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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 01, 1949
Page
4
A cat in Montreal, kept by a street vendor, escaped capture, fled through a door and wall, and was finally corralled by a humane society officer after six hours of field work. Volunteers later gathered two bushels of wheat in a century’s time, completing ten hours of field labor.
A feature promotes South America as a travel destination, touting Rio de Janeiro with its aerial railway to Paquetá, the bustling markets, and Positivist church. It notes Talara in Peru with oil industry ties, Chan Chan’s ancient ruins washed away by floods, Lima’s Plaza de Armas and Inquisition history, and the Andean railway reaching Oroya and Cerro de Pasco. It discusses Peru’s dry regions, Guano Island production, Valparaiso, and Santiago’s rise with festivals and bullfights.
In East London juvenile court magistrate Basil Henriques declared there is no law against beating boys at home or in school. He said parents may punish misbehaving children with a well planned beating and dismissed NSPCC prosecution fears. The eight year old boy received probation for theft.
On nomination night only one person was named for each post and all were sworn in the same evening, marking a swift formation of the council and school board for the community in Ontario.
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