05 Mar 1912
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1912
Page
1
Calgary council adjourns late after a long meeting addressing licenses taxes and by laws. Officials consider fire safety dog control street improvements and municipal utilities while reporting on gas service meters and district infrastructure.
Reports to council include notices of motion for a standard loaf and bread wrapping under the Police and License Committee. Other motions call for a reform of barber shop closing times and repeal of an unenforceable old by law. Police had 47 cases last month with fines totaling 331 and 13 months imprisonment.
Across Germany thousands strike at Dinkling yard and in Dantzig clothing and paper box sectors while 25 000 miners in the Rhine West Palatine coal belt join the stoppage. In London the coal strike cripples rail service and spawns public unrest as Prime Minister Asquith calls it a national catastrophe.
City council discussion in Medicine Hat over a by law to rule municipal ownership and grant or deny private rights for an electric railway sparked a contentious debate. Aldermen urged careful study and public voting, with calls to have the city build within limits or allow a private company to proceed under municipal oversight.
In Ottawa the second reading debate on extending Manitoba's boundary and the Ontario line drew House of Commons attention. Members debated financial terms, interprovincial conferences, and potential amendments, with Premier Borden and others focusing on subsidies and settlement details amid uncertain progress.
The Medicine Hat city council heard a report from the immigration building committee led by Cousins Sissons and Mayor Spencer after a eastward trip. Col Sissons said no permanent militia will be established in the West and discussed funding for immigration buildings and a camp at Police Point with estimates of 225 dollars and other items.
Reports from Nanking and London describe attempts to restore a Manchu reign and form a stable government in China. Sun Yat Sen and advisers plan to make Peking the capital to counter mutinous troops, amid heavy fighting outside the British concessions.
A Sabbath School convention of the State and Sabbath School workers opened today in Outhrio Oklahoma with delegates attending. The gathering includes addresses and discussions on all school work and Sunday school efforts.
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