Ottawa Sensis Senator W Bennett Discuss Great Lakes Shipping
Senator W Bennett continued the inquiry into Great Lakes shipping noting western farmers face monopoly pressure from grain dealers in Winnipeg and the 1922 shipping combine. He said the government could have broken the combine but blocked moves by tying up vessels and failing to abrogate coasting laws. Senator Gillies defended prairie loyalties amid western secession talk. Edmonton Commercial Graduates win Canada’s women’s basketball title with a 19 to 13 victory over Cleveland knits, total 33 to 33, before 50000 spectators.
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Canada
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Prince of Wales May Visit Canada Again
Prince of Wales may tour the British Dominions to promote the Empire Exposition in 1930. W. C. Crawford of the Thirty Club of London said the royal visits would focus on boosting trade for the exposition, with Canada expected first among the dominions. Details on dates and itinerary were not provided.
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Prince of Wales
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England
Widow sues for thirty six thousand six hundred seven
Calgary widow Beryl Louise Paris, widow of Constable Charles N. Paris, sues Elmo Edgar Trider for 36307 in the Supreme Court filing. The suit seeks damages for the death of Paris after his murder by Trider, who was recently freed by a jury. The action is brought on behalf of Paris’s widow and their infant son Charles Oliver. The filing notes Frank Oliver’s Ottawa Senate appointment bids.
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Beryl Louise Paria
Frank Oliver
Senate
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Chinese President Li Yuan Hung Resigns in Beijing Clash
A dispatch from the Evening News reports Chinese President Li Yuan Hung has resigned and handed over to captors at Tien Teln a after his clash with the government. The paper cites its Tien-Tain correspondent and notes he carried government seals.
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Evening News
Tien -Taln
Vancouver Population Jump in Local Directory Figures
Greater Vancouver reaches 226,524 residents per annual directory release, marking a 32,777 increase for the year. The figure reflects figures from a local directory publishing house and provides a snapshot of regional demographic growth.
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B.C
Greater Vancouver
Lloyd George to Visit Canada and United States
The Times reports an almost assured plan for former Prime Minister Lloyd George to visit Canada in the autumn. He will also travel to the United States during the same period.
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Trade With Australia Ottawa Trade Pact Seen
Canada moves toward reciprocity with Australia as the speech from the throne signals acceptance of the British preferential tariff for Commonwealth trade. Hon. J. A. Robb learns by cable that opening Australian Parliament foreshadows legislation approving the Canadian offer, expecting substantial industrial trade growth.
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Australia
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Alberta May Be Represented At Grain Commission Hearing
Edmonton counsel may represent Alberta at the Grain Commission sitting in Edmonton on June 25. Attorney General Brownlee is considering the appointment with a departmental official or possibly Brownlee himself taking the mission if other duties permit. A Saskatchewan Wheat Federation shipment of 500 bushels of Marquia wheat is going to Buenos Aires for sowing in Argentina, aiming to boost Canadian seed purchases.
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Friendly Termination Of The Britain Russia Dispute
The Irish Government delivered a note to M Krasin ending the long correspondence with Britain and Russia. The note states a settlement over withdrawal of offensive actions, compensation in the Harding and Davison cases, and fishing rights within 12 miles. It says Russia agreed to transfer Raskolnikov and that Shamlatsky will observe the propaganda pact better. Britain and dominions vow not to aid hostile acts against the Soviet government or republics.
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Union of Churches Proposed by Presbyterian Assembly
The Presbyterian General Assembly endorses a union plan uniting Presbyterian Methodist and Congregational churches into a single powerful ecclesiastical body. Census 1821 totals show 2,598,130 adherents across the three denominations, about 29.56 of Canada’s population, with major denominations like Roman Catholics and Anglicans also listed.
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Canada
Unveiling Ypres Memorial in London Planned
Preparations for the St. Julien memorial unveiling mark the second Battle of Ypres where Canadians withstood German gas attacks. The ceremony is set for July 8 with the Duke of Connaught, Lord Ypres, and General Turner, who led the brigade, attending from Canada.
