Ontario Leads Dominion In Tourist Traffic Growth
Canada reports total foreign cars entering for tourism at 4,508,508 last year, up 63,253 from 1928. Ontario ports supplied over 75 percent of the increase, with Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan also showing gains.
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Canada
Hos
W. D. Buler
National Revenue
United States
Ontario
Dominion
Quebec
Britsh Columbia
Alberta
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Canada grows through own history and empire ties
Col. J. H. Woods, Calgary publisher and Canadian Chamber of Commerce president, told the Toronto Board of Trade Club that Canada should build nationhood on its own history and within the Empire, not imitate the United States. He noted rapid northern exploration by air, totaling 250000 miles, and praised the Chamber’s role in knitting the Dominion together.
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Canada
Col. J. H. Woods
Calgary
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Toronto Board of Trade Club
United States
Col. Woods
Dominion
Banker’s Glass Eye Riddle Becomes Loan Test
A banker tests a loan applicant by asking which eye is glass and the man answers the right eye is glass because it looks kinder. The tale, from Pages Gaies, Yverdon, also notes a tiny East Indian hummingbird and school years in South America running March to December.
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H. W. Stradley
Fewer Wild Horses In British Columbia
The lunch grass plateau region of British Columbia loses wild horses yearly as roundups capture thousands for sale as mounts or for slaughter. A Calgary buyer offered 50 cents per hundredweight for up to 1,000 head, potentially boosting owner income while reducing grazing pressure. Some horses may be exported to Belgium or France for consumption, with remaining carcasses used as fertilizer.
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British Columbia
J. W. Dunne
Calgary
Durno
Belgium
France
Cariboo
Range
An Ideal Employer King George at Sandringham Estate
Englishmen seeking jobs praise King George as an ideal employer at Sandringham. Employees enjoy a house with a garden a royal physician at a fixed 2 pence weekly, pension and a widow’s rent-free cottage, milk from royal cows wood from forests and occasional game, plus a club house concert hall and cheap concerts.
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George
Sandringham
Early measurement systems from body parts and ancient units
The article traces how early measures arose from human body parts such as the fathom cubit and palm and explains historical units like the Roman foot the mille passus and the furlong. It notes the diverse origins including Hebrew Chinese Greek and Roman standards and cites English law defining the inch by three barley corns in 1374.
Order Not Rescinded at Drury Lane Theatre
Drury Lane, famed as a pan tomime hub, maintained a soldier guard for performances for 150 years. The practice began to preempt a threatened riot during a George II appearance and continued at the Theatre Royal until 1894.
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Drury Lane
London
Old Drury
Theatre Royal
George II
Britain’s Bronze Medals Link to Crimea in Valor
The Victoria Cross medals are cast from Crimean War bronze captured by Britain. The War Office provides the material with each cross, which is individually cast and inscribed with For Valor. Since 1911 Indians could win it and since 1920 women and civilians may be eligible. only one foreign VC exists and the Washington Armistice raid remains unawarded for a definite exploit.
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Crimea
War Office
W.C
V.C
Mr. T. Dinteson
Copenhagen
War Memorial
Washington
Apprentice Falls Taught To Carry Bills Tomorrow
A craftsman speaks to a young apprentice after a stumble, urging steady practice. He predicts the apprentice will soon be sent out with the bills, signaling growing responsibility and expected readiness. The exchange underscores training goals in a skilled trade.
Skipper Rejects Passable Recruit In Soccer Tryout
The Popsea Rovers skipper tests a prospective recruit asking for goaltenders and declines when told the applicant is passable. The skipper insists on a goalie who isn’t passable. The office boy confirms the manager’s stance.
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Popsea Rovers
Prize Steers Supplied to Cunard for Berengaria Menus
Heavy steers that won first prize at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago were sent from the farm to the packer and then aboard the Cunard Line ship Berengaria. The meat was dressed for the ship by Armour Company, with photos showing large beef sides ready for steak and roast in the ship’s dining rooms.
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Chicago
S.S. Berengaria
Cunard Line
Berengaria
International Deposition
Armour Company
Standard English Speaker in America Provokes Comic Ear
Detroit Saturday Night notes that English stage caricatures show broad accents while real English leaders like King George and the Prince of Wales speak clearly. The piece predicts American audiences may tire of exaggerated speech and adjust their view of the standard Englishman.
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America
London
George
Detroit
Pests in the Australian Camel Population
Historical note reports camels introduced to aid transport now prolific pests harming grass used by sheep. Camel shoots are organized to cull the animals as rail, road, and air travel reduce camel utility. The piece also cites a 1914 18 period figure of over 800 000 Armenians killed by Turkish forces.
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Australia
Farm as a Manufacturing Plant in Soil Fertility Survey
The New York Herald notes the U S Department of Agriculture conducts a national soil survey to guide crop choices and educate farmers. It argues soils, fertility and acreage shape production like a factory, and that soil analysis helps buyers and farmers plan wisely.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New York Herald
The Lord Mayor's Coach: Lavish Yet Uncomfortable Carriage
Looker-On notes the Lord Mayor's coach as a century and a half old marvel. An Italian painter once crafted Roman trophies, globe figures, Faith and Charity, Justice, and Tower of London depictions. Despite its rich decoration, the coach is said to lack modern comfort.
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London Daily Chronicle
Neptune
Tower of London
St. Paul's
Third Ranking Industry Mining in British Columbia
British Columbia’s mining industry ranks third with $120 million in invested capital. Last year production reached 70,030,976 units and 18,000 workers earned about $30 million in wages. About half of Tibet’s population are monks and nuns.
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British Columbia
Tibet
Welfare Of Crippled Children Convention In Toronto
North American leaders and medical authorities gather for the International Society for Crippled Children in Toronto from March 17 to 19. Delegates hear from Premier G Ferguson and Governor Roosevelt with sessions on education rehabilitation care and research led by Dr W Edward Gallie and others.
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Toronto
International Society For Crippled Children
York Hotel
G. Howard Ferguson
Ontario
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Governor- General of
Canada
Viscountess Willingdon
Ontario Society For Crippled Children
Robert L. Stratton
W. Edward Gallie
Gailie
Charles M. Elliott
Ypsilanti
Michigan
J. N. Hamilton
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
John A. Kratz
Federal Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
Washington, D.C
Dith Reeves Solenberger
Philadelphia
Paul H. King
Detroit
Raymond J. Knoeppel
Toronto Service Club
Edgar F. Allen
Elyria
Ohio
Harry H. Howett
Jane A. Neil
Chicago
Alberta Liquor Consumption Soars In 1929 Fiscal Year
Albertans drank 4.4 million gallons of beer in the year ending March 31 1929, up 834000 gallons from 3566000 in 1925. Wine rose 164000 gallons from 1925 to 219000. Hard liquor reached 198000 gallons, versus 114000 gallons in 1925.
Trapper Rescued in Remote Northwest Cabin
An 84 year old trapper, George Lux, lay in agony with a grave eye injury 300 miles from Aklavik when RCMP reached his lonely cabin. He admitted he planned to shoot himself, prompting a lifesaving intervention and a tense moment in a desolate Northwest Territories location.
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George Lux
Trapper
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Aklavik
Northwest Territories
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Gaies
Yverdon
Federal Farm Board
Peru
South America
Wiliam Stuart
U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry
Faropeags
King George Well
Britain
Ers
Iceland
Arne Pallson
Mr. Pallson
Lord Mayor's
S. S. Berengaria
International Society
Gutierrez
Madrid
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