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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1929
Page
8
Canadian perspective upholds Dominion independence within the League and World Court. British dominance denied as Canada and other Dominions insist on separate representation for issues affecting their interests.
The Maritime economy shows gains with a 3100 car increase for the Atlantic region of Canadian National Railways over last year. Major projects include pulp and paper mills, hydroelectric expansions, Halifax cold storage nearing completion, and a new Moncton dry storage warehouse boosting regional handling capacity. Mining developments and rising capital investment accompany optimistic outlooks for Maritime prosperity.
An ancient sage counsels a young man amid a bazaar to seek insight into a fair lady’s faults by praising those around her. The exchange ends with a humorous, cryptic remark about a mean person who would not give a trig if he were a ghout.
Western Canada livestock veteran W E Watson named manager of the Montreal Livestock Yards succeeding G J Tansey. He took over duties April 1 and brings decades in agriculture from Manitoba Saskatchewan and the National Railways to the post in Montreal.
Dairy herd owners seek high producing stock using the Canadian Record of Performance for Pure-Bred Dairy Cattle. Published yearly by Ottawa’s Live Stock Branch, it lists cows meeting registration standards across Ayrshire Brown Swiss French-Canadian Guernsey Holstein Friesen Jersey Red polled and Shorthorn. Bulls are registered after four progeny from distinct dams. Report No 20 names many registered progeny.
James T Boyle of Cornell University argues Canada holds vast virgin resources and greater wealth per capita than the United States. He notes Canada’s larger area and balanced development in resources and trade, predicting eventual top global wealth with exports per person already four times those of the U.S.
The New York Telegram notes a railroad train needs seven seconds to clear a grade crossing, regardless of obstructions. A League of Nations panel places the World War I cost at 362.5 billion dollars, outlining the financial scale of the conflict’s aftermath.
Alaska ranks behind Africa as a big game country yet draws more hunters than many regions. Backed by Anchorage and the Alaska railroad, the territory offers abundant moose caribou mountain sheep goat and black and brown bears making outfitting cheaper than in other areas.
At the Hamilton convention of builders the claim was made that material for construction would soon be nearly entirely Canadian origin and manufacture. The speaker urged national self sufficiency and celebrated the two ways approach in development.
W Judson Coxey of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences recounts dangers from tropical expeditions. He describes encounter with spider the size of a dinner plate and venomous snakes known as Ecco or X snakes, silent biters, encountered while pursuing rare butterflies. He even fired his revolver to fend off a charging spider.
Pattern list details multiple dress styles with sizes 16 18 20 and bust measurements 34 36 38 40 42 inches. Each No shows fabric yardage including contrasting pieces and bindings for sizes like 36 and 8. The text includes several pattern numbers and sewing notes for youths and women.
The Alberta Wheat Pool announces R. D. Purdy as manager of Alberta Pool Elevators Limited succeeding C. M. Hall. Purdy, previously Wheat Pool manager since 1925 and former Bank of Montreal Edmonton assistant manager, will head the elevating network with 310 country elevators and three Pacific terminals. He was born in Brighton Ontario and moved west in 1905 after twenty years in banking. The piece then shifts to a broader note on Arctic patrols by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police safeguarding Canada’s Arctic hinterland, detailing posts, routes, and notable operations across Davis Strait to Ellesmere Island.
A large airplane plant will be built in St Boniface as Canada’s new branch of a major global aeroplane maker. B C Mills announced the project after a city council meeting where seven acres were sold for the site between Tache Avenue and the Norwood Bridge. The plant will be Canadian controlled with the parent company unnamed at this time.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police report to Parliament that Canada’s North is a land of beauty not isolation. Inspector Gagnon details East of Great Slave Lake the Hornby and Inconnu channels as stunning routes with abrupt shores and varied coloration. He notes clear cold waters and abundant trout along numerous small harbors.
The Buffalo Courier-Express notes no action yet on a motor road over the path of the Israelites forty years in the desert and mentions attempts to open Red Sea questions. A riddle about a blind horse and a powder find at the University of Nevada is included alongside the item.
In 1908 the Empress Dowager of China died and her pearl neck lace was buried with her. The necklace held about six thousand pearls and was valued at nine hundred thousand dollars.
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