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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1933
Page
8
Fragmentary notice notes Allan Su and a date April 22, 1933, mentioning Eramosa Township and lot 20 with sudden illness or event at home. Names appear truncated, suggesting a death or legal notice from a Ontario township. Further readable details are limited.
May day reports blend weather hints with spring activity. Crocuses bloom while wheat greens and garden plots prepare for planting. Stores on Mill Street show new awnings and signs. Auditors Reports for Acton 1932 near. Local contests and Stratford Musical Festival results noted.
A collection of jokes and anecdotes opens with a man from Manhattan marveling at the Grand Canyon and a cricketing quip from Don Bradman. The text shifts to a village match mishap, a sea voyage confusion, then pivots to a council meeting detailing grant decisions, by law readings, and salary adjustments for county officials with votes and adjournment notes.
The text argues for moderating restrictive trade measures and using central banks to expand credit to boost circulation. It urges enterprise stimulation through capital expenditure and government programs, aiming to rebalance international exchange. It discusses reestablishing a workable international monetary standard and improving silver’s trade status with the Orient.
In 1900 fifteen countries exported to Great Britain in the egg trade. by 1930 the number reached twenty eight. Germany ranked as the second largest importer with 220 million dozen from thirty one countries. Sixty two countries appeared in 1930 trade figures, while export trends show Britain and Germany increasing domestic production and Southern Hemisphere producers boosting exports to the Northern Hemisphere during our winter months. Greater grading and international standards are urged to broaden demand and improve trade.
A Market Intelligence Service review notes renewed interest in high quality cattle for export. In the week ending January 12, 456 head were loaded on the S S Manchester Commerce for Birkenhead England, with regular weekly shipments being arranged as export prospects improve. The market shows renewed life despite unsettled conditions, driven by better demand and improved home export market relations.
Agricultural guidance from Dr. Frank T. Shutt outlines how nitrogen affects apple spur and fruit production. Recommendations include nitrate of soda applications before blossoming and a complete fertilizer mix with phosphoric acid and potash to balance growth. Adjust rates based on tree vigor and sod conditions for optimal yields.
The fragment critiques wet papers and predicts liquor revenue exceeding 300 million dollars in five years, mentions Ferguson directing liquor flow, and mocks temperance campaigns as they relate to Ontario. It references dam sabotage as a pun on policy and ends with a biblical joke and Stanley Baldwin quote.
Rest funeral services were conducted by Rev H L Bennie at Knox Church Aeton. Interment was in Erin Cemetery. Pallbearers included Roy and Frank McIntosh W M Cooper W A Worden Mullin and J R Anderson. Nearby mourners traveled from Detroit Sudbury Oshawa Toronto Newmarket Guelph and beyond.
Wholesale price quotations for butter creamery eggs poultry beef and pork delivered to country buyers and traders. Includes weights classes bird types and per pound or per hundred weights, with grain and hide market values from the Toronto Board of Trade and related abattoir and cattle metrics.
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