Compromise on ArmamentReduction Plans in Bank Act Amendments
Western Progressive group backed amendments to the Bank Act sections on customer account changes and interest rate disclosure on notes. The Commons committee adopted the moves led by G G Coote with E J Garland backing. other proposals to cut charges and abolish loan discounting were rejected. Washington reported no definite timeline for release of Americans held by bandits in China as harmony returns to captors.
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Cominons’ Bathing and Commerce
Canadian Bankers’ Association
G. G. Coote
McLeod
E. J. Garland
Bow River
Mr. Coote
H. E. Spencer
Progressive
Battle River
Spencer
England
Wn. C. Good
Brant
United States
Washington
State Department
Jacob Gould Schurman
Peking
Schurman
Secret service raids seize fake stamps and labels
U.S. secret service operatives halted two raids in New York seizing thirteen men, millions of bogus government revenue stamps, whisky and champagne labels, and the printing plates used for the illicit production. Local merchants are urged to buy at home.
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New York
U.S. Secret Service
Canadian Slander Twine Sent to King George Estates
Welland Ontario reports Plymouth Cordage Co ships red binder wine twine to its London agents for use on King George estates. Ten bales weighing 500 pounds are ordered, the first of its kind received from His Majesty in Canada. The shipment is described as a significant advertisement for Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welland, Ont
Plymouth Cordage Co
Welland
London
England
George
Canada
Regina Work Placements Rise Across Saskatchewan Provinces
Saskatchewan employment service offices placed 938 people in the week ending June 2, including 338 farm hands. Unfilled vacancies totaled 951, with 269 applicants recorded as unplaced. Placements by office: Regina 219 Saskatoon 283 Moose Jaw 240 Swift Current 50 Weyburn 25 Yorkton 27 Prince Albert 20 Estevan 28 North Battleford 27 Melfort 6 Kerrobert 4.
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Regina
Employment Service
Saskatooon
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
Weyburn
Yorkton
Prince Albert
Estevan
North Battleford
Melfort
Kerrobert
Heavy Wind Reignites New Brunswick Forest Fires
Fredericton reports renewed forest and brush fires fanned by heavy winds in northern New Brunswick. Officials fear timber losses may be the province's worst. Ottawa notes House of Commons accepts Senate amendment on merger inquiry requiring a solemn statutory declaration for complaints.
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Fredericton
N.B
New Brunswick
Department of Lands and Mines
Ottawa
House of Commons
Senate
Favorable Crop Prospects Across Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg report from the Agricultural Department notes good headway in crop growth across the three prairie provinces with generally favorable weather. Manitoba reports excellent crop weather, near completion of seeding, and strong pasture conditions. Saskatchewan and Alberta show rapid seeding progress, with hot periods bringing grasshoppers, and widespread rains aiding crops, while British Columbia reports well set fruit and ample irrigation water.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Wales
Agricultural Department
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Gaskatchewan
Agsiniboia
Vanguard
Proviara
Oto
British Columbia
Ready To Construct Fort Alexander Line Project
Fort Alexander plans a railway and pulp mill development after closing talks with a Montreat syndicate to issue 23.60 bonds and preferred stock. The project, from Beaconia on the Canadian National Grand Beach line to Fort Alexander, aims to employ around 2,000 workers in pulpwood, mill operation, and transportation once underway.
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McAncur
Donald A. Rosa
Clements
Fort Alexander
Derby Incident in House of Commons Provokes Tax Debate
A House of Commons member asked if the Premier would adjourn Derby day so MPs could study a proposed betting tax after a Jockey Club visit to Epsom. Premier Baldwin replied negatively amid cries of oh.
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London
House of Commons
Jockey Club
Epsom
Baldwin
Saskatchewan Cattle Sale Sets High Price Record
Fifty three head of cattle averaged 135 dollars each at a Saskatchewan auction under the Saskatchewan Cattle Breeders Association. The sale, the year’s most successful in prairie provinces, saw Shenley Marquis top the market at 285 dollars and a yearling full brother at 280 dollars. Six Hereford bulls averaged 145 dollars and 75 cents. Most buyers were farmers despite government presence. Washington: President Harding plans 14 speeches en route to the Pacific on his Alaska trip with stops in five coast cities after Alaska, returning to speak in Vancouver on July 26. Toronto: Church of England bishops discuss delaying union action until major bodies resolve differences to their satisfaction.