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Canada
Fear Bulgarian Peasant Revolt Sparks May Rally
Anxiety grows in Allied circles over Bulgaria as peasants may heed a call from deposed leaders to counter revolution. Sofia’s new regime moves to replace diplomats appointed by Stamboulisky amid ongoing unrest abroad.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Stamboulisky
Grave Conditions In China Warn US Lives At Risk
The American Association of China and the American Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai declared conditions in China the worst since the Boxer outbreak. They warned that American lives and liberty are endangered and prestige and business suffer from lacking strong action, sending a protest cable to Washington. In Paris, figures from the Canadian Pacific Railway were hosted by the Union Inter Allied at a luncheon.
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Forest Fires Destroy New Yorkers Property in New Brunswick
Fredericton reports forest fires destroyed the Metepedia Salmon Club lodges, valued over a hundred thousand dollars, along the New Brunswick Quebec boundary. The blaze crossed miles into Rest Gouache River territory from Upsalquitch mouth. Deputy Minister Col. Loggle said Ottawa cannot dispatch Mounted Police due to manpower limits. Fires near Kedgewick reached four miles out and are believed incendiary.
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Moose Factory Earns Ballot Access in Ontario Campaign
Moose Factory residents, distant Hudsons Bay Co. post, will vote in Ontario elections for the province’s first time. James Bay post will wait another term. Judge Caron flew to Moose Factory by hydroplane to set arrangements but could not reach Albany post due to ice on James Bay.
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Vancouver Crime Report Names Japanese Suspect Moru in Murder
In Vancouver a Japanese man, Etenzi Moru, confessed to police that he killed an elderly Japanese man, Shir Aishi, after a dispute over money. Moru led investigators to the Railway Street waterfront crime scene where Aishi was found with a crushed skull and was taken into custody on a murder charge.
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Federated Women Institutes discuss home focus at biennial convention
At Fredericton Ontario Miss Annie Playfair urged national view and home priorities while Mrs. MacLachlan warned on Oriental immigration in British Columbia and urged Ottawa planning. Publicity chief Miss Price praised widespread news coverage including Peace River Record as the federation promotes local notices. In London a Times dispatch notes Belgrade reports of potential Little Entente backed intervention in Bulgaria with costs to be shared by Sofia, Greece, and others.
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Landslide Buries CPR Lines in British Columbia
A massive June 13 landslide between Cathedral and Field B C on the Canadian Pacific Railway tied up lines after hundreds of thousands of tons of mud and rock slid down the mountainside. Officials say six slides measured 50 to 150 feet long and up to fifteen feet deep, caused by heavy rains and snowmelt, with no loss of life reported.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
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Trade Bill Ties Grain Freight Rates to Board of Grain Commissioners
Ottawa minister J A Robb announced a bill in the House placing control of grain freight rates from Fort William to Port Arthur and other ports by lake or river under the Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada.
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Trade and Commerce
House of Commons
Fort Wiliam
Port Arthur
Canada
United States of America
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Australia Has Great Possibilities Highlighted by NSW Premier
Sir George W. Fuller, premier of New South Wales, told the Canadian Club in Ottawa that co operation within the British Empire is vital for commerce and stability. He stressed Australia’s fertile future with vast wheat potential and noted a contract to settle 6,000 Britons on 6,000 farms in New South Wales.
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George W. Fuller
New South Wales
George
Australia
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Great Britain
Renew Suggestions To Turks At Lausanne
Allied representatives at the Near East Peace Conference renewed a proposal to recognize the validity of prewar concessions by Turkey in the Turkish peace treaty. Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation, said concessions are being handled at Angora but offered experts to study the allied text. Allies warned negotiations at Angora with concession holders may not progress as well as Turkey claims. The common view is Turkey is delaying a favorable reply pending settlement of the Ottoman debt and evacuation of Constantinople.
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U S Compromise Offer Seeks Liquor Ingress at Sea Ports
The United States State Department has approached Britain and other governments with a compromise proposal. It allows liquor to enter U S ports under seal if an agreement is reached to extend territorial waters from three miles to twelve miles.
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Sgritish
United States State Department
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Parliament Prorogation Foreseen by Month's End
Ottawa Liberals caucus discussed prorogation timing to pass the Bank Act, with doubt about a Renistripution Bill. Redistribution plans may extend the session into July, and a central Court of Appeal for returned soldiers under the Pensions Act was proposed.
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