Free Lance Investigator Praises Canada After Tour
A freelance investigator writes to Minister James A. in Ottawa praising Canada’s conditions for settlers. He details extensive travels through Quebec Toronto Ontario Hamilton Niagara Guelph Winnipeg Calgary Vancouver Victoria and more and says his impressions are wholly positive and based on independent rural and urban work. He commends the immigration department for its efficiency and rejects English press criticism.
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Canaée
James A
Maxcared
Jst
Agriculberbrooke
Toronto
Orutto
Hamilton
Niagara
Guelph
Kitherer
Winnipeg
South Backstcheean
Calgarrs
Vancouver
Okanagae
Rasct Valley
Victoria
Scotland
Africa
Auestralia
Qeebee
Canada
Immigration land grants under Empire Settlement Act announced
Regulations public for three thousand selected immigrants to Canada. Land set aside for settlers with homes in good repair ready for occupation. Total advances including land value capped at 7500 dollars per settler, repaid in 25 equal annual installments. Interest rate not to exceed five percent. First payment due twelve months after taking the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Advisory Settlement Committee
The Case For The Road To Tidewater
In a Western Producer article arguments favor completing the northern route to Tidewater are outlined. The piece notes promises to Canadians, land sale funding, and argues the route is feasible with minimal terminal costs. It warns that delaying the project risks wasted expenditure already sunk into the road plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Road
Canada
German Official Warns Potatoes Supplant Wheat in Europe
Frederick Hagedorn, German agriculture secretary, arriving in New York, says Europeans are cutting costs after war and shifting diets from wheat to potatoes. He notes farmers face higher equipment costs and collapsing food consumption while a four member German agriculture commission studies U.S. farming conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Frederick Hagedorn
New York
Merv Hagedorn
Herr Hagedorn
United States
Sugar Beets Promised Support In Brandon District
Farmers in the Brandon district will receive generous support to grow sugar beets in an experimental season. The Brandon board of trade and horticultural society, along with other organizations, will aid efforts. The sugar beet factory prospect has spurred local industry and commerce, seed is supplied free, and the experiment is hoped to succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Brandon Board of Trade and Horticultural Society
Manitoba
Western Farmers Optimistic On Prairie Crop Prospects
Charles Murphy of Winnipeg general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway praises prairie conditions as promising for the season. He notes Western Canadians show heightened optimism due to favorable land prospects and strong cashflow from last year’s high crop prices.
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Charles Murphy
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Ines
Vancouver
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Murphy
Sheep Registration Amendment at Annual Meeting
At the Canadian Sheep Breeders Association annual meeting a constitutional amendment allows reduced registration fees for flocks not previously recorded in Canadian National Livestock Records. It sets 50 cents per registration for flocks already in American Flock Records prior to January 1 1925, expiring January 1 1926.
An Amusing Experience with Cairo Etiquette
The Earl of Oxford and Asquith had an amusing visit to the Egyptian King in Cairo. Etiquette requires visitors to wear a frock coat and tall hat, but he lacked both and borrowed Lord Allenby’s tall hat. He toured the audience in an overcoat due to a cold.
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Earl of
Oxford
Asquith
Cairo
Earl
Bedford Square
Lord Allenby
Warning on Dangerous Advertising Predicts War
A British advertising expert warns that continuous campaigns could spark another war within ten to twenty years. The Mercury notes the advertisement may be dangerous and should be stopped now.
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Guelph Mercury
Real Senate Reform Proposes Equal Provincial Representation
A historical analysis argues for replacing Canada’s Senate with equal representation for each province, six members per province. It critiques Ontario and Quebec dominance, cites Laurier and Wilfrid Laurier’s proposals, and calls for a reform plan balanced by provincial address and parliamentary consent.
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Patrick Q
Senate
Ontario
Quebec
New Brenswick
Nova Scotia
Tar
Prince Edward Ieland
Canada
Government of
Loase of Commons
Montreal
Toronto
United States
Dominion
Rupert’s Land
North West Territory
Rupert's Land
Fort Whyte
Manitoba
Atlantic
Pacific
Canadian National Railway
Panama Canal
Hudson’s Bay
Australia
South Africa
Wilfrid
Hansard
United States Senate
New York
Rhode Island
House of Representatives
House
House of Commons
House of Lords
Parliament of
B.N.A. Act
Senate of Canada
Wilfrid Laurier
Privy Council
Prairie Provinces
Corn Rises as Established Fodder Crop in Western Canada
Western Canada furthers corn as a staple fodder crop linked to dairy gains. 1924 Prairie acreage totaled 215,303 acres with Manitoba Saskatche wan and Alberta yielding 5.73 3.18 and 2.92 tons per acre and 845 227 and 197 thousand tons respectively. Values at 6 4 and 6 per ton produced an estimated 4 163 000.
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Chicago
Canada
Deogwinton
Ontario
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
U.S
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Montana
Wisconsin
Western Mayors Conference to Promote Western Development
Western mayors will meet in Edmonton during the summer fair week, opening July 13, to discuss developing the westward route. Mayor Blatchford frames arrangements as federal members from western ridings expected to attend. Topics include financing banking credit Oriental trade immigration colonization and general cooperation policy.
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Edmonton
Blatchford
Canada Flour Exports Reach High 1924 Total
Canada exported 41 447 806 barrels of flour in 1924 based on a report from the Department of Trade and Commerce. The figure rises from about 4 505 000 barrels twelve years earlier and is near 10 000 000 barrels in 1923. Sicily Sends 230 Million Lemons Monthly to Britain Due to U S Tariff. The dust of battle always settles, if only the combatants would.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Trade and Commerce
Sicily
Great Britain
United States
An Era of Development Speech by Charles M Schwab
Charles M Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, told the New York building congress annual meeting that the next forty years would bring vast expansion and achievement for American industry. He urged cooperation among competitors and between employers and workers and noted he had never experienced a strike in his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
New York Building Congress
Finger Print Test Aims to Prove Paternity Theory
Professor Chris tine Bonnevie of Eleo University advances a finger print theory to determine a child's paternity through resemblance to the father. The researcher believes the method protects mothers worldwide by verifying biological ties.
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Christine Bonnevie
Eleo University
Miss Bonnevie
Prophet of the tides device given to Bidston Observatory
Liverpool steamship owners present a machine called the prophet of the tides to Bidston Observatory at Birkentead. The instrument can tell the time of ocean tides anywhere in the world fifty years ahead and also indicate tide times for the last five hundred years.
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Liverpool
Bidston Observatory
Birkentead
50-year-old man delays retirement savings to age 60
An Ohio State Journal note reflects on a man who postponed his retirement plans, now aiming to have sufficient savings by age 60 instead of 50. The piece comments on everyday life procrastination and long term finances.
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Ohio State Journal
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Tidewater
Christendom
Southwark
Woolwich
New South Walwa
Sheep Registration
Real Senate
Nicholas Longworth
Edward
Us.a
Forsees
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