Saskatchewan Elevator Company Deal Reaches Agreement
An extraordinary meeting result shows the Saskatchewan Native Elevator Company accepts a deal to purchase 451 country elevators plus depots and facilities across Canada. The board will arbitrate value, with cash payments totaling 2 million dollars and yearly installments of 1 million plus 6 percent interest through 1926 and beyond.
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Saskatchewan Native Elevator Company
Abveres
Fort Arthur
Buffalo
New York
Own.r
Port Arthur
Regina
Etevatoh
Costly Nova Scotia Coal Inquiry Reveals Payments
In Halifax the House of Assembly learned the Royal Commission into Nova Scotia coal mining cost about 20000 dollars. Sir Andrew Rae Duncan received 1000 per month for his services along with Major Hume Cronyn in London and Rev Dr H P MacPherson each at 75 per month. The agricultural inquiry was volunteer, costing around 2000 dollars.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
N.S
House of Assembly
Andrew Rae Duncan
Royal Commission
Hume Cronyn
London
Ont
H. P. MacPherson
St. Francis, Xavier University
Antigonish
Agricultural Commission
Coal Commission
Sugar Shortage and Friction in War-Torn Turkey
Constantinople reports a sugar shortage tied to wartime disruption and a new government monopoly plan. Bootleggers profit as officials struggle to organize the trade. In Syria near Damascus, Druse tribesmen clashed with French forces, with the French reporting casualties including one officer and two soldiers.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Syria
Damascus
Noted Surgeon Dies in Vienna Optical Pioneer Prof Dhamer
Vienna reports the death of Prof. Fredrich Dhamer a renowned optical surgery researcher aged TL His body will be bequeathed to the Anatomical School for study reflecting his lifetime in medical science and education
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Vienna
Austria
Fredrich Dhamer
New Element Ulintuns Named After University
A proposed chemical element with atomic number 62 is being called Ulintuns in honor of the University of Ulinole. The nomenclature reflects university ties and meratylin coverage associated with the element’s discovery.
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University of
Ulinole
Interim Wheat Pool Payout Proposed Across Three Provinces
The Canadian Cooperative Wheat Producers Limited announces an interim payment of 20 cents per bushel on all wheat grades, plus six cents on oats and barley, ten cents on rye, and 25 cents on flax. Initial payments begin March 11 with cheques mailed from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta totaling about 37 million dollars for roughly 190000 cheques.
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Adout
Prairie Provinces
Regina
A F. McPhail
Canadian Cooperative Wheat Producers, Limited
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Fort Wiliam
C.W
Fort William
N.W
Port William
Teach Canadian History Vancouver Pushes National Unity
Dr. C. Nicholas editor of the Victoria Times urged the school system to teach Canadian history and promote Canadianism. He argued unity rests on consciousness, not sentiment or economy, and called for immigration, foreign trade, and a publicity drive to market British Columbia and Vancouver.
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Vancouver
C. Nicholas
Victoria Times
Board of Trade
Canada
Nicholas
British Columbia
Ottawa Agreement Sets Tentative Alberta Coal Rate East
A conference reached a tentative 94 per ton rate to haul Alberta coal to Eastern Canada. The agreement covers 206000 tons or as much as can move before railway commission findings. Provinces must approve the increase over seven dollars. the Dominion guarantees two dollars pending approval and eventual adjustment after the commission’s decision.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Canada
Charles Stewart
Interior
Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
E. J. Garland
D. M. Kennedy
L. H. Jelliff
Railway Commission
Geneva Heads Meeting Weighs League HQ Suitability
Delegates from dominions discuss possible new league assembly hall in Geneva and the geopolitical fit and costs of Geneva as headquarters. The session notes Moscow as a potential alternative and highlights uncertainty about living costs and location.
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Geneva
Lord Cecil
League Assembly
League
Moscow
World Unite
Russia
Shardinsk
Ursula
Hkaterleburg
Winnipeg Urged to Accept Prize Design by Hahn
The Canadian Club of Winnipeg urged unqualified acceptance of a prizewinning memorial design by Edward Hahn, Toronto sculptor. Hahn, born in Germany, has lived in Canada 38 years and was naturalized on reaching adulthood.
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Winnipeg
Edward Hahn
Toronto
Canadian Club of
Hahn
Germany
Canada
Alberta Legislature Debates Resource Transfer and Rail Plans
Alberta House hears second reading on a measure to transfer public lands and minerals from Dominion to province. Premier Brownlee notes Dominion agreement bill to be introduced in Ottawa. Debate covers railways north of Edmonton and charter controls, with a promised government statement before session end. Opposition cites north country uncertainty over disposal talks.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Dominion
Brownlee
Dominion House
Public Utilities Board
Province
Dunvegan
British Columbia
Hailway Company
North Country
Naval build plans exposed by diet blunder
Reports from Toklo via the Empress of Australia indicate a leak of Japan's large naval construction programme. Details surfaced after an inadvertent disclosure during a routine diet discussion.
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Victoria
Toklo
Empress of Australia
Manitoba plans tighter enforcement of liquor act
Legislation introduced by Hon. R. W. Craig tightens residence definitions for liquor transport and storage. It provides for personal appearance of offenders and requests a $100,000 enforcement appropriation, up from $50,000, aiming to strengthen Manitoba Temperance Act enforcement.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
R. W. Craig
Sesson
Movement of Canadian Wheat Remains Light in February
Grain commissioners report February shows similar conditions to January with steady European demand and ample Argentinian and Australian wheat arriving. Canadian movement to export and consumption stays moderate with light rail to the seaboard, slow Lake cargo unloading, and Vancouver shipments averaging 1½ million bushels weekly. Ocean freight to the UK stays around 30 shillings per ton, with prices to the Orient at 4.75 to 5 dollars per ton.
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Fort William
Europe
Seaboard
Canadian Lower Lake
Buffalo
United States
Vancouver
United Kingdom
Spisisats
Orion
Atlantic
Maera
Fuel Oil Tax Declared Illegal by Supreme Court
Justice A Morrison ruled the 1922 fuel oil tax of half a cent per gallon in British Columbia unconstitutional as indirect and ultra vires, noting the gasoline tax of three cents also shared the same constitutional issue and that indirect taxes face the same scrutiny.
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Justice Morrison
Supreme Court
Vancouver
British Columbia
A.morrison
Queensland Signs Migration Agreement with Britain
The government of Queensland signed the migration agreement with the British Government to allocate up to 34 million pounds to Australian states for immigrant settlement. New South Wales remains the only state yet to sign the pact.
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Brisbane
Australia
Queensland
Haa
New South Wales
Change In Regulations Ottawa Tax Returns Moved
Ottawa regulates income tax filing to the inspector of taxation in the district of residence. Last year returns went to the customs and excise collector, but that practice ends now. The change restores the pre 1925 filing method.
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Ottawa
Portugal Accepts British Warships Offer for Lisbon
The paper states Great Britain offered Portugal four warships for £50,000 with payment terms. The vessels are not obsolete, but Britain seeks to replace with more modern ships, while Portugal would gain facilities for payment.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Liarle No Uco G
Great Britain
Town Razed by Hurricane Vienna Report Fails Detail
Dispatches claim the town of Lije in Bosnia was razed by a hurricane leaving the population homeless. The report includes unclear wording and lacks corroborating details or dates.
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Vienna
Arbeiter Zeltung
Lije
Bosnia
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Alberta Natural Resources
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Weaper
Getty
Sean Settlare
C.N.R
Percy Moboy
British Empire Settlement
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Mobey
Canadian Land Settlement Board
Evenly
Northamptonshire
B.C. Ilegal
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