West Dominates Grand Championships in Provincial Show
James A. Johnstone of Yellow Grass led western Canada to sweeping wins at the big show. He captured grand and senior champion titles with Lady Trojan Mahomet after winning the two year stallion and three year mare classes with Bonny Boy and Lady Trojan Mahomet. Johnstone also won Scotland specials with Sonny and Lady Trojan Mahomet and topped stallion foals with Baron Trojan. Thomas Davis placed third in the two year class. Russell Fleming of Whitby won the ram grand championship and reserve, finishing first in five of nine events.
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James A. Johnstone
Western Canada
Russell Fleming
Whitby
Ont
Onmuck
Oxford
Ram
Work Ceases For Winter Winnipeg
Churchill Canada, 1 000 miles north of Winnipeg, goes quiet as hundreds of workers depart for winter. George Kidd, chief engineer, leaves with his retinue, leaving only hardy pioneers. The Muskeg Special Train ends its season, Churchill shut off from civilization until spring. hope for next year to maintain winter service on the Hudson Bay line.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Nowest
Churchill
George Kidd
Department of Railways
Churchall
Hudson Bay Railway
Pas
Hudson Bay Line
Anxiety Over St Paul Island After Silent October 17
The French government seeks the steamer Euripedes to alter course and visit St Paul Island in the Indian Ocean after no wireless message since October 17. The population includes Breton fishermen and a few natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Indian Ocean
Paris
Euripedes
Capetown
India
Foxes stolen from Rolana J Murray Fox Ranch
A theory of organized fox thefts in the province and Prince Edward Island is supported after James Duncan, caretaker at the Rolana J Murray Fox Ranch on the old Springfield road, discovers many valuable foxes killed on site and carcasses removed by automobile during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericton
N.B
Prince Edward Island
James Duncan
Rolana J. Murray
Springfield Road
Negotiations Over Insurance Rates For Hudson Bay Trade
Negotiations continue between Hon. C. P. Larkin Canadian High Commissioner and the Imperial shipping committee regarding insurance rates on goods traded via the Hudson Bay route from Fort Churchill Manitoba. A report is expected in due course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
C. P. Larkin
Imperial Shipping Committee
Hudson's Bay
Fort Churchill
Manitoba
Fire claims six in Ontario farm tragedy
Alfred Sauve and five children aged 2 to 10 perished when a fire consumed their Burseg Hane home in Ontario. Mrs Sauve and her infant survived by leaping from a second storey window, the mother later breaking both legs while escaping through the snow to a barn. Neighbors found her near collapse as the house burned beyond entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pather
Bursieg
Hane Alfred
Paul Baptiste Sauve
Paul
Surprise at Russian memorandum on Sino-Russian talks
Washington officials studied the Russian memorandum sent via French channels and expressed surprise at its tone and harsh critique of the United States for citing Briand Kellogg commitments. President Hoover and Secretary Stimson learned of the response but declined to comment while other officials voiced opinions on the Sino-Russian turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
United States
Soviet Union
China
Hoover
Stimson
Makes New Record for Milk in Canada in 1929
Canary Kornhyde Alcartra, a Saskatchewan owned Holstein cow, set a 1929 Canadian record with 30 801 pounds of milk and 1 336 25 pounds of butter in 365 days, averaging 3.47 percent fat. Bred by Ford W. Heeney Ingersoll Ontario, sold as a yearling to S Sims Winnipeg, then to B H Thomson Moose Jaw, later purchased by the Saskatchewan Government for 10000 dollars after the world record.
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Toronto
Canada
Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada
Ford W. Heeney
Ingersoll
Ont
G. Sims
Winnipeg
B. H. Thomson
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
May Request Salary Increase Ottawa
The Ottawa Civil Service Association urges a flat $180 raise for all civil servants in its annual message by President Vernon L Lawson as published in Civil Service News. The move would complete the remaining $120 of the $300 increase sought in 1927, following a $120 boost then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Vernon L. Lawson
Ottawa Civil Service Association
The
Civil Service News
Prince of Wales hosts German General Vorbeck in London dinner
In London General Von Lettow Vorbeck arrived to dine with General Smuts at a December 2 dinner honoring East African veterans. The gathering highlighted wartime alliances and the German commander’s visit to Britain.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
von Lettow Vorbeck
East Africa
von Vorbeck
Smuts
Australian Delegate to Naval Conference in London
Canberra announces Hon. J. E. Fenton Minister of Trade and Customs will represent the Australian Commonwealth at the naval conference in London in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
J. E. Fenton
Trade and Customs
London
Will Purchase Legation in Ottawa for US Diplomats
Congress authorized purchase or construction of an American Legation building in Ottawa to house diplomats in government owned buildings. Stephen G. Porter visited Ottawa to select a property. the estate may come on the market years from now. William Phillips, former American minister to Canada, resigned citing poor housing conditions in Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingston
Congress
Ottawa
O Place
Stephen G. Porter
Rouse Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Willam Phillips
Canada
Canada, Frequently Complained To Friends Against Housing Conditions To Whch
Phillips
Action urged on unemployment situation in Canada
A. R. Mosher chief of the All Canadian Congress of Labour and the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees sent a letter to Premier Mackenzie King pressing for a conference of financial industrial and labor leaders. He urged a survey of conditions to restore confidence and plans to provide employment amid western unemployment and a slide in buying power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
A. R. Mosher
All-Canadian Congress of Labor
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
Mr. Mosher
Winnipeg
King
United States
Mosher
West
Predicts Higher Price For Wheat
Winnipeg dispatch reports George McIvor of the Canadian Wheat Pool noting a 62,000,000 bushel gap between world export surplus and import needs. With 708,000,000 bushels available for export and 770,000,000 needed, the shortage could lift Canadian wheat prices into a bulls market by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Winnipeg
The
Mail and Empire
George McIvor
Canadian Wheat Pool
Canada
Foresees Peace Conference in 1931 by religious leaders
Sir George Foster predicts a 1931 world peace conference of religious leaders embracing all faiths to draft a maintenance plan. He notes philanthropy groups are forming worldwide around this aim and told the Ottawa Women’s Canadian Club that such a gathering would influence many people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Sir George Foster
Ottawa Women's Canadian Club
Sir George
Fight to keep Sault Ste. Marie channel open for grain ships
Four tugs from Thompson Towing and Wrecking Co attempt to keep the Sault Ste. Marie canal open as 45 freighters await their last grain cargoes. Extreme cold, drifted ice, and a big storm limit passage, but the tugs succeed in releasing about 30 freighters. Downbound traffic dominates canal movement as vessels await winter.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Sauilt Ste. Marie
Thompson Towing and Wrecking Company
Michigan
Thorugh
Gran
Hunter Found By Indians Near Meadow Lake Sask
C L Galbraith a 32 year old Edam Sask druggist was found by Indian trappers after five days lost in heavy woods near Meadow Lake. He had been hunting moose with Arthur Rister and George Parsons and left camp alone with a small noon meal. He was exhausted and starving but in stable condition.
