London Conference Studies Wheat Question
Imperial Conference heads discuss wheat and empire foodstuffs with bulk purchase and import boards as options. An economic committee under the Board of Trade will study inter empire trade improvements and coordinate British and Dominion manufacturers. A Geneva treaty scrutiny considers reservations on international courts.
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London
England
FR. B
Board of Trade
Graham
Russia
Maurice Dupre
Geneva
New Zealand butter export rates take effect in Canada
Vancouver customs officials confirm new 8 cent preferential rates for New Zealand butter shipments to Canada. The old rate expired October 12 after the Australian trade extension was rescinded, with negotiations between premiers Bennett and Forbes in London affecting details.
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Vancouver
B.C
New Zealand
Canada
London
Bennett
Forbes
Collector of Customs
Robbers Hold Up Manitoba Malting Payroll Vault
Armed men struck the Canada Malting Company on William Avenue Winnipeg and seized about 2400 dollars from the payroll. Two workers entered the factory office moments before distribution. clerks were forced into a vault while the robbers made their escape.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada Malting Company
William Avenue
United States Missionary Seized by Brigands in Peiping
United States consul-general reports Bert N. Nelson, missionary of the Lutheran United Mission Home in Minneapolis, held by brigands allied with the first Red Army after the fall of Kwangsha southeast Honan on October 5. Abductors demand a large ransom.
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Peiping
China
Frank P. Lockhart
United States
Bert N. Nelson
Lutheran United Mission Home
Minneapolis
First Red Army
Kwangsha
Honan
Valley River farmers seek federal bank and price cuts
A meeting of 360 farmers at Valley River Manitoba urged a federal bank to reduce farmers prices and cut grain freight rates from 18 to 10 cents. They asked for three percent loans to farmers and forwarded the resolutions to Dominion authorities for action.
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Winnipeg
Man
Valley River
Manitoba to aid farmers buy breeding sows through clubs
The province will provide three quarters of the cost as a loan to farmers in Manitoba for purchasing bacon type breeding sows raised by boys and girls clubs. Minister of Agriculture Albert Frefontaine announced the plan as a government program to prevent sacrificing valuable sows.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Albert Frefontaine
Angry Grand Trunk shareholders denounce Canadian politicians
In London angry preference share holders of the old Grand Trunk Railway met to hear Hawkin report on his Canada trip. They formed a seven man committee to interview Premier R B Bennett and press their claims. They accused Canadian politicians of a “damnably bad trick” and urged a boycott of goods.
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London
England
Canadian Grand Trunk Railway
Hawkin
Canada
R B Bennett
Tells Of Slavery Conditions London England
Lady Simon wife of Sir John Simon addressed the Conservative Women’s Reform Association claiming Liberia’s commission report will show natives shipped from the African coast under conditions like slave trading and raiding. She blamed private persons and Liberia American officials for abuses and urged US British and French action to end the system.
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London
England
Lady Simon
John Simon
Commission of Inquiry
Liberia
Women’s Reform Association
United States
Liberia Republic
Free Transportation For Breeding Stock
Ottawa announces free transport for breeding stock to farmers west of the Great Lakes seeking to expand or start new herds. Eligible heifers under three years old must be selected with approval of Dominion stock yard agents and shipped from Winnipeg Moose Jaw Saskatoon Prince Albert Calgary and Edmonton to home stations.
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Ottawa
Robert Weir
Great Lakes
Winnipeg
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Calgary
Edmonton
Saskatoon Delegates Seek Superannuation Plan for Schools
Caretakers and Maintenance Staff Association votes to petition the provincial government for a superannuation scheme. Delegates attend from Saskatoon Regina Moose Jaw Prince Albert Young Davidson Rosthern and Rosthern areas.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Caretakers’ and Maintenance Staff Association
Regina
Moose Jaw
Prince Albert
Young, Davidson
Rosthern
Bennett Submits Plan for Empire Co operation
Prime Minister Bennett argues for closer economic ties within the Empire and presents Canadian preference proposals at the Imperial Conference. He warns the opportunity may not come again and urges a lasting agreement based on mutual benefit, protecting home markets while expanding foreign trade.
