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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1923
Page
6
Government notes the amalgamation of the Canadian National and Grand Trunk railways with capital stock set at 1 243277 and a single share issued for the whole. An order in council provides bounty provisions for vessel owners and fishermen under the new arrangement, outlining payments per registered ton and per vessel.
At the annual convention of the Manitoba Dairy Manufacturers Association a resolution was adopted urging provincial government action to adopt compulsory cream grading, mirroring Alberta’s system, to take effect once Saskatchewan passes similar legislation.
Miss C. M. Cridland of Lanceton Ontario reports kidney trouble relieved by Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says the pills are a wonderful medicine and help tone weak kidneys. The ad praises pure blood and strong kidneys for health and impurity removal.
Alberta leads Canada in coal output for 1922 with 5,975,744 tons, up 1,018,549 from 1921’s 4,957,195 tons, according to the Provincial Mines Branch. Nova Scotia figures are not yet available to confirm the national ranking.
Moscow notes the Daghestan Republic faces famine and malaria with 150000 people starving. M Sumzofsky says relief is needed and Capt Quinn of the American relief administration agrees to help after a conference. Venice reports sudden crater eruption in Francerigo market sending flames and boiling water skyward causing panic.
Statistics from the Calgary Grain Exchange show January grain shipments in Calgary totaling three times the volume of the same month last year. Baltic shipping lines cut rail and sea freight rates for English and Canadian sailings by announced amounts.
In the Polish Silesia district near Dewthen, a blaze at a mining site results in multiple fatalities and injuries. Rescue crews report recovering several bodies while search efforts continue for missing workers as authorities investigate the cause.
A bold train heist stunned a local line near Ban' Verake as a lone bandit seized a safe with unknown loot. Police pursued the suspect who was reportedly cornered and fired upon during the getaway, prompting a tense manhunt across the region.
The Canadian Travers Alan of Montreal, nephew of Sir Montague Alan, was found murdered and robbed near Karnak on the Nile. Authorities suspect robbery rather than politics, noting he traveled alone to view temple ruins by moonlight and was about 45 years old.
Britain agrees to the American offer to fund the British war debt to the United States. The cabinet meeting, with full ministerial attendance, quickly endorsed the Chancellor of the Exchequer's recommendations. The terms set interest at three percent for ten years and three and one half percent thereafter, with a reservation on paying the total sum after ten years.
A resolution by Chairman Foster of the Foreign Affairs Committee calls on President Yarding to press for worldwide controls on narcotics and habit forming drugs. It cites excess production and urges Britain and Persia to unite in restricting growths used for drug manufacture to essential scientific needs.
The session opened quietly as Dominion Government to address farmers issues. A special committee with powers to investigate grain marketing, farm products pricing, livestock industry, and potential diversions was appointed. Bills on Bank Act reform and House redistribution were forecast.
Amalgamated Civil Servants of Canada prepare to petition the Dominion Government at their February 12 convention. H T Warburton cites 582 servants earning 80 dollars monthly with no funds for clothing or education. Nearby, a shipwrecked Nal crew was rescued off Cape Horn by the German steamer Polonia after escaping in small boats.
In Fredericton a new government was sworn in by Lt. Gov. Sai Wat Pussley. Peter J. Venoit and his Cabinet took oaths as the new administration forms the government replacing Hon. Walter Poster. A first meeting followed to plan the upcoming Legislature's work.
Aisksra, Algeria aviator Barbet set a glider flight lasting eight hours, fifty six minutes, and thirty five seconds. The better figure is Cherbourg January 29 by Lieut Maneyrol who flew eight hours and a minute. Official records note no recognized world record.
The council discusses proposed procedures by the League of Nations to resolve the boundary dispute between nations. The assembly urges all League members to raise annual armament expenditures to levels appropriated in 1918.
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