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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1942
Page
1
Special notice states immediate end to 24 hour taxi service due to tires and gasoline rationing. Borrowman’s Tax referenced in the notice as part of the period’s financial considerations.
The Gazette extends best wishes for a happy birthday to J. Howard Maxwell on December 17. Also wishing dack Hanson a birthday on the 17th, Chas Nowe on the 20th, and Frank Taylor on the 23rd.
Community updates list residents visiting relatives in Winnipeg Neepawa Transcona and Brandon Hospital stays furloughs and visits while praising rail service policy During holidays stores closures on Boxing Day and a Red Cross treasure sale at Gazette Stationery Store are announced plus film lineup from Metro for 1940s era theatre and commentary on CN rail service keeping schedules amid wartime shortages with travel restrictions not yet in place
Alastair Fraser of Canadian National says railways are mainly instruments of war with no frills in service. He notes CN is carrying more traffic than ever, grain movement reduced by wartime marketing rather than capacity limits. Fraser spoke in Winnipeg on return from west-area inspections.
A gold Waltham wrist watch vanished on the morning of December 14. Finder is asked to return it to the Gazette Editor and will receive a reward.
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