Britain Wide Policy of Replacing Obsolete Capital Ships
Prime Minister Lloyd George told the House of Commons that Britain will press on with replacing obsolete capital ships. He said Washington disarmament talks would not stop the plan and warned against neglecting Royal Navy efficiency, while acknowledging no commitment to a broad new program.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Washington
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Canadian War Graves Allegations Stir Frantic Citizens
London reports claim Canadian official says many graves in Flanders and France are empty despite markers. An officer describes empty graves at Hooge and recounts a West Canadian man reportedly transporting his son’s body from Antwerp, highlighting alleged supervision gaps in cemetery management.
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France
Flanders
London
Daily Express
Belgium
Hooge
Atlantic
Antwerp
Earl Haig Not Coming to Canada This Year
The Old Contemptibles club in Vancouver reports Field Marshal Earl Haig will not visit Canada this year. In a letter replying to the club’s invitation Haig says he has just returned from Africa and does not expect to resume travels until 1922.
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Earl Haig
Canada
Vancouver
King's Prize Wins at Bisley Camp
Armorer J Cunningham of the British Royal Army Medical Corps won the King's Prize with an aggregate score of 2 percent. T Anger of Calgary placed third in the King's Prize, scoring 67 at 1,000 yards to raise his aggregate to 222 of 250.
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Bisley
J. Cunningham
Royal Army Medical Corps
Set
T. Anger
Calgary
Byng Accepts Invitation to Dominion Rifle Association Luncheon
Ottaway Lord Byng of Vimy has accepted an invitation to attend the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association annual prize meeting luncheon on August 19 at the Con Ranght ranges.
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Byng
Ottaway
Lord Byng of
Vimy
Dominion of Canada Rifle Association
Vancouver Club to Host Northclifie and Wickham Steed
Lord Northclifie and Wickham Steed editor of the London Times will address the Vancouver Canadian Club. Acceptance came by message confirming the invitation for April 5.
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Northclifie
Vancouver
Lord Northcliff
Wickham Steed
The
London Times
Irish Peace Prospects Face New Financial Terms
Dublin reports the British settlement offers break new ground but are unlikely to move Mr. de Valera from his republican principles. The Dail Eireann may be summoned only for a truly substantial offer. Authorities say the terms aim to shift Belfast toward rethinking a united Ireland.
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Dublin
de Valera
Dail Eireann
Belfast
Ireland
World Grain Stocks Dwindling Says London Buyer
G W Yerry of the London Corn Exchange warns in Winnipeg that British government wheat stocks will be exhausted by mid next month. He notes global grain shortages, with Germany bidding to buy in Argentina and prices adjusting to shortages as producing countries struggle. Yerry is touring Canada and the United States on a grain buying expedition.
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Winnipeg
G. W. Yerry
London Corn Exchange
Great Britain
Europe
Terry
London
Germany
Canada
United States
Meighen
U.F.A. Victory In Alberta Politically Mixed Results
Final returns from Clearwater show De Liberal defeat by 8 votes over O T Lee, with 100 vote lead over Robt Campbell. F Fedun wins Victoria by 39 over Frank Walker. D F Muir elected in Leduc and W J Joly in St Paul. Party standings list U.F.A 39 Liberals 14 Independents 4 Labor 4.
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Edmonton
Clearwater
O. T. Lee
Robt. Campbell
F. Fedun
Farmer
Victoria
Frank Walker
D. F. Muir
Iar Leduc
W. J. Joly
St. Paul
U.fia
Labor
Tubercular Cattle Destroyed in Wentworth County
Scores of valuable thoroughbred cattle condemned after government inspections for tuberculosis in Wentworth County. Destroyed animals were sent to Toronto for slaughter with government compensation paid as a percentage of value.
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Hamilton
Growth of advertising links east and west Canada trade
Montreal businessman J C McConnell argues that Canada’s eastern manufacturers advertising in western centres drives trade growth as east west commerce expands. Reports also note Japan may invite the Prince of Wales to visit in 1922 with a possible March or April trip.
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Montreal
Canada
J. C. McConnell
West
Japan
London
Prince of Wales
Local Shoppers Urged to Spend at Home in Town Markets
Readers urged to support hometown merchants by spending locally to boost the town economy and sustain nearby businesses. The appeal emphasizes keeping money within the community and benefits to local jobs and services.
