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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1929
Page
6
The committee examines three viewpoints on reform. One favors amending the current system, another seeks to ignore it for a new wholly different system, and the third aims to obtain benefits from the present system via cooperative banking while pursuing changes to align consumption with production. The committee favors the latter as the educational focus.
Western Canadian mills run 24 hours or close down as floods flood the market with U S oats. Canadian producers say price and duty pressure, US mills undercut, and Ottawa says nothing can be done until Parliament meets.
The Royal Winter Fair closed in Toronto marking one of the most successful expositions. Ontario led the event with record attendance and receipts, highlighted by prize livestock displays floats and a scarlet uniform dragoon presence. Duncan C. Bull Brampton president praised the high quality exhibits, especially livestock.
Que Raul Paquin and a companion left Vancouver on May 4 and push toward Halifax Nova Scotia. They face frozen rivers along their route but continue their voyage as fast as possible toward their destination.
Unemployed workers from Great Britain who migrated to Canada are to be deported due to conditions and strain on local immigration officials. The move targets the unit of workers considered for removal because of their status and numbers.
Two armed men bound and gagged a railway employee and stole an airplane in Kansas City Missouri. Police report the incident as a bold theft with potential ties to highwaymen and a pursuit ongoing as officers search for the aircraft and suspects.
Isnd and air search teams sweep ice fields near North Cape Siberia for Carl Bielyon and Earl Bocland. Officials say Bielyon vanished after his plane went down on Nov 9 during a rescue mission for the icebound ship Nanuk. Telegram reports mention smoke in foothills 36 miles from North Cape with no natives located. harsh weather and few dog teams hinder immediate operations. A Russian plane departs Providence Bay to pursue Etelson.
Saskatchewan and Manitoba dominated the Royal Agricultural Show Clydesdale classes in Toronto winning stallion championships. Manitoba celebrated Arnprior Emigrant winning the Carls Rite Walker House trophy for best Clydesdale stallion, the award’s fourth Manitoba victory in eight years. The University of Saskatchewan also secured several prizes among numerous awards in a Manitoba Day celebration.
Attard a Maltese fireman believed drowned in the Molesey wreck turns up alive in Milford Haven hotel. He hid aboard the wreck until calmer seas allowed him to reach Milford Rock and scramble to shore. A retired naval officer rescued him, noting the extreme cold and exhaustion.
Ottawa Ont Hon Charles Dun ning the Wests first Minister of Finance has been delaged by a flood of congratulatory messages. Messages come from every province of the Dominion with early telegrams from Halifax and scores from Quebec Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon Calgary Edmonton and Vancouver and many from Saskatchewan rural points.
Vancouver reports engineer D. C. Watkins of Jasper and fireman E. C. F. Bragg of Edmonton died in a head on crash four miles west of Jasper on a CN line. Two other crew members were injured lightly.
About 6000 letters arrived for delivery on the first planes leaving the city Baxatatoon Saskatchewan as a trans Canada mail service expands. Letters originate from many parts of Canada the United States the British Isles and even from the Bahamas.
Robby Barags notes movement of grain favors the West via Vancouver. He cites 20 percent more wheat leaving the country by that route than in 1928, tightening elevator space at the West and Great Lakes and impacting shipments through Atlantic ports including Portland, Boston, St. John, and Halifax.
Winnipeg based Canadian Wheat Pool reports total handling of 253 202 585 bushels of wheat and 35 694 057 bushels of coarse grains with a gross turnover of 288 097 071 dollars. Carry over stock at August 31 1929 stood at 48 358 585 bushels and exports reached 108 140 608 bushels to 90 ports in 19 countries led by the United Kingdom. The report notes the year was beset by difficult world markets and warns against selling at price levels that would attract speculators.
A Canadian view notes China and Japan as major growth prospects for U S exports, with flour lumber and autos moving through British Columbia ports. Ottawa reports plans to start steamship links from Eastern Canadian ports to India and British East Africa as part of foreign trade stimulus under President Hoover.
The Alberta Old Age Pension Board reports 1188 pensioners on the permanent roll for November and nearly 80000 dollars disbursed over four months in the province. End of October saw 853 beneficiaries, with 335 added in the last month. Board officers handle about 100 applications weekly as renewals rise.
The Aero Club of Canada was formed after a Hangar Club of Montreal meeting. Col J Scott Williams was elected president to promote flying interest across Canada and provide a meeting place for former Air Service officers and aviation associates.
Inspector R Jackson of Ottawa rejects rumors of a planned jail break at the Saskatchewan penitentiary. He says the facility is concrete and steel and unbreachable by fire, with no attack on guards or signs of brewing trouble.
London indicates willingness to join with other powers to seek a peaceful settlement of the Russo-Chinese dispute in Manchuria. Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson said Britain would consider taking the initiative if joint action proves possible. He noted prior communications with the United States and that new telegrams may have arrived.
Western Canada Airways announces six combined mail passenger planes for the Winnipeg Banff air mail route. Three completed in Seattle, three in Vancouver, each with cabin for four, mail capacity 500 pounds, night flight capability, 135 mph top speed, 115 mph cruise, 57 mph landing, 100 ft min climb, 15 100 ft service ceiling, 140 gallons fuel, 26 000 letters plus four passengers. Route includes Winnipeg to Calgary via Regina Moose Jaw Medicine Hat and Regina to Edmonton via Saskatoon.
A London report on British overseas marketing faults cites an insular attitude and unscientific sales methods as relics of a former era of monopoly. A Port of London inquiry and a NAB letter from Canada urges targeted sales teams and active pursuit of the growing Canada market, stressing readiness to pay the price for expansion.
Saskatchewan will spend 5 million dollars to complete six main trunk highways with all weather surfacing. The plan also includes a five dollar cut on motor vehicle licenses, cutting revenue by about 600 thousand, while gasoline tax may rise to five cents per gallon boosting provincial revenue by potentially one million.
Ottawa officials say proposals to require native and non native Canadians to reside in the United States while working there would not cause concern. Labor Department stance remains against strict regulation. Non native Canadians can work in the U S under quotas and head tax applies to native Canadians.
Ottawa reports preparations for the new parliamentary session. Premier Mackenzie King indicates the sessional program will be in good shape to avoid delays once MPs reach Ottawa. Departmental estimates are in preparation as the cabinet reviews proposed measures. Indications point to opening on Thursday January 20 or the following week.
Representatives of the B C Poultry Industry voiced willingness to prepare an exhibit of 200 birds for the London poultry exhibition next July. The display would form part of the Dominion Government plan for a thousand birds in the overall exhibit.
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