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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
4
A scrambled, clipped news roundup notes government bases and labor department leaders in Canada facing pressure, with autumn spring cleaning vibes and warnings that managers must prepare for sweeping changes. It mentions Edmonton milk delivery trials, concerns about milk spoilage, and comments on the Mackenzie King era’s cabinet makeup. Also covers British real estate, Spain’s unrest, and a Manitoba minister involved in a highway accident.
Western farmers will gain higher returns from seed treatment than from fertilizer with Opera ton No 1 recommended for prairie fields this spring. Treat Valesa seed grain and all wheat oats barley and flax with specified dusts before sowing to disinfect and protect, improving stands and grain quality while reducing losses. Follow dosage, timing, and safety precautions. consult local agricultural representatives or Dominion Plant Pathology labs for details.
The Bureau of Statistics reports a second straight weekly rise in creamery butter stocks in six of nine Canadian cities. Holdings reached 7,666,000 pounds on March 18, up from 6,350,000 pounds a year earlier, with increases in Quebec City Montreal Toronto Regina Saskatoon and Edmonton.
The royal commission on Manitoba hospital costs recommends immediately raising the daily grant for public ward patients to four dollars from two dollars and thirty six cents and requires standardized hospital accounting to exist for a year to improve the financial picture. The report was tabled in the legislature yesterday. The British Columbia Liberal party plans a Vancouver convention on April 1 and 8 to fix policy on coalition.
Samuel Sidney McClure, who helped launch a major syndicated fiction network and founded McClure's Magazine, dies in New York at age 93. The 1884 McClure Syndicate shaped early 20th century journalism.
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