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'THE 1.1,11CICNOW SENTINEL, 6.6604.014, ONTARIO PAGE TWENTY-THREI
am pa ngburn Manages' And Auctions At
ommunity Auction At Unity, Saskatchewan GENERAL ., ARNOLD'S STORE
R.R. 7 Lucknow — Lanes — Phone 529-7248
burn, a farmer
sion of Huron
ears back, is
auctioneer at
mmunity Auc-
y, Saskatchewan.
ged by the Unity
Chamber 'of Commerce last sum-
mer to,spearhead the raising 'of
funds and to build. manage and
auction at the ,new facility. Work
was completed on the- project over
the winter months and the opening
was held early in March. Over.
400 attended the first auction.
Hiram, with the hat, is pictur-
ed on the left along with other
officials at the opening. The.
mayor of Unity, Len Boxell, cut
the ribbon.
SHOP CO-OP
FOR YO UR
UIREMENTS
.1mAmziro—iiitesx„i
SPECIALS
VIVA TOWELS ASSORTED, 2's 75c
BYE THE SEA CHUNK LIGHT TUNA, ,
52c,
MAPLE LEAF TENDERFLAKE LARD
1 lb. ' 46c
in meeting our grain export comma
mitments.
Information which the National
Farmers Union has from the Cap-
adian Wheat Board sources indic-
ate that in the period, of January
7 to Ivlarch 8, the CNR was 5,41,2
cars short of its objective , while
the CPR was 13,310 cars under the
target it had set for itself in
grain, moven-lent in that period.
In total this represents a defic-
iency in movement of 37.5 mil-
lion bushels of grain and is now
seriously impairing Canada's abil-
ity to meet it's grain commit-
tnentt on schedule.
In order for the Canadian Wheat
:Board to meet its export sales
in' the balance of the crop year,
74,55f:rears of grain are required
for West Coast delivery , and •
104,.600 cars are needed for Lake-
head terminalefor the period be-
tween March 1 and July 31, This
represents 8,100 average weekly
car' loadings, or about 322
million bushels of grain. If die -
railroads continue at their present
rate of delivery, the N. F. U sur-
vey predicts that the railroads
will fall short of the total by
60•,320 cars or 12.0.6 million bush-
els of grain. At the current world
prices this will mean a $603
million loss of potential foreign
exchange earnings to Canada, and
a reduction of income to the prair-
ie farmers.
Rail Movement
Of Export Grain
N. F. U. NEWS
By G. Austin
- Today, this country faces' an
emergency of crisis. proportion
Makes A Wonderful Gift . For The Spring Bride.
In a hurried and incomplete- sur-
vey of country elevators on the
prairies between February 28 and
March 6 , the National Farmers
Union turned up much evidence
of gross mismanagement and neg-
lect on the part 'of both Cn and
Cp railways.. Examples - Sixty-
two government of Canada hopper
cars sat empty for more than one ,
month at Wilkie , Saskatchewan;
20 railway cars sat loaded at a sid-
ing in Perdue, Saskatchewan for a
as long as 80 days; Branbh lines
plugged with snow , despite the
subsidies which are paid by the
Government to -maintain service.
In spite of all, the N. F. U.
maintains that the grain can be
moved , to meet our export Corn-
mitments of 322 million bushels.
The problem, of grain movement
is a problem of management of
the railroads.
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AVAILABLE COLOURED. OR WHITE
JCKNOW DISTRICT CO-OP
Mode '528-3024
Card. Party
On March 12th, St. Augustine
C.W.L. had a St. Patrick's Card
Party in the Parish Hall. There
were 13 tables of players. The
prizes were: men's high, Jimmy
Foran; second high, Rev Fr. Ed
Dentinger; ladies' high, Mrs. Ted
Robinson; second high was •a tie
game between MrS. Jinn Leddy and
Mary Ann Hoyle. The door prize
was won by Patrick Boyle.