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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
4
Editorial praises Sir John Eaton for his fair treatment of 5000 Eaton workers and contrasts his generosity with wealth gained from others. It also discusses Lloyd George’s aim to make the Genoa conference a peak of his career to secure world peace and open markets.
A tribute in the Robert Simpson Company advertising space mourns Sir John Eaton of the Eaton mercantile institution. It notes the flag at half-mast and calls him a generous philanthropist whose death draws national sympathy, especially from Toronto and its citizens.
The Nassagaweya township is praised for producing a large number of public officials. Acton natives such as Reeve George Barber and Councillors Jeremiah Bell and Frank Holmes, auditor Alexander Bell, and others from Nassagaweya fill roles in Acton and nearby Milton. Notables include Inspector W. J. Reid and Superintendent Charles A. Wilson, with Milton figures like County Judge John T. Elliott and Mayor John Irving among those born in Nassagaweya.
Acton officials decline to license a second pool room for now. They advise voting on pool room licenses, predicting a likely public opposition and warn that licenses cannot be guaranteed beyond one year. A future council may choose not to renew, making any prior promise unenforceable.
The piece denounces liquor traffickers from top distillers to bootleggers as lawless and unprincipled, saying they disregard municipal, provincial, and federal law to advance business interests and profits. It condemns the liquor trade as criminal and without honor.
The Premier Kingy faced criticism as he opposed prohibition in principle while replying to a temperance deputation. The exchange touched on fur trade, importation and transport of intoxicating goods, highlighting concerns that blanket prohibitions curb law and order.
The Star notes that the three lawmakers rally to defend their own, attacking Drury administration and others. The piece criticizes pretexts and obstructionist tactics, stating sessions waste time and money without regard for legislators or the country’s finances.
The article notes high wages for workers on Indian and Ceylon tea plantations and the war's impact on supply. It mentions a suspected rise in tea production costs and possible general retail price increases. It includes poem-like lines about youth and beauty interspersed with the text.
A reflective piece urges young people to avoid risky pursuits and to live in the present. It cautions against overreliance on future schemes and stresses practical, disciplined work while warning against mechanistic or purely scientific approaches to life.
Reported pane from a wartime scene shows a soldier interrogating a youth about enlistment. The officer emphasizes duty to king and country while the youth protests with frustrated language and references to hardship.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a professor preparing a harmless sounding experiment amid warnings about reactions. The garbled lines reference plans, possible dangers, and urging restraint, but no clear names, dates, places, or outcomes are readable.
A private member's resolution passed in the House to strike out the certification requirement for foreign born women married to Canadians before they may vote. The reform would remove a provision that barred many eligible wives, notably those born in France or Belgium, from voting, contrasting with colonial districts where such restrictions did not apply.
The Official Opposition forced a Want of Confidence vote in the House of Commons. The government won 162 to 42, with the Opposition dazed at the result. Progressives united with the Government, and Prime Minister Mackenzie King may feel encouraged by this first division in the new Parliament.
The Acton Municipality warns property owners to clear cellars yards and buildings to remove waste and moieties endangering public health by May ninth. It also cites the Public Health Act prohibiting bog leaping and requires 60 feet from tunnels and lanes and regular removal of standing water.
The piece notes Premier King’s pledge to assist provinces in ending prohibitory laws, while Manitoba faces a costly election. It praises Canada's postwar tax relief, rail safety stats, Ontario municipalities lowering 1922 tax rates, and fox farming growth in Prince Edward Island. It also touches on Japan’s national day of rest and Lord Shaughnessy’s Irish Free State Governor General appointment, citing his Milwaukee birth and Canadian Pacific tenure.
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