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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1949
Page
2
UNRRA ended its world wide relief program last September and was officially voted out of existence on March 21 this year by the Governing Central Committee. Remaining funds were turned over to successor organizations. The humanitarian effort’s work will not be forgotten.
The report notes UNRRA's total cost near 4 billion dollars and cash and goods distributed over five and a half years. It highlights Canadian food aid and U S contributions, praising UNRRA's humanitarian impact and its lasting legacy in postwar rehabilitation.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics records show occupied farm land in Canada averaged 39 dollars per acre in 1948, up 11 percent from 1947 and 62 percent above the 1935–39 average. Increases occurred in all provinces except New Brunswick. Pasteurized Milk Is Safe.
Northwestern Utilities Ltd of Edmonton announced a $2.5 million natural gas expansion. The program includes 14 miles of gathering lines in the Viking Kinsella fields and five additional wells. Work starts May 1, raising total producing wells to 57 with open flow capacity of 765 million cubic feet daily. Also about 4,000 service lines will be installed in Edmonton and other centers.
The Board of Home Missions approved new salary scales for ministers. Increases up to 200 dollars were granted with married and ordained ministers receiving 2150 dollars with an unfurnished house or 2100 dollars with a furnished house. A single ordained minister without a house will get 1950 dollars with a house or 1900 dollars without.
Brandon Manitoba buyers paid record prices at the winter fair sale with Herefords averaging 5612 for 26 bulls and 400 for two females. Top Hereford 1050, Shorthorns averaged 524.24 with top 1220, Aberdeen Angus bulls averaged 431.36 with top 525 and one Aberdeen Angus female at 150.
A collection of old time one liners and humorous exchanges. A Sunday school joke, a movie star quip, a burglar misdirection, a bishop in hot soup, a lawyer reading advice, and a suitor's blunt test of funds. Each gag pivots on misinterpretation and social miscue with a light, timeless cadence.
In Medicine Hat Alta cotton seeds planted under glass germinated in five days as part of a large scale regional experiment. The note mentions the project spans the Medicine Hat area this year and references a market detail that at least 35 different soups are sold in cans.
The article explains new Canadian regulations effective Jan 1 allowing Canadians to bring back up to 100 duty free every four months or 300 per year of goods from the United States if purchases are made on credit. The Foreign Exchange Control Board will track invoices on return with customs papers, and the $150 travel ration can be used for cash purchases but counts toward the $300 duty free total.
Officials from the Manitoba agriculture department warn that tens of thousands of farms could be hit by grasshoppers if the season is hot and dry. Director H. E. Wood urges early seeding to protect crops across the province.
Dr. Harrison Lewis cites Canada's fur industry as a $20,000,000-a-year sector and urges stronger protection for fur bearing animals to safeguard the industry.
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