Australians Oppose All-Red Mail Scheme Compared With Canada
A Swindon Melbourne correspondent notes Australians favor commercial ties with Canada over an all-red mail route. The Vancouver subsidy costs Australia about £26,610 yearly, while only £6,000 is collected in exchange. The piece argues Canada-Europe competition harms mutual gains and warns the all-red plan is too strong for Australians.
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Swindon
Melbourne
Guardian
Commonwealth
Vancouver
Canada
Commonwealth Post Office
Australia
Australa
Rival to All Red Route Ottawa Advices on Siberian Link
Advices from Alexander Maclean to the Department of Trade and Commerce describe a London backed plan to connect London to Australia via Vladivostok using the Trans Siberian railway. The project would include a Vladivostok to Australia steamship leg and a trans Australian railway, competing with the All Red Line and Suez routes. Negotiations involve Japan and Russia for a mail service and a wider European accord.
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Ottawa
Department of Trade and Commerce
Alexander Maclean
Japan
London
Australia
Vladivostok
Siberia
Maclean
C.P.R
Great Britain
Kobe
Glasgow
Scotland
Robe
Siberian
England
Russia
Labor Shortage Drives High Wages in West Kenora
News from West Kenora notes a severe labor shortage as major projects press for workers. Transcontinental railway agents seek laborers at every train, contractors offer up to 2.50 per day, and the CPR doubles its efforts on double-tracking while a new mill posts for laborers, signaling town prosperity.
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Kenora
C.P.R
Western Rates Must Come Down
An order by the railway commissioners requires the Alberta Irrigation Coal company to cut passenger rates from five to four cents per mile and to reduce through rates on goods. The measure benefits northern Alberta residents and aims to drive passenger rates down to as low as three cents per mile on lines including the New York Central and Michigan Central.
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Ottawa
Alberta
New York Central
Michigan Central
Ono
Rockefeller Attacks Roosevelt Trust Policy Causes Panic
John D. Rockefeller declares Roosevelt anti trust drive panic inducing and ruinous to business. He says the policy destroys public confidence and endangers commercial interests amid talk of a huge Standard Oil fine and looming economic collapse.
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Cleveland, D
Ultimatum Sent to British Minister Over Kaid MacLean
A dispatch from Tangier to the Daily Mail reports that Raison has issued a direct ultimatum to the British minister Gerard Lowther. He declares that if terms are not immediately accepted he will move Kaid MacLean to a location beyond Europe’s reach.
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London
Daily Mail
Tangier
Raison
Gerard Lowther
Kaid MacLean
Europe
McGuigan Heads to Portland for Rest After Rail Work
McGuigan former vice president of the Great Northern railway arrives from St Paul en route to Portland for a vacation. He has no plans for the future and denies a personal encounter with Hill in connection with his resignation.
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McGuigan
Montreal
F. H. McGuigan
Great Northern Railway
St. Paul
Portland
Hill
Rail unions vow to oppose Japanese labor imports
Grand Master Hanrahan warns he will mobilize railway boards if yellow labor is introduced, touching off U S and Canadian firemen protests. A secret Cambridge Springs meeting gathers union members as Canadian firemen wave solidarity to bar Japanese workers.
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Toronto
Hanrahan
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Hamilton
Cambridge Springs
West
Morocco War Declared Limited by French Minister
Foreign Minister M. Picheon told Matin no new troops will be sent to Morocco and conquest is not the aim. Casbalanca dispatch notes fighting by Gen. Drud’s forces lasted all day Saturday, with renewed attack feared as reinforcements arrive and a warship shelled Arab positions.
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Paris
M. Picheon
Matin
Morocco
The
Casablanca
Drud
Saskatchewan eyes 8000 harvest laborers for 1914 season
The Department of Agriculture estimates Saskatchewan will need 7 500 to 8 000 imported workers for harvest. The figure matches last year, despite a 15 percent rise in acreage, due to many homesteaders aiding poorer neighbors in gathering crops.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Department of Agriculture
London Marconi to establish wireless link Canada to Britain
In September Marconi announces wireless service between Canada and Great Britain with terminal points at Clifton Ireland and the Marconi station in Cape Breton. Ordinary rate 5d a word and press rate 2d, plus land charges. Officials expect a large business volume.
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Wireless
London—Marconi
Canada
Great Britain
Clifton
Ireland
Marconi
Cape Breton
Engineers' Trouble Settled by Board of Conciliation
University reports to the department of labor that differences between the Grand Trunk Railway company and its engineers have been settled by the board of conciliation, of which he served as chairman.
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University
Department of Labor
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Board of Conciliation
Journeyings in the wilderness Numbers overview and reforms
A 1907 commentary summarizing Israel’s second year after leaving Egypt, focusing on the journey from Sinai under God’s guiding presence, the order of march, and the call to wholehearted obedience. It contrasts redeemer rest with wandering, notes the role of the pillar of cloud and fire, and urges trusting God over human guidance.
