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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1935
Page
2
During King George's Silver Jubilee celebrations a pair of Komodo dragons, also called monitor lizards, were shown to the public for the first time at the zoo. Brought from Komodo Island by Lord Moyne, they drew interest as the most valuable reptiles in the collection and were studied in the sanatorium before display.
The article discusses child labor in Canada and western provinces versus the United States. It notes U S codes excluded many farm children and highlights Canada’s higher education and school laws protecting children, urging continued protection and gradual elimination of commercialized child labor.
Belgium is the most densely populated country with about 8 million residents living in 11 752 square miles.
The Ministry of Finance in Yugoslavia classifies baths and perambulators as luxury articles subject to taxation. Also listed are gramophones records flowers and sweets reflecting a broad scope of items deemed nonessential.
Canterbury Cathedral researchers led by Professor W. W. Tristram cleaned centuries of grime from the Black Prince tomb, uncovering a nearly pristine fourteenth century bronze and gold effigy. The Dean calls the tomb England's most lovely monument and priceless after unveiling the restoration.
A vast underground gasoline lake was found in the Wilmington California harbor area drawing hundreds of spectators. shallow wells two feet deep yielded four to six gallons per hour while hundreds of prospectors pumped fuel into their vehicles and the source is suspected to be an old pipeline leak to a refinery terminal.
The United States Secret Service warns that advances in science have intensified counterfeiting. Chief William H. Moran reports 1930 saw 999 arrests and 668 convictions, while 1934 shows 2,751 arrests and 1,603 convictions. Photo engraving progress enables easier production of counterfeit currency.
Construction on the Canton Han kow railway in China is advancing quickly and officials say the line could be in operation within the year. The project aims to improve regional transport and economic linkages across southern China.
A nurse recounts personal illness from indigestion caused by poor digestive juice flow. She credits Kruschen with restoring digestion after 12 months, citing improved health and ability to work. The ad claims Kruschen minerals promote healthy digestive juice flow and daily waste elimination reducing indigestion.
Regina Leader notes the death of Col T E Shaw known as Lawrence of Arabia at age 46. The piece lauds his leadership guiding Arabs against the Turks and contributing to Allenby’s Palestine victories. It describes him as scholar soldier mystic and diplomat, unobtrusive yet highly effective.
The Lac Seul rise damages the CN rail bed in northwestern Ontario. Public Works Minister Hugh Stewart explained a 175000 dollar vote in the public works bill for Lac Seul protection. The lake's raise results from a Dominion provincial Manitoba Ontario agreement tied to power projects. Funds cover riprap along the railway with cost-sharing from Ontario and Manitoba.
A statue of Dr. David Livingstone stands near the Devil's Cataract of the Victoria Falls in South Africa. Unveiled by Hon. H. A. Moffatt, former Premier of Southern Rhodesia and nephew of Livingstone. The Federation of Caledonia Societies of South Africa funded the memorial.
A Soviet aerial train left Moscow during mail week on an experimental flight and landed four and a half hours later at Kharkov about 400 miles away. It included one regular aeroplane towing three gliders each piloted. Gliders could drop off at different points while the main plane kept flying, removing the need for the primary aircraft to land.
Soviet engineers test methods to produce synthetic rubber from refinery wastes and calcium carbide. Moscow starts a plant to yield about 20 000 tons annually, affecting rubber prices and the Far East plantations. A second plant in Erivan Armenia uses acetylene and chlropene chemistry to create cheaper rubber with real rubber properties.
The article promotes warm milk as the best sleep aid and describes a tea based night cap. It explains using tea to mask milk’s taste and outlines a method: brew tea normally for each person and the pot, halve fill cups, then top with hot milk not boiling. It notes Canada drinks 22 million cups of tea daily.
Heavy rain in Darwin marks the end of the wet season, with monsoon-strength downpours cooling the city. Grass growth reached six to ten feet, hindering visibility on roads and footpaths during the three months after Christmas.
Lord Dudley, president of the Iron and Steel Federation, recounts that in Rio de Janeiro the Prince of Wales spoke for over an hour on a hot day, leading to a British iron and steel contract valued at 15 million dollars.
A blind philanthropist donates $200,000 to Scottish researchers to investigate the origins and causes of blindness and to work toward prevention and cure.
The Holstein breed traces to coastal cattle along the North Sea with early U S imports from Holstein Germany and Fries land Netherlands. A Holstein and Friesian Society formed in 1872 and 1879 respectively, merging in 1885 as the Holstein Friesian Association of America, later mirrored by a Canada group in 1591.
A London display shows a pneumatic tent built from airtight cloth tubes that can be inflated with a ordinary car pump at the camping site. When erected it stands six feet high and seven feet square and deflates to suitcase size for easy transport.
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