109-632: (Redirected from The Daily Banner ) Banner is the name of the following newspapers: Banner (Toronto newspaper) (1843–1844), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, founded by George Brown The Baltimore Banner , Baltimore, Maryland, on-line newspaper, launched in 2022 Bay State Banner , Boston, Massachusetts, serving the African-American community since 1965 Bennington Banner , Bennington, Vermont, established in 1841 Duncan Banner , Duncan, Oklahoma Hillsboro Banner , Hillsboro, North Dakota,
218-680: A Whig - Liberal political ideology and published articles on British news and politics. As circulation increased in Canada, the paper devoted articles to the political news in the Province of Canada . George became the paper's publisher in March 1843 and travelled to New England, upstate New York, and Canada to promote the paper. While in Canada, Brown spoke with politicians and editors in Toronto , Kingston , and Montreal . Brown might have also been writing articles for
327-661: A rotary press , the first press of this type used in Upper Canada. This purchase increased his printer's efficiency and allowed Brown to create a book publishing and printing office business. Although George was focused on politics, he still wrote articles for the Banner and travelled in July to Kingston to report on the Canadian Synod for the Church of Scotland. After the meeting, Brown sat on
436-563: A V.C. They were part of the 7th Argylls under the 51st Highland Division . As of 2014, the temporary national headquarters of Police Scotland is located in Alloa. Alloa's most famous landmark is the 15th century Alloa Tower ( National Trust for Scotland ), the surviving part of the ancestral medieval residence of the Erskine family, the Earls of Mar . Despite extensive internal and external alterations,
545-407: A by-election, as was required by law. On August 2, the parliament passed an amendment stating that they did not approve of the administration, and Brown asked Head to call a general election. Head declined Brown's request, and on August 4, Brown resigned as co-Premier. Macdonald and Cartier were able to form a new ministry with Alexander Tilloch Galt . On August 28, Brown won the by-election that
654-504: A cabinet factory to recover from financial difficulties, but gained a profit from his mills which sold hardwood to American lumber-dealers. Brown became sick in 1859 and its residual effects continued into 1860, exasperated by the stress of leading the Reform faction in parliament and growing financial concerns with his businesses. Brown's health deteriorated and in the winter of 1861, he stayed in his bed for over two months to recover, missing
763-402: A candidate because he wanted to help his father pay off his financial debts and focus on improving his newspapers. Reformers were mostly unsuccessful in the election, with many prominent members not returning to the legislature. In the summer of 1845, Brown put his father in charge of The Globe and travelled to Southwestern Ontario to increase subscriptions to his paper. He discovered that
872-492: A dry goods store on Broadway and George worked as his assistant. The following year, Brown's mother and sisters immigrated to New York and the family lived in a rented home on Varick Street . When the store grew larger, George travelled to New England, upstate New York, and Canada to continue growing their business. In July 1842 Peter published the first edition of a newspaper called the British Chronicle , which advocated
981-456: A half-hourly service from Alloa railway station to Glasgow Queen Street via Stirling , Larbert and Croy between 0641 and 2315 Monday to Saturday and between 1041 and 2141 on Sundays. Passengers can travel to Inverness , Edinburgh Waverley and Aberdeen with a change at Stirling, however for journeys to or from Edinburgh passengers with heavy luggage may find it more convenient to change at Larbert, where Edinburgh and Glasgow services use
1090-526: A holiday to Scotland. In 1866, Brown bought an estate near Brantford , Upper Canada, and herded shorthorn cattle . He continued writing and editing the Globe and was consulted by Grit officials in issues concerning provincial and Canadian politics. Brown fought numerous battles with the typographical union from 1843 to 1872. He was forced to pay union wages after tense negotiations and strikes. In 1874, Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie asked Brown to negotiate
1199-508: A local mining engineer, was contracted to provide water power from the Gartmorn Dam to operate the mines and other industries. Good water supplies and the availability of barley from the carselands encouraged George Younger to set up a brewery in the 1760s and he was soon followed by others. Alloa became one of Scotland's premier brewing centres. The 6th Earl of Mar was forced to flee the country and forfeit his lands after disastrously backing
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#17328914350921308-632: A new reciprocity treaty with the US. He negotiated with the United States Secretary of State Hamilton Fish from February until June 18, when a draft of their treaty was proposed in the US Congress. The Congress did not pass the bill into law and it was set aside when Congress adjourned four days after the treaty was proposed. Brown was appointed to the Canadian senate in 1874 and attended his first session
1417-711: A political deadlock, especially if different parties held a majority of seats in each body. The result of the Quebec Conference was the Quebec Resolutions . Brown presented the Quebec Resolutions in a speech in Toronto on November 3. Later that month, he travelled to England to begin discussions with British officials about Canadian confederation, the integration of the North West Territories into Canada, and
1526-484: A political rivalry to deepen between Brown and Macdonald. Brown helped organize a political convention on January 8, 1857, to unite his followers with Clear Grits and Liberals who left the Hincks administration. Brown served as one of the meeting's "joint secretaries of the local committee". This convention marked the Reform party's transition away from a radicalism and towards a political ideology more closely aligned with
