CANADA’S WHEAT

Grey River Argus, 5 August 1940, Page 10

CANADA’S WHEAT

Britain’s Record Buy

LONDON, August 2,

The Ministry for Food agreed to purchase from the Canadian Wheat Board during the cereal year ending July, 1941, a further 100,000,000 bushels. This is a record purchase. CANADA’S WAR EFFORT. OTTAWA, August 2. The Canadian Minister of Munitions announced that war contracts, totalling 14,900,000 dollars were awarded in the past week. Several important aircraft contracts are being placed in the United States. The Minister of Finance announced that Canada’s war expenditure for the current year would total approximately one thousand million dollars.

The Defence Minister, Mr Ralston, announced that Canada’s second division had arrived safely in the United Kingdom. Another man, who climbed on to the roof of the sun porch, leaped on to the roof of the house next door, suffering lacerations to his right leg and arm when he broke through a window.

The house, one of 14 rooms, was occupied by Mrs Madeline Olive Bragg, and there were ten others staying there. The fire originated in the kitchen, sweeping swiftly up a staircase in th e centre of the building, which was extensively damaged.