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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 09, 1925
Page
6
The Sydney Bulletin laments Australia’s extraction of its continental assets for present cash. It argues after 150 years of white settlement, the country riskily becomes mainly a provider of raw resources and labor for others, urging a rethink of national rights to the future.
Captain Blood and his crew capture Levasseur and broker a ransom plan aboard the Arabella as they confront French and Dutch foes. Blood kills Levasseur claiming the prize and extends his fleet while reuniting with Mademoiselle d’Ogeron. In Maracaibo Bay his bold raid ends in a Spanish fortress trap.
The Apaniandas took refuge in the Fort as Captain Blood feinted a land assault after securing a large ransom from the Governor of Maracaibo. He opened a broadside, set the fort ablaze, and sailed toward Tortuga while Don Miguel faced a grim fate.
The Repulse battle cruiser faces a difficult fitting for the Prince of Wales voyage to South Africa and South America. Space, staff, baggage, and laundry needs strain the ship, with 1250 crew plus 90 staff, and 21 cooks and stewards to feed up to 900 guests aboard. Capetown arrival noted.
Japan plans documentary films of native life in the Southern Pacific Islands under its mandate. An Interior Ministry official will photograph the natives for transmission to the permanent mandates commission in Geneva to illustrate governance beyond dry reports. The program aims to give commissioners a clearer view of administration than volumes of documents.
London Daily Express urges Britain to rely on native energy and enterprise for economic recovery. It argues not to depend on Europe, to seek new markets, and to lead by example as a self-sufficient nation.
A Singapore dispatch argues Canada’s future as a world power rests on vast land development and cultivation. It credits British influence and American history for predicting Canada’s expansion and national strength in coming years. Henry Ford curates new gun gifts to the Prince of Wales during a U S visit, provoking laughter. A French scientific mission arrives in Moscow to study metric system applications and organization of factories for scales and measures in Russia.
A Carleton Place column argues a man should boost a town he can affect not one he cannot, or risk wasting time and harmony. The piece urges purposeful effort to help a community rather than drift.
A Munich account recalls Mark Twain visiting a bookshop and calculating discounts for publisher author and friend. He proposed 60 percent for the publisher 50 percent for himself and 25 percent as a friend. The assistant finalised the sale at 75 cents.
In San Marino illiteracy affects votes with a secretary explaining on election day voters hire or select a literate girl to prepare their ballot. Narratives describe the girl as trusted and innocent, guiding the process without deceit. Separately, Alberta grain shipments from northern stations to Kalmonton exceed 1,000,000 bushels since September 1, marking a shift from no exports to substantial production for outside markets.
The first public diapensary was established in Egypt around 4600 B C. The attendant earned roughly 500 per year, five times the pay of a skilled laborer.
Modern restaurants use electric service with menu slots and centralized kitchen delivery. Diner selects meal, slips menu into table slot, a tray carries food to the table while payment is made at a visual cashier desk after dining. The system relies on electrically delivered orders and receipts.
Reported world record as Big Ben chimes were heard in British North Borneo 8,523 miles away after the clock resumed broadcasting from station 2L0. Workers removed thirty pounds of soot and rust causing the stoppage before the chimes returned.
The psychological bureau of Japan's education department reveals an increase in child self inflicted deaths. In ten years 2,310 children took their own lives, with 427 cases in the just ended year.
Readable text shows an incomplete statement about an early bird saying and a scattered fragment mentioning men who pray with unclear context and no identifiable event or names.
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