Nile Valley Irrigation Plans Forge Year Round Water
The Nile, rising at Lake Victoria and fed by the Blue and Black Niles, powers Egypt with floodwater and irrigation. New basins and dykes will store water year round, allowing two to three crops annually and creating a linked system from Assouan to the Mediterranean.
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Egypt
Boston Globe
Lake Victoria
Central
Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Khartoum
Mediterranean
Atbara
Black Nile
Abyssinia
Desert
Cairo
Nile
Assouan
Nile Valley
Blue Nile
Victoria Nile
Nie
German enterprise fear charged by English writer
A writer defends German enterprise in a letter to the Spectator. He details a Berlin firm supposedly dying, the supply chain from Germany to London, and his own pricing that undercuts German wholesalers after duties and carriage. He questions whether German business ability and the so called German terror are overrated.
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Berlin
London
Germany
America
French priests exhibit crafts for subsistence at Candes
Paris Times reports WORKING PRIESTS, L' Alliance des Pretres-Ouvriers, show artworks, photography, and practical items at the Chateau de Candes near Saumur. The exhibit illustrates priestly efforts to gain economic independence after loss of stipends and Vatican pension rejections, with gardening, bee-keeping, watchmaking, and other crafts highlighted.
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L’ Alliance Des Pretres-Ouvriers
France
Paris
Times
Vatican
Candes
Saumur
Louis Ballu
Les Metiers Possibles
Demain
Association Des Pretres-Onyriers
Blace
Department
Rhone
The Part He Preferred by Jongguin Maller
The recluse poet Jongguin Maller visits San Francisco guest at a dinner. He listens as a hostess praises a Paris gown and replies with a blunt remark about liking only the part she wore. The exchange ends the conversation, as reported by Lippincott's.
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Jongguin Maller
Sierras
San Francisco
Frozen Meat Trades Smithfield quotes bulk sale basis
London August 16 The Frozen Meat Trades Association lists Smithfield market quotations for mutton lamb and beef based on actual sales of at least 100 carcases of mutton or lamb or 24 carcases of beef. Prices shown reflect bulk shipments with river plate and Hai meat unchanged.
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London
Frozen Meat Trades Association
Smithfield
New Zealand
Wethers
Maiden Ewes
North Island
Canterbury
High Commissioner's Report on New Zealand Goods Markets
From London dated August 1b, Wellington notes steady mutton prices with scarce prime meat, quiet lamb demand, firm beef prices, steady butter and rising cheese, Bradford tops quotes for Bradford tops and crossbreds, wool market quiet but buyer-favorable.
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Wellington
Department of Industries and Commerce
London
Canterbury
North Island
New Zealand
Bradford
Wheat and flour afloat totals by region
UK totals 1,910,000 quarters and Continent 1,110,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments reach 370,000 quarters.
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London
United Kingdom
Atlantic
Wellington Tramway Dispute Nearing Resolution After Negotiations
After months of talks the Tram way Employees Union and the City Council appear close to settling the wage dispute. The union largely accepts the council’s committee proposals, with a minor exception on trackmen pay. Some clerks time keepers and night foremen are excluded from the agreement. First class motormen gain 1s 1d per hour with various increases for other grades and roles across the tramways system. A final confirmation by the City Council is awaited within a week or two.
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Wellington
Tramway Employees’ Union
Js 2d
Reading
Parliament's Picnic to Wellington Express Ride
The Government and parliamentary party left Auckland for Wellington by the through express. Sir Joseph Ward said the visit would be long remembered by all New Zealanders who took part in it.
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Auckland
Wellington
Through Express
Joseph Ward
Arbitration Court rules on copper smith wages
In Dunedin on August 1 the Arbitration Court in the case Inspector of Factories v. A and I Burt Limited held the engineer award wage applies only when the worker is engaged in specified work. Copper smiths on marine work and copper jacketed pan work receive 4s 1d per hour. no breach found and the application dismissed.
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Dunedin
Arbitration Court
Inspector of Factories v. A
I’. Burt, Limited
J. A. McCullough
Death of Rev. J. B. Smeyd Pastor at Mount Eden Church
The death is announced of the Rev. J. B. Smeyd, pastor of the Mount Eden Baptist Church.
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Auckland
J. B. Smeyd
Mount Eden Baptist Church
Zam-Buk Balm Proclaimed Working Man's Friend
Ipswich reader Mr G Ritchie praises Zam-Buk balm for quick leg wound healing after a fall. He notes relief from pain and swelling, returning to work swiftly, and claims its broad use for injuries, skin conditions, and athletic knocks. Available 1s 6d and 8s 1d per pot in chemists and stores.
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G. Ritchie
O'Sullivan Street
Wood End Pocket
Ipswich
Zam-Buk
Pathomimic Disease Puzzle Stuns Paris Doctors
A Paris medical meeting reports a man who inflicted wounds on his body to puzzle clinicians. Dr Dieulafouy nicknamed the condition pathomimite and described lesions that recurred on his limbs. The patient confessed to a self deceiving ruse to gain interest, later showing no hysteric or neurasthenic disorder.
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French Academy of Medicine
Standard
Paris
Dieulafou
M. Paul Bourget
Diculatov
M. Dienlafoy
Motor Cycles ITN Dominates Christchurch Trial Results
ITN machines excel at the Christchurch reliability trial securing first place second place and fourth in the amateur rider section. Ty Johnston is the local agent for these motors and instruments.
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ITN
Motor Cycles
Christchurch
Ty. Johnston
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