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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
3
A church seeks an organ, vocal and theory director to lead choirs at a Presbyterian congregation. Applicants should have credentials from the Toronto Conservatory or University of Toronto and related music training. Contact details include phone references.
The review notes gains in coal iron and steel production and shipbuilding as Britain recovers from postwar downturn. Unemployment remains high with over one million on registers. Peace in coal fields extends another year through a miners operators agreement amid hopes for stabilized European trade and domestic agricultural expansion.
The piece discusses Palestine's regeneration under British rule with the Jordan River providing hydro electric power to large areas. It notes towns already lit by Jordan power and predicts the river will supply Palestine's future electric needs. It also mentions coal and oil discoveries enhancing industrial prospects.
Report says China and Russia claim a signed pact favors Moscow over Pekin with control over the Chinese Eastern Railway. Other powers may block the concession while China's central authority appears to have collapsed beyond a limited region.
The article notes the Pekin Government firing on a British gunboat and bandits abducting missionaries including Rev. Robt A Jaffray of Toronto. Jaffray and a companion were freed to negotiate ransom as arms are demanded, suggesting ties to armed factions. Sun Yat Sen denies death and looms in upcoming China developments.
The article argues Albania faces revolution and possible wider war influence from Yugoslavia Greece and Italy. It warns Italy and Turkey threaten each other and notes excessive continental war talk may spark conflict from border incidents or officials' murders rather than formal diplomacy.
The text calls on major powers to act together to stop insurgent movements from spreading. It warns that a large scale war would be a world disaster and appeals to patriotism and revolutionary spirit as warning signs.
British Conservatives won a bye election in Oxford after the Liberal incumbent was unseated amid corruption by his agent. The Labour candidate finished a distant third.
A major American paper firm announces plans to build a new Canadian plant and shift newsprint production northward. It cites pulpwood interests in Quebec and warns that Canadian forest conservation must be planned on a wide scale to ensure long term timber and pulpwood supply for the United States. Evidence of forest waste in Ontario and Quebec provinces is noted.
The British Parliament may soon legislate to grant women the vote at age 21 instead of 30. The change would add nearly five million voters and could shift political influence toward women, with parties unlikely to oppose the extension amid a fragile MacDonald government.
Vancouver has moved from tenth to third place among North American grain ports over two years. By July 31 the port is expected to handle at least fifty million bushels of grain. Growth is aided by the Panama Canal and shorter prairie-to-Pacific rail routes for European markets.
Newfoundland politics remain unsettled after the War ren ministry fell on April 24 amid the arrest of former Premier Sir Richard Squires and others on larceny charges. Observers predict trouble and see a coalition of key party elements as the likely path to restore order in the Ancient Colony.
The president signs the tax reduction measure despite reservations and markets rally on optimism that tax cuts spur business. Analysts warn election campaigns and Lafollette’s potential third party could disrupt the race and affect industrial momentum.
The 1928 audit reported a reported surplus of over 12000, later adjusted to 6623.73 in the current account. The town's general surplus improved by 37928.28, while auditors flag tax arrears and oiling rates. The use of 16000 for town sewerage debentures is a temporary measure needing adjustment with 6150 shown to partially fix the account.
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