1635-510: A religious separate school system and endorsed representation by population in the legislature. His newspaper, the Globe , still had widespread circulation and on October 1 started publishing every day as the Daily Globe to compete with other newspapers who had previously started to publish daily. Brown's support deteriorated when scandals against Hincks were reported in the fall of 1853 and Brown toured Canada West, demanding new leadership for
1744-463: A rival Reform newspaper called Pilot was selling copies at a lower rate and people did not want to subscribe to more than one paper. Brown appealed to Reform leaders, who convinced Francis Hincks , the editor of Pilot , to raise the cost of his paper. In October, Brown published the first edition of Western Globe in London, Canada West , which combined editorials from The Globe with local stories from
1853-483: A select committee to investigate the sectional problems in Canada and try to find a solution, and the bill for this committee's creation passed in spring 1864. Under his chairmanship, the committee reported on June 14 a strong preference for a new federal system of government. That same day, the MacDonald- Taché administration was dissolved. Brown stated that he would support any administration that committed to solving
1962-673: A settlement of escaped slaves in Buxton from hostile white inhabitants in Kent . He was also an executive member of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada. Throughout the Province of Canada 's existence, Brown advocated against dissolving the union. In the 1850s he was worried that a dissolved union would cause the St Lawrence River, a major thorough way for trade, to be hampered by the two jurisdictions imposing different rules on their section of
2071-548: A small yarn-spinning business in the town, later establishing Kilncraigs Mill. Much of the Kilncraigs complex has been demolished but a four-storey Edwardian Baroque block of 1903–1904 survives, with an extension of 1936. The buildings were converted to Council offices by LDN architects in 2003/2004. Patons merged with J. & J. Baldwin of Halifax in 1924 to become Paton & Baldwins Ltd. The town itself continued to be known for its weaving and glassmaking industries well into
2180-505: A way to ensure the French population did not have out-sized power. He wanted to maintain the defensive and trade advantages that a unified province would have and looked to incorporate the Maritime provinces into the union. Brown's residence, formerly called Lambton Lodge and now called George Brown House , at 186 Beverley Street, Toronto, was named a National Historic Site of Canada in 1974. It
2289-523: A weekly newspaper first published in 1879 Logan Banner , Logan, West Virginia The Peel Banner , Brampton, Ontario, Canada, a 19th-century newspaper See also [ edit ] Cambridge Daily Banner , Cambridge, Maryland Cleveland Daily Banner , Cleveland, Tennessee References [ edit ] ^ Bélanger, Claude. "George Brown" . Quebec History . Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College . Retrieved 15 April 2018 . [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with
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#17328914350922398-606: Is affiliated to the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church . Alloa is currently served by two churches in the Church of Scotland , namely Alloa Ludgate Church (formed by the union of Alloa North Parish Church and Alloa West Parish Church in 2009 in the building of the former West Church) and St. Mungo's Parish Church . In 1978 the Very Rev Dr Peter Brodie (then minister at St Mungo's) was elected Moderator of
2507-511: Is by Sir Robert Lorimer with sculpture by Pilkington Jackson . The monument to the South African War is also by Lorimer (1904). Alloa is served by many food retailers including Iceland Frozen Foods , Tesco , Aldi , Lidl , Morrisons , Asda , Co-op Food and Farmfoods . The Asda supermarket, opened in September 2006, is adjacent to the site of the new railway station and was built on
2616-419: Is called Alway; in some subsequent ones, Aulway, Auleway; and more recently Alloway. Dr Jamieson stated that the most probable etymology of the name was from Aull Waeg – the way to the sea. Sir Robert Erskine was granted the lands of Alloa and its environs in 1368 for services to King David II and he and his descendants were good stewards, developing the estates and innovating. One of the earliest maps of
2725-510: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles George Brown (Canadian politician) George Brown (November 29, 1818 – May 9, 1880) was a British-Canadian journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation . He attended the Charlottetown (September 1864) and Quebec (October 1864) conferences. A noted Reform politician, he is best known as the founder and editor of
2834-516: Is located in Mar Street. The church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld . There is a Musalla on Whins Road in Alloa. Muslims who are unable to attend a mosque can use this space as a place of prayer, worship and education. In 2003 it became open to the public. Alloa is home to one professional football club: Alloa Athletic Football Club . The club was formed in 1880 under
2943-596: Is now operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust as a conference centre and offices. Brown also maintained an estate, Bow Park, near Brantford, Ontario . Bought in 1826, it was a cattle farm during Brown's time and is currently a seed farm. Toronto's George Brown College (founded 1967) is named after him. A statue of Brown can be found on the front west lawn of Queen's Park and another on Parliament Hill in Ottawa (sculpted by George William Hill in 1913). He
3052-665: Is on the north bank of the Forth at the spot where some say it ceases to be the River Forth and becomes the Firth of Forth . Alloa is south of the Ochil Hills on the western Fife peninsula, 6.0 miles (9.7 km) east of Stirling and 13.0 miles (20.9 km) west of Dunfermline ; by water Alloa is 25 miles (40 km) from Granton . The town, formerly a burgh of barony , is the administrative centre of Clackmannanshire Council. Historically,
