Duration of Daylight Saving Across Europe and Beyond
The article recounts the adoption of daylight saving time in Europe during wartime and its spread to other regions. It notes Willett’s early advocacy, Pearce's 1904 bill, and the 1916 first use with a 1925 permanent act. It details clocks advanced in London and on the railways.
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Wea
Europe
Belgium
Netherlands
Spain
Portugal
Canada
New Zealand
United States of America
Low & Chelsea
Wilam Willett Willett
Potts Wood Chiselhurst
Surry
Robert) Pearce
House of Commons
Willett
Potts
London
Office of Works
Empire Air Plans Global Route Network With New Airliners
The British air ministry orders new airliners designed for 240 to 270 mph at up to 5 miles altitude to build Empire routes on five continents. The craft rival US transports by speed and aim to connect North and South America, Africa, Europe and Australia. Routes include Atlantic links and a Australia–New Zealand service as a step toward a trans Pacific network. Two models fly at 10 000 feet with 18 passengers and 3000 mile range, while a third operates above 25 000 feet with higher speed.
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British
Air Ministry
United States
World Airlines
Empire Defence
Britain
North
South America
Africa
Europe
Australia
South Atlantic
Lord's goods and keeping for self quoted by Livingstone
A Melbourne style quote on giving contrasts with keeping the Lord's goods. Fourteen Sydney clerks built a home for an unemployed man and family in Saturday work over two months. A U S survey notes half of restaurants fail each year. Earths area yields about 40 p aps per square mile. New Zealand supplies most grass seed sown in England.
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Sydney
Australia
New Zealand
England
Real Leaders Shape Canada’s Public Service And Radio
Ottawa Journal argues real leadership shines in public service and radio, praising Major Gladstone Murray for building a strong national radio system. It lauds Murray’s unwavering duty, British Columbia Rhodes Scholar background, wartime gallantry, and rise from humble roots to top executive at the BBC era venture.
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Canada
State
Publc
Gladstone Murray
McGill
Oxford
Montreal
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Radio
Ottawa Journal
Boiling Money and Other London Market Oddities
The article notes coin washing practices around Billingsgate in London where coins picked up fish and ice deposits after hours. A bank operated a coin laundry using boiling soda water, cleaning hundreds of pounds of metal nightly, a practice reduced by modern cash handling but occasional wash-days persist.
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London
Billingsgate
Bank of England
Manchester Guardian
Snow conservation boosts garden and field crops
G D Matthews of the Dominion experimental station at Scott reports that conserving snow improves vegetable yields and plant growth. In trials with sheltered prairie gardens, snow cover produced uniform stands, faster growth, and higher quality produce, with yields rising three to ten times in dry springs and summers.
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G. D. Matthews
Dominion Experimental Station
Scott
Matthews
Praine
Electric firm studies postcard plea for sample electricity
Officials of General Electric in Schenectady New York examined a postcard from a young New York girl asking for a small sample of electricity to aid her geography study.
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General Electric Co
Schenectady
N.Y
New York
Lizards With Suckers Can Walk On Ceilings
A note highlights lizards with specialized foot pads that allow them to cling to vertical surfaces and even inverted panes. The adaptation aids movement across walls and glass.
Regent Wheat Limited Supply For Western Farmers
Central experimental farm Ottawa offers a rust resistant Regent wheat to western farmers for testing at 1.50 per bushel. Orders go to Dominion cerealist in Ottawa with per applicant limits of two to four bushels. Distribution from Morden Manitoba and Indian Head Saskatchewan. Seed has no special standing beyond being a new rust resistant variety. Farmers urged to trial and report observations next autumn comparing with other varieties.
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Regent
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Dominion Cerealist
F.O.B
Morden
Manitoba
Indian Head
Saskatchewan
Non-sinkable swim suit promises buoyant design
Albert L. Sommers of Newburg New York unveils a padding filled suit using Brazilian kapok and claims one half pound suffices to float a wearer. An alternate design hides sealed hollow tubes in the fabric, adding little bulk. Sommers also markets a non bed-burning cigarette holder and a tire valve to prevent blowouts.
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Albert L. Sommers
Newburgh
N.Y
Sommers
Education costs per pupil in elementary and high school
Estimates place annual expenditure at 37 dollars to educate a pupil in elementary grades and 145 dollars for a public high school pupil. The figures reflect per student funding levels in the education system.
Canada at the British Industries Fair in London
Canada showcased a wide range of produce and manufactured goods at Earl's Court, including apples and preserved foods, breakfast items, jellies, maple products, washing machines, silver fox furs, typewriters, sun goggles, and rubber goods. King and Queen praised the exhibits with purchases of rubber boots and gloves, while the royal couple prepared for their Canadian tour with binoculars and cameras borrowed from Olympia.
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Canada
London
Earl's Court
Dominion
Olympia
Gift of Wool Growers to Dress Queen Elizabeth
About four pounds of raw wool will be selected from millions in a Boston Summer St warehouse to craft a dress for Queen Elizabeth. C. J. Fawcett of the National Wool Marketing Corporation says the Queen has agreed to accept the gift.
Proper Time To Plant According To The Moon
The Regina Leader-Post reports that despite early skepticism, Dr. Rudolph Sterner and tests cited in London papers claim planting before full moon accelerates sprouting and boosts yield. Two days before full moon favors vegetables, beans, and maize, while waxing moons aid transplanting and root work. orchard trees and plane trees on Paris boulevards are noted as supporting these lunar ideas.
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Pena
Rudolph Sterner
London
Eng
Sterner
Paris
Regina
Varied North Atlantic Cargo Arrives at Surrey Docks
S S Ausonia discharges in Greenland Dock in February with apples from Nova Scotia on 16 barrel trays. Cargo includes Golden Russet Gano and Ben Davis apples, flour sacks, Canadian tobacco hogsheads, cheese bowlers, breakfast food, U.S. items in wooden boxes, washing machines, rolls of paper, typewriters, and ladies rubber footwear.
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North Atlantic
Surrey
S.S. Ausonia
Greenland
Nova Scotia
Promi
Ausonia
U.S.A
Port of London Monthly
Ten Cent Advertisement Delivers Nail And Match
A man paid ten cents in response to a magazine ad promising a coat hanger and cigarette lighter for a dime. He received a small packet by return mail containing a two inch nail and a match wrapped in tissue.
Earthquakes tally for Japan and Italy over 50 years
Japan and Italy each recorded more than 27 000 earthquakes in the last five decades, highlighting seismic activity. In a separate note a great white heron is described with a seven foot wingspan.
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Japan
Italy
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Empire Air Routes
Continents
British Overseas Aviation Program
Robert Livingstone
Livingstone
British Columbia
Arthur Currie
Saunders
Marquis Wheat
Barton
Archibad
Tory
McNaughton
Whitby
Charlies and Johnston
Steadman
Charles Cam
Billingsgate Market
China
Panama Canal
Giant Aircraft Factory
Birmingham
Longbridge
Regent Wheat
Gift of Wool Growers
Burma-Yunnan
Mr. Hart Massey
Oxford University
Putney
Ruary
Nence
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