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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 13, 1930
Page
7
The Prince of Wales told delegates at the Imperial Conference in a Guildhall banquet that mutual trust and intermutual cooperation will solve war. He cited Britain and its Dominions disarmament as a model and urged global nations to join in establishing a League of Nations based peace.
Four safe crackers evaded guards on the Fraser River bridge and fled with $10,000 in stocks and tenders plus $300 cash from a Murrayville store. Police pursued to Queen's Park where the loot dropped and was later found in a hospital grounds drawer.
British manufacturing firms consider Canada as a site for branch factories. A textile concern may set up in Quebec. Krupps may send a German representative to survey for a Canadian plant.
Confirmation of a proposal to form a western provinces water board for regulating lakes and streams in the prairie provinces and the North West Territories was given by Hon. Thomas G. Murphy Minister of the Interior. J T Johnson would be chairman of the new body.
The issue of harsher penalties for butter adulteration is under study by Minister of Agriculture Robert Weir after a request from the Montreal Produce Association.
Fifty percent of grain receipts in the Edmonton division were graded tough and seven percent damp in the ten days after the mid October blizzard. Officials expect that improved drying weather will soon show its effect.
The Canadian Chambers of Commerce trade delegation in Tokyo is hosted by Hon H Mr Marter the Canadian minister to Japan. A series of luncheons gives the party a chance to meet Japanese business leaders and cultivate ties.
In London England Rt Hon Arthur Henderson foreign secretary told the House of Commons that Britain has urged Soviet Russia to honor a pledge against propaganda exchanges as a condition for resuming relations. He said the Soviet government would continue to observe the pledge but could not control Third International activities. Conservative cries followed the statement before the matter faded.
Two prospectors Charles Stabback and Fred Miller drowned when thin ice broke on Herb Lake in northern Manitoba. They travelled by dog team with a canoe on the sled. one fell in and the other tried to save him before both perished. Searchers recovered the bodies.
The white leghorn entry of John R. Beer of Brandon won the eleventh Manitoba egg laying contest at Brandon experimental farm. Late in the race the Beers’ pen led with 2,270 eggs and 2,297 points, while W. C. Wroth’s barred rocks at Sunton poultry farm Welwyn Saskatchewan had 2,207 eggs and 2,271 points.
Dr Hugo Eckener master of the Graf Zeppelin says he was not invited by the British Government to testify and has no plan to travel to England for the inquiry since he was not an eye witness to the disaster.
Berlin. The foreign affairs committee of the Reichstag rejected all motions to raise the question of reparations revision in this session. It also called for an end to the situation of a disarmed Germany surrounded by increasing war preparations.
The vast German passenger plane DO-X is tentatively due to depart Lisbon for an Atlantic crossing to the United States on November 12. It left for Amsterdam on November 2 en route to Lisbon.
The Rev. Hugh Butler, longtime Magilligan Presbyterian minister in Northern Ireland, dies aged 104 after nearly 79 years of service. France reports 250 injured daily on fronts and roads.
Detectives from central police headquarters report limited progress in the Transcon Bank of Tarento robbery case from October 1. Ten men were arrested. one received a three year penitentiary sentence, three await trial, and charges loom for others. Only $3,000 of the $12,000 taken has been recovered. a mystery man is thought to have fled with $9,000 missing.
At the Imperial Conference the committee on communications weighed building an Empire broadcasting station in England with an estimated cost of 40000 pounds. Relaying stations would be needed across the Empire to carry a four hour daily program including news. Canada would receive the early morning hours to fit its night schedule. Sankey committee, led by the Lord Chancellor, will draft a report covering channels of communication autonomy and an Empire tribunal for inter-unit disputes. The governor general appointment may be reviewed.
A luncheon focused on political status amid sandwich launches. An economic sub committee studied a quota scheme for British purchases of canned fruit fish and dairy products. Canadian Prime Minister Rt Hon R B Bennett has fully recovered from his recent indisposition.
Premier Bracken says losses may exceed 10.6 million dollars if wheat prices do not improve, with final figures likely in about three months after 1929 grain is sold. Alberta expects no net loss, while Saskatchewan awaits a formal government statement. Bracken calls the 10 million figure a guess.
Sir Hubert Wilkins invites explorer Lincoln Elsworth to join the proposed undersea voyage to the North Pole. The 2100 mile journey under the sea is planned to start next June from Milwaukee.
Premier 5. F. Tolrui's cabinet reshuffle is sworn in before the Lieutenant-Governor R. Bruce. F. E. Burden retires as Minister of Lands and is succeeded by N. Lougheed formerly Public Works. R. W. Bruhn becomes Public Works, W. Shelly becomes President of the Council, J. Jones becomes Finance Minister. Burden to London as agent general.
The Daily Herald reports at the Imperial Conference that the home government will no longer interfere in choosing governor-generals. A new procedure will have the King appoint governors-general in sole consultation with and on the advice of the dominion government.
Ottawa reports the Dominion Government weighing a bonus to farmers whose wheat was damaged by autumn rain and snow. A plan would pay one and a half cents per bushel, with the province matching, limited per farmer. Debate includes drying costs, feed use, and safeguards for small farmers.
Ottawa announces Alberta coal will move to Ontario at 8.75 dollars per ton from Oct 25 to Dec 1 as a relief measure for unemployment. The Board of Railway Commissioners approved the rate under Order in Council 439, with a plan to extend a 6.75 dollar per ton rate for three months and possibly beyond.
The Canadian Wheat Pool reduces barley initial payment by five cents per bushel. No. 3 C W barley at Fort William now pays 20 cents per bushel with malting grades and lower grades adjusted: No. 4 C W 17 cents, No. 5 C W 16 cents, No. 6 C W 14 cents, minimum 12 cents. The change reflects lower barley prices and higher deliveries to the Pool.
Three shocks hit upper Adriatic cities including Ancona and Senigallia causing extensive damage across a 1000 square mile zone. At least 15 dead and hundreds wounded were reported by the interior ministry, with figures likely to rise as details came in.
The entire Canadian delegation to the Imperial Conference was guests of King George at Buckingham Palace in London on October 2.
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