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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1938
Page
4
Doctors in Hobart perform a rare operation removing a 21/4 inch object embedded for six years in a child's lung. The case hailed as one of Tasmania's outstanding surgical feats amid broad World Happenings briefs.
The Overseas League in Canada invites locals to join a movement to unite the empire and improve ties among British subjects. Sir Evelyn Wrench founded the league in 1906, and Lord Tweetsmuir helped relaunch it in Ottawa with a London exchange of greetings. John G. Bridges of London urged a fresh start to organize Canada locally.
The Cambridge Low Temperature Research Station in England houses the coldest room where 100 degrees of frost can be reached. Scientists restrict exposure to 10 minutes per session.
The British post office savings bank serves 10,000,000 depositors with 16,000 branches and processes about 120,000 transactions daily.
The figure shows housing construction in England and Wales since Armistice eight million four hundred eighty four thousand one hundred thirty two. The data reflects postwar development and regional output.
The Rocher River—Great Slave region trader and prospector Edward DeMelt recounts two decades in the Northwest Territories. He survived a 1918 shipwreck, lived on wild geese and onions, and drifted from Peace River homesteads to Great Slave Lake before returning south for a few days in Edmonton.
Anne Adams presents Pattern 4548 for Misses and women sizes 12 to 20 30 to 40 with long or short sleeves a contrasting yoke and collar and full trousers. The lounging or sleeping pajamas use cotton crepe chambray percale broadcloth and even silk for a luxurious version. The pattern requires 4 12 yards 89 inch fabric and 2 4 yard contrast for size 16. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg to order with size name address and style number.
A group recounts a multi leg journey from Island Falls to Camp 38 via Muddy Barrier and Lake One. They travel by canoe and motor craft, with portages by tractor and wagon, meeting a patrolman Johannson who joins at Camp 38. Moose and a black bear sighting accompany travel along the route.
A devotional treatment of Jesus exorcising the Gerasene demoniac on the Sea of Galilee shore. It covers the man who lived among tombs, cries, and self harm, the request to enter swine, the pigs’ drowning, and the townspeople’s fear and request for Jesus to depart.
Mrs. George Black, M P for the Yukon, told London Women’s Canadian Club members she fears flying yet praises air travel for quick northern journeys. She recalled crossing to Dawson by foot and horseback, saying four hours by plane replaces four days by other means. She noted pioneer stock runs in her blood and referenced her grandmother’s shocked reaction to her distant goldfields wardrobe.
Walter Snell of East Malvern retires after 31 years with Victorian Railways as a gardener. He estimates pushing lawn mowers 13 198 miles and wearing out four machines in the course of his service.
A reflective note contrasts human legacy with modern labor as footprints fade in sand but motor grease stains the concrete. The remark links progress to industrial activity and public memory. It suggests lasting traces come from work and machinery rather than eras.
A compact local sketch notes a reliable horse trader and his animals, highlighting practical judgment and seasoned handling in earnings and management. The piece emphasizes pragmatic care, steady routines, and the value of experience in rural commerce.
Gerald Lascelles aged 13, younger son of Princess Anne and the Earl of Harewood, joins Eton for the spring term. His elder brother Viscount Lascelles, 15, has already spent two years there. They trained at Ludgrove before, with their mother teaching them basics. They enjoy country life, riding and walking with the Princess Royal, and follow the hounds.
George S. Peacock of Regina was chosen president at the closing session of the three day convention in Vancouver. George McKeag of Winnipeg was named a director. Alderman Fred Crone praised newspaper advertising as the soundest form of advertising urging businessmen on tight budgets to use newspapers first.
The article notes that nearly a third of Britain’s land surface is hill country and currently yields little or nothing of value to the public.
A small Hampshire settlement named Canada reflects a back to the land move. About 20 families built huts and crops along a single street near London, sharing pride with their Canadian namesake. The name honors settlers who stayed while others migrated to the Dominion.
A burglar bitten by a dog sues the owner after a notice on a villa labeled the dog dangerous. The trial follows the dispute over liability for any harm to the public, highlighting post imprisonment mistrust between watch dogs and house breakers.
The statement claims moisture in any form covers every region on the globe. It notes rainfall or snowfall occurs across diverse climates and terrains, illustrating universal distribution of precipitation.
The article notes rectal cancer ranks fifth in frequency and early detection raises cure chances. It cites English doctors reporting 52 percent operable cases disease-free after five years, and urges public awareness of signs such as painless onset, alternating bowel habits, blood or mucus in stool, and bleeding to prompt thorough examination and timely treatment.
Readers are urged to write to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont to obtain the complete set of Dr McCulloughs cancer articles.
Sir Stenton Thomas, governor of the Straits Settlements, opened a graving dock rivaling the Southampton facility built for the Queen Mary. Singapore now prepares to base the royal navy’s largest ships while Iceland records higher winter temperatures in its south than Milan, Italy. Temper spoil golf, and the reverse is true.
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