Vancouver Port Growth Shown In 1933 Shipping
Vancouver shipping has shown strong growth with higher total tonnage and broader export gains across logs, lumber, shingles, pulp and paper, flour, scraps, salt fish, apples, and salmon. A new movement of bananas and citrus from Central America and California boosted intercoastal trade, while more fishing craft and passengers used the harbor. The harbor commission previews a busy 1934.
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Vancouver Barber Commissioners
Vancouver
Britsh Columbia
Sam McClay
McClay
United Kingdom
Central America
California
Not Hard To Learn Six Dots Give The Key To Braille
Six dots arranged like a domino form the Braille key, opening the whole range of literature and music for the blind. Sixty three combinations cover the alphabet punctuation and contractions, numerals and music symbols. A few weeks study yields thorough knowledge and about six months for proficient finger reading.
New Planets Reported Near Mars in Asteroid Swarm
Bourgureah Observatory announces two planet discoveries between Mars and Jupiter in Africa Algiers. First sighted in November and now confirmed by photographs from observatories worldwide. Provisional designations are 19.123 WB and GE.
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Bourgureah Observatory
Algiers
Africa
Mars
Jupiter
Westminster Abbey to honor Australian poet Gordon in Poets Corner
Westminster Abbey will gain greater imperial status when a bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon, Australia's national poet, is placed in Poets Corner beside Tennyson. The memorial is funded by the Commonwealth government.
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Westminster Abbey
Adam Lindsay Gordon
Australia
Poets’ Corner
Tennyson
The Danish Hog Card and Its Value in Denmark
A description of Denmark’s hog-card system used to ration bacon for Britain’s quota. Each farmer receives a card per hog for monthly periods to allocate hogs into the British quota, while excess hogs without cards are sold at market value. The card is portrayed as a uniquely vital national asset.
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Denmark
United Kingdom
Britain
Oldest Court of Justice in Valencia Probes Water Affairs
The Tribunal of the Waters in Valencia, Spain is claimed as the world’s oldest court. For 972 years it met weekly with eight judges who hear cases about the province’s water system and give verbal decisions not subject to appeal.
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Tribunal of the Waters
Valencia
Spain
History of Lymington parish church rich in early life
The Hampshire Advertiser notes an account of Lymington parish church history, citing a book by Rev. Charles Bostock and Edward Hapgood. It recalls William Pitt parish clerk in the early 1800s, famed for deafness and half joking Amen timing in a three deck pulpit. The sexton, armed with a cane, signaled him at key moments. The church likely dates to around 1250 with earlier parish roots hinted.
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Hampshire Advertiser
Southampton Times
Church of Lymington
England
Charles Bostock
Edward Hap
William Pitt
Filled His Place A Scotsman In Office Gets Mocked
An English friend teases a Scotsman with national jibes about his city post. They meet on holiday and the Scot explains he left two Englishmen and four Welshmen in his place, lightly deflecting the ribbing.
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Hallo
Education over war urged by Prof George M Wrong in Toronto
Prof George M Wrong told a Women’s League of Nations Association audience in Toronto that war is not imminent in Europe. He urged education of nations and individuals to reject war as a national solution and to foster goodwill and trust between countries.
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George M. Wrong
Women's League of Nations Association
Toronto
Europe
Professor Wrong
Whales Offered to British Museum After Shoreline Stranding
About forty whales washed ashore along the British coast were offered to the British Museum in the last year. The museum has first pick of all stranded specimens, reflecting ongoing efforts to preserve marine fossils and remains.
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British Museum
Birdlike wing could yield flexible camber airliner
News of the World reports Signor Ugo Antoni claims to have developed a light internal mechanism to vary wing camber mid flight. The system would be cockpit controlled to alter lift, enabling rapid climbs and slow descents, bringing a practical bird aeroplane closer to reality at Farnborough Aerodrome.
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Leonario da Vinci
Farnborough
News of the World
Signor Ugo Antoni
Signor Antoni
Sheffield Crowned England's Politest City by Travellers
Commercial travellers claim Sheffield is the politest city in England. They note an indicator at railway stations guiding them by electric lights to destinations and nearest tramcars. If unsure, locals promptly offer directions and even walk with strangers. The city’s social conduct supports the claim.
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Sheffield
England
Harvard economist Albert Eaton resigns for Canadian central bank role
The resignation of Albert K. Eaton, economics instructor at Harvard, was announced as he accepts a government appointment with Canada. Eaton will be a tax investigator researching for the Deputy Minister of Finance in promoting Canada’s proposed central bank.
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Albert K. Eaton
Harvard University
Dominion
Eaton
Ashes Of Wheelwright Carried To Forge Floor In South London
In accordance with his dying wish the ashes of a wheelwright were scattered over the floor of the forge where he worked for 40 years in South London. The wreaths were burnt in the furnace.
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London
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