Government to Reform Rail Rates After Supreme Court Decision
A report outlines that the government will introduce regulations to modify railway rates nationwide. The plan aims to empower the railway commission to remove discriminations, preserving western benefits similar to the Crow’s Nest agreement while applying broad principles across the system. Calgary rates may extend while Edmonton remains excluded due to 1897 CPR ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Railway Commission
Aland
Calgary
Edmonton
C.P.R
Manitoba Prefers Federal Subsidy Over Resources
Manitoba premier John Bracken argues the province should accept federal subsidies rather than control its natural resources as Alberta settles its dispute. He notes Manitoba’s resources were largely alienated by the federal government, making subsidies preferable for now.
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Manitoba
Premis
John Bracken
Greenfield
Alberta
Sugar Surplus Forces Queensland Farming Cutbacks
Queensland authorities halt new sugar land allocations due to overproduction of sugar reaching 200000 tons. Plan to curb cultivation amid market glut as growers adjust plantings and policy actions.
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Brisbane
Australia
Queensland
Canadian immigration figures under Chinese and Japanese acts
In 1924 Canada admitted 74 Chinese under permit with 1 31 limits, while 4 752 Chinese residents were readmitted after abroad. Japanese immigration totaled 516, of which 48 were agricultural and 155 laboring class. Adults included 146 males and 263 females, plus 102 children under 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grewa
Canada
House of Conunapis
J. A. Robb
Ihene
Unemployment Improvement Amid February Canada Reports
Canadian February employment shows recovery with 5,882 firms employing 709,873 workers, up 15,821 from January 1, 1925. Growth largely in manufacturing limited to prairie provinces, with Quebec showing the strongest revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Une Taminion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie
Quebec
Preparedness urged by retired General Lessard at Halifax meeting
Maj General F. G. Lessard, retired, told a Halifax audience that development and defense must go hand in hand. He criticized Canada for relying on Britain to defend its shores and trade routes and urged an adequate national defense force for the dominions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lessard
Hallings
N.S
Proneton
F. 3
Canada
Dominions
Leaastd
Canada May Have Three New Canneries
Winnipeg Free Press reports US capitalists seek a million dollar federal charter to establish three Canadian canneries. The firms named Olde Biigh Canneries and Distributors Limited plan sites in Winnipeg Quebec and British Columbia.
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United States
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Free Press
Canada
Alled Biigh Canneries and Distributors Limited
Quebec
British Columbia
Canadian Potatoes Reach Western Ireland Relief Shipment
A vessel with 40 000 barrels of Canadian potatoes on the steamship Ceid diverted from its British market voyage to aid famine sufferers in Western Ireland. The cargo sold at a large discount to Irish Americans in Cincinnati, marking the last Canadian potato shipment before the embargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
Ireland
Cincinnati
Cald
Red Army Warned To Brace For Clash With Soviet Enemies
In his maiden address, General Michael Fronze warned the Russian people to prepare for a foreign attack. He said the Red Army must address its situation and ensure the safety of the rear as well as combat units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Michael Prinze
Trotseky
Red Army
Fronze
Russia
Ottawa extension sought for federal aid on roads
Hon. G. J. Graham pledged a two year extension from March 1926 to Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces unable to earn the federal aid under the 1919 Dominion act. Premier King would consider the principle of federal aid for good roads while Premier Veniot urged sharing automo bile revenue as in the United States. The delegation from New Brunswick urged extending time to learn their share of funds already voted by Parliament for the good roads program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
G. J. Graham
Canadian Good Roads Association
King
Veniot
New Brunswick
Good Roads Association of Canada
United States
Voniot
Manitoba
Alberta
Sapkateehwan
Newspaper Office Destroyed By Fire in Estevan
The Mercury office run by D. G. Dunbar for 20 years and founded in 1903 by John Bailey and Sons was completely destroyed by fire. Only a few books and desks survived, insurance covered, and losses around 15 000 dollars. Dunbar said Estevan Mercury will continue publication albeit with some issues. The page notes also that Admiral Guidé Von Usedoni, 71, died February 25 in Germany, who defended the Dardanelles in the Great War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estevan
Mercury
D. G. Dunbar
John Bailey
Senwerin
Germany
Guidé von Usedoni
Dardanelles
Ales
Bourgeois Signs Geneva Opium Pact for France
Leon Bourgeois, on behalf of France, signed the opium convention prepared by the second opium conference in Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Leon Bourgeois
France
Thaa
Sweden Mourns Death Of Former Premier
Swedens flags flew at half mast after the death of Hjalmar Wranting on February 25. The nation, across political lines, lamented the loss of one of its greatest statesmen and anticipated shifts within the social bloc party as his influence waned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Hjalmar Wranting
Premie
Jane
Ablkt
Getler
Dranting
Tarsan Allty
Not For Secession Says Crerar In Simcoe Speech
Crerar president of the grain growers said Western Canada is not talking secession or annexation. If secession happened it would originate in eastern population centers. He argued Canada’s main bond is obtaining the lowest possible transport costs for freight and passengers as prairie wheat shifts toward Vancouver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Crerar Simvoe
Sil
T. A. Crerar
Grain Growera
Nere
All Canada
Prairies
Vancouver
Greece bans U S flour over acidity claim
Athens reports a dispute with the United States legation over importing flour. Greece bans flour exceeding 150 degrees acidity, while the U S legation calls the prohibition effectively a ban. In Vienna a new snow melting machine proves highly effective, melting 1,356 cubic feet hourly via steam jets.
