Canada Seeks Razeed Trade Barriers In Cattle Shipments
The article notes Canada shipped about 26 000 head of cattle to Britain last year as a revival of a past trade. It argues the three day quarantine and branding add costs and that store cattle face lengthy holds, while the Irish Free State faces no such limits, suggesting Britain could gain from removing restrictions to allow more store cattle.
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Canada
England
United Kingdom
Britain
Birkenhead
Glasgow
British
Ministry of Agriculture
Canada Faces Small Wheat Carryover and Strong Export Outlook
A survey finds Canada has a small wheat carryover for the year ending July 31, 1932, estimated at 104 million bushels, the smallest since 1928. The world market remains broad with imports forecast at 225 to 235 million bushels. Canada and the United States are expected to supply about 150 million, roughly 75 million each.
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Canada
United States
Government icebreaker to chart Hudson Bay route
The ice breaker N. B. McLean under the Department of Marine will again sail to Hudson Bay this summer. It is expected to depart Quebec early in June with engineers and nautical experts to mark and chart waters and aid navigation along the route.
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N. B. McLean
Hudson Bay
Department of Marine
Quebec
Crisis Hit London Diamond Trade Looms Over Market
The diamond industry faces a severe demand slump with over £5,000,000 in diamonds idle in London vaults. Global sales in 1931 fell below wartime levels, with annual demand normally around £12,000,000 and last year under £2,000,000.
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London
England
British Offer Reconsiders Anglo Russian Trade Pact
Walter Runciman told the House of Commons the government weighs canceling the Anglo Russian trade agreement to rebalance trade. He noted Britain buys far more Russian goods than Russia purchases of British goods.
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Russia
Great Britain
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Romano's Restaurant at Strand Sold in Auction Tease
The famed Romano's at the Strand in London, central to the city’s gay life in the 1890s, faces imminent auction. From a 70 year history as a fried fish shop to a cultural hub after D Oyly Carte spotlight, it drew artists, writers and even King Edward VIII as patrons after a 1894 fire rebuilt the venue.
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Romano
The
Strand
London
England
D’oyly Carte
Edward VIII
Russia's grain fields furrow with record sowing pace
Government figures show April 20 sown area at 16,106,750 acres doubling the 1931 level of 8,297,500. Planting aims reach 255,875,000 acres versus 243,712,500 last year, indicating a major expansion in agricultural machinery use and acreage.
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Russia
Western agriculture views to be presented at Ottawa conference
Saskatchewan wheat pool directors back plans to present western agricultural views at the Ottawa conference. A Regina meeting of the co operative conference of Saskatchewan agricultural interests discussed uniting pools and rural associations to draw imperial statesmen’s attention to western farming, with a committee tasked to gather information and plan a second Saskatchewan conference and possible joint Alberta and Manitoba action.
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Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Operative Conference of
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Regina
Saskatchewan Rural Municipalities Association
Alberta
Manitoba
To Converse Well We Do Much Talking
A writer notes much social talk fills time and avoids awkward pauses. People become talking machines when thinking is lacking. To improve conversation one should study books and people, listen, observe, read, and think to gain informed opinions.
Man Holds Ten Licenses For Various Trades
A Huntingdon man holds ten licenses covering shooting game selling game employing workers keeping a dog carrying a gun slaughtering horses driving a car owning a wireless set running a car on the road and piloting a plane reflecting a broad licensing regime in effect.
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Huntingdon
Fox Farm Not Farm In Eyes Of Law
In Montreal Superior Court Justice Stackhouse confirms Laval Des Rapides Fox Farms assessment change from farm land to non farm status. The farm had been taxed as farm land at $2,500 before 1931 and raised to $15,481 thereafter. Law requires cultivation or farming by a bona fide farmer or market gardener residing on the produce.
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Justice Stackhouse
Montreal
Laval Des Rapides
Hay Mailed by Parcel Post to Snowbound Silvertown
In April a Durango firm mailed hay to Silvertown Colorado by parcel post after rail service halted by snow slides. Bundled to meet size limits, the hay required 14 dollars in stamps and was carried by pack mule at five cents per pound, per a State Utilities Commission report.
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Parcel Post
Silverton
Colo
Durango
Post Office Department
State Utilities Commission
A Real Runner Brags and Misses a Hat Chase
A bragging young runner boasts of his speed to his country cousin. A gust snatches the cousin's hat from a street corner and blows it away. He refuses to retrieve it, promising to chase after it after a hundred yard start.
Ten Small Virtues of Daily Conduct
The passage lists simple, practical virtues: saying thank you, thinking kindly of colleagues, staying orderly, keeping silence when needed, greeting friends with a smile, accepting orders cheerfully, and giving thanks for each day’s blessings. It frames everyday manners as a disciplined moral code.
Must Be Given A Fair Chance For Northern Bay Route
Lieut.-Colonel F. J. James of Regina argues the Churchill northward route could prove economically practical sooner than the St. Lawrence path. He notes Saskatchewan and the west have developed the north route despite hard conditions and urges freight-rate trials to favor the Bay line if handling facilities align with the Great Lakes. He recalls higher Montreals era rates and questions feasibility if northern rates remain high alongside potential rail charges.
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Churchill
St. Lawrence
F. J. Jamea
Regina
Onto-the
Bay Line
Great Lakes
Col. James
Montreal
Wheat Price Guarantee Expands to Canadian Farmers
United States farm implement manufacturers plan to extend the same wheat price guarantees to Canadian farmers for instalment purchases of machinery and tools. The May announcement details a plan mirroring the U.S. program to stabilize prices for wheat and other farm goods used in equipment purchases, with tariffs shaping the price spread. The projected Canadian wheat guarantee is 80 cents per bushel, compared with 70 cents for American wheat.
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United States
U.S
New Instrument For Symphony Orchestras
Rob ert Alter a Cincinnati businessman played a carpenter s saw as a solo instrument in a Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra concert. The piece was written for the saw by the orchestra s solo violinist and flutist in a vaudeville style novelty.
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Robert Alter
Cincinnati
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Byrd
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Ross Sea
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Saw
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