Churchill Townsite Opening Delayed to August if at All
Manitoba officials weigh delaying Churchill Manitoba townsite opening beyond May due to access, water, fire safety, and infrastructure challenges. Officials consider August as possible start with concerns over frost, sewage, streets, and a major grain elevator while planning for utilities and building codes.
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Churchill
Manitoba
New Bay
Hudson's Bay Railway
Mike O’shea
Bay Gates
West
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Rocky Point
Churchill River
Rosabelle Lake
101-Year-Old Paris Stitcher Defies Job Fears
In Paris Helene Bonnet a 101-year-old stitcher at a bookbinding shop works an eight hour day. She hides her age fearing retirement and believes the job market would fail her at a certain age. Neighbors assumed she hoped for marriage but they were mistaken. She fears losing employment.
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Helene Bonnet
Paris
Helene
Aluminum finds new life in cables and playing cards
Aluminum is increasingly used for power cables across the country replacing copper and now for playing cards. The cards resemble ordinary ones but are heavier and weather resistant. they won’t blow away in wind and can be washed if soiled. Aluminum, common in clay, was discovered in 1897 by German chemist Frederick Wöhler.
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Frederick Woehler
Rubber goods supply dominant in the United States
The United States supplies the world with almost all its rubber erasers and rubber bands, underscoring the domestic share of basic synthetic and natural rubber products and related manufacturing capacity.
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United States
Opportunities In Sheep-Raising Imports Exceeding Production
G E O Brien of the Co-Operative Wool Growers Association addressed the Ontario Sheep Breeders Association in Toronto. He noted lambs rose from 2,000,000 to 3,500,000 in 15 years and Canada consumed 57,000,000 pounds more mutton than it produced. Dr J H Grisdale, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, warned of inferior imported lambs and possible regulation changes.
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Canada
G. E. O'Brien
Co-Operative Wool Growers’ Association
Ontario Sheep Breeders’ Association
Toronto
J. H. Grisdale
Association
Potato Harvest Of 1930 In Canada Averages 85.6 Cwt Per Acre
The preliminary 1930 potato yield in Canada totals 49,160,000 cwt from 574,500 acres, about 85.6 cwt per acre. 1929 saw 39,930,000 cwt from 543,727 acres, 73.4 cwt per acre, while the 1924-28 average was 48,090,980 cwt from 555,707 acres, 86.5 cwt per acre. Provincial yields list New Brunswick 115.7, Nova Scotia 113.0, Prince Edward Island 105.0, British Columbia 92.0, Alberta 86.7, Manitoba 85.7, Ontario 78.4, Quebec 78.0, Saskatchewan 63.4 cwt per acre.
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Canada
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Balanced Production Urged For Canadian Livestock Industry
Canadian agriculture faces a push for more balanced livestock production to avoid overreliance on grain exports. Experts warn against rushing into hogs to burn off grain gluts, stressing steady, diversified output and stable markets for pork and other products.
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Canada
Russia aims for rising wheat surplus to 500 million by 1932
The Fish Report notes Russia plans to lift 1931 wheat surplus to 200 million bushels and target 500 million by fall 1932, while rationing and confiscated land keep Russians hungry. If realized, European and U.S. markets shrink as Soviet grain undercuts prices and competes with low labor costs.
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Russia
Fish Report
United States
Duluth
Dairy Industry In Canada Domestic Consumption Rise
Dr. J. A. Ruddick Dominion Dairy Commissioner reports Canada’s domestic dairy consumption has surged since 1921 to 154,529,347 pounds of butter fat. Increases include 72,707,604 pounds butter, 12,657,919 pounds cheese, 2,541,861,024 pounds milk and 1,875,322 gallons ice cream.
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Canada
J. A. Ruddick
Dominion Dairy
Canada Russia trade totals and coal imports highlight year
Canada imported 1 964 000 from Russia last year with coal making up over 64 000 of that. Imports from Russia in the prior year were 910 000. Exports to Russia in 1930 rose to 1 690 000, amid a period of uncertain relations.
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Canada
Russia
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Pats
Campbell
Norman ‘Wizzard” Smith
Malcolm Campbell
Sydney
New Zealand
Sandy
Earl
Sandy Campbell
Canadian Pacific Express Company
Harsuch
Bay
Adelaide
Early
Dairy Industry
Dorffbarbier
Berlin
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