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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1973
Page
1
Canada observes Farm Safety Week from July 25 to 31 to stress higher accidental death rates on farms and promote safety measures. The Canada Safety Council with the Department of Agriculture offers booklets and leaflets through provincial safety councils to prevent farm accidents, which claim about 1,400 lives annually and injure 25,000 with 1,500 permanently disabled.
A report cites rising farm machinery deaths due to human error and unsafe practices. Tractors cause 78 percent of fatal accidents with many overturns, prompting calls for rollbars and crash‑resistant cabs and stricter guard use to prevent injuries among youths and operators.
The piece surveys U S price and wage controls drawing mixed views and hints at possible export controls on certain products. It discusses a looming feed grain policy for Quebec to cover about sixty million bushels of barley and the Wheat Board debate over interprovincial grain movement and its impact on Western producers versus Eastern feeders.
Lakehead mayor greets royalty amid a Queen Plate race where long-shot Royal Chocolate, at 20-1, wins the purse and 80 sovereigns presented by the Queen. Royal visitors drew sparse betting as the field ran, while local observers debate Winnipeg’s sports prospects.
On Thursday July 12 total head sale count reached 5384 including 173 cattle 20 sows 11 boars 211 weanling pigs 114 feeder pigs 2 horses and 3 sheep. Prices shown for various categories butters are inconsistent with readable figures.
Betram James Cooper 75 died June 27 and service held Saturday at the Anglican Church in Togo with Rev. M Holman officiating. Burial in Togo Community Cemetery. He came from England in 1909, served in WWI and WWII, worked for CNR, retired 1962, resided in Kamsack Nursing Home. Survived by sister Mrs FL Knight England. Pallbearers listed.
We thank all who sent cards visits and meals during my three week stay as a patient at Rotlin General Hospital. Our friends from Roblin and nearby communities who attended and shared sympathy are gratefully remembered.
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