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Meadow Lake
Sask
C. L. Galbraith
Edam
Galbraith
Arthur Rister
George Parad
Mac- Kwa
Premier Ram say MacDonald film shows Canada welcome
London premiere film of Ram say MacDonald’s tour shows how he and his cabinet were received in Canada and the United States. Newsreel excerpts with talking accompaniments illustrated the warm reception and how movie operators guided officials on stance and movement during the visit.
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Ramsay MacDonald
Cabinet
Canada
London
England
United States
Prime Minster
Record Muskrat Shipment Sets Fur Trade Benchmark
A Canadian Pacific operation ships 10 000 pairs of muskrats from Canada to Russia via Ingoldsby Fur Farms Linden Ontario valued at 250 600 dollars. The voyage by express and steamship is billed as a world record in the fur trades with January departure.
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Montreal
Canada
Russia
Canadian Pacific Express
Ingoldsby Fur Farms, Ltd
Linden
Ont
Danzig
Seven stewardesses pass lifeboat efficiency exam aboard Duchess of York
The Canadian Pacific liner Duchess of York crewed by seven stewardesses led by Mrs G Riley and others earned the British Board of Trade Certificate for Lifeboat Efficiency. The test covered boat and fire drill regulations, rocket apparatus, breeches-buoy, and rescue techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchess of York
British Board of Trade
G. Riley
J. Johnson
A. Caldwell
C. Pendleton
A. Silk
A. Rowan
G. Lavender
Board of Trade
Lords Vote Against Soviet Recognition Motion
Lord Birkenhead led a 43 to 21 defeat of the Labour government in the Lords on a motion opposing diplomatic recognition of the Soviet government. He cited propaganda and a South Africa insurrection warning while Lord Parmoor noted limited U.S. relations and missions in Moscow and Washington. Government Air Secretary Lord Thomson said Britain would resume normal relations with care to protect interests, aiming for world peace and trade expansion.
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London
England
Lord Birkenhead
House of Lords
Russia
South Africa
Lord Parmoor
United States
Moscow
Washington
Lord Thomson
Progress in Settlement of War Claims
Ottawa reports progress in negotiating Canada Germany for return of unquantified property by Thomas Mulvey under secretary of state. Canada also seeks settlement of $1,700,000 claim against Britain and a $700,000 Hungary claim linked to Massey Harris property. Agreement pace varies with The Hague talks and the Young plan.
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Ottawa
Thomas Mulvey
London
Berlin
Canada
Germany
Britain
Hungary
Massey-Harris, Limited
Toronto
Mulvey
Great Britain
P. C. Larkin
Mr. Mulvey
United States
Returns To Civilization Winnipeg Newsman Returns From Arctic Flight
Richard Pearce editor of the Northern Miner Toronto arrived in Winnipeg as the first MacAlpine party member to reach the outside after four months of Arctic wanderings. He traveled 1500 miles to Bathurst Inlet and 500 by train to The Pas and was greeted by friends and fellow newspapermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Richard Pearce
Northern Miner
Toronto
Bathurst Inlet
Pas
Vancouver Teacher Granted Two Month Leave to Visit Japan
Strathcona public school principal J. E. Brown was given two months leave by the board of trustees to visit Japan in April and May as Canada’s first traveling guest among Japanese learners educated in Canada. The trip aims to observe education systems and foster Canada Japan understanding.
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Vancouver
B.C
J. E. Brown
Strathcona
Board of School Trustees
Japan
Canada
Brown
Japa
Empress Hotel Opens After Major Expansion in Victoria
The Empress Hotel in Victoria British Columbia reopens after a $3,000,000 enlargement. The grand opening is set for Saturday December 21 with social events and a Yuletide Festival concert the following Sunday led by H F Mathews general manager of western Canadian Pacific hotels.
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Winnipeg
Victoria
B.C
H. F. Mathews
Western Canadian Pacific Hotels
Lord Byng Improves in London Health Update
A bulletin from Lord Byng's home states he remains debilitated after illness but shows progress. Doctors hope he can sail for South Africa on December 20 and anticipate a complete recovery from lung congestion.
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London
England
Lord Byngs
South Africa
England's first girl traffic officer begins duties
The 23 year old woman becomes England's first female traffic officer and starts her duties on the Portsmouth road, marking a historic milestone in road safety and enforcement.
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England
Portsmouth
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U.S
Senate Department
John J. Page
Western Canada Flour Mis
George Foster
Fair Life Boat
McAlpine Party
Empress
Lord Byng
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