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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1948
Page
15
Financial Post reports US visitors continue to flood Canada with good Labor Day weather. Early estimates hint at a tourist expenditure record near 273 million dollars for 1948, up 17 percent from 1947’s 235 million, surpassing 1929 levels.
A public auction on Wednesday Sept 29 beginning 1:60 pm at a Milton area farm 30 miles south of Milton 4 miles north of Palermo along Highway 25 offers horses farm equipment grain and feed cattle furniture and miscellaneous items. Highlights include two registered Guernsey heifers four heifers including a milking cow Ayrshire calf angus calf purebred Guernsey heifer calves and various farming implements and a large furniture collection. Terms are cash with settlement to the clerk. the farm is being sold and the proprietor is moving to Oakville.
International Emergency Food Committee reports red clover seed stocks globally below needs. Ontario observers note demand for Canadian seed to meet future shortfalls. Beef cattle prices rise after export ban lift, with buyers preferring top quality stock and wide price gaps against common cattle.
A Western Ontario manufacturer opens an assembly plant in the United States to develop the market south of the border. All manufacturing remains in Canada while parts are assembled painted and shipped from the new plant to offer prices satisfactory to US customers.
J K McMaster offers real estate and entire farm contents at public auction Friday starting 6:00 PM. Items include Percheron mares about 1400 lbs, farm implements, tools, a 1935 Plymouth Sedan, lumber, cream separator, furniture set, lamps, sewing machine, dishes, and household items. No reserve as farm is sold. Readhead, Clerk. Hindley & Elliott handle inquiries.
Mr Joseph McBride sold his farm here. Mr and Mrs Zimmoerman of Ninagara Falls visit their Town Line Road home. Road crews straighten the hill on the Sth One. Mr Wm Norrie recovers mobility. Mr R Clancy adds park and apartment grounds with new homes and improvements. A new teacher for the Sth Line School joins. Oscar Townsend of Toronto visits. Miss Vanderfliet weekends with her parents. Many locals attend the CNE and report an excellent meal.
The Financial Post reports Canada may ease a butter shortage this winter. Talks led by Rt Hon C D Howe and the Department of Trade and Commerce seek surplus imports from Denmark New Zealand and other sources. Estimates suggest the deficit may be smaller than feared with potential imports around 15 million pounds instead of 25 million.
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