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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 25, 1934
Page
2
The essay questions the value of the America Cup and the high costs of yachting, baseball, lacrosse, hockey, football, golf and tennis as professionalized entertainment. It argues real sport should be mass recreation, develop fitness and character, and condemns money driven professionalism and university sponsorships as corrupting the game.
Canada reports fall rye yields as of August 10, 1934 at 5,239,000 bushels from 587,100 acres, up from 3,454,000 bushels from 434,900 acres in 1933. New Zealand sheep numbers reach 28,550,770 as of April 30, 1934, an increase of 800,000 from 1933.
The Prince of Wales visited a Somerset mine on the Duchy estate near a former fatal coalfield. He waived royalties until the mine supported itself, enabling 50 men to work full time and produce 135 tons of household coal weekly, with the Duchy receiving dues. The royal visit ended with the prince descending to watch the miners at work.
A 70 year old man confined by rheumatism claims he rose from bed to work 12 hours a day after using Kruschen Salts. He credits the product for dissolving uric acid crystals and aiding digestion, noting prior limitations and improved health.
A tall well dressed young man in Oxford street browsed a large empire themed book collection with an assistant. He studied maps and country pictures, appearing to be a student or traveler preparing for a long voyage, and indeed the Duke of Gloucester was planning a journey to Australia.
Captain Cook's cottage was carried by 35 lorries to Fitzroy Gardens Melbourne for re erection as part of centenary celebrations. The carefully preserved Yorkshire cottage arrives with original mortar nails and even a creaking staircase. Ivy must be fumigated by quarantine authorities and Great Ayton Yorks gains a stone obelisk modeled on Cape Everard memorial.
R L Sutherland, consulting engineer for the Saskatchewan Coal Operators Association, told the Western meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in Calgary that development of high moisture lignite deposits in southern Saskatchewan has progressed through difficult years. He cited increased production and mining improvements as factors, with demand rising in the densely populated Saskatchewan and Manitoba regions.
Hon George H Sedgewick told Halifax maritime conference that replacing tariff income with other revenue forms would be difficult in Canada. Meanwhile in England 35 500 insured workers in Luton see only 700 unemployed.
James Simpson a guide naturalist and artist scraped a glacier between two mountains near Banff Alberta to make a summer skating rink for his husky daughters Mary and Margaret. He predicts skating on glaciers will be common in a few years.
A report indicates coins were minted within the temple of Juns. The event ties religious sites to coinage practices, highlighting imperial or ceremonial monetary activity linked to the temple precincts.
A devotional piece reviewing Bible themes and historical allusions from Hebrews 11 32 40 Psalm 145 13 and various authors including Byron Meyer Bowne Holden Whittier and Fuller. It reflects on justice mercy humility prayer and daily reverence as guiding Christian conduct.
The three Prairy Provinces show declines in wheat by 1 881 000 acres 7 1 2 percent and barley by 70 000 acres 2 3 percent while flaxseed falls 17 500 acres 7 4 percent. Oats rise 170 000 acres 1 9 percent and rye climbs 149 300 acres 28 7 percent.
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