Distinctive Canadian Art Shown at National Gallery
National Gallery of Canada adds two new pictures to a landmark accession, highlighting both old masters and modern Canadian artists. The gallery plans a January 23 opening of a national exhibition, reshaping advisory committees to showcase regional talents from Halifax to Victoria. The war memorial paintings, stored since wartime removal, total over 1,000 works valued above a million dollars, including pieces by Orpen and A J Munnings.
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National Gallery of Canada
National Gallery
Canada
House of Commons
Halifax
N.S
Victoria
B.C
Victoria Museum
Department of Mines
Canadian War Memorial
Sir William Orpen
Augustus John A. J. Munnings
A. Y. Jackson
Cyril Barraud
Romney
Lawrence
West
Reynolds
A Pearl Among Collar Buttons
Chauncy Rundle Watson recalls receiving a shiny gold collar button at 17 and has worn it ever since, now celebrating 49 years with the same button. He claims it has never been misplaced in 32 years and jokes about self estimation and neighborly loans.
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Chauncy Rundle Watson
Bithday
Saskatchewan Fisheries and Alberta Credit in Lake Catches
Saskatchewan fisheries generate over $500000 annually amid negotiations on natural resources. Lake Athabaska yields mostly Saskatchewan fish yet Alberta is credited in reports. 1928 value was $256000. Alberta-claimed Cold Lake catches are smaller as most of the lake lies in Alberta. Key species include gold eyes, herring, pickerel, pike, sturgeon, tullibee and whitefish valued at $439075.
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Saskatchewan
Lake Athabaska
Gve
Alberta
Cold Lake
Dress pattern description with varied fabrics and styles
A daytime model in satin crepe and velvet offers navy blue wool crepe and several color options. Pattern Style No. 3115 includes sizes 36 to 42 and tweed Spanish red and midnight blue crepe Marocain with piping and buttons. Price is 25 cents.
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Princess Suggestion
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Calon Article
Pattern NO wrens details appear in Winnipeg Calon listing at 175 McDermot Ave. The notice provides ordering steps for patterns through the local newspaper office.
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Winnipeg
Calon
McDermot Ave
Yorkshire lad wins prize money and returns home
Tom Pearson a 16-year-old Yorkshire youth who worked on a Ontario farm for five months saved most of his earnings and won a $1,400 prize in a Toronto firm slogan puzzle. He sailed back to England for the winter to visit relatives and plans to return in spring.
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Tom Pearson
Pearson
Peterboro
Ontario
Tom
England
Toronto
Land of Opportunity
Canada
Tips For the Housewife
Practical kitchen guidance on measuring spoons and cups. It warns to level teaspoons and tablespoons, avoid heaped measures, and explains how excess flour fat and liquid affect cake texture and stability.
Butter Imports Doubling in Canada Over Prior Year
Butter imports into Canada doubled in the year ending November 30, totaling 11,424,000 dollars versus 5,567,000 in the prior year. Ink product imports stayed near the same, making an aggregate 12,150,000 dollars. In November alone butter imports rose to 1,085,000 from 667,000 the month before. figures released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Time Signals Broadcast From Dominion Observatory Ottawa
Broadcasting time signals from the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa occurs daily except Sundays. CNRO transmits from 2.57 to 3 p.m. at 500 meters, and WE9OB from 2.55 to 3 p.m. at 40.5 meters.
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Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
CNRO
We9ob
Saskatchewan develops clay coal and chemical deposits
Professor Worcester reports rapid mineral expansion in Saskatchewan. New Prince Albert brick plant, Estevan terra cotta tile and hollow tile plant expansions accompany a surge in clay product manufacture. Over 100 lakes hold sodium sulphate with deep Englebright drilling probing vast deposits. A briquetting plant at Estevan now ships 100 tons daily and a new lignite carbonizing process could boost Saskatchewan resources.
