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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1929
Page
4
A study of 15 Prairie districts over 12 years finds Fall and Winter moisture strongly influences yields, with 73 of 82 normal cases giving fair to heavy stands. Yet absence of spring and summer rain undermined prospects, as 1928–29 saw record dryness and poor subsoil moisture.
Dr. Page chief medical inspector of immigration says a rough sea voyage tests mental balance. This season some immigrants who appeared calm before embarkation showed mental derangement during or after the voyage and were sent back. He notes overseas examinations are sound but a rough voyage can upset the mind and may be recommended to uncertain travelers.
An elderly buyer learns her farm sits on the U S side after surveyors confirm the border. She smiles and says she’s relieved by milder winters in the United States. The note contrasts phonograph records of Japan and China. A father jokes about tolls for an empty carriage.
The Ottawa Journal surveys Canada’s north country from North Bay toward Winnipeg, praising resilience of early explorers and foretelling vast wealth from minerals, gold and silver, copper and nickel, with new coal deposits found in the Abitibi River area north of Cochrane. Providence favors Canada as development approaches.
Warm weather wear highlighted by rubbable chiffon cotton voile in smart flattering tones. Style No. 646 features double circular tiers and shirring shoulders with Vionnet style neckline. available in multiple bust sizes and assorted fabrics and patterns. Pattern price 25 cents in stamps or coin.
The Bulletin notes Canada avoids compulsory trade unionism and boasts prosperous industries, wage gains, low unemployment, and fewer strikes. It cites 1927 figures with 79 disputes in Canada affecting 22,683 workers and 165,288 lost days, versus Australia’s 441 strikes, 200,757 workers involved, and 1,731,581 lost days, arguing Australia should adopt Canada’s approach.
To Have New Industry The Western Foundries Ltd with a capital of 100 000 has bought four acres in the Canadian Pacific Railway industrial section at Lethbridge. Building work has begun. The company plans to manufacture highway machinery mining and oil drilling equipment coil pipes cast iron water pipes and brass aluminum and bronze castings. Pig iron will be from the Pacific coast coke from Michel and molding sand from the Lethbridge district.
For the first time since the inaugural October start a second St Aubert airport section departed with passengers unable to obtain space in the regular mail plane. Nine people eight male and one female boarded the two Fairchild aircraft for Albany and New York.
A historical notice reports arsenic detected in considerable quantities in all organs of the human body, raising concerns about exposure and potential health risks.
Former superintendent of the Canadian National Railways in London Ontario is named General Superintendent of the Saskatchewan District with headquarters in Saskatoon, succeeding B T Chapell who is transferred.
The Montreal Gazette urges avoiding fast overtaking as a major cause of road accidents. It cites fatal cases and warns drivers to stay in control, avoid high speed passes on narrow roads or near ditches, and condemns risky behavior as criminal.
The Canadian Poultry Pool reports an overproduction crisis in Western Canada as egg supplies outpace demand in Toronto Montreal and Britain. It notes undergrades and heat-damaged eggs limiting exports while the pools aim to stabilize prices through centralized marketing and better grading practices.
Saskatoon exhibition management will provide facilities for a large provincial turkey section at the upcoming winter poultry show. Professor R. K. Baker announced the Saskatchewan Turkey Breeders Association meeting. R. H. Stapleton will supervise Saskatchewan birds at the Toronto Royal show this fall. The executive issued recommendations on turkey banding and inspection for the Department of Agriculture.
The National Parks of Canada the Department of the Interior and the United States Biological Survey collaborate on monthly waterfowl censuses in Canada and the United States. The effort aims to track numbers distribution and migrations of ducks geese swans and coots to aid the Migratory Birds Convention Act administration.
The Department of Trade and Commerce Ottawa announces Canada's official participation in the six weeks British Empire Trade Exhibition to be held in Buenos Aires during spring 1931. The event will be staged at Palermo Park, home to the Argentine Rural Society stock shows.
Early reports say Essex County Ontario growers have a successful Turkish cigarette tobacco crop. The Turkish plant shows strong production there, rivaling Macedonia, long a center of Turkish leaf culture.
In Upton England a sign reading Billposting prohibited in this village has been erected to deter posters and curb public notices in the area.
First payments under the Alberta Government Farm Loan Schemes will be made shortly. A large number of carefully selected applications are in the final stages, with approvals by the Edmonton Board and the all Canadian Board at Ottawa, now in the hands of officials preparing mortgage papers. After all legal points are settled, actual cash payments will commence.
A flirtatious exchange turns on a poet bragging of selling a poem titled Ode to a Fair Lady, followed by a sharp pun suggesting he write Ode to a Landlady instead. The banter pivots on wordplay about payment and titles.
Tommy recalls missing three weeks from school due to influenza while John says his illness was worse during the holidays. A joke about finding oneself under a table after Queetersen's party appears in Karikaturen Oslo.
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