Britain’s industry expands amid world trade pressures
Industrial Britain presses ahead despite adverse conditions as Welsh tinplate firms win a $700,000 order from the American Can Company. Contracts reach China, Palestine, Persia, and Russia, underscoring Britain’s reputation for quality amid global competition.
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Paid Hunters Urged to Save Northern Manitoba Game
The Pas residents warn timber wolves threaten Moose Lake game as pelts for bounty total only 54 last year. They argue two paid hunters are needed to curb wolf numbers and protect deer in the region. Tom Lamb reports deer killed by wolves and later scavenged by Indians for dog feed.
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Charming capelet collar pattern for children's garments
The description outlines a charming capelet collar with a green picot edge and ruffles on cuffs along with decorative pin tucks on the front of a blousette. It notes options for short sleeves, omitting sleeves in hot weather, and using fabrics like batiste linen seersucker and dimity. Style No 457 covers sizes 46 and 8 years, with yardage details and a 20 cent pattern price.
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Rapid Growth of Insanity Professor Draws North American Cause
Very Rev Canon Charles Verhejen, psychology and psychiatry professor at the State University of Amsterdam, says Canada and the United States lead the world per capita in insanity. He cites depression, financial worries, and the fast life as main causes, noting young women neglect health and sleep.
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Earl of Egmont portraits bring low prices at Christie’s London
About 50 family portraits from the Earl of Egmont estate sold at Christie’s in London for a total slightly above a tenth of a Reynolds painting sold two years earlier. Works by Lely Kneller Hudson Hobday and Joseph averaged about a pound each. Four Slater portraits including Spencer Percival brought 12 guineas in total, others averaging 12 guineas a dozen.
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New London Traffic Plan Urges Separate Streets for Pedestrians
Sir Raymond Unwin argues street uses have shifted and current roads resemble locomotive-speed highways for horses and pedestrians. He calls for total planning to speed traffic on shopless through streets while creating parallel shopping streets free of motor traffic for safer foot travel, reports the Christian Science Monitor.
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Royal Institute of British Architects
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Celestial Phenomena Offer Skies Rich With 1935 Events
The 1935 sky schedule excites star gazers with six periodic comets returning, two annular solar eclipses, and Mars close to perihelion on March 1. Comets Brorgen Pons-Winnecke Giascobini Finlay Holmes return in coming months. The first eclipse occurred Feb 24 in southern Africa and parts of the world. the next on Aug 21 will be visible across Europe Africa Asia and the Philippines East Indies areas.
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Rice growers in Guiana face ruin from Ottawa trade deals
About 150000 residents of British Guiana risk ruin as Ottawa Empire trade agreements curb rice exports. The Demerara Rice Marketing Board reports India now receives same rates, squeezing Guiana rice in the British market. London protection appeals fail due to non discrimination rules. roughly half of Guiana's people depend on rice farming.
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South Africa to Issue Its Own Currency and Mint Coins
A train of ten cars carrying English silver coins from across South Africa will head to the Pretoria mint within weeks as the Union adopts its own currency. The withdrawal is valued around 6.25 million dollars, though intrinsic silver value is under 2 million. Between 15 and 20 million coins will be removed. A bore is one who has nothing to say and keeps on saying It.
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Yorkshire
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How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern orders advertised by Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. list Pattern No. Name Town and Size.
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Status of Metis Half-Breeds in Dominion and Provincial Care
Hon G Murphy declares Metis are not wards of the Dominion and remain provincial citizens with equal rights and responsibilities. Alberta House notes poverty among half-breeds. Premier Brownlee says responsibility undecided between Dominion and province. Pure-bred Indians remain wards of the Dominion.
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Department of Indian Affairs
Alberta
J. E. Brownlee
Dominion
Auto Exports Rise Amid February Bank ofMont Outlook
The February issue from the Bank of Montana reports stronger auto exports and rising foreign sales through 1952. January figures show ongoing expansion of international markets for Canadian automobiles, signaling continued demand abroad.
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