Canada Sees Growth Through Tourism Trade And Empire Pageant
Statistics show world fish catch cost to consumers at about one billion dollars with harvesters receiving 780 million. Canada’s tourist receipts reached 136 million in 1928, a major foreign income source. The Empress of France set speed records between Quebec and Southampton. Pageant of Empire plans progress for July to August at the British Empire Exhibition. Quebec prospectors exceed a million dollars in development, while grain exports via Vancouver rose sharply over 1928. The Royal Navy squadron visit sparked city celebrations in Vancouver and Victoria, signaling anticipated tourist influx and investment from English capital.
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Canada
Parks Department
Dominion
Dominions
London
Vancouver
Victoria
Special Service
Royal Navy
H.M.8. Hood
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific
Quebec
Rivers School Pupils Pass Departmental Examinations
The Rivers School reports that pupils across grades K to IX passed the Departmental Examinations. Honors entries include Anderson Couch Alsford O'Brien Shanks Nowe Paddock Stenhouse Watson and McFadden plus supplements for Bell Brown Nowe Moore Martin Goekoop Franklin Martin Stenhouse Thompson Earth Goekoop.
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Rivers School
G. Anderson
G. Couch
S. Alsford
M. Bell
G. Brown
M. Nowe
G. Moore
M. O'Brien
L. Shanks
P. Franklin
M., Martin
L. Nowe
M. Paddock
J. Stenhouse
I. Watson
A. McFadden Earth
H. Stenhouse
E. Thompson
M. Goekoop
Corn Land Outperforms Summer Fallow in 1923
The article argues corn land costs little more to plant and cultivate than summer fallow and often yields more. It notes rust and lodging hit summer fallow harder, with corn achieving up to 18 bushels per acre and better forage samples. It urges cultivating corn to control weeds and keep fields productive for grain.
Card of Thanks for Baseball Match Remembrance
The writer thanks the many friends for their kindness at the baseball match last Monday and for earlier contributions to the collection. They express regret at not being able to thank each person individually.
Field Day at Brandon Experimental Farm
Farmers and researchers are invited to Brandon Experimental Farm on Saturday August 2 at 1 30 p m to view cereal crop experiments and hear talks on growing wheat forage crops corn and sunflowers Picnic parties may use the farm grounds
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Brandon
Ode to the Reliable Car and Its Simple Joys
A nostalgic verse extols a car’s easy life with no buttons or horn to push no clutch to slip no spark to miss no license or gas bills. It praises durable inner tubes spark plugs and a steady motor framing a long lasting body and few wants from the auto.
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O.k
Tennis Tournament At Wheatland Featured Top Players
A highly successful Wheatland tennis tournament Saturday drew players from Harding Bradwardine Wheatland and Rivers Clubs. Fred Howard reached finals in both events, winning Lent's Doubles with JC Les Ladies' Doubles with Mrs Wilkinson and Mixed Doubles with Mrs Wilkinson. Ideal weather and social functions, including a Hice supper by the W A of Christ Church, enhanced the mood.
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Wheatland
Harding
Bradwardine
Rivers
Fred Howard
W.A. of
Christ Church
Manitoba Wheat Pool depends on strong management for success
The author argues the wheat pool must operate as a solid commercial organization guided by skilled management. Success hinges on reducing middlemen, building direct links to consumers, and sustaining farmer confidence amid early trials and doubts. Strong, experienced leadership is essential to outcompete markets and deliver higher returns.
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Manitoba
Brandon
Canadian National to Use Athabaska Tar Sands for Tofield Station
The Canadian National Railway will first use Athabaska tar sands commercially for a large station platform at Tofield. If the experiment succeeds, other stations on the system will likely undergo similar improvements.
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Canadian National Railfrays
Athabaska
Tofield
Return football clash at Rapid City ends in 1 1 draw
In a spirited Friday match at Rapid City the Rivers juniors Anderson Butterill and Doncaster impressed on their senior debuts. Rapid City opened the scoring through Stephens, but Rivers equalized late as Simpson set up Parker for a best equalizer before time. Cooper Stone refereed.
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Rapid City
Rivers
Anderson
Butterill
Doncaster
Rivers Boys
Hammer and Tongs
Simpson
Parker
Stephens
Brady
Mitchell
Lawrie
Mott
Durrant
Renowned Canadian livestock man joins CN Rail as field officer
John Strachan of Pope Manitoba, famed breeder of Shorthorn cattle Oxford sheep Yorkshire swine and purebred poultry, has been appointed general live stock field man for the Agricultural Department of the Canadian National Railways. He will continue farming while serving, aiding CN Rail’s livestock development program and assisting settlers in potential disputes.
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John Strachan
Pope
Manitoba
Canada
Agricultural Department
Canadian National Railways
Strachan
C.N.R
The Charge of the Bobbed Brigade
A fragmented verse recounts women and girls joining a bobbed hair movement with vivid imagery of barber shops and varied hairstyles. It recalls the collective shift among women across classes and ages as they adopt the bob cut, hinting at social novelty and public scrutiny.
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J. A. Grummett
Great Britain
United States
Canadian Bank OF Commerce
R. M. Tucker
Winnipeg
Canadia
Lord Beavenson
United States Fish Commission
Canadian Pacific
Empress of France
Southampton
England
Liverpool
J. E. Perrault
Colonization, Mines and Fisheries
Province of
Temiscaming
Canadian Pacific Railway
John Aird
Canadian
Bank A Commerce
Lent
F. Howard
JC. Les
Mrs. Wilkinsson
Miss Howard
Mrs. Wilkinson
Cooper Stone
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