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Newspaper

Acton Free Press

Location

Acton, Ontario, Canada

Date

Apr 27, 1922

Page

4

Three Censorious Oppositionists and Forests Policy

Editorial criticizes three provincial legislators for obstructing public business costing the province money. It notes Acton rental increases and the need for tenement housing, while arguing forestry hinges on utilizing idle forest land. The piece urges reforestation and broader use of land to meet timber and export needs.

Legisiaure Dowart Ferguson MacBride Acton Aoton Canada Dominion Ontario

The Same Old Opposition The church and politics

A provincial newspaper column attacks church interference in politics and warns against pro prohibition opponents. It argues loyalty should be to country over party, notes party changes, and urges voters to judge parties by service rather than blind allegiance. It compares political machines to farming and sewing tools.

Church John Barleycorn Alovie Guardian House of Commons Brussel Lewut Hedupeat Hui Wlalghe Ada Abey dl Wigewt Bayer Atk Condhuatan Atatewinien Houmania Legation Toumania Awooma Ted Undertaisty Mata Hochagrast Western Canada

District or Legal Magistrate Change Favored by Advertisers

The Flesherton Advance criticizes county or district magistrates for long travel to trials. The Owen Sound Advertiser defends the shift, arguing local magistrates can be biased by business ties and familiarity. The commission favors impartial, unprejudiced minds and sees the reform as generally beneficial despite occasional hardships.

Flesherton Advance Owen Sound Advertiser

Transient Traders Licenses Seized By Local Meeting

London business leaders discussed the Ontario statute regulating transient traders. They argued current rules fail to protect merchants paying taxes and warned licenses could be transferred to permanent residents to evade fees. They urged amendments to the act to stop evasion.

Ontario London

Unbusinesslike Whima of Parliamentarians

A colonial report criticizes provincial legislators for delaying a hydro construction inquiry. It notes objections to the commission plan and its personnel, and worries about the cost. The piece mocks some members as schoolboyish, costly, and self-important while stressing electors pay the bill.

Hydro

Danger of trespass on railway tracks arouses court action

The Board of Railway Commissioners urges enforcement of laws against walking on rights of way after fewer accidents this year. They cite 206 trespassers killed or injured in 1905 versus 55 in 102%. Ontario saw 72 accidents including 30 deaths. Police Magistrate Moore received the circular and Deputy Attorney General’s letter demanding seriousness in enforcement.

Board of Hailway Commissioners Toiit Ontario Yes Manistrate Moore

Editorial notes on war, temperance and policy

Editorial notes discuss Harry Bnnder's war ending philosophy and scrap battleships for friendship, protests from Wets in Legislature, and British wartime subsidies to Canada. It cites highway improvements, Japan's naval reductions, temperance law enforcement, and Britain’s drinking statistics while criticizing Prohibition opponents and Oakville Record's influence on local discourse.

Canada Great Britain Oakville Record Thia

Dr Farmer Visits Bucharest Capital of Roumania

A long travelogue chronicles Dr. Farmer's journey from Hudapout across plains near the Carpathians to Bucharest, detailing impressions of the Romanian capital, its Parliament building, and the King and Queen, with reflections on war's impact, rail routes, and a tense note on future currency and politics.

Dr. Farmer Roumania

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