3161-562: Is served by the Rev. Jason Lingiah and is part of the Presbytery of East. On Greenside Street, in the old Greenside mission hall (a mission of Moncrieff United Free Church), is Alloa Elim Pentecostal Church . There are churches of other denominations in the town, including a Baptist church, and St John's Episcopal Church. There are also congregations of Latter-day Saints and Jehovah's Witnesses in Alloa. The Catholic church, also named St Mungo's,
3270-451: Is well used for fishing and leisure purposes. The Clackmannanshire Library was founded at Alloa in 1797 and it contained upwards of 1500 volumes. As the 18th century closed a whisky distillery was established at Carsebridge by John Bald. In the 18th century the staple business of the port was coal with about 50,000 tons a year exported. In 1813 the first steamboat started to operate out of Alloa harbour. Rival companies later united into
3379-540: The Toronto Globe , Canada's most influential newspaper at the time, and his leadership in the founding of the Liberal Party in 1867. He was an articulate champion of the grievances and anger of Upper Canada (Ontario). He played a major role in securing national unity. His career in active politics faltered after 1865, but he remained a powerful spokesman for the Liberal Party . He promoted westward expansion and opposed
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3488-580: The Bleus of Canada East, as it was the structure that would ensure that the provinces retained sufficient control over local matters to satisfy the need of the French-speaking population in Canada East for jurisdiction over matters that it considered to be essential to its survival. Brown remained a proponent of a stronger central government, with weaker constituent provincial governments. In May and June, Brown
3597-553: The Jacobite cause in 1715. However, his brother was allowed to purchase the forfeited lands and future generations continued the tradition of creative industry by launching a glass-works in 1750 and laying one of Scotland's earliest railways (a waggonway) from the Sauchie mines to down to the harbour in around 1766. Before 1775, the colliers were attached to the properties in which they were born and were virtual serfs or slaves, supported by
3706-523: The Parti Rouge , to criticise the governing coalition. For these efforts, Brown assumed an unofficial role as one of the leaders of the opposition members. He also bought two Grit-aligned newspapers and merged their staffs to his Globe paper. In May 1855, the Canadian legislature passed a bill that allowed the creation of Roman Catholic-based separate school boards in Upper Canada. This was seen as French-Canadian encroachment into Upper Canadian matters, as
3815-701: The Provincial Penitentiary in Portsmouth, Canada West . The commission's report, drafted by Brown in early 1849, documented abuse within the penitentiary perpetrated by its staff members. He recommended changes in the jail's structure such as separating juvenile, first-time, and long-term prisoners and hiring prison inspectors. While the commission was conducting its investigation, the prison's Board of Inspectors resigned and Brown, along with Adam Fergusson and William Bristow . Although initially volunteers, Brown and Bristow were later paid for their work, becoming
3924-567: The West Indies , Egypt and the Far East . Alloa was also home to Alloa Brewery Co, developing Graham's Golden Lager in 1927 which was renamed Skol in the 1950s. Closures and mergers during the mid-20th century reduced the number of breweries to two and by 1999 after the closure of MacLay's Thistle Brewery, only one remained, the Forth Brewery which became Williams Bros. in 2003. In addition to
4033-679: The liberal ideology in Britain . The meeting adopted a new political platform for Reformer that was mostly of the political positions of Brown and his newspaper. An election for the Parliament of the Province of Canada was held in November 1857. Brown did not want to run for the seat in Lambton because its constituency concerns took up much of his time and he wanted to focus on Reform party matters. Brown accepted
4142-429: The "Stirling, Alloa and Kincardine Steamboat Company". In 1822 water was brought into the town and in 1828 a gas works was built. While building a road to Alloa Academy in 1828, an ancient burial site was found at Mars Hill, with several finds including two gold armlets. Alloa Academy was built in 1824, being paid for by subscription. The Alloa Swing Bridge was opened to the public on 1 October 1885. The population
4251-524: The 1990s, but was badly damaged by fire in August 2024. It was illegally demolished in September 2024 without listed-building consent. Alloa Town Hall and Library was designed by the architect Alfred Waterhouse and built in 1886-9 at a cost of £18,008. The Speirs Centre was built as Alloa's swimming pool in 1895 and was designed by Sir John Burnet of Glasgow. The Sheriff Court is by Brown and Wardrop of 1862–5. Alloa War Memorial (designed 1920 erected 1925)
4360-446: The 19th and early 20th centuries. Alloa was long associated with the brewing industry, with at least nine major breweries producing ales at its height. However industrial decline during the mid to late 20th century has led to the economy relying more on retail and leisure. The first brewing firms in the town were Younger in 1762 and Meiklejohn in 1784. Alloa ale was sent to London and George Younger had an extensive export trade to
4469-564: The Atlantic provinces. On September 5, 1864, Brown outlined the proposed constitutional structure for the union. The conference accepted the proposal in principle and Brown attended subsequent meetings in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Saint John, New Brunswick to determine the details of the union. During the Quebec Conference , Brown argued for separate provincial and federal governments. He hoped
