Ross Huntington McMaster Named Canadian Pacific Director
The Canadian Pacific elects Ross Huntington McMaster to its board to fill the vacancy after the death of Lord Lena. Born in Montreal in 1880, he has served as vice-president and director of the Steel Company of Canada and as a director of the Northern Electric Company and the Canadian Explosives Company. He began his career with Sherwin Williams in 1897 and later led Montreal Ling Mills before joining the Steel Company of Canada.
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Steel Company of Canada
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Canadian Explosives Company
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Montrealling Mills Company
Notice To The Public On Ross Avenue Business Start
Owing to the times no work to be had, I have bought a building on Ross Avenue and started a cash buy sell and carry business. Your patronage is solicited. Farmers buy fat hogs for cash before shipping it will pay you.
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Immigration and Settlement Headlines Stir Canada in August 1924
August 1924 immigration to Canada totalled 20 156 with major flows from the British Isles United States and other countries. First five months totals include 76 719 immigrants and 23 861 Canadians returning from the United States. A land sale near Lethbridge to 75 people from South Dakota signals a northward settler movement.
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Pacific Railway inroads and regional notes across Canada
A Canadian Pacific Railway report notes 6 5 million ties used across lines with woods like British Columbia fir hemlock tamarac jack pine spruce maple and birch. Tourist traffic in New Brunswick totals nearly 3 million dollars with about 70 000 visitors. British Columbia rose bushes are shipped to Portland Oregon to boost the Rose City trade. Ontario silver output for 1924 is similar to 1923 with first nine months showing around 19 500 dollars daily. Caribou herds surge in northern Yukon. The first aerial stowaway is found on a Rouyn field service plane tied to the CPR. the man hid to visit a sick wife and child. E W Hearty cites CPR’s 1923 wage and tax impact, and notes the Welland Canal centennial on November 7 marking the last spike driving event completing Canada’s first transcontinental railway.
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Rouyn Gold Fields
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