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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 03, 1951
Page
2
A recent report notes over 17 000 blind Canadians with 10 517 receiving pensions, up 960 from last year. It cites too few oculists and calls for at least three eye hospitals, better prevention, and expanded eye care while honoring pension support for those in need.
A report shows more blindness cases in rural areas than cities, especially in the Maritime Provinces and Quebec. It attributes this to oculists clustering in larger cities and a lack of eye care in rural districts. The study calls for public education on prevention and improved treatment facilities nationwide.
REGINA Only 18 per cent of approved poultry flocks in Saskatchewan reacted to blood tests for pullorum under the provinces policy. Poultry commissioner F. E. Payne says the low response supports the value of the testing program.
Otto Kaiser, once mayor of Duisburg in the Ruhr, has taken a carpenter job with his brother’s construction firm in Vancouver B C He emigrated after saying Germany is distant from a democratic future He notes rabbits may have up to 20 offspring yearly.
Ottawa reports 1949 crop year payments totaling 22 046 709 under the prairie farm assistance act. Saskatchewan led with 49 658 payments totaling 15 374 262, followed by Alberta 33 442 payments 6 339 358 and Manitoba 2 072 payments 333 089. Hardest-hit areas listed by province include Saskatchewan west of the third meridian and south of the South Saskatchewan river. Alberta from the Red River north to near Coronation, west to Sullivan Lake, east to the Saskatchewan boundary. Manitoba had few affected townships.
A humorous exchange reveals vanity and imagination in a domestic setting. A wife teases a husband over stories he tells, a daughter comments on a broken typewriter key, and a family member asks about a second story man as conversations drift between flirtation, guilt, and family quirks.
Government officials announce a $14 million super bombing and rocket range on the Alberta Saskatchewan border two miles north of Lloydminster. The project will eliminate 75 Alberta trap lines and two timber berths with compensation to the affected trappers handled by the federal government. Thirty six of the trappers are Indians.
A 1921 Canadian 50-cent piece sold for 200 dollars at the Canada Coin Exchange fourth mail auction. Exchange manager Neil Carmichael noted only nine specimens are known to exist. The price marked a record high for a Canadian coin in the sale.
Intensive investigation will be relaunched this year to determine if low grade chromium near Bird River, about 100 miles northeast of Winnipeg, can be developed commercially. The National Research Council of Canada and U S researchers join 12 mining groups owning about 120 nickel copper chrome claims to tackle ore not of top grade.
Alberta motorists must have vehicles inspected within 12 months to be road worthy with windshield certification stickers. The Vehicles and Highways Traffic Act amendment requires inspection before driving.
Ventures Ltd and Falconbridge Nickel Mines of Sudbury control a new company named Mask formed by merging their interests. Vendors of the properties taken over will receive under a million shares in the new corporation.
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