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4578-560: The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . Four other former St. Mungo's ministers have held this position. Its current minister, the Rev. Sang Y Cha, is the first Korean to be ordained to The Church of Scotland . Alloa is part of the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Stirling. The United Free Church of Scotland has a presence in Alloa through the congregation at Moncrieff United Free Church in Drysdale Street. The congregation
4687-678: The Great Coalition on December 19. Brown renewed relationships with Rouge colleagues to strengthen the Reform party's political prospects in Canada West. He lost an election in Southern Ontario for a seat in the new legislature. He determined that too many Reformers joined Macdonald and the Conservatives during the Great Coalition, and the public supported this non-partisan administration. He declined to run in safer constituencies and went on
4796-470: The Maritime Provinces, the views of French Canadians must be consulted as well as ours. This scheme can be carried, and no scheme can be that has not the support of both sections of the province." Although he supported the idea of a legislative union at the Quebec Conference, Brown was eventually persuaded to favour the federal view of Confederation, which was closer to that supported by Cartier and
4905-465: The Nelson's home. The couple departed to Toronto just over a week later. With his health recovered Brown desired to return to politics, but also committed to his wife that his time in politics would be temporary and not his career, as she wanted to spend more time with him. In March 1863 the constituency of South Oxford was to hold a byelection, and Reformers selected Brown as their candidate, even though he
5014-537: The Reform party. For the 1854 general election, the constituency he represented was split into two and he decided to run in Lambton , as he was not confident that he could win the other Kent constitutency. At the election's conclusion, Hincks formed a new Liberal-Conservative administration with Allan MacNab , causing Brown to become a member of the opposition. Brown worked with his opposition colleagues, including former Clear Grit rivals, Reformers who abandoned Hincks, and
5123-646: The Reformer candidate; Wilson won the election over Conservative opponents. In 1859 Brown and other Upper Canadian Reformers organised a convention in Toronto to discuss the governance of the province, in the hopes that agreeing to a unified policy would prevent divisions within the movement on the issue. Brown favoured creating a federalist system with the province obtaining more control over its governance, as he felt this system would repel American encroachment into British North American territory west of Upper Canada and restrain his perceived Conservative corruption exampled by
5232-608: The Toronto Anti-Clergy Reserves Association in May 1850 to advocate for the abolition of clergy reserves; he did not think French-Canadian reformers would support these measures, but thought that promoting this policy would prevent further Reform defections to the Clear Grits. In April 1851, Brown ran in a byelection to represent Haldimand County in the Canadian parliament but lost to William Lyon Mackenzie . In
5341-558: The Toronto campaign. Brown was elected in both constituencies, and his Reformers won the majority of seats in Canada West. His allies in the Parti Rouge were unsuccessful in Canada East and Brown returned to the legislature as an opposition member. In the legislative session after the election, Brown served as the de facto leader of the opposition. On July 28, 1858, the cabinet of the Macdonald- Cartier administration resigned when
5450-472: The Tower retains its original medieval wooden roof and battlements, as well as some internal features. It is one of the largest and earliest of Scottish tower houses . The town formerly contained a large number of 17th and 18th century buildings, but many were cleared with the expansion of milling operations and later with slum clearance in the 20th century. However, Alloa does retain some historic architecture in
5559-757: The US, each day. However, in 2009 the company announced that it intended to close the Carsebridge Cooperage and move the work to nearby Cambus . The new Cambus cooperage was opened in December 2011 by the Earl of Wessex . Alloa is linked to the historic Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders housed at Stirling Castle . Many of the soldiers in the Second World War fought under Montgomery at the Battle of El Alamein and Wadi Akrit where their commanding officer Lorne Campbell won
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#17328914350925668-413: The administration. Brown's speech at the convention supporting a federal government was positively received by the delegates, who passed resolutions supporting Brown's favoured policy positions. On April 30, 1860, Brown proposed a bill in the Province of Canada's legislature to form a convention that would discuss federalism. The bill was defeated, but the Reformer's support for federalism was documented in
5777-471: The area was made by surveyor and cartographer John Adair in 1681. See Alloa witches John Erskine , the 6th Earl of Mar oversaw many far-reaching developments including substantial harbour improvements, a customs house, a "New Town" area of housing, and commissioning the building of the Gartmorn Dam , which was designed by George Sorocold . Erskine owned many of the coal mines, and Robert Bald ,
5886-448: The bill passed without the support of the majority of Upper Canadian parliamentarians. Brown used the event to campaign for representation by population, in which electoral districts would be divided so that each one contained a roughly equal number of electors. Brown's pursuit of that goal of correcting what he perceived to be a great wrong to Canada West was accompanied at times by stridently critical remarks against French Canadians and
