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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
4
Cancer week runs September 11 to 16 in Manitoba to spread awareness of cancer and its early, often painless, symptoms. The campaign urges public education on detection, risks, and treatment options including surgery and the use of X rays and radiation.
Premier Bracken said Hon. E McPherson and Errick Willis will travel to Ostawa to press for federal relief. The drought affects five municipalities with about two thousand farmers and ten thousand residents. Four years without crops has drained finances, risking school closures as taxes go unpaid. Relief is needed for people, stock feed, fodder, and spring seeds.
Widespread response to cent a mile excursions prompts Iadian National and Canadian Pacific railways to repeat the travel bargains in Western Canada from August 18 to September 2. Pacific coast becomes the attraction for an early fall holiday with bargain fares from Ontario ports to Port Arthur Fort William and Armstrong and from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta stations. Tickets are valid return for up to fifteen days including sale date and passengers may ride by coach or tourist sleeping car with a small extra charge for the tourist car privileges.
1933 tax notices have been sent and payments already received. Discounts apply: August two to five percent, November penalty four and one half percent, and a similar charge on the first of each month until paid. North Norfolk offers optional payment up to October 1 with ten percent of arrears. Repayment date changed to October 31 from December.
The Gladstone Age reports local merchants seek relief from peddler nuisance with a bylaw after a waterless cooker salesman ties with town ladies to push aluminum products, challenging business tax fairness. It notes Manitoba towns taking action while outsiders pay no municipal taxes, urging municipal protection and revenue.
A brief note asks readers to patronize merchants who back the paper and to shop at the establishments invited to participate in Shop. The call emphasizes local economy and community ties, urging continued reader support through purchases at advertised businesses.
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