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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1937
Page
4
W. H. Colclough argues in the Stratford Beacon Herald that voting is a duty not a choice. An indifferent electorate enables dictatorship, and ballots are the keystone of democracy. He urges voters to exercise their rights to prevent poor governance and considers penalties for nonvoters.
News of the World reports Balmoral enforces a sartorial code for the Royal Family and guests. Kings wear kilts at appropriate moments and queens display tartan sashes, while Sas Senach guests follow court dress in the South. Staff adopt Balmoral rules with bowler hats for windy Highland days.
Duncan George of Ehrhardt, South Carolina, reports a fruit that is a cross between a walnut and a pear. A storm nine years ago toppled a walnut onto a pear tree, and since then he has harvested pears with walnut like shells that mature around the pear and taste more nutty than pear.
Dr Spencer sketches the meteorite passage through the atmosphere from about one hundred miles height with incandescence and an explosion from intense heating and air pressure. A shower of stones may fall, their velocity near seventy metres per second, though a large iron mass may survive longer and strike with greater speed. From Nature.
A Field Museum botanist explains that England became a tea drinking nation through Oriental trade and tea plantations, while Holland and France preferred coffee due to their coffee plantations in the Indies.
The Tokyo Kokumin urges disregard for international law and aims at destroying Britain's influence in China. Signed by Yuji Satsuma the piece says Japan’s final objective in China cannot be reached while Britain dominates, and asserts the army and navy fear no Britain above legal grounds.
Premier Pattullo announced the four man health insurance commission will continue studies on health insurance with no immediate government action planned. The 1936 Health Insurance Act remains on the books and inoperative while commission officers stay on and the head office is kept.
A proud speaker notes his son’s career progression from shoemaker to hairdresser showing advancement through skill and ambition. The remark frames a story of personal development and achievement within a family context.
An English experimenter increased seed productivity by coating seeds with a porous liquid rubber mixed with fertilizer fungicides and bacteria that enhance nitrogen fixation from the air.
Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General, after a Mackenzie River trip, urged that Canada’s northern expansion will hinge on cheap air transport. He compared Canada’s frontier to Russia’s Arctic, noting waterways are vital but air will be the main medium and local oil fields could lower costs.
Col S Z T Wood of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police criticizes the slogan always gets its man as silly and says the real motto Uphold the Right should be promoted. He notes provincial transfers of police powers have worked well and cites a U S Coast Guard agreement with Canada for mutual jurisdiction. He adds outlying northern posts remain popular with recruits and reports 20 applications per vacancy plus 200 from American youths.
Major-General A G L McNaughton, chairman of the National Research Council, told the Montreal branch that Canada must place research on an adequate basis and stop remaining dependent on other nations. He noted NRC contributions in survey research and cooperative efforts, including rust-resisting wheat varieties from the grain research committee.
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