5995-569: The brewing of beer, Alloa is the site of the former Carsebridge Distillery. According to Alfred Barnard , the Victorian historian of British distilling and brewing, the distillery was founded as a malt distillery by John Bald in 1799. In the 1840s it was converted into a grain distillery and by the time of Barnard's visit in the mid 1880s the distillery covered 10 acres, employed 150 people, and had an annual output of 1.4 to 1.7 million gallons of pure grain whisky. The distillery's owner John Bald and Co
6104-585: The brothers died in infancy. He was baptised in St. Cuthbert's Chapel of Ease . He lived in Alloa until he moved to Edinburgh before he turned eight. He attended Royal High School , then transferred to the Southern Academy of Edinburgh. Upon graduation his father wanted George to attend university but George convinced his father to let him work in the family's business. He briefly lived in London to be taught by agents of
6213-432: The buildings on the property. In 1880 the Globe was also struggling financially as Brown paid for updating the newspaper's printing press in order to produce multi-page and machine-folded papers. On March 25, 1880, a former Globe employee, George Bennett , burst into Brown's office; he was recently fired by a foreman and wanted a certificate that showed he had worked for the paper for five years. Brown did not recognise
6322-413: The business before returning to Edinburgh. He joined the Philo-Lectic Society of Edinburgh, where young men would meet and discuss topics in a parliamentary debate. Brown's father also worked as a collector of assessments . Some of the funds he collected for the municipality were mixed with his business bank accounts, and in 1836 some of the funds in these accounts were lost in business speculations. Peter
6431-547: The candidacy nomination for North Oxford because it would have fewer constituency affairs and, since it often elected Liberal candidates, he could campaign for other Liberal candidates elsewhere in the province. In Toronto, a petition circulated for Brown to run for one of its two seats. It was signed by groups that traditionally did not support Reform candidates, such as Orangemen , who felt that Conservative candidates were cooperating too much with French Canadians. Brown decided to run in both constituencies, focusing his attention on
6540-542: The colonies' reciprocity trade agreement with the United States was terminated. During the meeting, Brown spoke with Maritime delegates to gather support for the Canadian confederation, as support for the project was decreasing in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He supported the council's resolution to pursue trade policies that reduced tariffs with the US. The administration for the Province of Canada disagreed and sought to increase tariffs on American goods. Brown, frustrated with his cabinet colleagues over this issue, resigned from
6649-455: The committee of Free Kirks in Kingston who wanted to secede from the Church of Scotland. In the fall, Brown campaigned for Reform candidates in communities surrounding Toronto. In Halton , Reformers asked Brown to convince one of the three Reform candidates to end their campaign as the county would only elect two candidates and Reformers did not want to split the vote; Brown convinced Caleb Hopkins to end his campaign. Brown declined to run as
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#17328914350926758-434: The credit for the development of the town of Bothwell, in his constituency of Lambton, and set aside farmland for his own use. In 1856, John A. Macdonald accused Brown of falsifying evidence and coercing witnesses in the Royal Commission on the Kingston Provincial Penitentiary in 1848. A committee of inquiry produced a report that was non-committal of Brown's guilt. Macdonald's accusations and subsequent investigation caused
6867-442: The deadlock in the legislature. Brown, MacDonald, Taché, and George-Étienne Cartier agreed to form an administration later called the Great Coalition to seek a federal union with the Atlantic provinces . Brown became the president of the council, a cabinet-level position, under the premiership of Taché. Brown attended the Charlottetown Conference where Canadian delegates outlined their proposal for Canadian Confederation with
6976-471: The defence of British North America from possible American invasion. Brown realized that satisfaction for Canada West could only be achieved with the support of the French-speaking majority of Canada East. In his speech in support of Confederation in the Legislature of the Province of Canada on February 8, 1865, he spoke glowingly of the prospects for Canada's future, and he insisted that "whether we ask for parliamentary reform for Canada alone or in union with
7085-416: The economy relied heavily on trade between Glasgow and mainland Europe through its port. This became increasingly uncompetitive and the port stopped operating in 1970. The local economy is now centred on retail and leisure since the closure of major industries; only one brewer and one glassmaker survive today. Parochially, Alloa was linked with Tullibody . The towns are now distinct, albeit with Lornshill in
7194-433: The election as an independent Reform candidate, defeating Arthur Rankin , the Reformer's ministry-approved candidate, and a Tory opponent. Brown supported an administration led by Hincks and Augustin-Norbert Morin as successors to the Baldin-Lafontaine government, though he criticised the government for abandoning liberal ideals. Brown worked to end state support for religious institutions, opposed government funding for
7303-422: The entire 1861 parliamentary session. An election took place later that year, in which the Toronto Reform Association nominated Brown to be their candidate in the constituency of Toronto East. Brown struggled to campaign, with his health not fully recovered, although he returned to giving passionate speeches by the end of the campaign. He also struggled with having accomplished few of his proposed policies while he
7412-408: The first government inspectors to be employed in this role. In October 1853 The Globe started printing new issues daily and claimed that the paper had the largest circulation in British North America . In 1848, Reformers won the majority of seats in the Province of Canada legislature and an administration was formed with Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine serving as co-premiers. By
