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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 31, 1950
Page
2
Reports from Australia highlight a growing education system focused on natural resources and native culture. A national university supports higher studies through substantial scholarships to cultivate skilled minds for the country’s future.
Prime Minister Mr G N Menzies announced Australia will begin next January a scheme awarding 3,0600 university scholarships annually distributed by state population. Largest awards reach about 600 dollars with special grants for older and married students. In three years about 9,000 students would benefit at an annual government cost of 7 million dollars. If Canada matched, 90 students would be funded at 12.5 million dollars.
The article notes Canada’s Veterans Rehabilitation Act aiding over 30,000 students in 1947 48 and discusses Australia’s interest in a permanent student financial program to expand professional training. It highlights cross national interest as veterans seek university education and extended study support.
New York reports two in three odds the Dionne quintuplets will reach age 50 together. At 16 on May 28 they face 7 in 100 chances of living to 21 and 27 in 100 to reach 65 as MetLife statisticians note the figures are conservative.
Governor Ernest Gruening said traffic on the Alaska Highway would rise if the Canadian section were paved. He noted the U.S. was already paving 600 to 700 miles of the highway in Alaska and remarked that Americans are accustomed to pavement.
A nine year old boy in Windsor sat on a railroad rail and challenged the approaching train. The engineer applied brakes frantically and the boy ran away as the train halted.
The note recalls ancient heating methods where ancient builders circulated heated air beneath floors to warm surfaces, a concept centuries old and not a recent invention. It highlights historical use of radiant warmth and the long lineage of underfloor heating ideas.
A collage of jokes and humorous dialogue snippets about teachers, bosses, wives, and daily life. The lines touch on etiquette, courtship, and family roles with playful wordplay and cartoonish mishearings. The fragment ends with the number 288 as a stray entry.
Ottawa announced federal grants totaling more than 155800 to enlarge capacity at four Alberta facilities. The funds go to the Provincial Mental Hospital Ponoka the Provincial Training School Red Deer the Provincial Mental Institute Oliver and the Bentley Municipal Hospital.
Fred Tymrick of Arrowhead B C drove 1200 miles to Sturgis Sask to have five sawmill belts spliced by William Hrushka a local harness maker After detours via Vancouver Revelstoke Nelson and Calgary he finally got the belts spliced and returned home
Alberta bans moose and caribou hunting for the year due to mysterious migrations and poor winters. The province sets bag limits for other animals and specifies regional elk rules in Pincher Creek area. Wildlife officials cite need to allow herd recovery and reduce hunting pressure amid unsettled migration patterns.
At the annual meeting of the Northern Alberta branch of the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations of Canada, SS Ra fuse of Bridgewater i. tea predicted last year’s new car sales in Canada would surpass 300000, signaling a clear record.
Mr. Huestis stated that hunters may apply for special permits allowing deer or elk hunting during the open sheep and goat seasons in the Athabasca Brazeau and Clearwater forest reserves. Open dates cover September 15 to December 15 for tears and similar ranges for other wildlife with no changes in fees.
The First Municipal Airport in Edmonton, built in 1926, marked Canada’s earliest municipal airfield facility.
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