Facing a Big Deficit and Higher Sales Tax in Canada
The article argues that Canada faced a 162 million dollar deficit for the year ending March 31, 1926, with an eight percent sales levy likely not enough to balance the budget. It critiques the burden on 10 million Canadians, discusses potential inflation via tax pyramiding, and weighs Oklahoma style tax labeling against retailer cost. It notes possible consumer pressure to curb expenditures and concerns over fairness and added retail costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. A. Dunning
House of Commons
Canada
Dunning
Oklahoma
Britain trains children in rail transport awareness
Salls T R Dester of Associated British Railways notes a nationwide educational program for schoolchildren. More than 46 000 young learners have attended demonstrations teaching locomotive operation and signaling to foster public understanding of railroading across the Empire. A separate note mentions ancient Egyptian tombs yielding glass dating to 1400 B C.
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Great Britain
Temple to the Sun Temple rises in crowded Hackney district
The Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association advances a sun temple project in South Hackney with hanging gardens for 16 flats. Each flat will have a private garden on the same level, built in receding pyramid steps around a covered hall to be leased as a market. The design uses a cantilever system and yellow brick walls.
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England
South Hackeny
Bethnal Green
East London
J. E., Macgregor
Fortification Question Sparks Quick Wit in Class
A schoolmaster seeks the meaning of fortification and receives a clever reply from the bottom student. The boy makes a pun, answering “Two twentyfications, six,” prompting amused stares from the scholars and no further explanation from the class.
Church serves free breakfast after Sunday service in Hampton Wick
The local Hampton Wick church provides boiled eggs butter rolls marmalade and tea at no charge to attendees each Sunday morning. The idea and funding were provided by the vicar who personally covered costs totaling 21 pounds 50 shillings.
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Hampton Wick
England
Insurance rate cut on Hudson Bay voyage reduces premiums
Marine insurers cut hull and machinery rates for the Hudson Bay route by 25 percent for the coming year, with the season extended eight days from Aug 5 to Oct 10. Entry still requires ice breaker approval at Cape Chidley before ships bound to Churchill. cargo rates unchanged.
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Hudson Bay
Howe
House of Commons
Cape Chiciey
Churchill
N. B. McLean
Cape Chidley
Imperial Shipping Commission
London
Sound financial policies cited as Britain's success
C Howard Ferguson, former Ontario premier and Canadian High Commissioner to London, credits Britain's three year old financial policies with steering the empire through trade crises. He arrived in San Francisco on a world cruise and praised British leadership, noting Canada and South Africa close behind. He attributes Canadian farm failures partly to over cultivation on his 35 acre Ottawa area farm, earning about 1000 dollars yearly for two decades.
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Britain
Great Britain
C. Howard Ferguson
London
Ontario
Ferguson
San Francisco
British Empire
Canada
South Africa
Ottawa
Duke of Kent Wears Saxon Blue Mantle at St Michael and St George Service
St Pauls Cathedral marked the annual Order of St Michael and St George service with the Duke of Kent, newly titled Knight Grand Cross, appearing in Saxon blue mantle and ornate collar over his naval uniform. The high altar procession featured other richly apparelled officers as the Duke’s banner was hung and the banners of deceased Knights were lowered.
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St. George's
London
Order of St. Michael and St. George
St. Paul's
Duke of Kent
Order
Iceland Seen as Air Base for Trans Atlantic Flights
Iceland's minister of education foresees the island serving as an air base for trans Atlantic planes operating between Europe and America, indicating strategic plans or expectations for its role in long range air travel.
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Iceland
Europe
America
Trade barriers blamed for rise of world war risk
U S Secretary Hull warned at Washington that excessive trade barriers threaten global peace. He urged revival of world trade to halt what he called a virulent disease of economic distress and social unrest. He described the new reciprocal policy as essential and warned scrapping it would be a fatal step backward.
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U.S
Hull
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Ice Box Neapolitan Cookies From Old Recipe
Selected recipes describe a three part ice box cookie method with butter sugar egg yolk and milk base. Part one becomes plain dough, part two folds in melted chocolate, part three adds vegetable coloring and blends on top. Roll layers together like a jelly roll, chill overnight, then slice and bake at 350 degrees for ten minutes.
Weather expert retires from Victoria post after 48 years
F Napier Denison retires as superintendent of the Dominion government meteorological bureau at Victoria after nearly half a century. He studied earth tremors from Gonzales Hill observatory and passes leadership to W A Thorn of Toronto while remaining active in scientific research. He is famed across the Dominion and Pacific coast as a weather observer.
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F. Napier Denison
Victoria
Napier Denison
Gonzales Hill Observatory
Dominion
Government Meteorological Bureau
Gonzales Observatory
W. A. Thorn
Toronto
Denison
Meteorological Service
Pacific Coast
Great French Liner L Atlantique Scrapped After Queen Mary
Within a day of the Queen Mary’s passage down the Clyde the 42,000 ton liner l Atlantique was pushed stern first to the breakers yard. Over 100 men will work about a year dismantling the ship once burned in the English Channel, once held as France’s great ocean liner alongside the Queen Mary.
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Clyde
English Channel
Divided by Chalk Line ends 62 years apart
Brothers George Washington Coleman and James Philatus Coleman lived 62 years apart by a chalk line in a single Bakera Gulch cabin in New York state. James died of pneumonia at 81, leaving George, 79, to carry on in the hermit home. The line separated their fields and ways while they remained estranged neighbors.
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New York State
George Washington Coleman
Bakera Gulch
James Philatus Coleman
Longest School Vacations in Europe Reported
A study notes Spain has the longest vacations at 122 days, while Holland, Germany, Denmark, and Italy have shorter breaks. Dutch pupils enjoy 43 to 51 days off, Germans 31 to 45 days, and Danes and Italians about 45 days.
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Spain
Europe
Holland
Germany
Denmark
Italy
Catfish Taste Buds Cover Large Body Area
The fish possesses taste buds along the barbel whiskers and across much of its body, enabling it to detect flavors from foods that touch it from multiple directions at once.
Judge urges woman to speak calmly as case continues
A judge instructed a woman to speak in a homelike, calm manner during a continuing court case. The proceeding remains ongoing as officials handle the matter.
Uniforms for Air Force Foreunate of the Air Mail Plan
The Bul letin of Canadian Airways shows two officers in navy blue uniforms with peaked caps and the Canada Goose emblem. The article notes these outfits will be worn by all pilots and co pilots on airmail runs once the Canadian air mail service resumes in 1937. It mentions the Vancouver Seattle route adopting the new uniforms and two way radio equipment on planes.
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Canadian Air Mail
Bulletin
Canadian Airways, Ltd
Canadian Airways
Vancouver- Seattle
King Edward stamps to join famed imperial collection
King Edward will continue and add to the famous collection of British empire stamps left by the late King E Goodfellow noted British philatelist. He arrived in Montreal from England and was en route to New York to judge the philatelic exhibition at Grand Central Palace.
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Edward
E. Goodfellow
Montreal
England
New York
Grand Central Palace
Manitoba Honey Production Surpasses Five Million Pounds
Manitoba produced more than five million pounds of honey in 1935. The industry supported over 3,300 aplarista with a total of 51,416 bee hives across the province.
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Manitoba
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