Canada seeks fuel self sufficiency via coal and transport talks
A House of Commons committee on fuel and minerals urges a Canada wide conference of coal operatives and government reps to plan a self sustaining fuel supply. It backs coke for domestic use, calls for a government cost study of coal transport to Central Canada, and notes a government cancellation of Heppe coal leases in Alberta announced by the Prime Minister.
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Iowa
Coal Operiig
Transportation ‘Companies
Bscuss
Canada
House of Commons
Falice and Minerals
Hite
Senate
Department of Mines
Dominion
Alberta
J. T. Shaw
Calgary
Caterpillars Delay Vancouver Train in Canadian West
A vast swarm of caterpillars clogged the railway near Revelstoke and halted CP Rail trains. Crews labored for hours, clearing grease from the rails and splitting the train into three sections before service resumed.
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Vancouver
Silhouette Canyon
Revelstoke
Canadian Pacific Railway
Court grants new trial for Sam Ware over coffin theft
Atlante Georgia Court of Appeals holds it was not against state law to open graves and remove coffins and grants a new trial to Sam Ware, a Black undertaker, sentenced to ten years for removing a body to obtain a coffin alleged to have been resold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlante
Georgia
Court of Appeals
Sam Ware
Prisoners at Maldsions Jail Enroll in Vocational Classes
London reports prisoners at Maldsions Jail are proving themselves educationally through newly inaugurated courses in French shorthand and bookkeeping. The enrollment surpasses 50, with inmates attending regular classes to gain skills.
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London
Maldsions
Britain to expand home defence air force in Commons
Prime Minister Caldwell announced plans to create a home defence air force of 52 squadrons, adding 34 to the Royal Air Force. The force will mix regular and reserve components with scope for future expansion and possible alignment with League of Nations covenants and Washington treaty models.
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London
Caldwin
House of Commons
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
League of Nations
Fire destroys former emperor’s palace in Forbidden City
Fire sweeps the palace of ex Emperor Hastian Tung in the Forbidden City despite valiant efforts by native and foreign firefighters. Tung, the deposed boy emperor, had resided there since the republic’s establishment and receives an annual allowance to maintain a royal establishment.
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Peking
Hastian ‘Tung
Forbidden City
Nalive
Henan Tung
Bill cuts postage for newspapers and magazines
Ottawa reports first reading of a bill to reduce postal rates on newspapers and magazines to 11 4 cents per pound. Postmaster General Hon Charles Murphy notes the present rate is 14 cents per pound, with prior rates as low as 1/2 cent, and cites many representations from small town dailies and rural papers urging lower charges.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Charles Murphy
Bonar Law Secretary Responds On Health and Resignation
London report notes Bonar Law's secretary replying to the National Workmen's Council. The letter says health forced the Premiership resignation but asserts that with rest and treatment he should regain health and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bonar Law
National Workmen's Council
Conservative Party Will Form The Next Ontario Government
The Lieutenant Governor invited Hon. G. Howard Ferguson to form the government after Premier Drury resigned. Conservatives win 75 seats. United Farmers 17. Liberals 14. Four Labor members and one Independent also elected. Pfizer mis-typed lines condensed.
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Toronto
Ontario
G. Howard Ferguson
Premierec
Lbury
Duke
Ferguson
Offce
Drury
United Farmers
Liberals
Labor
Duggan Carmichael
Grey Centre
Hoo. H
Feasibility of a Peace River rail link to coal fields
The final report of the Senate Committee on Canada's fuel supply suggests a railway from the Peace River District to connect with the National Railway to tap extensive underground coal fields in Northern Alberta and British Columbia. It urges empowering the Dominion Fuel Board to work with transport interests to cut freight rates and boost Canadian coal use, noting transport remains a hurdle but full-year mining could lower production costs.
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Ottawa
Peace River
National
Alberta
British Columbia
Senate
Canada
Dominion Fuel Board
Britain Seeks Passport Rules Amid Mexico Entry Claim
In the House of Commons a member claimed U S citizens enter Mexico without passports and Britons should have the same privilege. Ronald McNeill, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said he had no official information but suspected local arrangements exist. The British Government would not push for reciprocity that could not be granted.
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London
United States
Mexico
Ronald McNeill
Uniform Text Book Geography May Be Taught Across Canada
Canada may adopt a single geography text book after Prof. G A Cornish of the University of Toronto saw six of nine provinces authorize his atlas and geography. British Columbia Education approved the text and Victoria hosted Cornish for a teachers summer school. Quebec and Saskatchewan also approved, with further academic recognitions announced for agricultural scholars and fellows.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
G. A. Cornish
University of Toronto
Department of Education of
British Columbia
Cornish
Victoria
Quebec
Whitth
Storm Leaves New York in Chaos with Fatalities
Reports of four deaths and many injured accompany heavy property damage after a severe storm sweeping New York and nearby areas. The combination of strong winds hail and intensifying electrical activity caused widespread damage and disruption across the region.
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New York
Vicinfly
Arch bishop Tikhon dies in prison in June
Reports in local papers state Arch bishop Tikhon former patriarch of all Ruszk died while imprisoned on June 16. The obituary notes his earlier prominence and imprisonment context with no further details provided.
