Plan for Wholesale Emigration From Britain as Unemployment Solution
Labor proposes emigration under public utilities with government land development aid across the Empire. The plan aims to move over 2,000,000 unemployed Britons to virgin lands with Dominion support, creating a new economic frontier while easing Britain’s job crisis. One Dominion reportedly backs the scheme. investors expected if adopted.
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Labor
Great Britain
Horace Greeley
London
England
Dominions
Britain
Canadian Pacific Railway employs nearly 12000 men this summer
To Believe Unemployed Nearly 12000 extra men are finding employment this summer in the Canadian Pacific Railway programme of construction maintenance and improvement from coast to coast. Construction work is done by the company and by contractors with about 8000 men in extra gangs. The programme covers branch lines right of way bridges tunnels stations and other buildings. Workers are recruited near the work site and kept on until each job is finished.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Increase Wheat Duty Protects Italian Farmers
A wheat import duty hike in Italy, enacted recently to shield farmers from unprofitable prices, has been reported by A. B. Muddiman, Canadian trade commissioner in Milan, to the Department of Trade and Commerce. An official estimate warns of about 1,000,000 tons potential loss in this year's harvest.
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Italy
A. B. Muddiman
Milan
Department of Trade and Commerce
French engineers invent motion picture screen for outdoors and halls
A motion picture screen enabling outdoor viewings and use in lighted halls has been invented by two French engineers. The development promises flexible exhibition options and could expand public screenings and cinema accessibility.
Saskatchewan Egg Pool Hits Higher Prices This Season
The Saskatchewan Co operative Poultry Producers Limited Egg Pool reports higher prices this season than in 1929 with extras 22 cents firsts 19 cents seconds 17 cents and crax 15 cents net cash f o b shipping point on freight shipments. The pool volume grows 18 percent after an 58 percent gain in 1928.
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Saskatchewan Co-operative Poultry Producers Limited
Ayrshire Breeders' Association Milk Records Report
Secretary of the Canadian Ayrshire Breeders' Association logged 95 cow reports in the 265 day class and 62 in the 305 day division during June and July. Within 265 days 15 qualified mature, 4 four-year-old, 5 three-year-old, 9 two-year-old. 27 records were made on two milkings per day.
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Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
R.O.P
Unique navy crepe silk wrapped skirt with belted waist
A navy blue crepe silk skirt features a snug hip fit and belted normal waist. The surplice bodice forms revers with white facing, offering slender lines for all day wear. Style No 2551 comes in multiple sizes and fabric options with a 25 cent pattern price.
How To Order Patterns Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Patterns order guide from Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave outlines request steps and reference Pattern No. seer. The notice urges readers to follow subscription instructions and provides a contact path for pattern inquiries.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Ol Bill Marriott Shines At Sea Flea Meet
Alderman William Marriott of Hespeler Ont won the local race in three straight heats at Swastika Beach Puslinch Lake and placed fifth in Class C open competition. Known as Ol Bill he drives a racing sea flea and is famed for rough water skill and fearless buoy work. His starts drew cheers from spectators each time the flag rose.
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Swastika Beach
Puslinch Lake
Ald
William Marriott
Hespeler
Ont
Marriott
Bill
Canada Holds Trade Position Despite Export Decline
Canada maintained a leading global trade standing in the year ending March 31 1930 despite a sharp export drop and minor import decrease. The unfavourable trade balance reached 103 335 512 dollars while total trade was 2 393 212 000. exports fell 243 958 005 and imports 17 405 553 from 1929. The country led in exporting printing paper nickel and asbestos and ranked high in autos wheat wood pulp lumber fish copper and other staples.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United Kingdom
Europe
Interpreter Knows His dob
One of the busiest men in London this summer is W. Browthers, interpreter for a bus company, who directs people in their own language. Besides English he speaks German French Italian Danish Swedish and Japanese. You can even talk American which is just as well for any number of Americans seem to think they need an interpreter in London.
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London
W. Browthers
Asbestos In Manitoba and Global Production
The article notes asbestos found in two spots in Northern Manitoba with potential to broaden mineral wealth. It states Canada leads world production with about 74 percent, Rhodesia 9 percent, Russia 6 percent, and South Africa 6 percent, while other countries share the remainder. It explains asbestos as a mineral of silk-like fibers used in fireproof building and manufacturing. Canadian shipments in 1929 reached 306,055 tons valued at $13,172,581, up 12.1 percent in quantity and 17.2 percent in value from the prior year.
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Manitoba
Canada
Rhodesia
Russia
South African
Canada Dominates Domestic Production in 1929 and 1950 Consumption
Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures show Canada supplied over 98 percent of the cheese and two thirds of butter consumed in 1929. Refined sugar and salt largely came from Canadian sources. Coal and radio production also emphasized domestic manufacture in the early 1950 period.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Made-in-Manitoba Committee Launches Extensive Publicity Program
In a further effort to bring before the people of the province the great variety of the produce of farm and factory the Made-in-Manitoba Committee of the Industrial Development Bureau is staging an extensive publicity programme. Sidewalk cafes have been introduced in Havana.
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The
Industrial Development Bureau
Gas Waste Reckons Alberta Lost Heat For Years
The piece argues natural gas burned off in Turner Valley harms Alberta and Saskatchewan, claiming 1929 30 waste amounts to 6 75 million tons of coal heating value yearly. It compares gas waste to coal output, notes potential for more wells, and urges energy conservation across provinces.
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Alberta
Canada
Turner Valley
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Canada lauds farm youths in global tally
F W Walsh Canada’s agriculture chief says Canada ranks second to the United States in farm youth work. He returning from England where he led Canadian boys’ cattle judging in an international contest and attended the world poultry congress. He also studied agricultural development on the continent.
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Canada
United States
F. W. Walsh
Canadian National Railways
England
Manchester
Walsh
Depth of summerfallow plowing fixed at four inches
Dominion Experimental Station at Scott Sask after fourteen years finds no advantage to plowing summerfallow deeper than four inches. A three to eight inch range was tested. four inches retains moisture, saves time and labor, and aids weed control.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Scott, Sask
Poultry Profit Calculations From Experimental Station Data
The ten year average cost to feed laying hens at Lenoxville station is $2.43 per hen. With eggs at 35 cents a dozen, 6.75 dozen or 81 eggs cover the hen keeping, so only excess eggs count as profit. Culling flocks before laying season begins is urged to favor hens laying 150 to 200 eggs annually.
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Lennoxville Experimental Station
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Alberta tar extraction breakthrough by university researchers
D. K. A. Clark at the University of Alberta reports a ten year effort yielding 95 percent pure tar from Mc Murray area sands. The discovery could slash road-building costs and spur regional development by providing a abundant new material.
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Alberta
McMurray
D. K. A. Clark
University of Alberta
Picnic Spot Reassured by Diners Amid Insect Chorus
Two picnickers discuss an ideal dining spot while noting insects swarm. One quips on insect numbers, the other adds a jab about all airports in the United Kingdom now being government controlled.
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United Kingdom
Canada Grows Fine Tobacco for Domestic Makers
Dr. E S Archibald, Director of Dominion Experimental Farms, notes Canadian farmers now supply nearly all fine tobacco needed by Canadian manufacturers following Agriculture Department research. He adds the quality surpasses that of imported leaf. A separate quip about fishing humor appears: Do you know what to look out for when fishing, sonny Yes the policeman.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
Sonny
Hummel
Hamburg
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