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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1948
Page
5
The Rivers Gazette established its publication Friday at The Gazette Office on 20% 4Adash Street, Ravers. Subscription price shown as 32 pounds annually in Cantata currency. Publisher listed as G F Barker.
The town council will let about 400 ratepayers decide the skating rink project now years in the making. A strong turnout is urged as the bylaw faces a likely large majority. Also notes Christmas shopping timing and remarks by Rev C N Nicholson in Belleville Ontario.
A quirky compilation of misheard lines and odd scenes from a bygone era. A bus driver scolds a tall boy as a child asks for fare money while a traffic court tale unfolds. A printer apprentice asks about ink by the pea and a judge grants a short marriage separation over snoring.
A biblical quotation from Luke declares the angel’s message to Mary. Do not fear for thou hast found favour with God. The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee. The holy child shall be called the Son of God.
A collage of quotations and summaries from papers like the Edmonton Journal St Thomas Times Journal and Windsor Star reflect on wartime era politics economics and social issues. Highlights include reactions to American politics in Ontario views on the British Heart Service Act and debates over taxation and civic costs in Canada.
Fragmented OCR text describes Westside Goes, a Winnipeg station torn apart, and mentions a petition to a Canadian board. It notes forty war brides in Canterbury, Kent, who will hear parents wish them merry Christmas via phonograph records sent to brides at Christmas.
Regina King's Bench chamber grants extension prohibiting unlawful picketing at Western Dominion tine in Este van-Blenfair coal field. Report notes mortgage loan repayments and cancellations as of March, plus various local and international items including Boxing Day holiday, Indian affairs hires, and Commonwealth relations appointment.
The BC coast faced a fourth day of high winds and heavy rain. Seven hundred central European displaced persons may soon settle in the Peace River block. At Winnipeg General Hospital a new maternity ward area threat from a nearby canvas fire was contained. US Navy wind tunnel tests claim speeds near 4000 mph to guide anti aircraft weapons. Chester Warter sues a Tampa hotel for 7 dollars over a bathtub incident claiming nerve damage and loss of sensation.
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