7521-523: The following session of parliament, Baldwin and Lafontaine announced their retirement from politics, and Hincks assumed leadership of the western Reform movement. Hincks renewed his rivalry with Brown, criticising the Globe for opposing state support for religious institutions. In the fall of 1851, Brown bought agricultural land in Kent county , Upper Canada, to begin work as a farmer. Later that year, Reformers in Kent county, including Alexander Mackenzie and Archibald McKellar , encouraged Brown to run in
7630-406: The following year, two factions formed among the Reformers over disagreements among secularising clergy reserves , whether the Province of Canada should be annexed by the United States, and how much influence should be given to Reformers who participated in the Upper Canada Rebellion . Brown remained aligned with the Reform party while others split off to form the Clear Grit movement. He joined
7739-532: The following year. He supported Mackenzie when Edward Blake and the Canada First movement expressed their frustrations with Mackenzie's leadership. His attendance in the senate was sporadic as he focused on the business affairs at his ranch. He travelled to England in February 1876 to raise capital to create a new company based on raising cattle, and obtained a charter for the new company upon his return to Canada in May. His company struggled to be financially successful and two fires in December 1879 destroyed many of
7848-537: The form of Alloa Tower, Tobias Bauchop 's House at 25 Kirkgate (1695), as well as later buildings such as Inglewood House ( c. 1900 ), Gean House (1912) and Greenfield House (1892). Carsebridge House, known locally as the Doll's House, was a B-listed two-storey house built around 1799 as part of the plan to establish the Carsebridge Distillery. It survived the demolition of the distillery buildings in
7957-569: The governor-general of the province, Charles Metcalfe , prorogued the Reform-dominated Canadian assembly when several Reform politicians resigned from the government. George published an editorial on December 15 that was critical of the governor-general's actions. In the subsequent weeks, Banner published editorials that disputed political accusations against Reformers and called for unity behind Liberal candidates in future elections. In 1844, Reformers were concerned that Tories, in
8066-516: The grouting of a large number of shallow mine workings. The project also involved the construction of a new bypass road, and a bridge which replaced a level crossing in the town. Alloa railway station reopened in May 2008, a short distance east of its former site, just beyond the location of the former junction to the Devon Valley line that served Tillicoultry and Dollar, and also carried through trains to Kinross and Perth. ScotRail now operates
8175-550: The land where the Alloa brewery once stood. After the closure of the Stirling-Alloa- Dunfermline line in 1968 and the Devon Valley Railway in 1973, the town had no passenger railway services for 40 years until 2008. The Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link project was completed in May 2008. The laying of new track had commenced in September 2006 after much preparatory work, including new drainage works and
8284-405: The legislature rejected Ottawa as the new permanent capital of the province. Edmund Walker Head , the governor-general of Canada, asked Brown to form a new administration. Brown did not have a majority of support in the legislature, and he negotiated a cabinet under a co-premiership with Antoine-Aimé Dorion . Brown and the other members of his cabinet resigned their seats in parliament to run in
8393-463: The line. Besides the two high schools of Lornshill Academy and Alloa Academy , the town also has four primary schools : Sunnyside, Redwell, Park, and St Mungos. In addition to these, the New Struan School is an independently run day and residential school catering for children of both primary and high school ages with autistic spectrum disorders . There is also a OneSchool Global UK that
8502-415: The man, so asked him to speak with the foreman. The two men argued and Bennett pulled out a gun. Brown grabbed for the gun, but it fired a bullet into Brown's thigh. Bennett was secured by other men and the wound was deemed minor. Brown left the office and stayed in his Toronto home to recover. His leg became infected and he obtained a fever and delirium . On May 9, 1880, Brown died in his Toronto home. Brown
8611-513: The master. After the Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775 abolished the system, the colliers could move between collieries at will, and they were supported in their needs by the Alloa Colliers' Fund or Friendly Society which was founded in 1775. Traces of the waggonway and the Gartmorn Dam can still be seen today, and although the dam is no longer used for energy production or water supply, it
8720-470: The middle, and Alloa is about twice the size of its north-western neighbour. The population of Alloa was estimated to be approximately 20,730 residents in 2016. Alloa grew up under the protection of Alloa Tower which may have been built before 1300 AD. The name of the town has had different spelling at different periods. In the charter granted by King Robert the Bruce in the year 1315, to Thomas de Erskyne, it
8829-705: The name of Alloa but changed to its present-day name of Alloa Athletic in 1881. The team currently play in the Scottish Championship , formerly the Scottish Football League First Division , after being promoted as winners of a play-off with Dunfermline Athletic , the season after being crowned champions of the Scottish Football League Third Division at the end of the 2011–12 season . Their home games are played at Recreation Park in Alloa. Alloa's oldest newspaper,
