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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
8
A citizen writes to The Examiner urging the city to restrict sidewalk cyclists and coaster wagons due to noise and danger. They call for enforcement of bylaws and new laws to curb roaming dogs causing trouble on streets, lawns, and gardens.
Governor Banting of the County jail hosts Paul Courier of Montreal as the first guest at the castle on the hill after he refused police warnings and was sentenced for vagrancy. Courier stayed for 80 days before being brought in on Wednesday morning.
Toronto May 5 1924 Dr Margaret Patterson writes the Barrie Examiner thanking for the council action report in her leaf let to parents. She asks for twenty copies of the edition and hopes for more for delegates at an upcoming Social workers convention, noting disbelief in such a council action.
A reader questions The Barrie Examiner’s stance on tendering and competition. He cites Canadian potato farming costs in 1921 1922 and 1928 noting prices fell from 80c to 25c per bag and asks if editors or government paid full production costs. May 6 1924 Angus Ontario.
The Examiner favors equal pay for similar duties across civil service and opposes discriminating against rural post men who serve farmers. It criticizes aggressive price bidding in potato buying and asserts farmers deserve a fair profit margin benefiting agriculture and Canada.
Cyril Rice famed boy soprano and Christ Church soloist delighted a full St Andrews Church audience on Wednesday with encore after encore. He sang Vale The Cry of Rachel and a Mc Dermott arrangement of the 91st Psalm with organ by Edmund Hardy and an intro by Leslie Bott. He plans a future Australia tour after returning from a second transcontinental trip.
Instructions from Central Experimental Farm Ottawa on operating fanning mills. Emphasizes air blast strength sieve selection and grain flow. Recommends trial runs with new seed lots and testing various sieve types to remove light chaff while preserving good grain. Notes specific sieve dimensions for wheat barley oats and guidance from manufacturers.
A club member vents about persistent clipping of articles from the paper. A second member agrees, calling it a clipto habit that disrupts reading and archiving.
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