Possibilities Of Pottery Making In Canada Growth
Canada sees pottery as an emerging industry with Oshawa Ontario and Port Hope Ontario plants producing tableware and art pottery. Stoneware is made in St John New Brunswick Iberville Quebec Hamilton Ontario and Medicine Hat Alberta. Porcelain and white earthenware rely on kaolin ball clays and feldspar with clays found mainly in Quebec Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. The Mines Branch has tested Canadian clays to guide manufacturers and reduce research costs.
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Canada
Pottery
Oshawa
Ontario
Port Hope
St. John
N.B
Iberville
Que
Hamilton
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Mines Branch
Department of Mines
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
St. Remi d'Ambherst
Argenteuil
Quebec
Fast End
Willows
Ottawa
Mines Department
Livestock in Canada Falls Across Most Species
Official figures show declines in most livestock types in Canada from last year. Horses total 3,530,641 down from 3,648,871, cattle 9,246,231 down from 9,719,869, sheep 2,753,860 down from 3,263,525, and mules 8,722 down from 9,202. Swine rise to 4,405,316 from 3,915,684 while poultry reach 45,469,292 up from 43,443,718.
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Canada
British Columbia
Ontario
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Statue of Crusoe Erected in Largo's Seafront Farm
The people of Largo, East Fife, dispute critics who deny Selkirk inspired Robinson Crusoe. A life sized Crusoe stands in the sea front house where he was born, marking the enduring connection to Defoe and his illustrators.
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Robinson Crusoe
Largo
Salmon Trout Propagation Totals Hit New Peak
The Department of Marine and Fisheries reports forty million salmon trout eggs collected in the past season across Lake Huron Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. This amount can stock all Great Lakes hatcheries and eight million eggs moved from Georgian Bay to Thurlow hatcheries for distribution as fry into Lake Ontario.
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Department of Marine and Fisheries
Lake Huron
Georgian Bay
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Thurlow
Lake Ontario
Yachtsman Adopts Sailors Dicey Squall Observation
A voyage mooding exchange shows a yachtsman warning of a squall and a passenger replying in faint distress while a bystander in London comments. The fragment captures maritime tension and alert dialogue amid rough seas.
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London
Heavy Rain Tests Panama Canal Reach
Humid tropical downpours flood parts of the Panama Canal region, marking one of the heaviest rainfall events in the canal area in recent history, with potential impacts on traffic and nearby communities.
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Panama Canal
Map Without Money Faces Dose Dilemma
A map lacks funds and cannot obtain needed dose. Authorities evaluate options as shortages affect delivery and access to treatment. No names or dates are available in the readable text.
Arctic flight may open new trans polar route to the Far East
The Winnipeg Tribune reports on the U S Navy airship Shenandoah's Arctic cruise aimed at testing a trans polar route from Europe to the Far East. The expedition promises practical value and heightened interest for Canada as northern developments unfold.
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Liverpool
Tokio
Montreal
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway
Japan
Polar
United States
Arctic
Summmer
Europe
Far East
Canada
United States Navy
Wrangel Island
North Pole
Polar Ocean
Atlantic
Shenandoah
Winnipeg Tribune
Britain’s imports of butter and cheese in ten months
Britain imported 2,362,574 hundredweights of cheese in the ten months to October 31, 1923, with Canada 760,694, New Zealand 1,212,346 and the United States 29,039. Butter imports totaled 4,378,227 hundredweights, led by Denmark 1,553,785, New Zealand 955,612, Australia 450,27, Argentina 389,781 and the United States 10,578. Canada’s butter share fell by 110,000 hundredweights from the previous year, and non specified countries accounted for 585,893 hundredweights.
