Canada Dominates UK Wheat Exports Amid Shifting Shares
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1921 UK wheat imports by country show Canada at 25.12 percent and Russia at 24.24 percent. For 1931 UK totals Canada supplied about 56 million bushels of the 223 million total, with Australia, British India, Argentina, and the United States also contributing significant amounts as Russia’s market influence shifts.
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Ottawa
Ont
Russia
United Kingdom
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Imperial Economic Conference
Australia
British India
Argentine
United States
Germany
France
Hungary
Algeria
Rumania
Kaye Don Heads to Detroit for Harmsworth Trophy Race
Kaye Don Britain’s speedboat idol sails from London to Southampton aboard the Majesty for Detroit to challenge Gar Wood for the Harmsworth trophy. He vows to do his best against Wood whose boat has greater horsepower than Miss England III and recalls his Loch Lomond record run of 119.81 mph average with a 120.5 mph top speed.
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London
Eng
Kaye Don
Britain
Southampton
Detroit
Gar Wood
Wood
Don
Loch Lomond
Optimistic Eighty Year Old Seeks Work in Winnipeg
An 80 year old flat broke traveller from Bracebridge Ontario arrived in Winnipeg and visited city hall. He said he rode bumpers to seek harvest work but not a meal ticket, claiming he has never missed a meal and expects to find work in the west after the harvest.
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Winnipeg
Bracebridge
Ont
City Hall
Alberta Delegates Named for Weir Agriculture Meeting
Alberta will send Hon. George Hoadley minister of agriculture and Dean Howes from the university as delegates to the August 9 Toronto meeting called by federal agriculture minister Robert Weir.
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Edmonton
Alberta
George Hoadley
Dean Howes
The
University
Robert Weir
Toronto
No Dairy Shipments From Churchill Owing to High Rates
Western Canada hopes a refrigeration service may operate from Churchill Manitoba to Britain for butter and cheese this year but high tariffs curb shipments. Efforts to use the Hudson Bay route lack refrigeration, while western exports of butter eggs and poultry to the United Kingdom have resumed via Montreal and Winnipeg officials caution on shipping from Churchill this year.
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Montreal
Que
Churchill
Man
Great Britain
Thomas Harling and Co
Hudson Bay
Western Canada
United Kingdom
Winnipeg
National Research Laboratories Opened in Ottawa
The National Research Laboratories in Ottawa opened with 2000 guests from the British Empire. Governor General declares the building officially open as Hon H H Stevens presides. Prime Minister R B Bennett speaks after brief remarks from Stevens.
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Ottawa
Canada
National Research Laboratories
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
R. B. Bennett
Enlarging Elevator in Winnipeg Contract Awarded
The United Grain Growers have awarded a $250,000 contract to Northern Construction Company of Vancouver to extend the Winnipeg elevator to a capacity of 2,000,000 bushels, with completion by November 1. The current capacity is 1,600,000 bushels.
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Winnipeg
Man
United Grain Growers, Limited
Northern Construction Company
Vancouver
R. S. Law
War Loan Conversion Sees Large Britain Cash Benefit
London reports show Britain converted about 1.6 billion pounds of its 2.085 billion wartime loan by July 31 under the five to three quarters percent scheme. Expenditure records include cash bonuses totaling 15.703 million pounds, reflecting investor response to the exchange offer announced June 30. London bankers estimated the July figures by applying the cash bonus to the conversion amount.
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London
Eng
Great Britain
London Financial Houses
Wheat To Italy From Churchill Port
Winnipeg based Thomas Harling and Son announce a summer wheat shipment direct from Churchill to Italy. The chartered vessels Penny Worth and Sierentz will load the first ships of the season as Harling supervises the loading. Three vessels total will carry about 150000 bushels highlighting Hudson Bay route appeal to continental importers.
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Winnipeg
Man
Italy
Churchill
Thomas Harling
Continent
Double Taxation Edmonton Conference Proposes Unified Tax
Recommendations from the conference of income tax officials of four western provinces will go to their governments for joint adoption. They aim to end double taxation of wages for workers living in one province and working in another, with changes expected to apply next year.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Conference of Income Tax Officials
Floods Strain Harbin China Amid Inundation Crisis
Unprecedented floods flood Harbin forcing about a hundred thousand residents to evacuate as the city becomes an inland sea. About 3,000 people are missing in the Shanghai River valley while cholera spreads. Residents gather in cemeteries and fields outside the city facing hunger cold and rising prices.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Shanghai
Quest for blondes prompts hair samples for weather study
McGill University weather expert seeks waist length blonde hair to feed a hygograph instrument that records hourly humidity changes. He notes brunettes have hair too coarse and calls for willing Montreal women to donate a few strands.
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Montreal
Quc
McGill University
McGill Meteorologist
Memorial at Vimy Ridge May See Canadian Veterans
Col. Hercule Barre the Canadian trade commissioner to France recommended Shou'd Attend the unveiling by a composite battalion of great war veterans representing the Dominion of Canada at the memorial ceremony at Vimy Ridge next year.
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St. Thomas
Ont
Dominion of Canada
Vimy Ridge
Hercule Barre
France
Preferential Tariff Aids Empire Trade In 1930 31
Canada reports 30 million dollars in preferential tariff advantages for Empire countries in the year ended March 31 1931. Empire imports totalled 141 588 195 with duty collected 19 125 220 at 13.5 percent. Free imports 37 151 606, UK led with 55 365 805 value and 18 288 442 free.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United Kingdom
British West Indies
Prairie wheat acreage up 1.0 million in canada
Ottawa reports a Dominion Bureau crop estimate showing prairie provinces sowed 1 042 278 more acres of wheat this year and Canada overall up 984 350 acres. Oats rise 221 033 acres while flaxseed drops sharply by 28 percent. barley and rye slip slightly.
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Ottawa
Ont
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Jottess Veterans Offer Services To Bolivia
London clerks at the Bolivian legation and consulate general report many unemployed veterans offering help after a British Fascist claim of 10,000 volunteers. The Bolivian authorities say no recruitment is needed at present and have received hundreds of offers.
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London
Eng
Paraguay
White flour and sugar harm teeth, says dental leader
Dr. Martin Dewey of New York, president of the American Dental Association, told reporters at the dental convention in Toronto that white flour and white sugar are the main enemies of civilized peoples' teeth, worse than saloons or other provocations to health.
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Toronto
Ont
Martin Dewey
New York
American Dental Association
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Dental Authority
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