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Triga
Tikhon
All Ruszk
Want Fisheries Pact Approved
Ottawa Hon Ernest Lapointe plans legislation to implement the North Pacific halibut fisheries treaty with the United States. The bill creates a close season, an international fisheries commission of four members, and makes it an offence for vessels to fish illegally using a Canadian port. Premier King moves for parliamentary approval of the treaty.
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Ottawa
Ernest Lapointe
United States
Canada
North Pacific
International Fisheries Commission
King
Drive Against Wild Horses in British Columbia
Victoria BC residents report a government led campaign to clear stock ranges of stray wild horses. Grazing Commissioner T P Mackenzie orders action under the Trespass Act to remove wandering animals deemed a menace to domesticated stock. Stockmen claim thousands of stray horses roam grazing lands and threaten neighboring stock.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
T. P. Mackenzie
Wool carload shipped from Saskatoon warehouse to Weston
The second carload of wool has been shipped from the Saskatche wan Co-operative Wool Growers' warehouse to Weston Ontario. W. W. Thomson reports a good season and has gone to Portage la Prairie to supervise the first carload shipment from that point this year.
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Saskatchewan Co-operative Wool Growers
Weston
Ont
W. W. Thomson
Thomson
Portage la Prairie
Privy Council Delays Fort Frances Paper Case Appeal
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council reserved judgment in the appeal by Fort Frances Pulp and Paper Company against Manitoba Free Press Company Limited and others over money paid for paper above the price fixed by the paper control board.
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London
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Fort, Frances
Open ing Seasion Edmonton Royal Commission on grain trade
First session of the Royal Commission appointed by the Dominion Government in Edmonton opened with farmers testifying on grain trade practices. Witnesses charged restrictions by combinations of buyers millers and banks. Alberta official A Chard criticized grain act limits on loading time. Frank Oliver spoke on western grain routes and non discrimination between east and westbound freight.
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Edmonton
Alla
Royal Commission
Dominion
Canada
Gueraticeus
A. Chard
Alberta
Frank Oliver
Hudson Bay
Oliver
Fort William
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Canadian National
Prairies
Railway Commission
Prohibition Enforcement Pledge by President Harding
President Harding stated the government will continue to enforce the prohibition law despite heavier enforcement burdens from states. He insisted the Prohibition Amendment will not be repealed and the Valetead Act would be effectively enforced, not moderated. In Toronto five died as a violent storm hit Ontario causing destruction and massive property damage.
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Colon
Harding
Toronto
Ontario
May Seize Ships U.S. Enforces Court Ban on Contraband Liquor
The U S government readies drastic action under the Volstead Act to seize ships bringing intoxicating beverages. Officials say violations by foreign vessels entering New York with sealed cargoes make seizure of both goods and vessels imminent.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Ht Nut
New York
Oficiala
Additional Estimates Tabled in House Ottawa
Supplementary estimates totaling 14,721,351 dollars were tabled by Finance Minister W. S. Fielding. Items include 25,000 for dill shipments to Great Britain, 550,000 for war pensions, 7,500 to Dr. Banting, 850,000 for Hudson Bay Railway construction, 90,000 refund to J. D. McArthur & Co, 350,000 Welland canal extension, 400,000 to cover railway pay differentials, 50,000 for surveys toward a Peace River railway, 660,008 for Toronto harbor improvements, 192,200 for Fort William harbor improvements, 2,495,501 for public works across provinces, 70,000 for deep sea fishing development, 96,000 for soldiers' civil re-establishment and pension boards, 4,000,000 for provincial housing loan loans, 150,000 for British Empire Exhibition, 15,000 for Canadian Olympic team costs, 35,000 for imperial conferences, 50,066 for slath trade royal commission, 60,000 for Canadian exhibition in France, 200,000 for Halifax and Edmonton grain elevators, 21,383.34 for British and foreign news services, grants to Burrard Inlet tunnel project, eight ministers’ salaries raised to 8,000, and 37,000 to install wireless telephone service near Vancouver.
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Ottawa
W. 5. Fielding
Great Britain
F. Banting
Hudson's Bay Railway
J.D. McArthur and Company
Welland Canal
Port Colborne
FEO
Winnipeg
Fort William
Canadian National
Peace River
Toronto
Fort Willam
Neome
FEIST
Ola Rtaal
Jrom
France
Halifax
Edmonton
Department of Trade and Commerce
Burrard Iolet Tunnel and Bridge Company
Narnes
Burrard Inlet
B.C
Encouver Ind
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C.P.R
Revelstoke, B.C
Bonar Law’s
Conservative Party
Nixon
North Brant
John G. Lethbridge
West Middlesex
Peter Smith
BR. Lb. Grant
W. R. Rollo
Henry Mis
Terury
W. E F. Raney
Weald
Fuel Genesits
Mertham Abherts
Britain
Technical Agriculturists
Saskatoon
Sask
Fred H. Grindley
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
J. W. Robertson
W. F. Hanna
University of Alberta
Ernest Wright
the Herald
Eyebrow
iStart
B.C. Grazing Commission
Saskatchewan Wool
Backus
Eeeaan
Graia
Opening Seasion
Labor Party
George Lanabury
N.P
Derby
Lond
Birkenhead
Bridgeman
League of Nations Commission For
Baldwin
Board of Pension Commission
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