8938-533: The paper; J.M.S. Careless , a historian, notes that a series of articles called "A Tour of Canada" were published in the same writing style of Brown's later articles while Brown was in Canada. Peter Brown supported the evangelical faction during the Disruption of 1843 within the Church of Scotland . These members separated from the Church of Scotland in May 1843 and formed the Free Church of Scotland . While George
9047-661: The parliament, their position was weak and only a few votes against the government could cause it to be disbanded. Even though Brown was defeated, he was still seen as a leader of the Liberal movement in Western Canada and inquired with his Liberal eastern counterparts about forming a government should the Conservative coalition be defeated. When his inquiries were rejected, Brown used the opportunity to withdraw from public life, refusing requests to speak at rallies. In 1862 Brown's illness
9156-521: The policies of Conservative Prime Minister John A. Macdonald . George Brown was born in Alloa , Clackmannanshire , Scotland on November 29, 1818. His father, Peter Brown, ran a wholesale business in Edinburgh and managed a glassworks in Alloa. His mother was Marianne ( née Mackenzie). George was their eldest son; he had two older sisters, two younger sisters and four younger brothers, although three of
9265-579: The power exerted by the Catholic population of Canada East over the affairs of a predominately anglophone and Protestant Canada West. However, he did not want the dissolution of the Canadas as much of Canada West's trade went through Canada East along the St. Lawrence River, and splitting the union would give the eastern province control over the waterway before they entered Canada West. In 1855, Brown organised and provided
9374-507: The province. George convinced his father to move to Canada and they published the last issue of the British Chronicle on July 22, 1843. George and Peter rented a storefront in Toronto and on August 18, 1843, they published the first edition a new paper called Banner . George managed the secular department of the newspaper, commenting on non-religious issues. Banner initially did not commit to any political causes, although it supported many policies advocated by Reformers . This changed when
9483-507: The provincial government would remove local concerns from the federal government, which he thought were more politically divisive. He also argued for an appointed Senate because he saw upper houses as inherently conservative and believed they protected the interests of the rich. He wished to deny the Senate the legitimacy and power that naturally follow with an electoral mandate. He was also concerned that two elected legislative bodies could create
9592-564: The river. When choosing how to transport their goods, farmers to the west of Upper Canada might use the Erie Canal in the United States instead (as this route would have one set of rules) and potentially setting up American annexation of those lands. Instead, Brown wanted a federal union that would have jurisdiction over joint concerns while each section would create laws for their own territory. Brown advocated for representation by population as
9701-489: The same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names). If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banner_(newspaper)&oldid=1197416214 " Category : Set index articles on newspapers Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
9810-432: The same platform. The new railway opened for traincrew route learning in early April 2008, followed by the opening to the public on Monday 19 May 2008. This had been preceded by an official opening on 15 May 2008, where LNER Gresley K4 61994 The Great Marquess hauled four specials to Stirling. The return workings were hauled by Deltic 55022 Royal Scots Grey . Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson officially reopened
9919-493: The southwestern region. In 1846, Brown began publishing the Globe semi-weekly, proclaiming that he was the first Reform-newspaper in Toronto to do so. During the 1848 Province of Canada legislative election, Hincks was in Montreal attending to business concerns and did not go to Oxford county to campaign for his re-election as the constituency's representative. Brown spoke at the nomination meeting on Hincks's behalf and Hincks
10028-486: The upcoming Canadian parliament election for the constituency of Kent county. Brown accepted their offer and was nominated as a Reform candidate, even though he planned to campaign against the current Reform ministry's state support for religious institutions. He also campaigned in support of representation by population, free trade agreements with British colonies and the United States, and the development of transportation infrastructures like rail lines and canals. Brown won
10137-489: The upcoming election for the legislature of the Province of Canada, would appeal to the citizen's sense of loyalty to the British monarch and thus not vote for Reformers. They wanted to establish newspapers that would publish their ideas and offered Brown £250 (equivalent to £32,000 in 2023) to begin a new paper. In March, Brown published the first issue of The Globe as its editor and publisher. Two months later, Brown bought
10246-418: The vote and Brown was able to convince the majority of Reformers to support his resolution. Brown continued operating and investing in business ventures throughout Upper Canada. In the Globe he announced a new layout for the paper that allowed more text to be printed on each page; this was made possible by investments into new, copper-faced type. In Kent he sold some of the acres of land at his property and
10355-426: Was 5,434 in the 1841 census. After the improvements were made to the harbour during the 18th century, Alloa thrived as a river port through which the products of Glasgow manufacture were exported to continental Europe. At that time, and until the 1950s, the main industry to the north and east of the town was coal mining. Wool was also locally plentiful and in the early part of the 19th century, John Paton set up
10464-439: Was a legislator. His Conservative opponent, John Willoughby Crawford , also campaigned on similar policies to those that Brown advocated for, stating that if elected he would be a member of the ruling party and could accomplish policies that Brown struggled with as an opposition legislator. Crawford won the election, ending Brown's tenure as a legislator. Although Conservative factions successfully won another majority of seats in
