Palma Match heads north to Canada at Connaught Ranges
Rod and Gun Digest notes the international Palma Match will be held in Ottawa at Connaught Ranges with Britain United States and Canada 2Q team entries firing 15 rounds at 800 900 and 1000 yards using NATO 7.62 ammunition Parker-Hale rifles and a Creedmoor Range origin 1876 lineage highlighted alongside new outdoor books and regional development plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Connaught
Ottawa
Britain
U.S
Parker-Hale
Birmingham
England
Creedmoor Range
Long Island
Manpower Survey Underway In Parkland Region
Parkland's manpower survey is off and running with officials pleased by early results. Brenda Simak is hired as field worker to interview every household in the Roblin-Grandview-Gilbert Plains area. Rural areas under 50 inhabitants will be mailed surveys later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkland Development Corporation
Parkland
Roblin-Grandview
Gilbert Plains
Brenda Simak
Closing of Post Office Savings Bank Ends Accounts Over $25
Postmaster General Eric Kierans announced the Post Office Savings Bank will close on December 31 1969. About 34 000 accounts totaling 11 million dollars have closed. roughly 256 thousand accounts totalling 66 million remain. Inactive accounts under 25 dollars for 30 years revert to the Crown. 25 dollars and over are held for owners but earn no interest after Dec 31 1969. Depositors urged to apply to withdraw balances and obtain forms from local post offices or send a letter with passbooks to Accounting Branch Post Office Department Ottawa Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Kierans
Post Office Savings Bank
Savings Bank
Post Office Department
Ottawa 8
Ontario
Manitoba Elk Seasons Set With Three Separate Openings
Manitoba's Minister of Mines Leonard Evans announced three elk seasons for resident hunters. Season one targets bull elk in game area 18 from Sept 12 to Oct 11 with an Aug 18 application deadline. season two, any elk in area 18 from Dec 12 to 20, with Oct 14 deadline. season three in area 23 around Riding Mountain NP from Dec 12-20 and Jan 2-31 1970. Two-person joint applications allowed. licences limited to one season per hunter. $20 or $40 fees. draws held if required. applications to Room 1003 Norquay Building Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duck Mountain
Ridings Mountain National Park
Wildlife Branch
Norquay Building
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Leonard Evans
Duck Mountain Provincial Park
Riding Mountain National Park
Norquay
Elks Hall
Dauphin
Woman driver asks if mailing a letter is an emergency
A woman explains to a policeman that while her parked car rolled into another on a hill she did not set the brake and jokes that mailing a letter is an emergency. The anecdote highlights a light moment in a traffic misunderstanding.
Parliament Hill notes on wheat policy and western Canada economy
A Monday debate in Parliament Hill discussed wheat issues and the western Canadian farm economy. Critics urged acreage payments or cash support while the speaker warned of harm from surpluses and called for market reforms to aid farmers and the broader region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Canada
China
Russia
Europe
Japan
United States
Trudeau
Wheat Board
House
Witty fisherman teases listeners with fish size
A husband jokes about how he adjusts the size of his catches for different listeners. His wife asks why he varies the tale. He replies that he never tells a man more than he will believe. The quip highlights playful marital banter.
Reggies Ramblings Tour of Toronto Sights and Scenes
The piece describes a ramble through Toronto highlighting the Guild Inn on Scarboro Bluffs Lake Ontario views, the Toronto Dominions Bank skyscraper, City Hall, Yorkville hippie scene, and a high rise vantage point. It reflects on modern architecture beside historic buildings and bustling urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Guild Inn
Scarbro Bluffs
Lake Ontario
Toronto-Dominion Bank
Yorkville
Main and
Portage
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ROD and Gun Digest
R. T
Bill” Robinson
George J. McLeod Ltd
Parker Ackley
Bradford Angier
McLeods
Ducks Unlimited
Prairies
Nature
Baker’s Narrows
Flin Flon
Department of Tourism and Recreation
Lake Athapapuskow
Grayson
Jim Hilland
Roblin
Alf Dressler
Grandview
DEPARTMENT OF MINES & NATURAL RESOURCES / WILDLIFE
Leonard S. Evans
W. Winston Mair
Roblin Auto Body
Roblin Cleaners
Man
Parliament Hill Report
Gordon Ritchie
M.P
B. C
M. P.s
Quebec
Jules Verne
Woodstock
Deighton
Mitchell's
Reggie
Kozmeniuk Hardware Ltd
Sait
Your B.A. Agency
Roblin, Man
Chuck Cranwell
Northern Manitoba Vocational Centre
the Pas
T.V
Canada Manpower Centre
N.M. V.C
Pas
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