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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 30, 1933
Page
2
The Free Press outlines legal notices rates with 10c per line for Coming Attractions items and free insertion for meeting reports. Poems incur extra, birth and marriages free, display ads vary by space, and liability for errors is limited unless corrections are requested in writing with signed proof.
The town favors a co operative plan for Reeve ship Councillors and Trustees avoiding elections. No urgent issues and all nominees back Murray Memorial building. McCleary and Browne withdraw to support new candidates for School Trustees. Board to include four returning members and two newcomers next year.
Britain increases imports from Canada with most birds coming from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Turkeys will be plucked dressed and chilled for shipment with color coded grading blue for second and yellow for third. Canada’s turkey industry expands with over 2,478,000 birds on farms and last year exports to Britain exceeded 1,000,000 pounds. Nuisance concerns persist at homes as some residents resist regular visitors.
Speculation grows over Halton County Warden election as 1933 County Council term nears end. Reeve H Cleave of Georgetown is prominently named as a likely candidate, with supporters arguing his experience and leadership merit the honor in 1934.
Acton gains a new industry as Indestructible Crate Co moves from Georgetown to Acton. The plant will undergo extensive interior alterations, create jobs and expand output, signaling stronger industrial life and reducing unemployment in the community with the Phillips brothers welcomed.
Reeve voices concern that the Middle Road project lacks County Council sanction and would shift costs to Halton. He argues the department may be pushing expenditure not desired by motorists and wonders if influence shaped the project. He notes winter driving dangers and suggests spending funds on Milton to Acton link.
Editorial notes reflect on Acton politics and plans for a simple Christmas tree gathering. Saskatchewan butter production rises 11.6 percent in nine months of 1933. Cowichan editor Hugh Savage elected to British Columbia legislature. Canada macaroni sector 1932 output 22.28 million pounds with 1.05 million dollar value, biscuit output ~0.9 million pounds. Imports fall while exports rise in 1932.
In Ephesus Paul taught in Tyrannus House for three months and then two years of daily meetings, drawing Jews and Greeks to the gospel. A dramatic backlash against magic and exorcism led to a public burning of occult books, signaling a mighty release of the Word of God through the city and beyond.
Mr T E Tomalin, gardener to the Earl Bessborough, advises in Gardens Chronicle on autumn plantings of black and red currants, gooseberries, and raspberries. He urges trenching or double digging, rich farmyard manure, open sites with sun for most fruit, and good drainage. For bird protection, a practical approach is suggested.
The text describes building a roof supported cage to protect fruit and allow dense planting. It suggests placing two or three rows of red currants or gooseberries or one row of black currants between uprights, with gooseberries or red currants inside the cage walls. This method enables many bushes in a small area.
A tourist cyclist tires on grassroads and asks a countryman for directions. The man points to three routes: to a cottage, past Farmer Gaff’s, or a private road to the squire’s house, with the straight path continuing onward.
The Geneva Bible printed in Geneva 1560 by William Whittingham with Anthony Gilby and Thomas Sampson introduced roman type verse divisions and italics for clarifications. It earned the Breeches Bible name from Genesis 3 7 and influenced later English Bible editions.
Mrs. Smith says her husband makes money stretch with wily frugality while Mrs. Scott reports her spouse is disinclined to let any money go. The brief outlines domestic money habits and differing views on spending.
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