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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1949
Page
2
The article notes Canada's Arctic knowledge and the Antarctic's growing importance. It predicts rising activity this century as about ten nations pursue science, whaling, or territorial aims in the 60 000 square mile continent.
The United States plans an Antarctic expedition led by Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd to study naval air training and science. Britain France Norway Sweden Argentina Chile Japan Netherlands South Africa and the Soviet Union plan visits or expeditions with whaling, geology, and meteorology goals.
Edmonton dispatch reports Dr. Tuinman, Netherlands immigration attaché, predicting 2000 Dutch families will move to Alberta next year and about 10000 Hollanders to Canada this year. New arrivals will be independent farmers restricted from bringing capital, seeking funds via various jobs to later buy land. He also discussed trade, suggesting Canada buy more Dutch goods to allow Netherlands to purchase Canadian wheat and products.
Sparks Nevada residents hear that the horseless carriage is here to stay. City council votes to remove downtown hitching posts after motorists report dents to new cars from parking near the posts.
The phrase a mari usque ad mare is described as a Latin extract from Psalm 72. It translates to He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from river unto the ends of the earth. The note links the motto to biblical language and Canadian usage.
George R. Fanset of Winnipeg and general manager of Ducks Unlimited (Canada) told the opening session of the 39th annual convention of the International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners that duck production has risen since the early 1930s, aided by human effort and favorable natural conditions, even with widespread drought across the prairies this year.
The radio committee of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association reported at its annual convention that newspapers remain unaffected by television. The study notes that radio stations and weeklies operate side by side in communities and the pattern is stabilizing.
David Smith Saskatchewan director of adult education has left for the Maritimes to begin a survey of labor education. The study is conducted at the request of the Canadian Association for Adult Education and aims to map current programs and needs nationwide.
An Idabel hunter treated his gunshot wound and then showed his young son how the accident occurred. The demonstration proved too explicit and the hunter was wounded again in the same foot. The report notes slower bill payments than previous generations and fewer early settlers.
A collection of light jokes and brief scenes featuring a librarian, a hen and a dog, a wife with parliamentary law talk, a boy named Johnny spotting a spider, office humor about time off, marriage lies, and artsy quips about barbers and a cluttered lawn.
Lake Louise Alta. at the 30th annual convention of the Canadian Good Roads Association Charles R Waters district engineer of the New York State Department of Public Works urged adoption of a system of uniform highway signs and markings across North America to standardize travel.
Bill Kennedy of the Regina Racing Pigeon Club sold a pigeon in 1947 to A. J. McGregor of London Ontario. The bird reached Regina six months later. In February he sold the same pigeon to Ernest Radscheidt of Dublin Ontario near London, and it has now returned to Kennedy's loft.
Canada 1949 50 coarse grain outlook may improve from August 16 preliminary estimates. Rain shortfalls hit Alberta Saskatchewan Ontario yet Ontario Spring grains show strong yields. 1948 49 carryover oats barley set baseline supplies with fodder corn offsetting shortfalls on dairy farms.
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