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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1931
Page
5
The Anti-Slavery Society reports warn that slavery persists in Africa and requires ongoing British control in the Soudan. Mr. J A Spender notes roundups are costly yet vital to halt traders, as British hands must stay off only to avoid a return to slavery by year’s end.
Ontario plans a broad selling and advertising push for its unusually large grape harvest. Charles W Bauer says every basket shipped out of the province will face government inspection for grade and quality, with grapes available across Canada.
A clipped exchange shows a family facing hardship with one son as an official receiver and the other a bailiff. The line hints at a broader economic downturn and its impact on households during a period of distress.
Winnipeg union advertises pattern orders with address at 175 McDermot Ave. Readers are guided to mail or call for pattern numbers and delivery options. The notice emphasizes ordering procedures and pattern identification.
The Canadian automobile industry in 1930 is valued at over 90 million dollars with 158 372 passenger and commercial vehicles manufactured. 95 241 cars were scrapped or withdrawn. There are 1 229 888 motor vehicles registered in Canada, of which 1 074 494 are passenger vehicles. The era shows one in eight Canadians owns a motor car, second only to the United States and the Hawaiian Islands. A closing quip notes a woman cannot know what a man thinks of her.
A report notes that water content in plants ranges widely from fifty to ninety percent, highlighting the great variability in moisture levels among different species and growth stages.
The Ministry of Industry outlines a fourteen point program to convert China into a leading industrial nation within ten years. If accepted and successfully implemented, the plan would dramatically shift China's economic position, though it acknowledges many difficulties and the need to win public confidence.
Greece is Canada s second biggest wheat buyer with rising imports while talks move forward on a northern syndicate reindeer herd to Churchill. The plan envisions 1 000 reindeer shipped by boat to Vancouver and across the continent, with Europe the main market and federal aid sought. Canadian exports to Greece rose in 1930 to nine million bushels of wheat, over half Greece s foreign wheat needs, amid a broader trade mix including canned fish, flour and machinery.
The Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch notes more butter being sold as butter this year. Receipts at Montreal to August 1 show butter 369,327 packages versus 242,963 prior year. Cheese receipts reach 386,373 boxes, down from 452,934. Butter exports rise to 76,658 by August 1, 1931, up from 2,504 the prior year.
The Seed Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture reports complaints from hay dealers about Canadian farmers packaging hay in 150 pound plus bales. They urge lighter 110 to 120 pound bales to improve marketability for buyers and cartage workers. France's active and reserve military forces total 15.4 percent of the population. In New York State one in four women now works for wages.
The Federal Government will promote a tour circuit from Riding Mountain Park in Manitoba to Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan, then to Jasper and Banff in Alberta, Waterton Lakes, Yellowstone and Glacier. Hon. Thos. Murphy says the appeal needs only completion of all weather highways to proceed.
A British based American millionaire keeps a rare 1645 Spanish manuscript by a famed anti women author. The text mocks modern women as artificial and cosmetic obsessed, suggesting the piece could have been written in 1931 and is noted for its sharp satire.
A wartime exchange shows a sergeant instructing a sentry to shoot if anything moves and the sentry replying that if anything shoots he will move. The terse dialogue highlights strict discipline and reflexive responses under threat.
Three years after rescuing Miss Elfreide Ossman and Dr J Schwartz from the French River eddies Meshkiosh an Ojibway guide is honored with the Royal Humane Society bronze medal. The award presented by the Indian Agent at a 120 guest camp ceremony led by Manager Jack Strathdee honors his silent courage.
Hon. Howard McConnel announced that the Saskatchewan credit will back the relief program to start projects promptly and later be recouped from the Federal Government. The measure aims to aid residents in need immediately while Ottawa negotiations proceed. A blood donor saved his child but unknowingly transmitted malaria.
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