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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 09, 1927
Page
3
Torewia quotes Premier King stating minority rights are protected within the British Empire. He and officials defend Canada’s confederation structure while asserting no authority to alter fundamental constitutional arrangements.
Frank Henderson addresses investigators in Itfawa urging colonization of the northern hinterland to boost prosperity. He cites a mapping showing 1800 lakes within 35 miles of a northern Ontario town and argues development requires organized planning and greater activity in Western Canada. In Vancouver, Motor Act actions yield fines and 1835 automobile court cases. last year 2,876 cases were recorded with 25,521 dollars in fines and 5,490 dollars in additional penalties for driving offences.
The Saskatchewan Livestock Pool announced it has reached its annual objective of 1 carload of Heepstock to market during the year. Delegates for the election were chosen at a directors meeting, with 15 delegates to be elected and a return officer named. The election occurs at month end, with the 36 successful delegates to meet around March 16 to select a permanent board.
Interpellation in the Prussian Diet asks if the state would prevent Kaiser Wilhelm II from returning to German territories should he seek refuge in Holland. A safety measure to keep him from Pressian lands is discussed amid wartime concerns.
Canada to invite all Rotary clubs to take part in settling boy immigrants. The Department of Immigration announced plans to ask clubs to "father" boys chosen by Rotary chapters in the British Isles and brought to Canada for settlement.
Dr N Ber COA claims a Nationalist campaign in southern China targets Buddhism and Christianity with a push toward materialism and secular education. He cites parallel propaganda on Taiwan and accuses government influence of steering youth away from faith toward modernist ideas.
Report notes Canadian National Railways use netsures to protect forest areas around Winnipeg during Fevear fires. W. A. hb chief of forest protection discusses company contributions and training programs for Padbway employees across the Marstete region. Damaged text mentions costs and past incidents in 1923 and 1928, with references to Oilio Basan and Jane Graytin in narrative fragments.
A Mexican soldier killed four fellow troops and wounded passengers in a chaotic incident near Panis state. He then opened fire on others before being subdued. Robbers meanwhile escaped with about $20,000 after alighting from a handbook-guarded route, using shotguns and automatics to flee.
The Duke of York, King George’s second son, and his duchess entered King Neptune's realm as the Renown crossed the equator in the Pacific en route to Australia.
A commission will study Hudson Bay navigation this summer using planes to inspect waters and currents. William McLean chairs the panel with Jules Scott and E.B. Kost. bases will be set on the Bay and Straits with six planes plus patrol boats and wireless stations.
Lt Col Munro Supee St. a died at 56 after a long illness. Funeral details were unavailable in the fragment.
Ernest A. Hodgson seismologist at the Dominion Observatory told the Otani Dominion land surveyors that there are at least ten earthquakes each year in Eastern Canada. He noted sensitive instruments could reveal more, and that Quebec seismic centers should steer clear of sites for large commercial ventures.
President B O W Teatty of CVU announced in Toronto that the Canaan Pacific Railway has purchased the Queen's Hotel facing Union Station and will build a thousand room hotel on the site.
Onawae tan Vincent Missey Canada’s first minister to Washington is expected to arrive in February and will be received by President Coolidge shortly after. This marks a significant diplomatic engagement between Ottawa and Washington as Missey undertakes his duties.
The account by Cameron, a Frog Lake massacre survivor, recounts the 1585 attack, two months as a prisoner, and Big Bear’s plea at trial. He describes unrest among Cree in the Rebellion era and the railway’s role in sending troops to quell the uprising.
Regina hosts the annual convention of delegates to wind up the Saskatchewan Co Operative Elevator Company. Shareholders will appoint inspectors to aid the official liquidator, with 421 local delegates eligible to attend and vote.
The Post Office Telegraph Service reports a loss of about £1,500,000 over the past year due to strong telephone competition, with newspaper telegram traffic contributing a further yearly loss around £20,000. The British press has shifted to leased wires, paying wire rental rather than word-rate charges.
Canada Gazette notes Governor General in Council allows land exchanges in Moose Jaw district for settlers abandoning land due to poor soil. Homesteaders must reconvey to the Crown. Separate item reports 80 to 200 locals in a back to the land scheme near Ladner at Fraser River mouth led by Leon J Ladner.
British and Chinese officials continue talks after Cantonese Foreign Minister Eugene Chen challenged Britain’s right to deploy forces to Shanghai. A draft status agreement for concessions remains unsigned, delaying broader proposals on extraterritoriality, customs, and missionaries.
Warnington Williams Phillips, now ambassador to Belgium and former undersecretary of state, is chosen as the United States minister to Canada in Ottawa. The move includes surrendering ambassador rank for the post, likened to the China assignment, with Phillips’ long career in diplomacy and Harvard background noted.
The Westminster Gazette reports the governments industrial commission’s verdict on Canada and the United States. It says industrial America offers few lessons for British industry, claims American prosperity rests on a temporary boom, notes high wages and living costs, and argues industrial cooperation in America is not far ahead of English practice. Tirneste Bevin, TWF general secretary, is said to agree with some findings but disapprove of the minority report.
The Lung Wo arrived at Shanghai from Tankow on the Yangtse with a crowded boatload of evacuees under consular orders. About 125 were American, 15 Urkish and the rest Scandinavians, mostly women and children, all refugees from Hunan.
The Evening News reports plans to open at least 20 new paper cinemas in London within twelve months. Buses built to rival New York will seat over 52 000 people and cost above £2 500 000, about $12 125. The project stems from local business men believing in motion pictures. Other major cinema ventures are also being contemplated.
Chinese consul-general in Canada Sigen Chow Kuo stated he had not been advised of any recall of Vancouver consul Quei Tze Liang. He saw no significance in the departure and suggested the consul might be taking a private trip home on leave.
The United States government reports receipt of funds totaling 210.6 million from France as part of a payment related to wartime supply and aid commitments. Officials say the installment strengthens postwar economic relations and supports ongoing programs.
A fairly severe earthquake unsettled Shanghai city with unusual activity in the district NG. Reports indicate some damage but details are limited. No injuries confirmed at this time.
George Brougtall, formerly a prominent Winnipeg citizen, died in Toronto after a long illness in his 65th year. He was well known for local public service and business ties in Manitoba. The obituary notes his contributions and lasting impact on the community.
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