Canada’s debt to Britain for protection and surveys
Kingston Whig-Standard comments on Sir Cantley’s remark that little of Canada has been properly mapped and that Britain spent vast sums on military and public works here. It recalls debates in Parliament about Canada’s debt to Britain, noting £1,000,000,000 in railway and public works expenditures, and closes with a remark on life insurance timing after a widow’s grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Ordnance Survey
Motherland
Cantley
National Surveyors
Torcdiilo
British Isles
Kingston Whig-Standard
Kingston
Dominion House
Great Britain
Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
Halifax
St. John
St. Louis
Treasury of
Dominion bulletin touts turnips for beef cattle
A Dominion Experimental Farms bulletin on Growing and Feeding Field Roots says turnips suit fattening cattle better than triangels while triangels aid milk production. Tests show turnips boost palatability and quality of roughages when pulped with straw or low quality hay. The bulletin, with cultivation details, is available from Ottawa Publications Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Dominion Experimental Farms
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Danish Inventor Claims Anti Aircraft Gun Paralyzes Airmen
Danish inventor Arthur Christensen says he has developed an anti aircraft gun that projects a gas screen into the air and will paralyze pilots in war. Tests reportedly prove the gas can reach great heights and impede aircraft in flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Christensen
How To Order Patterns Adedrese Winnipeg paper
A terse notice from the Winnipeg newspaper office at 176 McDermot Ave lists pattern orders and pattern numbers. It appears to guide readers on sizing and delivery details for patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adédrese
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Haig Visits Jasper Park Golf Course Origins of a World Class Course
The death of Earl Haig recalls his 1825 Jasper Park visit when, with Lady Haig, he opened the Jasper Park golf course. He and Stanley Thompson won a match three up, praised the mountain setting, and predicted it would rank among the world’s best courses.
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Earl Haig
British Empire
Canada
Jasper Park Golf Course
Lady Haig
J. A. Blair
A. F. Home
Walter Pratt
Canadian National Railways
Stanley Thompson
Maynard Rogers
Jasper National Park
Jasper Park Lodge
Fred. Brewster
Golf Club
St. Andrews
Mr. Thompson
Blair
Thompson
U S Embassy Ottawa Site Set for Legation Offices
U S officials near finalizing a purchase for Ottawa legation offices facing Parliament buildings next to the Rideau Club on Wellington Street. The six figure price covers about 6000 square feet though no construction start date is set, and work may not begin for a year. Vancouver grain exports through January total 3,109,133 bushels, well below last year’s 16,358,495. An acre equals 160 square rods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Legation
Ottawa
State Departments
Parliament
Rideau Club
Welliington Street
Vancouver
New Apple Varieties From Dominion Experimental Farms
The Dominion Horticulturist reports several promising new apples from cross breeding at the Experimental Farms. Cox stone is a yellow orange red dessert apple with December to March season. Forsweet, Redman, and Fortosh offer late keeping or winter dessert qualities, with distinct flavor and appearance variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Experimental Farms Branch
Dominion Horticulturist
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
McIntosh
Forest
Prairies
Prince
Russian famine prompts drastic measures in food market
A severe food shortage in Russia brings flour butter eggs soaps and textiles to crisis levels. Authorities vow vigorous action after grain storage failures and a 2 000 000 ton shortfall from the prior year. Stalin's Siberian visit offers hope to redirect grain to markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Alexander Petrovitch Syminoff
Joseph Stalin
Siberia
British Budget Comment on Tax Cuts in Canada
The Evening Standard notes a Canadian budget reducing taxation by nearly £4,000,000 and a ten percent income tax cut. It contrasts this with Britain’s approach, praising Canada’s restraint on public expenditure as a universal principle missing in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Standard
Beautifying Station Gardens Plans Revealed by CP Rail
The Canadian Pacific Railway horticultural department will distribute thousands of seeds to agents and foremen for planting in the station grounds and right of way. Some packets will be grown under glass for earlier displays. About 1,500 gardens are maintained by station staff as a voluntary effort and prizes spur display quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
Horticultural Department
C.P.P
Lake Superior
Factors Behind Canada’s Prosperity Rise in 1927
The article credits Canada’s high prosperity in 1927 to diverse undeveloped resources and rapid growth across forest industry water power mining and tourism. It notes a six year shift from low mood to expansive business activity driven by new industries, renewed production and favorable world conditions.
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Canada
Dominion
Four Million Fish Eggs Stock Western Canada Lakes
The fish culture branch shipped 3,857,000 fish fry or eggs from June to September via Canadian National Railway. Most to Biggar Sask for Lizard and Wilson Lakes, with pickerel dominating June. Other routes included Fort Qu Appelle to Hyas and several lakes, Kamloops to Cultus Lake, and Calgary to Edson for Trout waters.
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Fish Culture Branch
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Canadian National Railway
Fort Qu’Appelle
Biggar
Sask
Lizard
Wilson Lakes
Hyas
Lady and Elbow Lakes
Winnipeg
Kamsack
Ninette
Roblin
Erickson
Glenora
Angusville
Mitchell
Rock
Fisk
Goose Lakes
Kamloops
Chilliwack
Cultus Lake
Prince Rupert
Smithers
Lake Kathryn
Calgary
Edson
Sundance
Hornback
North Battleford
Jasper
Milnes Landing
Colwood
Cowichan Lake
Carrot Creek
Regina
Fort d'Appelle
Qu’Appelle
Fort Qu’ Appelle
Saskatchewan Lakes
Sonderman and
York Lakes
Provincial health travelling clinics may extend province wide
The travelling clinics started by the Provincial Department of Health now visit rural Northern Alberta districts. Comprised of three nurses two doctors and a dentist the program has proven successful and faces expansion to cover the entire province.
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Department of Health
Alberta
French woman awarded Cross of the Legion for long agricultural service
After more than six decades in farming, a French woman received the Cross of the Legion in recognition of her lifelong dedication to agriculture.
When I Hit a Man He Remembers Not You Ain't Said
A terse line appears to reflect a dialogue about violence and memory with regional dialect. The quote contrasts two speakers on responsiveness to physical force and accountability.
Price Gap In Apples Between BC Producers And Ottawa Consumers
In the House of Commons Mr Grote Sterling questioned the price spread for extra fancy Delicious apples. BC producers received 2.35 per box of about 140 apples while Ottawa consumers paid 7.44 each, about 10.50 per box, due to shipping freight heating and brokerage. Government explained factors include shipping 2.45, freight 0.75, heating 0.10, brokerage 0.05. wholesale 2.75 and retail 4.50 per box.
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British Columbia
Ottawa
House of Commons
Grote Sterling
Conservative
Yale
Motherwell
Future Transport to Be Electric to Save Air Quality
The article warns that cars consume far more air and emit much more carbon than people. It predicts future urban centers will ban automobiles for public health and all transport will run on electric power.
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Lustige Blaetter
Berlin
W. M. UL
Nace
Haig
Oficially
U.S
Amum
Ant, Faris
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