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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 20, 1929
Page
3
British officials seek a new method for disarmament to protect Anglo American friendship and reduce Atlantic misunderstanding. They doubt parity by ship counts and push for confidence based solutions rather than technical disputes, including concerns over a maritime law conference.
A bill amending the Post Office Act was introduced in the House of Commons. It requires sworn semi annual statements with names and addresses of editors owners and stockholders and other details. Religious publications are exempt and small stockholders may be omitted. Penalties for noncompliance include denial of mail and fines up to five hundred dollars. Introduced by T L Church Toronto Northwest.
In the House of Commons H B Adshead asked about German immigrants replacing Canadian workers. Minister Peter Heenan said a settlement was reached restoring Canadian workmen to their former positions at prior wages.
Brigadier-General V. Y. B. White of Montreal was chosen president at the convention. Directors named include Charles Heyden of Calgary T. S. Dixon J. D. Robson and P. A. Wilson all based in Vancouver.
Prairie province members and party leaders urge drastic changes in wheat marketing. Robert Gardiner calls for resignation of the grain commission and a new five member board to run the Canada Grain Act. Liberals seek broader actions to curb mixing at terminal elevators and to apply protein content as a key market measure.
Dr J D Ruddick Dominion Dairy Commissioner told the Western Canada Dairy Convention that Canadians lead the world in butter use with a per capita rate of 27 pounds plus 3 percent cheese. He cited rising home consumption and a drop in exports partly due to spending automobile tourists who yearly consume between 12,090,000 and 15,900,000 pounds of dairy products.
Delegations at the reparations conference have increased duties for hotel staff at the Hotel George Y. Their long hours are met with generous tips from delegates. The telephone switchboard workers gain most, while a barman grouses that delegates are the poorest customers he has ever served, noting fourteen delegates come from prohibition nations.
Sir Alfred Cope, former under secretary for Ireland, now head of Amalgamated Collieries of South Wales, predicts Great Britain will soon recover from a low mood and reclaim its former leading position. He comments that the coal industry has oversold economics while promoting Welsh coal in Canada.
The Canadian Swine Breeders Association adopted a resolution urging provincial governments to conduct further research to control intestinal parasites in swine herds. Over 100 breeders from across the dominion attended the meeting. The next gathering is planned for Western Canada, likely Regina.
Passengers on the London to Glasgow night express avoided injury after a derailment near Alfreton, Derbyshire. The locomotive and baggage cars left the rails but remained upright. the express messenger and firemen were reported missing and believed trapped beneath the locomotive.
Three prospectors Tony Tyrell Gougan and Viogt were killed in a Woman Lake Portage cabin fire in Sioux Lookout Ontario. Four dogs chained outside also perished. R F Dynes awoke to the blaze and could not reach the cabin or救 the living dogs. The news reached by aeroplane.
Ottawa reports Premier J. G. Gardiner of Saskatchewan plans a wide northward boundary expansion. MPs fear provincial quarrels and delays, while mining interest grows as pre Cambrian shield territory north of Manitoba and Saskatchewan shows rich mineral potential. Prospecting accelerates near Ches terfield Inlet and Copper Mine River toward the Arctic Ocean.
London engineer John Dalrymple-Hays calls the English Channel tunnel a gamble arguing no authority can confirm subsurface thickness. He notes lack of solid evidence on sea bed strata and claims geological samples are insufficient for engineering certainty.
The House of Commons rejected a proposal to merge Thanksgiving Day and Armistice Day into one November 11 holiday. Ottawa affirmed that Thanksgiving remains for providence and Armistice Day honors Canada’s war dead as distinct national observances.
R W Craig argues at Manitoba cultural resources hearing that the British Parliament may need to authorize changes to financial terms between Manitoba and the Dominion. He cites the Manitoba Act of 1870 and argues Dominion interests in lands are legislative, not proprietary, and urges consideration of parliamentary validation for changes.
The House of Commons debated a bill to amend the opium and narcotic drug act. It would raise penalties for selling or distributing drugs without a ministerial license, allow judges to order whipping in addition to fines and imprisonment, and require defendants to pay prosecution costs.
Despatches report a brutal winter across Europe with over 10 000 deaths since Monday. Sentries frozen in Landau and Budapest traffic halted by snow, while influenza plus cold deaths mount in France England Wales Spain Germany Czech Slovakia Italy Holland and Austria.
In Ottawa the House of Commons defeated a Ca ton resolution 114 to 60, halting any move to restore titles in Canada. The debate split parties, with the Prime Minister and Bennett backing the motion while many Liberals and Conservatives opposed it. The measure sought a committee to study the 1919 address on titles and consider foreign titular use, but critics warned it could reopen talks on restoring honors.
Shortly before adjournment of the House of Commons Hon. Fernand Rinfret moved to adopt a resolution authorizing reparations payments to Canadian citizens up to 2 500 000 dollars. Debate was adjourned with strong opposition from Hon. H H Stevens who argued most claims should be paid in full.
Premier Tolmie announced plans to establish a provincial market branch at the Western Canada Dairy Council Convention banquet in Vancouver. The government intends to create a new market office to oversee dairy trade and related activities.
London reports the King’s New Year honors list, postponed due to His Majesty’s illness, will be published soon and is expected to be very short with no peerages. Ottawa notes Dr H M Tory, resident of the National Research Council of Canada, was elected president of the League of Nations Society at its seventh annual meeting.
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