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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1957
Page
7
A composite stat note covering consumer price trends, wholesale material prices, farm product movements, transportation freight, shipping tonnage, passenger rail, and manufacturing output. It notes a higher overall index with shelter stable, wholesale prices down briefly, and varied shifts in freight, vehicle production, and housing starts across Canadian provinces during early 1956 and related periods.
The force of gravity varies with latitude, decreasing toward the equator and rising past it, impacting apparent weight as you move from higher latitudes toward the equator.
The report details Quebec Natural Gas Corporation securing about 20 million in subordinated debentures and 8 million in common stock, with detachable share components and staged sale windows. It also notes a 20 million first mortgage bond issue, Hydro-Quebec gas conversion costs, and future gas sourcing shifts. Great Lakes Power announces a 5 million debenture issue with warrants for 15 shares, plus plans for new hydro facilities and a dam. The piece also covers Montreal borrowing needs, U.S. Treasury bill results, and speculation on Canadian Dominion bond sales and a potential Dyno Uraniums issue.
The Kootenays remain the top hunting region in B C with about seven of ten hunters reporting at least one deer. Grouse and duck harvests rose among roughly 12 000 hunters, about 6 000 per East and West Kootenay area, with a fuller breakdown expected from the Boundary soon.
Newspaper notes include $8 million of Nova Scotia Light and Power Ist Mortgage 5 13% bonds due 1977 and $2 million of Hamilton Cotton Co Ist Mortgage Bonds due 1972, with mentions of pricing around $99 and interest. The items underscore debt offerings and maturities in the period.
The Midale field reaches the 200th well milestone with Husky Mic-Mac No 13-34 located five miles northeast of Shell Oil's A.7-S discovery. The field now hosts 236 producing wells, the largest in southeastern Saskatchewan, as of April 24 1957.
Last year 900 boys received a regulation size football valued around seven dollars. This year the Booster Club plans to give away 2000 footballs or helmets or shoulder harnesses. Girls will receive a special offer. Mail coupon to Booster Club Regina Saskatchewan.
Printed directions on each pattern part for pattern 4659 Half Sizes 14 to 24. Easy sewing with slimming lines, suitable for 16 size with three yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 40 cents and write name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept in Toronto.
Doctor C MacKenzie of the West Kootenay Health Unit approved chlorination equipment for the Kinnaird water system and forwarded the plans to Victoria for final approval. Commissioner F G Warner reported at the Monday night meeting at the Village Office that no orders will be placed until Victoria confirms.
In colonial Boston a candidate for governor of Massachusetts had to be a Christian with property valued at 1,000 pounds. The rule reflected early civic norms linking faith and wealth to political eligibility.
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