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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
2
The Acton Free Press outlines legal notice rates 1ac per line first insertion and 8& per line for subsequent insertions plus 10c per line for black face type and 10c per line for coming attractions notices with a minimum charge. In Memoriam and poems incur 10c per line extra. Births marriages and deaths are free. Display rates vary by space contracted.
From Toronto comes word Prof W J Carlyle manager of the Prince of Wales ranch near High River Alberta complained when a sirloin steak in a dining car cost 1 50 while cattle were two cents a pound on the hoof. The head waiter cited a 42 cent per pound bill for sirloin, prompting Carlyle to claim a wide spread. The note adds that other agri culturists traveling to the fair likely shared the sentiment.
The Financial Post criticizes inspectors as milking taxpayers via the Hudson Bay route. It argues a new phase of costly industrial oversight drains national finances and hinders respectable industry. The piece urges decisive political action, invoking Lincoln to “hit it hard.”
The Ontario Hockey Association faces pressure to aid small centres by curbing city-dominant play and improving referee appointments. Debates center on limiting provincial playdowns to municipalities under 5,000 and crowning a championship for that tier to balance competition with city teams.
Editorial notes reflect on year end, weather, road conditions, and a murder in York Township. It covers seed potato shipments to Cuba, Saskatchewan partridge to North Dakota, exposure of magisterial arrangements, and declines in U S magazine circulations. Barrie Examiner.
A compact study of Paul’s letter to the Philippians as the year ends. The discussion covers rejoicing in the Lord, warning against opponents, righteousness by faith, and the goal of pressing toward the heavenly prize. It includes reflections on faith, sacrifice, and the Christian life.
A humorous exchange features a rich uncle expected to fund ambitions and a dentist and his wife debating a waiting room door, with the wife singing and the dentist explaining the noise is not from the patient.
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