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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
2
Education Week in Manitoba is organized for February 5 12 1929 with the theme The Old and the New in Education. It aims to explain current educational theories and trends and to acquaint the public with services and challenges of the present system while churches and clubs support and public attention through sermons and events.
A committee led by Senator Catrine Wilson Monnay proposes Canada attract expatriates with capital and expertise from Europe to create new industries. The plan cites employment gains, expanded markets for raw and processed Canadian goods, and use of idle capital and machinery, with careful selection to avoid public charges. It highlights skilled Czechoslovak refugees and forestry experts as examples for targeted settlement.
Morris W. Wilson presided at the Royal Bank of Canada 70th annual meeting reviewing economic conditions in Canada and abroad. He highlighted mining and petroleum progress, new trade agreements, and a generally improving outlook, while noting unemployment remains a concern and government debt and interest questions provoke debate. Sydney Dobson, the general manager, reported record assets and deposits, discussed credit dynamics, taxation in Canada, and the bank’s public banking education efforts.
The Manitoba Winter Fair is set for Brandon from March 13 to 17 with revised poultry horse cattle and swine classes. Prize lists are printed and distributed. entry forms were mailed for the Boys and Girls Calf feeding competition and the lambs judging class. Entries close February 27 and a large ticket sale campaign will boost attendance with bargain tickets available locally or by mail.
The Brandon Experimental Farm studies crops and mixtures for year round pasture in Manitoba. The best performer blends four parts brome with three parts alfalfa sown at 15 to 20 pounds per acre, yielding spring pasture heavy in brome and alfalfa, summer nearly all alfalfa, and fall with brome regaining prominence. The brome alfalfa mix provided pasture longer into the year than any other tested combination.
Scores of University of Manitoba science students witnessed a rapid blast Thursday morning at the Fort Garry site. The explosion ripped through the new science building, causing extensive fire damage and shambles, injuring two workmen and daring a costly $750,000 structure.
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