly, seen for miles, delaying aid as crews escape through blazing derrick timbers. Three million feet of high gasoline content gas vents from the top as survivors leap to safety.
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Calgary
Turner Valley
Here
Europeans Needed Here Says Hon Robt Forke
Hon Robt Forke, Canada’s minister of immigration, told the Toronto Women’s Liberal Association that Europeans would do rough work Britishers won’t, and stressed maintaining British institutions while welcoming the right Europeans. He urged monitoring Southern and Central European immigration and noted many arriving domestics shift to factories, cautioned against strict deportation, and argued immigration should avoid fixed colonies.
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Toronto
Robt. Forks
Canada
Forke
Europe
Dominion
London swimmer plans Gibraltar Straits swim from Southampton
Mercedes Gleitz, a London typist who swam the Channel, will sail from Southampton in December to train for a Gibraltar Straits crossing. She faces warnings from admirers about sharks and possible danger but remains determined to attempt the swim. She was asked what she would do next and hinted at further attempts.
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London
Mercedes Gleitz
Dorothy Cochrane Logan
Southampton
Straits of
Gibraltar
Straits
Gleitz
Tie
To Retain Guillotine in Paris Amid Penal Reform Fight
The guillotine, official instrument of execution in France, will continue to function despite a movement to suppress the death penalty. A bill to abolish the death penalty failed by a close vote in Parliament's committee on civil and criminal legislation.
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Paris
France
Wil
Montreal Neglect Costs City Damages in Slip Incident
Montreal authorities paid $1,009 in damages to Max Sher and his daughter Sophie after the city failed to install a sidewalk at a street intersection. Sophie suffered a fracture of the left ankle when she slipped on the sidewalk.
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Montreal
Que
Max Sher
Sophie
Population projections by census head for 1929
Census Director Stuart predicts the U S population will reach about 11 066 000 by 1929 in his annual report to Secretary Hoover. He notes the 1920 census showed a population of 105 710 620 for the continental United States.
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Washington
United States
Stuart
Hoover
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