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Bennett Buggy (University of Saskatchewan) A Bennett buggy was a term used in Canada during the Great Depression to describe a car which had its engine, windows and sometimes frame work taken out and was pulled by a horse. In the United States, such vehicles were known as Hoover carts or Hoover wagons, named after then-President Herbert Hoover ...
The Bennett government swiftly came into action regarding "the prosecution of the trek leaders and those who had been charged with rioting and assault." [7] The events helped to discredit Bennett's Conservative government, and in the 1935 federal election, his party went from holding 135 seats to just 39. After the Trek, the Saskatchewan ...
Spinning wheel and Bennett buggy: how Prairie farmers are coping in Great Depression [13] Poor woman asks Prime Minister Bennett to send underwear for her husband (and request is fulfilled) [14] Memorial plaque unveiled at University of Saskatchewan for 46th Battalion [15]
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A car similar to one driven by a wealthy New York couple missing for more than four decades has been found in a south Georgia pond near the hotel where they were last seen, police in Georgia said.
Canadian car owners who could no longer afford gasoline reverted to having their vehicles pulled by horses and dubbed them Bennett Buggies. Bennett's perceived failures during the Great Depression led to the re-election of Mackenzie King's Liberals in the 1935 election.
A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that he is leaning toward supporting an interest rate cut when the Fed meets in two weeks but that evidence of persistent inflation before then could ...
Car owners who could no longer afford gasoline reverted to having their vehicles pulled by horses and dubbed them "Bennett buggies". [11] [12] R. B. Bennett faced pressure for radical reforms from within and without the party: The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), formed in 1932, prepared to fight its first election on a socialist ...