Plans to Put Agriculture on a Sound Basis After War
Sir George Foster and Sir George Geddes addressed a meeting of the War Commission Briane Pecenty urging a focus on improving farming markets and reducing transport costs. They discussed sea and land rates, railways, and emigration questions as vital for postwar agricultural recovery and urged ministers to provide support and opportunities for farming development.
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Anséa
St George Foster
Winster
Trade and Cartheree
George Gedere
Sayer Ata
Population of Ireland Now Shows Increase
The latest census figures show Ireland's population rising due to reduced emigration. Births reached 21,710 with a 2.8 per thousand rate, deaths 14,? and infant mortality remains high, especially in Dublin and Connamaugh. Poverty and crowded housing in urban areas contribute to health challenges, while tuberculosis deaths persist despite efforts led by Lady Aberdeen.
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Ireland
America
Europe
Leinster
Ulster
Conpaugh
Dublin
Belfast
Lady Aberdeen
Canada faces large exportable wheat surplus
Canada’s exportable wheat surplus is 225,132,200 bushels after home needs are met. The provisional production estimate shows total yield around 326,253,000 bushels with 10 percent nonmerchantable, leaving a large export balance. The report notes 14 million acres seeded at 1.75 bushels per acre and compares to a 1913-14 export peak.
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Canada
Dublin
Trade and Commerce Department
Canadian Journal of Commerce
Grain shipments from Port Arthur Fort William total range
The record shows total grain shipments from Port Arthur and Fort William from September 1 to December 13, the official close of navigation, reaching about 170000000 bushels or fifty thousand tons daily during that period, a world’s high.
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Port Arthur
Fort William
Penny Bank Promotes Canadian Children Savings Across Provinces
The Penny Bank, praised by Ottawa for thrift, operates in 39 towns from St. Juan to Prince Albert and plans more prairie branches. It channels child deposits to the Dominion government, showing the growing savings capacity of Canada’s youth and support from chartered banks and education authorities.
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Penny Savings Bank
Bcuoul
Alalilybe
Sasnagliuc
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Penny Bank
Dominion
Post Office
Downnan
Financial Post
Children of
St. Juan
Prince Albert
Chartered Banks of
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Ontario Department of Education
Ottawa
Bulgaria's Lost General
General Savov, born 1857 and educated at the Petrograd staff academy, guided Bulgaria through war preparations and led to victory at Luleburgas and Kirk Kilisse. His retirement follows a stance against confronting the Allies, and Di Mitries at Kirk Kilisse also serves in the Russian armies.
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Savos
Ferdinand
Academy of the General Staff
Petrograd
Bulgaria
Turkey
Luleburgas
Kirk Kilisse
Dimitries
Gallant Canadians Heroic in Charge at Givenchy
Corporal A Smith recalls first battalion Canadian action at Givenchy in France. He and Lieutenant Campbell led a desperate assault, with Private Vince serving as a human tripod to fire the machine gun as they retired. Many wounded were left behind in the brutal trenches.
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Canadias
Bia
Sghi
Givenchy
France
A. Smits
Halifax
Tresches
Smith
Cataca
Shelfra Titlery
Sth
Campbell
V.C
D.C.M
Vince
Lieut
French Airman Recalls Aerial Duel Off Belgian Coast
A French aviator recounts a November 28 engagement in which a German aeroplane was driven into the sea off the Belgian coast. He describes maneuvers with the Albatross and a decisive dive that ended with the enemy sinking beneath the waves.
Smith Dorrien Appointed to Lead East Africa Campaign
General Sir Horace Smith Dorrien takes supreme command of British forces in East Africa as Britain moves to expel German control from the colony. He will command troops already in Africa and reinforcements from Britain, all experienced in African warfare, to clear the Germans from the region.
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Horace Smith Dorrien
East Africa
Cameroons
Smith Dorrien
South Africa
Napoleon 1812 Russian Campaign Echoes in Modern War Talk
A New York World reflection notes Napoleon's rash 1812 plan to march to Moscow then the Ganges. It warns that Germans proposing to invade Egypt and India via Constantinople should recall Napoleons difficulties returning home.
