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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 11, 1925
Page
8
Canada’s 1924 mineral production is estimated at 203.194 million dollars, down from 214.079 million the year before, with metallic minerals at 96.034 million, fuels and non metals at 73.83 million, and structural materials and clay making up the rest. The Port of Montreal set a grain-handling record at 165,139,306 bushels in 1924.
Community notes from Miniota and nearby towns recount social events, lectures, dances, and meetings. Highlights include a Beulah Arrow River Miniota M I F gathering, a Jazz era theater show Charleys Aunt, a wheat and grain market discussion, and remarks by C Ellerington on cooperative farming and pool sales.
The speaker contends that soldiers settlement supervisors are political appointees with little farming experience. He notes they were not even third class hired men and questions the modest progress achieved, framing it as partial justification for his proposed reforms.
A reader responds to Mr. Harron and the Free Press letter discussions on pooling. The writer aims to clarify points about pooling and its impact on wheat, noting difficulty in interpreting Harron’s meaning and asserting shared concerns among pool members.
The New Zealand rugby team's tour route is revealed with landings at St John January 1 aboard Montlaurier and travels across the Dominion by Canadian Pacific lines. Stops include Montreal February 1 Toronto February 2 Niagara Falls February 3 Calgary February 6 Banff February 7 9 Vancouver February 10 21 with a San Francisco sail on the 25th. Calgary hosts a ball and dance at Palliser Hotel and the Banff Winter Carnival while Vancouver and Victoria teams await on the coast.
Born at Mintota hospital on Sunday February Sth to Mr. and Mrs. P C Watts a son joins the family.
The item notes Mr and Mes J W Mitchell visiting Brandon and S Fleming in the district. Alex Stewart attended a whist drive and the Miniota hockey team lost 9 7 to the village. Mr and Mrs John Fleming moved to Minnedosa for work. U F M whist drive at C Craig home produced winners Mrs E Dayton D Todd BE Graham H Harrison. The church annual meeting discussed finances year plans and potential service time changes with a member ballot planned.
For sale Radiola 111 two tube Westinghouse radio complete with A batteries ariel tubes and three Brandes headsets plus a multiplug for four headsets. An $80 value priced at 350. Apply to Herald Office. Radio claims to pick up distant points.
The finest coastal vessel described, the Princess Kathleen, launched by Lady Mount Stephen, widow of the late Lord Mount Stephen, former CPR president, departed Glasgow January 15 for a ten thousand mile voyage via the Panama Canal to join Canadian Pacific’s coastal steamship fleet serving British Columbia.
The Canadian National Railways appoint Dan M. Johnson as Western Manager of the colonization department effective January 16 1925. Johnson, born near Winnipeg in 1884, is recognized as a top agriculturalist and stockman with long service in government stock yards and railway agriculture roles. His duties include expanding the Employment Service for farm help and advancing western colonization initiatives.
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