Canada Releases Preliminary Trade Report For 1930 31
The External Trade Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics issues a 149 page brochure with a Review and Condensed Statistical Record. It notes a global trade decline in 1931 due to falling prices, yet Canada remains a top trader, ranking fifth in total trade and imports and sixth in exports for 1930. Copies are available from Ottawa.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
United States
British India
Ottawa
Model Of Prince Ranch At Regina Grain Show
The Prince of Wales's ranch model from High River Alberta, 100 by 50 feet, once a highlight at the World's Poultry Congress in London, will be displayed at Regina's World's Grain Exhibition Building. The text includes unrelated conversational lines and a Viennese medical quip.
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High River
Alberta
Crystal Palace
England
Regina
Beef Cattle Fed Wheat Test Shows Grain as Marketed
Special winter tests at the Federal Experimental Station Rasthern used twenty yearling shorthorns to compare ground wheat and low grade barley. Cattle accepted both rations with no waste, averaging five pounds of grain per day per head. Wheat proved no cheaper to produce, yet its value as marketed feed grows.
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Federal
Rasthern
Potato Grading Demonstrations In Saskatchewan Markets
The Department of Agriculture will offer free demonstrations on grading and preparing potatoes for market after 27 northern Saskatchewan points requested the service. The program, backed by Hon. W. C. Buckle, aims to aid the domestic market for Saskatchewan potatoes and informs relief authorities as surveys of surplus supplies proceed.
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Co-Operative and Markets
Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
W. C. Buckle
Relief Commission
Foreign Born Not Lawless
The Wickersham commission after a two year inquiry reported to President Hoover that the foreign born have been habitually blamed for crime but actually commit fewer crimes than native born in proportion to their numbers.
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United States
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
White House
Republic
Prince Albert Park Attendance Surges Past Twenty Six Thousand
Attendance at Prince Albert National Park from May through August 23 reached about 26 000, surpassing last year by over 9 000. July saw a Dominion record with 3 400 campers at Meridian Cabin then 3 800 the following weekend, with May 2 289 June 4 116 July 11 523 and August about 7 700. year to date 25 628 versus 17 000 last year.
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Park
Prince Albert National Park
Dominion
Meridian Cabin
Will Cruise Around World Captain Boyd Announces Race
Canadian aviator J Errol Boyd who flew the Atlantic reveals a new venture a race around the globe in a 34 foot yawl with navigator Lieutenant Harry P Connor USN and Captain L Justice of the Washington DC Yacht Club as companions.
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J. Errol Boyd
Globe
Harry P. Connor
Us.n
Boyd
L. Justice
Washington, D.C
Ringing Confusion Delays Housemaid Response
A humorous exchange notes miscommunication over how many times a caller rang for the maid. The mistress says she expected one ring for the housemaid and two rings for the maid, while the maid recalls four rings but cannot confirm if it was four singles or two doubles.
The Travelling Salesman Sees Its Decline in Modern Era
The piece notes the fading of the old traveling salesman as rail and hustle fade. It contrasts the flamboyant, story-telling figure with a quiet, psychology-minded modern seller who drives his own car and passes through towns almost unseen. The shift signals broader changes in travel and commerce.
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Crummer
New Zealand Limits Participation in Overseas Sweepstakes
The Government of New Zealand will try to prevent NZ residents from entering sweepstakes abroad. Postal authorities will intercept all communications connected to the Irish Free State hospitals sweeps.
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New Zealand
Irish Free State
Air college head estimates pilot behavior from 1350 graduates
Oliver G. Parks of St. Louis, head of the aviation college, asserts that after watching 1350 students graduate into flyers he can determine within five percent how a pilot will respond to unforeseen emergencies under a grading system.
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Oliver G. Parks
Air College
St. Louis
If An Egg Could Talk
A playful monologue extols eggs as life’s healthful core and versatile cookery. The piece celebrates eggs as a balanced ration, breakfast staple, and vital agricultural symbol linked to Canada’s Department of Agriculture.
Flail Threshing Advised for Exhibition Grain
A Dominion Cerealist memo recommends threshing exhibition seed by hand with a flail on canvas to release kernels first. Few strokes should be used to avoid damaging the grains, then remaining kernels can be threshed by normal methods. Brazil experiences surge in used car sales.
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L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Wealth And Civilization Says Money Needs Purpose In Society
R H Tawney argues wealth alone does not civilize a nation. civilization depends on how material resources are used to elevate human dignity. He claims stark wealth contrasts hinder genuine progress and should be treated as a social malady needing solutions, not exposed conspiracies.
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Dahomey
R. H. Tawney
Laying Hens Market in Canada Faces Heavy Movement
A Dominion Department of Agriculture report notes a persistent Hen market expansion in Canada. The western drought regions are driving heavy hen marketing with carlots reaching Montreal, while live poultry prices run three to five cents below last year.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Montreal
Churchill Port Modernizes Westward Grain Trade
Hon. Frank Oliver, a pioneer Westerner, said Churchill’s Bay Route, though open only two months yearly, with its railway and elevator can export all grain from central and northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He predicted the route would push Port Arthur and Pacific routes to compete and boost western prosperity.
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Churchill
Population figures and railway soundings in Ottawa directory
The City of Ottawa per capita stands at 146,509 with Greater Ottawa at 161,925 in the new City Directory. Locomotive whistle blasts heard from 15 miles away are suggested to aid motorists reaching level crossings as trains approach.
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Ottawa
Greater
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