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London
Athens
United States
Legation
Greece
Siga
Austria
Vienna
Montreal Tragedy Claims Belanger and Dore Burns
Two year old Bertha Belanger died in hospital from burns after her snowball costume caught fire while attending a Basbright photograph party. Alexandr Dore, 28, who was in the Stanley Street room where the incident occurred, was badly burned but is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Bertha Belanger
Basbright
Wer
Alexandrs Dore
Stanley Street
British Families Set to Sail for Ontario in March
The first group of families under the three thousand British settlers plan will sail to Ontario on March 2. A considerable number of other families will depart later, though the number of single men emigrants is much smaller.
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London
Canada
Ontario
Government officers salaries cited in Ottawa return
Ottawa report shows twenty two government officials hold deputy and minister ranks with salaries from one to 10060 dollars annually. The figures come from a return laid before the house by the secretary of state.
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Ottawa
Vec
Conferring Of Titles In South Africa Sparks Debate
In Cape Town the House of Assembly debated a Labour motion urging the King to stop bestowing titles on South Africans. Premier Hertog urged an early decision, noting the Prince of Wales visit and stressing that popular teachers should not accept titles. He argued titles go mainly to wealthy supporters.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Siepg
House of Assembly
Hertog
Prince of Wales
Vie
South Africans
Giant submarine XL heads to Singapore on trials
London reports Britain's immense submarine XL, built at a cost of £820,000, nearing the end of trials and likely to embark on a Singapore tour. Claimed to be the most powerful underwater craft, it records surface speeds and a 3,000 ton displacement with a length of 250 feet.
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London
Britain
Singapore
Average Value Of Land Remains Same
Canadian farm lands including improved and unimproved land and farm buildings are valued at 37 dollars per acre for 1924, with 1929 values compared to 1922 and 1921. British Columbia tops by province at 960 dollars per acre for ordinary farm land, up from 100 in 1927.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Longer training period urged for Saskatchewan teachers
At the Saskatchewan school trustees convention J 8 Mins urged a minimum teacher training period of one year instead of 13 weeks. He also proposed three months notice for contracts to improve job security and teacher selection by boards. Fred W Bates emphasized improving school surroundings and agriculture teaching. J C Haney of the agricultural department spoke to the International Harvester Company about diversified farming trends and optimism for farmers. He urged diversified farming with more livestock, crop rotation, legumes, alfalfa, and new crops to sustain wheat production and raise profits.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan School Trustees
Mins
Saskatchewan Teachers’ Alliance
Fred W. Bates
J.c.haney
Agricultural Department
International Harvester Company
Haney
Ontario moves to permit sale of stronger beer
Premier Ferguson announced in the legislature that the Prohibition Government will push an amendment to the Ontario Temperance Act to allow the sale of stronger beer on its own initiative, without consulting private members who support the government.
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Toronto
Ontario
Ferguson
Provingiat
Tti
Western farmer now improved outlook for credit
Sir John Mid of the Canadian Bank for Commerce says the western farmer shows improved finances with fewer debts and greater resourcefulness. He notes farmers are repairing implements and reusing clothing, cutting luxuries and easing payments as the west continues to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turonig
Barka
John Mid
Bank For Cammerge
Manitoba School Trustees Confront Temperance Lesson Motion
At the Manitoba School Trustees Association annual convention a resolution urged adequate instruction on alcohol related issues within the public education system. Introduced by Dr. Shotiverd, the motion asks the government to consider profits from temperance education and to advance anti alcohol sentiment through schooling.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Che
Manitoba School Trustees Association
Te Currienhyt
Dre GD. Shotiverd
Shandvern
Tourism boom hits Seattle as auto traffic climbs in 1924
Traffic data show 218 614 automobiles moving through Blaine and Pacific Highway areas in 1924, up 810 percent from 1923 and 70 percent from 1922, per William M. Kartzmark deputy collector London. The Turkish government plans mobilization action in Anatolia, while Constantinople papers warn of anti republican monarchist unrest.
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Seattle
United States
Vadda
Blaine
Tdouglis
B.C
Ant
William M. Kartzmark
London
Constantinople
Anatolia
Neutrality treaty signed to prevent border incidents
Sona and Uigarn in agreement with Jugo-Slavia to maintain neutrality along the frontier. The pact aims to prevent raids by agrarian Communists from Serbia and other recent border incidents.
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Sona
Jugo-Slavia
Serbia
Wireless telephone link between New York and London
Post Office engineers report a regular wireless telephone service across the Atlantic linking New York and London. A tranmission to New York would be completed within five minutes after activation, the engineers believe, according to the Daily Mail.
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Witelssa
London
New York
Post Office
Jaily Mall
Helleva
Alberta government cites no plan after Duncan report
Ednonton Kenver Greenfield quotes that the Alberta Government did not propose immediate action on the Duncan report. The document alleged issues in a Western Canada box fruit marketings operation.
Prince Henry Drops London Horse Show Visit
Prince Henry third son of King George will be unable to attend the London horse show as arranged. He remains in London due to illness, and his absence affects royal representation at the event.
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Prince Henry
London
King George
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