Best In History Of Association Delegates Elected
The Halifax Herald reports Chief W A Skidd of Chatham NB was elected president of the Maritime Fire Chiefs Association at its New Glasgow convention. Vice presidents include Chief Lloyd Weatherbee NB, Chief John J Hall NB, and Chief J M Churchill NS. G T Taylor Halifax named secretary treasurer, with H C Low Halifax appointed assistant secretary.
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Halifax Herald
W. A. Skidd
Chatham N. B
Martime Fire Chiefs Association
New Glasgow
Lloyed Weatherbee
New Waterfort
John J. Hall
New Devon
N. B
J. M. Churchill
Halifax
Treasure
G. T. Taylor
Gutta Percha Rubber Company
Taylor
Beer
Charlottetown
Rudland
Hal
Fire chiefs discuss garage fires and tournament policy
The fire chiefs met in session with papers read by Chief Merser eau of Sydney, reviewing the year’s fire marshal work and plans. They debated garage fire extinguishing methods, standardizing couplings, and requiring executive-sanctioned tournaments with authorization from the president or secretary. They also discussed reviving pre war Maritime tournaments and tentatively set Halifax for the next meeting in June 1924.
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Ifax
Mersereau
Sydney
Association
Halifax
Michael Hardy
Dominion 24
Glace Bay
M. Macadam
Aberdeen
N. B. Stewart
Truro
W. R. Brown
Canadian Car and Foundry
Amherst
Alex Flynn
C. B
M. Wilton
British Empire Steel
Joseph Moore
Drummond, McColl and Co
New Glasgow
H. Beer
Charlottetown
Peter
Arsenic Lurks in Food in Faulty Ship Containers
London reports detail two troubling cases of arsenic contamination risk in food. Dr Willoughby notes 50 bags of almonds with 22 cases of white arsenic aboard a vessel from Operto, with arsenic visible on almond surfaces and on one bag’s lid. A second case describes 160 cases of arsenic acid landed at King George V Dock with leaking poison from old wood cases, posing a risk to foods handled in the shed.
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London
Willoughby
Operto
King George v. Dock
Children Emigration Scheme to Canada Announced
London announces under the Empire Settlement Act a joint scheme by Britain and Canada to fund transportation for 4 000 children over eight to fourteen and 900 youths under seventeen. Approved emigration societies will run receiving homes and supervise the children, ensuring welfare and guidance after departure and safeguarding wages and savings.
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London
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Barnado
the Waifs
Stray’s Society
We Should Have Burned Him Alive
A lynching party rides home in gloom after a leader admits a mistake in the hanging of a man. He concedes they should not have murdered him and contemplates burning him alive instead.
Salt farm at Salton Sea shows vast cones of salt
Passing through California’s Salton region reveals long rows of cone shaped salt piles in a vast salt basin lying 200 to 300 feet below sea level. Each year over 2000 tons of salt are harvested from the drying and crushing stages amid intense June heat and white glare.
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California
Salton
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