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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 09, 1935
Page
5
Harvard University experts under Dr C W Du Pertuis conduct a five year scientific survey in Ireland with 10000 people to be measured and classified in Clare and other counties. They expect 125 facts per person and a total of 1.25 million data points to shed light on Celts and descendants.
The article details the old ceremony of new King’s Counsel being admitted within the Bar. Sixty to twenty KC’s wear silk gowns wigs and gloves and proceed through a ritual in multiple courts with bowing to judges and the junior bar. It notes calls to curb the practice and suggests alternatives.
Astronomers in Pasmlena California estimate days will lengthen drastically as the moon gradually slows Earth's rotation. The present day grows by about one thousandth of a second per century, leading to a future where a day could reach 1128 hours.
The match industry in Russia has been built up toward a planned production capacity of about nine million cases annually.
Calgary Police Court magistrate H G Scott ruled a dog going daily to the butcher for a bone is not wandering at large. John Riddock’s charge for bylaw violation was dismissed as the Airedale acted with purposeful, orderly conduct and merely forgot Wednesday closing.
Residents of Kangaroo Island light a Christmas Cove Hill bonfire as the British fleet passes. The ships reply with a wreath of searchlights and a crown formation before a rocket ends the aerial display.
A dressed man visited a Bombay jewellers shop and swapped a fake ring for a real one. Police were alerted when suspicions rose. The missing ring was later found inside the thief’s stomach after an X ray.
The Fish Trades Gazette reports strong Canadian poultry shipments to London, with top quality ducks and duckslings graded 12 and six per case. Canadian packing is praised as superior to U S products, expected to drive demand as Empire produce dominates poulterers shops.
The Bureau of Animal Industry reports Hawaii’s cattle, bred near Parker Ranch, absorb moisture from air and grass without drinking water. Offspring matured never seen buckets of water due to mist and rain. Hawaii’s cattle history dates to 1793 and 1815 with native and Parker lineages, plus importations from Kentucky to England.
A Denver psychiatrist says counting sheep keeps you awake at night because we do not force sleep but allow it, and any ongoing thought prevents sleep. The expert argues mental activity hinders falling asleep rather than aiding rest.
At a Lord Selkirk Association reunion in Rupert's Land older Highland settlers recalled hardship from their 125 year journey to Red River. Janet Bannerman, 96, and James Fraser couple noted, while a Sutherland violin linked Napoleonic campaigns to living memory as dancing and jigging filled the hall.
Edgar Gibson keeper of Gibbs Hut lighthouse sits 371 feet above Bermuda's Great Sound with a powerful telescope. He spotted two men in a boat stealing fishpots three miles offshore and alerted harbor police leading to their arrest. Months earlier he helped stop three other pot raiders, and he even reads the eight mile distant House of Assembly clock through his glass.
Two travellers spar over foggiest city. London’s Waterloo, the capital’s largest railway station, is set for a $2.5 million expansion to increase capacity and improve facilities. The plan aims to ease crowds and modernize services.
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