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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
3
Fragmented OCR lists names and addresses for legal offices and music instructors in Toronto and Barrie Simcoe area. Entries mention Kent Building Oss Collier St and Collier St venues with hours, plus staff including surgeons and choirmasters.
A fragmented ad lists nursing and home care services in Barrie with partial contact details including a phone line and a physician reference but is difficult to parse. The readable bits suggest medical staffing or nursing orders rather than a complete service listing.
A Swedish farmer claims Canada’s seeds are superior and notes the shift to buying from his country due to perceived higher quality. He argues reputation for quality is an asset money cannot buy and remarks Canada cannot get enough of such advertising.
The piece notes Labour's generally strong conduct as it nears power while fringe groups push loud ideas like taxing the rich. It mentions plans to send capital levy and public utilities to commissions for enquiry, and hints a new party may arise to counter Labour.
With Sir Lomer Gouin's retirement and Hon W Fielding's faltering health, the government leans on the Progressives for support. Some progressives may join the cabinet, signaling tariff policy shifts. The three party system stands trial as events unfold in the coming weeks.
William Banks surveys how labor movements in South Africa join forces with the Nationalists to challenge Premier Smuts amid racial strife and postwar pressures. He notes white workers resisting colored labor, Smuts’ crackdown, and the broader imperial implications including potential Italy Britain settlement.
With petroleum consumption outpacing supply, unease rises in the United States. Officials consider world resources sufficient for years, but Americans favor finding additional local sources and may offer rewards to spur prospecting.
February issue features J. W. Vinson’s Bird and Man opening a Canadian Birds series. M. A. Bates contributes an engaging trapper department while F. W. Williams offers A Tale Twice Told. Topics cover deer and moose hunting fishing canoeing wildlife photography trapping and outdoor life.
Lord Curzon, nearing end of tenure as Foreign Secretary, faces sharp exchanges with France and Belgium over Rhineland recognition and reparations while Italy presses a claim extending into Jubaland. Italy seeks control of thirty thousand acres of cotton lands now under British rule in Somaliland, a region historically linked to the Mad Mullah.
Sixty British scientists sail to the South Pacific for a ten month research program and will also search for the legendary Morgan treasure said to be buried on Cocos Island off Central America. The voyage follows recent successful treasure recoveries from ships sunk around Britain, but such buccaneer hoards are rarely found today.
A British commission notes a tremendous rise in betting among women with children involved to some extent. It recommends a tax on bets and the use of totaliz ers and pari mutuels on race courses.
A British firm plans six million dollars to finish a Calgary flour mill and two million for a Vancouver elevator. The move would enable vast flour production and wheat shipments to Pacific nations, boosting Canada’s role as a wheat exporter and reducing reliance on imports. Canada now ranks as the world's largest wheat exporter.
At Ottawa conference Manitoba and Alberta urged the Dominion to extend school lands trust funds and natural resources control. Maritime provinces seek aid for agricultural education and mineral surveys. The federal government tests coal coking with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick coal at Hamilton Ontario, contingent on freight rates.
Canadian alsike seed and timothy for seeding grow steadily for European markets, especially Northern Europe. The seed's quality favors direct Canada export to avoid U S duties, with alsike noted as having an unusual origin in Canada before spreading internationally.
Bracebridge supported a bylaw to keep the town band. Collingwood raised water rates by 20 percent. Mayor J.R. and the 1923 council faced rents and finances in Collingwood. Rev. Samuel Fa elected chairman of Collingwood Board of Education. A bylaw to fund a soldiers memorial in Newmarket failed 546 to 236. J. H. Mitchell re-elected mayor of Alliston in his twelfth year. Beeton Hydro Commission signed a contract with the O.N.R. for a ten horsepower motor to run a new coal chute. Four former reeves contested Orillia Township reeve election. Cunningham led. J. B. Skene won Huntsville public school trustees. Huntsville celebrated Hillsdale minister’s son. Gravenhurst list omission protested. Lakes Couthiching and Simcoe levels fell to 717.60 feet, lowest since records began at Washago. Herbert L. Clarke assumed control of the Long Beach California Municipal Band. Simcoe County led Ontario in livestock marketing in 1922. Aurora High School added electric clocks controlled by a master clock. A large bank barn near Honeywood burned after lantern explosion. livestock saved. Warenn parish saw Mass of Thanksgiving for organist Miss M. J. Dubeau’s 40th anniversary. Huntsville talks on reserving part of the town.
Hundreds of letters from Mrs. Ada Whiteside of Collingwood Ontario describe Vicks VapoRub helping her baby brother with bronchitis. The remedy reportedly loosened the cough and aided breathing for colds of all kinds.
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