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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1959
Page
7
City dwellers increasingly order by catalogue as mail order firms reach two million homes. The large illustrated catalogue offers about 15,000 items photographed for realism. Sections mirror a newspaper with hardware first and fashions last, with timing crucial for delivery before freeze up. Stores still ship by plane river boat and dog team to reach remote areas.
The Virginia opposum, occasionally found in southwestern Ontario, carries its young in a pouch like a kangaroo. This display of marsupial behavior highlights the species adaptability across regions.
Canadian National Railways and Trans-Canada Air Lines announce a joint travel credit card. The TCA-CNR card will cover on line passenger transport and services on routes in Canada the United States and overseas and will be usable for hotels telegraph services and rail express shipments. CNR will honor the ecard for interline rail travel sleeping and parlor car charges and dining car meals excluding beverages. For TCA the card targets individuals and small firms needing a lighter option than the full world card.
A calf born to John Danilin’s registered cow in Lumsden has four eyes three mouths and two tongues enabling feeding from all mouths. The case is reported in Lumsden Weekly. The Canadian Pacific Railway expands rail diesel car fleet making North America’s second largest. A new joint credit card will serve CNR and TCA patrons in Canada and the USA. Travel Now Pay Later plans remain in effect.
P A Rutherford calls for local control leadership and a new bylaw to keep and kill grasshoppers on farms. He favors migration based control, a district sprayer survey, rapid chemical insecticide supplies, and a standard municipal price, plus advance roadside and right of way prep for a sustained community campaign.
CKSA Limited applies to the New Board of Broadcast Governors for a television station on Channel 2. Canadian General Electric consultants finalize the technical survey. An antenna tower 605 feet high is planned to maximize coverage, becoming the second highest in Alberta and Unity Herald notes.
The RCMP will arrest and charge any person operating discount clubs in Saskatchewan. Attorney General R. A. Walker says these operations are illegal under the Commercial Agents Act since 1959 without licensing and bonding, and no licenses will be issued. Victims are urged to report immediately to authorities to enable strong penalties. CBC reports a 1959 deficit of $42 million for the CBC.
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