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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1925
Page
3
Toronto reports orders for the Dominion loan indicate 1925 may set a record for government financing. Large institutional demand is being scaled down by the syndicate to reserve more bonds for private buyers, signaling Canada’s strong credit and stable financial standing abroad.
D C MacLachlan of the Western Elevator Company was elected president for 1925 26 at the Winnipeg Grain Exchange annual meeting. A Thompson of the International Elevator Company and N J Breen of Lake of the Woods Milling were named vice presidents. Dr Robert Magill retained the secretary position.
Government of Western Australia acts to restrict funding from the Agricultural Bank for land clearing by settlers. From now on, advances will be contingent on employing only British subjects, aiming to curb foreign labor in cultivation projects.
R A Hoey MP for Springfield is appointed assistant director of publicity and education for the new Manitoba Wheat Pool department. The move follows signals he will withdraw from political life as noted in a Canadian Press dispatch.
The Abende reports 800 Bessarabian peasants are on trial at Kishinev by a Romanian military tribunal. They were arrested after a punitive expedition followed a suspected plot to cede Bessarabia to Soviet Russia.
Winnipeg reports confirm the Nash Fruit Company and affiliates have merged under the Nash Simington Company name. Britain’s August unemployment hits 1,354,100 with 810,262 more jobless than last week and 191,220 higher than a year ago. Sofia notes King Boris leapt from a moving car to halt runaway horses, likely saving children. London begins hiring cars to eradicate vermin in offices and warehouses.
The cabinet re organization completed with J A Robb sworn in as minister of finance and Herbert Marler as minister without portfolio. Fr J Lemaire administered the oath in the presence of Lord Byng at Government House.
On the 166th anniversary of the Plains of Abraham a shield once taken from Quebec by General Murray and later kept in Hastings, England, is officially returned to Quebec as a goodwill gift from England to French Canadians. Hon. P. Larkin of the Canadian High Commission in London delivered the shield, following an unveiling by Lt. Gov. N. Perodeau.
Immigration data show 32,449 Canadians arrived in the first quarter of the 1925 fiscal year from April 1 to June 30. Of these 16,094 came from Britain and Ireland, 5,307 from the United States, and 11,048 from Northern Europe. Returnees totaling 9,141 from the United States also moved back to Canada. Since records began April 1, 1924, 52,916 Canadians have returned up to last June.
Telegraph Creek B C miners trek the Cassiar trail toward Dease Lake after only a few small placer strikes, ending hopes raised last winter by reports of free gold. The old mining camp, deserted since the Klondike era, yields little wealth amid harsh northern conditions.
W B Ballantyne editor of the Journal in Emerson Manitoba died suddenly at his home from a paralysis stroke on September 7. A veteran of Manitoba journalism he had run the Journal for over 30 years and earlier managed the weekly. He served on the Western Press Association executive and was a prominent Freemason. He is survived by his wife formerly Mrs Dr Henderson with no children.
Ottawa announces a new eight member board of adjustment for Canadian National Railways. Four members come from management and four from employees. The chair and vice chair rotate every six months. The board handles disputes over wages and working conditions schedules for clerical and shop staff and decisions are final and binding.
Australia faces unrest as Premier Bruce declares against Bolshevism and may seek a people mandate. Warrants issued for four hundred Melbourne seamen amid an unofficial strike following a wage decrease.
Governments represented in the League of Nations will study the Canada United States extradition treaty concerning opium and other dangerous drugs with a view to broader treaties. The League Council approved the recommendation of its permanent opium commission to pursue this aim.
Vancouver reports that decision on British Columbia's grain rate revision will be postponed until a general freight rate revision is completed. Hon H A McKeown notes export grain urgency but domestic rates lack the same urgency. Premier Oliver says the commission's export rate order stands unaffected by three members not part of the judgment.
Oliver Henry Wallop, a 63 year old Wyoming rancher near Sheridan, inherits the title Earl of Portsmouth after his elder brother dies in London. He will keep U S citizenship and residence and plans to remain on his 3000 acre Wyoming ranch. He intends to visit England briefly to be invested then return to cattle work. In 1883 he hunted in Canada and then visited English settlers near Sheridan where he bought the ranch.
Goodyear-Zeppelin experts Dr Karl Arnstein and Capt Ernst Lehmann in Akron unveil designs for a giant GZ-1 zeppelin twice the size of the Los Angeles and Shenandoah. The craft would carry 6,000,000 cubic feet of helium and is pitched as safer and storm capable with a future bevy of even larger ships.
Smithsonian researchers report the earth’s rotation decelerates by about one thousandth of a second per century, implying a gain of roughly one minute every six million years. Scientists note ancient days were much longer, possibly three to four hours shorter than present.
The Canadian schooner Dawn of Lunenberg North Carolina was seized in Narragansett Bay when it grounded while attempting to escape from a patrol boat.
Berlin police reveal a movement led by three U S citizens with about 1600 German followers aiming to form a group named Knights of the Fiery Cross modeled after the Ku Klux Klan.
Japanese officials warn of rising Bolshevist propaganda and plan a Diet bill to create a special police service with an annual 1,000,000 yen budget. The move follows the peace preservation law and increasing cross border exchanges with Soviet Russia.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told a directors’ luncheon at International Day of the Canadian National Exhibition that Canadians are no more inclined to annexation with the United States than Americans are to join the British Empire. He said he would oppose any move to annex Canada to the United States.
At a reception in Quebec the keynote was provincial unity among the Dominion. Speakers included Sir James A. M. Aikins and Col. Harry Cockshutt with Premier Taschereau who spoke of unity in diversity and the Canadian future built on Quebec’s resources and regional strengths.
Ottawa estimates 1925 wheat yield at 391,815,000 bushels, up from 262,000,000 last year. Fall wheat 23,697,000, spring 368,122,000. oats 514,877,000. rye 15,527,000. Weather varies by province with generally favorable prospects and some rust damage.
Retailers across several cities begin raising anthracite coal prices amid a strike, with predictions of further hikes if the walkout continues. Officials show no sign of government intervention, and the dispute is expected to drag on.
Vancouver consulate officials report Japan has received requests to lift the five year old embargo on Canadian apples. New crop samples will be shipped to Japan for inspection for coddling moth larvae, with lifting expected if clearance is given.
C Cooke of this city returns from a trip to the bay with western businessmen and asserts the Hudsons Bar Railway is feasible. He says substantial material and water power are available for harbor facilities at the end of the line and that early construction is a sizable step.
A Tangier dispatch to the Daily Express reports the Temsa man tribe, one of Morocco’s wealthiest groups, surrendering unconditionally to Spanish forces as they landed at Athucemas Bay.
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