Word: halifax
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...magnified technicality may sever racing relations between American and Canadian fishermen off Halifax. Though there was no question of her superiority when the boats crossed the finish line, Bluenose, Canadian defender, was declared by the judges loser in the second of three races scheduled with Columbia, American challenger, because Skipper Angus Walters failed to pass the Lighthouse Bank buoy to seaward...
...gave thanks that at last they were about to witness some genuine races, between hardy, seagoing fishing schooners. This, however, is apparently not to be the case. The American sponsors of the Columbia, this year's entry from Gloucester, have been requested to forward exact sail measurements to the Halifax trustees of the Trophy. The inhabitants of Gloucester seem to have a premonition that the Columbia's sails will not fit Halifax requirements, in which case, according to the sages of the fishing town, there will be no race...
Edward Austin Fellowships to John A. Bentley 2G., of Halifax, Nova Scotia (English); Paul H. Buck 1G., of Columbus, Ohio (history); Ben B. Corson 3G., of Bridgton, Maine (chemistry); and Hans C. Duus 3G., of Tyler, Minn. (chemistry...
Edward Austin Fellowships to John A. Bentley 2G., of Halifax, Nova Scotia (English); Paul H. Buck 1G., of Columbus, Ohio (history); Ben B. Corson 3G., of Bridgton, Maine (chemistry); and Hans C. Duus 3G., of Tyler, Minn. (chemistry...
...popularly known as the " Million Pound Monopoly "-a national flying service between England and the Continent with this amount of capital, all other lines being deprived of their subsidies. A House of Commons Committee is also examining a serious proposal for air mail service from London to Halifax, via Plymouth, Lisbon and the Azores...