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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 03, 1960
Page
4
A dense string of classified notices and ad snippets from Regina and Toronto area schools and services. It lists home heating, prescription mail order, beauty training, business courses, clerical and nursing education, and general ads from various providers with contact details. The readable portions reference Regina Sask and Chicago NR addresses, along with program names and prices.
Fragmentary ad items advertise photo finishing and accounting services for Saskatchewan farmers. Mentions Interprovincial Accounting and a Regina address, plus Olls Musical Repairs offering instrument repair and lacquer refinishing on Pasqua Street.
Saskatchewan ad lists septic tank cleaning offered by Acme Senise Services at 92 Lacon Street Legiza with phone B A 2 8831. Rates described as edge or issue driven.
A brief fragment lists welding price references with units 34.00 cwt 7.50 cwt 8.50 cwt 12.00 cwt and 20.00 cwt, indicating per hundredweight charges or quotes in a market item.
Manitoba's Survey Branch partners with Ottawa and the Canadian Army to begin a 13 mile northern boundary survey from Winnipeg to Churchill. An 18 man crew will travel by tractor trains lasting ten days to the border, then continue on foot with shelter, supplies, and radio support to mark cairns and assess potential mineral revenue impact for Manitoba vs the Northwest Territories.
Advert lists high prices for coins stamps and books. Gary's Alta. COINS STAMPS WANTED paying top rates including a 1666 Coin Catalogue 25c and 2.06 title listings. Mail to Box 793 Finn Flon Man with details.
Saskatchewan Co operative Creamery Association Ltd lists fresh eggs and poultry prices with grade breakdowns and freight terms. Co op branches offer eviscerating service and crate supply to members before shipping to secure top prices and avoid losses.
Ontario's Attorney General Kelso Roberts says a limited number of convicted drink drivers could be treated in provincial clinics instead of jail. A pilot project could start this year with minor changes to the Mental Health Act and Liquor Control Act, aided by groups like Harbor Light.
The article discusses claims that women influence 80 percent of Canadian and 85 percent of American consumer spending. It cites Wes Batley arguing that product design and marketing target women to drive empires from textiles to electronics, while noting uncertainty about the exact 85 percent source and praising women’s economic power.
The piece notes that persons over forty are more susceptible to diseases such as diabetes tuberculosis heart trouble and high blood pressure. It advises regular thorough medical exams including eyes ears and teeth to prevent disease from establishing itself.
A compact recap of the quiz results. Five Canadian women won track and field golds in 1928 and Barbara Ann Scott won skating in 1948. The first railway sleeping car was built by Thomas Burnley of Brantford, Ontario in 1860. Saskatchewan leads in motor registrations per population at about one to 3.9. About eight percent of total taxes go to education. Manufacturing accounts for 38 percent of Canada’s total net production. The proportion of taxes for education is incorrectly stated as 555 percent in the prompt.
Red China issued a mandate to Hong Kong police to “love people” and perform acts of service next month. Security Ministry figures from a prior campaign show 4,000,000 good deeds including farming aid, fertilizer collection, and road and water conservation work by police.
St John Ambulance National Headquarters reports peacetime Canada training exceeded 100000 for 1949 with 101511 people trained in first aid home nursing and child care. New trainees 78172 and advanced courses 23339. Only 1942 and 1948 exceeded 100000 in wartime. Ten year total 735529 Canadians trained by St John.
Douglas Barnes of London won seven new cars in a newspaper contest and admitted the drawback that he cannot drive any of them. He said he will likely give the cars away or sell them.
Norwegian canneries produced 660700 cases of brisling sardines in the first ten months of 1959, a postwar record. The figure reflects strong demand and expanded production across major fishing ports.
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