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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1959
Page
2
Attorney General R A Walker warns the public about so called discount clubs selling memberships for a $10000 advance fee. He notes no licensed hub exists under the Commercial Agents Act and urges reporting unlicensed salesmen to his department for action.
Tuberculosis once seen as a disease of the young now claims two of every three deaths among Canadians over forty, signaling a aging trend in mortality and a need to adjust health focus and resources accordingly.
Canadian Immigration and Citizenship Minister Ellen Fairclough says the farm store price gap is not mysterious but caused by distribution costs. She notes handling shipping storage packaging and selling add to costs, and that reducing these is difficult. She argues manufacturers can more easily automate and that packaging remains a consumer issue.
The quiz answers reveal income tax first imposed in 1917 as a wartime tax. The Cunard Line founded by Samuel Cunard in Halifax started the Queen Elizabeth era. Douglas Fir trees exceed 300 feet and age over 1000 years, spanning from Alberta to the Pacific. There are 14 schools for the blind and deaf, and family allowances cost about 470 million while old age security pensions cost about 555 million in the current year.
Canada stores a bushel of apples per family totaling 5 089 000 bushels as of January 2, 45 percent above the five year average. Ontario and Quebec hold the largest stocks 87 percent higher than last year. If not moved to consumption in two months thousands may be dumped. Ontario and Quebec each harvested 5 million bushels last fall and British Columbia 6 million. Efforts by growers and the Canadian Horticultural Council plus government aid aim to boost demand before mid spring.
Saskatchewan Poultry Commissioner E M Campbell cites Canada Department of Agriculture outlook noting 1959 egg production may dip from 1958 winter levels while prices stay near support levels. Poultry meat production expected to set a record again in 1959 with expanding turkey and chicken broiler supply and possible price declines. Egg storage figures show Canada totals down in February 1959 while dressed poultry in storage rose slightly from 1958.
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