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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1950
Page
4
Canadian consumers have seen large quantities of British goods on the market as postwar trade with Britain rises. The dollar shortage and British exporters drive have shifted millions of Canadian dollars to Britain. Officials caution that optimism is premature and the trade problem remains unresolved.
In June this year British exporters marked a peak shipping month to Canada with vehicles totaling about eight and a half million dollars. Ships, aircraft, locomotives and trucks led the value, while British cars added nearly six million and agricultural machinery around eight million. Wool and worsted yarns, iron and steel products and machinery also posted strong returns. Canadian merchants and consumers welcomed the cooperation aiding Britain’s dollar solution.
Canadians note Britain remains a natural market for Canada’s products as June figures show Canada selling over thirty million dollars of wheat to Britain plus a million dollars of wheat products and other goods. Britain’s dollar shortage hinders wartime trade, and progress toward solving it benefits both nations.
Edmonton may join the Western Canada Junior Hockey League this season under a sponsorship scheme. Sanford Clare of the Edmonton and District Junior Hockey League announced Jim Christiansen will back the entry if accepted. Christiansen previously sponsored the Edmonton Mercurys, last spring world champions.
The Coronation sky hosted hundreds of Franklin gulls migrating southeast driven by cold northern air. The spectacle showed a dramatic avian display over the town as birds moved in coordinated flight.
Gibson Hoey of St. Louis hit what he thought was a branch on a road twenty miles south of Prince Albert and found a 50 inch rattlesnake with six rattles. Wildlife expert Gordon Lund and Chief Constable Ernest Alexander said it is the first rattler reported in northern Saskatchewan.
Federal and provincial health departments and the Red Cross study building one or two outpost hospitals to serve areas along the Hudson Bay railway. An inspection of northern Manitoba health facilities was completed and described plans for hospital construction. Location of the institutions is not known.
A prairie weed known as Heliopsis scabra and called ox eye contains the insecticidal chemical scabrin in its roots. The US Department of Agriculture notes scabrin is more toxic to house flies than pyrethrum.
A reflective line notes that worry intensifies when its cause remains hidden but relief follows after discussing the issue with someone. The quotation emphasizes open conversation as a path to lighter burdens and clearer thoughts.
A string of one liners and exchanges feature a self talking man, a doctor and his pills, a boy and hot water, a sailor and an admiral, and a courtroom quip about blows. The humor hinges on misheard phrases and playful misunderstandings in domestic and public settings.
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a remedy for skin eruptions itching toes and feet and various skin disorders. It claims the oil penetrates and cleanses open sores ulcers and rheumatic itching with a satisfaction or money back guarantee.
Captain F. M. Brohman and Lieut. Margaret Willox, two Canadian Army women, flew 1100 miles north to Cornwallis Island and back in 16 hours to repatriate a patient. They described Cornwallis as a gravel pile and noted sparse life aside from husky pups, a clump of Arctic poppies, and moss. They would not rush a return trip but cherished the experience.
Manitoba power commission expanded rural electrification in July with 648 farms in Pipestone Birtle Russett Ellice North Norfolk North Cypress Edward and Arthur connected. Lac du Bonnet will receive service from Sept 1 increasing serviced municipalities to include additional towns and villages.
U S Public Health Service states among environmental factors none more vital to welfare than food and among foods none more important than milk.
The Agricultural Department reports 1950 BC apple harvest 6,564,120 boxes in Okana gan slight gain from early estimates but 16 percent below 1949. Kootenay up 14 percent, Fraser Valley up 9 percent, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands up 11 percent. overall BC volume 7,259,620 boxes, down 16 percent. Some fruit losses shown in OKanagan include grapes and stone fruits with apricots and peaches most affected.
MEDICINE HAT Alta Railroad fireman Cal Herringer of Medicine Hat stepped off a pusher engine 20 miles west of here to throw a switch. A rattlesnake coiled around his leg and prepared to strike but Herringer beat off the reptile before it could sink its fangs. Berlin gender balance shows women outnumbering men by more than ten to one.
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