Gold Export Ban Explained by Premier in Commons
The debate in the House of Commons featured Premier R. B. Bennett detailing why Canada restricted gold exports. He described schemes using Canadian bills for foreign funds, the need to maintain gold reserves, and the use of an order in council under peace order and good government to prohibit export and stabilize the financial system.
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Bennett
House of Commons
R. B Bennett
Seattle
New York
Dominion of Canada
Finance Department
Demand For Farm Horses In Alberta
Demand for farm horses in Alberta rises as high equipment costs push farmers toward animal power. Imported draft geldings and mares return to Alberta farms from eastern Canada, while existing horses regain usefulness amid costly combines and gasoline. Harness makers and blacksmiths anticipate a spring revival in trade.
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Alberta
Canada
Notes on Gardening for a Small Plot and Planting Timings
Practical guidance on growing vegetables in a small garden including tomato staking spacings and weekly side shoot trimming. It covers interplanting, space needs for carrots beans spinach lettuce radish and greens, and notes on flowering annuals and safe spring planting times for Canada.
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W. T. Macoun
Dominion Horticulturist
California
Canada
Saskatchewan Coal Production Hits Record in 1931
Saskatchewan mines produced 635,407 tons in 1931 up from 577,939 tons the previous year, the largest in provincial history. Souris Valley supplied 618,709 tons, while western districts added 16,693 tons as they develop.
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Saskatchewan
Souris Valley
Village Church Left Incomplete After Three Centuries
In a Devonshire village a church begun three hundred years ago remains unfinished. The note adds that someone will need to organize another bazaar, that's all.
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Devonshire
History of hot cross buns spans gods to Good Friday
The piece traces hot cross buns from ancient civilizations to modern England, noting Egyptian horn marks, Greek cross adaptations, and Saxon Easter associations. It explains the bun’s link to religious fasting and Holy Week practices, with the cross denoting portions allowed during the period.
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Herculaneum
Eastere
England
Modernized Castle in Sweden Showcases Prince Lennart’s Inventions
The castle of Marnau, once Queen Victoria’s gift to her grandson Prince Lennart, gains ultra modern amenities including an automatic phone system an advanced burglar and fire alarm linked to a glass chart in the studio lighting the exterior for security. A radio setup for tenants and a mechanical stage for film projection accompany an 18 hole golf course and a tennis court. In Warsaw a Chopin competition ends in a coin toss between two pianists Alexander Uninskii and Imre Ungar after judges cannot choose a winner.
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Marnau
Victoria
Prince Lennart
William
Warsaw
Poland
Lot
Alexander Uninskii
Paris
Imre Ungar
Credit Goes To China for Civilizational Advances
Prof. Currelly spoke to the English Speaking Union in Toronto on What China Has Done For Our Country. He noted porcelain reduced germ spread and raised population, silk trade aided health and wealth, crossbows influenced Roman warfare, gunpowder shifted feudal power, and China’s inventions impacted Europe from pottery to weaponry.
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Currelly
China
Europe
Herod the Great
Prof
John the Baptist
Herod
Alexander the Great
Caesar
Millar Estate Could Fund Toronto University Trust
Ontario lawmakers consider a bill to direct Charles Millar estate wealth to a trust for the University of Toronto. The will directs funds to be converted to money and held for ten years, then given to the mother with the most legitimate children born in Toronto. The crown would seize all Millar property to form the trust. Burma notes mention equal property rights for women and husbands and wives living with greater equality.
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Charles Millar
Toronto
University of Toronto
Ontario
Millar
Crown
Burma
Automats invade Brazil prompt humorous clash
In Madrid Buen Humor notes a Brazilian scene with a Father threatening a drunken son. The son retorts that he believes he will not grow a tail, a quip reflecting satire rather than literal events.
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Buen Humor
Madrid
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