Canada’s Egg Industry Faces Growth and Trade Challenge
Canada produced over 253 million dozen farm eggs in 1927 valued above 80 million dollars. Per capita consumption reached about 337 eggs yearly while imports exceeded exports by roughly one million dozen, signaling a growing gap between supply and rising demand.
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Canada
Canadians
China
Imperial Economic Committee
Empire
John Bull
Jack Canuck
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Irish Free State
Denmark
Russia
Netherlands
Poland
Egypt
Belgium
South Africa
Australia
Dominions
Good Future For Prince Rupert At Pioneers Banquet
Mayor Mc Mordie speaking at a Prince Rupert pioneers banquet praised the group for settling in the city. He cannot disclose Ottawa visit results yet but pledges a formal council report. He forecast Prince Rupert Port shipping twenty million bushels of grain overseas within two years and full recompense within ten years.
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Prince Rupert
McMordie
Ottawa
English highbrows rise in skull measurements say Royal Anthropological Society
Professor D G Persons argues that over the last century English skulls have lengthened and risen due to environment, challenging craniology as racial guide. The claim, reported by the Boston Transcript, notes admiration for English intellect while joking about Chicago.
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John Bull
D. G. Persons
Royal Anthropological Society
Parsons
Hatters' Guild
Chicago
Merry England
Francis Bacon
John Milton
Shakespeare
Boston Transcript
Manitoba Mine Becomes Gold Producer With Three Bricks Shipped
The Central Manitoba Mines report three gold bricks shipped since the mill started. Development work continues and ore reserves in sight could supply current capacity for three years. Ore quality improves with depth, says vice president T. C. Anderson. Diamond-drill exploration is under way on unopened sections.
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Central
Manitoba
T. C. Anderson
Speed of signals versus bullets spans world in seconds
A modern high powered rifle bullet would take about fifteen hours to circle the globe if it could retain speed. In contrast the impulse from a radio sending station would traverse the same great distance in under one seventh of a second.
Temperature Rise Observed by Balloon Experiments
Experimental balloons report a slight temperature increase above the altitude of 644 miles.
Prince of Beggars Aid Behind London Hospital’s Growth
The so called Prince of Beggars has begged for decades for the London Hospital, now a vast center with eighteen operating theatres, fourteen departments, a major laundry, convalescent homes, a nurses school and a medical college. Viscount Kautsford chairs the institution which relies on public charity for over a million dollars yearly to sustain its expansion since 1740.
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Prince of
Viscount Kautsford
London Hospital
Prince of Beggars
Canada s Matchless Advantage In Growing Tourist Trade
Canada projects a growing tourist boom as American travel money pours into the Dominion. Charles Stewart notes Canada’s 4000 mile coast and welcoming stance attract visitors who keep returning, boosting expenditures and confidence in a thriving cross border travel economy.
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Canada
U. S
Dominion
Charles Stewart
Interior
Snakeskin Fashion Shifts West Texas Oil Dwellers’ Hobbies
In West Texas oil fields workers, once fond of tossing dynamite into rattlesnake dens, now pull snakes from dens with hooked poles and dry skins for shipment to shoe centers. The shift is driven by fashion demands for snakeskin and helps augment wages amid industry slumps. Several hundred rattlesnakes have been found in a single den.
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West Texas
In Two Words Chinese Students Define Phrase
Native students at a Chinese Christian college were asked to translate phrases into their language. One student answered with two words, “Invisible, insane,” summarizing the idea of losing sight and mind.
Banting Sweet Corn Gains Ground in Prairie Provinces
The Banting corn developed by the Division of Horticulture of the Experimental Farms System proves valuable in the Prairie Provinces. Readiness under seventy days compares to Golden Bantam, enabling home and market gardens in colder regions. Seed production at Morden Manitoba last year will expand to other Western stations.
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Prairie
Dominion
Morden
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Extends Vancouver Trackage Over 100 Miles
CPR shows extensive trackage around Vancouver as yards at Pier B-C Granville Street and the Narrows Bridge area expand. North shore to Narrows Bridge 9 miles. south end to Coal Harbour 27 miles. False Creek yards 27 miles. south False Creek 3 4 miles. Coquitlam Terminal 22 miles with double-capacity potential. Growth supports normal trade and a surge in westward grain traffic, with wheat shipments rising from 1922 through 1927-28 to 53 million bushels by February.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Pier B-C
Granville Street
C.P.R
Second Narrows Bridge
C .A. Cotterell
Istant
Coal Harbor
False Creek
Coquitlam
New Westminster
Fraser River
Canadian Pacific
Hardy Roses at Ottawa Garden Highlight Five Notable Varieties
Central Experimental Farm has tested about 500 rose varieties over forty years, with findings on hardness, bloom, and disease resistance. The bulletin Hardy Roses lists top small-garden choices including Hybrid Perpetuals Frau Karl Druschki Mrs John Laing Hugh Dickson, Hybrid Teas Caroline Testout Grass Teplitz La Tosca, and Perpetianas Mme Edouard Heriot Souvenir de Claudius Pernet Willowmere.
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Central Experimental Farm
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Frau Karl Druschki
John Laing
Hugh Dickson
Caroline Testout
Peretiana
Mme
Edouard Heriot
Souvenir de Claudius
British Columbia Lumber Output Reaches 1927 Peak
BC lumber production in 1927 totalled 740 230 000 feet board measure, up 27 500 000 from 1926. Principal export markets were the United States and Japan. The value of the 1927 lumber production is estimated at 83 078 000 dollars.
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British Columbia
United States
Japan
World's Grain Show Planned for Regina 1932
Promoters announce a proposed World's Grain Show to be held in Regina Saskatchewan in 1932. The Saskatchewan legislature and Regina Industrial and Agricultural Association endorse the project and the federal government will be approached for approval and support.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Regina Industrial and Agricultural Association
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Department of the Interior
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
TafRiory
Exceediny Smart
Britain
Manitoba Mine
United States Department
Texas
Winnipeg
Unicn
McDermot Ave
Winnipes
Nene
Harbour of
B.C. Lumber Production
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