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London
England
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Bennett
France
Austin Company announces windowless factory contract
The Austin Company announces a $1,500,000 plant for Simonds Saw and Steel Co. to be built in Fitchburg Massachusetts. The five acre, one story structure will be entirely without daylight and embrace advanced artificial lighting, ventilation, and working conditions.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Austin Company
Simonds Saw and Steel Co
Fitchburg
Mass
Cattle Shipment to Manchester Set from Montreal
The Dominion Department of Agriculture has arranged with western ranchers to ship about 380 cattle to Manchester England. The vessel Manchester Citizen will depart Montreal on October 30 with the loaded boatload.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Manchester
England
Montreal
Vancouver grain exports rise sharply for current crop year
Vancouver shipments of grain to date total 10,629,328 bushels, about 6,000,000 more than the same period last year. The Orient has taken roughly five times the amount shipped by this date last year.
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Vancouver
B.C
Orient
Australians Depart Vancouver on Immigration Deportations
Sixteen Australians and New Zealanders were deported from Vancouver on the Niagara, which sailed recently. In total 28 would-be immigrants were held when the ship docked. six were allowed to land and 22 were refused entry to Canada.
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Vancouver
B.C
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Ontario Liberal Convention Date Set for December
Ontario Liberals announced the coming party convention in Toronto to be held on December 16 and 17 at a committee meeting. Hon. A. Co. Hardy served as president of the Ontario Liberal association.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario
Liberals
A. Co. Hardy
The
Dunning Accepts Role at Lucerne in Quebec Resort
Hon. C. A. Dunning former Dominion finance minister accepts vice president and general manager post at Lucerne in Quebec a new year round resort hotel on the Ottawa River between Ottawa and Montreal. E W Beatty KC announces the organization plan to develop a year round residential resort with hotel chalets cottages and club membership. Summer and winter sports will attract guests as the Papineau estate is transformed into a scenic resort complex.
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Montreal
Que
C. A. Dunning
Dominion
Lucerne-in- Quebec
Ottawa River
Ottawa
E. W. Beatty
Beatty
Lucerne-in-Quebec
Seek More Cargo Space Melbourne Flour Mills Face Ship Shortage
Flour millers in Victoria struggle to secure cargo space for shipments to Egypt and Europe. If relief does not come, they may charter their own ships. General rationing of cargo space is active with shortages for cereals and flour because vessel owners are favored by higher paying cargos.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Egypt
Europe
Carman Shrine Unveiled in Fredericton
The granite memorial to the dead poet Bliss Carman was unveiled in Fredericton on Saturday October 18 with public leaders from the province and Dominion taking part. The ceremony occurred at the Forest Hill cemetery family burial plot where Carman’s ashes rest in a concrete tomb recognized by the state in August 1929.
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Fredericton
N.B
Dominion
Bliss Carman
Forest Hill Cemetery
Carman
New Townsite for Churchill Is Now Possible
Water-logged, frozen subsoil on the Churchill Manitoba site delays opening of the port town. Attwood says altered location may occur as engineers seek drainage solutions for perpetually frozen ground. The Dominion has filled lower flats with gravel and sand but drains remain unresolved.
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Winnipeg
Man
Churchill
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Charles H. Attwood
Mines and Natural Resources
Bay
Dominion
Attwood
Port Churchill
Snowden Sees Bright Future for World Trade
London, England. Rt Hon Philip Snowden the Laborite Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke at a banquet expressing optimism about world and British trade. He cited unemployment costs of about £100 million and urged insurance funds be placed on an insurance basis while avoiding new taxes. He predicted a better finish to the financial year.
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London
England
Philip Snowden
Mr. Snowden
Bank of England
Britain
Germany
United
Snowden
Canadian Pacific Plans Saskatchewan Rail Constriction
D C Coleman vice president western lines of Canadian Pacific Railway announced four grading contracts as part of an advanced construction programme. President Beatty noted the project aims to provide relief to agricultural industry by offering work for farmers and their draft animals and to absorb surplus urban labor.
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Winnipeg
Man
Saskatchewan
D. C. Coleman
Western Lines
Canadian Pacific Railway
E. W. Beatty
K.C
Memory of Virgil Mantuu Marked Across Italy
All Italy celebrated the 2000th anniversary of the poet Virgil. Mantuu’s birth city Naples Rome where he lived and wrote Brindisi where he died joined in the tribute. His birthday was noted as a Saint's Day and devotees worshipped at his tomb.
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Mantuu
Italy
Virgil
Manthua
Naples
Rome
Augustus
Brindisi
Work On Airship Stopped in London
All recondition work on the airship R-100 halted while the government decides the future of the airship development program. The R-100 visited Canada last August.
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London
England
Canada
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