12 Jan 1912
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
1
Edmonton retailers are urged to lobby the legislature to abolish the floor space tax, with Lethbridge Medicine Hat and Vancouver already wiping it out. The column argues the tax burdens regular merchants, hinders attracting distributors and manufacturers, and could become a permanent fixture if not repealed now.
Halifax Chronicle argues against the Montreal Star plan to hire English defenders for Canada. It asserts Canadians must reject humiliation and press Prime Minister Borden to choose a decisive stance. The piece declares that he must act boldly, or risk being viewed as cowardly.
The Montreal Gazette reports that Mr Bourassa will not accept the library of Parliament post linked to his name in some papers. The library loses a capable student of ability while the political field gains a lively worker who stirs his corner. Readers seeking news will be content with the outcome.
The piece argues the United States directs its energies to continental expansion while Britain concentrates on sea-borne trade, claiming Britain controls half the world’s carrying trade as a result.
The Calgary Herald argues for reform of the banking act when revised after recess. It notes recent events in banking circles within the past few years have shaken Canadians’ faith in the perfection of their banking system.
The Vancouver Province notes Delhi as a sedate historic town now seeing real estate agents boost land values in the new capital's expansion.
A roundup of humorous quips about Christmas turkeys and odd boasts. Brown brags of a thirty shilling bird, Jones counters with a thirty guinea tale, and a series of light jests about turkeys, ostriches, caterpillars, and a joking view of nations.
A compact timeline notes events from 1743 to 1911 including La Verendrye reaching the Canadian Rockies, Pestalozzi's birth, Chadwick’s birth and abolitionist work, the Bonaparte exile, the US Mexico boundary treaty, Coppee’s birth, Outram’s defense near Lucknow, Florida's secession, the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, and Taft seeking Canal fortifications.
Sir Henry Bale born January 12, 1854 in Pietermaritzburg Natal. He studied in Natal and England then practiced law and rose to prominence in public affairs. Bale served in the Zulu War relief fund, education council, Natal legislative assembly, attorney general and education minister, then became Chief Justice in 1901 and later Administrator of Natal after the war.
The column notes the birthday anniversaries of Marquess of Crewe, a 54 year old English statesman, Murphy J. Foster, a 63 year old U S senator from Louisiana, and Jack London, a 36 year old author famed for The Call of the Wild and other works.
Montreal January 12. Le Devoir editor in chief Oliver Héroux says there is no danger of the Nationalists being doomed and that offers to Bourassa would not change the party’s attitude toward the current administration. Bourassa intends to stay in Montreal and Le Devoir, remaining business manager and chief director.
London January 12 Bonar Law leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons resigns his directorship in the shipping firm G J Burns and plans to sever ties with all other firms He notes Gladstone’s cabinet rule on non directorships and states he will apply it to himself as a former cabinet figure.
The United States seeks a capable agronomist. A civil service exam is offered tomorrow with a $2400 yearly salary. Duties include experiments in oats adaptation and breeding and studying cultivation, harvesting, threshing, and cereal use, with travel in season and winter lab work in Washington. Under the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture.
An advertisement promises cure for piles in 6 to 14 days using PAZO Ointment with a money back guarantee if itching bleeding blind or protruding piles persist. The 60 cent price is stated for the product.
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