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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
11
Canadian grain officials report seaport wheat quality has fallen since 1900 with signs of wear in west sections. Inspector JD Fraser urges stricter grades for 1 2 3 and advises secure packing for accurate grading. He notes moisture limits and drying needs to avoid unsafe threshing.
May birth rate figures from the Bureau of Statistics show Canada at 23.1 per 1000, with Ontario and Quebec leading regional rates. Quebec posts 34.6 while New Brunswick reports 26.6, marking a nationwide decline except for Quebec’s relatively high level. In Toronto, Hon. G Howard Ferguson challenged W D Ross to a horseshoe pitch match during the Royal Winter Fair events. Ferguson lost.
Reginald Francis Orland Iceman embassy counsellor is named as Labour candidate for Uxbridge Middlesex in the upcoming election. He is cousin to Viscount Lascases and to Princess Mary’s husband WC Bridgemay connected to New Zealand Butter trade in Auckland. The Niagara ship is due in Vancouver December 9 with vast cargo including 29 000 boxes of buree and 1879 boxes of Hopolata.
Chinese authorities ban the motion picture The Big Parade after a protest from a German company claiming the film is unfair and biased against Germany and its allies.
Hon Charles Stewart announces open entry to quarter sections along the Hudson Bay Railway from The Pas to Mile 21. Surveys show lands forests and minerals, with aerial mapping planned and more land surveys to follow to support settlement and development.
London reports the British Government is sued to honor a £10000 cheque claimed to bear endorsement by a Moscow diplomatic agent in 1918. The cheque allegedly passed through Russian hands in a fur cap and boot, later smuggled out after Bolshevik seizures, with the claimant seeking payment in British currency. The Government contests the cheque’s royal origin.
International Marine executive touts the Laurentic as built for Canada trade and notes the Laurentie’s maiden Atlantic entry next spring. Toronto speaker Grace Hunter urges women’s Senate committee representation on divorce and public health. Dr Howe envisions future eye transfer from animals to humans. A New York robber pockets 11.60 after brief holdup.
The Soviet Foreign Office denies Bucharest reports that war vessels are on a Black Sea cruise seeking to capture The Queen of the Yukon. The item speculates a winter voyage aimed at Canada’s far north and references Lindbergh’s Spirit of St Louis.
Dispatch from Tokio describes Chang Tro Lin, leader of the Northern alliance, arranging coronation robes from Soo-Chow for a new era. The Manchurian chieftain plans to declare a military mountain era and rename China as a powerful empire after the February 12 1912 republic transition.
The Ontario Agricultural College faculty fined the freshman class 150 dollars for hazing Edward Beddoes a British student. The class is confined to residence each night except one night weekly for the term and must issue an apology to Beddoes for the incident described as a student justice attempt after he allegedly squealed to authorities.
Manitoba officials dispute Ottawa reports that Reward wheat won unauthorized grand championship in Toronto. The grain was loaned for testing by Dominion Experimental Farms and not intended for submission. Willian Pierce demonstrated the winning sample for Manitoba at Toronto. J B Almey bought the winning bushel at the Toronto sale.
The British government will not lay down more 10,000 ton cruisers for now. First Lord of the Admiralty W C Bridgeman told the House that Geneva talks leave hope for a broader naval limitation agreement. He noted Britain’s cautious stance pending any reached agreement.
Twenty five unemployed miners who marched from Wales to meet Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin were refused an interview. Baldwin would not meet their deputation despite their aim to draw attention to the mining crisis. The march did focus public attention even as the effort ended.
R D Furdy, manager, told the annual pool meeting that about 45 006 8 bushels of wheat from the 19 8 crop were handled. Total payments to growers reached 52 308 090 65 dollars. A shipment of 50 000 bushels of Argentine corn arrived at Port Arthur to be used in Fort William poultry feed manufacture.
W. B. Woods, superintendent of land settlement, ordered an immediate survey to estimate the number of farms available for 1925 and to select families for relocation to Albertson district. Local authorities expect settlers to arrive in April and follow methods used in prior years for welcome and farm settlement on government reverted lands.
Saskatchewan dominates Royal Winter Show with Clydesdale prizes. Saskatchewan wins grand and reserve championships, senior and junior champions, and ten additional Clydesdale mares prizes. Manitoba takes six prizes. Don Alda Far earns reserve senior title.
The Hudson Bay railway augments service by adding a way freight with coach for passengers. The Muskeg regular train becomes a through passenger and freight service leaving Stas Sundays at 7 am, picking up freight along the line to boost trade.
An explosion at the Turner Valley Oil Field near Calgary caused severe injuries to men and two young children and sparked a massive blaze. Firefighters arrived late amid blazing derricks as workers escaped through burning timbers. Three million feet of highly flammable gas and gasoline was involved in the fire.
Hon Robert Forke argues Europeans should be welcomed in Canada to fill rough work. He favors keeping British influence while admitting skilled Europeans, and criticizes the assisted passage scheme for farm and domestic labor as poorly enforced. He notes many canalized migrants move to factories, and calls for selective assimilation rather than closed borders.
London swimmer Dorothy Cochrane Logan intends to cross the Straits of Gibraltar after planning to swim the Channel last summer. She has received many letters warning of sharks. she remains determined to attempt the Gibraltar crossing.
The guillotine remains in use in France as abolition efforts fail by a wide margin in parliamentary committees. In Montreal an intersection sidewalk failure caused damages of 1009 dollars to Max Sher for injuries to his son or daughter Sophie who slipped and fractured her left ankle.
Census Director Stuart predicts the United States population around 1920 reaching about 124 million with the 13 percent census indicating a figure near 103.7 million for the capital and nation.
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