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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1929
Page
4
Government and municipal notices pricing per insertion with rate per line and per inch for subsequent insertions. Includes wanted, strayed notices, and memorials with charges by inch. Trethewey publisher lists subscription at $1.50 yearly. Publication date Thursday July 18 1929.
The North Norfolk Council assembled at MacGregor Municipal Hall with full attendance to discuss road openings and closures, bylaw readings for land transfers, and appointing a new pound-keeper. It addressed relief requests, tax assessments, licenses, and 1929 levies while receiving notices from local entities and the Agricultural Society.
The council discussed a 1929 levy for supplementary revenue and various purposes including child welfare health county sanitorium soldiers relief and old age pensions totaling several thousand dollars. It approved excavation work on a ditch across N W 24 and S W 2511 10 with tenders due August 1 and a 5 percent bid deposit. The auditor’s 1928 report was accepted and 200 copies ordered. The meeting adjourned to Austin on Friday August 2 in Forrester’s Hall.
The Municipal Commissioner's levy for 1929 jumps about 100 percent from 1928, with the province also taking liquor profits. North Norfolk's levy totals 17377.67, up from 74758.5, while Supplementary Revenue rises and a Health levy is added. The piece criticizes government spending and likens administrators to overindulgent parents, warning taxpayers of higher rates.
The Herald asks readers who found a license plate number 9 a girl's compact some silver and a set of false teeth at the Fair Grounds to bring them to the Herald office for return.
Tenders to sign up to 12 cents per cubic yard for earth removal across part of section 4 and southwest 1s section 25 in To Age 10. Tender must be accompanied by a cheque for five. The lowest tender will be accepted. Fort Win authorities July 15, 1929.
In the matter of the estate of Alexander Berry deceased late of the Municipality of North Norfolk in Manitoba a farmer. All claims against the estate must be filed with the undersigned at the Village of MacGregor Manitoba on or before August 10 1820. McKinnon and McKinnon solicitors for Margaret Berry Administratr
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