World Happenings in Brief From Across the Globe
E C Mieville travels to India with Lord Willingdon to take a new post while the Carnegie Endowment urges general armament reductions under Versailles terms. England sees 17 846 autos registered in a month, up 725 from last year, and Felix Saavedra wins a 15000 meter race in Temuco by 100 meters. Arthur Torrence plans a February Africa expedition to trace race origins. Port of London pilots average above 1000 pounds income in 1929. Werner Brockhardt and an assistant die in Merapi eruption. Michael Finnerty, 104, dies in Duncan B C after 67 years on Vancouver Island. Twenty six thousand one pound cans of salmon donated to Seattle relief efforts by packers and welfare groups.
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
England
Temuco
Chile
Felix Saavedra
Arthur Torrence
London
Royal Society of Great Britain
Africa
Werner Brockhardt
Merapi
Sumatra
Michael Finnerty
Duncan
B.C
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Seattle
Death and ages reveal doctors are not fate
William McQuhac an Irishman aged 93 dies after retiring from Indian civil service in 1870 on doctors advice. James Underhill of Wolverhampton aged 98 recalls being refused insurance seventy five years ago and still works, bicycles, plays flute at 90, survives pneumonia, breaks a leg at 94, keeps signing documents at about one hundred an hour. Health counsel aside, anecdotes suggest a few kicks remain in life even with one foot in the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam McQuhac
Indian Civil Service
James Underhill
Wolverhampton
England
Underhill
Berlin air service closes for winter season
The Berlin Moscow and Berlin Leningrad daily air service shuts down until spring. It carried 2,860 passengers, 27 145 kilograms of mail, and 60 000 kilograms of freight, up 12 percent from last year. Passengers rose 80 percent in mail but freight fell 25 percent.
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Berlin-Moscow
Berlin- Leningrad
Tree Plantation Inspections in Dominion Forest Nursery
Inspectors from the Dominion Forest Nursery Station in Indian Head Sas katchewan under the Department of the Interior conducted 13 303 inspections during the 1919 season.
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Dominion Forest Nursery
Forest Service of the Department of the Interior
Indian Head
Saskatchewan
British House Discusses Empire Trade and Ottawa Meeting
J H Thomas secretary for the Dominions said Britain will study closer economic co operation within the Empire as Ottawa conference approaches. He noted the Imperial conference heads recommended preparations for Ottawa while allowing Ottawa to cover additional subjects beyond leftovers.
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House of Commons
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
Thomas
Ottawa
World Gold Production 1905 to 1929 Shaping Global Supply
The article analyzes world gold output trends from 1905 to 1929, noting South Africa's growing share and a looming potential shortage. It highlights Canada’s rising yet underappreciated production and suggests Canadian ore bodies could offset South Africa’s decline, impacting global monetary stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Canada
Dominion
Saskatchewan plans crop insurance bill this session
Hon. J. F. Bryant announced at the Saskatchewan legislative assembly that legislation to empower companies to write crop insurance, modeled on bail insurance, will be introduced at the coming session. The idea has been widely discussed by farmers and prompted government action.
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Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
J. F. Bryant
K.C
Youthful Paris Pattern Promises Bright Color Appeal
All Tingey models are created in Paris with patterns made in New York. A youthful, dashing model for school girls features bright color, scarlet wool marocain, beige crepe de chine accents, and a beige bow. Similar schemes in navy and white, green and white, or beige, blue and red are suggested. Materials include silk marocain crepe de chine and fine wool. Sizes to 11, ready for delivery, hand cut. Send 25 cents tin stamps or coin to Fashion Bureau with name, address, pattern number and size.
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Paris
New York
Fashion Bureau
Manslaughter Opinion Hovering Over Saskatchewan Hunt Deaths
Game Commissioner A. E. Etter will urge the Saskatchewan attorney general to consider manslaughter charges for hunters who kill humans by mistake while pursuing big game. The push follows the Nipawin shooting of Ernest Johnson and notes no prior manslaughter prosecutions in the province this year. The proposal also favors licensing hunters by shooting and mental ability rather than current rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
A. E. Etter
Game
Department of Railways, Labor and Industries
Regina
Ernest Johnson
Beatty
Russell Federsfield
Nipawin
Novel road rail vehicle tested near London
A Huddersfield firm builds a versatile vehicle that on road resembles an omnibus with rubber tires and can be converted to a rail carriage in 380 seconds to run at 60 mph. Tests near London involve co operation with the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company. Also noted is heavy tuna fishing off Nova Scotia as a popular pastime.
