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Newspaper
Estevan Mercury
Location
Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
2
Lord Rohanda resigns as British Food Controller citing ill health amid calls for stricter wartime discipline. Across Canada headlines report arson gangs in Ontario, a fatal shooting near Kipling, political debt, and costly Regina grandstand plans. Military expansion, German combat losses, rail and depot troop movements, and inflationary price pressures frame a volatile home front.
Reports from Russia state the monarchy has been restored with Grand Duke Nicholas II as emperor. The Mounted Police border work may shift to the provincial police, possibly creating a mounted detachment for proper patrols. An immense fund is being raised in Ireland to oppose conscription with Nationalists pledging passive resistance. Holland agrees to Germany's demand for free transport of sand and gravel to Belgium, risking invasion if refused. Prince Rupert reports unusually large fish catches, frozen for shipment to prairie provinces per food controller. Samuel Gompers urged unity of English speaking peoples in World War I at Parliament. Budget expected to raise war taxes, including a 1 percent business tax and higher income tax. Winnipeg declares the first Western divorce decree by Justice Galt. Saskatchewan courts will test divorce rights. Saskatchewan appoints registration board to record man and woman power in June, with Wo Gates as superintendent. Canada to add 2000 miles of telephone lines, reaching about 40,000 rural miles. German tanks akin to British models appear. first clash sees British forces disabling enemy tanks with crews abandoning them.
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