Grand Falls District features largest pulp mill and thriving industries
The Grand Falls area hosts the world’s largest pulp and paper mill via Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company Ltd, with Botwood as its principal shipping port. The district boasts lumbering, fishing, mercantile firms, two high schools, churches, telegraph and railway links, Bank of Nova Scotia branch, marine and fire insurers, Masonic Temple, and seaboard facilities including lighthouses and breakwaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Falls
Twillingate
Anglo-Newfoardland Development Company, Ltd
Botwood
Boonery
Labrador
eTwillingate
St. John's
Lewispfitte
House of Assembly
Fishermen’s gear debate prompts talk on exports and agriculture
In a February 27 1925 technical discussion a Newfoundland House of Assembly member argues against direct West Indies fish shipments, urges cheaper rail transport for hay and vegetables, defends Humber and Armstrong Whitworth ventures, and notes labor shifts from French Canadians to local workers while calling for expert agricultural guidance.
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Prestigute
Hickman
West India Service
West Indies
Halifax
New York
Ferest
W.s
Hig Departme
Mr. Hickman
Capt. Courtney
Corner Brook
Humber
Alotof
Hutcher
Armstrong-W'worth
Armstrong Whitworth
Speaker
Bouler
Byrne
Warren
Harmat
Fragments on Trade Facilities and Public Works Debate
Fragmented remarks from a London mission read to a House of Commons audience touch on shipbuilding costs rail orders and the role of the public inquiry. The speaker cites Mr Baldwin and Mr Sullivan, notes dock expenditure and expert reviews, and argues for public awareness while defending government limits on employment creation and social support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman
London
Tanige
Baldwin
House of Commons
Sullivan
Germany
Ami
Fortune Bay
Pulic
Warren
Fortun Bay
Otter
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Motor Car Department
Ford
Henry Ford
Hudson
Essex Motor Cars
A. E. Hickman Co.ltd
National Oil Products Co
St. John’s
Distributors OF
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Arthur Ebsary
Newfoundana
Notre Dame Bay
TRE
Canada
EQV
Gillett Co.ltd
Toronto
Winnipeg
Montreal
Standard Manufacturing Co ED
M. S. Crosse
Logan Ave
Leer
E. J. Linfield
T’gate
Standard Marble &Granite Works
George Reid
Jes Wyre
Sebel Rbane
Nfld Gov't Railway
Nfld Gov't
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