New Dominion Franchise Bill Aims For Uniform Rules Across Canada
Ottawa debates a franchise bill establishing uniform citizenship and residency rules for voters, uses provincial lists within 12 months, creates a permanent chief electoral office, allows advanced polls for railway workers, and sets a 14 day gap between Dominion election day and polling day. It disqualifies naturalization-law exemptions and race-based disqualifications, and outlines registration and appeals processes across urban and rural areas.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Guthrie
Canada
Clerk of the Crown
W. D. Buler
Munic
A Good Time to Pay Debts and Reduce the Dominion Mortgage
The article argues money is cheap now and suggests paying debts, especially mortgages, to avoid higher costs later. It cites Canada’s two billion dollar wartime mortgage, averaging $250 per person, and urges funding from wealth gained during the war to ease future public burdens.
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Dominion of Canada
Dominion
Canada
New Buffalo Cattle Hybrid Faces Harsh Weather
Maxwell Graham announces a new breed called Callalo created by cross breeding buffalo and common cattle. The animal combines bison hardiness with a shorter coat, grows larger than its parents, and yields good cuts for food. Government experiments by Interior and Agriculture aim to extend this program.
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Maxwell Graham
Park Animals
Canadian Fur Auction Sales Company
the Interior and Agriculture
Proposed ballot dates for soldier settler land purchase
Ottawa reports tentative balloting dates for purchases of Indian reserves and Hudson's Bay lands in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Listings include Doukhobor lands at Kamsack 10000 acres, Calgary Hudson's Bay lands 17000 acres, Pope lease at Calgary, Poorman's reserve 8000 acres in Saskatchewan, Ochopowace reserve 18000 acres Piapot reserve 16300 acres at Regina, Battleford Hudson's Bay 21000 acres and various prairie points 27000 acres on April 15 to April 30. Additional reserves Bg River Mistawasis northwest of Prince Albert and another near Prince Albert acres will be announced later.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Kamsack
Sask
Calgary
Alta
Regina
Hudson's Bay
Battleford
Prairie Provinces
Prince Albert
Mistawasis
Prince Alrt
Bankruptcy Act Set To Take Effect July First
A Governor General of Canada order declares the new Bankruptcy Act in force on July 1. Drafted by a special Canadian Bar Association committee, the act is hailed as the best piece of law by observers who watched Winnipeg meetings last August.
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Govenor Genera
Canada
Canadian Bar Association
Winnipeg
Canada Adopts Modern Bankruptcy Law Effective July First
An examination of the act shows any person may be declared bankrupt for transfers to the benefit of creditors, fraudulent actions, or bulk sales. Creditors may petition within six months if claims reach $500. Penalties include fines up to $300 and up to one year in jail for obtaining credit after adjudication. The act covers wage earners, farmers, traders, and all business, aligning Canada with the English law. It also ends preferential security for any creditor and takes effect July 1.(Actual source may vary in phrasing.)
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R&a
England
Canada
Wood and metal industries to boost British WWI effort
Lloyd George says Woolwich Arsenal will be developed to manufacture locomotives and cars, creating work for many skilled workers who served during the war, as copper mines show rosewood and mahogany usage in Mexico and rail fuel.
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Mexico
Woolwich Arsenal
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Estate Proceedings for Duncan McAinsh in Ressburn
In the matter of the estate of Duncan McAinsh late of the Municipality of Ressburn in Manitoba deceased. The record outlines probate and related administration actions for the deceased, with notices to heirs and potential creditors. Court filings indicate steps toward settlement of the estate under provincial law.
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Duncan McAinsh
Ressburn
Province of
Manitoba
Physician in Charge Dr Murrough C O Brien
Dr Murrough C O Brien is listed as the physician in charge at Rossburn with contact phone number 4.
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Dr. Murrough C. O'Brien
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Miniota Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
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