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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1951
Page
3
Readers discuss the danger of airship hunting and its impact on game, fish, and rivers. The piece questions what game has taken refuge in forests and far lakes, warning that continued descents could threaten wildlife and habitats.
Karachi, India, mirrors major cities but faces unique traffic hazards from camel drays, horse carriages, bicycle rickshaws, don key carts, bicycles, motorbikes, buses, and cars at peak noon. Camel drays slow and block intersections, their drivers grinning as U turns disrupt flow. Post capital status, private buses expanded amid inadequate numbers.
Terry Moore, 22, says many young girls focus on hair and makeup as life’s priorities. She cites fan letters and urges that men value brains alongside beauty, adding smart girls blend attractiveness with intellect.
Northern Telecoms announces a new high frequency radio telephone system linking Edmonton and Yellowknife. Construction begins early next year with $5,000,000 in equipment shipped from Montreal.
A new civic centre in Melfort replaces the crowded town hall built forty years ago.
Bruce McPhail CN railways agent received a purse from the Board of Trade on his transfer to Aberdeen Saskatchewan and donated the funds to the local hospital.
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce chemurgic committee says about 50,000,000 tons of straw are produced annually in Canada and a large share is abandoned or burned rather than utilized.
Manitowaning Ontario. Ralph Tredeau found a five foot lynx trapped on a Wikwemikong Indian Reserve line. C J Young noted that lynx were thought extinct on Manitoulin Island, a surprising discovery for game officials.
Trustee Major G. R. Lane told Caldwater public school board that the Union Jack is normally flown only on May 24 but noted in the United States he observed the Stars and Stripes flown at every school daily.
A Canadian Boy Scouts official states that badges and emblems issued to attendees of the 2nd American National Jamboree and prior jamborees must not be worn on official uniforms after December 31.
Charles Henry Pearson, a London University lecturer, argued in National Life and Character that yellow races would someday rule the world. He warned of hundreds of millions of Chinese, Japanese, and other Orientals breeding and spreading, replacing illiteracy with education and primitive production with modern methods, a thesis that sparked long debate and fear of a growing Yellow Peril.
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta officials report coyote populations near 100000 in the three provinces, with Manitoba seeing fewer. Alberta plans federal action for control in parks and reserves, plus aerial hunts and trained crews, while Saskatchewan uses full-time hunters and poison methods. Australia surpasses Canada in immigration during the late 1940s and 1950.
St Catharines city council held a lengthy discussion on winter sanding of streets. An alderman urged extra care at crossings and intersections to protect pedestrians, a point likely supported by residents. The debate highlighted safety concerns over road maintenance.
Farmers face cold dry climate as key ally to keep troublesome moisture laden grain from spoiling. Limited drying tools force use of weather-proof bins and ventilation, with guidance on moving grain and avoiding heat damage to prevent losses.
An editorial notes that every community has grousers who criticize and complain. It argues that excessive grousing can ruin a town, and laments that many towns are as harshly evaluated as the grousers believe.
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