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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1950
Page
2
A New Zealand report notes farmers look to Canada as a possible outlet for lamb, butter, and cheese. Britain buys most of New Zealand agriculture but seeks new markets in North America to expand production and build dollar reserves. shipments would be staged to avoid market floods.
Mr. W. N. Perry, president of the New Zealand Federated Farmers, urges sending a good will mission to Canada and the United States to discuss marketing New Zealand products. He seeks approval from primary producers and assurances that exports won t flood markets. Canadians will watch developments in New Zealand s venture.
Senator Warren Magnuson said the State Department notified Canada of intent to begin this month technical discussions on a railroad through Canada to Alaska. He noted President Truman may appoint a commission to carry negotiations forward, similar to the former International Alaska Highway Commission he chaired.
Alberta Fish and Game Association reports in 1950 its predator bird campaign killed 151,340 hawks, owls, crows and magpies. The Viking Fish and Game Association led with 16,763 birds destroyed.
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra hopes for a strong season after an annual meeting. Formed in 1946, the group posted an operating deficit of 6108 dollars last year but will be covered by a Music Performance Trust Fund grant. Six concerts were held last season versus five in 1948-49.
Vancouver magistrate Matheson warned that a third drunkenness charge would bring a minimum six months in jail, a longer spell of sobriety for habitual drinkers. The usual sentence had been 30 days.
The visitor recalls telling the doctor she was tired and the exchange ends with an unresolved, humorous note as the hostess probes the reason for her ire. The fragment hints at a comic miscommunication between patient and physician.
A humorous collection of farmhouse quips about apples, worms, horseshoes, and a clever exchange between a teacher and pupil. Jokes include a pear tree mix up, a hunting dog, and a father’s wry take on ark animals.
A Birmingham woman finds her dog burying the family tortoise in a garden hole. A 25 year old in Muncie writes about police inefficiency and ends in jail for safe cracking and robberies. An Italian man locks his wife at home. magistrates approve. A Oklahoma judge fines a man for pocketing another and the other for drunkenness. A Michigan man calls a funeral home for his dead wife and then commits suicide beside her body.
Winnipeg official R H G Bonnycastle, vice president of the Winnipeg chamber, told Banff delegates that western Canada will see additional millions of people. He linked world population growth with Canada’s undeveloped resources and praised Winnipeg’s industrial strength despite last spring floods.
In Port Talbot Wales Mrs Margaret Jane Bale 87 longtime telephone operator who began work on a switchboard in 1900 and remained at her post until she fell ill has died.
Mrs G C Ball of Edmonton aged 65 won Canada's loveliest grandmother title in a CN E sponsored contest by the women's division. She was surprised to learn she was entered and has three grandchildren.
The sugar beet crop in Canada this year is estimated at about 300,000,000 pounds, the largest ever recorded.
The weather bureau gives a gale as wind speeds between 39 and 54 miles per hour, establishing the official threshold for gale conditions.
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