Hostile Land New Guinea Stone Age Stronghold
New Guinea remains a hostile terrain with jungles mountains and malaria. Netherlands controls the west while Australia administers the east under trusteeship. Indonesia seeks West Irian and claims it as part of the former Indies. The region boasts rich natural resources and limited native population.
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New Guinea
Netherlands
Australia
Dutch East India Company
National Geographic Society
Greenland
West African Guinea
Indonesia
California
Western New Guinea
E. Thomas Gilliard
National Geographical Society
American Museum of Natural History
Building permits fall in Renfrew from 1956 to 1957
Building permits issued in Renfrew during 1957 totaled 925,168 dollars for construction and renovation, down from 1,389,530 dollars in 1956. The 1957 figure marks a notable rise from 1955 when permits amounted to 632,670 dollars, according to The Advance of Renfrew Ontario.
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Renfrew
Ont
FUA backs bid for extra crop damage payments
At a Grande Prairie meeting the FUA district board backed a request from the Association of Northern Municipal Districts for supplementary crop damage payments. The demand seeks payments similar to PFAA based on unharvested crops under snow and ice, rather than township inspections. The provincial government offered seed loans to cover sowing 200 acres. Farmers J Rigby Don Patrick and J Smith urged designation of the district as a disaster area.
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FUA
Grande Prairie
Association of Northern Municipal Districts
PFAA
South Peace
J. Rigby
Don Patrick
J. Smith
FAA
Herald-Tribune
Alta
Crochet patterns for scarves and mats offered
By Rice Barrell, the item describes crochet patterns including spider web and plain mesh. Pattern 7012 provides directions and can be obtained for thirty five cents in coin. Address requests to Neusehold Arts Department at 6¢ Front Street West, Toronto.
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Neusehold Arts Department
Department
P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
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Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Levis
National Film Board of Canada
Chris Sund
Ance
Ace Brothers
Michele Lacroix
Liguori Lach
Liguori
d’Orleans
Lacha
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