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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1930
Page
5
The article urges moderation in exercise and explains how muscles work. It favors enjoyable activities like golf or swimming but promotes simple walking as an accessible, daily routine with proper posture and a two mile destination for measurable progress.
C Berner, cable engineer in charge of a repair expedition aboard the Dominis, reports a world shortage of suitable deep sea cable after a submarine earthquake destroyed miles of line on November 18. The Dominis, the world’s largest cable laying ship, returned to Halifax from London with buoys and supplies, while cable stores at Gibraltar are drained and moved to Halifax by the Ringen. Berner notes large stockpiles depreciate quickly, cites the 1926 Bay Roberts to Azores high speed cable as a remarkable feat, and says no foreign substance or soundings changes were found on the ocean bottom.
A report on instinctive protection in nature notes a pond dwelling arcella and its gas filled cell that acts like a balloon. When submerged in low oxygen water, a gas filled hole lifts the insect to the surface, extending its life beyond a brief span.
The text describes an early pocket dark lantern candlestick designed as a light portable by women. It features a tin body five inches long two inches wide, japanned black with gold trim, hinge cover, double swinging hook, back folding handles, and a light deflecting oval tin insert. A hinged shade opens to reveal a three inch light opening and ventilation holes.
A new automobile manufacturing plant has started operations in Bombay, India. The report notes the relocation and its expected impact on local industry and employment.
The piece argues the issue is now internal as Canadian born Chinese and Japanese in BC schools become more Canadian than Oriental. Thousands of youths educated here foresee future questions of belonging as anti Oriental moves fail and the need to decide how to treat second and third generation Canadians arises.
The Vancouver Sun cites Dr. Logan Clendenning in American Druggist describing how stamps drew customers to drugstores at odd hours. To meet this demand stores expanded beyond medicines to carry fishing tackle phonograph records and other essentials, turning into general convenience shops.
The Canadian Bureau of Statistics reports the average value of farm lands in 1929 at 37 dollars per acre, covering improved and unimproved land and including buildings across Canada.
New Brunswick runs a province wide survey of schoolchildren eyesight to justify sight saving classes if needed. Miss Mary McLelland, recently back from Maritime lectures, reports strong medical and educational support. Canada estimates one in 500 children have defective sight and cites ten existing sight saving classes in Toronto Vancouver Winnipeg London Hamilton and Halifax.
The Brantford Expositor reports E G Dezell of the California Fruit Growers Exchange says spending 1 680 000 on advertising and merchandising last season yielded 118 875 102 from oranges lemons and grapefruit. The report credits advertising for driving demand and sales success.
Hon. Charles Stewart acting minister of agriculture told the House of Commons that butter package labeling requiring the country of origin is under consideration by the Dominion Government in response to a question from H. B. Adshead of Calgary East.
Britain consumed 62 percent of global tea and the British Empire 70 percent of world supplies last year, far outpacing production countries. The data underscores Britain's dominance on the breakfast table in global tea consumption.
Government tallies show 7.674 million work animals vanished from farms since 1919, dropping farm inventories from 26.436 million to 18.762 million by 1930. This shift cuts hay and grain demand and helps explain surpluses and price trends, with urban losses adding to the total.
The piece explains a household budgeting trick by converting prices to a per pound basis. It argues oranges at sixty cents a dozen can seem low when weighed and compared to pricier items like butter and steak, and encourages balancing meals with alkaline foods such as oranges and vegetables.
The three new steam ships The Prince Henry The Prince David and The Prince Robert on the Pacific coast include a telephone system connecting all first class cabins and staff intercommunication facilities. The article notes the installation is a notable feature of the new vessels.
Sixteen headmasters from English public schools travel aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Duchess of Bedford to visit leading Canadian universities. The group includes W H Fyfe Christ's Hospital and F B Malin Wellington among others with hon secretaries Kenneth Lindsay and H H Hemming, and representatives from Harrow Charterhouse and Manchester Grammar School. The crew and sightseers photograph the arrival show the delegation including G Robertson George Watson's College Edinburgh and J Bell St Pauls among the standing attendees.
The article explains how American invention speeds up diamond cutting with precision machinery. Modern saws and lathes allow precise facet angles, reduce waste, and produce more brilliant gems, replacing slow hand methods and relying on skilled judgment. The process emphasizes safety against flaws and efficient production.
In New York Sun columnist Karl K Kitchen recounts a visitor in a large broadcasting studio overhearing an announcer claim the gong would mark 5 PM Eastern. The timepiece guiding the cue is revealed as a cheap dollar clock, prompting disbelief at the polished setup.
In a Kansas Herald revival notice for the Church of the Brethren, a typesetting error altered "He believes in a happy religion and lives it" to "He believes sin a happy religion and lives it." The paper questions whether an apology can repair the misprint.
A brief note observes New Zealand housewives using American vacuum cleaners. A palm tree is credited with producing as many as 4,000 dates. A humorous exchange in Madrid questions recognition of debt.
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