Debt Burden Canada Faces Says Major de Lorimer
An article by Major J. Greetham de Lorimer in the Montreal Daily Star argues Canada carries an enormous debt, totaling about 18.23 billion dollars with foreign and Canadian investors split roughly equally. It notes 62.7 percent is “dead weight” debt borne by taxpayers and highlights provincial disparities, especially in the three prairie provinces, with per capita shares and potential reforms to reduce legislatures and government scope.
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Montreal
Star
Great Britain
United States
Major de Lorimer
de Lorimer
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
House of Commons
Avery
Maritimes
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
England
The Farming Profession Elevates Agriculture to Science
The article notes that agricultural institutions have transformed farming into a science and a technical business. It says weather conditions permitting, they can predict outcomes and generally meet expectations, with farming becoming a highly specialized profession.
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Chatham News
Ink Rumor At Sweliendam City Hall
A local tale from Sweliendam South Africa reports ink rats drinking black ink at night in city hall. Municipal foreman Heyns says his ink well, kept in a locked room, is often found empty and pours remaining ink into a saucer before leaving. the next morning it is gone.
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Sweliendam
South Africa
P.| Heyns
Britain keeps bicycles for special letters and adds motorcycles
Great Britain will continue using its 20,000 bicycles for delivering special delivery letters and will introduce a large number of motorcycles to boost delivery capacity. The plan signals a mixed transport approach to modernize mail service operations.
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Great Britain
Titanic Tragedy Linked to Egyptian Mummy Curse
The tale links the 1912 Titanic disaster to a cursed mummy case once bought by actor Tom Terriss. From near-buy temptations in Egypt to a chain of misfortune, the case travels to Britain and then America, ending aboard the Titanic when it sank after striking an iceberg.
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Atlantic
Tom Terriss
Egypt
Terris
Alexandria
England
London
British Museum
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Gold From Platinum Modern Transmutation Described
University of California scientists Dr. E. O. Lawrence and Dr. J. M. Cork described a cyclotron experiment where deuterium nuclei accelerated to 5,000,000 volts passed through platinum foils. Some platinum atoms reportedly captured particles and transformed into lighter elements, effectively forming gold.
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National Academy of Science
Science
University of California
E. O. Lawrence
J. M. Cork
Lawrence
Leacock vows to stay in Canada rather than England
The Brantford Expositor notes Prof Stephen Leacock, famed McGill educator, rejects a London paper’s suggestion he will return to England. He says Canada’s distances isolation and climate pull him, declaring I’m home now. The piece reflects many British expatriates making the Dominion their residence. Also, South Africa to spend over 5 million on new roads in the Transvaal.
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Stephen Leacock
London
McGill
England
Brantford
Transvaal
South Africa
King's Birthday as Public Holiday Stated
The article notes King Edward VIII's June 23 birthday will be a public holiday without special proclamation. It will apply in government service banks schools and municipal offices. Commercial observance remains to be decided and June 3 the birthday of King George V is removed from the calendar.
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Edward VIII
George V
Post Office Revenue and Building Rent Question
The post office department posted an operating profit of 3 million in the year to March with net revenue of 32.5 million. Buildings are not charged rent or repairs, a setup Elliott said is anomalous but longstanding since confederation. He noted Parliament must decide on any rental system.
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Post Office Department
Elliott
House of Commons
Public Works Department
A. A. Heaps
C.C.F
Winnipeg North
Mr. Elliott
Scholarships Awarded by National Research Council Canada 1996
Thirty students from 13 Canadian universities win postgraduate awards for 1996 97 from the national research council announced in Ottawa. Two fellowships 700 each 11 studentships 600 each and 17 bursaries 500 each. The council aims to train scientists to advance research for industrial progress and better use of Canadian raw materials and markets.
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National Research Council
Ottawa
Canada
Aviation's role in opening the Northwest praised
Right Rev A H Sovereign Bishop of Athabaska spoke in Toronto on the value of aviation. He cited pilots Wop May and Punch Dickens for outstanding work and described Fort McMurray as the largest commercial air base in Canada. He noted Great Bear Lake mining and Goldfields driving population influx.
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A. H. Sovereign
Athabaska
Toronto
Bishop Sovereign
May
Punch” Dickens
Fort McMurray
Canada
Great Bear Lake
Cheap Watches Spark Swiss Industry Outcry
A major uproar hit the Swiss watch industry over watches priced at 20 cents. Several Swiss plants have gone bankrupt and are being repurposed to mass produce watch parts. Peasants assemble these parts as a hobby, yielding costs per gross far below normal assembly wages.
King appoints Queen Mary Grand Master of Empire
The King names his mother Queen Mary Grand Master of the Order of the British Empire indicating she will remain active in public life. After court mourning ends in autumn he plans her to resume leadership in women’s interests and social life.
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the Order of the British Empire
Mary
Selected Spanish Cup Cakes Recipe
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy then add eggs one by one. Sift together flour baking powder salt and mace then alternately add with milk to first mixture. Fill cups bake at 350 F. Cool and top with white icing and a cherry or nut. A center may be filled with whipped cream or custard then iced.
World Series Radio Ticker Debate Echoes Old Times
The piece ponders whether a radio ticker account of a World Series game remains as thrilling as past eras. It contrasts modern fevered play by play with the old ticker’s suspenseful pause before calling balls and strikes as listeners held their breath.
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New York Times
Lightning prank sparks fire at Buranda school
A loud thunder clap and a vivid flash followed by a ball of fire entered an open window at Buranda School New South Wales. It slid along a boy’s pencil and set fire to his working paper. The student put out the flame with his hand, was unhurt, but complained of a bad headache.
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Buranda School
New South Wales
Famine Strikes China Amid Hunger Deaths and Cannibalism
A vast famine in Szechwan and North Henan devastates China with 10 to 30 million people at risk or dead. Reports say hunger driven victims turn to cannibalism and parents sell children for food as deficiency diseases threaten more lives.
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Szechwan
Henan
China
Englishwoman scales Sahara twice on motorcycle
Miss Florence Blenkiron of England crossed the Sahara Desert twice in twelve months. She departed London last year with Miss Theresa Wallace in a sidecar to reach Cape Town, then returned alone in September, reaching South Algeria in February. She finished the journey home by bus after abandoning the worn motorcycle, believed to be the only woman to cross solo.
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Sahara Desert
Florence Blenkiron
England
London
Theresa Wallace Jin
Capa Town
Miss Blenkiron
Algeria
Eblenkirons
Sahara
Toronto Architect Wins Dominion Housing Prize
W Rainton Toronto architect won the first prize of 500 in the Dominion Housing Act design competition as announced by Finance Minister Charles Dunning. Two third prizes of 100 each went to Arthur W. Davidson of Brockville Ontario and W F Williams of Nelson British Columbia.
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W. Rainton
Toronto
Charles Dunning
Arthur W. Davidson
Brockville
Ont
W. F. Williams
Nelson
B.C
Bergillum Utility Metal Lighter Than Aluminum
Bergillum is a metal about one third lighter than aluminum. Austria reports higher employment than a year ago and shows ongoing growth.
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Austria
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