Ontario Eases Farm Help Rules Affects Harvest Aid
H R Richardson reports a shift as Ontario eases restrictions on farm workers to the west while Manitoba seeks Ottawa’s help to relieve harvest shortages. Manitoba still lists 15 of 100 eastern help requested, with rains dulling demand and some soldiers responding to camp notices about vacancies.
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Ontario
Manitoba
Ottawa
H. R. Richardson
Farm Labor Service
Mr. Richardson
Richardson
Oil pipeline deliveries rise in June and first half
Canadian oil pipeline shipments climbed in June to 122,735 barrels from 111,357 a year earlier and rose to 129,428,238 barrels for January to June, up from 103,662,064. Provincial half-year totals show British Columbia 19,901,962 and Quebec 37,633,925 among others.
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British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Softwoods Dominate Canadian Lumber Output in 1954
Canada sawn lumber split shows softwoods making up about 94.1 percent and hardwoods 5.9 percent. British Columbia yielded the highest softwood share near 100 percent, with Quebec 19.9 percent, Ontario 198 percent and Saskatchewan 17.4 percent providing the largest hardwood portion.
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Canada
British Columbia
Quebec
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Ancient Egyptians Wore False Beards with Straps
The ancient Egyptians seldom grew real beards and commonly attached a false beard using a strap. The practice appears across royal and non royal contexts, signaling status and identity in their culture.
Caution urged in handling firearms during Saskatchewan season
Saskatchewan Game Commissioner L. Paynter urges hunters to treat firearms with utmost care as the 1956 season opens, noting nine gun accidents this year including a fatality. He cites past totals for 1954 and 1955 and highlights youths as major offenders, with safety pamphlets included with licences to promote prudent hunting.
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L. Paynter
Saskatchewan
Mr. Paynter
Funny and Otherwise Funny and Otherwise
A collection of light jokes and witticisms spans marriage, doctors, trains, shoppers, and aging. A doctor prescribes quiet and sleeping powder taken by the wife, a flirtatious dance moment ends in a comic confusion, and a station clerk quips about a round trip.
Population rise in 1956 census for many urban areas
Preliminary figures from the 1956 Census show urban populations increasing since 1951 across 492 towns and villages. Of 31 cities and towns above 5,000, all but three gained, with most gains substantial, and among the remaining 461 smaller places all but 87 grew as well.
Scrap quilt pattern sparks heirloom nostalgia
An ornate description outlines an old fashioned nosegay form from fabric scraps and promotes Pattern 7010 for scrap quilt creation in single and double bed sizes. It notes sending twenty five cents to a rural pattern service and mentions additional patterns such as 235 tracing diagrams and 35 cents for copies with name and address.
Free Alice Brooks Needlecraft book patterns offered
Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street W Toronto promotes 1956 patterns in a new Alice Brooks Needlecraft book. Readers can order dozens more designs by mail for 25 cents, sending name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
P.P.L
Decorator Projects Pattern for four screen types
Pattern 462 details steps to make four screen styles matching decor. Mail for 35c as part of a five-pattern packet from Homeworkshop. Packet priced at $1.50. Order to Home Workshop Patterns 44533 West Sud Avenue Vancouver B C.
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Department P.P.L
West Sud Avenue
New Saskatchewan school film manual issued
A new manual listing 1 686 sound 16 mm films for Saskatchewan classrooms has been mailed to about 3 500 schools. E F Holliday, supervisor of visual education, says the binder can be updated by attaching new listings. The 1953 issued manual will be replaced for five years.
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E. F. Holliday
Saskatchewan
Holliday
Prenatal Care Emphasized to Lower Infant Mortality
The article notes high infant deaths in several countries, including Canada, and urges better care for expectant mothers. It recommends prenatal clinics in towns and cities offering medical checkups and guidance to protect both mother and child.
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Canada
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Steffens
Monte Carlo
Fleischmann
Scald
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the Pattern Shop
Peertain
Anne Adams
Vancouver, B.C
New School Film Manual
Seouce
Jane Ashley
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