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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
3
The Nautical Almanac Office at Greenwich plans future celestial charts to aid navigation. Dr L J Comrie predicts positions of moon and stars for 2000, with machines replacing hand calculations and a printout of massive data. Next year marks centenary of the Nautical Almanac Office dating from 1834 model.
A correspondent recalls that Roman land speed records persisted for centuries until railways emerged. Emperor Tiberius reportedly rode relays to cover 200 miles daily in a journey from Raetia and Germany to Lyons to greet his dying brother. The note cites Peel’s 1634 Rome to London trek in thirteen days, matching old Roman travel times.
In a railway compartment a passenger asserts that patience and perseverance will accomplish all things. A fellow passenger retorts with a joke about tarrying water, suggesting a pattern of waiting as a solution. The exchange ends with an amused concession and a request for how such patience might work.
Premier Anderson of Saskatchewan says rebuilding the Kanp ace Chalet, destroyed by fire, would fall under a national works plan. If undertaken, the program would start next spring and include road development and erection of bridges.
Seed viability depends on careful handling from Strens and Vigeress. Strong seed, free from weeds and disease, yields a good crop. Store in a dry, temperate place to avoid moisture on warm days or freezing temperatures.
History was made on Seal Island when an old car, owned by Herbert Moore at the government station in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, was transported 25 miles to the island due to heavy seas. It was loaded on two horses and moved ashore, enabling a mechanical vehicle to be driven over rough ash roads for the first time. The island, four to five miles long and under two miles wide, hosts about 2¢ families of fishermen, with Moore a local wireless operator seeking outside world access. The event also introduced several other modern mechanical aids never seen on the island before.
Harper Adams College tested egg production in White Leghorn hens over two years. A mixed protein diet during pullet and subsequent years showed no advantage from ash meal or peanut meal versus soybean or meat and bone meal. Best margins came from meat and bone meal, dried skim milk, and soybean meal. Hatchability largely unaffected. For birds over two years, mixed protein outperforming simple protein improved production, economics, fertility, and hatchability.
The Glasgow Herald argues that luck plays no part in trade gains. It credits the Chancellor of the Exchequer and financial authorities for restoring confidence in the pound. A quiet, consistent monetary policy has recovered prestige and spurred improvements in British and allied trade.
A terse remark suggests that the wealth of a man correlates with his wife doing less for him. The quip implies a reversal of traditional domestic labor expectations as earnings rise.
The piece traces the rise of co operative dairies in Canada from 1885 with the Stassey Bridge Dairying Company in Prince Edward Island and the later Hamilton Cheese Factory. By 1900 eleven co operative dairies served farmers, expanding to 113 organizations by 1982 led by Saskatchewan Co operative Creamery with 39,000 members, plus Manitoba and Alberta large pools.
The idea that violent storms arrive when the sun crosses the equator around September 22 dates back to at least 1748. It persists in England and the United States, but English gale data show no peak near autumnal equinox. The equinox marks a conventional start to winter storms, while the spring equinox has no supporting basis.
Marchioneas of Reading report a bishop, noted for lazy use of gaiters fastened with a zip, challenged Personal Service League workers in Manchester. They transformed the gaiters into a girl’s jumper with a front zip. Britain’s post office savings bank gains 1 million more depositors since 1912. Irish Free State shoe factories hire more workers than in 1929.
Ottawa Journal analyzes how Italy’s wheat surge and European shifts threaten Canada’s exports. It argues curtailing prairie acreage is necessary to avoid dumping wheat at loss, outlines the need for a quota system and a clear plan for farmers amid changing global supply and demand.
Australian magpies have resolved their long conflict with the government postal department by nesting on artificial telegraph cross arms. A linesman built a neat artificial nest, magnets moved in, and the system will place hundreds of nests to prevent line interruptions. Galahs remain a problem, their weight causing contact and telegraph outages.
Canadian red cedar blocks resisted wood destroying fungi after eight months while Baltic timber rotted and lost weight. Tests at the Forest Product Research Laboratory Princes Risborough show cedar contains concentrates fatal to fungi, keeping timber healthy. Cedar boards between rotted floor boards also remained unaffected after six months.
A chemical saline solution without albumen, produced by Prof. E Weichard and tested by Prof. J G Knoflach, treated sixty two patients with serious injuries in Vienna. The artificial blood yielded excellent healing and life saving results for those needing transfusions.
London officials announce a new power station at iBatters-a requiring about 7000 tons of coal each day to fuel its operations, signaling a major energy investment and shift in local supply needs.
Three members of the Ferns family of Pawtucket Rhode Island have received medals for heroism in rescuing people from drowning. Mary A. 17 received the gold medal of Massachusetts Humane Society for saving Norton Button 10. Thomas Fern Jr. holds two medals and nearly died saving Phip Jenelle at age 15. Albert and another son also credited with lifesaving actions.
W J Burna a prominent Edmonton horseman was elected president of the Alberta Horse Breeders\" education group.
Great Britain reveals a massive airship and the world’s fastest flying boat, each described at about 32 tons, highlighting a bold advance in aviation technology and naval aviation capability.
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