World Happenings Briefly Told
The department of national defence orders 16 light aircraft for RCAF training at 85000 dollars. New Zealand invokes force to enforce authority over British Samoa. Immigration to Canada April–Nov 1929 totals 136440, down 2158 from 1928. Four BC lumber advocates depart for Australia and New Zealand to study markets for four months. A unified US border patrol may guard US Canada Mexico borders under Hoover plan pending Congress approval. Cannibalism described as widespread in famine provinces of China by missionary George Andrews in Shanghai. Alberta Wheat Pool reports 1929 year shows 5819 new members, total 40915 with 4625309 acres under contract. Ontario cabinet rejects beer by the glass. Ferguson cites public opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
British Samoa
Canada
British Columbia
Antipodes
Australia
United States
Hoover
Congress
China
George Andrews
Karsu
Shanghai
Alberta Wheat Pool
Ontario
Ferguson
William Varley
Building Trades Council of Toronto
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Ontario Cabinet
Why Dutch Are Sturdy Breakfast Display
A travel sketch extols Dutch breakfasts with at least seven breads and three to four meats. It highlights cheeses such as limburger and Edam, boiled eggs, jams, honey, seasonal fruits, and a strong pot of coffee as the climax of the meal.
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Europe
Market for Fish in Australia Export Prospects
A recent Commonwealth report cites Australia’s annual per capita fish consumption at 14 pounds, compared with 25 in Canada and New Zealand and 40 in Great Britain, signaling room to boost exports.
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Australia
Commonwealth
Canada
New Zealand
Great Britain
Canada Fish Exports Reach $35 Million A Year
The Natural Resources bulletin shows Canadian fish are sold in nearly a hundred countries and exports average about 35 million dollars annually.
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The
Natural Resources Bulletin of the Department of the Interior
Canada
Smuts Predicts World Representation at League Council
General Jan Smuts forecast that within ten years the entire human race including Russia will be represented at the League of Nations council table. He spoke in New York at a dinner marking the United States tenth anniversary with Wilson praised as a key founder and urged U S entry into international conferences to universalize dispute settlement and secure lasting peace.
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Russia
League of Nations
Jan Christian Smmts
New York
U.S
League
Wilson
United States
Paris
Pilchard Industry Grows Into Major BC Fisheries Sector
From a 1925 start with a single plant and 500 tons, British Columbia now supports 23 pilchard plants producing about 80 000 tons in the current year. The oil and meal are valued at 1 750 000 dollars with most oil sent to the United States for soap making and meal exported to Germany Japan and the United States.
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British Columbia
B.C
United States
Germany
Japan
Canadian Chamber Pleads For Tax Reduction At Ottawa
A Calgary led deputation to Prime Minister Mackenzie King and the Dominion Cabinet urged further income and sales tax cuts while noting the war time basis of the tax. Finance Minister Dunning cautioned that the income tax is needed to meet war obligations and suggested possible division of tax fields between Dominion and provinces.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Mackenzie King
Dominion
Ottawa
Col
J. H. Woods
Calgary
Chamber
C. A. Dunning
Mr. Dunning
Fashion pattern listings with yardage by size
Fashion No 824 Becoming Neckline and other patterns list sizes 16 18 20 36 38 40 42 bust measurements with yardage requirements for fabric and binding. Some entries include additional details for Cascade Facing and contrasting fabrics plus prices and embroidery notes.
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Carey
Bur nap Appointed Vice President at Canadian National
Announcement from Canadian National headquarters reveals Robert L Burnap named Vice-President in Charge of Traffic with Montreal headquarters, succeeding A. T. Weldon. Burnap has spent 36 years in the railroad industry with the lines now forming the Canadian National Railway System.
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Canadian National
Robert L. Burnap
Montreal
A. T. Weldon
R. L. Burnap
Canadian National Railway System
Orange Bread Pudding From Betty Barclay
Betty Barclay's Weekly Recipe uses bread crumbs butter and milk to create a baked orange bread pudding. Fold in egg yolks sugar orange juice and rind and bake until firm then top with meringue for a sweet finish.
Recipe for Orange Lemon Grapefruit Conserves and Fleas Poem Recalled
An overnigh infusion of sliced orange lemon and grapefruit with water and sugar leads to a two stage boil and a final sugar boil until sheets from a spoon then set in glasses with paraffin. The New York Sun prize poem titled Fleas is recalled with its line Adam Had Em and renewed debate over the shortest English poem.
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New York Sun
Adam
Receipts For Blessedness Beatitudes In Sermon On The Mount
This Sunday School lesson outlines Matthew 5 1 48 with focus on the Beatitudes blessedness versus happiness and the poor in spirit. It explains the Kingdom of Heaven as the realm of Christ followers and notes the Sermon on the Mount as a core portion of Jesus teachings.
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Jesus
Weymouth
God
George D. Boardman
Times
Wilder Silver Medal Awarded to W T Macoun for Apples
The Wilder Silver Medal from the American Pomological Society honors Dominion Horticulturist W T Macoun for breeding new apple varieties and advancing horticulture overall. The announcement came during the society meeting in Roanoke Virginia.
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Wilder
American Pomological Society
W.T. Macoun
Dominion Horticulturist
Roanoke
Virginia
Roman Mastery In Wood Builds Oceangoing Palace Ship
Roman shipbuilding aces display vast ingenuity in Caligula era galley. The 74 meter wooden cruiser with nine foot thick sides and oak stays rivals early liners in size and sea staying power. Italian digs in Lake Nemi aim to reveal these floating palaces hidden 1300 years.
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Britain
Gaul
Lake of
Nemi
Rome
Caligula
Atlantic
Christopher Columbus
Sleeping Elephants Likely Rest Lying Down
Uncertain reports suggest elephants sleep in a lying posture. Observations indicate resting behavior consistent with reclined positions, though no definitive stance is recorded.
One Jump Ahead Cubist Artist and A Visitor Exchange
The piece records a terse chat between a cubist artist and a visitor in jest about modern art and sanity. It then cites a London Sunday Express remark on Scots using last year’s cigar boxes from fellow Scots. A finicky weather quip ends with a wry observation about the outdoors.
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London Sunday Express
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Spohn Medical
Dew Vi
Gesbon
Ted
Department of National Defence
Royal Canadian Air Force
Minard
Mlean
P Kong
PAN, Liniment
W. N. U. 1821
General Smuts
B.C. Pilchard Industry
St. Lawrence
Peace River
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Betty Barclay
W. T. Macoun
Mack Latteria
Sybilla
Agendhee
Kitchener Tonsilitis CO
Kitchener
Ont
England
f.C.b
Toronto
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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