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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1930
Page
7
The Imperial Conference discussed wheat as a key food statte issue with focus on inter Empire trade. British officials noted talk of purchase schemes and import boards, and steered toward coordinating British and Dominion manufacturers for a conference.
Reports from Vancouver indicate new 8 cent preferential batter rates from New Zealand to Canada are now in effect after old rates expired October 12 amid trade talks. London guidance and Vancouver customs confirm immediate adoption to coincide with trade agreement changes. In Winnipeg a payroll robbery at Canada Malting Company netted about £2400 as two masked men seized envelopes before distribution.
Brigands in Peiping hold Hert N. Nelson United States missionary of the Lutheran United Mission Home Minneapolis. General states abductors belong to the so called 1st Red Army. Captured after fall of Kwangsha southeast Honan on October 5. Large ransom demanded.
A Winnipeg Manitoba note reports resolutions from a Valley River meeting of 80 farmers seeking a federal bank to cut grain freight rates from 18 to 10 cents and enable three percent loans to farmers, with the resolutions forwarded to Dominion authorities.
Hon Albert Prefontaine minister of agriculture announces Manitoba government will cover three quarters of the cost for bacon type breeding sows as a loan to farmers to prevent sacrificing valuable sows. The measure targets farmers amid bacon supply concerns.
An article reports angry shareholders from Engish Starebelers and others denouncing a Grand Trunk agreement. They accuse Canadian politicians of weak performance and threaten boycotts while demanding accountability and possible intervention.
Lady Simon told Conservative Women's Reform Association that the upcoming inquiry report would show natives were shipped from the African coast under conditions like slave trading. She charged abuses by private persons and Liberia American west officials, urging Britain and France to press the United States to aid a total abolition of the system.
Ottawa Hon Robertsour Mimi Agriculture announces that farmers west of the Great Lakes may have free transport for new breeding cattle from Winnipeg Moose Jaw Saskatoon Prince Albert Calgary and Edmonton to their home stations. Heifers must be under three years and selected with approval of Dominion government stock yard agents.
Saskatchewan Caretakers and Maintenance Staffs Association delegates from Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Yorkton, Davidson and Estern meet to plan a proposed superannuation scheme for provincial schools. Vancouver grain exports to date total 10,699,328 bushels, about 6,000,000 more than last year, with the Orient absorbing roughly five eighths of this season’s shipments.
A Niagara voyage brought 25 would be immigrants to Vancouver. Six were permitted to land while 22 were refused entry to Canada. The passengers were Australia and New Zealand nationals and departed from Vancouver on the Niagara.
A Ontario Liberal convention met December 16 and 17 with Hon A Flardy presiding as president of the Ontario Liberal Association and W FN Simelair leading the Ontario Liberal organization.
Prime Minister Bennett declares on transatlantic broadcast that closer economic ties within the Empire are vital and time is limited. He argues for mutual prosperity through cooperation, citing Canada’s resources and the need for fair, lasting terms beyond sentiment. He cautions against relying on old rules in a changing global trade landscape.
A historical speech outlines a mutual, lasting agreement to protect home markets, cut unemployment, and boost empire prosperity. It argues that prioritizing national interests and increased production will expand foreign sales without harming international markets.
Erecting a windowless factory in Cleveland, the Austin Company announces a $1,500,000 plant with artificial lighting and ventilation plans. The Simonds Saw and Steel Co. will fund the project, located on five acres and rising one story high, intended as a pioneer in industrial design.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture has arranged with western ranchers and breeders to ship about 380 cattle to Manchester, England. The boatload will depart from Montreal aboard the Manchester Citizen on October 30.
Dunning formerly a Dominion government minister accepts the role of vice president and general manager of Lucerne in Quebec a new all year pleasure resort and hotel on the Ottawa River between Ottawa and Montreal EW Beatty KC announces the appointment. The organization has taken over the Papineau estate and will build a log chalet style hotel with cottages and year round sports and memberships.
Melbourne Australia report shows Victoria millers struggle to secure cargo space for four shipments to Egypt and Europe. If relief fails, they may charter their own ships as rationing of space continues. Shortage hits cereals and flour since vessel owners have ample high paying cargoes.
Leaders in provincial public life and Da inson joined in a simple ceremony marking the unveiling of a granite shrine to Bliss Carman, the province’s first memorial to the dead poet. The event occurred in his native city on Saturday afternoon October 18, at Forest Hill cemetery where Carman’s ashes rest in a concrete tomb with state recognition granted in August 1929.
Winnipeg reports that Churchill Manitoba’s sea port townsite cannot open next spring as planned. Deputy minister Charles H. Attwood cites frozen subsoil, waterlogged site conditions, and drainage problems requiring further studies before utilities can be provided. The Dominion has already laid gravel in the business area, and location could shift pending solutions.
Laborite Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden told a banquet in London he is hopeful about future world and British trade despite unemployment. He warned parliament to fund unemployment relief by stabilizing insurance, projected better year end finances, and urged avoiding new taxes while stressing prospects of a world trade expansion.
Immediate work on one hundred miles of new rail construction in Saskatchewan was foreshadowed by D C Coleman vice president western lines Canadian Pacific Railway in announcing four grading contracts. The plan aims to relieve the agricultural sector by employing farmers and draft animals and absorbing surplus city labor as part of the company’s construction programme.
Residents honor the memory of Virgil Mantan with a Italy wide remembrance tracing his birthplace Naples his life in Rome and Brindisi death at a shrine devotion marked his Saint's Day observances. The tribute recalls the epic poet’s enduring influence and the public veneration at his tomb.
London studies halt on the great airship project after its Canada visit last August. government decision awaited on the future of the airship development program.
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