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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 06, 1949
Page
2
The article notes unsettled global conditions yet highlights thirty years of social progress in legislation and welfare. It states governments increasingly prioritize average citizens and that many social injustices have been corrected despite wars and economic crises.
The article reviews Canadian social welfare gains over thirty years, noting early measures for unemployment and workmen's compensation, mothers' allowances, old age pensions, and disability pensions, plus child care during drought and veterans' reestablishment. It cites a Canadian Welfare Council report showing expenditures rising from 85 million in 1924 to about 850 million, signaling steady progress and ongoing efforts to improve living and working conditions.
Bouncing Buster from Lilla Gord stables Brandon Man rode by Gord Williamson won the Eilers Challenge Trophy jumping event at Regina Light Horse show. The 19 year old horse outpaced Cool Customer from Kelvin Grove Farms Calgary, with a jump off required after a first round tie and rails raised for the deciding run.
Ottawa reports a special plan will place 500 Mennonite DP workers and their families on farms this year, primarily in prairie provinces. Arrangements are handled by the Dominion provincial farm labor committees with a deadline of October. Federal officials have no word yet on provincial distribution.
A Smoky River region creek north of Rocky Mountain House forest reserve is officially named Strene Creek to honor Fit Lt J R Strene DFC of Edmonton. Strene, reported missing in 1943, is commemorated by the naming.
A Toronto issued dollar bill marks a transition from sterling to dollars in Upper Canada era. The note bears the number 1 and promises payment of five shillings to the bearer on demand.
The latest entry in the tooth derby is 14 month old Patricia Haywood of Victoria who claims the most toothsome tot in Canada with 22 shining teeth. The boa constrictor of South America is the largest of snakes.
Winnipeg reports Manitoba will spend a record 7.175 million dollars on 1949 road work funded by 2 million from current revenues and the rest from capital. The Winnipeg Emerson highway leads influx of U S tourists with 841,590 to finish grade for 26 miles north of Emerson and 1,169,760 for concrete surfacing. Trans Canada west from Brandon to the Saskatchewan line receives 987,650 for surfacing while a federal contribution is still pending.
A collection of humorous exchanges and cartoons featuring a boot polishing gag a canary missing by a maid a telegram love message with a polite addition a patient doctor punchline and a car license plate reading test plus a nosy optician scene, all conveyed in light newspaper style.
Berry growers on British Columbia’s lower mainland and Vancouver Island will keep this year’s Washington State market access. Two Washington legislature bills, potentially harming exports, have been postponed and likely won’t reappear soon.
Resources minister Mac Kinnon announced new efforts to place reindeer under Eskimo management in the Mackenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories. Two trained Eskimo herdsmen with British apprentice helpers have already run reindeer in the Eskimo lakes area under department supervision since December. Aklavik hosts a government reindeer station and aims to involve more Eskimos in management to bolster livelihoods from reindeer and northern game resources.
Edward Turner of a British motorcycle company declares women cannot operate motorcycles, claiming they lack the required strength. He promotes back seat driving and explains the Domition Cycle racing demands tremendous physical strength.
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