Western students win National Research Council scholarships
The National Research Council announced post graduate scholarships totaling 35 600 dollars for 35 Western Canada recipients. Five fellowships are worth 1 000 each, 24 studentships 750 each, and 26 bursaries 600 each. Recipients include H D Smith British Columbia physics J M Armstrong Saskatchewan genetics Miss M H Campbell British Columbia zoology and others across Alberta British Columbia Saskatchewan Manitoba and Manitoba. The council reduced the value of awards due to funding limits while announcing that selections were made on merit with no guarantee of renewal. 13 years produced 476 awards for 283 students.
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National Research Council
University of Graduation
Department of Science
H. D. Smith
British Columbia
Western
Canada
J. F. Caley
Alberta
K. R. Gray
G. A. Harcourt
J. F. L. Hart
O. J. Johannson
Saskatchewan
H. M. Tory
France Increases Wheat Purchases From Canada In 1931
A Canadian trade report shows France bought far more Canadian wheat in January and February 1931 than in late 1930, with exports nearly doubling the prior year’s two months. France’s reliance on Canada rose to 54 percent of its wheat imports, and millers seek Manitoba wheat for strength due to diminishing French stocks.
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Canada
France
H. H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
Hercule Barre
R. B. Bennett
Stevens
Manitoba
Export Cattle Prices Prompt Canada Britain Trade Push
Cattle price announcements to Hon Robert Weir show high returns for Alberta fattened cattle, signaling potential live cattle shipments to Britain. British Co- Operative Association plans to take 75 Canadian cattle weekly for 12 weeks to test feasibility of a 400 head weekly flow. A Calgary carload could net over 5.65 per hundredweight, another over 6.00. A Montreal shipping meeting with Weir is set for May 4 to assess stock and ocean capacity, as Irish sales slump for two to three months.
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Robert Weir
Britain
Canada
United Kingdom
British Co- Operative Association
Calgary
Alberta
Montreal
Weir
May Visit By Lloyd George To Russia
Rt Hon David Lloyd George the Liberal chieftain may visit Russia in September to study the five year plan. He is said to be greatly interested and to wish a firsthand investigation. Previously the Soviet Government offered him full opportunity to inquire.
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David Lloyd George
Russia
Lloyd George
Bee Battalions Build Massive Honey Stores This Spring
The Bee Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture reports Canada’s annual honey crop runs into millions of pounds. Five years of studies show an average of 31 000 bees per hive forage daily at the peak of the season to accumulate stores for the colony.
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Canada
Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Britain imports vast egg shipments as Canadian market potential
The Poultry Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture reports Britain imports over 4,640,000 dozen eggs weekly. Denmark Netherlands and Poland lead exporters, with Ireland, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, China and Egypt also contributing. Canada is not listed as a consignor yet could gain from the large market.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Great Britain
Denmark
Netherlands
Poland
Irish Free State
Belgium
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Sweden
China
Egypt
Canada
Crown Prince Opens Swedish Seed Testing Station
The Swedish State seed testing station was inaugurated by the crown prince and billed as the largest and most modern of its kind. Last year Sweden's seed testing department conducted 108 127 analyses.
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Sweden
Dalai Lama to receive auto sent by relay caravan
The Dalai Lama orders an automobile to be sent to Lhassa with a Chinese chauffeur. In terrain lacking roads, 30 coolies per relay will carry the car across mountain passes to its Himalayan destination. Tibetans call cars devil wagons.
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Dalai Lama
Tibet
Lhassa
Himalayas
Tibetan
National Air Tour to Cover 7500 Miles This Summer
A national air tour of about 7 500 miles will be staged in summer by the Canadian Flying Clubs Association with help from the Aviation League of Canada. Some 25 aircraft from manufacturers distributors and private owners will participate visiting every city with a local flying club over two months. Royal Canadian Air Force pilots may join with municipal airport and air mail promotion aims.
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Dominion
Canadian Flying Clubs’ Association
Aviation League of Canada
G. M Ross
Ottawa
Canada
Roan
National Defences Department
Royal Canadian Air Force
Poultry Grades Canadian Standard For Dressed Poultry Published
A supplement to the Canadian Standards for Dressed Poultry outlines classifications by kind and sub kind. It lists Chickens, Fowl, Turkey classes, Ducks, Geese, Pigeons, and Guineas with specific sub categories. Complete definitions and packing instructions are available through Ottawa Public proclamations branch.
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Poultry Division
Dominion Live Stock Branch
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Vancouver Woman Sails To Seek Fraser Valley Oats Market
Miss Elsie Bridges of a Vancouver grain company heads to the British West Indies to drum up buyers for Fraser Valley oats. Each year about 3000 tons are shipped there for mule feed on sugar plantations. She will compete with German and Dutch salesmen, but the company manager predicts success for her effort.
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Vancouver
Fraser Valley
British Columbia
Elsie Bridges
Vancouver Grain Company
British West Indies
West Indies
Miss Bridges
Ernest Buckerfield
Western Canada tourist traffic eyed by CPR officials
Canadian Pacific Railway officials C. B. Foster and H. R. Mathewson predict heavy summer tourist traffic to Western Canada based on regular trips to the Pacific coast and continental reports. They expect less European travel but more Canadian spending, with figures suggesting strong domestic demand.
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Western Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
C. B. Foster
Montreal
H. R. Mathewson
Winnipeg
Pacific Coast
North America
Foster
Canada
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