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unusual facts about Canning, South 24 Parganas


Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning

Canning in West Bengal,India is thought to be named after him.


2008 H5N1 outbreak in West Bengal

At least eleven districts of West Bengal, including Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Burdwan, Hooghly, Cooch Behar, Malda, Bankura, Purulia, Howrah, West Midnapore, South 24 Parganas and South Dinajpur are affected by bird flu.

The infection was caused by the H5N1 subtype of the Influenza A virus and occurred in at least thirteen districts, including Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Burdwan, Hooghly, Cooch Behar, Malda, Bankura, Purulia, Howrah, West Midnapore, South 24 Parganas and South Dinajpur and several new inclusion are reported daily.

Alfred Canning

A number of other place names in Western Australia are also named Canning but attributed to George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1827.

Avenida Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz

Ultimately, with the return of democracy, Canning was again renamed to Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz, by a December 29, 1985, ordinance.

Another decree, dictated on May 31, 1974, by the government of Juan Perón, stated that Canning Avenue changed its name into the present one as a tribute to Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz, Argentine journalist, nationalist writer and essayist.

Basanti

Basanti, South 24 Parganas, a town in Canning subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal

Blair, Nebraska

Over the years, other enterprises came and went: a plant manufacturing spark plugs used in Model T Fords; a canning company; a seed corn plant; and a church-publishing house.

Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth

The eldest son of Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon Wentworth of Wentworth Castle near Barnsley, Yorkshire and Dall House, Rannoch, Perthshire and his wife Lady Harriet Augusta Canning de Burgh, daughter of the Marquess of Clanricarde and grand daughter of former prime minister George Canning.

Canned fish

Shortly after, the British inventor and merchant Peter Durand patented his own method, this time in a tin can, creating the modern-day process of canning foods.

Canning Club

Adapting to the situation, it redefined its remit more broadly to Latin America in general, and in 1948 was renamed as the Canning Club, in honour of George Canning, who had strong links to Latin America.

Canning Parish, New Brunswick

Canning Parish set off from Waterborough Parish in 1827: named for the Right Honourable George Canning, (1770-1827) who was prime minister of England: included part of Chipman Parish until 1835.

Canning, Nova Scotia

Though much diminished in importance in recent years, Canning was once a major shipbuilding centre and shipping and rail hub for farmers in Kings County.

Deirdre Hyde

Her work is also included in collections such as that of the Duke of Edinburgh, the Smithsonian Institution, National Geographic Society, and Canning House as well as private and public collections worldwide.

Don Randall

Randall was re-elected to Canning at the 2010 election, defeating high-profile Labor candidate and former Labor MP, Alannah MacTiernan, though Canning was the only seat in Western Australia to record a two-party preferred swing to Labor.

Dr. William W. Mayo House

In 1903 Cosgrove presided at the organizational meeting of the Minnesota Valley Canning Company (later renamed Green Giant), becoming a pioneer of canning in the Minnesota River valley.

Dublin City Public Libraries and Archive

The philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) funded the building of four Carnegie Libraries in the Dublin City Public Libraries branch network, Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street; Rathmines Library (terracotta by the famous Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth, Staffordshire); Pembroke Library and Charleville Mall Library.

Economy of Seychelles

In 1995, Seychelles saw the privatization of the Seychelles Tuna Canning Factory, 60% of which was purchased by the American food company Heinz.

Four Oaks, Birmingham

The estate was sold to Hubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde for residential development in 1868.

Francesco Cirio

Francesco Cirio (24 December 1836 – 9 January 1900) (64) was an Italian businessman and the inventor of canned vegetables and meat.

Hope Street, Liverpool

Hope Street, Liverpool, England stretches from the city's Roman Catholic cathedral, past the Anglican cathedral to Upper Parliament Street and it is the local high street of the Canning Georgian Quarter.

International Mango Festival

The festival is also an opportunity for agro-industries and food industries processing mangoes into jams, pickles, fruit juice and canned fruit to display their products.

