Special Committee Probes Ocean Rates On Farm Products
The special committee questioned Mr Currie about freight rate agreements among Montreal to Liverpool ship lines. He said understandings exist for cattle and other farm goods, with possible rate rises if trade allows. Canadian Government Merchant Marine involvement was noted, with representatives present at meetings.
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Carrie
Monigesd
Sitmeng
McMaster
Steanmship
Aquebean
Currie
Merchant Marine
Merchant Marine Company
MacDonald Dines With Royalty at Buckingham Palace
J Ramsay MacDonald Labour leader dined at Buckingham Palace for a semi official royal dinner with party leaders wives and society figures. Forty one guests sat at long tables as MacDonald mixed with the king and queen amid ongoing Commons duties.
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London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
Buckingham Palace
MacDonald
House of Commons
Polish Russian frontier fixed by Allied council attach Vilna to Poland
Allied Council of Ambassadors fixes the Poland Russia frontier final and attaches the Vilna district to Poland. The decision ends a long dispute with Lithuania that began after the 1920 Vilna raid by Polish General Zeli gauski amid dramatic incidents.
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Paris
Council of Ambassadors
Poland
Russia
Vilna
Lithuania
Zeligauski
Soldier Post Starts Newspaper in Suburban Rome
Rome reports that General D Annunzio plans to move his residence to a suburb of Rome to oversee a new paper. The government has leased him the Vil Toscolana at Frascati, once used by Emperor William as a home for German writers.
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Rome
Gabriel D'Annunzio
Frascati
William
R Cmp To Remain Ottawa Royal Mounted Police Debate
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will stay intact. J S Woodsworth proposed disbanding and creating a Dominion Police to guard government buildings and a Northwest Mounted Police for unorganized territories. The Commons defeated the resolution by 159 to 139 with 23 for and 133 against.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
J.S. Woodsworth
Centre Winnipeg
House of Commons
Dominion Police
Northwest Mounted Police
Freezone promises quick relief for corns and calluses
An ad touts Freezone as a painless corn and callus treatment. A small bottle costs a few cents at drugstores and promises immediate relief with no soreness or irritation.
Italian Village Faces Landslide Threat Near Bologna
In Braschi village near Piacenza a landslide due to Appenines water infiltration has buried woods and fields, damaged houses, and forced evacuation. Viscount Lascelles, husband of Princess Mary, is noted as an avid collector of old glass.
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Bologna
Braschi
Piacenza
Viscount Lascelles
Princess Mary
British Columbia faces looming labor shortage this spring
The article warns of a tightening labor market as BC cannot spare even a portion of the 1,509 workers requested by the prairie provinces for seeding. Government plans to boost work opportunities this spring appear unlikely, and transportation incentives from last year are not expected to return. Unemployment nears vanish point as industry prospers.
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Prairie
British Columbia
Postponed Round World Flight Plan by French Aviator
The two year around the world flight by One French aviator is delayed to April 1 due to passport issues, mainly in Persia and India. The route now envisaged starts in Nice and heads east across Asia through India to Japan, then to Nome Alaska, down the Pacific coast, to southern Chile, over the Andes to Argentina, a jump from Pernambuco Brazil to Bukar, and north to Nire.
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Paris
Persia
India
Nice
Asia
Japan
Nome
Alaska
Pacific
America
Chile
Andes
Argentine
Atlantic
Pernambuco
Brazil
Bukar
Nire
Canada Sees Decline in U S Coal Imports in 1922
Ottawa reports 1922 total U S coal imports at 2,614,249 short tons for anthracite and 10,924,645 tons of bituminous. In 1921 these were 4,567,370 and 13,134,250 respectively. The year also marks first British coal deliveries in years, about 817,000 tons in H2 1922, including 639,000 tons bituminous and 178,000 tons anthracite.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Berlin seeks aid to free German mayor held by French
The German Democratic Party telegrams to the English League of Nations union urge immediate action to release Lord Mayor Zimmermann of Büren held as a hostage by France. The note calls the act an unprecedented breach of British justice and expresses hope for a favorable intervention.
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Berlin
Zimmermann of
Buer
German Democratic Party
League of Nations Union
Germany Signals New Plan for Reparations Settlement
London reports Germany ready to present a plan for final settlement of the reparations issue. The plan would include a serial guarantee by German industrialists and awaits serious Allied consideration after past rejections of Karl Ber Mann and Paris proposals. Berlin envoys pressed Britain for leadership, but London remained cautious.
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Germany
Daily Telegraph
Karl Bersmann
London
Paris
Anomne
Berlin
Great Britain
France
Saskatchewan Liquor Law Unchanged Says Government
The Saskatchewan government announced no change to liquor policy despite public debate. A recent conference with leaders emphasized continuing prohibition enforcement and education, noting no plebiscite or policy shift is planned at this time.
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Saskatchewan
Col Cra
Puller
Canadian Fish For France Exhibit To Tour France
British Columbia canners sign a contract to ship Canadian salmon to France as part of an exhibition. A team of expert chefs will accompany the display to prepare and distribute the fish along the touring route this summer.
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Montreal
British Columbia
Canmns
France
Emigration to Australia New Zealand Canada Figures
In the House of Commons Viscount Wolmer gave January emigration totals from the British Isles: Australia 4243, New Zealand 378, Canada 1313. The figures reflect settlers leaving for Australia New Zealand and Canada.
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Australia
London
House of Commons
British Isles
New Zealand
Canada
Viscount Wolmeer
Quebec City to skip daylight saving this year
The Quebec City finance committee decided not to observe daylight saving time this year, ending the usual clock changes in the city. This decision affects schedules and daily routines for residents and businesses.
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Quebec
Finance Committee
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