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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 23, 1951
Page
2
Progress in the province after joining Canada is noted as favourable with growing acceptance by Newfoundlanders. After three years, opposition to the union is waning and plans are underway to develop natural resources and expand industry.
World price trends affect Newfoundland's eggonomy with cod prices down while pulp and paper and Wabana iron mines run at capacity. Government builds plants for wall board cement gypsum and plans a seal tamnery flour mill and two more paper mills. Union with Canada brings taxes but also family allowances pensions health services and broader support. Prospects hinge on resource development and provincial progress inspiring other provinces.
Five sapphire mink kits hatched in a car in Winnipeg. Mother mink arrived from Pine Crest fur farm Victoria Beach. Estimated grown value over $1,500 with pelts up to 350 each. owners Rex Lester and sons Glen and Lorne found the squeaks after parking before their sister’s home.
In Victoria British Columbia the Salem Senators defeated the Victoria Athletics 1-0 in a Western International League game lasting four hours and 36 minutes. The contest produced multiple records including longest game and longest scoreless and shutout innings by a pitcher.
Winnipeg report notes at least 10 wells expected in Manitoba this summer with four already operating and three more planned. The Souris Oil Company initiates the first test hole showing oil traces and plans two more holes, potentially four. other firms also plan new operations.
A collection of light humor and brief anecdotes from a newspaper page. Jokes range from a burglar and widow to a professor's cautionary chemistry bit, a boy saying prayers softly, and quips about a parrot alarm clock and a crosswords fan. The pieces highlight everyday absurdities and social foibles with playful dialogue.
TORONTO Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd announces a $28,318,000 program for its Lynn Lake nickel copper property in Northern Manitoba and a $17,522,000 refinery in Alberta. Upon completion in 1954 about 800 people will move with their homes and goods as the community shifts from Sherridan to Lynn Lake 120 miles north.
Four Ontario farm boys from Victoria and Wentworth counties join a Salada Tea Company sponsored tour of the Eastern United States to learn land conservation and soil improvement. Gerald Bell 19, Ivan Bell 15, George Markle 18, and Tom Braithwaite 19 will visit Ohio Water shed Conservancy District, Malabar Farm, Blue Grass country, and the Tennessee Valley project with LeRoy G. Brown guiding the trip.
A Manitoba taxpayer who sent in his income tax return was sent back a well worn shirt with the document. The unusual exchange highlights a humorous miscue in tax handling in Winnipeg.
Frequent headaches serve as a warning. seek medical evaluation promptly to identify underlying causes and prevent complications.
Edmonton reports the Peace River district of Alberta will open for homesteading with about 356 quarter sections offered by the lands department. The area, starting 25 miles northwest of Spirit River and extending toward the Peace River, supports wheat oats and barley with soil described as clay loam. Water supply and rough wagon roads present handicaps while government expects accommodation for around 40 settlers in the Blueberry Mountain area.
Victoria B C A mass reforestation project on northern Vancouver Island nears completion with two million Douglas Fir seedlings planted across three sites Lawson Lake Morton Lake and Salmon River covering 5 1 acres Planting runs 175 000 to 200 000 seedlings daily with an expected survival rate of 82 percent.
In Swansea Wales a mass X-ray screening of 10 000 people for tuberculosis showed only 13 with traces of the disease, indicating a very low rate of positive cases among participants.
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