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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
7
Dairy Commissioner J A Ruddick reports Canada’s dairy sector shows a rising value in last year’s products reaching 94 million dollars. He notes population growth boosts home use while exports expand as condensed milk output begins in ten new factories to meet demand.
Ottawa moves to restore coasting rights to foreign vessels, notably Norwegian ships, under an amendment to the Shipping Act. The Governor in Council may extend coasting privileges to foreign ships admitted to their home coasting trade. The change, effective January 1, faces strong pushback from some Maritime Province members.
London butchers call for an inquiry into the American meat trust and removal of import restrictions on Canadian live cattle. They blame the trust for rising beef prices and urge Parliament to end embargoes and disease-related import limits. M. P. Mr Straus cites three powerful firms as exploiting the country in a sweeping, harsh control.
Sheriff Odell of McIntosh County reports a tense situation at Hickory Ground where Crazy Snake leads armed factions defending disputed land deals. About eight hundred Indians are assembled, with fifty families seeking protection in Henrietta as houses are burned.
In Tabriz street riots, 370 people are reported killed or wounded as chaos spreads. Rumors say Turkish forces seized a Persian fort amid the unrest and panic in St. Petersburg reports.
James Sharp leads six armed Dreamers aiming to cross into Canada from Dakota territory. Manitoba police and Royal North West Mounted Police track the group as tensions rise over a possible violent confrontation near the Elkhorn district.
The Ottawa post office announces a special tercentenary postage stamp issue for Quebec. The set features eight denominations with large artistic designs including portraits of Champlain Carter Edward and Alexandra, Montcalm Wolfe and Parliament of the west of the old regime. Proceeds support commemorative celebration.
The government will introduce a bill in Parliament to ban the manufacture and importation of opium in Canada except for medicinal needs. Mackenzie King reported alarming opium use among both Chinese and whites, prompting swift government action to curb the trade. The policy aims to catch Canada up with the United States and Britain in opium regulation.
By royal request a detachment of twenty to thirty Royal Northwest Mounted Police will accompany the Prince of Wales to Quebec for the Tercentenary celebrations. They will participate in the military display and serve as guard of honor. The Prince praised the force eight years ago in Canada.
Sir James Mills head of the subsidized steam ship line between Canada and Australia has reached Ottawa regarding the contract for a weekly Canada Antipodes service. The government renews the contract to August 1909 with a total subsidy of £60,000 yearly of which Canada contributes £37,000.
A rat dead from bubonic plague was found in Seattle housing. Three more infected rats were found in the last four days prompting city to appoint dozens of new inspectors as residents grow alarmed.
A Sunday school commentary explains Saul's partial obedience to God's command and Samuel's rebuke. It discusses God’s test of obedience, repentance versus changing mind, and warns against preaching partial truth or pleasing people over God. It emphasizes a wholehearted life against worldliness and self-denial for Christ.
Bath Maine reports Glenn H Curtiss of Hammondsport and Prof. Alexander Graham Bell won the silver cup from Scientific American for the longest heavier-than-air flight. The June Bug totalled over a mile in a minute and a fraction with a safe descent and many scientists witnessing the experiment.
News from Victoria reports the Japanese admiralty has approved a broad rearmament program. It will build two large armored cruisers stronger than the British Indomitable class and convert ships to heavier calibers including 12 inch and 10 inch guns. First vessels will displace 18,650 tons, boast 44 000 horsepower, reach 25 knots, and measure 450 feet long.
Col. Robert M. Thompson, a Canadian American millionaire, declared in Vancouver that Canada should cultivate relations with Japan for commerce while excluding Coreans and Chinese, favoring Japanese immigration under license and regulation. He arrived aboard The Mineola after a ten month world tour with Wallace Nesbitt of Toronto.
The Commons voted 62 to 0 in favor of Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s All-Red route proposal. The resolution commits Canada to its fair share of a £1,000,000 annual subsidy with New Zealand, Australia, and Great Britain, and authorizes negotiations with other colonial governments to push the project forward.
Canada’s Gretna Green Toronto reports Windsor Ont. reached a half year peak with 672 marriages between January and June. The city’s fame as a Gretna Green continues to grow as couples wed in Windsor.
Vancouver assay office swamped as another quarter million in Klondike gold arrives. Staff toil day and night including Dominion Day. The Seattle office thefts last year taint that institution’s reputation.
Ottawa reports the government will fast track a Hudson Bay line bill with 600 000 in estimates for railways canals fisheries and subsidies. Prime Minister signals expansion of Manitoba Ontario and Quebec boundaries and a survey for Fort Churchill as a first step toward the road. The Manitoba area and larger federal grant details to follow.
Paris reports a remarkable trial of the Malecon Aeroneff at Issy on army grounds. The device combines a 60 foot triangular canvas plane with a 100 foot cigar shaped balloon and a three man crew, capable of lifting nearly half a ton and rising or falling on command. M Malecot plans an aerial omnibus and predicts future heavier craft will follow this model.
Berlin Count Zeppelin conducted three successful maneuvering flights over and around Lake Constance to show the airship's control. The King of Wartenburg and Queen accompanied him on two trips while the Kaiser sent congratulations calling it the beginning of a new national era. A 24 hour flight, tied to a government purchase of 500000 dollars, is planned for July 15.
Captain Bartlett commands the Roosevelt to Oyster Bay and New Bedford then to Sydney Belle Isle Straits Davis Strait Baffin Bay and Smiths Sound toward Etah where a camp and dogs await. The vessel will winter at Cape Sheridan North Grantland until February as the pole dash nears.
Mme Anna Gould and Prince de Sagan wed at Strand registry office with Registrar Craddock officiating and a subsequent ceremony at the French Protestant church in Soho Square. None of the Gould family attended.
Statistics from St. Petersburg show Russia's annual executions averaged fifteen from 1904 onward. In the six months August 1906 to February 1907 the number was one. The 1907 record notes 1,693 death sentences were passed and 748 persons were executed.
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