How a Conservative leader will be picked in Canada
The Conservative Party will select a National Leader under Executive Officers rules used in eight variations since 1854. Ex officio delegates total about 285 from Privy Councillors to provincial leaders, while Riding Delegates number 795 official plus 795 alternates, creating a large rank and file voice at the convention in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
National Association
M.P
Canada
Nymer
YPC
Quebec
Ontario
PC Student Federation
Western Canada
Gardiner
Diefenbaker
St. Laurent
Drew
Meighan
Portage la Prairie
Bennett
Calgary
Bracken
Winnipeg
Prince Albert
West
Vancouver
Charlottetown
Montreal
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Maritimes
George Drew
Fleming
University
National Chamber of Commerce elects Dupuis President
Raymond Dupuis QC of Montreal has been elected president of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce at its 27th annual meeting in Quebec City October 15 to 18. Dupuis, president and managing director of Dupuis Freres Limitee, has long and varied leadership roles in commerce and welfare work across Canada.
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Raymond Dupuis
Q.C
Montreal
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
National Business Organization
Quebec City
Dupuis
Dupuia Freres Limitee
Canada
Canadians
Canadian Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Fresh Mr Murray Helps Neighbor After Keyhole Gaffe
A neighbor, evidently high and furious, tries to insert a cigar into a keyhole while Murray, hearing a knock, investigates. Murray quips that the man is attempting something impossible with the key, prompting a stunned reaction.
Canadian plowmen slated for world title in England
Robert Timbers and Edwin Demman of Canada will represent their country at the fourth World Plowing Match near Oxford England on October 12. Their trip, sponsored by Imperial Oil, follows strong showings at the 1955 International Plowing Match where Timbers won first and Demman third in the Esso Silver Plow contest. The Canadian team will take part in cairn unveiling ceremonies with the Duke of Gloucester and tour England including Windsor Queen’s farm.
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England
Robert Timbers
Stouffville
Ont
Edwin Demman
Portage la Prairie
Man
Russell Beilhartz
Bruce Station
Ontario Plowman's Association
Canada
Shillingford
Oxford
Timbers
Demman
Esso
Blythenwood
Leam
Ington
Imperial Oil
Duke of Gloucester
Queen Elizabeth
Cobourg
Upsala
Sweden
Queen’s Farm
Windsor
Buffalo Narrows all weather road nears completion
A 24 man crew of Saskatchewan resources department nears Buffalo Narrows as an all weather road linking Beauval Ile a la Crosse and Green Lake approaches completion. The 130 mile route will cut freighting costs and boost fishery tourism mining and regional development with broader access to the northwest Saskatchewan north.
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Buffalo Narrows
Saskatchewan
Buffalo
Saskatchewa
Natural Resources Department
Resources Department
Green Lake
Beauval
Ile A la Crosse
la Loche
Cree Lake
Athabasca
Missouri Cotteau
Churchill River
Hudson's Bay
Tre A la Crosse
Canoe River
Lac Ile A la Crosse
Prince Albert
Meadow Lake
Meadow Lake Busi
Handling straw in fall tillage
D A Dew from La Combe Experimental Farm outlines fall tillage to manage straw in stubble land. He notes straw must decompose quickly, suggests returning all straw with a good spreader or oscillating harrows, and favors straw choppers. He discusses tillage choices like one way discs and cultivators to balance surface trash and soil mixing for rapid decomposition.
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D. A. Dew
Lacombe
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Dew
Australian railway claims longest straight line route
A railway traversing the Nullarbor plain in Australia covers about 300 miles in a single straight stretch, touted as the world’s longest straight-line segment.
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Australia
Nullarbor Plain
Gems of Thought on Grumbling and Silence
A compact collage of proverbs condemning idle grumbling. Quotes from M Henry, Richard Graves, Mary Baker Eddy, Benjamin Franklin, and Francis de S. Fenelon urge long suffering, charity, and silent restraint over complaint. The collection presents each author urging self control and constructive ethic.
Liner Sylvania to be launched by Cunard Line
The Cunard Line will launch the 22,000 ton liner Sylvania at John Brown's Clydebank yard on Thursday November 22, 1956. Mrs. Norman A. Robertson will perform the naming. Sylvania sails from Liverpool for Quebec and Montreal on maiden voyage June 5, 1957, completing Cunard's 90,000 ton St Lawrence program with a 22,000 ton liner entering service in 1954 1955 1956 and 1957.
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Cunard Line
St. Lawrence
Canada
Seeds of the cacao tree used as money in Mexico
Historical note recalls cacao seeds serving as currency in precolonial and early modern Mexico, reflecting how trade, value, and social exchange were tied to prized agricultural produce. The practice illustrates the intersection of economy and culture in Mesoamerican societies.
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Mexico
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National Business
Strictly Fresh
Pittsburg
Nessmen
Uranium City
Saskatchewan Natural Resources Department
Rae Peo
Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources
Buffalo Narrows Road
Northwest
George Sanford
M. Henry
Richard Graves
Mary Baker Eddy
Benjamin Franklin
Francis de S. Fenelon
Sylvania
Nao IR
Benson's OF Canada
Dane Ashley
Home Service Department
THE
Canada Starch Company
United
P.O. Box
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