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London
England
Huddersfield
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
St. Lawrence Navigation Push To Lengthen Shipping Season
Major N B McLean chief engineer of the Department of Marine said this winter extra efforts will lengthen the shipping season on the St Lawrence. Ice breakers will clear a channel when ice reaches a foot thick and keep it open as long as possible to allow early spring navigation and reduce flood dangers around Montreal.
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Department of Marine
St. Lawrence
N. B. McLean
Department
Montreal
Sunday School Lesson Faithful Paths to Prepare the Way
The devotional notes center on Luke 1 76 where the golden text proclaims you shall go before the Lord to make ready His ways. It covers Luke 1 68 79 with focus on praise prophecy and preparation for salvation through Jesus Christ.
Birth Foretold and Zacharias in Luke’s Gospel
Luke presents himself as a careful historian who relied on eyewitnesses. In the temple Zacharias is chosen by lot to burn incense, an act symbolizing Israel’s prayers, and the angel Gabriel announces that his son John will be born. The prophecy describes John as Jehovah’s Gift and a herald of the Messiah, bringing joy to many and being great in the sight of the Lord.
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Luke
John the Baptist
Zacharias
Israel
John
God
Plummer
Solomon
Andharias
Royalty Buys BC Pedigreed Poultry from Vancouver Co-Op
His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan is the latest large buyer of British Columbia pure bred poultry, purchasing pedigreed stock from the R O P Cooperative Association of Vancouver totaling 4590 dollars.
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Emperor of
Japan
British Columbia
R.O.P. Co-Operative Association of
Vancouver
John Mayow's 1674 Treatise on the Atmosphere
John Mayow published the first comprehensive treatise on the atmosphere in 1674, outlining his experiments and theories on air composition and respiration. The work helped foundational understanding of gaseous properties and the chemistry of air in early modern science.
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John Mayow
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Addressed to the Winnipeg Pattern ordering line at 15 McDermot Ave, Winnipeg. Pattern number ae. Size ee eges.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
So viet Russia eyes wheat acreage rise next spring
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that Soviet Russia plans a 19 percent increase in wheat acreage seeded for next spring, with Berlin’s foreign agricultural information office citing about 16.6 million acres. In Prussia and Germany, overall sowing was up 6.6 percent early December, while rye plantings fell 10.2 percent. Pacific Coast sand supplies brown and amber glass, but white glass sand remains largely imported from Belgium.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Russia
Foreign Agricultural Information Office
Berlin
Prussia
Germany
Pacific Coast
Belgium
Static Stopped Radio Cooking Demonstration in New York
A radio cooking static made its first public appearance in New York during a luncheon of the New York Merchants Association attended by about 1,200 diners. The event saw radio heat fail to pop corn under massed audience hush, despite General Electric Company wizardry and a test setup with ice water jars.
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New York
New York Merchants’ Association
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Striking Phrase At League Meeting Cited In Commons
Sir Robert Borden’s warning that nations have renounced war but not arms was echoed in the British House of Commons by Hugh Dalton. The remark, made after Borden’s Geneva return, underscored the ongoing arms issue and was described as one of the most striking phrases of the League of Nations debate.
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Sir Robert Borden
League of Nations Assembly
House of Commons
Hugh Dalton
Geneva
Sir Robert
Mr. Dalton
Plane to attempt Atlantic crossing with pay load
The first heavier-than-air flight attempt to cross the Atlantic will be made soon aboard the Trade Wind. The plane will carry two pilot navigators and be equipped with water landing pontoons for Bermuda to Azores route.
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Atlantic
Bermuda-Azores
Manitoba Egg Laying Contest Leader At Brandon Farm
White Wyandottes owned by W. T. Shaw of Brandon led the Manitoba egg laying contest at the Brandon experimental farm after the third week. The Shaw pen topped both total and weekly production with 84.1 points and 92 eggs.
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W. T. Shaw
Brandon
Manitoba
Brandon Experimental Farm
Young blue heron chicks first year color white
The article notes that blue heron fledglings are white during their initial year, describing their plumage as pale before developing mature coloration. The passage emphasizes the early appearance and growth stage of these birds.
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E. C. Mieville
India
Lord Willingdon
Moscow
Journal Amusant
Eva A. Tingey
AION
Nova Scotia
St. Lawrence Navigation
Tale of Seraph Ministries
Langbridge
Electric Wizard
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington ST. W
Toronto, Ont
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