Export Ban Why Order to Camel Why the Government Prosed
Premier Bennett defends a wartime order in council prohibiting gold export to prevent reserves from collapsing. He explains how lawmakers used peace order provisions to halt exports, keep gold in Canada, and stabilize the financial system after schemes to move Canadian bills at a discount threatened the vaults.
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House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
M. Bennett
Seattle
New York
Dominion of Canada
Finance Department
Demand for Farm Horses in Alberta Rebounds
Alberta sees renewed horse use as farmers import heavy draft geldings and mares from eastern Canada due to high costs of tractors gasoline and equipment. Harness makers leather shops and blacksmiths anticipate a spring trade revival as farm work returns to horses and the village craft sector gains.
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Alberta
Canada
Gardener’s Guide to Small Plot Vegetable Allotments
A compact guide notes how six to eight tomato plants on raised stakes yield ample fruit for a family. It advises spacing, staking, and weekly pruning, with intercropped lettuce beans carrots beets spinach radish and herbs between rows. It also covers sun and frost risks for flowers and hardy annuals.
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W. T. Macoun
Dominion Horticulturist
California
Canada
Education Is Necessary for Leisure and Modern Industry
Dr. W. Carrothers of the University of British Columbia told the British Columbia Teachers' Federation convention that education enables best use of leisure from production changes. He questioned why workers should not pursue trades in spare time and noted pressure for shorter workweeks. He warned that trained intelligence is now required more than ever in industry. He cited a Devonshire village church begun three centuries ago and unfinished, noting a bazaar will be needed to organize completion.
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W. Carrothers
University of British Columbia
British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
Devonshire
History of Hot Cross Buns Traced Through Ancient Origins
The article surveys multiple theories on the hot cross bun’s origin from Egypt Greece and Saxony to England. It notes crosses possibly linked to breaking habits on Good Friday and the mark once indicating bread allowance during Holy Week. Slashes once signified daily bread limits.
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Herculaneum
Eastere
England
Modern Upgrades At The Ancient Castle Of Marnau
The Swedish Prince Lennart, Victoria’s grandson, has modernized the castle of Marnau with an automatic telephone network, burglar and fire alarms, glass chart indicators, exterior lighting, radio gear for tenant broadcasts, and a mechanical stage. An 18 hole golf course and tennis court complete the upgrades.
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Marnau
Victoria
Prince Lennart
William
Brilliant Blind Pianists Tie Leads to Lottery Draw in Warsaw
In the quin tennial Chopin competition at Warsaw two young pianists impressed judges so equally that a lottery decided the winner. Alexander Uninskii, 22, a Russian émigré in Paris, won the draw over Imre Ungar, 23, a blind Hungarian. Eighteen countries were represented.
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Warsaw
Poland
Lot
Alexander Uninskii
Paris
Imre Ungar
Millar Will May Benefit University Of Toronto
The estate of Toronto financier Charles Millar, who died in 1926, could yield $500,000 to the University of Toronto if Ontario legislature passes a bill. His will directs trustees to convert the estate into money and after ten years to distribute to the mother bearing the most children, while the crown would seize remaining property to fund the university. Automats have invaded Brazil.
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University of Toronto
Charles Millar
Toronto
Ontario
Millar
Crown
Death of Sir Horace Plunkett Removes Prominent Irish Leader
Irish leader Sir Horace Plunkett died in Surrey at 77. He promoted cooperative farming and worked to settle Ireland and Great Britain politics, chaired the wartime Irish Convention, retired from the Irish Free State senate in 1923 after an attack on his mansion, and later advocated Dominion home rule.
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Horace Plunkett
Ireland
Great Britain
Surrey
England
Irish Free State Senate
Killeragh
County
Dublin
Sir Horace
London
Edward
Indians Seek Park Tree For Olympic War Canoe Race
The Squamish Indians apply to the Vancouver Park Board for permission to use a cedar tree in Stanley Park to build a windpowered war canoe to race as Stanley Park in the Olympic Games. Commissioners oppose felling but may approve a windfall. Also Esquimalt Indians from Vancouver Island will send a racing canoe to Los Angeles.
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Vancouver Park Board
Stanley Park
Vancouver Island
Los Angeles
Advice From Subscribers on Running a Newspaper
A college graduate asks his editor father for guidance on running a newspaper. The father replies that subscribers know best, a humorous but revealing truth about who critiques others. The text notes how outsiders claim expertise in schooling, preaching, governance, and business without doing their own work well.
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Canada
Saskatoon coal production hits new provincial record in 1931
In 1931 Saskatchewans coal mines produced 635 407 tons up from 577 939 tons the previous year a record for the province. The Souris Valley area produced 618 709 tons while western districts added 16 698 tons.
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Saskatchewan
Souris Valley
Credit Goes To China For Civilisationsay Professor Currelly
Prof. Currelly spoke to the English Speaking Union in Toronto on What China Has Done For Our Country. He cited porcelain reducing death rates, silk trade boosting health and wealth, and gunpowder influencing feudalism and politics.
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Currelly
Toronto
China
England
Europe
Herod the Great
Prof
John the Baptist
Herod
Alexander the Great
Caesar
France Buys 31 Million Bushels Canadian Wheat
Premier Bennett told the House of Commons France imported 31 million bushels of Canadian wheat in the past year a figure twice that of recent years He noted a 40 percent foreign wheat quota for bread flour but could not estimate its impact on Canadian exports.
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France
Bennett
House of Commons
E. J. Garland
U.F.A
Bow River
Imperial Resources Body Proposed by Ottawa Conference
A delegation from the National Union of Manufacturers urged Prime Minister MacDonald in London to form a permanent empire wide body under the Imperial Economic Conference. Bible publishers estimate the Good Book will not be printed in all 2 500 tongues within 200 years. New Zealand reports an ongoing beetle plague affecting crops and ecosystems.
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Imperial Economic Conference
Ottawa
National Union of Manufacturers
MacDonald
London
England
Father and Son Argue Drink Toll in Madrid Humor
A Madrid scene captures a father warning his son of a dog's fate after another drunken outburst. The son retorts that drinking will not make him regress or lose his humanity.
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Buen Humor
Madrid
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Charleroi
Joe
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New Zealand
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