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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1921
Page
4
The editor notes a delay and double standard in enforcing a license increase from 10 to 13 dollars for Fords and other cars by horsepower. Several owners paid the extra amount with receipts, others did not, prompting calls for either universal collection or refunds to those who paid, deeming the method petty and poor business.
Westwood S D No 1308 invites bids for painting the outside of the school building to be received by noon on Monday August 8th The secretary treasurer H Bicknell will provide particulars on request
Tenders for driving school vans routes 2 3 and 5 ending December 31 1921 will be received by the undersigned up to noon on Saturday August 13. Tenderers must supply their own fuel for vans.
Local notes report Mrs. W A Webster and children returning from Forrest, and Eric Cousins of Winnipeg visiting in town. McConnell School District will save 1500 on van routes next year. Rates for Rivers exchange telephones now 39 for residential and 36 for business. Several residents visit relatives in Calgary and Transcona while others discuss road improvements and upcoming tenders. The Orange Lodge backs Church Union and Rev Barrett receives a Manitoba appointment. local figures share visits, work, and community events.
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