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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 24, 1932
Page
4
Publisher LT Trethewey lists per line and per inch pricing for legal government and municipal notices. Insertion charges apply to cards of thanks memoriam and sale or wanted notices with per line or per inch rates. Engages readers with rates for dances entertainments and paid admission events.
Premier Bracken laid out the Manitoba budget in the legislature detailing expenditures of 15.69 million for April 1933 with revenues of 13.72 million, forecasting a 3.01 million deficit largely met from deferred accounts. He outlined tax hikes on liquor sales, insurance, banks, income and corporate taxes, and higher gasoline and truck licenses to balance next year’s accounts amid widespread relief costs and a 20 percent revenue drop.
Estimates show more than five percent reduction across ministries with the works, health, and education departments bearing the heaviest blows. Educational grants shrink, maintenance costs drop, and RCMP amalgamation aimed to save on policing. Court salaries and unemployment relief funding face cuts. capital expenditure largely eliminated.
The local Hockey Club hosted an eleven game winter rink tournament drawing over seven hundred fans. Results included Bagot defeating MacDonald in overtime after a midafternoon start. Sidney won overall, Austin second, Orangeville third, and MacDonald fourth. The season drew to a close with curling skating and hockey pleas for town goodwill.
Portage Midgets and a local rival battled on Monday night in a close game decided in overtime. The Gladstone and Westbourne hockey teams clashed at the rink with Westbourne edging the locals for a 3 2 win.
The Anglican church announces a morning service led by Sregor Manion with the theme The Gard Anthem Hes Rises. Pettman invites all to a Good Friday Litany at 11 am and a Story of the Seven Words at 2 pm.
The United Church notes a regular Sunday service with a pastor and evening service. A choir practice is planned in court on Thursday at 7 pm. Beaver church session at 25 pm.
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