Canadian Art Displays Distinctive Character At National Gallery
The National Gallery of Canada adds 20 significant pictures representing ancient and modern schools from Halifax to Victoria. The new Canadian Exhibition to be opened by Governor General on January 23 showcases a revived advisory scheme for local artists and highlights postwar war memorial paintings valued over 1 million dollars. The collection includes works by Romney, Lawrence, West, Reynolds and moderns like Orpen, A J Munnings, A Y Jackson, Cyril Barraud, totaling over 1 000 pieces. The gallery, sharing space with the Victoria museum and the Department of Mines, cannot yet exhibit all treasures.
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National Gallery of Canada
National Gallery
Canada
House of Commons
Halifax
N.S
Victoria
B.C
Victoria Museum
Department of Mines
Lord Beaverbrook
War Memorial Committee
Sir William Orpen
Augustus John A. J. Munnings
A. Y. Jackson
Cyril Barraud
Romney
Lawrence
West
Reynolds
A Pearl Among Collar Buttons
Chauncy Rundle Watson recalls a shiny gold collar button given at age 17 for his birthday. Now 49 he still wears the same button, a habit he has kept for 32 years without misplacing it. He notes a man only learns about himself when borrowing a neighbor’s lawn mower.
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Chauncy Rundle Watson
Saskatchewan Fisheries and Lake Records in 1928
Saskatchewan fisheries produce over 500000 dollars annually with diverse species including gold eyes herring pickerel pike sturgeon tullibee and whitefish. Lake Athabaska yields mostly Alberta credit in 1928 while Cold Lake catch is limited though largely Alberta. Whitefish market value reaches 439075 dollars.
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Saskatchewan
Lake Athabaska
Alberta
Cold Lake
New Pattern No 3115 Offers Navy Wool Crepe Day Dress
A daytime dress pattern features a panel front with curved hip lines and a front prolonging panel, collarless neckline with jabot frill, fitted sleeves with darts below the elbows, and navy blue wool crepe option. Sizes 16 to 42 bust. Pattern price 25 cents.
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Princess Suggestion
Hhem
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order notice from Winnipeg union at 1175 McDermot Ave. lists Pattern No. BLise Nawe. This terse item appears as a classified style directive for pattern orders with location and catalog code.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Yorkshire lad wins big prize and returns home
Tom Pearson a 16 year old from Yorkshire arrived in Peterboro Ontario five months ago working for $13 a month and board. He saved most of his wages and won a $1,400 prize in a Toronto firm brainteaser puzzle competition. He sailed home to England for the winter to visit family and plans to return in spring.
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Tom Pearson
Pearson
Peterboro
Ontario
Tom
England
Toronto
Land of Opportunity
Canada
Tips For the Housewife
Practical kitchen guidance for accurate measurements. It covers unit conversions from teaspoons to tablespoons to a cup and stresses level measures for recipes to avoid overliquids and excessive fat. It warns that heaping measures can ruin cakes and that too much flour or liquid leads to poor texture and structure.
Butter Imports into Canada Doubling in One Year
Butter imports into Canada doubled in the twelve months ending November 30 reaching 11.424 million dollars, up from 5.567 million. Other milk product imports stayed similar, totaling 12.15 million. In November alone butter imports rose to 1.085 million from 667.6 thousand the prior month, with figures released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Time Signals Broadcast From Dominion Observatory Ottawa
Wireless time signals emanate from the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa broadcast daily except Sunday. CNRO airs from 2.57 to 3 p.m. on 500 meters while WE90B transmits from 2.55 to 3 p.m. on 40.8 meters.
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Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
CNRO
We90b
Saskatchewan Clay Industry Expands Amid Mineral Growth
Professor Worcester reports a busy year for Saskatchewan clay products with new plants in Prince Albert for brick and Estevan for terra cotta and tiles. He notes over 100 lakes hosting sodium sulphate deposits, a deep Englebright drill, and a briquetting plant at Estevan now shipping 100 tons daily. The province sees growing mineral resources and a promising carbonizing process for lignite.
