British Emigration Chief Returns From Canada Visit
British Dominions Emigration Society secretary Iain Culver returns from Canada amid cautious optimism about expanded work in the Dominion. The society, founded in 1882, has aided over 37,000 to emigrate without charging interest, with support from HRH Princess Louise and a distinguished vice presidency. In Canada, managers steer grants or loans to aid British-born settlers, with emphasis on reuniting families and helping those left behind.
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Iain
Robert Culsecretary
British Coloration Society
Cunard
Mr Interview
R. B. Bennett
Princess Louise, Duches of Argyll
Marquess of Salisbury, KG
London
Lon
Stepney
Lord Lloyd
Lord Middleton
Archibald Weigall
R. Gordon Burgoyne
Montreal
Committee of Sin
Toronto
Halifax
Saint John
Canada
Mr. Culver
Britain
Changing World warns of volatile era after 1914 18
Fragmented prose reflects global upheaval and instability after World War I as nations struggle to remake economies and political orders. It notes insurgencies, shocks, and a restless desire to restore old systems while peace remains elusive, with Britain Austria and Germany as key players.
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Sarajevo
Austria
Britain
America
France
Governor General grants patronage to junior farm club work
Realises Its Value Club members and everyone associated with club work for farm boys and girls will sincerely appreciate the great honor that has been accorded to the junior farm club movement by His Excellency the Governor General the Earl of Bessborough who has extended his patronage to the Canadian Council on Boys' and Girls' Club Work The recognition that His Excellency has thus given to the value of junior club work in Canada should encourage greater activity on the part of every club member and stimulate a deeper sense of the opportunities that are provided in this form of agricultural extension.
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Earl of Bessborough
Council On Boys
Canada
Criminals steal arms 1027 guns in US history
The underworld has stolen 1027 guns since 1932 including ten machine guns and 23110 rounds of ammunition from national gunries. Wil ig United States notes the DOJ has asked the War Department to urge states to curb thefts while stressing a new federal gun law aims to shut fire channels to criminals.
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Underworld
Wilig United States
Department of Justice
War Department
Stanley
Anniversary of the first motorcycle and early motoring
The fiftieth anniversary of the first motorcycle is to be celebrated this year with a monument to Daimler in Schorndorf Germany. Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach built the first motorcycle in Stuttgart, the same year the first motor boat was launched on the Neckar river. A police raid disrupted a counterfeit money ring tied to petrol fears and electrical pretenses. The next year a “horseless” carriage left the shop, an ordinary horse drawn vehicle with metal tires and a single cylinder of 17 horsepower, reaching eleven miles per hour.
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Daimler
Schorndorf
Germany
Stuttgart
Wilhelm Maybach
Neckar
Rhine
Color-Music Attachment for Piano by J Shamab
English engineer J Shamab unveils a color music piano attachment that floods drawing rooms with lights. Each piano note yields a specific color shade enabling phrases like God Save the Queen in red white and blue. A second invention lets listeners feel music as a rhythm pulsing tingling through the arms in green.
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J. Shamab
Mr. Shamash
Pulpit on wheels moves in St James Church Clovelly
A pulpit on tram lines is used in the Church of St James Clovelly. Existing before 1888 it was cut down for better view. In one position it hides the altar. in the other, gallery watchers cannot see the preacher. The sexton moves it to the center before sermons and back after.
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St James
Clovesley
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British Rominieration Society
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