Electrical safety urged after Alberta fatalities from improvised hookups
Alberta safety notice cites several electrocutions and near misses from improvised two wire connections on small portable equipment. It warns against makeshift wiring in saws and drills and stresses use of polarized grounding receptacles, three wire cords, and proper grounding. The department calls for certified installations and cautions that 115 volts can be deadly.
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Alberta
Department of Industries and Labor
Concessions for the blind via CNIB and sponsors
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind administers various special allowances for the blind. These include theatre passes reduced railway and bus fares municipal transit concessions and other benefits provided through corporate generosity.
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Canadian National Institute For the Blind
One Potato Makes A Meal From Garden Bounty
H Hodge of 407 Royal Road North reports oversized produce from his garden in Portage la Prairie Manitoba. A 17 ounce tomato and a 16 ounce potato were grown after planting in mid April with potatoes since early May and tomatoes since early June.
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H. Hodge
Royal Road North
Daily Graphic Newsroom
Hodge
Daily Graphic
Portage la Prairie
Man
Honey crop in Manitoba for 1958 projected lower output
Manitoba’s 1958 honey crop will be about 31.5 million pounds, roughly 75 percent of last year’s, due to late frosts and dry conditions. Don Robertson, Manitoba Apiarist, says quality remains high as honey comes to market. The Manitoba Leader, Portage la Prairie.
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Manitoba
Don Robertson
Portage la Prairie
Man
Average diameter of a hai in inches
The average diameter of a hai is one one hundred forty-eighth of an inch.
Women's Work Across Canada Keeps Pace With Change
Dr. Charlotte Whitton notes that women have always worked and that the shift is in occupations not effort. Automation expands opportunities, with married women increasingly joining the paid workforce to support homes and cope with rising costs.
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Charlotte Whitton
Ottawa
Department of Labor
Canada
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