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Hamiota Echo

Location

Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Jun 27, 1956

Page

3

Sports Clinic tips for swimming tennis and baseball form

The piece offers concise fixes for crawl kicking to keep feet under water and reduce splash. It advises a short kicking motion with only heels breaking surface, then shifts to crowding the tennis ball, urging three quarters of arm width from contact for a free swing. Baseball stride should be short to maintain power, citing Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle as examples. The Canadian Amateur Sports and Physical Fitness Development Service runs the program via Sports College in Toronto.

Ted Wiliams Mickey Mantle Amateur Sports and Physical Fitness Sports College Box Toronto 1

Weed control in seed meadows boosts profits via herbicide use

The article explains that herbicides like 24-D and MCP can be cost effective in seed meadow crops. It notes costs of dockage for weed seed in harvested stock and the advantage of pre harvest weed removal in fields. Brass species tolerate herbicides well, enabling higher rates without crop injury.

RK. M. MacVicar Central Experimental Farm Ottawa Addion

Quick Canadian Quiz pocket of facts about Canada

Newfoundland has the highest birth rate while British Columbia has the lowest. Ontario has the most seats in the House of Commons. Prince Edward Island has the fewest. About one fifth of employed Canadians are trades union members. Over 30 years three men have served as Prime Minister: King Bennett St Laurent. Canadians spend more on national defence or welfare and social security. welfare exceeds two billion dollars, defence 1.7 billion, new housing 1.2 billion.

Canzida Newfoundland British Columbia King Bennett St. Laurent Omagrioc

Humorous Vignettes From a Busy Train Window

A string of brief gags unfolds from a theatre overrun by overworked husbands to a clever violinist who learns the bookmaker’s trick. A marine billets a disdainful cook, a schoolboy mocks Socrates, and a traveling salesman provokes a sharp railway exchange over a bag of strawberries.

Elaine Mae Golding Tuthill Becomes First Woman Swimmer Panama Canal

Elaine Mae Golding Tuthill becomes the first woman to swim the Panama Canal completing the feat in 1913. Her historic achievement marks a milestone in early 20th century athletic feats for women.

Elaine Mae Golding Tuthill Panama Canal

Selecting Irrigation Pumps: Horizontal Centrifugal Limits and Advice

The article explains irrigation pump choices, noting horizontal centrifugal pumps are common but limited by suction lift and high pressure inefficiency. It outlines when to choose vertical turbine or deep well jet pumps, and lists essential installation details to aid a dealer in selecting the right pump.

H. C. Korven Canada Department of Agriculture Experimental Farm Swift Current Sask

Weekly Crossword Puzzle Ratte Bird

Horizontal clues list a puzzle item set with entries like depicts an ostrichlike bird and various word meanings. Vertical clues provide actions and definitions including worm encountered makes into law and forms a notion. The page presents a typical newspaper crossword layout with labeled directions and numbered entries.

British Teachers Headed for Canada Recruitment Drive

About 600 top-flight British teachers will depart for Canada this summer to join Ontario and the four Western provinces. Ontario expects 300, British Columbia 100, with the rest split among Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The move emphasizes higher salaries and quality to offset local shortages, with salaries cited and a note on purchasing power of the pound. Porcupine twins are mentioned as a curiosity in the text.

Canada Ontario Western Provinces British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba

Tax collectors then and now compared in Roman tale

The piece recounts Lactantius describing Roman tax harvests in Gaul during the fifth century where wives accused husbands without evidence under torture. New tax men repeatedly arrived to indict fresh cases, shrinking cattle stocks and killing many, while taxes persisted even on the dead.

Lactantius Gaul

Blanery Sells Home in County Front Yard

J Blanery of Yuba City California finally sold his house on the front lawn of the new Sutter County building after months of stalemate. The county project was completed a year ago and the sale fetched 15500 dollars.

Ss. J. Blanery Yuba City California Sutter County Flanery

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