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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1924
Page
3
Ontario voters sustained the Temperance Act in a provincial plebiscite on liquor control. Early tallies showed a close rural urban split, with a dry outcome emerging as country ballots turned the tide. Final counts projected a dry majority near 25 000 as all votes were tallied.
Four of six Montreal murder convicts tied to the Bank of Hochelaga holdup were hanged in Bordeaux jail after a tense security buildup. Louis Morel Frank Gambino Serafini and Tony Frank faced the noose as police patrolled all routes to the prison. Morel awaited death calmly while Tony Frank despaired and Serafini Gambino protested innocence.
Professor A E Ottewell of the University of Alberta warned at the Provincial Social Welfare Congress that up to 75 percent of rural Alberta districts lack organized religion and have no religious agent. He urged the rural school to serve adults as well as children, calling the current condition dangerous. Other speakers discussed child welfare and the drug problem.
A historic ratification ceremony in Ottawa marked the exchange of formal ratifications for the first Canada Belgium treaty. John Van Ryckstall of Montreal, senior Belgian consular representative in Canada, and Hon. James A. Robb Canada’s acting minister of finance officiated the exchange.
Osman Digna, famed foe of the British during the Mahdi uprising, has been released after 22 years in a Wadi Halfa cell. The dispatch notes his Mecca pilgrimage and says Britain’s Foreign Office had forgotten him until parliament raised the issue. He is reportedly near 100 years old.
T. W. Cowan of the Dominion Department of Narcotic Investigation urged isolating addicts as the only cure for the drug evil before the Social Welfare Congress. He said Canada has the strictest laws to fight the issue. Brother Barbas urged elderly men to lead youth groups to guide boys toward happiness and service.
A plan for a city federated budget style charity fund modeled on the Winnipeg Foundation has been submitted to Ottawa’s board of control by Controller Arthur Ellis. A draft legislation prepared by the city solicitor could authorize creation of the fund, with approval sought from the Ontario Legislature at a special meeting.
Railways of Canada report record freight handling in 1923 with 102,258,933 tons of revenue freight and 34,067,658,527 ton miles. The average distance per ton was 333 miles, surpassing prior records though passenger traffic rose only nine percent from 1922 and remained below 1919–1920 peaks.
Four more names were added to the list of dead from the explosion aboard the cruiser Tren ton in Hampton Roads on Monday, bringing the total to twelve. Of the six survivors on duty at the time, four are believed to be in critical condition.
Vancouver's grand old man Quick, born Oct 22, marks his 164th birthday. He remains hale and active at his saddlemaking bench, living by the motto early to bed and early to rise and plenty of hard work.
An extensive grain smuggling network from North Dakota and Minnesota to Manitoba trades at Winnipeg. Higher Canadian prices lure farmers south of the line. past efforts to enlist government aid to curb smuggling yielded little action, says P A Lee secretary of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association.
Winnipeg report outlines three emigration schemes for British immigrants arriving in Canada. Commissioner David Lamb reveals £250,000 will fund 1925 work, with Brandon Manitoba training farm active and Birtle farm under negotiation. Plans cover boy, young man, and family emigration with multi-year training and shared produce arrangements.
The Imperial Aviation Society and the Government Aviation Board prepare a civilian round the world flight. Two pilots will be selected to undertake the journey. The Nagoya Nakajima Aeroworks will build the aircraft with a spring 1925 start. Funding may come from public subscription and government appropriations.
Dr H B Devine of Melbourne Australia says a new gastric surgery method based on animal experiments could revolutionize operations.
The 28th Battalion CEF of the Iron Sixth Brigade invites former members to Regina November 1 and 2 for a theatre party banquet concert and church parade. With many addresses unknown the committee urges word of mouth and notices to reach all veterans and offers special railway rates for a return trip. It marks ten years since mobilization in Winnipeg on November 1, 1914.
Manitoba officials report a few more days of fine weather will finish threshing the grain crop. The wet spell caused little damage though some sprouting and bleaching occurred. Threshing is now widespread and near completion in southern and central districts. If freezes come late, a large fall plowing season is expected.
Tokio reports the navy will set up a special poison gas research board soon, following the army which has already begun studying new offensive weapons. The army and navy will cooperate on the project.
Elsie Kipling daughter of Rudyard Kipling married Captain George Bambridge honorary attaché to the British legation at Brussels in a ceremony here.
H R H the Prince of Wales spent a delightful day in the Canadian Rockies visiting Jasper National Park and Jasper Park Lodge. He was greeted at Jasper Station by Col S Maynard Rogers Park Superintendent upon arrival by special train of the Canadian National Railways.
The Albanian representative to the League of Nations reported to Sir Eric Drummond a Albanian government dispatch alleging Yugoslavia aimed to seize Albania. The League Secretariat took the matter under advisement, illustrating how the League serves to air grievances of small states fearing absorption by larger powers.
Premier Mackenzie King will be urged to speed completion of the Hudson Bay Railway in Regina by a large Saskatchewan delegation. The group includes representatives from farm and livestock associations and cooperative bodies, meeting him early Monday forenoon, November 3.
Cabinet discussed western freight rates with ministers leaning toward suspending the railway commission order until the Supreme Court resolves legal status and board jurisdiction. The move would pause the order as an interim step while awaiting appeal, with Crow's Nest rates likely to be withdrawn unless an order-in-council halts them. Premier King and western premiers are being kept informed.
W. D. Scott retired as assistant deputy minister of immigration and colonization. The Department of Immigration in Canada honored him with a silver tea service and tray and an illuminated address from employees in Canada the United States Great Britain and Europe. Scott helped colonize Western Canada starting with selling the first section of Canadian Pacific Railway land near Brandon in 1881 for 2.50 an acre with a rebate for lands brought under cultivation. The buyer was Charles Whitehead father of the Brandon Sun’s editor and owner.
A cablegram from the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome reports France's official preliminary wheat crop at 282,440,900 bushels, up from 275,572,000 last year. The rye crop is 34,980,000 bushels, compared with 26,517,060 in 1922.
Winnipeg reports indicate western wheat pools sell by milling value rather than government grades. Saskatoon pool manager Don MacRae says classification will let pool members’ grain be marketed on milling value. Experiments succeed but elevator agreements limit this year. pools may later control loading unloading and elevator ownership across the prairies.
The former Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna disputes Grand Duke Cyril of Russia's Berlin manifesto declaring himself Emperor of all the Russians. She argues Cyril acted prematurely and preserves hope the royal line endures. She addresses Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch as the eldest Romanoff and cites a future sovereign chosen by laws and church.
The Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly meets in Regina on November 13 for the fifth session. The attorney-general has prepared a draft liquor bill now ready for submission and the details remain tightly guarded.
The recognition of the Soviets, announced for Friday October 17, is now said to be postponed by the Russians. Moscow reportedly told French supporters that tacit reservations about debts will not be tolerated in the act of recognition.
The government of the Netherlands orders 12 high speed scout planes and 16 two seater artillery observation planes. Deliveries are planned for 1925.
Paris reports Premier Mussolini of Italy and the Jugo-Slav foreign minister will meet as soon as the ministerial crisis is settled to discuss an Italo-Jugo-Slav defensive alliance.
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