Editorial The Halton Federal Election Promises Tight Contest
The Halton riding faces a keen elections fight on October 29 with Dr. R. K. Anderson of Milton seeking re election for the Conservatives and Duncan Campbell of Moffat the Liberals unanimous choice. Campbell, a businessman with practical Halton ties, is praised for county knowledge and reform efforts while Anderson is noted for prior service and local impact.
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House of Commons
Halton
Campbell
Canada
Duncan ‘Campbell
Rise in General Business Activity Reported
The August summary from the General Commercial Engineer's office of the Bell Telephone Company notes a continued rise in general business activity driven by higher wheat prices and crop yields. It cites gains in metal markets and foreign trade, a steady retail uptrend, improving labor conditions with employment up 5 percent and wages up 4 percent, and a significant dairy product value increase. Canada shows net profit gains for CNR and CPR, July net earnings up markedly, and early August gross earnings higher. building activity improves with potential record aftermath, while foreign trade strengthens with July value rise and a 1924 lead in lead production to 175,485,499 pounds valued at $14,221,350, up 57.7 percent from 1923.
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General Commercial Engineer’s Office
The
Bell Telephone Company
C.N.R
C.P.R
McLean Building Reports Ltd
Canada
Montreal Gazette
Bradstreet
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Close of Wembley Exhibition and Canada’s Rise
The Wembley Exhibition nears its end with Canada praised for its impact. The Dominion’s pavilion is cited for housing many of British descent, expanding trade, and proving Canada a major manufacturing nation on the world stage.
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Wembley
Canada
Dominion
Prohibition Shows Health Gains Despite Uncertain Stats
Federal figures cited by the United States Press claim declines in alcohol related deaths from 5.8 to about 3 per 100000 since 1920 and a drop in overall annual death rate from 13.92 to 12.37 per 1000. Communicable diseases are down, longevity up six to eight years, and home building up 152 percent while white small-houses purchases triple. home wrecking by intoxicated men reportedly nearly vanished.
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United States
Fairview Cemetery Perpetual Care Plan Critiqued
Municipal Council accepts perpetual plan contributions for Fairview Cemetery without clear cost estimates. Concerned that a $50 principal payment is insufficient for adequate perpetual care and that typical annual costs exceed $3.00 to $4.00 per plot. Calls for careful cost estimates, council approval, and a formal agreement detailing promised services to contributors.
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Fairview Cemetery
Editorial notes reflect mixed Canadian political and social issues
The piece surveys provincial gasoline tax revenue, local support for Vincent Massey, Winnipeg's stance on drunk driving, wage and rural carrier pay, Canadian migration trends, catalogues and municipal taxes, King Tau, grain production, railway workers' political stance, and criticism of Canada's Senate as undemocratic.
League of Nations to form Technical Commission for Disarmament
The coordination of the League of Nations will start preparatory work immediately to create a Technical Commission for the Study of Disarmament. Officials say this could advance the effort for world peace. Canadian National Railways report record eight months net revenue ending September 1, despite lower gross receipts.
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League of Nations
Technical Commission For the Study
Canadian National Railways
Ihe
Acton News Notes Students Police and Public Awards
Local pupils from Acton win passes in the R A M and R C M exams and a grammar of music, while Gerald-road resident Preeman advances in police entrance tests. The Minister of Pensions appoints F J Stephenson to the War Pensions Committee, and W S Blount becomes hon. secretary of the North East Ward for the Acton branch. Other items include a motor speeding fine, vaccination appeal, Cast bar pupils success, a silver wedding, and the Boys Life Brigade sports day at West Kensington Park.
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Corn Connaington
Dorothy Casson
Park-road-north
Acton
R.A. M
R.C. M
Preeman
Gerald-road
Minister of Pensions
F. J. Stephenson
Rosebank-road
Hanwell
Ealing, Acton and Uxbridge
L. Dobs
Shirley House School
Goldsmith, Avenue
Dorothy Jock
Misa Stredder
W. Sanders
Old Oak Common
G.W.R
Sugeecationa and Inventional Committee
F.Y. Daly
W. 3
Blount
LALB
A.M.E
Atruct
Woodhurst Road
Bedford Park
National ‘Citizens’ Union
Wis. L. Hooper
Aylmer Road
Starch Gheen
King's College Hospital
Denmark Hill
Florence Nightingale
Clifford Henry Daulby
Byron Road
Ealing
Mortlake
Ald
M. Smee
Acton Swimming Club
Castbar School
Hoare
Oxford
Becky Chilvers
Nana Paterson
Marjorie Peake
Alice Cocks
Erle Hy
Bremridge
W. M. Reynolds
Mount-y Avenue
Nightingale
Jane & W
London
Boy's Life Brigade
Hammersmith
West Kensington Park
Corona
Manor House
East Acton Lane
Int Acton Compay
Lieut, R. Bh, Sayers
Clearing Auction Sale of Horses and Farm Implements
Auction advertised by Ben Petgch for Milton area on October 6 1925 at 1 p m. Includes horses cattle pigs poultry harness implements hay and grain household goods and more. Items listed include Holstein cattle various horses and farm machinery with numerous due dates and payment terms. No reserve as the farm is sold. Sothe by J Robinson clerk.
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Wile J. Taylor
Aell
Con
Town of
Milton
Horshes
G. P
H. D
Yorkshire
Plymouth Rocks
Massey-Harris
Chatham
Iy Laval
Maxwell
Ben. Petgch
I. J. Robinson
Meeting with Sir George Grey at the Natural History Museum
In South Kensington Sir George Grey entertains a crowd of boys at the Natural History Museum. A delegation asks the explorer to name a specimen from Australia and who killed it. He admits, telling the tale and sparking disbelief before the boys cheer, "Thank you, sir."
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George Grey
Feoglan
Natural History Museum
South Kengington
Sir George
Australia
A Long Way Around Necessity in a Breakfast Request
A Frenchman in England, unable to recall the English words for eggs and chicken, improvises by describing a rooster and its family in a humorous exchange. The anecdote, cited in a recent English biography, illustrates the saying that necessity is the mother of invention.
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England
Boy Attends School Despite Illnesses five Years
Thomas Ward, a sturdy boy, received a special medal for perfect attendance over five years since age seven. When asked how he did it the mother replied that he had illnesses during holidays, explaining his presence at school despite common childhood diseases.
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Thomas Ward
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Acton, Ontario
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