15 Dec 1921
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1921
Page
1
Dublin session opens with Eamonn de Valera explaining plenipotentiaries and text submission. Dail postpones ratification or rejection until Thursday amid debate on negotiations and Irish Free State treaty with Great Britain.
About 300 shareholders from across Ontario gathered in Toronto for a stormy information meeting delayed by an injunction issued by Justice Middleton. They urged reducing the cooperative U F O Co to 15000 from 25000 and called for closing several general stores.
The Bluenose schooner, a champion of the North Atlantic fishing fleet, reached Lunenburg after a perilous voyage from Turks Island. A competing vessel left Turks Island five days earlier failed to arrive.
India's representative at the arms conference predicts within a decade India will be a co equal nation in the British Empire alongside Canada and Australia. He says recent Irish developments may accelerate the timeline and cautions Britain to grant autonomy to Britain’s dominions.
Winnipeg December 14 Canadian Press The long awaited report by Secretary David Roy on the finances of the Scottish football tour through Canada and the United States last summer shows a total loss of 4403.15 dollars for the entire tour. The statement is exhaustive and detailed and viewed as unsatisfactory only in reflecting a deficit that the association must carry until steps toward rehabilitation are taken.
The Hamilton branch of the Great War Veterans Association claims ex service man O Hara was employed in Hamilton on the date of an alleged August Montreal robbery and seeks a stay of the fourteen lash sentence while an investigation continues.
A local store and restaurant proprietor was fined $5.00 and costs in police court for selling two loaves of bread on a Sunday. The case, routed through the attorney-general's department, was directed to proceed.
In Moose Jaw Regina Swift Current Saskatoon civic polls yield mayoral changes. Dunn defeats Smith by 507 votes in Moose Jaw. Smith loses mayoralty in Swift Current by 168. McConnell wins Saskatoon mayoralty over Young by 1413 votes. Proportional representation used in Moose Jaw and Saskatoon. daylight saving defeated.
Australian papers hail the four power treaty on the Pacific. Premier Hughes calls it a magnificent achievement and pivotal for Australia. London reports praise for the Washington conference and a church alliance meeting urges gratitude to the U S president and calls for armament limitation.
The Prince of Wales arrived in Benares, India, and a hartal was proclaimed but ignored as crowds filled the streets. A program in his honor proceeded smoothly, and he departed for Nepal to pursue big game hunting.
Edmonton December 14 Special to The News Thirteenth annual Alberta Association of Municipal Districts opened at Memorial Hall with about 300 delegates. Proposals on highways and cheaper farm credit await Premier Greenfield and Public Works Minister Alex Ross. President Donahue urged improved rural urban cooperation and spoke on drought relief and irrigation. A $20 annual membership fee was approved replacing $15, with executive favoring $25. Debate over bridge tonnage and a $1 late-resolution penalty followed.
In Montreal on December 13 a mob howled down an attempt to hold a Liberal convention to nominate a candidate for St May's division in the provincial bye election to be held December 22.
Simcoe Ontario reports the death of Thomas Richard Atkin, former member of the legislative assembly for North Norfolk, who was found dead in his bed at his residence yesterday.
The Chamber of Commerce collectors, aided by the Boy Scouts, will tour the city to collect clothing and related items at 1 80 p.m. tomorrow. Citizens should have bundles ready to speed up pickup.
London reports strain between imperial cohesion and governance as Robert Adamaki and W Wixckent Acrous weigh postwar imperial policy. Donald analyzes lines for the new cabinet, suggesting Canada could nominate a governor general, and foresees potential issues if appeals to the Privy Council end. The piece notes King’s role in strengthening Anglo American friendship and empire unity.
Roy Gardner, already convicted twice of mall robberies, pleaded guilty in federal court to attempting to rob a mail car in Phoenix Arizona and received a 23 year sentence. He had been slated for 7 the later kept in federal prison at Leavenworth will be transferred there. Judge Sawtelle noted the time depends on Gardner’s conduct.
Vancouver readers report several bars have reopened to sell beer. Proprietors say they will test the law with beer and other in eating beverages, arguing the regulations permit it.
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