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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 20, 1937
Page
3
Delegates at Ottawa's Dominion wildlife conference praised Indian trappers while criticizing white practices. They discussed registry schemes, predator rules, and education, noting low Canada duck numbers and proposing possible closed seasons. New Year levees reflect historic Canadian democratic tradition.
Building activity in Canada is lagging but expected to rise soon as farm prosperity returns. South and east regions show higher farm product prices, boosting housing demand amid concerns of a sharp, rapid boom with scarce materials. The West currently sells wheat at strong prices, signaling broader economic revival. The Silver Jubilee express earns 12s per mile while costing 4s 2d to run and averaging 16s 2d per mile.
The exchange shows Mrs Black urging a new car while Mr Black raises the burden of installments on the current vehicle, a remnant from a prior sale and trade in. The discussion unfolds as the couple weighs financial obligations.
Westminster Abbey will close to the public as Dean Foxley Norris hands the keys to the Office of Works for immediate coronation preparations. Seating will expand from 2,500 to 9,000, with St Faith’s chapel for private devotions, and labor shortages extend the closure. Verger pay remains but tips from visitors are lost. The procession seat demand shows event popularity surpassing King George V’s silver jubilee.
A Hamilton magistrate fined an automobile driver $50 and costs for driving while overtired. He rejects the idea that fatigue is less offense than intoxication, saying fatigue can incapacitate a driver just as intoxication can.
A year end survey shows 223 new post offices opened in 14 months across Canada, with Quebec and Ontario leading. Rural routes added 127, serving about 4,000 boxes, while many postmasters operate on commission. Fatigue and worry linked to arthritis were discussed at an American Academy meeting, stressing early treatment and patient action.
The Belvedere estate, favorite residence of the Duke of Windsor, is emptied of furniture and effects. It will stay vacant until King George decides its future with linen and plate stored at Windsor. Buckingham Palace prepares a suite for the king and his family at 145 Piccadilly. moving date not fixed. A separate note mentions a Japan dependent family with annual income of $3,000.
The Glasgow Bulletin ponders Princess Elizabeth as heir presumptive to the throne and whether she will sit in the central chair in Parliament’s opening session, a role the Prince of Wales has long held in the Lords.
Brighten floors with a quick crochet rug using a 7 inch triangle motif. Pattern 5783 offers instructions charts materials color ideas and joining methods to create varied rug designs and matching decor. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
The article explains how rail or carcass grading, voluntary for producers, expands in Canada with Ontario Quebec and Maritime provinces using it since 1935 and prairie provinces adopting it this year. Over 240000 hogs were graded in 1936 with 75 percent down payment and final price based on killing-floor grade. Dr Hincks warns on mental illness prevention and urges work recreation self knowledge self acceptance and authentic living as key principles of healthy living.
G Sherman Haxton of Oakfield supervises a tile dairy barn slated for completion in April. It will house 300 cows in 28,900 square feet with forced ventilation and heating for comfort, vacuum milk extraction to a pasteurized bottle for selling, avoiding hand contact.
The article notes Florida tourist agencies hotels and transport firms track daily garbage as a key economic thermometer. Higher waste signals a strong season with plans for more staff and wages, while a drop like the 1929 low prompts cuts. The writer cites Miami garbage rising this year, indicating a robust winter season.
Report notes the Duke of Kent photographed leaving a phrenologist's shop where the specialist praised his brain as very fine and his temperament as fastidious, sensitive and critical. A geyser eruption followed by soap dropped into it.
Berlin authorities push a process for the German print trade to adopt a bleachable ink. Chemists, after years of trying to remove lampblack inks, have created Manganschwartz from crude manganese dioxide that bleaches with small amounts of sulfur dioxide, a method expected to gain favor in government circles.
Progress in Saskatchewan mining marked substantial in 1936 with notable gains expected in 1937. About 1,600 claims in the Lake Athabasca area remained in good standing at year end.
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