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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
1
The Che Rivers Gazette announces second class mailing under Post Office rules. Publication located at Main Street Rivers. Subscription rates listed: Canada two dollars and twenty cents per year, other locations higher. Publisher G F Barker.
A Manitoba study argues Hivers district should gain a legislative seat as Rivers and Daly populations grow past 5 000, now near 6 000 due to the Air School and new arrivals. The plan would redraw Daly Elton Cornwallis Whitehead into one riding with Glenwood joining Virden, reshaping representation.
A biblical verse from St. Mark chapter 13 verse 8 is cited. The text speaks of nations rising against nations and kingdoms, with earthquakes in various places, followed by famines and troubles as the beginnings of sorrows. The quotation reflects apocalyptic prophetic language.
A Chatham rumor urges that children be taught to protect bird life and that literature on birds be distributed in schools and to farmers. It questions why universities lack a Chair of Ornithology while Ottawa Journal notes laws against soliciting rides exist in many states and Ontario, yet enforcement remains hard. Churchill praises capitalism for averting economic chaos and credits Western recovery to capitalist credits from North America.
The first batch of 132 displaced families from eastern Pakistan sailed to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal in early March under India's refugee colonization program Stockholm. Sweden reports its mildest winter in 160 years with February temperatures above normal across the country, 14 to 16 degrees higher in the north and about six to seven degrees higher in the south.
John W. Lee aged 61 formerly of Rivers died Sunday. Survived by sisters Mrs. F.E. Goviam of Bean fy Es Mesti and Emuhiry ay of Rivers. Funeral held Wednesday at Charen ep funeral home with interment in Brookside cemetery. Rivers stmel orchestra to broadcast on CIRM at 30 pty Thursday. A. W. Whyte to direct.
The CBC features John Fisher as a roving reporter. He delivers observations every Sunday for fifteen minutes. His work is described as sparking the national conscience.
Warns 1949 may be one of the worst grasshopper years with millions of acres in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta at risk. Urges farmers to unite with municipal and provincial authorities, use chlordane pesticides for large scale control and poison baits for sparse growth, and seek advice from agricultural officials.
Stores in Rivers will close next Thursday afternoon as usual. Muskrat season will be open south of the 36th parallel from coast to the 7th of April.
Announcement of an auction sale Monday April 11 featuring horse implements and household goods with proceeds to local fund. Canadian Legion event a bake sale and memorial fund drive planned for Saturday April 13. James Will hold parish faster and tea Saturday April 14 with tables of edible wares. Curling Club semi annual meeting scheduled April 8 in the curling rink waiting room at 8:00 pm.
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