Winnipeg Housing Relief Fund Advances 386 Dwellings
Winnipeg will advance 1 435 000 dollars for 386 four living units under the post war housing relief fund. The 192% building season ends November 1 and the housing commission says most dwellings will be occupied by regular city taxpayers. Units are built to standard specifications and inspected during construction.
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Winnipeg
Housing Commission
McMillan Expedition Aims For Fury and Hecla Straits
Professor Donald B. MacMillan on board the Bowdoin plans wintering in Fury and Hecla Straits at seventy degrees north latitude. The expedition seeks a new northern coast survey on Baffinland, aiming to pass through waters no ship has navigated in a century.
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Halifax
Fury
Hecta Straits
Donald B. MacMillan
Bowdoin
Baffinland
MacMillan
Parry
England
Hecela
Prosecutions to Enforce Income Tax Returns Across Nation
Ottawa reports extensive prosecutions by the finance department against individuals who failed to file income tax returns. More earners comply this year, yet thousands still ignore the act. Officials will pursue false returns. penalties reach 25 dollars per day of default.
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Ottawa
Finance Department
Picson’ O
British Team Wins Kolapore Cup at Bisley Camp
A British team wins the Kolapore Cup by 69 points ahead of the sole Canadian team in Bisley Camp competition confirming dominance in the event.
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Bisley
Census Work Nearly Finished Ottawa
Canada nears completion of its population census with no precise figures until next month. Revised reports flow in as many individuals claim they were overlooked, delaying an official Dominion population announcement possibly into November.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Fire Engulfs Amatlan Oilfields in Mexico City Blaze
Reports describe the Amatlan oilfields in flames with drilling towers collapsing and thousands of feet high columns of fire. Workmen flee as the blaze expands over hundreds of acres with unknown causes and vast financial losses. authorities deem suppression efforts hopeless.
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Mexico City
Amatlan
Perdro del Llano
Railway shop hours rise at CN in Western Canada
The Canadian National Railways announces an increase from 24 to 36 hours per week for about 6,000 workers in car, locomotive and repair shops across Western Canada. The change takes effect immediately, following six months of reduced hours. Canadian Pacific shops currently run five days weekly and plan full-time operation next month.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
De Valera Elected Chancellor of National University
Eamonn de Valera the Irish Republican leader was elected chancellor at a convocation of the National University of Ireland. The announcement names him as head of the university during its governing body gathering in Dublin.
Voyage Up the Hudson's Bay River Rapids and Return
The narrator describes a perilous voyage by light cargo boat past cedar shores and treacherous rocks near Grand Rapids, with crew tensions and seasickness. They clear the rapids aboard Colwill, note steamers Nor-West Northcote and Lily experiments, and plan to travel to St. Paul with furs after a furlough and media attention.
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Antoine
Mr. Scotty
Scotty
Grand Rapids
Lake
Alex, Matheson
Matheson
Lord B
Mediia
Saskatchewan River
Winnipeg
Hudson's Bay Company
Nor-West
Northcote
South Branch
H. B. Co
Wakehousd
Colwill
Jaddie
Thee
Montreal project starts 1500 brick worker houses
Plan to begin work immediately in Montreal for 1500 substantial brick houses for workingmen. A businessman-led corporation will finance the program to ease the housing shortage hindering industrial progress. Wronkmen will be encouraged to buy cheeses. Ottawa notes rail commission in recess for July and August with next session likely September in Ottawa.
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Montreal
Wronkmen
Commission
Ottawa
Railway Commission
Hungarian Communist Bela Kunth Arrested in Lemberg
A Lemberg despatch to Berlingske Tider describes the arrest of Bela Kunth a Hungarian Communist on arrival from Moscow. He is charged with carrying plans for a Communist rising in Galicia and faces charges in the city.
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Copenhagen
Bela Kunthe
Lemberg
Moscow
Berlingske Tiderde
Galicia
Greeks Claim Victory at Kutaia Take 20000 Prisoners
Telegram from Smyrna reports the Greeks captured Kutaia with 20,000 prisoners many Russian guns and a large stock of ammunition stores and 3000 camels in a move cited by the Daily Mail.
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London
Kutaia
Daily Mail
Smyrna
Premiers to Confer on Disarmament Policy
British and Dominion leaders plan a Washington era meeting to discuss imperial policy and representations on disarmament. The gathering aims to decide whether to urge postponing the Washington conference until after November 11 and to consider timing for possible Irish negotiations.
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Washington
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