Lloyd George Resigns as Bonar Law Takes Premiership
London reports Lloyd George resigns ending seven wartime years and four years of reconstruction. Austen Chamberlain leads Coalition dissent as 186 to 87 votes favor an election. Bonar Law to form a new government after a Unionist caucus selects a leader amid health concerns.
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Lloyd George
Bonar Law
London
David Lloyd George
Manchester
Austen Chamberlain
Carlton Cab
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Andrew Bonar Law
Buckingham Palace
Unionist Party
Canada to Enter Empire Exhibition in London 1924
Ottawa announces Canada will participate in the British Empire Exhibition to be held in London in 1924. Premier King says participation depends on provincial governments and has asked provincial premiers for their planned extent of involvement. replies are being awaited.
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Ottawa
Canada
London
King
Sims Urges Navy Overhaul or Scrapping Fleet
Rear Admiral Sims told City Club members in Cleveland that the United States must improve its marine and naval services or scrap the entire fleet.
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Cleveland
Sims
United States
Canada’s Pacific trade figures and conference opening
Canada reports $42,000,000 a year in Asia trade excluding Russia and Turkey, plus $20,000,000 with Oceania and $14,404,000 with Mexico and South America Pacific littoral. Asia accounts nearly balanced. Oceania exports and imports differ. Pan Pacific Commercial Conference in Honolulu opens October 25 with F C O’Hara representing Canada.
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Ottawa
Canada
Asia
Japan
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Oceania
Dominion
Mexico
South America
Pacific
Honolulu
F.C. T. O'Hara
Jail Breakers Caught in Los Angeles Escape
Herbert Wilson a former evangelist and convicted murderer and Guido Spigenola convicted robber broke jail and were recaptured within 24 hours. They were seized quietly at a former convict’s home near the abandoned stolen automobile.
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Los Angeles
Herbert Wilson
Guido Spigenola
Admiral Sims to Receive Honorary Degree in Montreal
Admiral W. S. Sims and Mrs. Sims will spend Armistice Day anniversary in Montreal as guests of Sir Arthur and Lady Currie. He will be conferred an honorary degree by McGul University, granted last year.
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Montreal
W. S. Sims
Sims
Arthur
Lady Currie
McGul University
Honolulu Sinks After Fire and Gunfire
A coastguard radiogram reports the inner City of Honolulu gutted by fire and sinking in deep water after the Shawnee cutter fired thirty one shots into the hull. The incident occurred with colors flying as the vessel sank to 2,500 fathoms.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
Coastguard
Claims Action Of The Government Was Beneficial To Millers
A reader quote praises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as restoring strength after a rundown condition. Mrs A. H. Bishop of R. R. No. 1 credits two bottles with reversing illness and offers to write to anyone sending a stamped envelope for details.
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Millers
Dr. Pierce
Mothers Advice for You and Federal Wheat Board Debate
A pair of items include a testimonial for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription from Mrs. Lily Stoddart of Ontario praising its effects during pregnancy and afterward. The second discusses Hon. Thomas A Law defending the Federal Government’s Wheat Board endorsement against western millers at a Dominion Millers’ Association banquet.
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Thomas A. Law
Dominion Millers’ Association
Wheat Board
Millers
Canada
Divine Protection Sought for French Vintages Mass
A special mass at Be tiers Cathedral invoked divine protection for French wine. Vintners from miles around offered new bottles placed before the altar for a blessing by Rome, then returned to be emptied into wine vats to sanctify this year's production.
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Paris
France
Be Tiers
Rome
Greek refugees flee to Rodosto as evacuation fears rise
In Rodosto a panic grips twenty eight thousand Greek refugees fleeing Eastern Thrace. They fear Kemalist forces and British occupation will meet, abandoning normal life. People flood beaches awaiting ships while trains to a northern station are diverted by military order. Banks, bakeries, and shops close as officials depart.
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Rodesto
Thrace
Smyrna
Preparing For Postal Conference Ottawa
Topics for the forthcoming Canada United States postal conference likely include weight limits for merchandise, postal rates on cross border items, parcel insurance, special delivery, railway post office cooperation, money orders, customs declarations, prints and samples, sender address requirements, Windsor Detroit mail exchange, joint mail conveyance, transit of US mails through Canada, reciprocal postal equipment exchange, and direct postmaster correspondence.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Windsor
Detroit
Farmers Union to discuss group life insurance in Manitoba
Winnipeg reports that the United Farmers of Manitoba will discuss group life insurance for farmers at the annual district conventions. W. R. Wood, secretary, announced that provincial board proposals will be distributed to all locals within two weeks, but details are not yet finalized.
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Winnipeg
United Farmers of Manitoba
W. R. Wood
Montreal Chemist Claims Cancer Cure Under Observation
Gordon Benson a local analytical chemist says he has discovered a cancer cure. His methods are being observed at a leading hospital.
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Montreal
Gordon Benson
Hog Grading Rules Set to Take Effect in October
Ottawa reports Hon W R Motherwell minister of agriculture announces that official hog grading regulations will be enforced from October 30. The Joint Swine Committee approved the grading plan after full agreement and a training program at the Toronto stock yards is underway to ensure uniform application across Canada stockyards and abattoirs.
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Ottawa
W. R. Motherwell
Toronto
Canada
Liberal Gift For Charitable Work From Sir John Higgins
A Melbourne dispatch reports Sir John Michael Higgins, chairman of Realization Association, donated £5000 to charitable institutions including £2500 to the University of Melbourne for veterinary research. He previously made similar gifts in 1921 and serves as chairman of the Commonwealth of Australia Central Wool Committee.
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London
Reuter
Melbourne
John Michael Higgins
Realization Association
University of Melbourne
John
Should Encourage British Emigrants to Canada
Neville Chamberlain MP urged maintaining British stock in Canada by encouraging emigration from the British Isles. He said Canada has been surpassed by Australia and New Zealand, and called for greater British settlement in Canada.
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Ottawa
Neville Chamberlain
Birmingham
Canada
British Isles
Australia
New Zealand
Federal plan eyed to grant extra homesteads to drought farmers
Edmonton reports Hon Charles Stewart says legislation will be introduced to allow extra homesteads for farmers hit by drought. If passed, provincial authorities would select who may move from southern farms to northern lands, with the aim of stopping the exodus and keeping farmers in Canada.
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Greenfield
Dominion House
Stew
Dominion
Railway
Grain Growers Push to Curb Mixing of Wheat at Private Elevators
Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association urges the Board of Grain Commissioners to amend market regulation to prohibit private terminal elevators from receiving grain owned and held by farmers without a farmer contract. The change would require farmer knowledge of held grain transactions and call for more samplers and inspectors to prevent grade downgrades from mixing practices.
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Saskatchewan Grain Growere’ Association
Board of Grain Commissioners
Commission Houses
Local merchants urged to buy from home town
A promotional message encourages residents to patronize local businesses and support home industry by shopping at merchants in their own town.
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Garcia
Canada Increases Exports to Germany in Five Months
Official figures show Canada exported goods to Germany worth 3 557 262 dollars in the five months ending August 1922, up from 2 031 541 in the same period last year. Imports from Germany fell from 861 181 to 753 195 in the same months.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Germans Praise British Rescuers After Shipwreck
The maritime court investigating the Hammonia disaster off Vigo exonerated the German commander and praised British rescue efforts. It highlighted how more than 500 passengers were saved by ships including the Finstays Castle which took 385 aboard.
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Hamburg
Maritime Court
Hammonia
Vigo
Spain
Fintays Castle
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