10573-817: Was against giving state money to religions in clergy reserves , he was willing to tolerate it in order to maintain an allegiance between the Upper Canadian Reformers and French Canadian Catholic Reformers. Brown was against slavery and believed that the largest fault of the United States was the enslavement of people in American southern states. He was part of the Elgin Association, a group of mostly Free Kirk people that purchased land in Kent county for escaped slaves to live on. He also wrote editorials in The Globe defending
10682-455: Was buried at Toronto Necropolis . Bennett was subsequently charged and hanged. His wife, Anne Nelson, returned to Scotland thereafter where she died in 1906. She is buried on the southern terrace of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh . The grave also commemorates George Brown. In 1885 his daughters Margaret and Catherine were two of the first women to graduate from the University of Toronto. Brown
10791-589: Was called because of his short appointment to the cabinet during the Brown-Dorion administration. Brown toured the province, giving speeches at various Reform gatherings that denounced the Cartier-Macdonald administration. In the 1859 Toronto mayoral election, the first where the electorate would directly vote for mayor, Brown organised the Municipal Reform Association to nominate Adam Wilson as
10900-565: Was not accused of corruption, but he sought to repair his reputation and recoup the lost funds. He attempted to collect from people he lent money to but was unable to after the onset of the economic depression in 1837 . Peter decided to emigrate to New York City to seek business opportunities and rebuild his reputation. George accompanied his father to North America, and they left Europe in May 1837. The Browns landed in New York in June 1837. Peter opened
11009-479: Was one of five companies that combined to form the Distillers Company Limited in 1877. In 1902, a fire devastated the distillery, after World War I it was refitted and started producing yeast. This yeast production lasted until 1938. In 1956 the distillery was modernised, it expanded in 1966 and in the 1970s a new still house, cooperage and animal feedstuffs plant added. By 1980 the Carsebridge Distillery
11118-509: Was part of a delegation sent to London to continue discussions about confederation with British officials. The British government agreed to support Canadian confederation, defend Canada if attacked by the US, and help with establishing a new trade agreement with the US. In September, Galt and Brown represented the Province of Canada at the Confederate Trade Council, a meeting of Canadian colonies to negotiate common trade policies after
11227-553: Was portrayed by Peter Outerbridge in the 2011 CBC Television film John A.: Birth of a Country . George Brown appears on a Canadian postage stamp issued on August 21, 1968. Alloa Alloa (Received Pronunciation / ˈ æ l oʊ ə / ; Scottish pronunciation /ˈaloʊa/; Scottish Gaelic : Alamhagh , possibly meaning "rock plain" ) is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland . It
11336-637: Was raised as a member of the Church of Scotland . Canadian historian J. M. S. Careless described the family's faith as further from the Calvinist interpretation of the bible and more closely followed the tenets of the evangelical movement of the 1800s. Brown advocated for a Puritan separation between politics and religion; he believed that political liberty could only be achieved if religious institutions were not involved in politics, and while he believed everyone should be Christian, he thought political institutions should not influence religion. In 1850, although he
11445-589: Was still affecting him and he decided to recover in Great Britain. He spent a month in London; while there he had a chance meeting with Tom Nelson, a schoolmate of his in Royal High School. Nelson convinced Brown to visit him in Edinburgh, where he met his sister Anne. Brown moved to a location close to the Nelson home, and began courting Anne. Five weeks after their first meeting, on November 27, they were wed at
11554-421: Was successfully reelected. Reformers won the majority of seats in the election to form an administration led by Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine . In July 1848 Brown and his father closed the Banner to focus on expanding The Globe and their publishing business. In the summer of 1848, Brown was appointed by the administration to lead a Royal Commission to examine accusations of official misconduct in
11663-512: Was the largest grain distillery in Scotland, however it closed in 1983 and was demolished in 1992. One of the distillery's Coffey stills is now in use at the Cameronbridge distillery. After whisky ceased to be produced at Carsebridge, the cooperage remained as one of two owned by Diageo in Scotland. In 2008, 30 people worked there assembling or repairing up to 400 bourbon casks, imported from
11772-501: Was touring Canada, they asked him to present an offer to his father: to move publication of the British Chronicle to Upper Canada in exchange for a bond of $ 2500. George supported the proposal, as he felt there were more opportunities to succeed in Canada. He thought that there was hostility towards the paper in New York because of the paper's focus on Britain. Upon meeting Reform politicians in his travels through Canada, George felt that they would support his paper should it relocate to
11881-413: Was unfamiliar with the riding's concerns. Brown won the by-election and returned to a leadership position within the Reform party. He won re-election during the July 1863 general election, and Reformers won the majority of seats in Canada West while Conservatives won the majority of seats in Canada East. This created a deadlock in the legislature that made governing the province difficult. Brown proposed
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