24 Mar 1925
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 24, 1925
Page
1
Miners in Lethbridge and camps at Blairmore Bellevue and Coleman face wage demands or closure as operators call it a lockout citing no orders and the need to cut coal prices. Miners claim the action breaches the agreement while charges accuse the Red faction of blocking talks.
In Parliament session in Ottawa March 23, MPs debated a resolution urging the federal government to assume full responsibility for maintaining immigrants during their first two years in Canada if they remain employable. Speakers from Labour to Conservative benches pressed for closer immigration labor coordination and even consolidation under one department. The motion also touched on repatriation and farm labor wage parity amid reports of distress in Ontario farms and widespread unemployment costs.
Vancouver public health officials announce mandatory isolation in a regation camp for those exposed to smallpox. Conscientious objectors face fourteen days’ confinement as the Chief Health Committee met to authorize care accommodation and contact tracing.
John Kollesavich faces trial after a preliminary hearing concluded yesterday afternoon. Spectators crowded the courtroom as witnesses testified about Calkins body at Walsh station on March 9 and accused's statements read by detectives.
Belfast March 4 Sir S James Craig Ulster premier andwoman De Valera Republican leader were returned unopposed for County Dow in Ulster parliament elections. About eighty candidates compete for fifty two seats with 43 Unionists 12 Nationalists and nine Republicans. Joseph Devlin Nationalist leader released a manifesto backing Nationalist entry and pledges to take a seat if elected.
Carl Moger faced charges for keeping a dog without a license and was fined court costs and required to obtain a license. L Sauerbrauch received until week’s end to pay the license fee of three dollars.
New York reports Canada expects several hundred thousand new settlers from Europe this year due to US immigration limits. Col Dennis chief of the Canadian Pacific Colonization project says his company may handle 100000 immigrants mainly from Scandinavia. Indications point to a large movement from Denmark to Western Canada.
Ottawa today saw Acting Finance Minister J A Robb present the second budget. He touted a revenue surplus of 1 834 000 and reduced ordinary expenditures by 6 1 million. He cited last year’s economies and noted tariff shifts while detailing railway financing and new taxes on electricity and slack coal imports.
A London jury finds in favor of Mrs. Dorothy Muriel Dennistoun against her former husband Col. Dennistoun, ruling a verbal support agreement existed but varied with Mrs Dennistoun s means and that he was only bound when necessary. The decision cites Mercy and moral notes as part of the trial and awards about five thousand pounds.
Report states the royal child. The operation to remove his tonsils was successful and his condition is satisfactory. The prince is the youngest son of the King and Queen.
A weather bulletin notes higher pressure in the central western states and a deep low over northern Canada. Winds shift to southerly and westerly, bringing milder conditions today and into Wednesday across the western regions.
Ottawa reports 13 Progressive and Labor members allied for committee seats. W W C Goad of Brant submitted the request, but no definite reply. The key test will be on the special house committee to probe the shipping contract, with forecasts pointing to eleven members from Progressives and four allied members.
A scrambled clipping mentions railway figures and a brief note about a loss or penalty. Names and places are obscured, but references to a Pacific or Great Eastern Railway era appear. The text implies a short sentence about a provision and a reward, with unclear connections to individuals.
Disarray in Edmonton council circles as Mr Gs My De Dominion Poultry holds up chamber plans. Week’s meetings postponed while arrangements are set to secure Mr C0 for the committee.
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