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Saskatchewan
W. G. Worcester
University of Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Estevan
Prof
Worcester
Englebright
Canada
Ormiston
Officers Elected in Canadian Sheep Breeders Association
Mail ballot closed December 15 names directors for the Maritimes, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia. Ronald Chisholm Antigonish NS. George Gordon Oak Lake Man. John Wilson Sr Innisfail Alta. George R Ball Strathcona Alta. Leonard Higginson R R No 2 Lards BC. Ontario and Quebec to be chosen at February meetings. Saskatchewan at March Canadian Association.
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R. W. Wade
Canadian Sheep Breeders’ Association
Maritimes
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Lard's
B.C
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Movement urged to settle arable lands along Hudson Bay Railway
The article urges initiating agricultural settlement in northern Manitoba along the Hudson Bay Railway from Mile 137 to 327. It cites government support for homesteaders, proposes Mennonites as settlers, and notes test crops showing promising soil after muskeg drainage. It highlights dairy farming potential and growing evidence of suitable climate and markets.
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H. B. Railway
Hudson Bay
Charles Stewart
Manitoba
Germany
Russia
Canada
Northland
Kely
Northern Boards of Trade
Hudson Bay Railway
Northern Mail
Pas
North Country
Hudson Bay Junction
Bay Road
Renard
Ceres
Marquis
Minden
Alaska
Gopher
Banner
Victory
Mile
George Cowan
Dr Falk influenza germ work sparks journal caution
The Journal of the American Medical Association disputes Dr I S Falk's isolation of the influenza germ. It says his findings are intriguing but do not prove a vaccine is near. The journal warns against drawing broad vaccine or toxin treatment conclusions from limited bacteriological evidence.
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Medical Journal
I. S. Falk
Journal of the American Medical Association
Falk
Excavation Starts for Canada Gypsum Plant in East Calgary
W F Armstrong of Winnipeg, western manager, states foundation work will begin at once for the Canada Gypsum and Alabastine plant in East Calgary. The report notes airplanes have carried food to starving wild birds and animals in the west.
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Canada Gypsum and Alabastine, Limited
Calgary
W. EF. Armstrong
Winnipeg
Bread Prices in England And Home Market Observations
Market reports note bread in Old London costs about the same as here while much flour comes from Canada and the United States. Factors beyond flour such as wages rent and patronage influence loaf prices. Yet Christmas cakes plum puddings and pies cost less in England than here.
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Old London
Canada
United States
England
Plane Strange Uses For His Moth Plane A Canberra Winner
Arthur Cunningham a Canberra grazier and prize winner in the 5 000 mile air race across Australia uses his moth plane to deter dingoes by camping under its wing and running the engine at hourly intervals. The roar scares away wild dogs on his station at night.
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Arthur Cunningham
Canberra
Australia
Cunningham
Water Fowl Sanctuary at Elk Island Park
Elk Island National Park in Alberta near Edmonton has become a sanctuary for waterfowl and upland game birds. The area offers shelter and natural breeding grounds, with wild ducks and geese, blue herons, and sharp tailed and ruffed grouse thriving away from destruction.
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Elk Island National Park
Alberta
Edmonton
Wedding Plans Hinted After Courting Pair
A conversation from Madrid records a couple debating marriage amid social remarks. One person receives congratulations while the other expresses surprise, reflecting a developing engagement in a light social exchange.
Spinetailed Swift Tops Speed List Over Asian Mountains
One of the fastest birds, the spinetailed swift, is noted for reaching about 220 miles per hour while flying over Asian mountain ranges. The record highlights its speed in high-altitude air currents.
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Asia
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Em Rolig
Timma
Gothenborg
Ww. KN. U
Saskatchewan Fisheries
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Annebelie Worthington
Olds
Outlook
South Seas
Pacific Coast
Laumberman
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Coast Logging Congress
Vancouver
Winnedge
Bay Line
Federal Department of Agriculture
Experimental Farms Branch
Saska
Bay
DOG Derby
Emil St. Goddard
Leonard Seppala
St. Goddard
Toby
S.N.S
Reason
Elk Island Park
Gutierres
Madrid
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