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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 09, 1922
Page
3
Ottawa announces the session will convene on Wednesday March 6 with the first day devoted to electing a Speaker. The throne speech and formal opening follow on Thursday. New Members arrive. Hon Rodolphe Lemieux is named as the Commons Speaker from Gaspe. A Senate Speaker decision is not yet made.
Saskatchewan treasurer Chas A Dunning announces a strict economy for the coming fiscal year. He says expenditures are cut to the bone with total outlay set at 21,495,219 and revenue 12,175,219, while taxes will not be increased despite tax arrears over 2,000,000. The plan relies on a 1,129,900 reduction and uses a 1,900,000 surplus from 1919-20 notes, with 6,902,000 for capital and 2,418,000 for specific programs including telephone revenue and Agriculture Aid Act funding.
Washington plans for the World to receive eight treaties at the Washington conference with the United States a party to seven. Four power Pacific treaty signed December thirteen. Five power naval limitation treaty ready for signature. Five power submarine and poison gas treaty ready for signature. Nine power treaty on Chinese tariff drafting. American Japanese treaty regarding Yap nearly ready for signature. Chinese Japanese treaty regarding Shantung near completion.
Mrs. Winfield Dill, formerly of Halifax now in Windsor, recalls surviving the Halifax harbor explosion and its nerve wrecking impact. She claims Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills eased her nervous spells after doctor care and housework difficulties.
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills marketed as the best remedy to tone the nervous system and strengthen weakened organs. Claimed to be the original heart and nerve food, on the market for 27 years. Price 50c a box, available at dealers or by mail from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ont.
One hundred fifty thousand bushels of Saskatoon district wheat were shipped to Shanghai and Yokohama in January. The consignment, via McMillan Grain Company, marks Saskatoon’s first direct export to Asiatic points. Berlin reports two French soldiers killed and twenty five wounded in Petersdorf, Silesia, amid disorder as troops hunted for arms.
Washington reports that a plenary Arts Conference session approved two treaties on naval limits and bans on gas and submarine warfare. The pacts set a capital ship ratio among five major powers and pledge restraint on unrestricted submarine warfare and poison gas. Signatures by the United States Britain Japan are anticipated within days, as the conference advances on Shantung and Far East settlements.
The Saskatchewan School Trustees Association hosts a Regina convention February 22 to 24 at the Metropolitan Methodist Church. Leaders plan a provincial tax equalization fund to aid poorer districts and discuss teachers salaries, land assessments, and the county system for the province. Prominent educators and speakers from across Canada will attend, with music, visual shows, and Bryant contest events. The Regina Board of Trade plans for about 2,000 delegates and pooled fares.
The body of Sir Ernest Shackleton, now in Montevideo, Uruguay, will be returned to South Georgia Island for burial. Lady Shackleton’s deference to his presumed wishes guides the plan, with relatives believing he would want to rest at the gateway to the Antarctic beside Gryvicken’s English Church.
Dr. John C. Ferguson, advisor to the Chinese Republic president, says in Los Angeles that China must settle its future itself while on his way back from the Washington arms conference. He asserts foreign nations will never own China, given its size potential power and bright people.
A vintage ad touts California Fig Syrup as a reliable remedy to cleanse the liver and bowels in children. It promises quick relief from constipation and biliousness, asserting one teaspoonful can restore a well, playful child within hours. Mothers are urged to ask druggists for genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitations.
Vancouver welcomed 53 deep sea ships in January marking a new port record. The figure excludes the coastwise Vancouver to San Francisco traffic and hints that year-end totals may surpass prior records. Ottawa discussions on merging the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with militia and other forces stir public debate about Western Canada policing and defense policy.
H R Pousette of the Ottawa Board of Trade told the Canadian Shoe Manufacturers Association in Montreal that 90 percent of shoes sold in Canada are of Canadian origin, up from about 30 percent twenty years ago. The association decided to base its headquarters in Montreal rather than Toronto.
Two packages each containing 500 in two dollar bills were stolen from the Dominion Express Company's offices at the Canadian Pacific wharf. The $1000 shipment was consigned to the Bank of Montreal at the Nelson and Enderby branches, police report says.
The Bolsheviki press claims a population drop of about 18 million in Soviet Russia compared with prewar estimates. A 1921 Bolsheviki census put Soviet Russia at 130,707,000, while the statement cites 148,900,000 as of January 1, 1915, including territories now separate.
An attempt was made on the life of President Zanella of the independent state of Fiume as he left his hotel in a motor car. A bomb exploded wounding a chamber of deputies member and a police officer. the president escaped injury. Professor Riccardo Zaneila, an opponent of Gabriele d Annunzio, led a coup in April last year and was elected president on October 6 by the constituent assembly.
The Horticultural and Forestry Association of Manitoba discussed forming a potato growers exchange modeled after Minnesota. F W Almey reported 1921 potato yield at 5,850,000 bushels, up from 3,410,000 the year before. A Aamodt of Minnesota praised the exchange’s reach and its goal to handle the entire crop. Winnipeg gardens face heavy taxes with many acres yielding less due to taxation, as H W Whellans warned.
Regulations for the control of the importation of Chinese ees are being compiled by officials of the department of agriculture and will be submitted to the cabinet council for approval almost immediately.
Local urging to buy from merchants in your own town. Citizens urged to patronize home industry and support community businesses.
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