Emigration Plan Urges Large Scale Move to Dominions
Newcastle leaders draft government assisted emigration scheme to repopulate the empire with UK families. A new empire development and emigration board would oversee grants, budgeting and statutory powers. The deputation will present the case to the cabinet and circulate copies to dominion leaders urging cooperation.
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Newcastle-on-Tyne
England
Empire Development and Emgration Board
Newcastle
R. & Dalgleish
United Kingdom
New Gold Strike Near Yellowknife Bay Revealed
Dr. Jolliffe of the federal geological survey disclosed a new gold strike west of Yellowknife bay on the north arm of Great Slave lake. The discovery was made September 15, with details withheld until the prospector’s official report. Jolliffe led 15 University of Alberta assistants in a 10 000 square mile survey outlining 2 800 square miles with Cambrian sediments and volcanics favorable to gold and silver.
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Edmonton
Yellowknife Bay
Great Slave Lake
Fred Jolliffe
Federal Geological Survey
Northwest Territories
Jolliffe
Department of Mines
Ottawa
University of Alberta
Stage Sham Air Raid Over Valetta Malta
A fleet of Bomber aircraft droned over Valetta Malta in a sham air raid. The island plunged into darkness as every light went out at 9 30 p m. Warships in the harbor dimmed their lights while thousands of citizens gathered on the bastions and seafront. Acting-Governor Laike oversaw the patrols. Aerial and military authorities praised the island’s loyal cooperation.
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Valetta
Malta
Laike
Italy coinage for Ethiopa under occupation plan
Italian forces have begun coining Ethiopian thalers for use by military and civil governors installed in Ethiopia. Mint employees say the coins will pay tribesmen who seek work under Italian domination during the occupation.
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Rome
Italy
Ethiopa
More Wheat In Store Ottawa
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada wheat in store for the week ended September 20 at 220,862,570 bushels, up 13,958,389 from the prior week. The visible supply for the same week last year stood at 3,659,206 bushels.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Quiet Session in Prince Edward Island House of Assembly
The 30 member Liberal majority in Prince Edward Island’s House of Assembly carried on state business without an official opposition. Two government supporters challenged cabinet policies during a special one day session, opposing a 3 009 000 dollar money bill for refunding loans and public works. The governor granted assent and prorogation set for March 1936.
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Charlottetown
Prine Edward Island
House of Assembly
Walter Lea
W. H. Dennis
Prince
H. H. Cox
King’s
Canada
Abolish Ration System in Moscow Opens Open Market
A government decree ends the ration sale of meat sugar fish butter and potatoes in Moscow. Prices in open shops drop sharply with beef down over 50 percent to five rubles per kilogram and sugar to four rubles 52 kopecks per kilo while butter falls from 24 to 15 rubles. Limits curb purchases to two kilograms of meat two of sugar half a kilogram of butter and three kilograms of fish per buyer.
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Moscow
Hours Of Labor Set Ottawa For Canada Reform
Legislation limiting working hours in specific Canadian industrial undertakings will take effect October 5. Regulations to implement the measure have been drafted. The act, based on a 1919 ILO convention of the League of Nations, forms part of the reform program presented by the government in the last session of Parliament.
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Ottawa
Canada
International Labor Organization
League of Nations
Campbell and Bluebird Ready for New Speed Mark
Sir Malcolm Campbell told a dinner that he and Bluebird are done breaking records unless a foreign challenger offers a new mark. He said speed still lies in his car if Britain’s prestige is at stake.
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London
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Bluebird
Malcolm
Britain
Canadian Leaf Beauty Contest Opens in Montreal
The Canadian government through the Canadian travel bureau announces the third annual competition for the most beautiful autumn tinted maple leaf in Montreal. First prize is $100.
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Montreal
Canadian Travel Bureau
Dominion election in Ottawa uses single vote system
The Dominion general election on Oct 14 will use the traditional single vote system. Electors mark one X next to their preferred candidate and the one with the most Xs wins. No second or third choices. Results should be available within hours after polls close.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Typhoon Slams Japan Killing Dozens and Leaving Dozens Missing
A powerful typhoon swept across Japan from Kagoshima to Wendai killing at least 48 people and leaving about 100 missing. Inland sea ports reported missing fishing boats and the steamer Tonegawa Maru with 13 crew and 19 passengers also unaccounted for. The storm marks the fifth deadly cyclone in three months.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kagoshima
Wendai
McGill to Install A. E. Morgan as Principal
At least 24 Canadian universities and colleges expected to attend the installation of Professor A. E. Morgan as principal of McGill University on October 5. Dr. Robert C. Wallace president of the University of Alberta Edmonton will be in attendance.
