Industrial wage share figures for Ontario towns listed
A reader asks why Acton trails in salary percentages and the editor provides cost of materials data for several municipalities including Acton Milton Georgetown Oakville Burlington Brampton Barrie Bracebridge Elmine Dundas Collingwood Hanover Orangeville Paris St Thomas. The note signals a forthcoming column on fuel and electricity costs and invites reader interest.
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Acton
Milton
Georgetown
Oakville
Burlington
Brampton
Barrie
Bracebridge
Elmire
Dundas
Collingwood
Hanover
Orangeville
Paris
St. Thomas
Business Must Offer Bigger Idea to Fight Communism
Powerful Canadian and U S business groups campaign nationwide to promote free enterprise over Communism. They argue high living standards and gains do not erase inequalities that breed mistrust and division, urging business to address internal faults with a broader plan for future security.
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U.S
How to Make a Failure of Your Town Rules
The item cites ten rules by Archie McCormack of Montreal applying to any town. It urges avoiding meetings, denouncing officers, avoiding office, skirting committees, withholding opinions, doing little, squawking about cliques, delaying or dodging payments, shirking duties, staying unsociable, and suppressing ideas.
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Archie McCormack
Montreal
Parable of the Hot Dog and the Low Mood
A roadside hot dog vendor thrives on signs and advertising until his urban son warns of a global and domestic downturn. The father narrows orders and stops shouting for business, misreading the warning as gloom, and his sales decline quickly.
Personal Savings Reach 605 Million for 1947 in Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canadians saved 605 million dollars in 1947 after spending on goods services and taxes. Life insurance companies paid about 345 million in premiums. 1946 savings stood at 961 million with roughly 325 million in premiums.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Winter notes and local updates from Bracebridge editorial
Editorial remarks reflect a mild Ontario winter and discuss local topics. The Bracebridge recreation centre reports hockey club receipts of 1200 dollars, the Barrie Examiner will become a bi weekly paper, Ottawa budget information is awaited, margarine availability is noted, and road safety guidance urges slow driving on snow and ice.
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Bracebridge Recreation Centre
Barrie Examiner
Examiner
Australian car aims for low cost high efficiency
Australian car makers push a model priced at 1200 dollars plus sales tax, capable of up to 60 mph, 45 mpg, and 980 pounds, largely aluminum. Canadian firms are seen as meeting demand for inexpensive operation. In Acton Boy Scouts week is postponed for a later date to suit the new home build. Scouts note many former youth members now contribute to projects and community service.
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Acton
Back in 1899 from the Jesua of the Free Press
1899 items report Adam Cook purchasing a new dwelling in Cook's survey vacated by John Ke for $800. Hugh Mann Jr. visits Manitoba and British Columbia after twenty years. A marriage occurs between James Clayton and I May Yernley. Jas E Cobban suffers paralytic attack at Acton Tanning Co. Allen Elmer Forbes, infant son of William Forbes, dies at 10 months.
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Adam Cook
Cook
John Ke
Hugh Mann
Manitoba
British Columbia
James Clayton, Freeman
I. May Yernley
J. M Ferniey
Toronto
Acton Tanning Co
Jas E. Cobban
Acton area news and business updates from 1929 era
Local items report road plows keeping highways clear on a Monday journey through Acton area. George Town hockey playoffs draw crowds. Acton Co operative store closes after nine years with stock sold to Hed and White Stores. The rink by law passes the Legislature and council can start construction. Norton Motors opens Ford agency and service station in Acton run by W R Norton of Toronto. Kentner’s Garage remains HQ for now. Mr and Mrs Hubert Gordon Axonew welcome a daughter at Women’s Hospital Changtu China February 16. Mary C Kentner of Mathnatfad dies at 71 after long service as wife of Joseph Allan.
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Georgertown
Acton Co-operative
Moasta Beardmore and Co
Jow Jones
Ford
Acton
W.R. Norton
Toronto
Norton Motors
Emise
Kentner
Aujrnagnew
Hubert Gordon Axoew
Women's Hospital
Changtu
China
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