Transferable vote debate sparks Manitoba and Ottawa clash
Parliament at t awa debates proportional representation and single transferable vote as a path to aligning seats with public will. Manitoba PC convention backs coalition while Ottawa warns of minority rule and CCF gains. Also notes on late night restaurant hunts and Winnipeg’s municipal finance plan and land tax revenue implications.
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John Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Canada of Ours
Ottawa
Iuelenbaker
Liberal
Social Credit
C.C
Winnipeg
Manitoba
C.C.F
CCF
Can- OE
Prime Minster King
Mr. King
Lettuce misadventure sparks garden mischief near Ontario
Tourists in Ontario help themselves to garden greens at a cottage, believing lettuce grows there. They leave puzzled after discovering only peas and tomatoes were planted. Dauphin area faces contrast between flood damage last year and a dry spell followed by rain seen as a boon to crops.
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Walker
Dauphin
Elks' Sports Day feats and Jubilee displays
Ab Hoskins shows grit finishing the hurdle course despite a spill and earns third place after penalties reshuffle the field. Dauphin’s Jubilee exhibit promises old district relics such as wooden yokes, spinning wheels, flint guns, and a wedding dress gathered by local residents for display at the fairgrounds.
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Dauphin
Jas. Campbell
Harley Armstrong
Pete Rolski
Jas. Friend
Wilfred Maynard
J. A. Maynard
H. P. Nicholson
The Station Garden Brims With Peonies And Garden News
Peonies bloom in bright shades from white to deep red at the station garden with blooms up to eight inches and a random clump showing about 175 flowers. Gardener Henri Noel tends 500 peony plants, notes two legged pests, recalls Morden farm days, and credits C N R for his Dauphin station garden post. Nearby, open lawns replace fences, barley and rye fields stretch along the river, a softball scoreboard rises at Mackenzie school, Lions tag roses, and Collegiate final exams begin.
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Henri Noel
France
Ottawa
Morden
C.N.R
Dauphin
Dauphin the
Doctor’s Diet Plea and Bears in the Park
A patient thanks a doctor for a meatless diet plan to settle bills. Meanwhile a Winnipeg couple trips near Clear Lake and Dauphin encounter a mother bear with triplet cubs, then watch the cubs cautiously descend a tree with their mother. The scene ends with four bears in the park and likely more.
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Geo. W. Mackie
Winnipeg
Clear Lake
Dauphin
National Park
Daylight saving debate in southern Manitoba councils
A southern Manitoba meeting urges provincial government to take full daylight saving responsibility, while rural municipalities seek to avoid the time change. The piece recalls Dauphin experience and notes shorter days, plus a street cleaning effort that improves roads amid mixed public reaction.
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Manitoba
Dauphin
Tree Worms Resist Sprayer On City Boulevards
A mounted truck sprayer disperses insecticide via a long hose and pole to reach newly planted trees. Reportedly, older tall trees resist the spray as the apparatus operates, while worms remain a stubborn problem on the boulevards.
Dusty morning dust-up among Dauphin store managers
Early Monday around 7 30 two Dauphin store managers Russ and Bob sparked a stir in the business section. The incident involved dust flying as they engaged in limbering-up exercise influenced by outside criticism of the town’s streets.
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Dauphin
Russ
Bob
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