North West Territories and Yukon Developments for 1931
Extensive plan outlines work across the Northwest Territories and Yukon for 1931. Key priorities include governance of the reindeer herd, expansion of the Thelon Game Sanctuary patrol, the Coppermine mineral reserve opening, and enhanced medical and transportation services. Dr. Livingstone leads medical coverage from Churchill to Chesterfield, with the Boothia ship supporting posts and new motor hospital boat service to Aklavik and Fort Smith. Major Burwash will inspect Coppermine, with Franklin fate inquiries, while Beothic coordinates relief and supply runs and a resident housing project at Lake Harbour progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadiaas
Department of the Interior
North West Territories
Yukon
Territories
Patro Thelon
Department
Coppermine
Northwest Territories
Livingstone
Churchill
Chesterfield
Baker Lake
Hudson Bay
Boothic
North Sydney
Fort Smith
N.W.T
Mackenzie
Mackenzie Delta
Arctic
J. A. Urquhart
Aklavik
Edmonton
J. F. Moran
Mackenzie District
R. D. Martin
H. A. Stuart
Baffin Island
Alaska
R. T. Porsild
L. T. Burwash
King William Island
Sir John Franklin
Thelon Game Sanctuary
W. H. B. Hoare
Beothic
Lancaster Sound
Winter Harbour
Melville Island
Bernier
CGS. Arctic
Joy
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Lake Harbour
Reciprocal Judgments Act joins Ontario and Saskatchewan
Ontario and Saskatchewan announce the reciprocal enforcement of the Judgments Act effective in both provinces. A verdict in Ontario can be collected in Saskatchewan without a separate suit, reducing cross province legal steps. Attorney General W H Price advocates broader adoption by other provinces.
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Saskatchewan
Ontario
W. H. Price
Dominion Committee On
Colonel Price
Committee On Uniformity of
Canadian Pacific Supply Farm Leads Holstein Sale Honors
Six animals from Strathmore Alberta's Canadian Pacific Supply Farm topped the National Holstein sale at Toronto with a four year old heifer at 1525 dollars the highest price and a bull at 675 dollars the top bull price. The group averaged 658 dollars well above the sale's 327 dollar average for 64 animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canadian Pacific Supply Farm
Strathmore
Alberta
Andrew L. Riker Dies at 81 Inventor of Early Gasoline Locomobile
Andrew Lawrence Riker, 81, designer and builder of the first gasoline propelled locomobile, died in Fairfield Connecticut. He in 1884 designed and built his first automobile an electric tricycle. He introduced the sliding gear transmission steel frame and four cylinder vertical motor with high tension ignition. The text notes U S upholstery cloth usage in 1928 and a claim about Labrador’s geographic location relative to Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Lawrence Riker
Fairfield
Conn
Practical navy wool crepe school dress with red accents
The feature shows navy blue wool crepe for 6 to 12 year girls with beige collar and cuffs, red taffeta binding, red buttons, and a red suede belt. Pattern No. 2947 requires 2 yards of 40 inch material for 8 years and 4 yards of 32 inch contrast. pattern price 25 cents from the Pattern Department.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No
Instructional notice from Winnipeg newspaper lists ordering patterns with address 3176 McDermot Ave and mentions Pattern No. for readers seeking mail or in-store purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
London Firm Wins Record Stamp Printing Contract
The Chinese government awarded a London firm a contract to print 2.5 billion stamps, the largest order of its kind for a British firm. Printing will begin immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Prospects for Canadian Dairy Exports to China and Japan
Canadians see a potential market for surplus dairy products in China and Japan. The article notes milk shortages in both countries and reports successful shipments to London while Pacific shipments to Shanghai would take fourteen days in refrigerated liners. It stresses the need for skilled marketing and the profitability of distant trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Pacific
Shanghai
London
China
Japan
Rust Expert To Visit England For Conference And Study
Dr J H Craigie head of the Winnipeg Rust Research Laboratory will leave at end July for England to present a paper at the International Botanical Congress in Cambridge in August. Dr Margaret Newton will also attend and later visit laboratories in Britain and Europe. Craigie plans a year at Cambridge studying plant diseases while Cambridge’s Dillon-Craig will visit Winnipeg for a year. Craigie recently earned his doctorate at Manitoba with a thesis on discovering sex in rust fungi, praised as a major rust research achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Craigie
Rust Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
England
Cambridge
Margaret Newton
Britain
Craigie
Dillon-Craig
University of Manitoba
Planning New Air Mail Line Between Japan and Americas
Japanese businessmen organize a regular passenger and mail air line with a 75 million capitalization to shorten transcontinental travel to three days. Four Graf Zeppelin styled airships are expected for routes, with Seki Hoshino among promoters. Government permits sought and fares projected at $1500 per passenger. England reported 33 civil aircraft accident deaths last year.
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Japan
United States
Canada
Globe
Seki Hoshino
Tokyo
Wildlife Sanctuaries Prove National Parks Success in Canada
A dispatch from the Department of the Interior reports elk from Buffalo National Park shipped to the Queen Charlotte Islands as a Dominion donation to restore wildlife. The successful 1,000 mile transfer demonstrates conservation benefits and underscores Canada’s national parks as models, with wildlife rebounding in provincial reserves and international interest growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Parks
Department of the Interior
A. Bryan Williams
British Columbia
Buffalo National Park
Wainwright
Alberta
Queen Charlotte Islands
Dominion
Provincal
Buffalo Reserve
Canadian National Railways
Prince Rupert
England
Society For Preservation of
Empire
Earl of Onslow
National Parks of
Canada
Buffalo Park
Okanagan
Kettle Valleys
National Parks of Canada
Lord Onslow
Ayrshire Export Trade Expands For Scottish Cattle
Ayrshire cattle export trade grows with shipments to Ontario and British Columbia. Secretary Hugh Bone notes 173 head shipped since March with prices around £90 to £100 per head. Canadian and American dairymen favor Ayrshires for higher butterfat on small rations. three Ayrshires can thrive on poor land where two cows of other breeds would.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Bone
Ayrshire Cattle Herd Book Society
University of British Columbia
Young Poultry Fanciers in British Columbia Lead in Club Numbers
In the Okanagan Valley Armstrong area a record poultry club effort shines with fourteen Youth clubs and 120 members. G. W. Game is credited for organizing skill and enthusiasm that boosted youth groups, meeting recently in conference for a profitable, inspiring group photo and promising future for the industry in BC. The piece also notes a bank manager client exchange and a quip about a sleepless astronomer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Okanagan Valley
British Columbia
Canada
G. W. Game
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North
J. Dewey Seper
Seper
Labrador
Scotland
Union
Annebelle W. ‘Thington
Kame
Hoge
MEK
Dr. Craigie
Scottish Ayrshire
States
Ayrshire
Young Poultry Fanciers
Armstrong, B.C
Regina
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