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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1929
Page
5
An 11 year study across 13 Prairie districts shows fall and winter moisture crucial for good yields, with above normal spring and summer rains sometimes compensating. Deficits in fall winter preceded by normal spring summer offered better prospects, while the 1928-29 period saw severe rainfall shortfalls leading to poor crops.
The Ottawa Journal notes the Canada north country between North Bay and Cochrane, with prospects of coal in the Abitibi River area north of Cochrane. It highlights past rail courage and foresees the region becoming a major Canadian wealth source from minerals, forests, and water powers.
The Bulletin contrasts Canada and Australia noting Canada rejects compulsory unionism and arbitration and reports lower figures for disputes and lost days in 1927. It highlights Canada’s fewer strikes and larger industry freedom as a model Australia should learn from without overreacting.
The Western Foundries Ltd with capital of 100000 buys four acres in Lethbridge's Canadian Pacific Railway industrial area. Construction has begun for a factory to produce highway machinery mining and oil drilling equipment soil pipes cast iron water pipes and bronze bearings. Pig iron coke and moulding sand will supply the plant from Pacific coast Michel and Lethbridge district.
A second section of the Montreal to New York daily air service left St Hubert Airport with nine passengers unable to obtain space in the regular mail plane. The trip used two Fairchild aircraft bound for Albany and New York. Arsenic has been found in considerable quantities in all examined human organs.
Formerly superintendent of the Canadian National Railways at London Ontario, he was appointed General Superintendent of the Saskatchewan District with headquarters in Saskatoon, replacing B T Chapell who was transferred.
The Montreal Gazette highlights overtaking at high speed as a leading cause of recent road crashes. It urges drivers to stay in control, avoid dangerous passing on narrow or ditch‑edged highways, and warns that reckless behavior endangers lives and amounts to criminal risk.
Dr. Page, Chief Medical Inspector of Immigration, notes that rough sea voyages can reveal mental derangement. This season about a dozen immigrants seemingly normal at embarkation were sent back after mental upset during or after the voyage. He does not criticize overseas exams but regards the sea journey as a potential test for self assurance.
Surveyors decided the newly purchased farm lies on the American side of the border for taxation. The elderly purchaser expressed relief and remarked that Canadian winters are often severe, highlighting the appeal of staying south of the border.
A Cologne newspaper notes that Japan favors works by great composers for phonograph records while China features mainly traditional Chinese tunes. A light dialogue about tolls on an empty carriage is also cited in the edition.
The advertisement promotes rubbable printed chiffon cotton voile as an inexpensive, comfortable warm weather fabric. It highlights Style No. 646 in cap ucine tones with sizes 16 through 42 inches, features like circular double tiers and shirring at shoulders, and suggests various fabrics and colors including navy georgette crepe and red white printed lawn, with a pattern price of 2½ cents and wrap coin guidance.
Pattern ordering notice from the Winnipeg newspaper lists address 175 McDermot Ave and instructs readers how to request patterns. It mentions Pattern No. and Wee Size, guiding subscribers on where to send requests and what details to include.
The Canadian Poultry Pool in Western Canada faced an unprecedented year as oversupply and undergrades hit eggs and poultry. Officials credit the central pool with stabilizing prices, improving marketing and preventing retail demoralization despite competition from independent dealers.
Saskatoon exhibition management will provide facilities for a large provincial turkey section at the winter poultry show. Professor R. K. Baker notes this forms Saskatchewans provincial turkey show. Exhibitors to Toronto Royal will be supervised by R. H. Stapleton, with plans for banding and inspection recommendations to the Department of Agriculture.
The National Parks of Canada, the Department of the Interior, and the United States Biological Survey join in monthly waterfowl censuses across Canada and the United States. The effort seeks data on counts, distribution, and migrations of ducks geese swans and coots to aid Migratory Birds Convention Act administration.
The Department of Trade and Commerce Ottawa announces Canada's official participation in the six weeks' British Empire Trade Exhibition to be held in Buenos Aires in spring 1931. The event will be staged at Palermo Park, venue of the Argentine Rural Society stock shows.
A new Essex County Ontario trial of Turkish cigarette tobacco shows promising early production, rivaling Macedonia's long standing Turkish leaf culture.
Upton in England has erected a sign declaring billposting prohibited in this village. The notice aims to deter posters and maintain local aesthetics.
First payments under Alberta Government Farm Loan Schemes will begin soon after a large batch of applications reaches final stages. Loans approved by the Badminton Board and the Ottawa based all-Canadian Board are being processed for mortgage papers, with cash payments to follow after legal points are settled.
Dialogue recalls influenza grounding students for weeks and a jokey line about hiding under a table after Petersen's party. A Karikaturen Oslo caption frames the exchange with light humor.
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