John Hookham Frere

On Canning's promotion to the board of trade in 1809 he succeeded him as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

Kris MacFarlane

Additional artists MacFarlane has worked with include: Dustin Bentall, Barry Canning, George Canyon, Dave Carroll, Patricia Conroy, Crush, Denny Doherty, Luke Doucet, Lennie Gallant, Dave Gunning, Garth Hudson, Paul Lamb, Shanneyganock, Slainte Mhath, Sons of Maxwell, The Paperboys, Nathan Wiley and Hawksley Workman.

Lady Alexandra

Although Alexandra had been designed primarily as an summer-time day excursion steamer, the company had intended to use the ship, which had a 300 ton cargo capacity, as a freighter in the off-season to transport canning supplies to, and pick up packed salmon from, the many canneries along the coast of British Columbia north of Vancouver Island.

Leander Rand

He was born in Canning, Nova Scotia, the son of Stephen Strong Rand and Nancy Forsyth.

Lucks

Luck's, Inc., a food production company based in North Carolina, now an Arizona Canning Company brand.

Lupin poisoning

# Pickling the beans in salt and vinegar and water brine, and keeping them refrigerated if proper canning hygiene is not followed.

Martu people

A Royal Commission in 1908 exonerated Canning, after an appearance by Kimberley explorer John Forrest who claimed that all explorers had acted in such a fashion.

Operation Vengeance

In May 2006, Air Force Magazine published a letter by Doug Canning, a former pilot of the 347th Fighter Group who flew on Operation Vengeance (he escorted Lieutenant Holmes back to Russell Island).

Palmetto Canning

Palmetto Canning is a historic jam, jelly and sauce manufacturer in Palmetto, Florida.

Parliament Square

The features are based on the portrait bust of Canning by Sir Francis Chantrey, who was "not at all pleased with the preference shewn to Mr. Westmacott".

Raffles Hotel, Perth

It is not known where that inn was located but it was possibly a predecessor of the 1896 Canning Bridge Hotel, near the bridge on its western (Applecross) side—which was remodelled in 1937 as the present Raffles Hotel.

Rob Canning

Canning has been a regular fill in presenter for Brad McEwan on Sports Tonight and hosted the Friday night edition and 5:30pm weekend editions until the show was axed in September 2011.

Robert Gordon-Canning

Educated at Eton, he went on to serve in the 10th Royal Hussars in the First World War, attaining the rank of Captain and being awarded the Military Cross.

Stewart Lee

While studying English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford in the 1980s, he wrote and performed comedy in a revue group called "The Seven Raymonds" with Richard Herring, Emma Kennedy, Michael Cosgrave, Richard Canning and Tim Richardson, but did not perform in the well-known Oxford Revue, though he did write for and direct the 1989 Revue.

Stilwell, Oklahoma

Employers were such companies as Tyson Foods, Stilwell Canning Company and its successor, Mrs. Smith's Bakery/Stilwell Food, Cherokee Nation Industries and Facet Industries.

Tama Canning

Tamahau Karangatukituki Canning (born 7 April 1977 in Rose Park) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played four One Day Internationals but no Tests.

Thomas Cleeve

Cleeve was also senior partner in the Cleeve Canning and Cold Storage Company based in British Columbia.

Tonkin Highway

In January 2013, works was undertaken to protect or relocate sections of the Canning Trunk water main and the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline in the vicinity of the project.

Transport in Kolkata

The electrified suburban rail network of the SER and the ER is extensive and stretches far into the neighbouring districts of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Howrah, Hooghly etc.

Wannanup

Wannanup is located within the federal seat of Canning, currently held by Liberal Party member Don Randall, and within the state seat of Dawesville, currently held by the Deputy Premier, Dr Kim Hames.

Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale

Beaumnont was born at Bywell Hall, Northumberland, the son of Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale, by his first wife Lady Margaret Anne de Burgh, daughter of Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, and his wife the Honourable Harriet Canning, daughter of George Canning.

White tuna

Albacore tuna, Thunnus alalunga - the pale-fleshed tuna favoured by the canning industry, also known as shiro maguro, bin-naga maguro, or bincho maguro


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