Manitoba unveils 118 million works program this year
Premier Campbell announced a 118 million dollars provincial works program aimed at high employment and sustained activity. The plan allocates 12.3 million for buildings and plants, 441 million for roads, 2.5 million for conservation and development, plus 19.45 million for telephones, 12 million for the power commission, and 31 million for hydro projects. He noted these figures reflect only this year’s portion of broader, ongoing programs that will keep spending high into the future.
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Power Commission
Hydro-Electric Board
Campbell
Manitoba
Canada
Hospital Registration Enters Final Weeks Provincewide
Registration of Manitoba residents for the hospital plan nears completion with welfare and municipal offices handling many cases. Notices sent to pension and federal old age security recipients advise registration responsibility. provinces covers hospitalization costs for low income groups. About 420000 certificates are in circulation, with 4100 firms registered and returns covering 100000 workers. Canada exported commodities valued at 4 046 million dollars in the first ten months of 1957.
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Manitoba
R. W. Bond
Welfare Department
Investors sought for new Manitoba industry
Investors sought for new Manitoba industry as furniture aimed at young couples and low income groups. The plan highlights Manitoba as a purchasing centre with low prices, high demand, and freedom from eastern freight and US duties of 20 to 22 percent, according to Mr. Jobin.
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Canada
United States
Manitoba
Jobin
Lilacs Thrive in Prairie Gardens and Hybrid Varieties
The garden note celebrates lilacs Syringa as a beloved flowering shrub in prairie yards. It notes wide nursery offerings, colors, sizes, and bloom seasons, mentions over 300 named lilac varieties from Morden, Korea-derived hardy types, and Dr. F L Skinner's Manitoba Hybrid work.
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Prairie Province
Korea
F. L. Skin
Manitoba Nurserymen’s Association
Varieties of lilac shrubs promote hardy garden use
The article discusses lilac varieties from Morden including non-suckering Japanese fila and French hybrids, noting their bloom, foliage, and size. It warns against overplanting and poorly handled nursery stock, urging purchase from local nurserymen and annual care, ending with a spring poem about gardens.
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Morden
Tife
Manitoba Association
Holy Writ
W. M. Letts
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