Canada Holds Share of Britain’s Wheat Imports
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report for the Imperial Economic Conference shows Russia supplied about 24.24 percent of UK wheat in 1931 while Canada accounted for about 25.12 percent. UK total wheat needs reached 223 million bushels, with Canada averaging 257.9 million bushels as a top exporter across 1930–1931 trends.
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Russia
Unites Kingdom
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Imperial Economic Conference
United Kingdom
Australia
British India
Argentine
United States
Germany
France
Hungary
Algeria
Rumania
Kaye Don To Race Again For Harmsworth Trophy
Kaye Don Britain’s speedboat idol sails from London to Detroit aboard the Majesty for the Harmsworth trophy race. Crowds cheer as he vows to do his best on the new Detroit two mile per minute pace, aiming to surpass his Loch Lomond speed record of 119.81 mph.
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England
Don
Detroit
Loch Lomond
Ontario man seeks harvest work in Winnipeg
From Bracebridge Ontario Dan From Ontario Quite Confident Of Finding Work Winnipeg visits city hall and lodging house. A blacksmith by trade he says he has never missed a meal and expects to find work after the harvest in the west. He rode bumpers to reach Winnipeg and hopes to talk with locals.
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Dan
Ontario
Winnipeg
Alan
Bracebridge
Ont
Alberta delegates named for August 29 meeting in Toronto
Delegates to the meeting include Minister of Agriculture Gorge Headiey and University Dean Howes. The appointment was passed by Hon Robert Weir, federal minister of agriculture, and the event is set for August 29 in Toronto.
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Amomion
One Gorge Headiey
Dean Howes
University
Alberta
Robert Weir
Toronto
No Dairy Shipments From Churchill Likely This Year
Refrigeration service along the Churchill to Britain route is unlikely this year. High rates make dairy exports from Churchill and Hudson Bay shipments impractical for butter cheese and eggs. Western Canadian producers face prohibitive freights despite available dairy surpluses and attempts to establish northern port service.
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Montresque
Churchill
Man
Great Britain
Thomas Harling and Co
Hudson Bay
Western Canada
United Kingdom
Montreal
Winnipeg
National Research Laboratories Opens in Ottawa
Canada’s new national research laboratories welcomed about 2000 guests from the British Empire. The Governor General pronounced the building open as Hon. H. H. Stevens presided. Prime Minister R. B. Bennett spoke after a brief address, followed by the governor general.
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Ottawa
Canada
National Re Earch Laboratories
British Empire
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
R. B Bennett
Winnipeg firm awards contract to expand elevator capacity
United Grain Growers Limited awards a 5250,000 contract to Northern Construction Company of Vancouver to extend its Winnipeg elevator to 2,000,000 bushels. Work to be completed by November 1. Existing capacity is 1,600,000 bushels. R. S. Law, president, announces the project.
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Winnpeg
Man
She United Grain Srowers, Limited
Northern Instruction Company
Vancouver
R. S. Law
Western provinces tax conference drafts unified income rules
Edmonton officials report recommendations from the conference of income tax superintendents of four western provinces. The plan aims to adopt general principles and working methods next year to curb double taxation of earners living in one province and working in another.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Conference of Income Tax Officials
War Loan Conversion Plan Seen as Successful
The British war loan conversion is hailed in an official revenue and expenditure report for last week. It shows nearly 1.6 billion pounds of the 2.0849 billion total converted by July 31. The cash bonus of 15.7 million pounds is noted, with brokers estimating substantial July conversions based on that figure.
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London
Eng
Great Britain
London Financial Houses
Wheat to Italy Direct From Churchill Port
Thomas Harling Sr of Thomas Harling and Son announced a summer shipment of wheat direct from the port of Churchill to Italy. He will oversee loading of the Pennyworth and Sierentz as the first two ships, with three vessels chartered carrying about 150000 bushels in total, highlighting a Hudson Bay route appealing to continental importers.
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Winnipeg
Italy
Churchill
Thomas Harling
Continent
Floods Ravage Harbin as City Becomes Inland Sea
Severe floods force about a hundred thousand Harbin residents to flee their areas. Some 3,000 are missing in the Shanghai River valley as water levels surge beyond 1914 highs. Displaced families gather in cemeteries and fields with scarce food and shelter while cholera spreads and prices soar.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Shanghai
McGill Weatherman Seeks Golden Hair For Hygrograph
McGill University meteorologist seeks women in Montreal with long unbobbed hair willing to donate a few hairs for a humidity recording device. The quest targets fine golden hair for use in a hygrograph to log hourly humidity changes. brunettes’ hair is deemed too coarse.
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Montreal
Que
McGill University
McGill Meteorologist
Unveiling at Vimy Ridge Recommended by Colonel Barre
Col Hercule Barre Canadian trade commissioner to France recommends Shou'd Attend Unveiling of the Dominion of Canada memorial at Vimy Ridge next year by a composite battalion of great war veterans.
Preferential Tariff Assists Empire Trade
Ottawa reports Canada granted Empire nations preferential tariffs totaling 30 million dollars in the year ending March 31 1931. Empire imports under the scheme reached 141,588,195 with duties collected 19,125,220 at 13.5 percent ad valorem. Estimated treaty and general tariff revenues would have been higher, while substantial free imports from the United Kingdom reduced overall revenue, and the British West Indies contributed 13,563,762 in value with 6,745,705 dutiable.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ada Free
United Kingdom
British West Indies
Prairie provinces gain wheat acreage this year
Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows prairie wheat up 1,042,278 acres this year, a four percent rise, with oats up 221,033 acres and flaxseed down 28 percent. Canada totals rise by 984,350 acres overall, based on June statistics from rural schools.
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Ottawa
Ont
Twe Praire
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Prairie
Veterans Offer Services To Bolivia Dispute With Paraguay
London Hy ai aemployed veterans called at the Bolivian legation and consulate general in response to a British Fascists offer to recruit many men for Bolivia in its dispute with Paraguay. They were told recruits were not needed at present. The consulate said it had received hundreds of letters offering service including a 10,000 man offer from British Fascists.
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London
Paraguay
Sugar and White Flour Harm Teeth Say Dental Authority
Toronto reports Dr. Martin Dewey of New York, president of the American Dental Association, calling the corner candy store a greater menace to public health than the saloon. He reiterates that white flour and white sugar are the main enemies of civilized teeth, responsible for widespread ill health.
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Martin Dewey
New York
American Deal Association
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