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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 22, 1934
Page
3
A visitor from Montreal voices views on wheat grading by region to reflect quality. He suggests northern and southern areas be graded separately to align prices and spur shifts from wheat to more profitable crops if northern wheat proves unremunerative.
The excerpt recalls Henry the Eighth and his court at Ongar near Jericho in Tudor times. It portrays the old work spot redolent with history and romance, noting his frequent summons and the royal phrase Go to Jericho used to send courtiers away.
The World Grain Conference in China hears officials say reliable world wheat acreage is largely unavailable. Wy Grindley of the Agricultural Branch notes many major producers such as China, Russia, and the United States have uncertain statistics. The Food Research Institute estimates current production covers about 80 percent of actual global wheat output.
A baker from Neuminster seeks damages after a customer allegedly fed a plum pudding to a door mat. The baker claimed the customer told him to wipe his muddy boots on it, causing the mat to crumble.
A drifted Abell lantern buoy that vanished from Cape Braker Nova Scotia in November 1923 was found beached on Turks Island. Word from the department in St Johns New Brunswick says the buoy drifted about a thousand miles over five years and will be returned to Canada for service replacement.
National War Memorial project in Canada faces debates over location and funding as planners consider Conganglet Place in the capital. The scheme, initially pegged around $940,000, aims to honor fallen servicemen and reflect national remembrance.
A fashion note describes a navy and powder blue crepe dress with a unique band, belt details, and options in black crepe or all one shade. Style No. 452 fits sizes 16 to 42 inches bust, requires fabric amounts, and costs 20 cents in stampa or coin.
Mr. G. J. 3. Broomhall told the Reging conference that Canadian wheat remains highly sought by millers worldwide. He noted millers prefer Canadian strong wheats but many regions impose duties and milling restrictions that limit imports, though Canadians still supply the preferred soft native wheat mix.
W T Hunter of Vernon spoke at the Southern Alberta Jersey Cattle Club annual meeting about rising Jersey milk demand across the Dominion. In the last 18 months about 300 Jerseys moved into Edmonton and Calgary areas, mainly from British Columbia, boosting Alberta to fourth in Dominion registrations and transfers behind Ontario Quebec and British Columbia.
Prime Minister R G Bennett told the House of Commons that Canada may provide old age pension style relief for the blind if economic recovery moves swiftly. Provinces already using schemes for blind pensions at age 40 are cited, though no uniform policy exists yet.
Louie Wendel a young farmer south of Neudorf has notable success in sweet clover shows. He earned 2nd prize at the Regina World Grain show, 10th prize at Chicago, 1st prize and a special prize at Saskatoon gaining the Darnborough cup, the top Saskatchewan entrant in this grain class. He now specializes in barley and aims for future prominence in that grain.
The text outlines the development of wool grading started by the Dominion Live Stock Branch in 191S, its shift to cooperative marketing via the Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers, Limited, and the role of headquarters in Toronto. It notes official graders and standards, plus the expanding network of affiliated associations and the push to market graded wools nationally and abroad. It also mentions British immigration schemes discussed by Brig Gen Hornby and responses from Canadian ministers.
The first census attempt counts Britain's insect population at Rothamsted Harpenden. An automatic night trap records arrival times and motives, revealing far more insects than expected and noting daily weather effects on activity.
The text explains that sandpaper contains no actual sand and discusses why sand is ineffective. It notes that abrasive particles are crushed flint, garnet, or synthetic materials like aluminum oxide and silicon carbide. It also describes particle shapes, grading, and that best results come from grits roughly twice as long as wide.
The Queen Victoria memorial column in Kensington High Street will be relocated to the entrance area of Warwick Gardens due to rising traffic on the westward main road out of London. Erected in 1904 by public subscription outside St Mary Abbott’s church, the column recalls a clock without a face visible to passersby.
Glasgow dockyard authorities upset a Scots farming custom by placing a Canadian order for a carload of Alberta Percheron horses from Canada after testing French bred Percherons. The move departs from traditional Scottish supply of Clydesdales.
C 3 Wright a 68 year old grocer from Roswell New Mexico says fasting for 30 days cured his stubborn catarrh and improved overall health. He attributes most bodily ailments to overeating after years of study and believes fasting is the remedy.
Japanese rayon output last year rose by about fifty percent from 1932 figures. The note implies continued growth potential, while contrasting past and present production trends in the textile industry.
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