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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 24, 1927
Page
4
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The MacGregor Agricultural Society met in Municipal Mall with President John Barber in the chair. He reported on the Winnipeg societies convention stressing immigration, registered seed, and the Boys and Girls Pig Club. The 1927 fair prize list was revised, rink use discussed, a drive for members launched, and ongoing efforts to restore the Agricultural Hall after last summer’s cyclone.
Ottawa reports tax reductions totaling 27 million dollars as Hon J A Robb presents Parliament with his fourth budget. He notes postwar depressions easing, a diamond jubilee year optimism, healthy harvests, active industries, high employment, buoyant money supply, and a 31.1 million net debt reduction this year, 95 million over four years.
The budget proposes net debt reduction of 27,706,86 and a 1926 revenue forecast of 394,500,000 with an estimated 5,000,000 surplus. Tax cuts include income tax down 10 percent, sales tax reduced from five to four percent, stamp tax rising to 10, and overdraft taxes abolished. Special war revenue measures noted, with tariff changes unclear.
The North Norfolk Trustee Association held a convention at Hall MacGregor with President A J Small. A Field Day report was adopted noting a $244 surplus and gratitude to Agricultural Society Directors for grounds and equipment. A motion approved a $50 tax ward for Field Day use amid ongoing pupil attendance concerns.
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