Canadian sailors praise wild beauty of the Dark Continent
HMCS Quebec returned from a three month training cruise around Africa, recalling hospitable hosts and vivid wildlife. The voyage covered 18500 miles from Halifax to ports including Freetown Capetown Durban Mombassa Alexandria Nice Barcelona and Gibraltar with extensive naval training at sea.
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Hmcs
Quebec
South Africa
Durban
Natal
Africa
Peo
Crummse
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Capetown
Port Elizabeth
Mombassa
Kenya
Alexandria
Port Said
Egypt
Nice
France
Barcelona
Spain
Gibraltar
Week in Britain highlights 1954 economic rise and sports notes
The UK Treasury bulletin shows the 1954 per man year up about 3 percent overall and industry up 414 percent from 1953. Submarine Acher on sails for six months to the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Windsor Great Park to host European Horse Trials next month with ten nations and Major L J McGuinness of Toronto in the individual event. A British tractor maker shipped nearly 3 million dollars worth of products in March aided by a new hydraulic traction control unit. Isle of Man 1955 sport lineup includes the International Tourist Trophy events in June and June bicycle races and the Manx Grand Prix in September.
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UK Treasury
Windsor Great Park
British Horse Society
L. J McGuinness
Toronto
Isle of Man
Gems of Thought Truth and Dishonesty
A list of quotes on truth and trust from Fosdick Thompson Coolidge and others. It presents ideas on honesty, democracy, and discernment, with a closing stray line about an owl.
Spring window dressings from the Alberta expert
Home design specialist Eileen M. Crowther urges affordable durable fabrics for windows. She favors sheer marquisette curtains or textured casement cloths, with full drapery at least three times the window width and careful measuring from casing edges to achieve a polished look.
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Eileen M. Crowther
Alberta
Value of a good pig starter stressed in swine program
B D Owen of Beaver Lodge Alberta emphasizes the importance of a balanced pig starter rich in nutrients and vitamins A and D. He notes antibiotics can boost early growth, and starters can come from commercial feeds, farm mixes, or simple hog concentrates with farm grains. The grain portion is crucial.
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B.D. Owen
Beaverlodge
Alta
Owen
Answers to Quick Quiz 5 Summary
In 1954 consumer spending reached a record high of 15.581 million dollars, 446 million more than 1953. The average number of immigrants has been slightly under 125000. The beaver does not appear in official national emblems. A distance of 4326 feet is noted. More than 1700 dollars is stated for another item. Prepared by editors of Quick Canadian Facts.
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Quick Canadian Facts
Pocket Annual
Facts About
Canada
First along the sheltered nooks crocus run in joyance
Poem line fragment describes crocus blooms in sheltered nooks. Bright light makes them bold as they show gladness in pools of white and gold.
Canada develops new hog breed at Lacombe station
The Agriculture Department reports a seven year effort to create a faster growing cross of American Chester White and Berkshire with Danish Landrace aiming to cross with Yorkshire. The new Lacombe hog shows heavier birth and weaning weights, faster maturation, and stronger back legs though Yorkshire retains slight meat quality edge. About 200 animals produced for breeding tests and distribution to commercial breeders.
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Agriculture Department
Selecion
Lacombe
Alta
Federal Agriculture Department Committee
Autumn Sunshine Cruise Sets 13 Day Caribbean West Indies Voyage
Cunard Line announces a 13 day Autumn Sunshine Cruise aboard the Caronia from New York on November 9, calling Nassau Martinique Trinidad La Guaira Curacao and Port au Prince. Fares start at 280 with pirate ceremony ceremonies and Freedom of the Caribbean certificates. The 34 000 ton Caronia features first run Hollywood films Broadway entertainers and a full cruise staff.
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Montreal
West Indies
South America
Caronia
New York
Cunard Line
Caribbean Sea
Nassau
Martinique
Trinidad
la Guaira
Curacao
Port Au Prince
Henry Morgan
Quick Canadian Quiz on coat of arms taxes and canals
A trivia item asks if the beaver appears on the Canadian coat of arms and compares 1939 tax levels to today, queries average annual immigration since WWII, notes the Welland Canal locks balancing Erie Ontario levels, and compares 1954 Canadian consumer spending to 1953.
Helpful Home Hints Add Lard Soap Turpentine For Gum
Useful domestic tips cover removing gum with pure lard then soap, ironing steamed by damp cloth in a warm oven, and making sardine filling with lemon rind onion and mayonnaise for whole wheat sandwiches with celery and carrot sticks.
Gout's Rise and Reign in Past Wealthy Society
Gout was once seen as the disease of the wealthy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with the rich often bedridden and unapproachable. Today it remains common though not limited to the rich, typically affecting the big toe and other joints. Men are more affected than women and attacks follow injuries or overindulgence. Treatment calls for medical care, diet, and rest.
Young male ostrich reaches full plumage in three years
The juvenile ostrich is expected to mature into its striking adult plumage within roughly three years, marking a key stage in its development.
Sponges Grow Taller Than a Man in Some Oceans
A fragment notes that certain sponge species achieve heights rivaling a human, highlighting extraordinary proportions in marine life.
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South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean
Manx Sports
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Dorothy Thompson
Calvin Coolidge
Madenaa Wallingford
Mary Baker Eddy
Washington Irving
Suil
Kamloops
Brush Columbia
Fraser River
United Kingdom
Nacoosl
Boaed
Phowwe
Grogee
Uaamaen
Quick
Welland Canal
Lakes Erie
Ontario
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