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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 01, 1925
Page
3
Canada marks its fifty eight year confederation birthday and a growing status as a leading wheat producer. The piece notes over one million workers in agriculture and 1924 revenue of 1.5 billion dollars, with only a fifth of arable land cultivated.
The British press favors other dominions over Canada in immigration publicity. Recent figures show South Africa 7 568 immigrants, New Zealand 11 061, Australia 38 500 with 25 000 assisted, while Canada brought 63 016 with only 6 000 assisted passages. The debate in the house over 1 350 000 for immigration contingencies led to a passed vote after hours of discussion.
Official figures show Ontario produced 103,000,000 pounds of cheese valued at 16,480,000 and 59,000,000 pounds of butter valued at 20,355,000. Quebec made 41,661,813 pounds of cheese worth 6,624,228 and 65,596,627 pounds of butter valued at 23,286,803. Both provinces led Canada in dairy production and exported to Britain among other markets.
A special committee recommends limiting speeches to forty minutes per turn in Commons debates. The rule would apply to all members except the Prime Minister, Opposition leader, ministers presenting government orders, the immediately following speaker, and ministers replying to no confidence motions.
Nova Scotia voted last Thursday to replace the Liberal government with the Conservative party led by Hon. E N Rhodes. The final tally shows 40 Conservatives elected to 3 Liberals, with Premier E H Armstrong and most ministers defeated. Treasurer W J O Hearn trailed in Halifax. The old slogan It s time for a change prevailed.
The report outlines a regional body plus a separate unit to curb cross border liquor smuggling. General Andrews notes Canada treaty ratification and awaiting Mexico agreement terms. Officials hope Canadian cooperation will curb illegal liquor shipments into the United States.
A Walkerton Telescope column laments the drift from churchgoing and Sunday restraint to car trips and leisure. It argues parental responsibility shapes future citizens, warning that old ideals of character and citizenship are being sacrificed for modern pleasures.
The piece surveys debates in Canada and abroad, noting opposition to war liquor traffic and race track gambling at United Church sessions and Parliament. It mentions Ontario road funding, rural school grants, Senate resistance, and calls for national unity and justice, with local editorials from Aylmer Gazette and Illinois teaching farming.
The piece argues that seeking popularity by courting others’ favor is foolish and unlikely to last. True charm comes from honesty, kindness, and treating the humble well, not from athletic or scholarly success.
A stranger asks a machinist to drill a large hole on a boat propeller shaft. Mose, an aging craftsman in a shabby frame shop, repairs a stove and painting, reflecting on a life of work and the idea that one can be an artist in one’s labor. He regrets not pursuing schooling and cherishes loving his craft.
The article describes persistent snow and small glaciers on Scottish peaks Ben Nevis and Cairngorms and a long vanished ice cover from the Grampians to the Irish Sea. It notes summer snow on Snowdon Deep Cut and mid summer snow on Cader Idris with May snow on Lake District summits.
William I. Lyon of the Inland Bird Association reports a banding study of over 3,500 gulls and terns in the Grenat Inkes region. The data show varied migration routes from the Great Lakes to Georgia Florida Texas and the Niger River area in Africa.
Holiday seekers find numerous Ontario water side options such as Rideau Lakes Muskoka Lakes Lake of Bays Kawartha Lakes and Algonquin Park offering camping boating and fishing with diverse scenery. The Canadian National Agent provides illustrated information on related reports.
Knox Church receives new electrical system improving lighting. Mr. William Stewart of Upper Canada College joins the artillery camp at Pepaswasyn with Toronto battery led by Lieut. EB Armour. Robert Stewart graduates from Toronto Normal School and secures a Toronto Public School position. The Vijaburg Chorus Society wins first prize at the Wellington County Rural Musical Festival in Geulph. The chorus, trained by G Strickland Thompson of Milton United Church and conducted by him, also competes at Eden Mills Mimosa Fergus Arthur.
The Ladies Aid Society of the United Church plans a garden party on July 7 at the school grounds Appleby. A gang works to move Bell Telephone Central to Brant Street. Mrs. W. J. Barr returns improved from Hamilton hospital. Mr. B. A. Harris attends Canadian Weekly Newspaper's Association convention. A Rose land Park resident reports a stray bullet through a kitchen door, no injuries. Sykes appointed town clerk and treasurer with tax duties. salary raised to 1500 annually. Fire at a Station 28 cottage housing the Hustlers club. firemen arrive as the roof blaze is extinguished.
Mr Jack Ryan has accepted a position with Nichols Copper Co in Woodside New York after completing Chemical Engineering studies at the University of Toronto. The Knox Church community held a large banquet and social evening. resignations from A G Green and Miss E Robinson were tendered to the School Board. the Women’s Auxiliary of St George’s Church met at Mrs J Price’s home. a visit from Arthur Bralbery who once lived in Georgetown was noted. several residents were seen in Toronto before returning home. Court of Revision decisions reduced several assessments. a major United Church gathering in Georgetown celebrated Church Union with over 100 attendees from Georgetown Ashgrove and Limehouse.
A Canadian Home Journal item recounts a new teacher at a school introducing natural history by asking students what clothes a cat wears. The exchange grows humorous as she probes with absurd options, until a wary child asks if she has ever seen a cat.
A man at a circus told the ticket collector to let all the crowd of small boys pass in and count them. After all had gone through, the man reported there were twenty eight, smiling as he walked away at his correct guess.
The fragment discusses traits and behavior in ourselves and others, touching on cleverness, temper, shrewdness, independence, stubbornness, and prudence. It contrasts attitudes when we act versus when others are involved, in a reflective, aphoristic style.
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