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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 1935
Page
2
A Siamese order for a British built motor torpedo boat reports a crew of five, two 18 inch torpedoes, two depth charges, four Lewis guns and a smoke screen system. Trials yielded just over 42 knots, with a cruising range around 800 miles. Siam plans to buy two more. Royal Navy had similar boats years ago.
A speech urges Canadians to balance patriotism with responsibility. It argues governments exist to serve collective needs, not individuals alone, and calls for timely tax payments. The piece cites unemployment relief issues and stresses personal effort alongside public duty amid postwar trade strains.
An elderly man describes severe rheumatism lasting two years and half, swelling, and sleepless nights. After using Kruschen Salts, he moved from bed to walking with canes and, after six bottles, began working again at 65, attributing recovery to crystal elimination of uric acid.
Investigators link the Tungchow piracy to Chinese pirates. The China Navigation Company says passenger ships must have faster guarding, replacing unwieldy pistols with quickly drawn weapons. Boards on its vessels will be raised by 50 percent to improve readiness.
The third session of the 19th Manitoba legislature prorogued as Lt Gov W J Tupper gave royal assent to six bills amid last minute measures. The acts authorize $14,083,000 in next year expenditures and a capital outlay for Manitoba hydro extensions over a wide area. Enabling legislation makes Manitoba the first Dominion province to provide pensions for blind persons.
A witness describes fending off a tiger with a bucket of water and later meeting the animal with wet whiskers. A statement notes experiments showing sweet corn loses sweetness faster at 26 degrees than 32. The note adds that Ching will have an exchanges transactions tax.
The text explains how organisms meet adverse conditions via adaptation or death. It contrasts growth responses to light, cold, and other factors with the concepts of environment, variation, artificial selection by breeders, and natural selection in the wild. It notes plants' and animals' continuous transformation through selection.
Dr Frederick Tilney explains headaches occur when air enters the third and lateral ventricles linking to the spinal canal. Hyper sensitive individuals may react to milk eggs sugar and other foods. Dr Alexander Lambert notes excessive smoking as a source. Some get headaches from coffee and others use it as a remedy.
Prince Sudhodaya of Siam has collected the first insurance payout secured years earlier to guard his throne. Weekly sums from French and British firms amount to about 40 thousand dollars annually for the rest of his life.
Dr. W. J. Black of Montreal notes a great readjustment as families move from urban areas to farming in western Canada. In 1934 western offices handled about 5 000 land enquiries, placing 935 families on 117 939 acres. 1 757 families returned to primary industry in four years, with new settlements forming in northern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
In Shanghai 57 couples wed in a brief ceremony officiated by Mayor Wu-Teh-Chen as part of Chiang Kai-shek’s new life movement The event aimed to curb extravagance with a two minute ceremony. Each pair paid about 7 dollars for the rite and certificate amid 1200 spectators.
The Winnipeg Board of Trade launched an eye campaign on April 1 to three weeks, promoting eggs as nutritious and universal food. Canadians eat 258 eggs per person annually, with a 97 percent digestible edible portion and vitamins A B D G. Egg grading began in 1918 for export, extended to domestic use in 1923, aiding producers and consumers.
A guest questions hotel stationers while the clerk asks if he is staying, and the guest replies he is not a guest but paying two guineas daily. The exchange reveals a paying patron's stance within the lodging.
When hanging pictures the center should align with the viewer eyes. Tall individuals may find this rule not hold true.
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