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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1923
Page
3
Unemployed in the Ruhr rally as thousands lose work in metal industries. Demonstrations break out in Duesveldor and large towns as Berlin shifts unemployment responsibility to local authorities October 17. Dole of 2,600 marks weekly per family fails to feed a single adult for seven days. relief scarce.
The Daily Mail highlights Canada’s new slogan Have Faith in the West as letters bearing the line arrive in London during discussions by Dominion premiers on better distribution of the empire’s population.
The Soldiers' Settlement Board announces 2700 winter positions for British harvesters in Northern Saskatchewan with 300 ready for immediate placement. Of these, 1700 are industrial and 1000 are farm jobs, as stated by District Superintendent F. J. O'Leary.
Imperial Oil Company will not suspend work in the northwest. Vice-President A M McQueen says the company plans to send at least one crew to Fort Norman next year to deepen the Discovery Well or sink a deep hole nearby. Continued work on the Blue Fish Creek well, down 495 feet, is possible, but drilling crews were lacking this season. Two other wells in Fort Norman district, numbers and IT, are understood abandoned.
Dr. F G Banting, inventor of insulin, is expected to announce a new discovery in the coming weeks. Ontario Health Minister Forbes Godfrey praised Banting as a genius and noted the upcoming revelation at a medical dinner. The speaker hinted the finding surpasses the diabetes cure.
Former Danish prince and cousin of King Christian, Prince Viggo, arrives aboard the Esthonia in New York and immediately heads to Canada to visit his ranch in Alberta.
The British Government proposes new financial and tariff measures at the Imperial Economic Conference. It would guarantee interest and capital for development schemes in Crown colonies and advance part of future interest. Conditions require public utility focus, accelerated schemes, British orders, and joint overseas governance. Dominion leaders welcomed the offer as Canada and Newfoundland tease cautious optimism while Australia notes potential relief from interest burdens.
Alberta will host a reenactment of a prairie buffalo chase as 159 Cree Indians from the Hobbema reserve travel to Wainwright Buffalo Park to aid an American film crew in shooting stampede scenes. The project aims to show the era before white settlement while the Government plans to reduce the herd as part of the production and slaughter program.
The Home Bank liquidator G. T. Clarkson is listing shareholders with unpaid balances totaling about $50,000. About 175 shareholders owe money, with roughly 160 in western provinces. They must pay the balance and the stock double liability. estates and trustees for infants fall in the same category, with holdings from one to five shares, mostly seven ten shares.
Friends of former President Woodrow Wilson and key Democratic leaders say he is willing to become a 1924 candidate if asked. Wilson has not confirmed the report, but those close to him say his health is improved and he would enter the race if nominated.
In San Pedro California an explosion aboard the United States submarine causing two deaths and six injuries. The incident occurred aboard the vessel identified as $37 during testing or operations near the harbor. Investigations and official statements are forthcoming.
Ontario plans a $40,000,000 five percent bond issue through a strong syndicate after a successful Dominion of Canada loan. W. H. Price, Provincial Treasurer, says bonds due in 25 years will be marketed in Ontario and other provinces with a price better than a previously tendered $15,000,000 proposal.
Swiss editors visiting Canada praise the country as a land of splendid emigration opportunities. Ernest Rietman, spokesman for the party hosted by Canadian Pacific Railway, notes Vancouver as an appealing port and Canada as a promising destination for their readers.
Canadian depositors press for action after the Home Bank failure. Lloyd George urges a strong British Empire to deter future wars. Quebec premier urged to convene a premiers conference to back provincial banks if the Home Bank collapse deepens. The Canadian Bankers Association refuses liability and any rescue plan, citing stockholders.
Reports from St. Johns say twenty to thirty lives may have been lost in the early month hurricane across the Atlantic. Four Newfoundland ships are awaited at Newfoundland ports in hopes they bring news and dispel fears, though none have been reported yet.
An old advertisement urges buyers to insist on Bayer labeled aspirin and avoid imitations. It notes Bayer as the trusted maker for over twenty three years with tablets sold in packs of twelve, bottles of 24 and 100, and includes the Bayer Cross trademark for genuine tablets.
Thousands of school children released from class lined the route from Union Station to meet Britain's war premier Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George and his party in Toronto. The welcoming crowd signaled strong public interest as the British leader arrived for his first local engagement.
In Orizaba Mexico the new workers compensation law took effect and 100 employees reported sick the day after it began compared with only six the day before.
Two railroad systems operate in the Philippines with a combined network near 840 miles. Operators include the Manila Railroad Company and the Philippine Long Distance Railway, serving major cities and regional routes.
Lord Renfrew told Mayor Martin of his pleasure in Canada and said he would return in two years, in all probability.
Victoria British Columbia Premier Oliver says the 10 percent cut in western grain rates by the Railway Board is a temporary measure to aid this year’s crop and does not alter BC’s appeal for general rate equalization now before the Privy Council. Ottawa Frank Oliver dissents, urging equal per mile rates westward for prairie grain to ocean ports, as against the board’s majority which approved the 10 percent reduction.
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