War Savings Certificates Drive Nears Weekly Quota
Week by week the Manitoba War Savings Campaign highlights civilian sacrifices for victory bonds. An Altamont farm hand bought the maximum 480 worth of certificates after a secretary offered 50. A Winnipeg Wheat Board letter sought 150 to 200 for wheat to buy certificates, noting the writer had no cash and had been hospitalised for three months.
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Manitoba War Savings Certifcates
Ite
Altamont
War Savings Committee
Wheat Board
Winnipeg
Conservation Talk Highlights Wheat Reduction in Prairie Farmlands
Calgary address by L B Thomson of the Dominion Experimental Station Swift Current outlines three land categories good soil, abandoned adjacent land, and non arable areas. He urges longer fallow rotation, grass seeding to stop drift, regressing sub marginal zones, and keeping large non arable tracts for grazing to curb wheat output.
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Calgary
L. B. Thomson
Dominion Experimental Station
Swift Current
Mr. Thomson
Thomson
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Provincial tributes to agricultural communities noted
Headquarters officials praised the agricultural communities of the province for their resilience as scarce resources were exhausted due to a broken arm incident and related pressures. The remark underscored the region's cooperative spirit amid limited supplies.
Change In Addressing Mail For Troops Overseas and Canada
Poetmaster General W. P Malock announces a national change in military mail addressing for Canada. Canadian Army Overseas replaces Canadian Active Service Force and CASF Base Post Office Canada is omitted. Examples show names, unit details, and overseas or Canadian stationing. Citizens should adopt the new method immediately for all letters parcels and mail to Canadian Army personnel overseas or in Canada.
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Canada
W. P Malock
CAS Fcr Base Post Office
Canadian Army Overseas
Red & White Store broom ad and business course offer
An advertisement urges asking for and buying brooms made by the Blind at the Red and White Store in Hamiota with a 33 percent savings. It also promotes a Dominion Business College Winnipeg course valued at 150 dollars with a 23 percent cash discount, directing readers to The Echo Office.
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Dominion Business College
Winnipeg
Echo Office
Manitoba Volunteer Reserve Hamiota Branch Orders 1941
Orders from Captain F M Coombe outline weekly parades at the Hamiota School on Fridays with fall-in at 19 50 hours. Training includes First Aid Telegraphy Signalling and Physical Training. A winter telegraph and signalling class will be offered, with names due by February 28. St John Ambulance examination entries due by March 7.
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Hamiota
St John Ambulance Association
Honor Roll of Hamiota Enlistees for His Majesty's Forces
A local unit of the Army and Navy Veterans in Canada lists Hamiota village and municipality men who have enlisted for service with His Majesty's Forces. The notice invites relatives to notify G B Key, secretary, of future enrollments and provides a long roster of names.
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Army and Navy Veterans
Canada
Hamiota
G B. Key
Anderson
G Maneell
M E Anderson
H. M. McDougall
L J. Anderson
Jno. McLaughlin Gr, Anderson
Jas Anderson
R Arbuthnott
Canadian National Earnings Increase in 1940–41 period
The gross revenues of the Canadian National Railways system for the work ending February 14, 1941, rose over the same period in 1940. The increase is shown as 4,554,521 versus 4,355,727 in the prior year, reflecting stronger earnings.
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Canadian National Railways
Sixty Years of Canadian Pacific Railway Progress
A history of the Canadian Pacific Railway from its charter in 1881 to its 60th anniversary. It notes the rapid construction, minimal subsidy, and political opposition, alongside dramatic growth: miles of track, ships, locomotives, rolling stock, hotels, and an immense economic impact with passenger and freight figures and tax contributions. It highlights the first transcontinental train arrival in 1886 and the modern Dominion train as symbols of progress.
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Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
John A. Macdonald
Pacific Coast
Confederation
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
of Canada
Atlantic
Canadian Pacific
Dominion
Empire
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