World Happenings Briefly Told
Defence orders 16 light aircraft for training in the Royal Canadian Air Force at a cost of 85000. New Zealand invokes force to enforce authority over British Samoa and quell Samoan resistance. Immigration to Canada April–Nov 1929 totals 136440, down 2158 from 1928. Four BC lumber crusaders depart for Australia and New Zealand for four months to study markets. A unified border patrol under coastguard jurisdiction is approved by Congress. Cannibalism unchecked in famine provinces of China as described by missionary George Andrews in Shanghai. Alberta Wheat Pool reports 1929 progress with 5819 new members, total 40915 members, 4625 309 acres under contract. Ontario cabinet debates sale of beer by the glass amid pressure from Toronto trades council.
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New Zealand
British Samoa
Canada
British Columbia
Antipodes
Australia
United States
Hoover
Congress
China
George Andrews
Kanen
Shanghai
Alberta Wheat Pool
Ontario
Ferguson
William Varley
Building “Trades: Council of Toronto
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Ontario Cabinet
Why Dutch Are Sturdy Breakfast Wonder
A vivid breakfast scene describes Dutch meals with multiple breads meats cheeses and jams. The piece highlights seven bread varieties, three or four meats, Edam and limburger cheeses, eggs and fruits, culminating in strong Dutch coffee.
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Europe
Australian Fish Exports Seen Rising With Low Per Capita Use
A Commonwealth report notes Australia’s annual per capita fish consumption at 14 pounds. It compares with 25 pounds in Canada and New Zealand and 40 pounds in Great Britain, signaling potential expansion of fish exports to Australia.
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Australia
Commonwealth
Canada
New Zealand
Great Britain
Canada Fish Exports Reach Near Hundred Markets
Canada fish exports appear in nearly a hundred countries with an annual value around 35 million dollars according to the Natural Resources bulletin of the Department of the Interior.
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Natural Resources Bulletin of the
Department of the Interior
Canada
Smuts Predicts Encarded World At League Council
General Jan Smuts told a New York dinner that within ten years Encarded World would sit on the League of Nations council. He warned that a vacant seat would be a tragic symbol of the founders' failure and praised President Wilson for shaping the league. He said the United States would join international conferences, inside or outside the league, and that universal conference methods would guarantee peace.
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League of Nations
Jan Christian Smmts
New York
U.S
League
Wilson
United States
Paris
Pilchard Industry Becomes Major BC Fisheries Sector
Beginning with a single plant and 500 tons in 1925 the British Columbia pilchard industry expanded to 23 plants in operation and an 80 000 ton catch in the present year. The season's product and meal are valued at 1 750 000 with most going to the United States for soap making and meal shipped to Germany Japan and the United States.
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British Columbia
B.C
United States
Germany
Japan
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Urges Tax Reduction
A Calgary led delegation presented the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s views to Prime Minister Mackenzie King and the Dominion Cabinet in Ottawa. The memorandum calls for reductions in income and sales taxes, while noting war obligations require revenue. Finance Minister Dunning cautioned against abandoning the income tax and suggested discussing tax division between the Dominion and provinces without committing.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Prms
Mackenzie King
Dominion
Ottawa
Col
J. H. Woods
Calgary
Chamber
St. Lawrence
Peace River
C. A. Dunning
Mr. Dunning
Fashion patterns and materials for children's dresses and tea set design
The page lists sewing patterns No. 824 Becoming Neckline No 189 Simple Everyday Frock No 11014 Tea Set Embroidery No 956 Youthful and Chic No 986 Fetching Junior Frock with sizes bust measures yards and fabrics specified for each. Embroidery designs in blue 11137 also noted.
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Jonior
How To Order Patterns in Winnipeg Listings
Winnipeg newspaper ad outlines pattern orders with address at Mo AMcVEermot Ave. Winnipeg. Includes pattern numbers and local ordering instructions for customers seeking sewing patterns.
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Winnipeg
Union
Amcveermot
Bur nap Named Vice President Traffic at CN HQ
Announcement from Canadian National headquarters states Robert L Burnap is appointed Vice-President in Charge of Traffic with Montreal headquarters. He succeeds A. T. Weldon and assumes the role immediately. Burnap has spent 56 years in railroading and has been with the Capadan National Railway System throughout his career.
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Canadian National
Robert L. Burnap
Montreal
A. T. Weldon
R. L. Burnap
Capadan National Railway System
Orange Bread Pudding From Betty Barclay
A simple vintage recipe for Orange Bread Pudding. It uses bread crumbs butter milk egg yolks sugar orange juice and grated orange rind. Soak the crumbs with butter and hot milk then mix with yolks sugar juice and zest bake in a buttered dish and finish with a meringue.
Grapefruit Marmalade and Poetry Snippet News
A recipe for grapefruit marmalade uses orange lemon and grapefruit with water and sugar processed over several days in stages. A separate note recalls the New York Sun prize poem Fleas Adam Had em as the shortest English verse revived by Eastern papers.
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The
New York Sun
Adam
Sunday School Lesson on Blessedness in Matthew 5
Devotional notes explain the Beatitudes from Matthew 5 1 12, contrasting blessedness with happiness. The poor in spirit are praised for dependence on God, with Luke 6 20 match. The Kingdom of Heaven is defined as followers who obey Christ, part of the Sermon on the Mount as the Kingdom’s Constitution.
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Jesus
Weymouth
God
George D. Boardman
Luke
Tory Times
Christ
Wilder Silver Medal Awarded to Macoun for Apple Breeding
The Wilder Silver Medal of the American Pomological Society goes to W. T. Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist, for work in new apple varieties and horticulture. The announcement came at the society’s Roanoke Virginia meeting. Uncertain sleep posture of elephants noted briefly.
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Wilder
American Pomological Society
W. T. Macoun
Dominion Horticulturist
Roanoke
Virginia
Romans Built Ocean-Going Galleys Long Before Columbus
Italian work to raise the lakeside galleys of Emperor Caligula reveals ships carved from thick timber with nine foot sides and oak stays. At 296 feet long, the wooden vessel could have crossed the Atlantic if powered, highlighting ancient Roman engineering prowess.
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Britain
Gaul
Nemi
Rome
Calgula
Atlantic
Christopher Columbus
One Jump Ahead Cubist Artist Curio Notes
The London Sunday Express recalls a Scotsman tale about unused gift cigars from last Christmas and a visitor boasting of an asylum escape. A wry weather quip follows as a man asks about his trip abroad and finds the weather outside just as expected.
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The
London Sunday Express
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Minard
Waews
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Encarde World
General Smuts
B.C. Pilchard Industry
Patters
Betty Barclay
Sybille Spahr
Agendea
Kitchener Tonsilitis CO
Kitchener
Ont
England
F.o.b. Tercata
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Toronto, Ont
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