Parliament Hill notes on steel strike and milk subsidy vote
A July to August parliamentary update reviews the Industrial Relations Committee’s steel strike call in Hamilton and other centers, the August milk subsidy vote passage, policy on Dominion Lands limits and timber fees, plus local Manitoba projects including Lake Winnipegosis navigation work and flood control plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Hamilton
Sault Ste. Marie
Sydney
N.S
A. M. Neon
Liberals
Social Credit
Bloc Populaire
Department of‘Mines and Resources
Mounttain National Park
Northern Trust Co
Riding Mountain National Park
Price Board
Northern Trust Company
Manitoba
Dauphin
Housing in the United Kingdom postwar figures rise
The total houses built since the war ends in the United Kingdom reach 40 430 with 9 793 permanent and 30 637 temporary. It is estimated that by year end 100 000 temporary and 100 000 permanent houses will be completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Radar guided port to revolutionize world shipping
The United Kingdom plans the first radar controlled port in Liverpool with a station that can plot every ship’s position within 30 miles. Pilots in seaways near the docks will be kept informed, enabling safer berthing in all weather and saving cargo costs by avoiding missed tides. Other ports like Rotterdam London San Francisco and Southampton may adopt the system to speed international traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Liverpool
Rotterdam
London
San Francisco
Southampton
C Zane
New York
Britain Can Make It exhibition opens in London in 1947
A government sponsored display of British goods to show individuality and design excellence. Over 70 leading exhibition experts coordinate the first postwar industries fair, with May 1947 as the start and a September London opening. Overseas visitors will see household goods furniture and textiles presented in a lively postwar setting.
Farmers Urged to Follow Rules for National Barley Contest
The National Barley Contest Committee issues instructions to country elevator operators and contestants. Farmers receive triplicate judging forms and a 15 pound barley sample in a special bag. White copies go to Winnipeg, pink to the bill of lading or seed inspector, and blue stays with the farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Barley Contest Committee
Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
Contest Committee
Manitoba
Dept. of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
Ito W. Fordham
Regina
Alberta
Edmonton
Churchill On Hudson Bay Gets Varied Cargo
The steamer Whiteshell Park discharged a varied cargo as the Hudson Bay route shipping season neared its peak. It carried 600 cases of liquor for Winnipeg and 600 for Regina, 43 cases of curling rocks to Flin Flon, china for Winnipeg Calgary and Moose Jaw, cycles for the Saskatoon co operative society, stationery for Western Canadian points, and a model of the steamship Pennyworth as a gift from the Dalgleish line to the On to the Bay Association at Regina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteshell Park
Hudson Bay
Winnipeg
Regina
Flin Flon
Man
Calgary
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon Co-Operative Society
Pennyworth
Dalgelish Steamship Line
On-to-the-Bay Association
Modern Pied Piper revival at Hamelin camp for displaced children
In Hamelin on the Weser a United Nations camp offers a summer holiday for Baltic and Polish displaced children. Fifty youngsters enjoy outdoor meals, tent sleeping, and river swimming under the supervision of A W Bailey with Guides International Service staff. Kathleen Baird of Perth leads weekly hillside processions with a piping legend echoing through the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamelin
Weser
Germany
U.N. A.R.A
Chere
Fredom
Kathleen Baird
Perth
Australia
U.N.N. R.A
A. W. Bailey
Canada
The
Guides International Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Parliament Hill
F. S. Zaplitny, M.P
Minister of Mines and Resources
Lake Winnipegosis
Riding Mountain
Public Works Department
Dauphin Beach
Winnipegosis
Grandview
de Ent
S-F.t.s
Department of Transport
P.F.R
Britain
Churchill
Ration
Thei
Petlura Gilbert
Shortdale Field
Blue Wing Shevlin
Dropmore
Deepdale
Makaroff
Merridale Zelena
Boggy Creek
San Clara
Walkerburn
Roblin
the Wartime Prices and Trade Board
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