Great Bear Lake mining field poised for 1934 boom
Development in the Northwest Territories concentrates at Great Bear Lake with Cameron Bay's upgrade to a Mining Recorder's office, extensive trenching and diamond drilling, rail and air transport upgrades, and new townsites. Prospecting expands with placer gold in the South Nahanni area and radium silver deposits driving high potential output for 1934 and 1935, with several mills increasing capacity.
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Great Bear Lake
Thomas G. Murphy
Interior
Cameron Bay
Fort Smith
Northwest Territories
Murphy
British Columbia
Ontario
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Department of the Interior
Department
Royal Canadian Air Force
Department of Public Works
Department of Justice
Department of National Defence
Territories
Yukon
McLeod Creek
Simpson
Mackenzie River
McVicar Arm
Northwest Company
Imperial Oil Limited
Norman
Trail
Port Hope
Canada
British Empire
Dominion
Pattern Includes Dress Rabbit for Calico Spring Outfit
Pattern No 615 offers an old fashioned calico dress for girls with box-plait skirt and a pet rabbit pattern. Sizes 4 6 8 10 years require 11 centimeters of fabric and binding. rabbit needs a fraction yard of 3 56 inch material. Striped cotton and plaids recommended. linen and challis prints also suitable. Price 20 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Union
Winnipeg Pattern No. Name Town address for ordering patterns appears in a short notice. The text notes a slogan about leadership and driving, suggesting a marketing or instructional angle.
Plans For Ambitious Air Project To Be Launched In 1935
The 1930s speed dream for Canada’s airways envisions a nationwide service with fleets capable of 200 mph. By 1935 Canadian Airways and partners plan coast to coast routes from Halifax to Vancouver and from Montreal to Winnipeg, with new fields and faster connections linking Edmonton Saskatoon Prince Albert Battleford and more, pending improved economic conditions.
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Halifax
Vancouver
Toronto
Canadian Airways
Dominion
Canada
Montreal
Winnipeg
North Bay
Medicine Hat
Crows Nest Pass
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Battleford
No Job For Women Antonie Strassman Declares
Antonie Strassman, one of the first German women flyers, says women should confine flying to amateur aviation and that commercial aviation is a man’s job. She notes passengers trust male pilots and plans to live in New York after naturalization, continuing flying only for amusement.
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Antonie Strassman
New York
Longest Italian aqueduct Pugliese spans 1175 miles
The Pugliese aqueduct is described as the world’s longest at 1,175 miles serving 536 Italian towns. The report also notes possible tax cuts in South Africa on excess profits from gold mines.
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South Africa
England Defines Store Cattle For Canadian Trade
The Canadian trade commissioner explains store cattle are two-year-olds or younger, with two teeth preferred. Three-year-olds are not stores and will not be bought by feeders, who sell them for slaughter. Two-tooth cattle have outlets at spring and autumn store sales, with peak seasons in late April to early November.
Farm Trucks And Autos Statistics Show A Motor Vehicle For Every Two Farms
The rise of tractors spurred farm equipment growth and vehicle use. Between 1921 and 1931 tractors grew from 47,455 to 105,269. Motor vehicles on farms reached one per two by 1931, with 303,364 farms reporting cars and 46,366 reporting trucks.
Official Stamp For Beef Grades Adopted By Dominion
The Dominion government designates the first two beef grades as Red for Choice and Blue for Good. Official stamps in red or blue edible ink mark each cut by grade. Ink is produced by the Division of Chemistry, Dominion Department of Agriculture, and is declared harmless.
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Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
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North-West Territories
Ruth Rogers
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
A. Wells Gray
Surveys
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Prince Sigvard
Sweden
Fraulein Erika Patzek
London
Gustav
England
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