Waterfowl Crop Damage Help Set in Manitoba
Manitoba announces new and expanded programs for fall to aid farmers hurt by ducks geese or cranes. A 100000 compensation fund for 1972 backed by a hunter levy and federal matching funds will cover standing swathed or stored crops including wheat oats barley flax rye field peas buckwheat rape and field corn.
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Manitoba
Mines, Resources and Environmental Management
Sidney Green Thas
Mines and Resources Department
Manitoba compensation rules for crop losses clarified
The basis for pro rated compensation depends on total claims against the fund. Complete loss pays half the crop value up to 15 per acre while partial loss uses a percentage of the total loss or of 15 per acre, whichever is lesser. No pay for damage under 5 per cent. Cheques will arrive year end. Farmers should contact Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation agents. a 25 claim inspection fee applies per section, refundable if paid. Lure crop program supports unharvested crops by attracting waterfowl, with parcels typically 40 to 80 acres. Initiated 1970 with 4425 acres, expanded in 1971 and this year to diffuse near refuges and now anywhere serious depredation could occur.
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Department of Mines, Resources and Environmental Management
Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation
Dates Set For Music Examinations 1972 Board Plan
The 1972 Western Board of Music syllabus is available in music stores for students. January 19 and 20, 1973 are set for theory and aural exams. February for practicals. Applications for midwinter exams close December 1. late entries not accepted. Information from Mrs. Barbara Mac Donald, registrar, School of Music, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
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Western Board of Muse
Western Board
Barbara MacDonald
School of Music
University of Manitoba
Winipeg
Manitoba
R&t
Danyluk Appointed Development Officer for Parkland RDC
Parkland Regional Development Corporation announces S Bruce Danyluk as Development Officer. He will start September 1, based at Dauphin Head Office with duties assisting General Manager Ron Kinney. A 24 year old Dauphin resident and Whiteshell area native, he studied at Manitoba and previously worked with the provincial government and Parkland under a grant.
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Parkland Regional Development Corporation
S. Bruce Danyluk
Danyluk
Parkland
Ron Kinney
Dauphin
Whiteshell
Manitoba
University of Manitoba
Rate Up Oct 1st Minimum Wage In Manitoba
Manitoba Labour Minister Russ Paulley announces new minimum wage rates effective October 1. Adults 18 and over earn 1.75 per hour, under 18 earn 1.50, with 18 plus inexperienced workers at 1.60 for three months and 1.70 for the next three months before the 1.75 applies. Further details available at Winnipeg and Brandon offices.
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Labor
Russ Paulley
Manitoba
Mr. Paulley
Norquay
Winnipeg
R&c
10Th Street
Brandon
Reggie’s Ramblings on Canada Russia Hockey Clash and Elections
In Toronto a hockey rink crowd roared as Canada and Russia clashed in a second encounter with a bold vow to prove their edge. The piece notes government spending battles sidelined on the Order Paper and ridicules the Tory leader Stanfield. A shaggy 18 year old question about long hair prompts a quip about ITV. Goats in Winnipeg entertain chatter at the St. Regis rotunda.
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Toronto
Canada
Russia
Stanfield
ITV
Bob
Confucius
ST. Regis Rotunda
Winnipeg
A Pioneer Family's Long Manitoba Life Story
Annette Madeliene Greenhalgh, born in Lancashire in 1880, travels with her family to Canada and settles along the Manitoba frontier. The narrative follows early migrations to Montreal Winnipeg Elkhorn and Timber district, marriage to Herbert Cockerill, and a life of homesteading with children, bear encounters, raft journeys, mink and fox farming, and hard, communal living in sod homes and rough seasons.
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Annette Madeliene Greenhalgh
Lancashire
England
Two Rivers
Christie Biscuit
Brandon
Annie
Elkhorn
Portage la Prairie
Herbert William Cockerill
North West Territory
Fleming
Walter Herbert
John
Vera Cathline
Timber District
Assiniboine
Bert
Si Bailey
Jack
Ernest Ethelbert
Horace Weldon
Merridale
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Intermountain School Division
Gilbert Plains
Stan K. Plewak
Intermountain
Grandview
Dryclean al
Roblin Cleaners
N.I.D
Pensioners’ Housing Program
Portage Ave
Howard Pawley
Leonard Evans
Industry and Commerce
Ed Schreyer
Frances
Pam
Adrienne
Gary
Bill
Manitoba Government Citizen’s Inquiry Service
S. Bruce
Manitoba Department of Industry and Commerce
John Mitchell
Reggie
Annie Cockerill
New
Montreal
Ruth Irene
Norman Cecil
Dick Keay
Roy
Russell
Arthur Rudolph
Roy Bernard
Little Honace
Harold Ralph
Minister of Finance
Education
Province of Manitoba Department of Municipal Affairs
H. R. Pawley
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