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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 23, 1948
Page
7
Weathered Labor Day crowds and a steady stream of U S visitors to Canada push the 1948 tourist trade toward a new high. Preliminary checks indicate possible expenditures around 2735 million dollars, about 17 percent above 1947’s 235 million and well above 1929’s 184 million estimate.
Public auction on Wednesday September 29 at 1 60 p m near Milton Palermo on Highway 25 offers horses, farm implements, machinery, grain and feed, cattle and dairy stock, together with extensive furniture and household items. Auctioneers Hindley and Eleiowy list items with cash settlement and moving to Oakville.
International Emergency Food Committee notes red clover seed supplies fall short of needs and urges maximizing harvest. Ontario Agricultural Commission cites a price gap between top quality beef and common cattle, suggesting incentives may boost premium cattle herds as export demand returns.
A Western Ontario manufacturer established an assembly plant in the United States to grow its market south of the border. All manufacturing remains in Canada while parts are assembled painted and shipped from the new plant, allowing sales at prices satisfactory to U S customers.
The undersigned sell J. K. McMaster s farm Lot 13 Con 5 Nelson three miles west of Milton Friday October 1 at 1 PM. Livestock include one Percheron team and 25 horses. Implements listed comprise grain binder mower hay tedder dump rake land roller disc cultivator drill threshing gear and belts. Furniture includes walnut sofa chairs tables beds dressers and many household items. No reserve as farm is sold. Hindley Elliott. Readhead clerk.
Mr Joseph McBride sold his farm here. Mr and Mrs Zimmerman of Niagara Falls are visiting at their Town Line Road home. Road crews straighten the hill on the South One. Mr Wm Norrie has recovered and is about again. Mr R Clancy’s park and new homes attract summer visitors. A new teacher joins the South Mine School. Oscar Townsend of Toronto spent days with Terra Cotta friends. Vanderfliet spent the weekend with her parents. Citizens attended the C N E and reported an excellent time.
The Financial Post reports an impending butter shortage in Canada with a possible U shaped deficit. Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe and his Trade and Commerce Department coordinate worldwide negotiations to secure surpluses in Denmark New Zealand and other markets. Estimates suggest the deficit may be smaller than feared because hoarding is easing. Imports could drop from 25 million to about 15 million pounds.
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