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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1897
Page
4
The report mentions Mr EB ston and Mr W M Logan with a £52 expenditure to Carberry, plus Manitoba contribution details. His Honor Judge Ryan presiding appears in the district court context.
Town topics from North Norfolk reflect busy local activity with visits, meetings, and community notes. Reports mention Austin visitors, CPR office changes, school honors, and legislative glimpses, alongside weather, postal service tweaks, and a humorous farmer anecdote about a stray heifer.
A meeting of the Rangers Football Club at Waverley House elected officers for the coming season. Hon. President Stanley Seed, Hon. Vice-president H Hrud, President E E Turner, President Frank Thompson. G H St , E Iner, Frank Thompson named to committee. G HLS jeo. Young chosen to represent at the Manitoba Football Association meeting in Winnipeg. The club plans to join the provincial association to compete for medals and cups.
February school report shows attendance averages by rooms, totals adjusted for enrolled pupils, and monthly test marks. Names include Nate Martin Lena Murdoch Vera MacLean Willie Cairns Winnie Martin G. G Sammar Sadie MacLean with scores ranging from 16 to 100.
An agricultural foundation effort uses geography and nature tables to teach from known to unknown, aiming to show children how civilization changes sight of the pe le, with references to local teachers and hotels in Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie. The passage lists names and places connected to hotels and travelers, including Saunders, MacLean, Merrick, Hay, Watson, Muir, and others.
Portage la Prairie hosts spring assizes with brisk activity in staffing trials. Nine defendants include Clark, Anderson, Walker, Saunders, Renwick, Hamilton, Orv, Mawhinney, McDole. Widespread witness turnout from Glenboro Holland Trekerne Carberry Sydney Austin and other points, with many more expected.
In 1883 land assessed in North was small and by 1896 value neared one million dollars. Expenditures on road work and statute labor total about sixty thousand, which should have yielded over 300 miles of better roads. Ontario has the government lead on road policy due to municipal inefficiency. Manitoba should consider a similar approach to improve roads.
The death of Adam W. Smith is announced after a long illness marked by paralysis and strokes. Born at Aberfoyle, he suffered a brain growth operation in Guelph and died March 2 after a period of decline following a move to Ontario for rest and recovery.
The piece recalls a long life of a man who arrived in Manitoba with Adam McKenzie at age 11 after losing both parents, married Sarah Hunt eighteen years ago, and lived mostly in the same area with a large family of six daughters and four boys. It notes his Liberal ties, church activity, generous lifework, and final illness, with tributes from neighbors. Other items mention Hugh Patterson's expected return, various local passengers, a lost horse, and a horse paralysis incident.
Sixty six men have been dis anged from the Intercolonial sho rt Moneton. Lord Salisbury declares Britain's Cretan policy aut onomy with Turkish suzerainty. Premier Delya asserts the policy is irrevocable. The P R offers to build the Crow s railway for a $10 000 per mile bonus. Gendarmes at Canea, Crete revolted and killed their chief.
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