Great Diamond Find in Tanganyika by Canadian Geologist
John Williamson, a Montreal geologist, discovers a vast diamond bed at Mwadui near Shinyanga Tanganyika in 1940 after years of solo prospecting. The 2500 acre mine yields about 400 carats daily with a 60 bed hospital funded by Williamson and a model village for workers. Diamonds pass through Stand ard Bank of South Africa to London for valuation before sale.
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Mwadui
Shinyanga
Tanganyika
John Thorburn Williamson
Golconda
Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Montreal
McGill University
Bancroft
Williamson
Rand
Rhodesia
McGill
South Africa
Standard Bank of South Africa
London
Hatton Garden
Dr. Williamson
Canada honey crop hits all time low since 1929
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada’s 1946 honey crop at 23,975,000 pounds, about 27 percent below 1945. Eastern Canada suffered from dry July and August, Saskatchewan from July frosts, while Alberta British Columbia and New Brunswick rose. Prices averaged 18 cents per pound, values near 4.315 million. Beekeepers rose to 45,400 with 548,100 colonies, up from 43,300 and 522,500 respectively.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Dominion
West
Manitoba
Breaks Glass In Wrong Automobile in Welland
A Welland resident, unable to open a car door, sought a screwdriver from a police desk and failed to gain entry for an hour. He finally broke the glass, only to discover the car belonged to someone else, who claimed damages from the man amid amused bystanders.
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Welland
Bell Persuades Twain to Invest in Invention
Alexander Graham Bell attempted to convince Mark Twain to invest $500 in the telephone. Twain declined but贷 loaned the sum to a friend who later went bankrupt, leaving Twain with no recovery.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Mark Twain
Taxi Driver Reports Bitten Finger After Fare Refusal
Leonard Smith a Fort Wayne Indiana taxi driver says a fare refused payment and he moved the man from the cab. The passenger bit Smith's finger in the incident.
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Leonard Smith
Fort Wayne
Ind
Smith
Night Prowler Clue Found In Seattle Teeth Left On Porch
Carrol Reichel of Seattle reports a prowler left a set of false teeth on his porch. He told police he does not know the intruder, and he is using the teeth as a clue to identify the night thief.
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Carrol Reichel
Seattle
Reichel
Wards Of The Dominion Eskimos Of Our Far North
A Times of London correspondent portrays Eskimo life in the Eastern Arctic detailing snow houses, bear skin bedding, seal oil lamps, and daily routines from dawn tea to sledge travel. It notes social traits, relations with whites, census figures around 7 392, and questions whether inland Caribou Eskimos are a separate or ancestral group. Ottawa Citizen.
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Times of London
Arctic
Canada
Labrador
Alaska
Baffin Island
Great Whale River
Hudson Bay
Ottawa Citizen
Lovelier Linens Embroidered Motifs for Linen Shower
Plain articles gain richness with bright or pastel motifs for embroidery. Pattern 7083 features 14 transfers in assorted sizes. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Frey Names Friday After Great Nordic God
Frey, a principal Scandinavian deity of sun rain and harvests, is credited with giving his name to Friday the sixth day of the week.
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Frey
Hockey and Curling Notes From North American Circuits
Reports cover a Vancouver Canucks coaching change with MacColville succeeding Paul Thompson, a Melfort curling club drive for a six sheet rink, Edmonton Flyers not renewing Riley Mullin, Pacifi Coast defense in Vancouver playoffs, Kirkland Lake Rouyn intermediate hockey incident, and Australian Davis Cup squad journey to Wimbledon amid hockey and winter sport discussions.
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MacColville
New York Rangers
Paul Thompson
Vancouver Canucks
Melfort, Sask
Edmonton Flyers
Western Senior Hockey League
Riley Mullin
Flyers
Kirkland Lake
Speck
Geoff Brown
Australia
Billy Sidwell
England
John Bromwich
Britain
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Roger Brunelle
Sonny O’connor
Teddy Dube
Fanny Rogers
Langstaff
Ont
Miss Rogers
Mickey
Far North
Asia
Bering Strait
America
Alice Brooks
Air France
French Alps
Nice
Paris
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
Lethbridge
Ured
Vancouver Hornets
van Bellingham
Wash
Firecrests
Bellingham
Couver
Portland
Es Ag
Russia
United States
Muscow
North America
Mal Peat
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