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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
2
Rev D J Elison, a Presbyterian minister, used a royal privilege dating back 300 years to affirm rather than swear on the Bible in a Toronto women's court bigamy case. Magistrate Cowan questioned the privilege, noting he had never heard of it, but allowed the witness to affirm his truthfulness.
More than 30,000,000 printed papers were destroyed in the last year by the British Post Office due to incorrect addresses, triggering widespread waste. The figure highlights a postal efficiency problem and potential reforms.
In a glittering La Luna scene Starr resists Lance Marlowe as money guides men. Michael taunts her with a career plan, but Starr declares she will not be bought. She flees, torn between passion and escape, while Michael misreads her resolve as weakness. The moment ends with Starr declaring a change of mind, hinting at a costly confrontation to come.
King Edward will open his first parliament at Westminster on November 3. He will travel in a state landau from Buckingham Palace to the House of Lords and read the speech from the throne before peers and the Faithful Commons. He will not wear a crown until the coronation in May.
The former German battleship Kaiserin, raised from the Scapa Flow seabed, completed its journey from Orkneys to Rosyth Dockyard. A crew of 14 slept in huts built on the keel and tended pumps to keep the hull afloat, as with other scuttled fleet ships moved to Rosyth, the hulk travelling inverted and towed by three Dutch tugs.
The King approves staff reductions at Sandringham with assurances no one will be discharged before alternative work is found. Land will be split for tenant farming while forestry staff shrink and retained farms are more mechanized. Some workers move to the royal flax factory. Balmoral downsizing rumors are denied.
There are over 70 maple varieties, but only the hard or sugar maple yields commercial sugar. It grows in Canada from the Atlantic to Lake of the Woods and in the eastern U.S. The leaf is Canada’s national emblem. About 95 percent of maple products industry is in the St. Lawrence River valley. Dutchman's pipe flowers trap pollen insects until pollination is complete.
A devotional exhortation encourages turning troubles into spiritual progress. It urges constant prayer and trust in God, noting He provides help amid labor and distraction. The piece frames affliction as a path to happiness in being His, with patience and gentleness.
Dr. Amos O. Squires of Ossining New York notes at the Atlantic City World Conference that statistics show only three of every 30 000 criminals were boy scouts. The piece remarks on motorists claiming rights and adds a quip about how slow music accompanies them.
A lone observer appears atop North Swedish peaks, sighting lasting six weeks as winter light wanes. The event draws attention from nearby hikers and local officials, who monitor safety and ecological impact over the prolonged visibility.
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