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Hamiota Echo

Location

Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Jan 11, 1979

Page

2

Nightly Current Comments Touches Local Life And Nostalgia

This 1978 column blends light village notes about friends Charlie and Nora Knight and a retirement celebration for CN railway worker Charlie Mundell with mentions of Art Alley’s post office career, anniversaries in Oak River and Brandon, and readers’ quips and wit. It references cold Manitoba winters, safety tips, prayers, and short vignettes about local figures.

Charlie Mundell CN Railway Charlie Rivers Quadra Oakner Brandon-Miniota Brandon-Beulah Art Alley Beulah Art Les Aletha Jameson Chumah Hall Oak River Frank Vera McPhaden Vera Big al Brandon al Stevenson Moscow Manitoba

Reggies Ramblings and Canadian currency gossip

Victoria sports writer Jim Tang cites Winnipeg Tribune columnist Jack Matheson predicting Bobby Hull may not stay retired and could rejoin the Jets before Christmas. London hotel-keepers push MPs for laws to bar convicted hooligans from pubs for protection of property and people. Confucius Say lampoons public decorum. A reader complains of cat haters as liars and hypocrites. Victoria columnist Gord Hunter notes CP wire service correction about Eddie Shack not Eddie Schreyer as Governor General.

Victoria Jim Tang Jack Matheson Winnipeg Tribune Bobby Hull Jets Yare London Gorde Hunter CP Wire Service Eddie Shack Eddie Schreyer

Public service pay reform faces unions resistance

Canadian commentator Peter Ward argues Ottawa must align federal civil service salaries with private sector wages, despite union opposition. He cites high mid level pay and criticizes inefficiency, urging restraint on raises, staff cuts, and potential firings to curb costs amid voter sentiment.

Ottawa Armed Forces Auditor General of Canada Public Service Alliance of Canada Canadian Labor Congress

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