Canada Leads in Mining and Industry Advances
Canada reported minerals valued at 1.380,622,000 dollars, up about 6,000,000 from the prior year. A British silk firm plans a large plant near Quebec City for artificial silk yarn, while a Canadian Pacific train moved 165,000 bushels of grain. Vancouver exports climbed for the period Sep 1, 1522 to May 11 of the year, and 40,000 cattle were forecast from the Port of Montreal. A Yokohama to Vancouver record sailed in 14 days 10 hours 65 minutes, surpassing the 1914 liner record. Canada’s deposits exceed two billion dollars per capita, and 88,364,800 tons of railway freight moved in 1922. A new Romnellet sheep, cross of Romney Marsh and Rambouillet, yields 120,000 pounds yearly. Winnipeg Rotary hears Canada’s industrial rise. St. Wyncinthe hosts the world’s largest organ plant shipped to Paris.
Knights of Arthurian virtue in a lawless Britain
The article recalls King Arthur gathering noble knights to defend the weak and uphold justice in a post Roman Britain overrun by robbers. It contrasts chivalric oath and Christian duty with brutal punishment methods like tar and feathers, and notes modern moral reflections and anecdotes from Harper's Magazine.
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Oxford Terms Humorous Notes From a Denver Rhodes Scholar
A Denver Rhodes scholar explains Oxford terms in a humorous way. He defines full term ordinary degree general admission and inspector of arts as playful misnamings. He asks naïve questions about tickets to London and travel to Marseilles reflecting confusion about Oxford jargon.
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