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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1928
Page
3
Canada records February 1928 total trade at 176,518,251 dollars, up from February 1927 by 21,408,557 and above January 1928 by 12,245,001. Imports totaled 55,932,207. exports including foreign goods reached 90,356,454. Excess of exports over imports stood at 2,652,799, with agricultural and vegetable products making up about one third of exports at 32,101,415.
Ottawa says Canada severed official trade ties with the Soviet government in May 1927 amid belief Soviets trained to harm British Empire institutions and failed to honor promises. Documents in Commons reveal Britain warned Russia terms of 1923 pact with the UK could continue affecting Canada. Mr Amery urged Commonwealth-wide, uniform action for mutual benefit.
Bones of a man believed killed by a blow to the head were found burned in a concealed natural fur nace on the southeast corner of Trail Island, about 30 paces north of Vancouver. Police report the crime occurred in recent years and a deep hole near the high water mark was used for the burning. The district is popular with summer campers and investigators are examining the case.
Final reading of the Montreal bill on equal property rights and municipal voting for married women failed 12 to 9 in the Quebec Legislative Council. Minister J. L. Perron claimed fewer than 15 Quebec women support feminine suffrage.
Ottawa. Hon. C. P. Beaubien announced in the Senate that on March 20 he would question the government about communistic propaganda activity across the country and inquire into measures to counteract it.
Rehabilitation work begins in San Francisquito Canyon and the Santa Clara Valley after the St Francis Dam break. Death toll listed as 764 with 1,500 homeless, 10 bridges destroyed, communication lines disrupted, and property losses estimated between 7 and 30 million dollars. Los Angeles blamed for building the dam.
Captain J E Bernier, noted Canadian navigator, predicts a period of prosperity for Canada once the Hudson Bay Railway opens an Atlantic outlet. He believes cattle and grain will move to Europe and Canada will rival the United States in trade, with ice‑strong ships and skilled crews guided by coast weather reports.
In 1827 to 1928 Ottawa reports 33 572 pounds of Australia butter entered Canada for consumption. The House of Commons record also notes 4 900 000 pounds of butter from New Zealand and 895 000 pounds of mutton from Australia entering Canada in 1927.
The Manitoba legislature passed the Old Age Pensions bill on its third reading. A $500,000 first year financing will come from a property tax. The measure takes effect only after proclamation by the lieutenant governor, likely not until late summer.
A report notes that more than twelve years after the old saloon, Winnipeg now hosts beer parlors with fine furnishings and a restful look. Hotels in the city also begin serving beer by the glass under the new liquor control law, signaling a rapid, bustling shift in the local drinking culture.
Ottawa reports the Royal Fisheries commission cost 51 845 56 up to January 31 1928. Fees totaled 26 220 11 and expenses 25 625 45.
The House passed the main budget motion by a 116 to 92 margin with Liberals Liberal-Progressives and independents on the government side forming the majority. Henri Bourassa spoke briefly before proceedings moved to committee on ways and means. The session reopened amid protests as votes and rulings sparked clashes. The destroyers Champlain and Vancouver were set to depart Portsmouth for Canadian naval service, Vancouver arriving Esquimalt June 3 and Champlain to Halifax May 17.
Victoria reports the British Columbia legislature prorogued on March 14 after customary ceremonies marking the session’s end. The event included traditional formalities and ritual departures by lawmakers.
Three hundred delegates at the Conservative convention in Saskatoon selected Dr J T M Anderson as provincial party leader. Nominees M A MacPherson K C M L A Regina Howard McConnell Saskatoon J A Haagerman Unity and J F Diefenbaker Prince Albert withdrew after a committee report found unanimous support for Anderson.
Senator C E Tanner of Halifax proposes in the Senate that Canada would favor a Newfoundland union with the Dominion if Newfoundland asks. In Canberra Australia welcomes Bert Hinkler, with Premier Bruce presenting 2,000 pounds for his record flight from England to Australia in fifteen days.
Banff carnival closes after eight days with Miss Kate Harrison of Vancouver named queen and serving until next year’s carnival. A notable moment was a Stoney Mountain Indians welcoming the retiring queen Miss Emilie Mason of Calgary. Ike Mills won the Dog Derby and Strongheart Trophy in impressive 2:40 for the last leg.
Parliament will summon officials in charge of immigration and colonization for the Canadian Railways inquiry. Deputy Minister W. J. Egan testified the department checked immigrant farm laborers under railway agreements, finding some did not settle on farms. He noted Britain supplied more immigrants than other empire regions, and discussed wartime propaganda and medical examination practices.
A crowded Luxor to Cairo deluxe train caught fire in a first class coach and spread to a sleeping car injuring tourists with cut hands and sprained ankles as passengers escaped through windows. Baggage was abandoned and all possessions lost as flames consumed both coaches. George Eastman and party aboard lost all film from their Central Africa trip.
In the House of Commons C L Boulanger urged a resolution to grant Canadians seeking western land the same government aid as Europeans. He argued it would ease debt burdens and keep Canadians on the land, noting Loyalist and French-Canadian heritage as favorable settler traits. Conservative J W Edwards urged broader reach to attract eastern settlers, while H F Lavigneur urged unity with Boulanger. Peter McGibbon pressed for more inward focus, criticizing immigration policy and proposing fur farms in Northern Ontario and Quebec.
The Saskatchewan Conservative party unveiled a broad platform in Saskatoon listing 27 planks. Key aims include returning provincial natural resources, selective immigration, educational reform, diversified agriculture, public utilities, labor improvements, body of public welfare reforms, and free speech in radio broadcasting.
Canada Gazette notices the incorporation of the Stephen Motor and Aero Company with $100000 capital. Headquarters planned in Regina with directors F G Stephen R Morrow H A Stephen M A MacPherson and Everett Leslie. The firm will deal in motor cars and aeroplanes and run regular air service.
The Moorpark inquest into St Francis Dam collapse reports 285 bodies recovered, altering the death toll. The coroner's jury returns an accidental drowning verdict and does not assign blame for the disaster. Meanwhile the Canadian dollar regains par in New York after weeks at a discount, with brief premium periods noted in late 1926.
Ottawa reports General A. D. McRae, Vancouver member of parliament, showed considerable improvement after a skull fracture from slipping on ice near the parliament buildings. Separately, money order business between the United States and Germany will resume.
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