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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1930
Page
1
The Alberta Motor Association argues the gasoline tax should fund more than roads and that road-building costs should be paid from other sources. It cites taxpayers’ money spent beyond highways and calls for tax reductions and gasoline tax rebates. The memorandum discusses equitable cost distribution based on broad societal and local benefits.
London March 17 AP The Countess of Coventry aged 87 died yesterday four days after the death of her husband the ninth Earl of Coventry. The bereavement moved many in public. Within an hour of learning of his death she said she did not wish to live and soon fell ill. They are to be buried side by side in the family vault at Croom Worcester.
J M Gilmour speaks at the Rotary Club luncheon on St Patrick's Day praising Ireland's heritage and unity. He notes Ireland's small size yet deep influence in history and outlines the pagan era and sainted mission of the early church, inviting club members to honor Ireland and its sons and daughters.
Provincial town planning authority Mr. H. L. Seymour will speak at the Kiwanis Club luncheon at noon and address a public meeting at City Hall in the evening.
London reports the Franco Italian dispute remains a major obstacle at the naval talks. Prime Ministers MacDonald and Tardieu held discussions focused on figures and the Latin party problem with no security pact or interdependence accord reached. Grandi plans further talks with MacDonald as optimism resurfaces despite stiff remaining issues.
In Kusclow Mont Eagle Township Hastings County Ontario William Miller 45 and Paul Miller 38 brothers residing with mother and sister were trapped when their home caught fire. They were burned to death Saturday morning after returning to retrieve valuables.
The Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association plans a major convention March 27 in the City Hall Council Chamber with addresses from city officials and game officials from Edmonton and Calgary. A strong turnout from rural areas is expected and a banquet at Corona Hotel follows in the evening with buffalo roast and 550 pounds of whitefish from Qu Appelle lakes. Tickets are limited to 300 and reservations should be made promptly through the Banquet Committee chair.
Vancouver March 15 A 478 foot steel bridge on the Canadian Pacific Railway main line at Salmon River British Columbia opened to traffic at 5 pm The east bound Imperial Limited from Montreal was the first passenger train to pass over The span replaces the former cone built in 1893 and weighs 1 327 697 pounds It is the Wests most up to date bridge and aligns with the company plan to carry the heaviest motive power now in use or anticipated in the future
Edmonton March 17 The legislature enters the final week of the session with the School Act Mines Act and Redistribution Bill under debate. A pension proposal for teachers and a public power development plan are also considered. An Oil and Gas Wells Act amendment limits drilling bonds and sets fines for violations.
A critique of English comic weeklies showing stereotypes including the Irish Trishman caricature with a seamed hat and pipe. The piece discusses racial humor in cartoons, noting portrayals of Irish, English, Scottish, and other peoples and calling out stereotypes in periodical humor.
Former Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera died of heart disease in his Paris hotel room aged 60. He had resigned in January ending six years in power and was to seek treatment in Wiesbaden. His daughters Carmen and Pilar found his body as he prepared for a farewell tea before services.
Brandon reports Jack Cordell of Binscarth Manitoba wins the Grand Championship for wheat at the Manitoba Provincial Seed Fine event. The junior Seed Growers Club member defeated veteran growers with a fine sample of hard red spring wheat.
London March 47 Rt Hon A V Alexander Lord of the Admiralty told the House of Commons that Britain has made the largest naval reductions among powers since the war. He cited a cut of over 4 million pounds from last year’s estimates and said savings were achieved despite commitments for 1,000,000 preventing measures.
Edinburgh March 17 Dr J W L Spence renowned for early X rays work died Sunday He collaborated with Wilhelm Rontgen in early investigations of X rays His 1916 sacrifice cost him an arm and a recent operation on his other hand Carnegie Hero Fund awarded him an annuity
Calgary March 17 The preliminary hearing for I Solloway and Harvey Mills opens in the Court House with Magistrate G E B Sanders presiding. Dozens of exhibits and documents are laid before the court as defense counsel consent to evidence preparation is announced.
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