Amending Act Could Forge New Canadian Constitution
Debate on replacing the British North America Act with an entirely new Canadian constitution. Experts propose a representative constituent assembly to draft a national charter, with provinces paying their own judges and a possible move to a Canadian kingdom.
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Canada
Agit
T. C. Davis
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Davis
House
Major
Manitoba
New Brunswick
E.N.A
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Yaland
Quebec
Winniperg
Beauchesne
House of Compans
Beaubesne
Choosing Fertilizers Provincial Councils Aid Farmers
Provincial Fertilizer Councils in Eastern Canada guide farmers in selecting suitable fertilizer analyses. Composed of trading authorities in agricultural chemistry farmers with practical knowledge and fertilizer manufacturers representatives these councils help farmers match inputs to soil conditions and crops for better economic returns. The Dominion Department of Agriculture Fertilizer Division commends their guidance to solve fertilizer problems.
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Benett
Fer Uster
Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Lloyds Grants 25 Percent Cut in Cargo Insurance Rates
Regian cable reports Lloyds lowers cargo rates on Hudson Bay freight from August 10 to October 10 to three quarters of one percent, with last year’s rate used for an extra month and a five day extension. Hull insurance reductions also announced from Ottawa. Open navigation season cited as enabling harvest binder twine traffic in western Canada.
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Hudson Bay
Lloyds
Regina
W. J. Patterson
Natural Resources
Hull
Ottawa
R. H. Cook
Lloyds of London
Canada
Canada gifts golden box to King George V for jubilee
The Dominion of Canada presents a solid gold gift box for King George V to commemorate his silver jubilee. Made in Montreal and shipped via Ottawa to London the 18 by 14 inch box features nine province coats of arms, Dominion arms, maple leaf borders, engraved parliament scene, and blue silk lining. A note also describes a large winter-storable Swiss railway bridge.
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Dominion of Canada
George V
Montreal
Ottawa
London
Dominion
Iceland’s Capital Opens Modern Hospital Complex
An new hospital in Reykjavik showcases a thoroughly modern design with advanced facilities and a capacity to serve a large urban population. The facility emphasizes patient care, efficiency, and future growth for the Icelandic capital.
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Iceland
Reykjnvik
Records and curios from years past in a light read
A nine year old in England began a long tenure with a grocer lasting eighty eight years. A reverend in Reading paid one pound plus costs after a rare driving offense in his first 39 years on the road. Arctic insects found on a Scottish peak join the Natural History Museum collection. An alternating current socket powered device grinds and straps razor blades in seconds.
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England
Frederick George Davies
Southwerk
Frederick Laurence
Reading
Natural History Museum
South Kensington
Doctor claims secret serum cures man who shrank
Dr Frank Nolan of Holly Wood reports George Bocklett aged 45 recovered quickly from a disease that made him resemble an ape man. The cure stems from an intravenously injected life restoring serum labeled formula X. Bocklett had shrunk four inches in a year and suffered spinal curvature while his bones altered. he has now left the hospital.
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George Bocklett
Frank Nolan
Holly Wood
Nolan
Bocklett
Solicitor Probes Wife About Husband Old-Age Pension
A Wood Green solicitor questions a woman about her husband’s plans for drawing the old-age pension. She confirms he is eager to apply for the pension.
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Wood Green
Springtime in the Zoo Pictures Highlight Environment
A teacher asks what they look forward to in spring then guides eight year olds to photograph animals at the zoo. It stresses dusting cameras, loading film, and aiming for natural surroundings to capture compelling images with careful background and composition, especially at the lion’s den and other enclosures.
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Mickey Mickey
Fion
Interplanetary Forecast From American Chemical Society Headlines
The American Chemical Society in celebrating its tercentenary previews 100 year forecasts by Thomas Midgley. Predictions include interplanetary travel aided by new fuels, dream tablets and sleep aids, vast meat production via synthetic hormones, and a synthetic home with automated room climate control.
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American Chemical Society
Mars
Venus
Thomas Midgley
First Gasoline Corporation
America
Maple Syrup Production Up While Prices Expected Down
Eastern Canada shows higher maple syrup and maple sugar production this year per the Fruitt Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture. The season opened in March in Ontario and ends in Quebec and the Maritimes. Per capita consumption is 2.7 pounds annually, with guidance on storage to prevent fermentation. Export to the United States is restricted by tariffs on maple products, but domestic demand will be met.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Dominion
United States
Mounted Police to Open New Post in Northwest Territories
Major-General J. H. MacBrien, commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said during a Edmonton inspection trip that a new post is planned for Fort Harrison on the eastern Hudson Bay coast. The fort lies north of Fort Churchill and on the opposite side of the bay.
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Northwest Territories
J.H. MacBrien
Royal Canadian
Edmonton
Fort Harrison
Hudson Bay
Fort Churchill
Marie Queen of Ruroania Credits Self in War Effort
In her autobiography "Ordeal: The Story of My Life" Marie Dowager Queen of Ruroania claims credit for bringing Rumenia into the Aled ranks during the Great War and keeping it there after exhaustion. Peiping, China is described as the world’s dustiest city amid Gobi dust storms.
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Marie
Ruroania
Rumenia
Peiping
China
Gobi Desert
Irish Claim Dares Columbus Myth says Irish Found America
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson argues the Irish discovered America six or seven centuries before Columbus in 1462. He told the Pennsylvania Historical Association that papal documents support the claim and cites an Irish monk’s 820 A.D. paper on Icelandic colonization and Vatican records making Greenland a separate bishopric until 1528.
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Jr. Sillinsson
New World
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
America
Christopher Columbus
Pennsylvania Historical Association
Btefansson
Iceland
Vatican
Greenland
Historic Spat Under Mimosa Tree Marks 1842 Natal Pact
In Martizburg Natal a distinguished company gathered under a mimosa tree where General A W J Pretorius and Voltaraad burghers of the Natal Republic decided on July 5 1842 to accept British rule. A 1636 group unveiled two plaques at the tree base noting its historic place. London received its first meat cargo from Australia in s ise.
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Martizburg
Natal
A. W. J. Pretorius
Voltaraad
Natal Republic
London
Australia
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