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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1932
Page
4
A health guidance piece from the Canadian Medical Association urges readers to stop spitting and protect others from disease. It explains that most communicable illnesses spread through saliva, especially tuberculosis, and stresses personal care to prevent transmission.
Walter and Willie Wilson aged 12 and 10 tour a Canadian Pacific 2800 type locomotive cab in Lemberg Saskatchewan. Engineer Fred Munt invites them aboard during their journey from Nottingham to join their mother after crossing the Atlantic on CP lines.
Educationist Dean Sinclair Laird of Macdonald College organizes a sixteenth annual all expense Dean Laird Special with Canadian Pacific Railway. The three week journey covers key western cities from Montreal to Victoria Banff Lake Louise Winnipeg Edmonton and Vancouver aboard a dedicated train with optional Great Lakes cruises and motor runs. Applicants need only companionship and enjoyment.
Advertisers ask drop copies Mondays and a car finder at Echo Office while Thos Lemon advertises tailoring in Hamiota. Sale offers grass seed attachment and grain drill via H. A. McIntosh. Morning service at Christ Church April 17 followed by Holy Communion led by Rev. Chas Wood. Court of Revision April 27 in council chamber. Argentine grain futures control to start April 15 and price fixing after April 1. Dining-car passengers in Quebec must pay Hospital Tax on meals. meals 35 cents or more taxed at 5 percent. Canadian Scottish completes a 26 000 mile voyage from Montreal to Australia via Magellan Straits to Halifax.
The Anglican Christ Church holds Second Sunday after Easter service on Sunday April 17 1982 at 11.00 a.m. Rev C Wood of Brandon will conduct the service with Holy Communion at Ll a.m. Sunday School starts at 10 30 a.m.
The church announces services for Sunday April 10 with Rev. R. E McCullagh as pastor. Morning worship at 11 o’clock, Sunday School and Bible Classes at 12:10, and Evening worship at 7 o’clock.
Rev B McLenaghen preaches at Oakner on Sunday April 10 1932 with service at 11 am Sunday school 12 10 pm Bootia 12 80 pm preaching 30 pm and CHUMAH 215 pm Sunday School 3 pm preaching service listed for the day
A lively debate in Orange Hall last Wednesday pitted O F members Messrs Squibb and Mathison against Foresters Messrs McIntosh and Murray over whether English speaking Anglo Saxon emigrants benefit Canada more than European emigrants. The negative won by a small margin with judges Dr Hudson G H Rattan and Kerr Fraser, while Mrs Corry acted as critic. Grace Rebekah lodge members contributed songs and readings, and calls were made for more inter-society debates next winter.
Hamiota businesses will close every Wednesday afternoon from April 13 to August 17. W. J. Burgees, J. M. Williams, Bennett and Squibb, Hamiota Echo, L. S. Taylor, Thomas Lemon, Imperial Building Supply, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada, Joe Rees close at 12.00. J P. Moore, E. M. Tennyson, B. R. McNaught, S. Sneid, Chambers Co. Ltd., W. Keough, A S. Mair Groceries close at 12.30.
Major steamship lines reduce trans Atlantic passenger rates by 10 to 50 percent bringing prices to the lowest since 1914. Cream and eggs show steep drops as market prices shift. Amid economic gloom the piece notes continued plans and skeptical forecasts about the world ending in 1934, with a light take on prophetic talk compared to daily life.
Halif axis port shipments rose by nearly 400000 bushels from 1930 to 1931 with 731995 in 1930 and 1126787 in 1931. Northern Ontario mines produced gold valued at about 43000000 dollars in 1931, and since mining began 25 years ago, total value reached 395000000 dollars. Canada's 1931 field crops totaled 431251000 dollars, wheat 10878600 dollars, hay and clover 113961000 dollars. A Mt Sir Donald granite block was shipped to Yale for the Strathcona Memorial Building. The five major Canadian industries by value are agriculture, forestry, mining, electric power, and fisheries, with agriculture alone exceeding the sum of the other four. The BE B Beatty midwinter golf trophy will be contested February 22 to 27 at Royal Colwood. Seattle amateurs and Victoria winners expected to compete. John Caesar of Vancouver is named Canadian Pacific pensioner with the longest service, 48 years, followed by W J Grant of Hamilton. Oxford Cambridge skiers enjoyed Canada and British hospitality in Saint John en route to Liverpool, with plans for Canada British university ski matches after their visit.
Enthusiasts eye the 11th annual Eastern International Dog Sled Derby set for February 22 to 24 in Quebec. The 123 mile course ends at the Dor Derby T.I at the Chateau Frontenac as leading mushers prepare for the event.
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