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Napoleon
Moscow
Ganges
Egypt
India
Constantinople
Bonar Law Seeks Hope in War Outcome at Banquet
Andrew Bonar Law urged optimism at a London banquet, arguing Britain can endure hunger and strain while moving toward eventual victory. He dismissed German reports of bankruptcy, claimed allied strength in Europe and the East, and warned that only decisive victory can avert future world chaos.
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Andrew Bonar Law
Coonies
Law
Canada Grants Money for Anglo Russian Hospital
The Canadian government approves a £410,000 contribution to establish and equip an Anglo Russian hospital in Britain under Queen Alexandra’s patronage. The plan covers maintenance for 100 beds for one year. Queen Alexandra expresses pleasure at Canada’s gift to honor Russian relations.
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Lord Cheylesmiere
Loboulb
Great Britain
Queen Alexandra
Aftiiles
Russia
Lord Cheylesmore
Canada
Marie Feodorovna
Indian Prince Wins Military Cross for Gallantry
India's youngest war prince Second Lieutenant Keno Jodha Jang Badatur of the Thirty-ninth Garhwal Rifles receives the Military Cross for marked gallantry. He commanded a double company amid severe fire during a feint north of the La Basse Canal and earlier on September 25 led men to German wire under heavy fire. Now hospitalized in London with two wounds, the prince is twenty five years old.
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India
Keno Jodha Jang Badatur
Garhwal Rifles
Nepal
la Basse Canal
London
la Basse
Evaporated Vegetables Surge in Allied War Aid
The Canadian evaporated vegetable industry expanded greatly during the war, with thousands of tons condensed for allied armies. Maritime potato crops and British Columbia vegetables feed the trade, while Ontario markets absorb most supply at satisfactory prices. Onions potatoes cabbage celery carrots and turnips are dried to meet contracts.
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Maritime Provinces
British Columbia
Ontario
Debate on national spending and private economics
The Statist questions how large public expenditures will be funded without private savings as critics urge accountability for government spending and fiscal policy. The piece reflects concerns about balancing national outlays with individual financial restraint.
Valuable work of trawlers guarding the British fleet
The article praises West Country trawlers for guarding the British fleet at the Dardanelles. It notes their mine sweeping in the Narrows, supply runs to troops, and cooperation with naval officers. Despite discipline talks, the crews’ seamanship and resilience are highlighted as essential to wartime logistics and rescue missions.
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London
Lawrane
Dardanelles
North Sea
West
Vas
Straits
Narrows
Anzac
Shellire
Nort Sea
Asiatic
Mottlas
Scotland
George
Calgary dairying gains praised by provincial official
C P Marker provincial dairy commissioner spoke at Riverton Dairy women's convention in Calgary. He reviewed last year’s gains in Alberta butter and cheese production, creameries rising from 45 to 58, and forecast 11 million pounds of butter next year. North district rose 11 percent and south 7 percent, with quality improving through Olds Agricultural College experiments. Capt Joseph Bernier, famed Arctic explorer, has taken land at Button Point and Baffin Island, securing government land transfers at nominal prices.
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Alberta
C. P. Marker
Riverta Dairywen
Calgary
Witlie
North Country
Joseph Bernier
Button Point
Baffin Bay
Baffinsland
Salmon River
Pond Inlet
Batin Island
Western Canada Has Vast Coal Supplies Across Prairies
Expert estimates show Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia coal fields could power the prairie provinces for centuries. Annual production around six million tons already. high grade coal suitable for steam and heating. Dominion Geological survey lists total beds at about 143.49 trillion tons across 22 506 square miles.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Geological Survey
Grain Growers' Gifts Boost Patriotic Fund in Saskatchewan
The Grain Growers of Saskatchewan report their patriotic acre scheme will add about $100,000 to the Patriotic Fund. Farmers promised 4,460 acres and have delivered over 16,000 bushels of grain plus $2,700 in cash.
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Patriotic Acre
Saskatchewan
Patriotic Fund
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