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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1950
Page
2
The article weighs Canada’s postwar immigration goals and capacity. Estimates of population support range widely from 15 million to 100 million, with experts like Professor Griffith Taylor projecting about 50 million. Immigration after the war added 379,000 new citizens, but current rates are declining, possibly due to currency controls.
At a meeting of Britain France and the United States foreign ministers participants noted population pressure in Italy and Western Germany fueling unemployment and discontent. The refugee influx strains local authorities while Canada presses its policy favoring skilled workers over large-scale settlement as immigration remains a worldwide focus.
Ottawa announces a Foreign Exchange Control board display card to assist hotels restaurants and merchants in handling U S currency. The card notes U S funds are accepted at the official rate and includes tables to compute change in Canadian and U S dollars.
British travelers seek rain protection from Lloyds with weather insurance. An $8 policy covers the risk of more than average rainfall in a week, reflecting Americans’ caution about England’s climate.
Production of television receivers in Canada is projected to reach 50 000 units this year, five times the 1949 output. The Canadian Radio Manufacturers Association reported that the federal government will release dollars to cover imports of necessary parts. No further details provided.
TORONTO. John Ritchie Mac Nicol former MP for Toronto Davenport who served 19 years in the House of Commons has died. He collapsed of a heart attack at Malton Airport while still active in irrigation and reclamation campaigning. Even after losing the last election he resumed tours across Canada promoting conservation and irrigation measures.
Liverpool cabbie Bob Kelly, 40, offers a novel in taxi service charging six pence extra. He has installed an electric razor and a looking glass in the back of his taxi and says the setup is a great boon for hurried customers.
Wetaskiwin, Alberta, derives its name from Cree for the place where peace was made, linking the city to a historic 1000 year old peace pipe smoking meeting between Cree and Blackfeet.
A Royal Commission report tabled in the House of Commons approves extra compensation to Canadian Japanese for wartime confiscations. Total adds 1 222 829 dollars for seized possessions and homes, with 71 000 dollars for fishing boats and 201 000 dollars for personal effects lost or stolen.
A collection of light jokes and quips on daily life. A phone exchange about a grandmother and a parrot’s heartbreak. Inflation humor contrasts value and money. Letters about hotel bills and jealous spouses. A hospital quip about walking. Children at a rain delay and a sly supper remark. A tearful sister scolds a protesting brother with a tally of insults.
A team of Canadian independent firms starts 10 wells 700 to 1500 feet deep in west central Saskatchewan near Lloydminster. Pan Western Oils Ltd and Long Island Petroleums Ltd share half the cost of the strat test program with Canadian American investors funding the rest. Tests will cover at least 12 000 feet of drilling on six townships within a 500 000 acre Crown permit area. The Lambton Company of Calgary holds an 8 percent carried interest after acquiring permits and farming out exploration.
Health League offers advice for a safe summer holiday including avoiding deep water if non-swimmer, learning artificial respiration to save lives, sun safety with easy doses, recognizing poison ivy, ensuring potable water, pasteurizing milk, avoiding over-exertion, and increasing salt in hot weather.
A Regina girl tells her brother about meeting a clergyman she calls a canon. The brother nonchalantly retorts with a single line, Hmmm, big shot, eh.
Prince Albert Agricultural society challenges Calgary claims to an all-time fat stock record after Prince Albert’s June 3 sale saw 38 head sell for 30 dollars per hundredweight. The Prince Albert fat stock show recorded 659 entries with an average of 29.20 dollars, while Calgary reported 618 steers at 27.96 dollars.
Geneva reporting shows Canada moved to fourth place in resettling refugees. Canada welcomed 2,254 in April, lifting its total to 83,950, behind the United States 176,377 and Australia 131,080 and ahead of Britain 83,327 and Israel 117,943. The April total for refugees to new countries reached 18,496, the year’s high.
The article notes that China's written history begins around 1100 B.C., highlighting early records and the development of writing systems. It discusses ancient inscriptions and the emergence of a literate culture that shaped subsequent dynasties and cultural memory.
The Financial Post reports Canada faces a late spring with most seeding done but weather as the key variable. Red River Manitoba flood areas show 200000 acres unsown while wheat prices hold at 1.40 as U.K. backed support expires July 1. Beef demand in the U.S. strains Canadian supplies with exports averaging 8 million dollars monthly.
The synod of the Diocese of Saskatchewan approves a motion to rename the Church of England in Canada to The Anglican Church of Canada at the 10th Diocesan synod in Prince Albert. The source notes the Ice Age ended about 20,000 years ago.
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