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Montreal
A. E. Morgan
McGill University
Robert C. Wallace
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Farewell Banquet for Governor General at Ottawa
The government of Canada hosted a farewell banquet for the Governor General and Countess of Bessborough as his term as king's representative in Canada ends. Sir George Perley presided while a distinguished group from state, diplomacy, church, judiciary and civil service attended with their spouses. The Governor General spoke of four years in Canada and the happy relations enjoyed.
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Ottawa
Government of
Canada
Countess of Bessborough
Earl of Bessborough
George Perley
Diplomatic Corps
Veregin resigns as head of Canadian Doukhobors
Peter Veregin resigns after ten years as president of the Christian Community of the Universal Brotherhood of Doukhobors in Canada. He says he severed all ties, remains a private Canadian citizen, and plans to stay in the country. He tendered the resignation six months ago and is now en route to Montreal.
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Saskatoon
Peter Veregin
Universal Brotherhood of Doukhobors
Canada
Veregin
British Columbia
Montreal
Honesty Opens Path From Delivery Boy to Wall Street Cashier
Albert Correri once earning 3.15 a week as a coffee delivery boy, found a guttered packet of bonds worth 150000 dollars and returned them. C F Grunwald of C F Childs and Co said Correri would start in the cashier's department, with potential rewards to come.
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New York
Albert Correri
Wall Street
Correri
C. F. Grunwald
C. F. Childs and Co
Siege of Lucknow remembered by survivors worldwide
Ten people from various regions mark the siege of Lucknow during the Indian mutiny. The oldest survivor is Cc. G. Palmer of British Columbia while the youngest is Arthur Dashwood, 78, in London. Dashwood’s birth occurred in Lucknow residency where 17 people were herded in a single room.
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London
Lucknow
Cc. G. Palmer
British Columbia
Arthur Dashwood
Dashwood
Britain Moves to Strengthen Navy and Air Force at Bournemouth
Prime Minister Baldwin plans measures to bolster Britain’s navy and air force as he addresses the Conservative party conference in Bournemouth. Labor leader George Lansbury warns of a looming global war while Athens reports Greek Turkish maneuvers and possible support for Britain in the Mediterranean amid Italo-Ethiopian tensions.
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London
Baldwin
Bournemouth
George Lansbury
House of Commons
Britain
Athens
Instanbul
Dardanelles
Greece
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Prince Umberto Opposed to Mussolini on Ethiopia
French reprint of a London Referee story claims Prince Umberto the Italian throne heir opposes Mussolini's Ethiopian campaign. It cites Balbo as a potential revolt leader and notes allegedly broad officer opposition, a report Italian spokesmen deny.
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Paris
London
Umberto
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Rome
Italo Balbo
Libya
Il Duce
Balbo
Lions kill sentinel as five escapee lions run amok
Five of Emperor Haile Selassie's prized lions break loose in Addis Ababa. They kill a sentry and injure five guards while devouring Australian sheep and killing two horses. Colonel Mekouria grabs a machine gun and shoots the five lions one after another.
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Addis Ababa
Emperor Haile Selassie
Mekouria
Imperial Guard
Insurance Premiums Rise as War Risks Hit Sailors
In Singapore fears of trouble in the Mediterranean push marine insurers to demand extra war risk premiums on British vessels returning to England via the Suez canal. Skirting these charges would require a voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, affecting routes and costs.
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Singapore
Mediterranean
England
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Polish balloon Polonia wins Gordon Bennett Trophy at Warsaw
The Polonia balloon won the Gordon Bennett Trophy as the 27th Bennett international race began in Warsaw on September 15. Among 13 entries, it logged about 1007 miles in a 58 hour 54 minute flight and reached 16 732 feet, with the Warsaw balloon finishing second.
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Warsaw
Polonia
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Speed Prestige
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Manuel Quezon
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United States
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McGill
Countess of
Bessborough
Brotherhood of
Doukhobors
T. Rose
British Isles
Sir Phillip Cunliffe-Lister
Mussolini
Emperor Selassie
Gordon Bennett Trophy
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