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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 20, 1930
Page
6
A prize winning essay argues life’s lessons come from present effort not future gain. It stresses that the other side of life’s road often misleads, God is not finished, and true wealth is built by long toil, discipline, and helping others despite hardship.
The Commercial Intelligence Journal cites James A. Langley, commercial secretary to the Canadian Legation in Tokyo, noting Japan’s demand for asbestos—lump, powder, fibre, and packing forms—driven by expanding industry. He says about 80 percent of Japan’s asbestos comes from Canada, with smaller shares from Russia and a few English firms.
The report notes Africa's asbestos deposits driving demand for asbestos powder and fibre, with an estimated 12 000 tons required. The details indicate growing extraction and use across regional industries.
Balfour Technical School in Regina will offer first aid classes in cooperation with the St John Ambulance Association. The program aims to help Saskatchewan employers meet the Workmen's Compensation Board rule requiring a first aid room run by a competent person for workplaces with 25 or more staff.
Jack Byers Sr livestock promoter with Dominion Department of Agriculture leads a trainload of range steers aged two to four years. Prominent Saskatchewan and Alberta ranchers contributed to a trial shipment supervised by the Federal Department of Agriculture from loading to market. Byers sailed from Montreal to Manchester on October 20.
Walter Todd served more than fifty years as clerk of committees and private bills for the House of Commons in Ottawa, dying in his 74th year. His lengthy civil service spans from his father’s era, both maintaining the same post amid two Parliament fires, with a shared act of saving Queen Victoria’s portrait in 1848 and 1916.
A provincial convention for editors of daily and weekly newspapers in British Columbia is planned for a late February weekend. Arrangements were set at the BC Institute of Journalists meeting in Vancouver. The Vancouver branch will host the event and annual dinner, with members traveling from across the province.
The piece urges women to rest and seek medical help for anemia, linking fatigue to nine tenths of female ill health. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for low blood and lists Brockville Ontario as the company location. It notes Canada’s Worm Powders for children and mentions Canada’s meat export interest in horse. It ends with a quip about fame needing awakening first.
E. W. Beatty president of the Canadian Pacific Railway told a Pinehurst banquet that while he would not discuss policy, U S debt cancellation could spur industry trade and prosperity. He traced Canada U S amity, railroading role, and impacts of the 1929 stock crash and newsprint worries on Canada’s economy. He noted U S export capacity and population growth relative to Canada and praised progress with a smaller population.
Dairy production across Canada shows a rise in milk and cream output with Ontario and Alberta up 15 percent in the first half of the year. Cheese production lags 30,000 boxes behind last year as of October 11, while dairy stock demand grows in the Prairie Provinces. In grain news Regina’s World Grain Show splits wheat classes into five small 50 pound exhibits and ten bushel lots, favoring careful selection for the smaller sample.
Alberta gas contains very little helium. estimates show Alberta helium content falls short of 1 percent, far below Texas levels. Early wartime Calgary experiments by Prof J C Mc Lennan found no commercially feasible helium, and after the war the project waned though data remained for future study. Separately, volcanic dust beds near Swift Current and in British Columbia are being tapped for industrial uses and cement admixtures.
A confused exchange on a train to Chicago includes a black porter, a white man, and a claim that a woman was told something. The black man later remarks perhaps she will believe it now she has it in black and white.
A local saying praises diamonds from riverside districts, claiming the best stones come from freshwater river neighborhoods and reflecting regional beliefs about gem quality.
Canada plans a new stamp issue up to eight cents within a month or sooner as existing stocks run out. The move aligns with Universal Postal Union rules. the one cent shifts from orange to green, the two cent from green to red, the five cent from mauve to blue, and the eight cent carrier from blue to orange.
New systems use concealed electric bulbs behind windows built to resemble real panes. The imitation daylight makes work easier than the standard indirect overhead lighting, according to tests conducted for new London offices.
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