Global Tea Trade Boom At London Market
The London market handles a huge tea trade with experts meeting several days weekly to buy and sell tea at a rate near 360 million pounds a year. This volume accounts for about one fifth of worldwide tea consumption outside China, with major markets in Calcutta Colombo Cochin Nairobi and other centers.
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China
Calcutta
Colombo
Cochin
Nairobi
Coun
London
Liverpool
Avonmouth
Hoogly’s
Modern carpet styles and the craft roots of tea trade
The Canadian Carpet Institute outlines Carpet Time highlights from Axminster and Wilton to tufted and velvet weaves, fibres and quality grades. Separately London tea dealers at Mincing Lane explain a centuries old market with four major buyers and tasters who judge tea without tasting.
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Canadian Carpet Institute
CCI
Axminster
Wilton
Canada
Britain
London
India
Ceylon
Malawi
Benelux CoE quiz and geog facts with answers
Five general knowledge questions with provided answers. Benelux trio Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg. An episometer traces curved lines on maps, wheels guide forward or backward. Baffin Bay lies between Greenland and Canada. The Moving Finger quote refers to Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward FitzGerald. In football the penalty spot is twelve yards from the goal line.
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Tom Frost
Baffin Bay
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Greenland
Canada
Omar Khayyam
Edward FitzGerald
PFRA Tree Program Sets New Record In 1965
The PFRA Tree Nurseries at Indian Head and Sutherland Saskatchewan distributed 10,560,000 trees to 10,585 farmers in 1965, topping prior records. Most trees went to Saskatchewan, with 1965 shelterbelts and hedgerows boosted by provincial cost-sharing programs. Dr. Cram urged farmers to prepare land, discuss planting with agricultural reps, and order trees early for spring 1966.
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PFRA
Indian Head
Sutherland, Sask
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Conquest
Cram
CN orders 900 new freight cars
Canadian National Railways awards three contracts totaling 13.5 million dollars for 900 freight cars to International Equipment Company Ltd Vancouver Iron and Engineering Works Ltd and National Steel Car Corporation. The 200 5 ton flat cars 62 feet long will serve container traffic from Napanee Ontario. 400 piggyback flat cars 62 feet long will be built for highway trailer service. 300 heated and insulated steel box cars 70 tons 50 feet 6 inches long will protect perishables year round. Delivery starts early 1966.
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Canadian National Railways
International Equipment Company Ltd
Montreal
Napanee
Ont
Vancouver Iron and Engineering Works Ltd
Vancouver
National Steel Car Corporation
Hamilton, Ont
Farming the sea offers food hope to defeat hunger
The article argues for sea farming as a solution to rising hunger, noting Britain’s first sea fish farm in Scotland where plaice are grown in a sealed inlet. It compares traditional hunting to farming and highlights vast untapped potential of oceans to boost protein supply.
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Asia
Far East
Europe
Britain
Scotland
Canadian universities receive 250 million for current expenses
The provincial and federal governments provide Canadian universities with about 250 million dollars annually for current expenses and plant-fund accounts, supporting ongoing operations and capital needs.
Transfer payments rise in Canada from 1955 to 1964
Government transfer payments to persons in Canada grew from 1 737 million dollars in 1955 to 4 150 million dollars in 1964. The share of total personal income also rose from 8.8 percent to 11.8 percent over the same period.
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Canada
Mackenzie Days Adventure Tours to enter Centennial Canoe Pageant
Guy Randall, president of Mackenzie Days Adventure Tours, announces the group will enter the Centennial Canoe Pageant retracing the voyageurs route from Rocky Mountain House to Montreal in a 26 foot replica of Sir Alexander Mackenzie’s canoe. Alberta paddlers travelled to Montreal and Quebec City and were guests at City Hall.
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Guy Randall
Mackenzie Days Adventure Tours
Rocky Mountain House
Montreal
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
North Bay
Gananoque
Ontario
Alberta
Quebec City
City Hall
Wilfred Hamel
Vic Maxwell
Paul Mecteau
Bec City
Bob Polack
Calgary
John Nickel
Edmonton
Alberta Claw
J. A. Bichard
Quebec
Alberta Paddiers Association
St. Lawrence
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John Howard
Russia
Egypt
Plantation House
Minleing Lane
Familiy Links
Tea Brokers Association of London
Tong
East India Company
Mincing Lane
Lyons, Typhoo
the Co-operative Wholesale Society
Brooke Bond
Madeline Levalon
Ken Wilson
CDA
Plant Research Institute
Ottawa
Central Experimental Farm
P.F.R.A
BY Michael Morden
Ee A
Cara Association
Peace River
Pacific Ocean
Mackenzie
Fort Chipewyan
Arctic Ocean
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