Saskatchewan drought commission urged as prairie study grows
The Saskatchewan drought commission proposal aims to conserve spring runoff and develop water storage across the prairie provinces. Experts urge dams, artificial lakes, and widespread tree planting to mitigate future dry years, with Manitoba and Alberta likely to consider similar measures.
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Winnipeg Tribune
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Saskatchewan Drought Commission
the Tribune
Manitoba
Uniform truck traffic rules pitched for inter provincial highways
Saskatchewan Government proposes uniform regulations to govern passenger and freight traffic on provincial highways. Hon. A C Stewart, Minister of Highways, will press strong recommendations at the Good Roads Association of Canada convention in Lucerne Quebec. Saskatchewan leads western provinces in highway traffic control as high grade roads raise volumes and accidents fell last year.
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Saskatchewan
A. C. Stewart
Good Roads Association of Canada
Lucerne
Quebec
Canada Poised to Lead Global Recovery Says British Official
Julian Piggott, managing director of the British Steel Export Corporation, told Ottawa that Canada is certain to be among the first nations to weather the current downturn and recover. He spoke during an interview hosted by British High Commissioner Sir William Clarke.
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Canada
Julian Piggott
British Steel Export Corporation
Ottawa
England
Mr. Piggott
Willam Clarke
Paris Concours Lepine Shows Toys and Inventions Flourish
In Paris the Concours Lepine has grown from 100 exhibitors to nearly two thousand at the Exhibition Park Porte de Versailles. Inventors display toys and devices ranging from aeroplanes to table beds, with many hopeful to lift families from penury to modest riches. The fair highlights ingenuity and practical progress in machinery and household articles.
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M. Louis Lepine
Police
Paris
Grand Boulevard
Straightway
Porte de Versailles
Postpone Transfer Of Mounted Police Post In Canadian North
Authorities delay moving the Royal Canadian Mounted Police post from Bache Peninsula to Crag Harbour for another year. They hold a faint hope of locating alive the German scientist Krueger missing since spring 1930 in Axel Heiberg Land, as reported by the Boothic arriving at Sydney from the north.
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Krueger
Axel Heiberg
The Grape Story Across Time and Regions
The grape, an ancient, healthful fruit, spread from Mesopotamian and Greco Roman origins to North America. It notes Canadian production growth in Ontario and British Columbia, grape varieties, and a 1931 harvest with good quality and affordable prices. The piece also tells of Uncle Dan, a South Carolina pensioner, recalling emancipation era wages and a master’s late payment.
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Bacchus
Dionysus
Osiris
Noah
North American
New England
Europe
Canada
Ontario
British Columbia
Dan
South Carolina
Lincoln
Four omnibus lines merge into three and a half million
Four omnibus lines in England merge into a 3,500,000 concern. A machine which peels oranges expertly has been installed in a New York hospital.
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England
New York
Change For The Better Says London Bishop In Vancouver
The Right Rev. 4. F. Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, lauds modern youth and social change in Vancouver. He argues freedom between sexes and cooperation foster comradeship, noting manners shift with inventions and a world revolutionized by the present century.
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F. Winnington- Ingram
London
Vancouver
Mrs. Grundy
Ottawa Journal
Electric Washers Replace Hand Power in Canadian Market
An official report shows Canada shifting from hand powered washers to electric models. Of 86,058 washer units produced last year, 67,577 were electric and 19,283 used other power. hand machines totaled 6,058 with value $143,792. Electric machines accounted for $8,807,068 of $9,391,711 total.
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Dominion
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