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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1928
Page
5
In 1927 stock from BC and Ontario poultry farms offered Baby Chicks White Leghorns Barred Rocks and Anconas at $1 per 15 or $700 per 108. Hatching eggs priced at $5 per 17 eggs and giant Bronze turkeys at $500 each. Also onion sets potatoes and other farm items advertised by Mrs A Houston in Sidney Aust.
Reg Margis wheat 20d ton at 209 bushel cleaned. Gar passed field inspection 175 cleaned. 00 Ths field beans extremely early. 3 pure bred S Minorca cocks 20 each. 2 fresh milkers 5500 each. 1 for Manitoba clover honey. 1 Sca Ib pies of beans and honey at Herald office.
A town record notes the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs J Deacon on March 27 in Austin. It mentions Geo Hotel in Branton, a COF event, a WM.S United Church silver tea and pantsy sale at Mrs E J Moms on March 30, and an upcoming auction sale of farm stock, implements and home goods near Pratt and west of M Gregor on April 5.
The provincial government adopts a new system to appoint magistrates to handle liquor law infractions. Existing appointments will be canceled and 12 to 16 new magistrates, selected from qualified outsiders, will be put in place. They will travel among districts and act as liaison magistrates, with municipal justices and constables in each area. Fines collected fund salaries if municipal revenues fall short. any deficit is covered by the government.
The article extols British prowess in speed and achievement. It notes Captain Malcolm Campbell breaking a speed record at just over 26 miles per hour, mentions past air and naval feats, and lauds British persistence and courage across exploration, industry, government, science, arts, and defense. It cites Walter Page praising English resolve and ends with praise for Britain’s enduring strength.
A municipal meeting at the United Church discussed action on beer legislation under the Liquor Act. The Prohibition Alliance spoke, outlining five sale channels and urging signatures for a local option petition. A central committee was formed to organize support and aim for a 20 percent petition threshold to trigger a municipal vote.
Mrs R Reshaur visited Portage on Friday. Mrs Alex Edgeworth and baby returned home from Portage Friday. Mrs W McLachlan and Pearl visited Portage on Thursday. Mrs McConeghy returned home after visiting sister Mrs Geo Tack. Mrs R Clark and Miss Eva Cooper moved home from Saskatoon Thursday after a month visiting friends and relatives.
Ho applies to all MacGregor items in SE 43109 Washington with a price tag of 375.00. Local listing notes the single price and general applicability to MacGregor products.
For sale 33 Champion of England peas for seed and dwarf white wax beans for eating. Also parsnip seed. Prices 25e per quart and 16e per half pint. Apply to Mrs B Richards o Beaver. ig
Classified notice offering 75 bushels of Garnet Wheat certified at 150 dollars per bushel and Barred Rock igs for setting at 10 dollars for 15. Contact A. E. Chant at MacGregor by phone.
60 acres cultivated with 90 acres summer fallow and a good house with out-buildings. Food water supply, located one mile from the school and four miles from the loading platform. Seed finished. Apply.
D P R Coats announced at the Winnipeg Amateur Association that a studio at the Royal Alexandra hotel in Winnipeg will be opened for the new James Richardson and Sons broadcasting station to be built in south east Saskatchewan near the Manitoba border. Coats, former CKY announcer, will relocate from Moose Jaw and head the venture from Winnipeg.
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