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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 15, 1931
Page
3
Representatives from nine Canadian provinces approve a draft section binding Canada to the Statute of Westminster while preserving the British North America Act. The clause, to be discussed by provinces for two weeks, aims to prevent BN A Act changes by Westminster and sets a path for imperial parliament action.
Chief Justice J ei Brown of the Saskatchewan Court of King's Bench is expected to be the third member representing the prairie provinces on the Royal Grain Commission investigating futures trading. Sir Josiah Stamp of London heads the commission, with W Sanford Evans of Winnipeg named to represent the Grain Exchange.
At the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association annual meeting in Ottawa Lieut-Col D R Street was chosen president succeeding Brig-Gen J Duff Stuart of Vancouver. Proposals to boost prize lists for rifle matches at Connaught Ranges next August were approved.
Captain Thomas Ash announced aboard the Heian Maru that he hopes to obtain Harold L. Bromley’s aircraft for a planned non stop flight across the Pacific from Tokyo Japan, detailing ambitions for a transpacific airway.
Mayor-elect Antoni Cermak promises swift government reorganization with a large Democratic majority in Chicago. He notes his allies among Republicans and downsizes questions about Al Capone, advising the fugitive to stay away for four years. He brushes off Thompson's attack on the King.
Robert Gardiner of USFA and Progressive MPs foresee decisive outcomes from London's wheat conference. He argues for a coordinated marketing scheme among Canada United States Russia Argentina and Australia to manage export surpluses. Centralized marketing or a government aided pool are possible paths, with Gardiner favoring the former over a compulsory pool.
Ottawa officials expect no cancellations of existing air mail contracts. While the post office faces a five million dollar deficit, authorities prefer economizing rather than cutting air transport services, as many firms have invested heavily to set up air operations.
Senator D. E. Riley of High River Alberta says farmers with loans and broker fees face serious trouble as interest piles up, while those who kept to business prosper. He spoke after arriving in the city.
W. S. Wallace of the University of Toronto told the Ontario Educational Association that dense dates and facts in history books fostered a hatred of Canadian history among students, urging a clearer approach to teaching.
The report notes a California air port has fitted soundproof telephone booths. It also states the U S government runs 93 Schools for natives in Alaska with authorities listing program details.
Two million dollars in building material is being assembled for a 2000 boxcar elevator project at Churchill the Hudson Bay Railway terminus. Winnipeg supplies will fill 30 trains of 40 cars each for steel and equipment bound for Manitoba's seaport. Work will start by July 1 with 1000 men employed. a hotel will open this summer and the first grain shipment is planned for September.
The Soviet Government announced an ambitious plan to extend passenger and mail air routes over 25 000 miles and build fifty new aerodromes and 250 landing fields. Some 13 000 student aviators are in training and 172 000 000 rubles are budgeted for civil aviation in 1931.
John Westgate of Liverpool an officer of the National Association of British and Irish millers doubts a government plan to require 15 percent of UK wheat from British growers. He says no scheme has been submitted by any party and no legislation is possible without millers agreement. He calls the quota system dangerous and cites current English wheat policy as insufficient for a 15 percent quota.
Chancellor Bruening and Foreign Minister Curtius of Germany visit England for talks with Prime Minister MacDonald and British statesmen from June 5 to 9. Discussions will cover disarmament and the Austro German economic pact, with no major topic deemed off limits. Official British circles view the conference as orderly despite interest from other powers.
Dr. Charles Cassell deputy minister of the Department of Mines Ottawa Ont has been awarded this years gold medal by the British Institution of Mining and Metallurgy a London cable reports. The honor goes to the most deserving individual regardless of nationality.
Preparation of the case for the Dominion Government on the radio reference to the Supreme Court of Canada is not completed. An adjournment is expected to be asked.
Ottawa reports talk of using a single commission to fix compensation for Saskatchewan and Alberta for alienation of their natural resources from 1905 to Oct 1. Premier Bennett and officials discussed shared terms, with no formal decision yet and pending records transfer and an appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council over pre 1905 resource administration.
Drastic cuts in Canadian rail fares announced by T. Riddell, chairman of the Canadian Passenger Association, apply to all routes for weekends from May 1 through July. The new round trip rate from Friday noon to Monday midnight rises by one and a quarter times the single fare, with a 100 mile trip dropping from 6.20 to 4.35.
Calgary MP Dr. G D Stanley says air mail rates average 37 dollars per letter. Government surveys show Calgary sends twice as many letters to Winnipeg as vice versa. In Ottawa Viscount Duncannon, son of the Earl of Bessborough, quickly secures an auto license after arrival at Rideau Hall. The Governor General and family arrive, with the viscount applying for a 1.5 permit four hours later.
Plans for rebuilding the Western Canada Airways hangar in Winnipeg after a recent fire, with losses around $200,000, are completed and bids for construction have been requested. The new structure will be about the same size as the destroyed hangar.
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