Revision Necessary for Canada’s Evolving Constitution
The 1867 Fathers of Confederation faced critics and evolving times. The B N A Act must meet a new industrial era and changing conditions through careful amendments rather than idle disturbance, to keep Canada recognizable and functional under modern realities. The Toronto Star notes the need to regularize changes to the Dominion’s constitution as Canada grows beyond its 1867 framework.
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Fathers of Confederation
Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Mackenzie King
Canada
St. Lawrence
Atlantic
Dominion
Toronto Star
Australians Growing Taller Causes Worry for Public Spaces
Dr Janet Greig, Medical Inspector, warned at Hobart Medical Congress that Australians are growing taller. She noted doorways in trains and trams are too low and beds and ship berths are too short for many. She highlighted surprising increases in adolescent girls aged 12 and 13 alongside older teens.
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Australia
Dominion
Janet Greig
Education Department
Medical Congress
Hobart
Prince George Initiated Into Dundee Bonnet Makers
Prince George was introduced to the bonnet makers craft in Dundee after the city chambers opened. The secret rite crowned him with a 200 year old bonnet as the trade, once active, faded and records reportedly destroyed when General Monk sacked Dundee.
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Dundee
Scotland
Prince George
Monk
Odd Yet True Blunt People Often Get to the Point First
A conversation notes the curious trait of blunt people. They are sometimes embarrassing yet tend to come to the point first. The exchange highlights a paradox in frank communication.
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Freeman
Changes in Chinese customs reflect women’s evolving status
Dr. Retta W. Kilborn described four decades of progress in Szechwan as Chinese women gain mobility and education. Foot binding declines as girls participate in sports and schooling expands, though child betrothals and rural customs persist. Newspapers are scarce, hindering missionary explanations of Christian life.
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China
Szechwan
Retta W. Kilborn
Montreal
Dr. Kilborn
Pr. Julborn
Blake Vision of Fairy Funeral Reported in Lecture
A Herald Tribune critic recounts Lawrence Binyon lecture on William Blake. Blake described hearing a distant sound in a garden and witnessing tiny grasshopper colored beings bury a body on a rose leaf. The critic notes Blake’s influence on the imagination lasting beyond the moment.
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William Blake
The
Herald-Tribune
Blake
Lawrence Binyon
Kilometer Building proposed for Paris banks of the Seine
An architect proposes a kilometer high Kilometer Building for the Dec orative Arts World Show of 1937 on the Seine. It would be about ten percent utilitarian and dwarf all prior structures, with a dramatic engineering feat and a modernist model resembling a New York skyscraper with vast windows.
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Seine
Kilometer
New York
Canadians urged to back future world air routes
J. H. Parkin, assistant director of aeronautics at the national research laboratories, told an Ottawa audience that Canada must recognize the strategic importance of shaping future world air routes, as powerful aviation interests seek to establish dominance.
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China
Japan
Manchuria
Jehol
Nippon
Chiang Kai-Shek
Republic
Hsenh-Liang
United States
Frank Hawks
Speedflier
Canada
J. H. Parkin
National Research Laboratories
Ottawa
Workers Added Across Industries in Czecho Slovakia
Numerous sectors in Czecho Slovakia are expanding employment as factories and mines recruit new workers. The move signals growing industrial activity and government-led efforts to boost production across regions.
British squadron to fly Atlantic for Toronto centennial
The Canadian government seeks a British squadron to imitate Gen Italo Balbo's voyage by flying Atlantic routes to join Chicago referenced celebrations in Toronto's upcoming hundredth anniversary ceremonies this summer.
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Italo Balbo
Chicago
Atlantic
Toronto
Lives saved at sea around Great Britain and Ireland reach 398
The annual total of lives saved off the coast of Great Britain and Ireland last year reached 398, the highest figure since 1928, as maritime rescue efforts saved crews and passengers from dangerous sea conditions and shipping incidents.
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Great Britain and Ireland
Nuts each meal to restore teeth study suggests
A York county Ontario correspondent notes dental exams show 98 percent defective in one area, 96 percent in another, and 92 percent elsewhere. A dentist links nut consumption to improved teeth and cites growing nuts in waste lands. Ontario Nut Growers Association will educate the public.
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York County
Ontario
Ontario Nut ‘Irowers’ Association
Maple stand usage in Eastern Canada for syrup production
A report notes that less than a third of maple trees in Eastern Canada are used for syrup or sugar. The observation highlights the gap between available trees and actual production, suggesting potential for expansion in the maple industry.
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Canada
Gardening notes on flowers and a long list of Canadian seed varieties
The text extols adding new flowers each year and notes modern improvements in flower forms and sizes. It then lists hundreds of vegetable varieties common in Canada, naming beans, beets, cabbage, corn, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, muskmelon, onions, peas, parsnip, radish, spinach, chard, and tomatoes with specific varieties for early, mid, and storage use.
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Canada
Kentucky
Detroit
Copenhagen
Stowell
Paris
Grand Rapids
New York
Bender
Laxton
Thomas Laxton
Savoy
Bloomsdale
Livingstone
Globe
Lossiemouth to Raise Rents on Municipal Houses
Following a rise in tenant income in Lossiemouth Scotland the council approves higher rents for municipal housing. The move aims to adjust charges to tenants’ incomes and cover municipal housing costs.
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Lossiemouth
Scotland
Elephant Trunk Nostrils Run Clear to Tip
A curious note describes an elephant whose nostrils extend along the trunk to its tip. The observation highlights unusual nasal structure and potential implications for breathing and scent drawing in the large mammal.
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Leaf
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Czecho-Slovakia
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