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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 05, 1936
Page
2
The birthday of King Edward VII on June 23 needs no special proclamation to be a public holiday. Statutes declare the sovereign birthday a holiday in government service banks schools and municipal offices. Commercial observance may vary. June 3 for King George V was not widely observed.
Major J. Greetham de Lorimer exposes Canada’s debt load totaling 18.23 billion with foreign and Canadian holders nearly split. He notes 62.7 percent is dead weight debt, allocates prairie province bonds, and argues over government numbers and costs drive the strain.
The post office department posted a profit of 3 million dollars for the year ending in March with net revenue of 32.5 million. It pays no rent or upkeep for its buildings, though erected by the public works department. Postmaster General Elliott called the arrangement anomalous and suggested Parliament may decide on a rental system.
Thirty students from thirteen Canadian universities receive postgraduate awards from the National Research Council in Ottawa. Two fellowships valued at 700 dollars, eleven 600 dollar studentships, and seventeen 500 dollar bursaries fund training to boost research across industrial processes and Canadian material utilization.
Right Rev. A H Sovereign Bishop of Athabaska told Toronto interview that planes have opened the northwest to an amazing degree. He lauded pilots Wop May and Punch Dickens and called Fort McMurray the largest commercial air base in Canada. He noted Great Bear Lake mining area and Goldfields drawing population.
Reports describe a flood of cheap watches on the market as Swiss plants close and parts are produced in vast numbers. Parts are assembled by peasants in spare time at low cost, signaling a shift in the industry and cheapening watch production.
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one by one. Mix dry ingredients then alternately add with milk. Bake at 350 degrees F in cups. Cool and ice with white icing. Garnish with cherry or nut. Fill centers with cream or custard and reseal.
The piece weighs whether a ticker account of a World Series game is more exciting than radio reports. It notes radio narrators build intensity with rallies and wind up pauses, while older tickers offered tense pauses before calls like Ball one or Strike one from the New York Times.
Florence Blenkiron of England twice crossed the Sahara on a motorcycle in the last year. She left London with Miss Theresa Wallace in a sidecar, reached Cape Town, then began a solo return in September and arrived in South Algeria in February. She traveled home by bus and is believed to be the only woman to cross the Sahara alone.
The King appoints his mother Queen Mary as Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire and signals her continued prominent role in public life. After court mourning ends in autumn, she is expected to resume active leadership in women’s interests and social life. Ww. Ralston of Toronto wins $500 in the Dominion Housing Act design contest, with $100 prizes to Arthur W. Davidson of Brockville and W. F. Williams of Nelson.
More than 5 million dollars will be spent this year on new roads in the Transvaal region of South Africa. Government and provincial authorities plan extensive upgrading of highways and rural routes to improve transport and commerce.
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