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Great Britain
Canada
New Zealand
United States
Denmark
Australia
Argentine Republic
Following Dad Sons of British Parliamentarians
The piece notes political talent passing from father to son in Britain. Lloyd George has a son in the House of Commons, and Sir Alfred Mond, health minister, has a son involved though not an MP. Arthur Henderson, Labour leader, has two sons in Parliament, while Ramsay MacDonald’s son ran in December and may succeed later.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
Sir Alfred Mond
Arthur Henderson
Ramsay MacDonald
Oyster ages Before Harvest
The article notes that the oysters offered for sale are aged from five to eight years before harvest, indicating a mature supply.
Bees Learn by Experience Not Instinct Color Blind Study
Scientists report bees are color blind and rely on experience to navigate. Red and black appear the same, orange and yellow seem like green, and blue violet and purple are indistinguishable, yet bees see ultra violet. Bees return home through learned cues. in tests some sleepers were moved 12 yards to a new hive and only 30 percent returned by day three while 50 percent reached home by day eight.
Expansion Of Dairying Industry Outstrips Any Other Phase Of Agriculture
Canada’s dairying boom in the last two decades outpaced all farming sectors. 1922 saw 3,111 dairies including creameries and cheese factories, with record butter and cheese outputs and rising exports to the United Kingdom and other nations. Ontario and Quebec led in factory counts and butter production, while Canada dominated at the Syracuse Dairy Show with top championships for Holsteins Ayrshires and Jerseys.
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Dominion
Canada
New York Times
Canadian Pacific Railway
Quebec
Ontario
United Kingdom
Belgium
Bermuda
British Guiana
British Honduras
Barbadoes
Jamaica
Trinidad
United States
The
Bulletin
Syracuse
N.Y
America
Okanagan Apples Demand From British Columbia Growers Group
The outstanding quality and uniformity of Okanagan-grown apples spurred worldwide demand as a large quantity was bought from the Associated Growers of British Columbia Ltd, official sales body of growers. The shipments used the Canadian Pacific Empress of Canada during its around the world voyage earlier in the year.
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Associated Growers’ of British Columbia, Ltd
Formse
Bronze invention traced to Near East and Peru
A historical note asserts bronze, the first metal alloy, appeared independently in the Near East and among Peruvian civilizations about 8,100 years ago, signaling parallel technological development.
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Near East
Alberta Wheat Pool Eyes 40 Million Bushels
Alberta Wheat Poolatails show rapid growth under provincial manager Chester M. Elliott with December handling around 1500 cars weekly, up 500 cars from November. Since starting October 29, about 10 000 cars moved. at month's end only 15 percent of season activity completed. Projected 40 million bushels for 1925 crop, with nearly two thirds yet to be delivered.
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Chester M. Elliott
Alberta Wheat Pool
Forest Fire Convention Warns on Uncontrolled Settlements
Federal and Provincial officials at the forest fire convention discussed the fire hazard from settlement in forest areas. They endorsed controlling settlement to avoid placing settlers on lands suitable only for tree growth and to curb bogus settlers aiming to acquire timber rather than farm land.
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Forest Fire Convention
Carbon Black Manufacturing Starting in Canada Plants
The Sarnia Oil and Gee Co. will soon begin producing carbon black at Sarnia Ontario and Medicine Hat Alberta. The Sarnia plant comprises six burning houses an engine room and a block house with a 1400 pound daily capacity. Medicine Hat will house a gasoline refinery with 5000 gallon daily capacity and a carbon plant able to produce 1000 pounds daily to be built this winter.
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Sarnia Oil and Gee Co., Ltd
Sarnia
Ont
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Estimated 1923 Canadian grain crop value set at 92 million
Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Canada's 1923 grain crop worth 92,572,300 dollars. About 450,000 dollars goes to the three prairie provinces. Manitoba and Saskatchewan fall below last year while Alberta leads with an increase of more than 45,000,000 dollars.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
World peace rests on restraint in possessions
A commentary notes that true world peace requires nations to stop seeking extra territory or spoils. The remark praises restraint and hints at treating global power with humility, while a personal anecdote about a friend's son hints at progress in education.
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