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Days before the Conference met last week, Ottawa swarmed with lobbyists and dickerers from all parts of the Empire and the world. Some 5,000 farmers from Ontario and Quebec were marching upon Ottawa. They proposed to meet in monster caucus, formulate demands for measures to enhance crop prices, present these demands to the Conference...
Aquatic Conferences. After crossing the Atlantic last week, delegations representing 1) His Majesty's Government in Great Britain, Northern Ireland & the non-self-governing parts of the Empire (India, Colonies, Protectorates, Mandates); 2) His Majesty's Government in South Africa landed at Quebec; 3) His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State landed at Montreal. The delegation of 4) His Majesty's Government in Newfoundland came by coastal steamer. After crossing the Pacific, delegations representing 5) His Majesty's Government in Australia and 6) His Majesty's Government in New Zealand landed at Vancouver...
...hours later the Empress of Britain was in exciting collision with the Briarwood, freighter, but no great damage was done and the Empress docked at Quebec only eleven hours late. Right royally welcomed and lustily cheered the Delegations entrained for Ottawa...
...West awaits one thing more - a red hat. For two years there have been ru mors of a consistory at which His Holiness Pope Pius XI would add to the College of Cardinals, depleted now from 70 to 54.- Almost certain to be nominated are two North American prelates, Quebec's Arch bishop Jean Marie Rodrigue Villeneuve. successor to the late Felix Raymond Marie Cardinal Rouleau; and busy 71-year-old Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna of San Francisco, who got for his coadjutor Salt Lake's Mitty, now replaced by The Bronx's Kearney...
...Quebec and Montreal, opponents of Premier Bennett call him a social climber who has made his way into high British Conservative circles on frequent visits to the mother country. The Conservative group will attempt to steamroller through at Ottawa a tariff policy of Empire isolation?the policy against which Edward of Wales came out last week...