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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
3
Major-General A. D. McRae leads the Western Canada Colonization Association urging Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta to create a Provincial Land Settlement Board. The plan seeks fixed land listings maps and two year listing periods with tax adjustments to convert unoccupied lands near railways into productive settlements.
A. D. McRae, managing director, argues Saskatchewan needs a Land Settlement Board and local agents to coordinate targeted colonization. He warns large scale collective settlement is impracticable due to vast prairie areas and numerous railways. He urges cooperation with Western Canada Colonization Association to bring suitable farmers to the province.
Nine hundred Germans accused by the Entente of wartime crimes will face trial at Leipsic beginning May 23 with seven judges. The initial cases include minor offenders with witnesses called from England, and the proceedings will feature Heine, Mueller, and Neuman as first defendants.
In a speech at an Odd Fellows gathering celebrating the order’s 102nd anniversary President Harding cited the hundred year peaceful coexistence of Canada and the United States without fortifications as an example for other nations. He urged shared understanding and unity to forward the cause of humankind.
Consular dispatches report rising unemployment in England with Birmingham cited as typical where over 100000 people are idle and weekly increases reach about eight thousand during the last three weeks. The dispatch notes an unprecedented influx of German goods flooding the British market.
The Naval Service announces the Canadian squadron will depart Esquimalt for eastern waters on May 27 delaying the planned sailing by one week. The shift affects the departure date and voyage timetable for the delegation.
The Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate voted to postpone temporarily consideration of resuming diplomatic relations between France and the Vatican.
A report describes the British government stating the Home Rule Act will be applied in Ireland without alteration. It notes Sinn Fein threats to journalists in Ireland and remarks on police auxiliary forces, with Sir Hamar Greenwood defending a united approach and a June functioning parliament for the north. The Prime Minister resisted postponing elections, leaving Ireland to decide.
Dominion Government spent 879 196 in moving feed and livestock from dry zones to feeding regions in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta during winter 1919 20. W H White Victoria Alta was informed in the House of Commons. Fifty percent of this amount was recoverable from Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan. Federal Department of Agriculture total expense for the purpose would be 467 269.
D C Coleman vice president of the Canadian Pacific Railway told Minister of Mines William Sloan that the CPR and its subsidiary Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company have appropriated a large sum to investigate the mineral wealth and production possibilities of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway mineral belt on Vancouver Island.
Two Taber farmers report wheat seeded this spring is showing well above the ground as growth progresses. The observers note robust early growth and promising emergence in their fields near Taber and Lethbridge.
Negotiations over ending the coal strike stalled again as the Miners' Federation rejected the government's plan to raise the subsidy from £7,500,000 to £10,000,000. Delegates voted overwhelmingly against the offer, citing it as failing to meet their core demands. Frank Hodges warned the proposal would cut miners' wages by four shillings in July and four shillings sixpence in August.
H J Symington on behalf of Manitoba and Saskatchewan governments urged emergency relief at the Railway Board session in Winnipeg to prevent western production from collapsing. He warned farmers were despondent and producing only what they could harvest, seeking prompt government action while railways comply with law. Carvell pledged to raise the case in Ottawa. A further request sought summer coal freight-rate cuts from western borders to Winnipeg and Fort William, to be reviewed after the Ottawa session. Freight-rate disparities were noted as reduced to about five percent.
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