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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 07, 1929
Page
7
A plebiscite in Nova Scotia shows 89,757 favoring government liquor control and 61,672 backing the temperance act with 45 polls still to report. Premier Rhodes will await full results before commenting as most islands in Canada retain prohibition laws.
The English Privy Council dismissed the Royal Trust Company appeal against Alberta on succession duty for Victory Bonds. The ruling confirms bonds in the late Wm Hull estate are taxable within Alberta, boosting provincial revenue. Counsel included H P McMillan for Alberta and Geoffrey Lawrence for the trust company.
Sir Thomas Lipton's new challenger for the American Yacht Cup, Shamrock V, had its heel laid at Camper and Nicholson's Gosport yard without ceremony. The 76 foot rated yacht will follow New York Club rules and include a motor. The rig mirrors the cup defender, signaling a competitive contest.
Peter McKellar founder of Fort William Ontario and the city’s early nucleus dies at age 91. He helped locate metals in the Fort William area and belonged to London and American Geological Societies. This obituary notes his pivotal role in the town’s first settlement.
London reports a writ on behalf of General Higgins the new commander in chief asking for transfer of army property now held in the names of General Bramwell Booth’s executors. The writ was served on Mrs Booth Commissioner Catherine Booth and a solicitor Breath. Ownership remains with Booth’s executors while control rests with Higgins.
The agriculture department plans an All-Canadian Menu for the National Winter Fair opening in Toronto on November 29. Oysters from Prince Edward Island fish from Nova Scotia maple syrup from Quebec beef from the west fruit from Ontario and British Columbia will be featured with titles from each province to suit cattlemen’s epicurean tastes.
Jean Hennessy, France's Minister of Agriculture, told farmers that the government will aid in constructing up to date elevators capable of handling 30 000 bushels, a tenth of this year's wheat harvest. Elevators are scarce in France and mostly limited to ports.
Two giant dirigibles, the largest in the world, will be built and operated between Southern California and the Philippines in 1933 by Pacific Zeppelin Transport Co. Paul W. Litchfield, chairman, says the ships will carry 80 passengers and ten tons of mail and freight and halve the current fastest boat crossing time.
Ottawa Ont. says every person of Canadian nationality or birth is Canadian and those with three generations of residence are Canadian in a special sense per a report by Dominion statistician R H Coates. The finding aims to settle a long running debate on who qualifies as Canadian.
Dr. W. R. Gunn, long linked with animal health for the U S Department of Agriculture in Toronto, is named livestock commissioner for British Columbia and will begin duties on December 1. E. B. Ramsay exits as general manager of the Canadian Co operative Wheat Producers and becomes chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners. no successor named, Ramsay to advise on current matters.
Ottawa will see Hon. Charles Dunning Minister of Railways accompany Premier Mackenzie King on the latter part of his western tour and return to Ottawa. Dunning will meet King at Regina and attend meetings along the eastward journey.
Premier G Howard Ferguson and the Conservative party won a sweeping victory in Ontario, expanding their majority to a dominant 93 seats in a 112 member assembly. The Liberal and Progressive leaders suffered heavy losses, including J G Lethbridge and W E N Sinclair, as the Conservatives pledged broader governance under a third term.
In Spezia Italy the Italian submarine Tito Spezi 830 tons submerged to 343 feet during tests and remained there for 20 minutes. An experimental hydrophonic communication was conducted from that depth with the submarine Seiesa on the surface.
Edmonton Alberta. A former German naval commander, Erich Alleweldt, spoke at the Edmonton military academy about his experiences in the Battle of Jutland and other major WWI engagements. Alleweldt, now a farmer in Brightbank, has lived in Alberta for two years.
George Kowalchuk of Hackett Alberta and James Westcott of Springvale Massachusetts shared the first two prizes of 79399 dollars and 50 cents each in the Army and Navy Veterans sweepstake for the Cambridgeshire race at Newmarket England. Each horse was drawn by two ticket holders and both drew Double Life.
Two hundred Jewish shopkeepers in the old city submitted a memorandum to Sir John Chancellor the high commissioner alleging the Arab boycott of Jews persists. Arab pickets were said to guard Jewish shop entrances and destroy goods bought by Arabs.
The House of Commons backed a committee to study abolishing capital punishment. Secretary for Home Affairs John R. Clynes voiced government sympathy but warned the issue of alternatives remains a stumbling block. Lady Astor criticized the minister’s stance after attending the session without a hat.
Joseph G. Jackson, an immigrant in Saskatoon, admitted breaking the plate glass window of the government liquor store on Third Avenue to solve his unemployment problem. He turned himself in after finding a police sergeant, and Magistrate Brown sentenced him to six months in Prince Albert.
Major J McGregor recipient of the Victoria Cross learned of the November 9 Prince’s dinner by radio from a settlement 100 miles from Salmon Arm B C He drove 100 miles by auto to Salmon Arm railway station and reached the train fifteen minutes before it departed for New York en route to London aboard the S S Olympic The officer earned the VC while serving with the 2nd Canadian Aifles.
A London newspaper summaries the Indian central committee report to work with the Simon Commission, signaling support for Dominion status and greater provincial autonomy. It also notes a proposed Indian privy council and expanded parliamentary control of army votes while Delhi expects a proclamation from Viceroy Lord Linlithgow and a London conference on India’s constitutional future.
The Montreal Star reports Canada has been unofficially off the gold standard for six months due to money stringency. Ottawa asked banks to refrain from shipping gold while the currency traded at a discount to New York. Financiers view the move as acute but likely to improve as global markets recover.
The 45th destroyer division was ordered to Chinese waters immediately due to a possible need there. The fleet had recently arrived in Manila for Navy Day celebrations and had planned to stay months. Naval officials declined to discuss the return order to China from where they had just come.
Julius Rosenwald chairman of the board at Sears Roebuck and Co guarantees stock market accounts for more than 40 000 employees in Chicago He pledges his personal fortune to shield savers from market losses reported by the Herald Examiner.
Winnipeg reports a surge in grain storage with 75,407,000 bushels packed into high piled bins by Oct 30, a gain of 260,000 bushels from the previous peak. The tally marks the highest level since 1929 grain movement began, reflecting a one month period of rapid accumulation.
Despatches from Tass News Agency report twelve Russians sentenced to death across the country for crimes including murder arson and anti Soviet agitation. Among those condemned are two priests one Mullah and four rich peasants.
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