CANADA'S STATE HELP
RELIEF TO PRAIRIE FARMERS
BIG FREE GRANT TO BE MADE
MANY THOUSANDS IN NEED
Received 2.33 p.m. to-day. OTTAWA, Jan. S
A relief grant of at least twenty millions of dollars will be made to prairie farmers during the coining session of Parliament as a straight gift. It is conservatively estimated that there are 150,003' farmers in need, with dependents. A 600,003 dollars grant is likely to be based as two dollars to every one granted by the Provincial Governments.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 9 January 1931, Page 9
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83CANADA'S STATE HELP Hawera Star, Volume L, 9 January 1931, Page 9
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