Ontario municipalities plan protest at Queen's Park over highway funding
A large group of Ontario municipal delegates will travel to Queen's Park to challenge the provincial method of funding highways. They accuse the government of milking municipal treasuries and seek a clear breakdown of highway revenues and expenditures. The group notes a 20 percent take on gasoline sales and calls for subsidies to end.
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Ontario
Queen's Park
Department of Highways
Munici
Uniform Daylight Saving Time Proposals Draw Expert Debate
A provincial note calls for more uniform Daylight Saving practices across towns observing summer time. It cites August clock changes and delays into September 4 and 28 in Acton Toronto and other municipalities. The piece urges shortening DST to June midpoints until early September to ease travel and school timing concerns. It advocates Dominion Government action for a general, uniform law.
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Acton
Toronto
Acton Fair poised to eclipse past records this year
The Acton Fair, set for Tuesday and Wednesday next week, aims to surpass all previous efforts with a new arena and facilities. Led by G T Beardmore and the Beardmore Companies, the event showcases community effort, entertainment, and expected favorable weather to push attendance and exhibits to new heights.
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Acton Fair
Acton
1030
G. T. Beardmore
Beardmore
Place For Friends
Acton and District
First Session of Canada Parliament Opens in 1930s
The 17th Canadian Parliament opened with Governor General Viscount Willingdon presiding. The brief session aims to let Prime Minister Bennett and ministers attend the British Imperial Economics Conference in London starting September 30. Unemployment relief and tariff changes figure in the Speech from the Throne amid estimates of 117,000 jobless now and 176,755 expected next winter.
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Canada
Viscount ‘Willingdon
R. B. Bennett
London
England
Gideon Robertson
Dominion
Haugh Guthrie
Canada Self-Sufficiency Shown in 1920s Consumer Goods
Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures show Canada largely met domestic demand in 1929 for cheese butter refined sugar salt coal and radio goods. Cheese 8 percent of national consumption butter two thirds refined sugar fully all refined in Canada and coal over 50 percent mined domestically. Radios and parts valued at 31.75 million with about 70 percent manufactured in Canada.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
May it Continue The Chicory Inn at Clarkson
A Cleveland lawyer and companions were linked to liquor confiscated at the Chicory Inn in Clarkson last week. The lodge keeper accuses officers of persecution and claims business fell ninety five percent. The proprietor appeals to the Attorney General who reportedly sent the matter back to provincial police.
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Clarkson
Afta
Cleveland
Crossing of the CN Roan Mill Street Continues to Plague Motorists
Editorial notes remark the rocky crossing and snow likely worsens bumps. Parliament opens a special session for employment with MPs paid 25 dollars daily, over 200 to be employed. Fox Theatres Ltd orders managers to focus ads in newspapers, praising the medium. The inquest into Mrs Rocco Perri’s murder yields no new clues. Perri admits bootlegging leadership and profit.
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Crossing-Of-The-C.n
Roan Mill_Street
Rocco Perri
Perri
Trath
Hanover Post expands epaper and presses upgrade
The Hanover Post reports no new press but enlarges the epaper from six to eight columns per page. Editor Mitchell leads weekly improvements to keep Hannover’s paper at the forefront of the times. Congratulations are offered for this advancement.
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Hanover Post
Mitchell
Hannover
Times
Slats Diary Fragment Readable From Tubple Town
Ross Farquhar records Slats diary entries describing a shopping trip with Jake, a playful day with cookies, church sightings, and late night musings about money in pockets. The piece blends juvenile humor with household moments and a Persian Balm advertisement at the end.
Plum Diseases and Their Control Pamphlet Issued
Dominion Department of Agriculture outlines six principal plum diseases Clack Knot Brown Not Plum Pockets Shot Hole or Leaf Spot Silver Leaf and Winter Injury in a new publication Diseases of Plums and Their Control The pamphlet, second in a series on fruit diseases, covers control methods spray schedules and preparations for orchard disinfection and plant treatment.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Wotany
Dominion
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Cleanses Children
A pleasant medicine for children, Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator, is praised as excellent for driving worms from the system. The item is presented as a trusted remedy with positive effects on young patients.
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Elton
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Fox Theatres Ltd
Ross Farquhar
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Tubple
Wilma
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Farreya
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Munday
Ellalera House
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Mellon Patch
Liv
Wansday
Emmy Anya
Umgs
Ptatorlekis
Seanor
Sum Bii
Alasky
Fou Growers
Kelly & Aiken
Owangevilly
Owen Sound
Guelph
LaSalle
Cleaners
Guelvel, Ontario
Valetor Pressing
Davidson's
eMoajestic
Majestic
Fiese
Majestics
Ucla II
Lowboy
Majestic Highboy
Highboy
D. Talbot
Millsand Main Streets
Acton, Ontario
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