The Daily News
data provider: CONTENTdm
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2021-04-27
issued: 1921-08-16
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nelsondaily/items/1.0397079/source.json
format: application/pdf
note: ! Latest SPORTING NEWS See Page 7 IV s City Council HOUSING PROCEDURE See Page 3 VOL. 20. NELSON,. B. C./ TUESDAY.MORNING;;AUGUST. 16, 1921. NO. 92. United States Hopes for Diplomatic Conclave of First Order. Washington Busily PREPARES FOk EVENT Asks Congress for1 $200,- 000,000 as Initial Budget for Expenses. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—The, hope of United States officials that the disarmament conference will, be a diplomatic conclave of the first' order Was ..strengthened today when France informed the state department that she would send her premier, M.: Briand, at the head of her delegation of diplomats. It waB tlie first, formal acceptance to be, received from any of the Invited; nations. Meantime the admllnistratlon's preparation of it:; own part in the conference was advanced by a request Bent to congress -for ian appropriation of $200,600,000 as an 'initial budget to -jay expenses ,of thier United States representatives, atid'of a Secretary general. News that, the French premier would attend the conference was received with manifest satisfaction here, for there has heen a general expectation that should one of the " powers decide to send Its premier, the others would do likewise in the interest of 'fair representation. DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE WESTERN WHEAT CROP WINNIPEG, Aug. lfi.—(By Canadian Press.)—It is very difficult to estimate the. westorn wheat crop at this time, owing t o the unevennoss iri all districts, states the weekly crop report of the Canadian Pacific railway,,.. iflflued today. , Cutting is about completed in "Manitoba and threshing will become general in this province within a week. In Saskatchewan and Alberta cutting if general. ''**■'■ "The ,spuil>ern.-areas," says, the ra* ■port in a general summary, "will not he as productive as anticipated, but the northern dlstficlB will prove beyond the "average. There ip no doubt drought,. rUat, sawfly and hall have taken a heaVy toll arid reduced the grade, particularly in the central and southern areas, He…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0397079
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https://touchstonesnelson.ca
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text