Air Mail Service Expands Canada Nine Months Report
The civil aviation branch reports 119,301 pounds of air mail carried in the three months ending September 20, bringing the year total to 379,424 pounds. New routes planned Amos to Siscoe in Quebec and Peace River to North Vermision in the Northwest Territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naw
Canada
Montreal
Civil Aviation Branch
Department of National Defence
Amos
Siscoe
Quebec
Peace River
North Vermission
North West Territories
Dominion
Western Canada Airways Ltd
Winnipeg
Man
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Lethbridge-Edmonton
Alberta
Forrest
Regina
Sask
Maple Creek
Lethbridge
Red Deer
Ontario
Manitoba
British Columbia
Boeton asphalt touted as non skid road surface
A new road material from Boeton asphalt mined in the Dutch East Indies is claimed to prevent skidding. In Chelsea demonstrations motorists stopped and braked at high speed with no skids, suggesting the non skid quality comes from a uniform mix of bitumen and shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Dutch East Indies
Chelsea
Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster Abbey
The Jerusalem Chamber at the foot of Westminster Abbey’s Wren Towers is a cedar panelled grey building dating to 1376. It hosted Westminster abbots, royal deaths and coronations, Bible revision discussions, and housed a Richard II portrait with historic glass. The excerpt also mentions a playful dialogue and a line from En Rollig Half Timme, Gothenborg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Abbey
Jerusalem
Lidyngton
Westminster
Henry the Fourth
Henry the Fifth
Addison
Sir Isaac Newton
Richard the Second
Machinery and labor over centuries in England
St. Thomas Times Journal reflects on how machines reshaped England from 400 agricultural workers defying threshing machines in Kent to early power looms in Chorley. It argues machinery ultimately boosted employment by creating new industries and asks readers to consider future technological revolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Richard Arkwright
Chorley
Lancashire
St. Thomas Times- Journal
Women Training Farms Boost English Agriculture
The Over-Seas Daily Mail notes pleasant rambles near training farms for girls and other female led farms. It highlights rising numbers of women entering agriculture and pursuing practical education to work in dairying, poultry, gardening, and broader farm industries across England and its dominions.
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Daily Mail
London
England
Mail carried on Canadian air routes in 1930 fiscal year
The Postmaster General's annual blue book reports 8,274 pounds of mail on the Winnipeg Calgary and Regina Moose Jaw Edmonton air routes for the year ending March 31, 1930. There were 173 trips made over 82,653 miles. Across Canadian routes, 425,280 pounds of mail were carried over 688,219 miles in 112 months.
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Postmaster-General
Winnipeg-Calgary
Regina-Moose Jaw- Edmonton
Decter Defends High Heels in Medical Debate
Dr Frazer Gurd of McGill University Medical School Montreal defends elevated heels saying they prevent ankle fractures in falls. The discussion weighs risks and benefits of high heel wear among practitioners.
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Frazer Gurd
McGill University Medical School
Montreal
Clifford Brown Wins CPR Scholarship at MacDonald College
Clifford Brown of Lennoxville Calf Club won the Canadian Pacific Railway scholarship after a Junior Calf Club competition in Sherbrooke. Brown scored 543 judging, 96 general efficiency, 45 oral exam, and 35 exhibit for 719 points, beating Stanley Doig who scored 714. The award allows study at any Quebec agricultural college, with Brown choosing MacDonald College.
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Clifford Brown
Lennoxville
Quebec
Canadian Pacific Railway
MacDonald College
Sherbrooke
Dean Barten
MacDonald
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Argenteuil
Ottawa
Temiscouata
St. Lawrence
Stanley Doig
St. Jerusalem Club
Housekeeper Walks Far While At Home And In Town
A study tracks daily walking distances across occupations. An average of about 8 miles per day is noted, with a policeman at 14 miles and a letter carrier at 22. A housekeeper indoors walks the annual distance from Boston to San Francisco, and shopping trips add about 8 miles more.
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Miles
Boston
San Francisco
Geodetic Survey of Canada Shapes Dominion Development
The Geodetic Survey of Canada under the Department of the Interior provides an accurate basis for maps boundaries and major public works. Its work supports surveys for interprovincial lines and construction projects such as power-houses dams canals railways and irrigation ditches.
