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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
6
Military authorities took possession of the horse show building on lease to house the 8th Brigade of District Artillery, establishing a permanent base in Vancouver.
Hugh Guthrie reports the board is advancing work on a trans continental air route. A plan proposes starting from Halifax to Vancouver with stops at Sault Ste. Marie, Calgary and other points depending on wind and sea conditions. Projected time is 40 to 50 hours including layovers.
Cochrane Ort reports strong protests to the Dominion government by the local board over harsh travel conditions westward after trouble at Kapnekasing and O'Brien. The board urges immediate action for safer travel and protection of local residents to avoid vigilantism and property violence.
A Berlin despatch reports munitions and hydro planes valued at £2,900,040 seized by a commission on the Spree. The incident involved officials described as communists, with authorities summoned to the scene as government representatives move to assess a volatile situation.
The Duke of Devonshire and the duchess will depart Ottawa around September 7 with other members of the vice-regal party for a lengthy western tour. The trip is described as an official extended visit to western Canada with anticipated engagements and duties.
The text discusses a proposed international peace tribunal linked to the League of Nations. It references Viscount Cave and Sir Auckland Geddes, noting skepticism about perfect harmony and cautioning that the effort could provoke revolutionary radicalism while England faces funding for democratic committees.
In the first six months, over six thousand million passed Winnipeg toward the west with cash and goods worth about two million. Burghirs moved a safe half a mile at Hlorndean near Plum Cyulce and secured only £2 for their trouble after blowing up the Winkler Lumber Company office.
The provincial bureau of labor notes a shortage of harvest labor across Saskatchewan with Regina district fully staffed. In Saskatoon Bishop Franz Harder of the Mennonite church is sentenced to 30 days in jail for defying Saskatchewan school laws and refusing to pay a $10 fine.
The Calgary area company with a 40 barrel daily well 45 miles southwest of the city announces a 15 percent dividend for the third year in a row above ten percent. Its product mainly fuels tractors. Edmonton officials suspend pay for harvest leave for all municipal workers, permanent or temporary, upon a return by Mayor Clarke after five weeks away. Postal workers in conference here pledge strict adherence to the four week schedule.
Victoria notes 202-017 registration, 43 000 more than 1919 total. Government forest fire tally for BC reaches 734 this season with costs exceeding 71 458 dollars. The latest government fire report warns conditions are still dangerous.
The report claims Soviet forces were destroyed and Poles gained key river passages, with Poland occupying territory to Myszynice and regions west of Ostrołęka Możej. Red troops are said captured and detachments retreating near Ossawiece Grodno, as Polish forces regroup and push toward Lviv region. Oil wells at Baoryslay reportedly attacked but repelled.
Lord Beaverbrook arrives from New York and declares the looming coal strike the most important issue in England. He warns of political and social dangers and asserts the strike is certain to occur, heightening tensions across the nation.
Federal minister of marine and fisheries C C Ballantyne assured Elen William Sloan BC minister of mines gear competency that conserving Pacific Coast fish is essential by all means, though he did not favor provincial control of BC fisheries.
Unemployment in East Hamilton is higher than in many months with more people arriving from outside seeking work but finding none. There is ample female help for offices and factories, yet domestic workers remain in short supply as demand grows.
Senator Anne Benard and FR Lafleche finalized the purchase of the Strathcona farm near Calling, 15 miles west of Winnipeg, for 15000 dollars. The 2400 acre property is described as rich farmland essential to the Manitoba agricultural sector.
Montreal reports a milling expert Lere says with the western crop moving a new price hat for flour and related products is likely and bread costs to consumers may decline.
Reported riots and shootings erupt in Belfast West and surrounding areas with armored cars firing on protesters. Sinn Fein units attacked police and military at multiple locations amid widespread clashes.
The soldiers civil establishment department reports 1 218 472 inquiries and problems affecting men under the scheme. By year’s end, the total is expected to rise toward one and a half million. Medical treatment with pay and allowances stands at 49 369. clinical treatments 422 235. dental operations 84.
Wilfred Perry of Toronto, arrested for being drunk while in charge of a motor vehicle, was punished by Magistrate Jeffs. He served 40 days in the first division on a charge of keeping liquor in his possession. He was fined and sentenced to months in jail.
The gas well of the vang, drilled by Dominion government engineers from across the region, was finally plugged after lengthy efforts. The operation involved pumping thousands of feet of casing and durable metal tools, marking a successful end to a difficult drilling project.
Ottawa reports the Canadian Expeditionary Force is disbanded with fourteen NCOs finishing the army’s statistical records. They recorded every unit and every man who wore a Canadian uniform. The militia department holds original and duplicate army forms for all service members and will preserve the thousands of seemingly useless books and forms in secure storage.
About 250 wholesale grocers from Daiminicin districts attended the Canadian Wholesale Grocers' association annual meeting in Toronto along with 20 manufacturers allied to the trade. Hugh Hlain, president, said prices of necessaries had peaked unless workers’ wage demands are met, and he denied that the association is a combine before the board of commerce.
Military heads report limited vacancies at the Royal Military academy Woolwich and the Royal Military College Sandhurst England have been allotted to the Canadian government for nominations Ages are between 17 and 12.
About 500 miners walk off the job at Glace Bay No. 5 colliery over a dispute regarding a ratute time sheet and a sum of roughly five dollars, causing the plant to idle.
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