Lower Cotton Goods Duty Sought in Ottawa Tariff Hearing
Ottawa tariff hearing hears KHJ Swachman for Canada’s Consumers League urge lowering duties on cotton yarn and cloth noting 1924 value at 349 984 875 with 16 percent duties paid. George Son KC for manufacturers contests data and warns impact on other industries. A second hearing will follow.
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Ottawa
KH J. Swachman
Con Steers League of Canada
Tariff Commission
Diominion Bureau of Statistics
Kweachman
Canada
Alme Georfgson
Degehman
Milarieus
Geoffrion
J. 2. K. Cristol
Tariff
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Er Cotum
W. H. Moore
Enigtol
Privy Council to Hear Alberta Autonomy Education Appeal
The Privy Council in London will hear leave to appeal from Canada's Supreme Court ruling upholding Alberta and Saskatchewan autonomy in education. Eugene Lafleur, acting for the government, will present the petition after leaving for Sweden. The case seeks Imperial finality on a matter tied to Alberta's resources and a government appeal of its own favorable decision.
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Ottawa
Privy Council
London
Supreme Court of Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Eugene Lafleur
K.C
Sweden
Imperial Court of Last Resort
U S Giant Dirigible Los Angeles to Visit Ottawa
The airship Los Angeles, with Sir Philip Sassoon aboard, will visit Ottawa on October 29. It will depart Lakehurst Field at 5 a.m. and arrive between 3 and 4 p.m., making a one hour stop before continuing.
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Los Angeles
Ottawa
United States
Philip Sassoon
Air
Department of National Defence
Lakehurst Field
N.J
British Prospects Bright as England Edges Forward
H Wickham Steed, editor of Review of Reviews, proclaims in New York that England has turned the corner and the future looks bright. He notes Ireland's campaign for purity and progress amid the current outlook.
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New York
England
H. Wickham Steed
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Police Cooperate Overlapping Jurisdiction Discussed
Dominion Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe said no withdrawal of the RCMP is planned for Saskatchewan. Talks aim to avoid overlap by having co operation between RCMP and Saskatchewan Police, with a possible future arrangement to ease enforcement of provincial statutes. A rubber ball found in St Johns Newfoundland bore the number 218 and could hint at a missing airliner.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Total Canadian Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
Negina
Saskatchewan Provinvial Police
Wajl
Ernest Lapointe
Prairie
Lapointe
Regina
RCMP
St Johns
Neb
Turgeo
Witte Bird
Raphael
London
Alberta Coal Strike Ottawa Seeks Federal Mediation
Labour Minister Pewr Heenan offered federal help to Drumheller coal strike parties. He noted Alberta has its own Industrial Disputes Act and hinted the federal act cannot be used there without enabling legislation. Heenan said he would aid settlement if sought. Ontario Quebec Alberta lack enabling laws.
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Ottawa
Department of Labor
Drumheller
Pewr Heenan
Alberta
Heenan
Ontario
Quebec
Deny Charges Against Moscow Millionaires
Former British Mission secretary Edward Carnock in London denies Kyril Prove and Vladimir Prove former Moscow millionaires supplied mobilization pings to the mission. He says the arrests risk death for many innocents and notes this follows the mission’s withdrawal. The Daily Express links Sir Robert Hodgson to the case as a former mission head.
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London
The
Daily Express
Edward Carnock
Moscow
Kyril Prove
Vladimir Prove
Carnock
Sir Robert Hodgson
Leningrad
Edmonton Plans Temporary Hospital for Infantile Paralysis
The Province announces a temporary hospital to treat infantile paralysis patients during convalescence. Preparations will start after a survey estimates case numbers, and patients will be drawn from across the province. Sudbury report notes a second cave in at Mond Nickel Co mine halting CP Rail division with an unstable east bank, 190 feet long and 20 feet deep, but tracks remain unsafe for traffic.
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Edmonton
Sudbury
Ont
Mond Nickel Company
Worthington
Canadian Pracific Railway Division
Noted Schooner Sold Ship Linked to The Sea Wolf Author
The San Pedro two master schooner San Pedro, tied to Jack Lennon who wrote The Sea Wolf, sold for 1490 dollars at a U.S. materials hammer. Once named Saury Lass, it was purchased by Mrs. Charmjan Conley Jones of Los Angeles. The rum runner Hakadata was seized off Lower California in April. Built in Victoria BC in 1592 with Panama registry later cancelled.
