23 Jan 1919
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
1
London reports 147,000 Yorkshire coal miners idle due to employers not allowing a 20 minute meal break for surface workers. Shipyards on the Clyde threaten stoppages over mealtime disputes as talks on a 47 hour workweek restrict breakfast time, with broader questions about dominion status and foreign policy in the empire.
Paris Jan 21 Canada Australia and other self governing dominions press for admission to the league of nations as autonomous nations with equal status. Sir Robert Borden says dominions deserve adequate voice in foreign policy and a place on the panel selecting British Commonwealth delegates.
Reports from 408 of 421 districts indicate the Majority Socialists will hold a majority in the national assembly. London dispatch notes the Majority Socialists strongest, with Democrats heading the non Socialist bloc, and both poised to dominate the assembly.
London reports a blue white diamond weighing 388 percent carat was found at the Jagersfontein mine in the Orange River Colony.
The labor bureau begins operation at 8 o'clock in the Quebec Bank building Second Street with J W Wright in charge. Office hours are 9 to 12 and 1:30 to 5. Services are free to employers and workers and cover all labor classes including farm labor and domestic servants. Employers with vacancies and job seekers are urged to register this week. The district extends to Brooks west Taber south Irvine east and Red Deer river north. One to two Dominion government staff will work with locals. Registration by mail possible but in person preferred to reduce delays.
Winnipeg markets report Chicago style grain quotes for May oats barley and flax with futures prices across multiple months. Cash prices list No 2 C W No 3 C W and feed and flax values with varied figures for No 1 feed and No 1 NW C flax several levels.
Paris reports the peace conference council meets at 1080 o clock to hear replies from Russian factions to its proposal. A joint allied commission is being formed with no names announced yet. Attendees at the meeting are listed as present.
Paris reports that Dominion leaders including Sir Robert Borde are pressing for recognition as autonomous nations within the league of nations. They aim to extend the peace conference precedent to include the Dominions as national entities and partners in the British Empire.
Medicine Hat ball players play a baseball game at the park this afternoon with photographs taken during the sunny dry January day. The scene shows no sign of winter despite the calendar date, as the thermometer reads 70 and the ground remains suitable for play.
Col Nelson Spencer M A of Medicine Hat received the D8 for distinguished service in the Cambrai battle. He led the 175th Battalion raised in Medicine Hat, later transferred to service units and performed valuable work at the front.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a brief notice about missing or invalid returns. The readable bits show confusion over a financial or administrative process but no clear names, dates, or actions.
City committees pressed provincial action to start immediate construction of the Medicine Hat Court House and Land Titles Office to aid unemployment. They planned petitions for a telegraph line, road work, and a delegation to the Provincial Government, with Mayor Brown and local officials poised for rapid follow up.
Vancouver court rules provincial inquiry into liquor and customs breaches was ultra vires and violates fundamental criminal procedure. Chief Justice Hunter says royal commission lacked lawful authority and contravenes Charles I statute abolishing the star chamber. Findlay released. A. L. Garth Shore compelled testimony fate hinges on ruling.
A large crowd at the depot welcomed Capt. Wil Hema and Cadet Rutherford on train No 8. They shook hands with locals after a brief ceremony that included handing the flag of the 176th battalion from Mesrs J H Callier and J Shields to the regiment at Riverside Park.
London reports say Hathevists routed after Ni capture with Esthenian forces advancing to 76 miles from Petrograd. Wathenians aim to push toward Luga and Pliusa rivers to encircle Petrograd, hoping for external support to attack.
The Retail Merchants' Association executive met this morning to hear Huck Vale discuss soliciting donations from city merchants for the Red Cross next year. The motion passed to grant the request. A second motion named President Bell and Vice President McPharson to prepare a petition to the government for more rural phones.
Paris reports that peace is to be signed by early June at the latest according to a technical briefing in the Rake de Pagis. The source notes Merce Hutin as a key informant and cites unspecified tegmentary information.
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