Bird Banding In Canada Aids Wildlife Movement Study
The economic importance of wild birds and their relation to man is recognized. Bird banding expands knowledge of migration, range, breeding grounds, and life histories through Canada and the United States in cooperation with the National Parks Service and the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey. Citizens are urged to report banded birds with band number date place and condition. Official bands are aluminium or copper with serial numbers and designation letters.
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National Parks Service
Department of the Interior
Canada
United States Bureau of Biological Survey
Washington, D.C
United States
Dominion
Ottawa
Chebucto Head Radio Station Guides North Atlantic Ships
The Chebucto Head direction finding station at Halifax harbor handles 4000 to 5000 yearly calls from ships off the coast. Since 1917 its bearings and messages have reduced wrecks along the coast. Located nine miles from Halifax, the station runs 24 hour service with a five person staff. Additional stations exist at Sable Island St Paul Canso Yarmouth Red Head Cape Race Mid Father Point. Operators transfer every one to two years.
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North Atlantic
Chebucto Head
Halifax Harbor
Halifax
Department of Marine
Sable Island
St. Paul
Canso
Yarmouth
Red Head
N.B
Cape Race
Mid
Father Point
Que
No Cause For Pessimism As Confidence Improves Agriculture
The Regina Star argues Canadians should keep confidence high to achieve self sufficiency and combat pessimism, noting no real cause for doubt. The piece cites frost damage in Argentina as a distant factor but emphasizes national morale as key.
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Dominion
Regina Star
Maple Trees in Canada Yield Valuable Syrup and Sugar
Canada taps millions of maple trees each March producing 1,262,315 gallons of maple syrup valued at 1,559,628 and 5,785,130 pounds of maple sugar valued at 429,713 for a combined value of 2,059,341. Most syrup and sugar come from Quebec with Ontario second. small quantities from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
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Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Fall jumper dress pattern with Irish green wool
A new pattern offers a young flattering jumper dress in bright Irish green woolen fabric with a white bengaline satin guimpe and green studded shirtwaist band. It includes a French model option, sizes 14 to 40 bust, and lists material requirements and a 20 cent pattern price.
How to Order Patterns Atiress
Pattern instructions from Winnipeg newspaper source listing pattern name and order details. Includes address at 175 McDermott Ave in Winnipeg and references to pattern numbers for selection.
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Atiress
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave
Winnipeg
Rabbits Devastate Australian Farmland Across the Commonwealth
Vice-Consul R. H. Hunt highlights Australia’s annual rabbit campaign, noting damage from 20 to 40 million pounds sterling each year. Losses span crops stock drought impacts water supplies and land degradation with a growing export trade in furs and carcasses. Rabbits were introduced in 1859 and spread nationwide by the late 1800s.
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Australia
R. H. Hunt
Commonwealth
The Newspaper as a Vital Alberta Household Visitor
The Regina Leader-Post notes that rural Alberta residents bring home newspapers after reading them at post offices. Circulars and paper matter pile on floors while papers are read by the entire family including hired help. Newspapers offer value, reflect the wider world, and cost little to households.
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Alberta
Regina Leader-Post
Bratislava imposes new tax on night sales of alcohol and tobacco
The city of Bratislava Czecho Slovakia enacts a special tax on wines liquors and cigarettes sold after dark, directing revenues to aid the unemployed. The measure targets late hour sales to fund relief programs and support workers facing unemployment.
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Bratislava
Czecho- Slovakia
Oats dominate Canadian acreages and exports decline
Western Provinces hold over half of Canada’s oat acreage while oats surpass wheat in bushels produced in many regions. Canada’s 1932 oat area was 13.15 million acres with exports to the United Kingdom around 11 million bushels annually, and UK imports reflect about 40 percent of Canadian oats exports.
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Canada
Egypt
Palestine
Greece
Rome
India
China
Europe
Tartary
Western
Asia
North America
Russia
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
British Columbia
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Radio Stations
Guide Ships
Argentina
Tain
Ruth Rogers
England
Scotland
Mexico
Larderello
Val di Cocina
Italy
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