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Saskatchewan
W. G. Worcester
University of Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Estevan
Prof. Worcester
Englebright
Canada
Ormiston
Mail ballot results for Canadian Sheep Breeders' directors
Secretary-treasurer Mr. R W Wade announces that the mail ballot closed December 15 elected directors for the Maritimes Ronald Chisholm Antigonish NS Manitoba George Gordon Oak Lake Man Alberta John Wilson Sr Innisfail Albert and George R Ball No2 Strathcona Alberta for British Columbia Leonard Higginson RR No 2 Lards BC Ontario Quebec to be elected at provincial meetings in February and March Saskatchewan at the Canadian Association meeting in March
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R. W. Wade
Canadian Sheep Breeders’ Association
Maritimes
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Lard’s
B.C
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Journal cautions on Falk influenza report
The Journal of the American Medical Association critiques Dr. L S Falk's isolation of the influenza germ, saying his work is interesting but not proof of a vaccine. It warns against assuming a vaccine or specific treatment is near, noting publicity exceeds evidence.
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L. S. Falk
Journal of the American Medical Association
Falk
Calgary Plant to Start Foundations at East Site
Big plant for the Canada Gypsum and Alabastine Limited foundation in East Calgary will be started at once according to Mr. W. E. Armstrong western manager from Winnipeg. Airplanes have been used to carry food to starving game birds and animals in the west.
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Canada Gypsum and Alabastine, Limited
Calgary
W. E. Armstrong
Winnipeg
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Coast Logging Congress
Vancouver
Innedge
Movement to settle arable lands along Hudson Bay Railway area
The piece argues for settling northern Manitoba along the Hudson Bay Railway with Mennonites as potential pioneers. It notes a clay belt from Mile 137 to 327 suitable for crops after drainage, cites government support, and highlights wheat, oats, barley, dairy farming, and successful garden plots near The Pas and Mile 214. It frames agriculture as a future mainstay beside timber and fur.
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Hudson Bay
Charles Stewart
Manitoba
Germany
Russia
Canada
Northland
Northern Boards of Trade
Hudson Bay Railway
Northern Mail
Pas
Bay Line
Ontario
Federal Department of Agriculture
Experimental Farms Branch
Hudson Bay Junction
Sask
The
Bay Railway
Bay Road
Renard
Ceres
Marquis
Minden
Alaska
Gopher
Banner
Victory
Mile
George Cowan
Garnet
Reward
Bread prices in England mirror U S market costs
Market reports say bread in Old London sells about the same as here. Much flour for baking comes from Canada and the United States. Prices reflect wages rent patronage and other costs, though Christmas cakes and pies are cheaper in England than in the U S.
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Old London
Canada
United States
England
Plane flight aids shepherds in keeping dingoes away
Canberra grazier Arthur Cunningham, a top prize winner in a 3000 mile Australian air race, uses his plane to protect sheep. He camps beneath the wing and roars the engine at hourly intervals to drive off wild dogs, a method that has quieted his station at night.
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Arthur Cunningham
Canberra
Australia
Cunningham
Water Fowl Sanctuary at Elk Island Park
Elk Island National Park in Alberta, about 29 miles from Edmonton, has become a sanctuary for many water fowl and upland game birds. The park offers shelter and natural breeding grounds and the birds such as wild ducks geese blue herons and various grouse now feel safe from destruction.
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Elk Island National Park
Alberta
Edmonton
Fragmented Spanish wedding quip echoes radio gaffe
A humorous exchange unfolds as a couple discusses meeting the partner's family and a bad radio reception. The conversation hints at marriage prospects without committing to a formal congratulations. The dialogue, attributed to Gutierres in Madrid, captures light social irony.
Swift Spinetailed Swat Captures 220 MPH Speed
A spinetailed swat, praised as one of the fastest birds, is reported reaching speeds of 220 miles per hour while soaring over Asian mountains. The tale highlights extraordinary avian performance and regional geographic context.
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Asia
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En Rolig
Timma
Gothenborg
Saskatchewan Fisheries
Annebelle Worthington
Sid
Nawe
Outlook
South Seas
Medical Journal
DOG Derby
Emil St. Goddard
Leonard Seppala
St. Goddard
Toby
S_N.S
H. B. Railway
Pacific Coast
Reason
Elk Island Park
Gutierres
Madrid
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