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the Geodetic Survey of Canada
Department of the Interior
Dominion
Flood Lighting Trial For English Church Exterior
England tests exterior flood lighting on a church building to assess visibility and aesthetics at night. Local officials compare outcomes with traditional illumination and note potential energy implications and community response.
Mind Versus Market: Old Age Wisdom and Farm Perils
A thoughtful column contrasts the idea that a sound mind should accompany a long life with warnings about aging and wealth pursuit. It notes elders’ serene views on health, laments the fragility of ambitious plans, and argues that farms face more unpredictable “millionth chances” than airships, making profitable harvests hard to guarantee.
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United States
Toronto Globe
Science
Enterprise
Niagara Gorge
Playing Steady Game Reflects On Business Then And Now
A business visitor contrasts golf progress with corporate results. He notes his typical score in the mid 90s and a 79 game when conditions align. He argues that judging performance only by halting 80s leads to ruin, pointing to steady daily improvement as the true measure.
Chinese Takeovers End Foreign Job Fortunes in China
The era of foreigners securing high paying Chinese government posts is ending as well trained Chinese workers fill positions. Each month brings new replacements for foreigners who believed they held life jobs.
Windsor Nova Scotia Erects Tablet for King's College Founding
A National Parks of Canada tablet marks 1789 founding of King's College in Windsor Nova Scotia. The monument celebrates Canada’s first university and the oldest in the British overseas dominions.
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Windsor
Nova Scotia
National Parks of Canada
Department of the Interior
King’s College
Canada
British Overseas Dominions
Violet daylight seen in deep ocean undersea dives
The New York Zoological Society expedition off Bermuda led by Dr. William Beebe reports violet light beneath 700 feet. Fifteen dives used a steel diving sphere with quartz windows rated over six hundred psi. As depth increased, red and yellow colors vanished first, then blue, leaving pure violet light at the depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Museum of Natural History
New York Zoological Society
Bermuda
William Beebe
Reindeer Trek Resumes Across Canada for Eskimo Food Supply
Canada restarts the 3000 head reindeer drive across the roof of the world. Advices to Ottawa indicate the Mackenzie delta delivery will hit schedule after a summer halt. Government purchased these reindeer from New York's Loman Corp to feed Eskimo and Indian communities in the north.
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Canada
Interior Department
Ottawa
Mackenzie River
Loman Corporation of
New York
Northland
Private Planes Increase in England
The number of privately owned aeroplanes in England is rising with nearly 300 individuals operating their own planes and over 24 owning two or more. Businessmen are using planes for sales teams and one quarry sends stone samples to customers by air.
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England
Logbook Role Reversals On Shipboard
A captain and mate alternated ship log entries. When the mate, drunk, noted the mate is drunk today, the captain recorded it faithfully. The next day the sober mate logged, The captain is sober today, after seeing the prior note about himself.
Prevention Of Diphtheria Could End It In Ten Years
The article argues diphtheria is a germ disease killing 1,200 Canadians yearly and infecting 13,500. it promotes toxoid immunization as safe, simple, and capable of wiping out diphtheria in Canada within ten years if public health departments provide it and parents insist on protection.
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Canada
New York
Public Health Department
Poultry under government inspection seen for growth in Canada
Veterinary director general notes rising poultry products processed under government inspection. Packing trade expands canning of meats and poultry in Canada. Canned whole chicken debut last year and is expected to grow into a substantial new business.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Canadian cattle arrival promised at Birkenhead port
Mayor T. McClellan, national organizer of the meat trade section of the National Union of Distributive Workers, promised Canadian cattle would be welcomed at Birkenhead. He estimated a considerable share of 15 000 cattle destined for export could reach the port before year’s end.
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Birkenhead
England
T. McClellan
National Union of Distributive Workers
Dahlia Market Boasts Over Eight Thousand Varieties
The market features more than 8,000 dahlia varieties available to gardeners and florists, highlighting the plant's diverse color forms and bloom sizes for enthusiasts and professional growers.
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Air Mail Service
Gothenborg
Vaal
Hardness
Kent
Dominions
Decter
Ams C.P. R. Scholarship
Toronto University
Patricia Sugarmori
Vancouver
Tami Maruyama
University of Toronto
Alaska
Hummel
Hamburg
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