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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
7
At the Canadian Hail Underwriters Association annual meeting, Alberta will see rate increases mainly in the extreme south while central and northern Saskatchewan may see reductions. Manitoba unaffected. The change reflects 15 to 16 years of average losses, not the past two years. Forty-two delegates, with colleagues from Chicago and New York, attended.
Dominions press representatives in London now receive individual tickets to the Westminster press gallery aiding rapid dispatch of British parliamentary news to Canada and other dominions. Rt Hon LC M S Amery helped secure the upgrade. In India, Mahatma Gandhi says he plans no Europe trip this year to pursue home rule, as reported in Young India.
Winnipeg veteran state figure Joan McDougall, a former sergeant and Manitoba legislator, is reported in failing health and may miss the February 11 opening. Last year he was fit, marking the first time in 50 years he could not carry the mace at an opening.
The Ippoarome theatre, listed as the world’s largest, was sold for about 4 million dollars. Buyer Frederick Brown, a real estate operator, would not reveal plans, but hints of a new project and possible razing of the site were noted.
In Petoskey Michigan Cross villagers aided a male fisherman Lewis Sweet aged year for a week long struggle against ragged ice on Lake Michigan. He finally reached the mainland and was taken to hospital for treatment.
London Sir Austen Chamberlain British foreign secretary told the House of Commons that the government has no intention of assisting any faction contending for power in Afghanistan and would not interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs.
The government to issue two machines to each new aviation club and an extra machine per club that purchases one. Sixteen clubs already exist and are expected to buy machines. over 150 pilots are in Canada with seven years’ experience. Two inspector vacancies in Ottawa and Regina accompany staff expansion for aviation development. Inspectors test aircraft airworthiness and select airfield sites.
Doukhobor sect members were found guilty of obstructing police and sentenced to six months each. Judgments were delivered by Justices John A. Hutton and John M. Donaldson after a confrontation involving 14 provincial police officers and 10 tear gas devices. Peter Veregin testified in a different marketing trial and did not participate in the case.
Ottawa report notes Canadian boards of trade from Atlantic to Pacific are interlocked to boost national commerce. Vancouver Board of Trade president T. J. Dixon said at the 72nd annual Ottawa meeting that within two years Vancouver would lead a business expedition to the Orient to raise Dominion prestige in the Far East and secure a larger share of Oriental trade for Canadian manufacturers.
Wang King-Ku, top Chinese representative at Geneva, argued that narcotic and political questions cannot be separated while China lacks freedom to shield its people from offenses by foreigners. He urged that Beijing must police its own territory irrespective of other powers’ nationals.
The Canadian Pacific Railway announces a statatory notice from Montreal dated January 29 stating its intention to seek parliamentary charter rights to construct a railroad from Kootenay Landing to Proctor in British Columbia. E. Alexander signs as secretary.
William Jardine a carpenter was electrocuted at the Winnipeg Electric Company substation near Selkirk Manitoba when his saw touched a high tension wire.
Detroit resident Gene Caussier who previously rode a rubber ball over Niagara Falls announces a new stunt leaping from a 46 story building here. He offers 25000 dollars and claims to have designed his own wings for the feat.
Movement in Quebec backed by Premier Taschereau and prominent figures seeks a Canada wide day of thanksgiving for King George recovery. It is supported in Vancouver by Mayor W. H. Malkin and the city council. Winnipeg endorses the plan through Mayor Dan McLean.
Maj W Arthur Steel of the Canadian signals service travels to Washington and New York to gather information on U S direction finding for aircraft. Canada weighs establishing a similar DF service as the technology proves advantageous in aviation abroad.
A Paris cable notes growing Franco Italian naval rivalry in the Mediterranean as a key factor in global naval dynamics. Hector Bywater argues the region is a main artery of empire and warns neutral powers cannot operate normally amid active warfare in the sea lane.
Ottawa immigration data for the first nine months of the fiscal year through December shows 144,113 arrivals, a 12 percent rise from 123,922 in the same period last year. December alone logged 5,515 immigrants, up 21 percent from December 1927, with nationalities including 1,476 Brits and 1,499 listed as other races. Of total arrivals, 2,257 were farming class and 14,159 were female domestic servants.
London reports the engagement of the Duke of Gloucester, former Prince Henry, to Lady Angela Scott is expected to be announced soon. The Daily News says the announcement was delayed due to King George's illness.
E S Law formerly of Claresholm Alberta has been appointed to the board of directors and to the position of first vice president of United Grain Growers Ltd It was announced by president T A Crerar Law succeeds C Rice Jones who held the post for 21 years and resigned to pursue his own business end.
K Hashima of Japanese Government Railways visited Canada to study Canadian National Railways snow clearing methods. He thanked W A Kingsland for cooperation and described a snow fighting machine named McLay inspired by K D McLay. The machine is the most successful of those tried on Japanese rails.
Winnipeg airmen Flight Lieutenant A Carter and Sergeant Joe Maskell of the Royal Canadian Air Force thrilled 300 spectators at Stevenson Aerodrome by parachuting from planes in 13 below zero wind. Carter landed two miles east of the drop point. a tree clump saved his parachute. Maskell was carried for a field jump. Carter's 36th career parachute jump set a record in the British Empire with a prior leap of 2,000 feet at High River in November 1925.
G Turcotte Falher won a land filing after ten days of subzero weather from January 18 to January 28. Corporal McDonald of the mounted police intervened to prevent disorder as Turcotte moved to secure a Falher district homestead that had been leased but recently opened for filing. A man named Tru eau aided as the door opened and Turcette squeezed in first.
Ottawa reports that Coolidge’s congress reports on import preferences via Canadian ports have not been received at the department of external affairs. No diplomatic representations have been made yet. The U S ambassador in Ottawa briefed Premier Mackenzie King weeks ago, with negotiations anticipated to begin soon.
Washington study divides on US Canada trade. A majority Commerce Commission report argues Canadian exports move through US ports at 27 percent, while only 5 percent of US exports go through Canada. A minority Shipping Board view cites normal trade factors and calls for diplomatic talks to level access.
Canada maintained a top tier ranking in global trade for 1928 with total trade reaching 2.596 billion dollars, up from 2.226 billion in 1927. Wheat exports surged to 365.4 million bushels valued at 433.77 million dollars, while imports duties rose to 192.27 million dollars, the highest since 1920 excluding an earlier peak.
Manitoba legislature will convene Monday afternoon February 11 at 3 o'clock. An order-in-council signed by Lt Governor J. D. McGregor fixes the date. The house will begin business after the opening ceremony and reading of the throne speech, departing from the previous custom.
A wire to Misa Myrtle Cook states that exhibitions were not permitted at the Melrose games in New York on February 9. Miss Ethel Catherwood was notified, so Miss Catherwood will not compete in New York.
Labor Leader Clynes praised the Prince of Wales visit to the coal fields calling it a fine human touch that brings the throne nearer to the trouble of the poor and noting the popularity of the figure worldwide.
Negotiations for exchanging diplomatic representatives between the United States and the Union of South Africa were under way at the State Department. South Africa would be the third Commonwealth entity to appoint a minister to Washington, after Canada and the Irish Free State.
The mouse foreign affairs committee approved a resolution authorizing a $50,009 appropriation to enable U S cooperation with Latino American nations in constructing a Pan American highway. The route would extend from Canada to Cape Horn.
Official figures show Germany's unemployed total at 4,209,000 amid higher overall jobless estimates. The unofficial count from a parallel source places the number around 2.75 million.
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