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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
7
The Liberal leader David Lloyd George denounces a Socialistic ministry and defends Liberal responsibility in national affairs. He argues the Tory Socialist coalition misreads the public verdict, calling Liberals pivotal between competing parties and warning against a narrow partisan shift.
Ottawa hosts Pilgrims studying Canada’s unity experiment. Premier Mackenzie King, at the Dominion Experimental Farm, outlines Franco‑Anglo relations and the goal that two great religions and races can live and work together for the common good.
Ottawa moves to enforce royalties on oil produced from Dominion Crown lands leased to private firms starting January 1. Minister Charles Stewart told the House the regulation, paused years ago, sets a royalty of 5 percent of output or 21 percent for certain royalties, at the minister's discretion.
The note suggests developing a project in Ottawa with potential easy raises on damp western farmland. Government support by technical guidance could prove valuable to advance the plan.
Montreal announces a new direct express service between Europe and Canada. The Compagnie Internationale Des Wapons Lits et des Grande Express Européens will forward parcels from European offices to Canadian Pacific Express receiving points for sea transport to Canada. The agreement promises safer and faster deliveries from distant European cities to any Canadian city.
Hull Quebec hear trio guilty of poisoning Zephyr Viau in his home. Philibert Lefebvre and Mary Viau Montpelier face execution set for Friday August 23 at Hull jail. Judge Loranger calls the crime despicable and says murder planned for months. Confessions show Lefebvre supplied strychnine for the act. Both prisoners deny guilt seeking clemency after brief jury verdict.
The cabinet weighs a younger composition for the grain commission. Leslie Boyd’s successor is likely Justice Turgeon of Saskatchewan, who may decline. If so, Hon. Charles Stewart, minister of the interior, could be offered the post.
In the House of Commons William Irvine UF A Wetaskiwin proposed that future sessions begin in November and end around May first. He argued current practice of meeting in February and running into the summer harms western and maritime members.
In London officials at One Howden Airship Works report a 30 worker strike blocks completion of the British dirigible R-100. Strikers demand direct negotiations with the Union. The R-100 was slated for tests next month and would be among the world’s largest airships.
Hon. Ernest Lapointe in the House of Commons said parliament would not support a raise for judges. He added he would not push the measure while the mood was unfavorable and would act without delay if parliament endorsed it later.
A Dominion Explorers Company pon toon Moth plane wrecked in Lac in Rouge near Prince Albert Saskatchewan. Pilot Kelly and one passenger had a narrow escape. they were rescued by a canoe party after the plane struck the water and overturned, with both upper and lower wings damaged.
London reports that King George is sufficiently well to resume many functions delegated to a council of state but will not yet take on all duties. He will handle dominion affairs among the duties reintroduced while health remains a priority.
Ottawa reports that Manitoba may accept commission recommendations ending a long-standing dispute. The plan calls for cash arrears of 4.584 million to Manitoba, annual subsidies rising with population to 1.125 million, and wiping out 153 thousand owed from swamp land revenues. Legislation to implement the terms is expected in early 1930.
Former Premier Stanley Baldwin sent a June 4 1930 farewell telegram to Prime Minister Mackenzie King and King replied noting cordial relations between governments in the United Kingdom and Canada. The messages were published after confirmation they were not personal communications.
The 1929 Bisley team sails from Montreal aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Montrose en route to Southampton. Members include Captain W C Colquhoun Esquimalt Sgt J H Regan Victoria Lieut D Fyvie Canadian Scottish Victoria Lieut Col R M Blair Vancouver Master Gunner 8 Col ling Esquimalt Lieut Desmond Burke Ottawa former King's Prize winner joins in England.
W J Watson longtime Calgary Herald secretary treasurer and director since 1908 will depart Calgary at month end. He will become assistant to the president at Southam Publishing Company with duties at the head office in Montreal.
Eighteen members of the Clan MacLeod arrived in Canada aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Mettagama. Led by Donald with Kenneth and Allan, the group travels en bloc toward Centreville Ontario. The party includes grandchildren totaling twenty four, aged from forty five years to six months, carrying seventy one pieces of baggage weighing three thousand pounds.
Vivian Phillips former Liberal chief whip writes to The Times criticizing David Lloyd George and urging new leadership and a return to character and principle to restore public confidence in the Liberal party. He urges turning from party funds and old pretences to renewed moral authority and service.
Reports from London say Premier Ramsay MacDonald intends to visit the United States in July after Parliament adjourns, unless prevented by events. He aims to attend the League of Nations assembly in Geneva in September and may hand Canada duties to Mackenzie King if an Anglo American conference occurs in Washington.
Aaron Sapiro will tour Saskatchewan in late June under Wheat Pool and United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan. He arrives June 26 and speaks that evening in the local city, then Weyburn on June 27 and Moose Jaw on June 28 or July 2. If Moose Jaw is on June 28 he will speak in Regina that day, then Swift Current on June 29 and Kerrobert on July 1.
The Saskatchewan Royal Grain Commission will continue its program despite the Saskatchewan political crisis. Chief Justice Brown, the commission chair, says no curtailment is feared even if Premier Gardiner’s government resigns. The inquiry will run in Alberta at Medicine Hat then Manitoba and Ontario ports, with dates announced by the prevailing government. Complaints about car distribution and leakage were raised, and John Maynard urged inspectors at railway division points to check car leaks.
Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe told J S Woodsworth in the House of Commons that he knows of no instance where a Communist was unfairly treated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police during review of 3 040 725 25 dollars in funding. He invited any evidence if such cases existed.
Hon Philippe Roy Canadian minister to France says Canada will reap goodwill from aiding European minorities. He notes 40 000 000 souls in minority populations and praises League of Nations effort. Roy calls postwar reparations settlement the greatest forward step since the armistice.
Lum Mah Hing, once confined on Bentinck Island for leprosy since 1920, left the lazarette aboard the President McKinley and returned to China after successful chaulmoogra oil treatment. Eleven lepers remain on the island with several showing recovery progress.
The League of Nations council will convoke a Geneva conference on September 7 for all states party to the permanent court statutes. Key items include facilitating U S accession to the world court and planning a 1920 Holland codification conference for international law.
William Fleet Robertson, longtime provincial mineralogist, died recently in Everett Washington. Born in Montreal in 1859, he built a notable career in western mining before retiring in 1925 while en route to England via the Panama Canal.
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