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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1951
Page
4
A fragmentary report notes survey activity in the Northern Territory with mentions of interior reconnaissance and a reference to area size and mapping work. The text is incomplete and garbled but indicates Australian survey efforts in unknown territory.
A cryptic OCR fragment describes census challenges and regional figures near Fort Frances and Red River area. It notes Canada involvement, protections, and ongoing nationwide data collection through the year with references to officials and border regions.
Vancouver five hundred miles north of here lie the Queen Charlotte Islands, westernmost paint on Canada's West coast. They die further north than Newfoundland on the same parallel as barren Labrador. Yet they are temperate, fertile and green. Sparsely settled, they are a sportsman's paradise, fisherman's and logger's bonanza sailor's bane.
Article by Dr. F J Greaney of Winnipeg outlines a new chemical, Trichloroacetic acid, for spot treatment of couch grass. It advises 80 to 100 pounds per acre for patches, with reductions after plowing, and notes mixing with 24 D and 2 4 5 T for mixed infestation. Precautions and need for moisture, timing, and more field testing are emphasized.
The text surveys the Queen Charlotte Islands off British Columbia detailing vast natural riches. It notes wildlife such as trout bears and deer, historic logging of gigantic spruce, early mineral finds on Moreseby Island, Indian resistance delaying development, major halibut grounds, tuna off the west coast, and a prospecting push by an oil company amid new interest in virgin resources.
Premier D L Campbell of Manitoba officially opens the Winnipeg refinery of Imperial Oil at East St Paul. He switches on the plant as gasoline flows into a tank car for shipment to Manitoba consumers. Described as the world’s most modern refinery, it will produce gasoline and fuels from Alberta crude to displace Ontario imports by tank and rail.
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