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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1950
Page
2
Garden plots for sale and rent offered in the Gazette Classifieds. Plots priced at 50 cents per plot with renewals on April 1. after that date plots go to first applicant. Mention of the Noxpus Inspector and city officials. Address provided at 642 Third Ave.
Notice that the Church will hold a meeting on March 83 at 3 8 pm regarding the estate of Thomas Albert White of Rivers Manitoba deceased. All claims must be sent to Sturdy Alder Buckingham, Brandon office, by March 15 1956. Dated Brandon Manitoba February 11 1956. Minerals valued at 34 703 962 were produced in Saskatchewan in 1949, up about 200 000 from 1948.
Manitoba's Indians denounce the federal government for depriving them of treaty rights. A. E. Thompson of Dallas, secretary of the Manitoba Indian Association, called the Indian act obsolete and compared it with communist countries. He spoke after a one day meeting in Winnipeg noting restrictions on trapping and fishing without permits.
At a meeting attended by 25 chiefs and delegates from the Cree and Salteaux tribes in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, concerns were raised that treaty rights since 1871 have not been implemented. Indians face permits for fishing trapping and shooting and pay income taxes off reservations despite tax exemptions on reserves. Mr. Thompson noted renewed attention to a brief the group submitted to the Canadian government last March.
Robert R Reinsch of Winnipeg was jailed for one year after a downtown collision killed 0 year old William J Gingles on Oct 14 Last Oct The court suspended his license for five years The jury acquitted manslaughter and reckless driving but found him guilty of driving to the common danger and causing grievous bodily harm
A United States Air Force B-29 crashed shortly after takeoff from Great Falls Montana base while returning to resume search for a missing bomber. Eight crewmen were killed and seven escaped unharmed as the plane hit a highway embankment three miles southwest of the field and burned. The craft had been conducting a search over Queen Charlotte Sound and Spokane weather forced the flight to divert to Great Falls.
Edmonton Journal notes that one third of federal spending last year went to social services and argues the public pays the bills through taxation. The piece defends humanitarian aims while warning against hidden taxpayers’ burden. Montreal Financial Times cites brewers and cigarette firms estimating taxes push beer to 10 cents a glass today and cigarettes to 36 cents per pack without levies.
Manitoba case reports Camine Allarie 31 sentenced to hang for murder of Mrs Edith Delbridge at a Poplar Point farm Sept 24 and alleged to have killed her husband William Delbridge. The sentence will be carried out at Headingly jail May 3 after a five hour jury verdict. Also notes aging social commentary and a Red Deer fatal lumber camp accident with no inquest.
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