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...pledge not to conscript manpower for service overseas? The Canadian electorate voted Yes by a more than 2-to-1 vote-and the Cabinet thereupon split over whether to enforce conscription immediately. For the second consecutive weekend Mr. King sought refuge in his summer house in the gentle Gatineau hills. Past master of delay and compromise, he emerged this week with a characteristic proposal...
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Meantime the price of newsprint tobogganed from a 1920 high of more than $100 per ton to about $55 per ton in 1929, then on down to a Depression low of $40. Even on its great modern paper machines at Gatineau and Three Rivers, Que.; Dalhousie, New Brunswick; and Corner Brook on the west coast of Newfoundland, International could not make enough money. But President Graustein discovered other profit sources. One was kraft paper, the common coarse bag and wrapping paper manufactured in the South. In the process of acquiring kraft companies, Mr. Graustein picked up a crack operating...
...four companies involved-Beau-harnois Light, Heat & Power; Ottawa Valley Power; Maclaren-Quobec Power; Gatineau Power-have $172,000,000 of bonds in the hands of U. S., .Canadian and British investors. Typical is Gatineau, nearly one-half of whose annual revenue of around $9,000,000 is derived from its contracts with Hydro. In Gatineau's case, however, the Premier proposed to make a partial exemption for practical operating reasons: Hydro might buy Gatineau current at present rates "as it deems advisable...
...Gothic peace tower of Canada's Parliament House. Smartly Scot MacDonald was driven to be received by the personal representative of George V in Canada, vice-regal Viscount Willingdon (salary $50,000*). After luncheon chubby, jovial astute Mr. King suggested a motor ride, 25 miles out into the Gatineau hills to "Kingsmere," his country home. There, as with President Hoover beside the rushing Rapidan, Mr. MacDonald found an open hearth, a crackling log fire. Canadians hoped that during the long chat which followed he gave Mr. King pointers concerning President Hoover's reaction to three present causes...