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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
3
Edmonton Journal reports the Social Credit caucus and government agree no driver test changes will occur. Provincial Secretary Gerhart calls it unreasonable to inconvenience 36,000 people by imposing tests and suggests abolishing licenses instead. The stance aims for consistency and ease in obtaining a license.
A 2000 member Married Women's Association urged Sir Stafford Cripps to direct any cost of living bonus to the home, arguing funds placed in the husband’s wages may be spent on beer bets and bookmakers rather than groceries. Edmonton Bulletin and St Thomas Times Journal pieces quote harsh views on crime and royal spending alongside the letter.
A Rhodes scholar named Montreal student seeks a post at Manitoba’s Revie Vo dik tes while about 2860 children were placed for adoption in Canada last year via social agencies, and Canada’s welfare division met to discuss. Meanwhile, building trades face strikes with hodcarriers demanding higher pay and more hires, delaying housing. A Port Arthur note laments Captain Taylor’s record on the Noronic, while St. Thomas recalls C. D. Howe’s wartime spending quip. Victoria reports 137,000 Canadians own stock worth 87 million tied to vanished holders, with firms hiring a firm to locate them.
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