Looking Backward at the Files of Taz Hives Giachrre
A retrospective column recalls events from 35 to 5 years ago in Rivers. Highlights include the GTP erecting a freight shed, local sports pitches between Oddfellows and Masons, renovation plans for a Winnipeg hotel, merchant farm cooperation improving the north road, a reception for Rev John and Mrs Dunnett, a Riv era school board bridge application, and 110 electors roll appeals. Five years ago golf club members participated in Souris tournament with Donald McKenzie placing second, and Bradwardine Red Cross ladies hosted a layette shower for British babies.
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Souris
Donald McKenzie
Rivers
Dedication Details Corrected for Roseville Church Service
The Gazette notes an error in last issue about the Roseville church dedication. The baptismal font is in memory of John O H Nevill and Edward Drummond Chapman while the vases honor Mrs Chapman and the cross remembers Mrs E M Frank.
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Roseville Church
the Gazette
John O. H. Nevill
Edward Drummond Chapman
Chapman
E. M. Frank
Radar device tests speed on highways in Connecticut
Boston Post reports a radar speed measurement device demonstrated in Connecticut to gauge automobile speeds on highways. It notes most drivers observe speed laws while those who exceed limits risk being stopped and judged by the instrument.
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Boston Post
Connecticut
Gasoline rationing debated as U S ships oil to Russia
In a discussion on rationing in parts of the United States, a Congress member noted oil shipments to Russia. The United States, facing possible fuel limits, faces controversy over supplying Russia, a major oil producer, amid unfavorable views toward Russia at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas Times-Journal
United States
Congress
Russia
Conamen
Passenger fatality rate doubles in domestic airlines report
Preliminary civil aeronautics board figures show a sharp rise in passenger fatalities for scheduled domestic airlines, indicating the rate more than doubled. The data references a large 100,008,000 priority metrics and emphasizes trend concerns within the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeromautica Board
Avery
Calgary and Banff on the CPR Line Tour Likely Boom
A travelogue describes the western Canada rail route from Edmonton to Banff, noting Calgary’s oil, meat packing and mining industries, the Palliser hotel, and festive crowds. Banff National Park is highlighted with its rivers Bow Spray and Cascade, rugged scenery, dude ranches, and scenic Windermere highway linking the parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banff
CPR
Jasper
CNR
Windermere
Rivers Players Out in Overtime Game
In an overtime clash at Oak River last week, the Rivers team fell to the Kenton baseballers. Final score details are not fully provided in the readable text.
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Rivers
Kenton Baseballers
Oak River
Township 11 survey request filed with Manitoba Power Commission
Daly council on August 6 approved including township 11 range 20 in a survey now under way for township 12 ranges 20 and 21. The eastern half of a section will be mowed and burned, and the council will interview a farmer about weed infestation on his land.
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Manitoba Power Commission
Daly Council
Sixty Day Window Set to Start Building on Lots
Town council ordered that any person buying lots in town must begin building within sixty days. At last Monday’s meeting the rule was approved. Those failing to start within sixty days will receive a refund of purchase price and application fees.
Council Mulls Change to Municipal Doctor Tax
Recommends change by Minnedosa council to shift the municipal doctor tax from property owners to a per capita basis of about three dollars per person, as reported by the Rapid City Reporter. The proposal would ease the burden on business owners while expanding the tax to all residents.
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Minnedosa
Rapid City
Birthday Listings Include Torchy Tivy and Others
A birthday notice lists August dates for several individuals such as Torchy Tivy Thomas Nolan and Kirk Moore Greasley on August 16 plus Mrs Elwood J Spearman and French Beever on August 17. Additional August birthdays include Dorothy Brown Daly Mrs RN Lang and G Sennett Edmonton Alto and others with addresses in Brandon and Brandon RR3.
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Torchy Tivy
Thomas Nolan
Kirk Moore Greasley
Elwood J. Spearman
Marion Lee
French Beever
Dorothy Brown
Daly
R. N. Lang
Peggy Tufts
Edmonton
Alto
G. Sennett
Garry Lally
Brandon
Deing a grown-up nation we should act like one
Windsor Star argues the nation must rely less on government and reject an obsession with security. It urges citizens to be ambitious and virile, to strive under their own power toward limitless goals rather than living off a benevolent bureaucracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Star
Australia gifts Britain £20 million to show empire unity
Sunday Chronicle notes Australia contributes £20 million from its population to support Britain, a gesture described as a powerful symbol of love, trust, and unity among the empire. It counters foreign pessimism about the empire’s future and emphasizes shared peace and wartime bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Chronicle
Australia
Commonwealth
Britain
London
Labor Dept Reports Canada Jobs Shortfall Across Industries
The labor department states manpower resources are at their most urgent needs in key industries with a current labor surplus 22 000 below the 1946 minimum and 63 000 below the level of the same period last year.
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Labor Department
Vy Industries
Canada
Queen Mary Sets Final Trials Before Atlantic Return
Southampton AP The Queen Mary liner famed for transporting over 750,600 Canadian and Allied troops during the war began its final trials today before resuming transatlantic service on July 1.
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Southampton
Start Excavation for New Theatre Site in Rivers
Excavation on the site of a new theatre in Rivers will begin shortly. S Karby of Regina, owner of a Saskatchewan theatre chain, bought lots on Second Avenue near Columbia Street. Delays due to material shortages. Project cost about 35000 dollars.
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Rivers
S. Karby
Regina
Saskatchewan
Second Avenue
Columbia Street
Local Constable Halts Activities of Peddling Quartette
Rivers visitors faced enforcement by Constable H Tyreman who halted their street vending without a local permit. They were escorted to the municipal office where Clerk W T Dyer, also a justice of the peace, informed them permits for the four salespeople would cost $60. The quartet departed as dusk fell.