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Saskaltoon
Saskatchewan Cattle Breeders’ Association
Prairie Provinces
W. A. Paul
Govan, Sask
Shenley Marquis
Washington
Harding
Pacific
Alaska
Vancouver
Toronto
Church of England
Advisory Committee For Empire Conference Formed in London
A group including Sir Erle Geddes of the Federation of British Industries Sir Ernest Glover of Glover Brothers Arthur Balfour and J W B Pease has agreed to act as an advisory committee. They will draft a programme and assist during the imperial economic conference following an invitation from Sir Philip Lloyd George Graene president of the Board of Trade.
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London
Erle Geddes
Federation of British Industries
Ernest Glover
Glover Brothers
Arthur Balfour
Sheffield
J. W. B. Pease
Lloyd's Bank, Limited
Sir Philip Lloyd Graene
Board of Trade
Gotham Burglars Loot Jewelry Store in $70,000 Haul
Four armed bandits entered the Barnett Goldstein jewelry store in New York and bound the proprietor's son and a clerk with picture wire. They escaped with a satchel full of the shop's most valuable gems, and fled to a waiting automobile.
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New York
Barnett Goldstein T Here
Young Goldstein
New Zealand to bear share of naval expense
Premier Massey told a Wellington meeting that New Zealand must contribute to naval defence. He said the Dominion could not let English taxpayers cover the extra cost of a Singapore naval station and that New Zealand and Australia must share the expense.
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Wellington
N.Z
Massey
New Zealand
Dominion
Singapore
Australia
Britain to meet June 18 war debt installment
New York report states Great Britain has purchased Liberty bonds and set up dollar credits here totaling enough to cover the next $80,000,000 installment on its war debt to the United States, due June 18.
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New York
Great Britain
Telegraphic facsimile and League of Nations disarmament talks
Paris hosts a system for telautogram transmission enabling facsimile messages via dual telegraph lines. Geneva reports the League of Nations arms talks near failure, with Lord Robert Cecil and Col Requin proposals under review. A compromise plan favors regional pacts and armament reductions amid Swiss and other objections.
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Paris
Lyons
Strasburg
Belin
Rue de Grenelle
Geneva
League of Nations
Robert Cecil
Utere
League
Col Requin
Lord Robert
Col
Hequin
Cecil
Switzerland
British Capital Forthcoming London Trade Notes
President Dumoulin of the Hull Chamber of Commerce welcomed a Vancouver trade delegation and urged assurances that British capital will not be confiscated, hoping Hull gains a direct steam line to Canada and noting Hull’s large flour mills. A delegation member argued Canada’s five per cent preference for British traders is insufficient against U.S. competition. The Vancouver group then visited Manchester. Wellington, N.Z. Penny postage will be reintroduced by New Zealand, with plans to cut income tax to a maximum of six pence in the pound.
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London
Canada
England
President Dumoulin
Hull Chamber ‘of Commerce
Vancouver
Hull
United States
Manchester
Wellington
N.Z
New Zealanda
Secret giant bomber built for the Air Ministry in England
The Daily Express reports England plans a noon trial flight of its largest aero plane, a steel constructed bomber with engines in an armored cabin and a mechanic in the engine room to free the pilot. In Tokio, Japan’s cabinet will present terms to A A Joffe, the Russian envoy, for resuming Soviet negotiations.
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London
England
Air
Ministry
Daily Express
Tokio
A. A. Joffe
Russia
Japan
New Reparations Offer From Germany Eyed By Allies
Berlin reports that Chancellor Cuno proposes a yearly 1.5 billion gold marks reparations payment with terms set by an international conference. Revenue ideas include consumption taxes on tobacco, sugar, brandy, a customs monopoly, a 10 billion gold mark mortgage at five percent, and legal mortgages on industries and land. A special property tax aims at 109 million gold marks annually, with reserves to tap other funds if needed. A conference to settle terms is urged as notes fail to yield agreement.
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Pulp Mille
Derby
Saskatoon
U.S
S.C
Empire
Gotham
Reid
Premier Massey
Bank
Germany
Berlin
Cuno Cabnet
Chan
Alles
Cuno
Dominion Experimental Farm
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Kentville
Kentrile
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