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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1929
Page
3
New York stocks fell sharply in the final hour with many issues off as much as 2 and more. The drop followed Roger Babson's bear market warning and news of renewed copper stock increases, alongside heavy professional selling and export concerns to Great Britain.
The Board of Railway Commissioners reserved judgment after investigating safety devices for level crossings. Producers urged adoption of their signals and gates while railway representatives defended wig wag and bell as the best option. The hearing drew many automobile associations municipal bodies and provincial officials as well as railway experts.
Dr John W Ross chairman of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce issued a provisional itinerary for a businessmen trip to the Orient under the chamber. The party departs Vancouver October 16 1930 and returns December 13 1930. The chamber works with the Canadian legation in Tokio the trade commissioner in Shanghai and the Japanese legation in Ottawa to finalize plans.
Ottawa reports no agreement after a two hour conference between Premier Mackenzie King and cabinet members and Premier J E Brownlee of Alberta on returning natural resources to Alberta. Brownlee said Alberta’s representations were made and will be written and sent to the Dominion Government.
Dr D A MarGibbon of the Board of Grain Commissioners says Brandon Fort William will get a grain appeal board like Calgary and Edmonton to settle disputes over grain quality. The new board will soon be established at the head of the lakes.
The Great Western Railway Company has placed orders for 200000 railway sleepers of Canadian Douglas fir. The sleepers will be used mainly in connection with government approved development projects under the 1929 Development Act to aid the unemployment situation in London, England.
In London a cowboy Frederick Joseph Trevelyan Perceval a baker James William Perceval and optician Robert Pownall contest the Earldom of Egmont. The estates are valued between 500000 and 1000000 dollars. They trace lineage to 1733 and extend research to Australia as they seek the title and fortune.
Major L T Burwash reports the deaths of three Scottish natives during Arctic patrols in the Canadian Northwest. Harold Lucca of Hudsons Bay Co vanished in a blizzard near Gjoa Haven. Ian McKay Christie died at Bathurst Post after being dragged across ice. A fourth HBC recruit from Scotland perished on the Coronation Gulf after breaking through new ice.
Dr. G R Cruickshanks, government insanity inspector for 20 years, says there is no line between sanity and insanity. He cites that over 1000 insane people walk Windsor streets and that judges sometimes decide sanity more than doctors. Some citizens are cranks but valuable. others require institutional care.
December 11 marked mail day at Fort Chipewyan Alberta. Two Commercial Airways planes flew 160 miles from Fort McMurray to Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca carrying the first consignment half a ton of air mail under the Dominion plan to the Arctic region.
Col Cyrus Peck V C in a local address intimated Princess Mary is expected to be appointed Colonel in Chief of the 16th Canadian Scottish Regiment. He spoke after reviewing a visit to England where he attended a Victoria Cross banquet for holders of the VC.
Charles Hamilton Carroll a well known Vancouver merchant aged 77 died here after a long career in Saskatoon area. Funeral services were held December 12 with interment in Ocean View Cemetery. He was born in Warwick Ontario.
Washington D C opposition to the United States joining the World Court increases in the Senate. A bloc that previously voted against adherence, even with reservations, expresses dissatisfaction with the new plan. They deem the modified court rules of procedure unacceptable and warn its impact on the final vote remains to be seen.
Auburn N Y a beaten sullen group of convicts lost control of Auburn prison after a riot that killed eight prisoners and principal keeper George A Durnford. State troopers used gas to free the hostages and drive attackers from the main gate leaving leaders dead and survivors in cells.
Gasoline driven tractors will replace camels on an expedition to explore uncharted regions of North China and Indochina. The joint venture by National Scientific Union of China and Citroen aims to begin in Peiping in February and link with French explorers in Persia after crossing Russian Turkestan.
An 11-year-old Polish refugee found at a Siberian Canadian encampment during the Russian revolution later seeks naturalization and adopts the name George Harvey after the soldier who aided him. The original George Harvey testifies in court to confirm the tale.
Don Goodwin, last member of the MacAlpine party, leaves The Pas to return to Hamilton Ontario. He was accompanied by Dr. Donald Bruce who has cared for him since rescuers took charge at Cambridge Bay. Goodwin arrived with frozen feet and had three toes amputated, now resting.
Royal York Hotel bought a carload of champion steers at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Fifteen hand picked steers from Lac-Intyre ranch weighed about 1200 pounds each and were hailed as Canada’s finest finish. The hotel also took the Grand Champion Wether, first prize carrot of ten lambs, and the Grand Champion Steer Play Boy, raised by Ernest Robson, Denfield Ontario, at 1.25 a pound totaling 1093 dollars.
Ottawa reports progress in talks between Premier J E Brownlee and Prime Minister Mackenzie King on returning Alberta’s natural resources. A federal offer builds on Manitoba findings, with continued subsidies tied to population growth, but Alberta’s vast national parks and coal deposits add complexity to the negotiations.
Ottawa reports the government is considering several new steamship services to boost Canadian trade abroad. Minister James Malcolm announced that the success of the subsidized freight line between British Columbian ports and Australia prompted tenders from eastern Canadian ports to India Ceylon and East Africa.
Japanese leaders Wakatsuki and Admiral Takarabe told reporters en route to Washington and then London for the disarmament conference that Japan would move toward naval reductions similar to other powers while seeking to retain submarines as a weapon.
Britain’s Labour Government fights for support in the House of Commons over unemployment relief plans as 1,302,900 nationally remain jobless. Critics say Thomas’ schemes offer too little work, with Ramsay MacDonald to debate the lord privy seal’s salary before Christmas.
Wiesbaden Germany marks Armistice Day style scenes as the last British troops evacuate the Rhineland. Sir William Thwaites leads the farewell with French generals present. High Commissioner William Leeds stays until occupation ends. Allied troop strength in the region falls by about 25 000.
A four man Vancouver group sails to Australia and New Zealand aboard the Aorangi to push for wider markets for British Columbia lumber. The team includes J. G. Robsin, T. T. Gadd, Major L. R. Andrews, and J. H. McDonald. They will study requirements, meet organizations, discuss with leaders, and conduct investigations.
The agricultural committee of the Conservative parliamentary party urged the Foreign Office to representations to Germany about unfair cereal dumping under the bounty system. They argued large imports breach the spirit and letter of mutual obligations.
Judge A L Bonnycastle for Dauphin district upholds that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police may enforce provincial law in addition to federal statutes. The ruling affirms Magistrate J Ridyard's judgment in a case where a mounted officer allegedly lacked authority to stop a motor vehicle.
Montreal Star reports with Lord Athelstan and the co operation of the Canadian Pacific Railway the opening of a winter relief kitchen for the unemployed. Meals are to be entirely free.
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