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London
San Pedro
Cal
Jack Lennon
United States
Hakadata
Charmjan Conley Jones
Los Angeles
Akan
Lower California
Victoria
Panama
CAREFUL DRYING OF WHEAT WILL SAVE MILLIONS
A tentative Canadian report warns that damp weather and tough grain this year threaten quality and cause heavy discounts in European sales. Proper drying, as recommended by the Grain Research Committee, could save millions by preventing losses seen last season and benefiting Western Canadian producers.
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Western
Canada
Board of Grain Commissioners
Grain Research Committee
Canadian Research Council
Canadian Wheat Pools
Ontario Premier backs western coal deal price
Premier Ferguson says Ontario would pay a little more for Western coal if needed but opposes constitutional amendments from the Ottawa conference. He notes premiers share similar views and anticipates no further push on the British North America Act. He favors Canadian development with reasonable negotiation. He also warns against paying foreign capital for Canadian products.
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Ontario
Ferguson
Canada
Governor General at Jasper National Park Photo
Their Excellencies the Governor General and Lady Willingdon with a Vice Regal party pose for a formal photo at Jasper National Park after a morning of golf and outings. Attendees include Major-General E. A. Ashton, Mrs. Ashton, Robert H. Davis of the New York Sun, Mrs. Davis, R. St. Knight, and other officials and guests.
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Jasper National Park
Myor
E. A. Ashton
Ottawa
Viscount
Willingdon
Osborne
Mrs Ashton
Davis
Accellency
Mr. Knight
Ruby Stardirge
Freeman Thomas
J. Jarvin
Mr. Davis
E.¢. Melvilie
Lord Hardinge
Lady Hardinge
General Ashton
Canadian National Railways
Plan for Coming Year in Aviation Program
New York reports a bold aviation plan for the year with factory building by Charles A. Levine and Anthony I. Fokser, a $1500 flivver, a 10 mmultimetored sea aircraft, an Arctic expedition under General Nobile, a trans Atlantic flight by Clarence Chamberlin in a Bellanca, a Philadelphia fund to back aviation research, and a yearly gold medal by the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia for reducing flying hazards.
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New York
Aviation As
Charles A. Levine
Anthony I
Fokser
Levine
Plane
Arctic
Nobile
Clarence PD. Chamberlin
Harry F. Gurgenheim
Philadelphia
Engineers
Chub
Women and Senate Eligibility To Be Taken To Supreme Court
Ottawa reports the government will ask the Supreme Court to decide if women may sit in the Senate under the British North America Act. The case asks whether the act's term person includes women and if legislation is needed to allow female senators. The government will also seek Privy Council leave to appeal Alberta natural resources transfer.
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Supreme Court
Otawa
Supremee Court
Senate
Ser
House of Commons
Final payment on pool wheat announced by Canadian Wheat Pool
A. J. McPhail reports final delivery payments totaling over nineteen million dollars for the 65 crop of Pool wheat. Saskatchewan receives 12,990,207 dollars. Alberta 4,1798,587. Manitoba 2,085,575. Net balance after marketing costs is paid by the Central Selling Agency.
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Winnipeg
A. J. McPhail
Canadian Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Mr. McPhail
Seling
Northern
McPhail
Crucial Stage Reached At Geneva Conference On Trade Prohibitions
At Geneva the crucial stage of an international conference began over restrictions on exports. Germany France and the United States clashed over Article covering extraordinary circumstances and vital economic interests. Delegates argue to strike or amend provisions. questions will go to committees for elaboration with likely compromise.
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Geneva
United States
Hugh R. Wilson
Switzerland
Marconi Promotes Beam System for Wireless Growth
William Marconi, representing Italy at an international radio conference, argues that a beam system concentrates transmission along a narrow angle to vastly boost signal strength. He cites up to 200 times stronger reception in some cases and 100 times for trans Atlantic messages, while noting secrecy advantages of cables remain in radio.
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Washington
William Marconi T
Italy
Marconi
Long Land
Alberta Government Plans Survey of Northern Farm Lands
The Alberta government will begin a survey of agricultural lands north of Edmonton along the FLD and B C railway. Six field men from the Department of Agriculture will travel north to inspect land for settlement potential, soil quality for grain or ranching, and transport facilities. The study aims to determine how much land is vacant or improvable for profitable farming.
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Northern Railway
Ealf
Department of Agriculture
FLD
B.C
Garant
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