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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1934
Page
1
The commission and Hon. E. Redes discuss the maximum seven percent rate and penalties for breaches. Some members favored removing the cap as in Britain, while others argued to retain the limit with new penalties for violations.
Ottawa forecasts the 1934 35 export quota near 260 million bushels based on the London agreement. The present crop year quota was 200 million. The estimate uses average acreage 26.0 million and yield 17.24 bushels per acre, minus 16 percent acreage cut and 117 million bushels domestic needs.
From the National Press Club speech Vancouver Sun editor Robert Cromin urged psychology as the main instrument of adjustment to new world conditions. He noted his Italy Russia Germany and Clits tour and praised editors for efforts to speed changes.
Four Canadian destroyers visited Port of Spain in Trinidad. A 29 year old petty officer Blakey from Esquimalt was injured boarding a Caracag-Lag wayra train during shore leave and rushed to hospital with a broken leg.
The ministry of defence announced a new territorial force would be established and its members would wear uniforms similar to those of the famous Kriah brigade. Roger Casement, later hanged for treason, attempted to organize Germany for the Irish rebellion.
Discussion in the House of Commons about Ceylon's July 193% self government plan. Sir Henry Page-Croft urged a spot inquiry into its operation, while Malcolm Macdonald defended the system as working smoothly despite critics. Sir Nairne Sanderson attacked colonial policy as weakening rule.
Sergeant Percy Rose of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigated rumors of a demented Chippewa Indian named Gasgana tied to a sled and left to die in Lac Du Brocat country, Saskatchewan. He found the Indian died of natural causes as neighbors who cared for him stood by.
Chilean nitrate exports to Europe rose sharply in 1934 with figures showing a 700 percent increase over 1933. Canal zone shippers note the surge amid European tensions and speculate on munition use, while officials insist the shipments serve agriculture. January 1933 to January 1984 figures show 2,238 tons versus 146,167 tons. February totals reached 38,259 tons.
Vancouver accepts a request by striking BC loggers to hold a tag day. Mayor L D Taylor supports the appeal stating the industry exploits unemployment and calls the activity a racket and urges its end.
Asahi reports two naval planes crashed in heavy fog on a mountainside near Heijo killing five Japanese fliers. The latest loss brings the national death toll to twelve in a string of army and navy air disasters.
Alberta Public Works Minister H. C. L. McPherson defended strict discipline in provincial institutions amid articles by an ex prisoner. He said brutal treatment is not sanctioned but discipline is needed to prevent outbreaks and death. He cited 91 punished prisoners in Fort Saskatchewan jail from 1931 to 1933 for solitary confinement averaging 2.1 days.
In Parla the Stavinsky case deepens as Judge Albert Prince is found murdered near Dijon and police question Stavinsky as an international spy selling secrets to Germany. The Bayonne pawnshop scandal triggered cabinet collapses and deadly riots, with Prince lured by a phony call en route.
Sybil Brassey, second wife of Earl Brassey, died in London at age 75. She joined Lord Brassey on the Sunbeam voyage to Australia in 1895 during his governorship of Victoria and returned in 1900. She was stepmother to Lady Willingdon, wife of Canada's former governor general.
The Saskatchewan government plans a large scale land settlement scheme with railway company cooperation. Settlers will take up land with four years free of principal and interest, and partly improved land with two years free. Railroads offer concessions on passenger rates. Mayors of Regina Saskatoon North Battleford Moose Jaw Swift Current Prince Albert and Weyburn endorse the plan. Regina has begun aligning with the proposal and relief recipients are applying for inclusion.
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss placed the director of the official news agency in charge of the seized Socialist party publishing house. The Arbeiter Zeitung will be remodeled to reflect the government’s Christian conviction, presenting the state as friend and protector of the working class.
A new streamlined steam locomotive has been developed at the National Research Laboratories to cut air resistance by 35 percent and lift smoke from the stack away from the cab. Details are in the National Research Council report to the House of Commons.
Hugh Johnson tells the House committee that a universal 30 hour work week cannot be applied nationwide. He notes he will push for more action, while Gerard Swope of General Electric and Cashman Williams Connery urge NR A code driven hour reductions. Johnson says further shortening should come as business improves, in stages.
Under President Roosevelt the government launches a stamp tax crackdown on bootleggers. The new stamp tax requires every liquor container to bear a stamp with an elaborate inspection system. Illicit pours and misuse carry long prison sentences.
Berlin reports Chancellor Adolf Hitler will unite with Britain in a bid for disarmament. He reportedly approved a British memorandum in principle after talks with Capt. Anthony Eden at the British embassy. Conversations with Eden will press the plan to postpone any action on air forces for two years.
Ottawa reports progress as Prime Minister Bennett reads Cordell Hull’s statement to the House. Hull expresses hope that steps toward a reciprocal trade agreement with Canada will be taken at an early date to restore normal commodity flows between the two nations.
Manitoba legislators debated a resolution for an inquiry into price spreads in livestock marketing. Dr. Munn and Minister McKenzie argued the public markets are the producers’ only protection as packers direct purchases threaten the system. a Dominion-wide study may aid federal efforts.
King Albert’s body rests in a Laeken crypt as 30 000 to 40 000 Belgian veterans pass the coffin. The ceremony excludes women per custom while Queen Elizabeth and Princess Astrid stay secluded at Laeken. Crown Prince Leopold and Prince Charles walk behind the procession.
A bill to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquor Act to permit inter provincial shipment of beer to agencies other than liquor commissions passed third reading in the House. The measure allows legally empowered agencies to sell intoxicating liquor by law.
Ontario department reports livestock suffering from a serious feed shortage in Tuest counties. Feed grains are scarce, while hay and roughage remain adequate in Mist districts, highlighting uneven supply and risk to farm herds.
The Quebec assembly votes 52 to 25 against extending provincial voting rights to women delaying the issue by six months.
The Toronto board of control recommended daylight saving time from April 23 to September 29 for the city.
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