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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 09, 1924
Page
3
Senator Turiff proposes trimming Senate membership and retiring at 75 as the Senate debates reform. He favors an appointed Senate over provincial elections and urges cost cuts while ensuring the body remains balanced. Senator Dundurand adjourned the debate after discussion.
Sudbury area report says Walter Larshbough of Sudbur& Ont. is in hospital with injuries including broken bones after a fall from a 95 foot chimney stack at Pakesley. He and two companions were working on a screen when scaffolding collapsed and others clung to woodwork for safety.
Eddyside Saskatchewan special reports Mr. J Jensen a well known local resident suffered three years with backache stiffness and poor sleep. After taking two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports significant improvement. The ad explains kidney health drives blood purity and overall well being.
In the first half of 1923 Stuttgart reports eighteen thousand persons left Wurttemberg for America. The six months to end of 1922 show an estimated forty six thousand emigrants, totaling roughly fifty eight thousand from the state alone, about half the German quota. The state's population is about two and a half million.
Ottawa says the Hudson's Bay Railway between Mile 332 and Port Nelson would cost about 2,000,000 dollars to complete the line for operation. The minister noted this excludes Port Nelson terminals and the Pas to Mile 332 upgrades, which would total about 4,250,000 dollars.
The Prince of Wales traveling as the Earl of Chester fooled Paris detectives and reporters after a Paris visit. A British embassy car stood outside his hotel while he slipped away through a rear entrance to lunch with a former interpreter near the boulevard.
A delegation from the Canadian Council of Agriculture urged an immediate broad tariff cut, including abolition of the tariff on implements of production, and lower duties on food and clothing. J. W. Ward and W. A. Amos led talks with Premier King and cabinet, pressing for redress for farmers amid declining farm product values and loan struggles. They also urged rapid completion of the Hudson Bay Railway to improve trade and logistics.
Ottawa statement shows Canadian farmers still owe the government 5,264,008 for seed grain advances. Hon. J. A. Robb, acting minister of finance, provided the totals by province with Manitoba 140,737. Saskatchewan 3,555,283. Alberta 1,567,791. British Columbia 197.
Memphis holds the position as the nation’s top producer of cottonseed products, shaping regional industry with its extensive processing facilities and market reach.
Official liquidators of the Home Bank of Canada proceed with asset realization and press claims for double liability on shareholders. The bank allegedly never properly incorporated and was insolvent in 1913, which could void its charter. creditors and shareholders watch for court rulings. Charles Garrow, K.C., to appoint a solicitor for opposing shareholders, name pending.
Seattle and King County offer the Sand Point aviation field to the British air squadron as they aim to circle the globe. Captain C. J. Hutchinson says the message will go to the British air ministry in London once American fliers depart. The transmission requests full facilities of the Sand Point landing field used by the U S Army Air Squadron at the start of their world flight.
An advertisement urges customers to look for the Bayer Cross on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin to ensure genuineness. It lists uses such as colds headaches toothaches and rheumatism and notes tablet formats including twelve count boxes bottles of 24 and 100. It states Bayer is the registered trade name and that imitations are discouraged.
A bottle thrown from the Canadian exploration ship Arctic near Cape Farewell Greenland on July 21 1923 was found on the beach at Port Ness Stornoway Rosshire Scotland on March 7 1924. It had crossed the North Atlantic, traveling more than 1060 miles.
Dominion Council of Agriculture delegation and Saskatchewan highway minister press for Hudson's Bay Railway completion while facing strong western opposition to finishing terminals and line. A western inquiry board may be formed to settle straits navigability, but new construction this year seems unlikely.
At the Canadian Manufacturers Association executive council meeting in Montreal a demand was made to end easy bail for criminals, notably violent offenders. Widespread alarm cited safety risks to property and the public after a bank car hold up where the gunman, long a notorious criminal, had been granted bail in Montreal months earlier and had fled to the United States before returning.
Senator Bandurand says Canada and the United States lack agreement on diverting water from Lake Michigan. He predicts the St. Lawrence project commission will first address water levels and asserts Canada will demand restoration of normal lake levels before any international works proceed.
A 1922 report from the Canadian minister of trade and commerce shows 2,100,000 children enrolled in Canadian schools. Of these 106,000 in private schools 60,000 in colleges and universities 13,000 in Indian schools 9,000 in teaching training institutions 80,000 in vocational schools and 1,800,000 in ordinary schools. Ages show 28 percent begin before 6 years 52 percent between 6 and 7 years and 12 percent at 12 years.
Dublin reports the first annual audit of the Free State for year ending March 31 1923 shows £388000 in army accounts unvouched £122000 and £40000 written off due to missing vouchers or unrecoverable balances. Deserters and absconding officers explain other losses while deserters families drew allowances and officer overpayments were widespread. Army store firm received £171000 in advances but invoices amounted to only £50000.
D E Galloway on Canadian Nations radio denied a rumor Sir Henry Thornton would quit to run the LMS Railway in England. Galloway said Thornton planned to stay as long as his men remain loyal, a message welcomed by CN officials and Canadian workers.
The French government offers 200000 francs for reclaiming the world air speed record of 266.59 mph held by Lieut. A J Williams US Navy at Mitchel Field New York last November. Awards include 140000 francs to the airframe builder and 60000 francs to the engine maker with additional prizes for hydroplane speed distance and altitude records. In Brandon Manitoba the agriculture department awards 5 to each of 56 boys who did not win prizes in the winter fair calf competition.
Ottawa prepares inquiry into alleged discrimination in ocean freight rates on Canadian commodities shipped from Atlantic ports. Sir Halford Mackinder of the Imperial Shipping Committee, with his secretary and an Australian member, will soon arrive in Halifax to oversee the investigation.
In Ottawa the House adopted resolutions for seven CN Railways branch lines with first readings and $6.42 million in a $25 million program. Lines include Kingsclear to St. Croix River NB Rousseau to Laurent QC Grande Fresniere to Rinfret Junction QC Sunny Brae to Guysboro NS Kamloops Junction to Kelowna BC and Vancouver Island segments Mile 58.3 to Cowichan Bay and Mile 74 to Mile 100 on Vancouver Island. Sir Henry Thornton endorsed the plan in a ministerial read letter amid pressure from Rt Hon Arthur Meighen for a clear government need statement. The letter notes consideration of selling the Huberdeau branch to Canadian Pacific.
The Manitoba Legislature endorsed a resolution urging the Dominion Government to make the present pension bonus a permanent addition to the pensions of ex service men or dependents. The resolution passed unanimously at a recent session.
The Prince of Wales travels incognito as the Earl of Chester and departs for Biarritz for ten days of recuperation after a racing accident.
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