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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 06, 1929
Page
3
The Canadian Hail Underwriters Association raised hail insurance rates for Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan at its annual meeting. Alberta south region faces about five percent increase. central and northern Saskatchewan see reductions. Manitoba unaffected. Details to be finalized at a later session.
Dominion press leaders in London now receive individual press gallery tickets at Westminster to speed British parliamentary news to Canada and other dominions. Rt Hon L C M Amery, secretary for the dominions, helped secure the change from a single shared ticket to separate authorizations.
Mahatma Gandhi, the nationalist leader, says in Young India that he will not visit Europe this year in pursuit of home rule for India. He notes a Danish friend advised him to go only as a representative of a free India and accepts the point.
Winnipeg reports veteran Manitoban sergeant-at-arms John McDougall, longtime mace bearer of the legislature, in indifferent health and might not attend the February 11 opening for the second time in fifty years. Last year he was ill as well, marking a rare absence from the mace ceremony.
The Hippodrome, the world's largest theatre, sold for about 6 million dollars. Buyer Frederick Brown, a real estate operator, would not reveal plans but hinted at a new project for the site with possible demolition of the theatre.
Cross village residents join a rescue effort through heavy snow to transport Lewis Sweet a 54 year old fisherman to a hospital in Petoskey Michigan after a week long struggle against jagged ice floes on Lake Michigan.
Sir Austen Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain will not aid any Afghan faction and will not interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. He emphasized nonintervention in the power struggle there.
Thirty two aeroplanes will be awarded to flying clubs this year by the government. Each newly formed club receives two machines plus one extra for clubs buying themselves. The 16 clubs already operating are expected to purchase a machine each this year. Canada has over 150 flying pilots with seven years' air experience, per the national defence department.
Six Doukhobor followers were sentenced to six months each for obstructing police after a clash with 11 provincial officers and 10 specialists who tried to arrest Strepnikoff and Woiken for school act infringements. Judges John A. Hutton and John M. Donaldson presided. Peter Veregin testified but did not face charges.
Vancouver aims to lead a business expedition to the Orient within two years to boost Canada's Far East prestige and secure a larger share of Oriental trade for Canadian manufacturers. T. S. Dixon, president of the Vancouver Board of Trade, spoke at the Ottawa boards annual meeting noting interlocked Atlantic to Pacific boards will boost national commerce.
At Geneva Wang King-Ky, China’s chief representative, argued that narcotic and political questions cannot be separated while China is denied authority to protect its citizens from acts by foreigners. He urged that China must police its own territory regardless of offender nationality.
A Quebec movement to declare a national day of thanksgiving for King George’s recovery gains support from Premier Taschereau and provincial figures. The plan is backed by Vancouver Mayor W. H. Malkin and the city council, and Winnipeg Mayor Dan McLean also endorses a Dominion wide observance.
Maj W Arthur Steel of the Canadian Signals Service travels to Washington and New York to gather information on aircraft direction finding by radio. The aim is to assess adopting such apparatus for Canada and potential use in the Dominion.
The Paris cable notes a new French Italian naval build up in the Mediterranean. It cites Hector J Bywater in the Daily Telegraph arguing the Mediterranean is a main artery of empire and warns neutral trade would suffer in a zone of active warfare.
Immigration to Canada shows a steady increase over the previous year with 144,113 arrivals in the nine months ending December, a 12 percent rise from 128,02. December alone brought 5,515 arrivals led by 1,544 from the United States and 1,476 from Britain, with 82,257 of the nine month total from the farming class and 14,199 female domestic servants among the newcomers.
The Daily News reports the Duke of Gloucester formerly Prince Henry may announce an engagement to Lady Angela Scott daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. The timing is linked to King George’s illness delaying the official statement.
R. S. Law formerly of Claresholm Alberta was appointed to the board of directors and to the position of first vice president of the United Grain Growers Ltd announced by Hon T. A. Crerar. Law succeeds C. Rice Jones who held the post eleven years and resigned to enter private business.
The Canadian Pacific Railway announces in a statutory notice from Montreal dated January 29 its intention to apply at the upcoming Parliament session for charter rights to build a railroad link from Kootenay Landing to Proctor in British Columbia. The notice is signed by FE. Alexander, secretary.
William Jardine aged 25 a carpenter was electrocuted at the Winnipeg Electric Company substation near Selkirk Manitoba when his saw touched a high tension wire.
Detroit performer Gene Laussier, famed for a Niagara Falls rubber ball stunt, announces he will leap from a 46 story building in Detroit for twenty five thousand dollars. He designs his own wings for the flight and aims to thrill onlookers with the record attempt.
K Hashima of the Japanese Government Railways studied Canadian National Railway snow clearing methods in Canada. He praised cooperation from A H Fager and A Mcowan and described a snow fighting machine named McLay, based on K D McLay’s ideas, as the most successful among those tried on Japanese rails.
Flight Lieut. A. Carter and Sergt. Joe Maskell of the Royal Canadian Air Force thrilled 300 spectators at Stevenson Aerodrome with parachute jumps from 2,500 feet despite 15 below zero wind. Carter landed among trees two miles east, needing a rescue for the parachute. Maskell was carried far afield. Carter’s jump marked the 36th of his career and he is noted for a 20 000 foot leap at High River in 1925.
After a January wait from the 18th to the 28th and extreme cold, G Turcotte of Falher won a land filing in the Falher district. Corporal McDonald of the mounted police supervised order as Turcotte entered first, with another man Trudeau securing the door thereafter.
Ottawa states reports to Congress on customs preferences via Canadian ports are not yet received and no diplomatic representations have been made. The U.S. ambassador to Ottawa briefed Premier Mackenzie King weeks ago, and negotiations with Canada are expected soon.
A Senate report on diversions of U S commerce to Canadian ports shows a split view. The majority from State Agriculture ICC argues tariff discrimination could curb the flow, while two departments blame normal international trade factors and urge diplomatic talks to level port access.
Canada maintains a strong global trade ranking with notable 1928 gains. Exports rise by 135.3 million dollars and imports by 135.2 million, keeping Canada among the world’s leading commercial nations. Wheat exports surge to a record 365,428,561 bushels valued at 433,767,578 dollars.
The Manitoba legislature will begin its session on Monday February 11 at 3 o’clock. An order in council signed by Hon J D McGregor after sworn in as lieutenant governor fixes the date. The house will open with the throne speech and proceed with business after the ceremony, a departure from previous custom.
A wire to Miss Myrtle Cook reports the ladies jump at the Melrose games in New York on February 9 have been cancelled as exhibitions are not permitted. Miss Ethel Catherwood has been notified and will not compete in New York.
Labor Leader Clynes lauded the Prince of Wales visit to the coal fields in West Hartlepool, calling it a fine human touch that brings the throne closer to the struggles of the poor and framing it as an unprecedented act by a highly popular figure.
Negotiations for exchange of diplomatic representatives between the United States and the Union of South Africa were under way at the State Department. South Africa would be the third British Commonwealth entity to appoint a minister to Washington, after Canada and the Irish Free State.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a resolution to appropriate 50000 dollars to enable U S cooperation with Latin American nations on a Pan American highway project. The route would run from Canada to Cape Horn.
Berlin reports an official total of 2,299,000 unemployed in Germany, while unofficial estimates reach about 2,750,000, reflecting a wide gap between government figures and private assessments.
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