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H. Tyreman
W. T. Dyer
Daly council to draft by law on Pen dennis bridge load
Load restrictions on the Pen dennis bridge will be provided in a by law prepared by Daly council at a meeting held here on Aug. 6. The bridge lies about three miles south of the Forrest Rivers road near the railway station of the same name.
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Pendennis Bridge
Daly Council
Forrest Rivers
Undermanned piano tuners hit crisis in Windsor and Detroit
The Windsor Star reports a shortage of piano tuners across the United States and Canada. Despite high earnings for skilled labor, the craft is withering due to manpower gaps and unclear causes. The article notes Detroit’s convention of tuners highlighting the broader shortage.
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Windsor
Detroit
United States
Canada
Timing in Halifax by election stalls Canso bridge plan
The MacKenzie King government delayed a decision on the Canso bridge after the Halifax by election despite previously budgeting 340000 dollars for preliminary expenses. Premier Angus L. Macdonald led a disappointed delegation saying alternatives are under consideration as the general election approaches.
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Charlottetown
Mackenzie King
Halifax
Canso
Angus L. Macdonald
The Value of Advertising in Newspapers
Advertising holds growing importance as a reader interest and revenue source. Readers today seek ads for pleasure and profit, while newspapers rely on advertising to fund content and sustain the publication.
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Guelph Mercury
Railway magnate predicts end of super-liner era in Montreal
W. M. Neal, chairman and president of Canadian Pacific Railway and chairman of Canadian Pacific Steamships, expressed the belief in Montreal that the day of building super-liners may be over. He cited shifts in ship design and transportation priorities affecting future maritime projects.
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Montreal
W. M. Neal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Pacific Steamships
Entire Blocks Sold for Home Building in Rivers
Blocks sold for housing in Rivers last week as town council processed over two dozen applications at a lengthy Monday session. Fourth avenue east sales totaled 10 with a five member syndicate planning four homes near United church. other sites include Third avenue west Main street Fifth and Sixth avenues. Purchasers include A. H. Gill Oak River and several Rivers residents. numerous military and local officials appeared among applicants. One proposal was rejected for not meeting specifications.
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Fourth Avenue
United Church
Third Avenue
Main Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Restorer Officers Readied Crew Reboard in Esquimalt
In Esquimalt B C officers of the cable ship Restorer prepared to accept 90 percent of the crew back aboard amid rumors of near mutiny during the vessel seven months in South Pacific waters.
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Esquimalt
B.C
South Pacific
Local Heat Sparks Quirky City Tidbits
Warm weather notes show a malfunctioning store thermostat, eerie street drapes at night, and town councillors conducting meetings in the municipal boiler room for cooling.
Hospitality Ties Coastal Guests to Mrs Bell’s Farm Home
District residents note lasting hospitality at Mrs. J. Bell in Sidney Vancouver Island. Visitors from Wheatland and Winnipeg, including Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Grummett and Ivan Milla, drop by yearly, making Sidney a favored call point along the coast. Hospitality and Mrs Bell are synonymous.
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Pacific Coast
J. Bell
Sidney
Vancouver Island
B.C
Wheatland
the Gazette
J. A. Grummett
Rivers
Ivan Milla
Winnipeg
Mrs. Bell
Winnipeg man dies after heifer trampling at stock yards
Clarence Fouter, 43, of Winnipeg, lay in hospital at St Boni face after being trampled by a mad dened heifer at the Union Stock Yards. The incident occurred at the stock yards and authorities investigated the event.
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Clarence Fouter
Winnipeg
St. Boniface
Union
The Story of the Rural Municipality of Daly
A digest of 1911 events in the Rural Municipality of Daly includes social and civic notes. Visitors to Arthur Bishops Meat Market found cheap meats, a July twelfth coronation picnic, and the death of Hon. T Mayne Daly in Winnipeg. Nearby marriages, a health-related holiday for the municipal secretary treasurer, and a 53-Sunday 1911 year are mentioned. The Gazette’s year end highlights include Christmas tree celebrations, weddings in Pendennis Bran don and Upland, and a foreigner assaulted as 1912 began. Read continued notes on Page 3.
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Arthur Bishop
King George
Queen Mary
T. Mayne Daly
Winnipeg
Henry Porteous
Jessie Goring
J. Goring
Oakleigh
S. D. Thomas
Rea
Rivers
Pendennis
John Piercy
Christina Ellsworth
Brandon
F. Nunn
Wheatland
Mabelle C. Garside
Wheat City
Upland Church
J. Forman
E. Mabel Harvey
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Taz Hives
Giachrre
The
GTP
J. A. Grammett
the Oddfellows
William le’ Page
Masons
E. Shore
John
Dunnett
Rivera School Board
Board of Railway Commissioners
Bell Crossing
Bradwardine Red Cross
U.S. Ol
Western Report
CPH
Western Canada
Alverta
Huls
Calgary
Stampede
Groen
Gosh
Migosh
Palliser
Alaska
Canadian Rockies
Banfff Park
Bow
Craig and Canyon
Hydro
J. M. Conover
Isabelle Sinclair
Richard Beever
Leslie Humphries
A. H. Gill
J. Robertson
T. A. White
John Sushko
5. W. Plowman
Sgt. G. Watchman
J. G. Fleming
R. E. Labelle
I. M. Fraser
J. W. Lobb
J. N. Hall
C. C. McMillan
L. Wrightman
T. B. Winslow
G. D. Bland
F. N. Sheffield
J. H. Riva
J. A. Aitkens
R. G. Christie
A. B. Morabito
Dunsmore
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