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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
7
Ottawa and London observers report a honours dinner for Sir Robert L. Borden former Canadian prime minister. Speakers including Lord Birkenhead and Sir Robert praised empire unity and economic growth while discussing tariffs and new transportation methods affecting Canadian industry.
Crowds line the streets of London to welcome President Doumeriue of France as he arrives at the Guildhall. He is greeted by the Lord Mayor and city dignitaries who present an Address in a gold casket. Cabinet ministers naval and military officers and the Archbishop of Canterbury attend the gala event.
The forty fif th session of the League of Nations Council opens June 12 and aims to accelerate the preparatory disarmament commission work. It seeks agreement on unsettled questions to speed a general disarmament conference. Thirty questions are on the agenda including disarmament and security issues. Sir Austen Chamberlain will preside.
The British Post Office asks that mail to London include the district initial and number such as London SW to speed delivery, and mail to other areas should include the county name like Halifax Yorkshire in the address. This tightening of addressing aims to reduce handling time and improve routing efficiency.
Ramsay MacDonald former British prime minister sails for New York aboard the Cunard liner Berengaria on May 17 with his daughter Seabhel. This marks a second visit to the United States mirroring his 30 year old honeymoon voyage.
Ontario government stores opened liquor permits to purchase, and 1,155 Toronto residents obtained them on the first day. Seven outlets operated across the city, with no rush to secure permits. In aviation news, Van Leer Winck, a wealthy American, plans a long trip Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies and back using a Royal Dutch Air Service aircraft, slated to depart Amsterdam on the 13th or 14th.
Rev Father McVigeon, Edmonton vicar general, spoke in Toronto on Western Canada's success in education for assimilation. He noted Alberta’s University of Alberta offers strong arts medicine dentistry agriculture and education faculties, reducing the need for western youth to seek professional training elsewhere.
Hundreds of Oxford undergraduates were lined up to use an aero lane at the aviation field when proctors ordered them off. Students protested the ban on flying and several were recorded. later reports say some disguised as workers and fights occurred during the day.
Elvira Hulett Gates, longtime record holder as the first woman carried across Niagara Gorge in a basket hung from a cable between Canada and the U S shores, has died at age 5. The historic method dates to village days before bridges, invented by Gates’ father.
Dr A Lessard, head of the provincial health bureau, ordered two Montreal dairies closed under the Quebec Public Health Act to stop the spread of typhoid fever, the action aimed at protecting public health amid recent outbreaks.
King George and Queen Mary attended a lavish banquet hosted by President Doumergue in London during his visit to Britain. The French embassy venue was richly decorated and about one hundred guests were present, including ambassadors with their wives and numerous city officials.
During the 13 months ending March Ottawa Canada imported 655.29 million dollars from the United States, up from 610 million the prior year. Exports totaled 466.9 million dollars, a decline of eight million.
Police arrested five men on conspiracy charges tied to a planned bank robbery in Winniper. Two gang members are in custody and several witnesses are detained. The incident followed a police raid after an attempted April 22 heist was foiled by suspects on bicycles mistaken for officers.
Detroit officials report a third of St. Joss Retreat inmates hold automobile licenses. A Dearborn police note cites an inmate driving at over 45 mph claiming power from a foreign spirit. A statewide probe into similar institutions is underway led by M C Bristol of the traffic department.
Victoria BC reports the British Columbia government proposes the interprovincial conference for this year in late September and early October. Hon J MacLean acting premier replies to a note from Hon Ferrand Tinftet Canadian Secretary of State about gathering representatives from across the Dominion to discuss provincial relations. The federal authorities will draft an agenda based on provincial suggestions and send it for consideration.
Frederick Hotson of Tavistock Ont won the Dominion final with the topic Canada’s Diamond Jubilee Her Achievements Since Confederation. He earns free travel to Europe and a chance to represent Canada in Washington DC against competitors from Britain France the United States Japan Mexico and Hawaii. Judges included Sir William Mulock and Latchford with Meighen absent due to illness. The event noted five top contestants aged 16 ineligible for immediate further competition.
Canada's trade rose in April with exports up 17 million dollars and imports up 7 million, totaling a 24 million dollar increase from April last year. The export gain exceeded the import gain in the month of April.
A party of five families totaling 190 people arrived in Quebec aboard the Montrose. The group, organized by the British Empire Service League, is the first to come to Canada under the program. All men are ex-service veterans trained at Brandes Training Farm Suffolk in farming skills. They will travel by train from Winnipes to settle in Saskatchewan.
Ontario strawberry bearing acreage for 1927 is 1590 acres, unchanged from last year, with Burlington 700 acres, Niagara 300, Norfolk 400, London and Sarala 150, Prince Edward County 180 and other districts 49. Ontario production in 1926 was about 2,992,500 quarts. Clarkson and Norfolk plantations report 19 to 25 percent lower bearing conditions due to weak runner growth. British Columbia claimed 1,225 acres last year with zero quarts. this year acreage remains, with expected output of about six quarts per acre under normal production.
Ottawa officials announce sulfur spraying experiments on rust infected grain with Royal Canadian Air Force acro planes. Planned to start in July, deputy minister Dr. J W Gristale notes sulfur has shown benefits in the United States but low flying is dangerous. if successful a larger program may follow.
The Department of National Revenue says 20 to 25 high powered automobiles will join more than twenty vessels, each capable of about 20 knots, to patrol the Maritime coastline from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island to curb smuggling.
W A Kingsland, general manager western region of Canadian National Railways, announced the award of the Edmonton station construction contract to Permanent Construction Company. Work on the new station will start immediately.
Envoy William Phillips, recently named minister to Canada, plans to travel to Ottawa at month end to deliver his letters of credence to President Coolidge.
Major-General J H Mackinen defended Canada’s cadet system in a farewell address at Ashbury College. He argued the law may require service and urged training to prepare men for war, calling cadet training a beginning of preparedness and a boost to cooperation across life’s paths.
Charles Murphy of Western Lines, Canadian Pacific Railway, returning from the Pacific coast, reports seeding 85 to 100 percent finished in parts of the prairie provinces. Despite backward spring weather in British Columbia, soil moisture is excellent, and farmers are not troubled by lateness. Frost damage in the Ottawa region was less than feared, while Vancouver reports rapid growth and bustling construction.
The Daily Man's Town reports Victoria hospital at Mate king where European nurses resigned en masse to refuse assisting a native doctor, amid tensions over orders to operate on European patients. Dr Molema, a native, had sent patients to be treated there. nurses cite principle and humanitarian care.
The British cruiser Berwick, laid down in 1923 and first of her class completed, powered at full speed for eight hours achieving over 40,000 horsepower and maintaining 23 to 25 knots. Other ships Cornwall Cumberland Kent and Suffolk are planned under the 1923 24 estimate. Captain Frederick A Giles arrives in Vancouver to plan a summer Pacific flight from Vancouver to Sydney via Motulu Suva Fanning Island and New Orleans.
Kingman Hugh Joint Macdonald of Winnipeg son of Sir John A. Macdonald tentative to attend thejubilee celebrations in Ki bir th where he hopes to greet old friends and attend on July 1 subject to improvement and travel readiness.
Russia plans a thirty person delegation to the World Poultry Congress in Itswa from July 27 to August 4. The group will include the official delegate and about five or six representatives from the country.
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