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Campaign Speech by Hon. H. H. Stevens on Trade Practices
Hon. H. H. Stevens, Minister of Trade and Commerce, condemns sweatshop methods and aggressive buying by large stores threatening small merchants. He urges courage to correct wrongs and notes government cooperation with decent business to rescue the economy from avarice and unscrupulous tactics. The campaign aims to expose and eradicate these evils.
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H. H. Stevens
Stevens
United States
Loo
Optimistic Bank of Montreal monthly business summary
Bank of Montreal notes improved business conditions in Ontario with rising confidence and stronger activity. Industrial production holds above last year, motor plants prep new models, wholesale trade softens seasonally, and exporters show demand while textiles and paper remain busy.
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Bank of Montreal
Ontario
Allied Industries
Canada Exports Record Flour in 1933 Sees New Markets
Canada shipped 5,570,424 barrels of flour in 1933 valued at 19,016,758 dollars, up from 1932. Great Britain bought 2,438,447 barrels, with Ireland Free State, Newfoundland, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Hongkong, Norway, China and the Philippines among others. The flour milling industry includes 1,265 mills with 112,000 barrels daily capacity. one mill produces 14,000 barrels daily.
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France
Portugal
Salvador
Alaska
Canada
Great Britain
Irish Free State
Newfoundland
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Japan
Hongkong
Norway
China
Philippines
Dominion
Second Line relief work approved promises winter employment
The Second Line project gains approval as a relief measure bringing winter jobs to the unemployed and district municipalities. Brushing and swamp work can proceed in winter, reducing travel dangers and improving north south county access while noting it won’t become a provincial highway.
Halton Council Debates Middle Road Cost and Probe
Halton County Council debates rejecting an $80,000 Middle Road debenture while some municipalities struggle to pay their county rate. Members consider abandoning the project if Second Line gains priority, urging provincial or city funding to ensure benefit to the region. The warden warns increased debt if Second Line becomes a highway. The council awaits the delegates' report at the next meeting.
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Halton
County Council
Queen's Park
Toronto
Hamilton
Editorial Notes on Winter Headlines and Politics
A collection of editorial comments on winter cold trends in Ontario and mixed reactions to political events. The piece notes unusually cold weather, reflections on near beer policy headlines, a Hydro conference, and a tepid throne speech with belated praise for W. E. N. Sinclair.
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Deen
Moral guide for conduct and true faith in Jesus
The lesson argues that the law of doing unto others as we would have them do to us governs all conduct, warns against false prophets, and insists true faith shows through obedience. It emphasizes fruit over words, born again renewal, and warns against relying on signs without following God’s will. It closes with a practical note praising Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as helpful in home remedies.
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Homs
Hattin
Be- Usver
Paul
Jesus
God
Jong -20
Christ
Thomas
Beauty and Bloodshed in the Days of York
A profile of St Lucia's dramatic history described as the Helen of the West Indies. The piece cites Sir Frederick Treves noting intense fighting over the island, with seven English and seven French holds in under 150 years and battles tied to British Navy and army history.
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Canadian National Steamships
St. Lucila
British West Indies
Sir Frederick Treves, Bart
the West Indies
Helen of Troy
England
France
Ofice
St. Lucia
St. Larcia
Machinery of Heredity and Probabilistic Breeding
A passage explains that crossbreeding black Angus to red Shorthorn yields mostly black calves, with about one quarter red. Second crosses produce mostly polled animals with about one in four horned. In large populations red or horned occur at one in four, like a penny’s heads or tails. The machinery of heredity is precise and mathematically predictable.
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Buchanan Smith
Animal Genetics
Edinburgh
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