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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 28, 1932
Page
2
The Farmers Sun announces sale of the journal to a new company headed by Graham Spry. The paper will continue as the voice of Ontario farmers with policy guidance from farm movement leaders and seasoned newspaper men.
The British Cabinet considers allowing members to vote freely on tariff proposals. The writer questions party discipline and wonders if the cabinet's authority could render large representative bodies unnecessary. The outcome will attract close scrutiny as cabinet unity varies.
The Bank of Montreal monthly summary cites improved business sentiment in Canada due to stronger Christmas trade and hopes for trade picking up as the year ends. It warns major debts and reparation burdens delay full recovery, with exports and tariff protections shaping the external balance while some industries stay weak and railways lag.
The article highlights a new provincial bond issue offering about 6 percent interest, described as highly attractive and timely for careful investors. Local holders of Acton debentures at 6.5 percent feel favored, expecting broad absorption similar to the previous Dominion issue.
A provincial liquor board announces a new 12 ounce rye bottle to aid those who cannot afford larger sizes. The three cornered bottle is said to be portable yet critics doubt the move will curb consumption, suspecting revenue motives behind the policy.
The New Cemetery Act, effective January 1, places the care of municipal cemeteries under a three member Commission per county. The Government appoints the chairman while the County Council selects the other two. The Commission can compel municipalities to improve dilapidated cemeteries, shifting responsibility for upkeep and settling long neglected cases.
The passage reflects on Acton's lost quota of men who contributed to the town's upbuilding. It honors those who have passed, urging a new generation to aspire to their standards and strive to keep Acton worthy in national growth. Each person, through daily work, builds a lasting monument of service.
A collage of notes reports business woes tariffs and agriculture in Canada. Mentions Canada telegraph traffic egg and poultry exports from Alberta and a Wingham editor Logan Craig passing. Also notes potential butter tariff impacts and a discovered liquor still near Oshawa.
Early afternoon the town hears Nina Moore Jamieson speak to Agricultural Short Course students on youth, loyalty, high ideals, and manners. The address stresses personal responsibility, clean speech, and constructive use of spare time, with emphasis on girls' and boys' roles and future potential.
A driver collided with telegraph poles and wires, bringing down cables and pots. He lay unconscious in the wreckage until helpers freed him, then murmured thankfully that he had survived and thanked heaven as he clutched the wires.
In Lethbridge Alberta experiments show that dry land kitchen gardens need planning a year ahead. The report by Superintendent We H Pairfield advises reserving twice the desired area for applying well rotted manure before ploughing. He also recommends shallow cultivation to curb weeds ploughing eight inches deep wide row spacings for cultivator use and a windbreak on the windward side of permanent garden sites. Vegetables mature earlier in dry land than irrigated plots.
The Dominion Experimental Station in Charlottetown Prince Edward Island offers house plant pest tips. Red spiders respond to sulfur dust. Sucking insects are tamed with nicotine sulphate one teaspoonful per gallon of water. Biting insects require arsenate or lead mix. Scale on ferns may be treated with new market miscible oils.
A fragment from a haunt of street theatre shows a beggar and a lady exchanging jolting witticisms. A boy angles for his mother’s powder puff while a sister snatches it and a “sword swallower” performs in a scene heavy with social satire.
A tense exchange in court centers on perjury claims as a witness tests memory about a husband and a troubling pattern. The dialogue hints at marital strain and possible motive, with attorneys seeking clarity amid evasive answers.
Dialogue fragment shows Mrs Flatt favoring solo performances over group singing. Her husband responds with relief that the voice remains singular. The exchange highlights a humorous tension over vocal arrangements.
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