Scotland Faces Record Low Births Amid Emigration Pressure
The 1941 Registrar General figures show Scotland with the lowest birth rate on record and a continuing gap between births and deaths. Emigration worsens the outlook, though marriages rose, and observers note Scots abroad have prospered, shaping Empire dynamics.
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London
Scotland
Stead
England
Canterbury
York
Ireland
Balfour
Bonar Law
J. M. Barris
Andrew Carnegie
James Crichton-Browne
William Ramsay
Charles Macera
A‘berconway
Inverclyde
Bryce
Lord Strathcona
Starr Jameson
Fisher
Mackenzie
Ode to Kinship with the Englishman in a World News Poem
Win Wheeler Wilcox writes from the Olympic on April 20 for News of the World praising Anglo Scottish ties. The poet critiques class pride and national identities, praising a broad mind and warm heart while noting flaws in English conduct toward compassion and women's rights.
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Wheeler Wilcox
Harvard Plans Electrical Era With High Voltage Transformer
Harvard University in Boston plans to install a 1,000,000 volt alternating current transformer as the first step toward heating refrigeration light and power from Pennsylvania coal fields. The project aims to eliminate chimneys coal deliveries and ash disposal within five years enabling widespread electricity use from distant coal. American and English engineers study replacing local furnace heating with electric energy.
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Harvard University
Boston
Pennsylvania
Mana Puston
Anniversary notes on Shanghai and Gwalior captures
This item recalls anniversaries of Shanghai 1842 and Gwalior 1858. It recounts Sir Hugh Rose's campaign during the Indian Mutiny against the Rani of Jhansi, including the Cantonment action near Cowaltor, the June 19 rally on hills, and the fall of the Rani of Jhansi.
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Shanghai
Gwalior
Sir Hugh Rose
Jhansi
Sindhia
Sir Hugh
Cowaltor
Tram
Fhansi
Walpole Cally
Hugh Jtose
Onemma
Thansi
Central India
Lost quiet diving powers in quintry homes and social decay
The text laments a decline in simple, joyful country living as society becomes dominated by sport gambling and loud gatherings. It argues that people lack appreciation for beauty atmosphere and tradition, turning to entertain guests with boisterous parties, leaving them bored when resources dwindle. It critiques modern worship of wealth and status as eroding community life.
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Troy
Ruadsell
Bank of New Zealand reports record profits and steady growth
At Wellington annual meeting chairman Mr Martin Kennedy reveals the bank earned its highest profits since 1861, approves a 15 percent dividend on ordinary shares and 10 percent on preference shares. He notes reserve funds, assets, and notes in circulation rise while deposits fall, and highlights expansion with six new branches and seven new agencies amid Dominion growth.
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Bank of New Zealand
Wellington
Martin Kennedy
London
Dominion
Provident Fund
Tao
Fiauda
North Island
Kennedy
Harold Beauchamp
New Zealand
Australia
Fiji
Europe
Great Britain
London Transport
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