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(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) CANADA’S RECORD HARVEST. OTTAWA, Oct. 23. With threshing outfits working all night under the glare of automobile headlights, Canada’s wheat crop continues to lie rushed .to market, as nevei before. Thursday’s record was beaten |, v Friday with seven million three hundred thousand bushels, accepted by the elevators during twenty-four hours. This day’s harvest alone tills ninety trains, one-third moving towards the Pacific and the remainder towards the Atlantic seaboard en route to England. Phenomenal yields arc reported for many districts. One farmer on the extreme northern frontier harvested 80 bushels per acre oil' new land, costing :C2 per acre.
MR MACHINES FOR CANADA. OTTAWA. Oct. 23. Government have ordered ten moth aeroplanes from England to he used for encouragement of public flying clubs. Canada will donate the planes free. AIR Ft A' FAILS. VAN'C’orVBR. Oct. 23. A message from Old Orchard. Maine, states that Grayson, in the trans-At-lantic ’plane Dawn, hopped oil this morning, for Europe, but was forced to return ten hours later, owing festive motor and log. SALE OF SHIPPING. WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. The Shipping Board has arranged specification for the sale of three slopping lines, namely, American. Aus-tralian-Orient, American-Orient, ami Oregon-Oriental, comprising altogether thirty-six vessels. The committee has, been instructed to report back pr6n?ptlv. It is understood a majoiity of the Board favours disposing ot life line. The Board asked the committee to consider the proposal of Pacific coast operations tor a hu . operation guarantee, which was oppoesd l»y some members, Tri be ’d a ten year guarantee. At hen the committee reports hack the Hoard n also take up the proposed scale of Uo Atlantic coast, lines namely A can-AVest Africa and Amor ien-Fi ante.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1927, Page 3
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