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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
3
Washington delegates end Thanksgiving recess amid questions on Far East bargaining and the pace of naval and land armament limits. France and China clash over representation and principles while Briand urges guarantees before any disarmament. A sub committee studies collateral topics like aircraft and poison gas.
Toronto reports Ontario Agriculture Minister Manning Doherty says neither English nor British ministers can stop the lift of the Canadian cattle embargo. He cites a London council vote backing slaughter at entry ports, but notes demand from forty million British consumers to end the embargo.
A about 22 year old bandit entered a Winnipeg drug store at Gertie and Notre Dame Avenues and opened fire on manager J. Wilder and assistant A. Davis. Wilder was wounded in arm and hip, Davis in the abdomen and seriously hurt. The robber took till cash and fled. Both victims are hospitalized. no surrender demand was given. The stolen amount is not yet known.
Despatch from Tempo of Naples reports a mutiny aboard the steamship Mont real from Montreal on its Naples voyage. The crew was discharged at port after arrival and some sailors attempted to sack the vessel but were dispersed by police.
Rome dispatch reports Tempo interview with Cardinal Gasparri Papal secretary quoting Pope Benedict as ready for reconciliation with Italy. Holy See and Italian government relations froze in 1870 when Rome was annexed and became capital of the kingdom.
A Wellington report says manufacturers in New Zealand angrily oppose tariff plans to grant Australia a preferential position within the Empire. The Commonwealth Government has not extended such privilege to New Zealand.
A student campaign run by the students' confederation to aid needy European students has nearly collapsed due to low interest. Part of the proceeds were earmarked for German students, reducing support. Canada Receives Oranges From Japan report notes 60 cars of Japanese miniature oranges arrived aboard the Monteagle and are destined for Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba after going east.
Lengthening the workday faces resistance from workers in several large industries. Dock employers push for a one hour extension, while tramways see a national conference on December 9 to decide on the employers stance before further Industrial Council talks. A national delegate conference of the Transport Workers Federation will also be held soon to map a course of action.
The partial suspension in recruiting seamen for the navy is not connected to the Washington Conference. It stems from the Admiralty’s long running scrapping of obsolete ships and general personnel grading as part of retrenchment policy.
War veteran Thomas Scruse was arrested for stealing three pairs of shoes to feed a family of six living on five dollars a week. He was held for investigation.
Great Britain and Afghanistan sign a friendship treaty recognizing Afghanistan independence. A large ceremony marks the signing in Kabul, the Afghan capital.
A brief note urges support for local merchants, promoting iBay at home as a community shopping option and highlighting benefits of buying locally to sustain neighborhood businesses.
A cable dispatch from Vancouver reports that a club was hurled at the Prince of Wales as he entered a Bombay building during a ball honoring his visit. The missile missed and the Prince entered safely. The attacker fled amid the crowd as spectators surged to witness the royal visit.
Seventy four teachers in New Westminster high and public schools have resignations ready to present to the board of school trustees unless the board implements last May’s arbitration award. The award would raise salaries to the Teachers Federation scale, but the board has refused. The increase would take effect at the start of the year. A recent teachers meeting approved this action.
A letter to President Albert Oliver of the Canadian Club of New York from E L Stevenson secretary to Lloyd George states the British Prime Minister cannot address the club at its annual dinner. He notes if he visits the United States his time would be limited to work at the Conference on Limitation of Armaments.
Kipling told Eclair the Washington Conference speeches were of little use and urged concrete security measures against Germany. He said Great Britain and France must stay closely united to confront the common threat.
Two men were killed outright and eight wounded when a bomb exploded in a tramcar carrying shipyard workers in Belfast. The city had seen several shootings recently but remained comparatively quiet before this blast, which raised the death toll from the disorder to 22.
The Calgary Board of Trade seeks winter surveys in the North Saskatchewan William Pearce irrigation scheme. They urge continued survey work through winter to speed data for cost estimates, reducing potential project delays. Sullivan Lake is seen as a vast reservoir requiring significant dyking on the east side.
Toronto reports Government Merchant Marine Limited vessels rush from the seaboard to Georgian Bay and by rail to the seaboard. Insurance on the Great Lakes ends December 12, with November 30 marking the ordinary season’s close and a post season covering vessels and cargoes only until December 12.
The official statements on operations against Moplahs in Southern India show ongoing severe fighting. Reports indicate 233 Moplahs killed and 54 captured, with one Gurkha officer and one British officer dead north of the Beypore River as a large Moplah force concentrates at Bear Cherubrasseries.
Colonel Sir Francis E. Younghusband announced Brig General Charles Bruce will lead next year’s Himalayan expedition aiming to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Bruce is noted for his familiarity with the region and his appointment was announced by the Royal Geographical Society.
Toronto Justice Mowat dismissed without costs the action of Lieut. Col. Lorne Mulloy to continue an injunction against the town of Iroquois Falls. The suit sought to restrain taxes based on an assessment role that doubled previous assessments made by a former assessor.
President Millerand sends a military recruiting bill to parliament authorizing two-year enlistments and easing current restrictions.
The crisis threatening China’s government stability was temporarily averted by provincial military governors remitting 7,000,000 taels. Funds cover police and soldiers three months’ wages but not civil administration. High officials back the government banks by moving personal funds to Peking, restoring negotiability of notes.
Calgary reports that Alberta doctors face new limits on liquor prescriptions. Attorney General J. D. Brownlee advised physicians may write between 25 and 100 prescriptions monthly, shifting prescribing responsibility to individual practitioners. The department declined to set a fixed lower cap.
The British Columbia Liquor Sales Board posted a net profit of 541606 for the first three and a half months of operation from June 15 to September 30. The figure excludes 121909 earned from permit sales, as shown in a balance sheet filed in the Legislature by Attorney General J W de B Farris.
London. The Board of Trade announces the German Government has doubled the premium on gold duties paid in paper currency. Four thousand paper marks now equal one hundred marks in gold, up from two thousand.
London report says Premier Hughes asked the House of Representatives to consider an experimental air service between Australia and Europe. Airships would be a free gift from the British Government. The two year cost is £1,640,000 with Britain and the Dominions paying half each. Australia’s share would be about £200,000 if Dominions’ share is split evenly. Hughes would have a statement prepared on liability and the experiment’s value as advertising if the House isn’t hostile.
Princess Mary and her fiancé Lord Lascelles made their first public appearance together since betrothal. They rode from Buckingham Palace in an open carriage with Queen Mary amid cheering crowds. The Queen and Princess Mary later lunched with Lord Lascelles at Chesterfield House, planned as Mary’s future home.
London reports Premier Hughes introduced in the House of Lords a federal convention bill aiming to shift authority toward the Federal Parliament. The proposal calls for 111 convention members with 18 elected by the Federal Parliament, 18 by state parliaments, and 75 from the adult franchise. The convention must report within a year, and follow up legislation within 15 days.
A Bel gian police dog belonging to Joseph Cote helped arrest Arthur LeBlanc after he snatched a purse from Mrs MacFarland. The dog tracked the thief, retrieved the purse, then cornered LeBlanc until a police officer arrived.
A flying automobile with folding wings and two engines was demonstrated at Buc in Seine-et-Oise. One engine, ten horsepower, powers land travel while a 300 horsepower engine enables air travel.
Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Quest have docked in Rio de Janeiro after sailing from their Antarctic expedition. The arrival marks a milestone in the polar voyage credentials and signals progress of the expedition.
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