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American Press Association
Israel
Egypt
Numbers
Sinai
Plains
Meab
Jordan
Jericho
Moses
Aaron
Caleb
Jephunneh
Joshua
Nun
Levi
Canaan
Judah
Isachar
Zebulun
Gershon
Merari
Reuben
Simeon
Gad
Ephraim
Dan
God
Immigration health improvements in Canada under strict act
Dr Bryce, Ottawa chief medical inspector for immigration, says arriving immigrants are in better physical condition due to strict immigration enforcement and shipper caution. Deportation costs drive carriers to screen out likely rejects. Quebec quarantine hospital now treats only sixty, despite higher volume. Most detainees come from the continent, English rejections due to sanity or mental trouble. Galician types predominate among arrivals. 169 of 201 deported last year were English. 1 of 1600 Italians rejected for health or mental fitness.
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Ottawa
Bryce
Immigration Department
Canada
Quebec Quarantine
Edmonton coal and western Canada survey by deputy minister
Will Inspect Mines Edmonton A P Low deputy minister of mines has arrived from the east to visit coal mines in the district and survey western Canada. He will travel to Calgary to examine gas and oil boring operations and then proceed to Vancouver meeting Bancroft and Graham. He plans to visit Victoria Hedley Grand Forks Lardo mountains and Fernie before returning via Crow's Nest Pass.
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Edmonton
A. P. Low
Calgary
Bancroft and
Graham
Howe Sound
Victoria
William Templeman
Will
Hedley
Grand Forks
Lardo Mountains
R. Brock
Mr. Low
Crow’s Nest Pass
Fernie
Montreal Cotton workers strike at Valleyfield mill
About 2,500 operators at Montreal Cotton companys Valleyfield mill walk out demanding a ten percent raise. The walkout follows months of stalled talks after spinner wage demands. The Federation of Textile Workers backs the strike and organizers say no return until gains are won. Company officials say they already granted a fifteen percent increase and threaten to shut the mill if the latest demand is pressed.
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Montreal
Montreal Cotton Companys Bils
Valleyfield
Federation of Textile Workers
Edmonton Welcomes New Provincial Bacteriologist Dr Revell
Dr D G Revell arrives from Chicago to assume duties as provincial bacteriologist in the department of agriculture. He has spent six years with the University of Chicago, now connected with Professor Lewellis, and is a native of Elgin county Ontario, graduate of Toronto University in arts and medicine.
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Edmonton
D. G. Revell
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Revell
University of Chicago
Lewellis
Baltimore
Elgin County
Ontario
Toronto University
Mystery surrounds death of R. de B. Gibbins
London reporters note the death of R. de B. Gibbins remains unexplained. The inquiry focuses on the train doors, which were found securely fastened on arrival after passing through the tunnel.
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London
R. de B. Gibbins
Government Statement On Colonial Secretaryship In London
A government statement outlines the colonial secretaryship issue in London. It addresses plans, responsibilities, and anticipated reforms affecting imperial administration and policy direction.
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London
Giant Battleship Drive by British Navy Reported
Washington reports agitation in naval circles over a British admiralty plan to lay down a 30 000 ton battleship with eighteen 12 inch guns and six turrets. American designers consider a 40 000 ton ship at a cost of 20 million dollars to keep the United States ahead, framed as a peace investment.
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Washington
United States
Immigration tensions rise as Canada reports Oriental workers
American immigration officials insist they will defend the border while noting Canadian reports of Chinese Japanese and Hindoo workers entering British Columbia. Commissioner General Sargeant says 1000 miles of frontier must be safeguarded even as Canadian rail projects seek labor from the Orient.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Revelstoke
British Columbia
Canadian
Sargeant
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Canadian Northwest
Famine Prices Loom as Yukon River Trade Slows
Dawson reports historically low river levels for the season with freight receipts down and shortage fears for winter staples. Merchants cannot fill outside orders and most are far behind last year. If water remains unfriendly for weeks, Dawson prices may reach 13898 while Fairbanks delays orders due to a labor strike.
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Dawson
Yukon
Fairbanks
Yawning Crater Swallows Brooklyn Mine Camp Site
A yawning crater about 150 by 300 feet opened near the Brooklyn mine at Phoenix camp in Grand Forks B C. The cave-in occurred Saturday night after miners were warned by ground movement and all escaped except one man who suffered bruises. The rest reached the surface as the camp erupted in alarm.
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Grand Forks
B.C
Brooklyn
Phoenix Camp
Tea Testing Station at Winnipeg Port Set Up
The customs port of Winnipeg has established a tea testing station to test samples from western importers costing 25 cents per pound and under. This aims to speed up testing times compared with sending all samples to Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg
Customs Department
To Settle Belfast Troubles London The Board Of Trade
The Board of Trade moves to secure arbitration to resolve the Belfast troubles. Officials indicate formal steps toward neutral mediation with parties in conflict aiming for a peaceful settlement.
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Belfast
London
Board of Trade
Tak- Baltaati
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