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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1947
Page
5
The Printed Word argues budget balance while noting civil service overstaffing. A visitor describes a large Ottawa office with idle workers and a few women socializing by windows. One woman handles a boss’s personal correspondence. coffee breaks and lunches cut desk time. A female detective notes several mornings with many girls in a washroom smoking. The piece warns wartime space remains occupied as civil service growth risks taxpayer money.
A western paper urges lifting taxes from farmers while others bear the personal income tax burden. Currently $700000 is paid by non-farm workers, and shifting farmer duties could push the nation toward a break. The author argues the split could precipitate economic strain and division.
Vegreville Alert notes intruders blew the safe and took papers of little value and a rumored six thousand dollars in cash. Editor Ben Huckell jokes the sum is fictional, resigning to the loss of papers like insurance policies as if the money existed. The Times-Journal comments on the New York Times view of China, praising the constitution as a new day and noting the Communist response.
The Brockvilla Recorder and Times notes that many incomes rise with inflation while clergy salaries often stay flat. It argues rising living costs squeeze pastors, who face stagnant income despite broader wage growth.
The speaker notes that despite organized labor improving positions for many workers, clergy salaries remain unfair. He warns that lack of extra money will not resolve the issue, and workers will continue to worry about earnings.
The Rural Municipality of Daly Manitoba will hold a council meeting in Rivers on February 1 1947 at 2 PM to consider passing a bylaw to close and convey parts of No 34 Sec 15 Tp 12 and adjoining Government Road Allowances to The Great North West Central Railway and to substitute a new road plan. Copies of the bylaw and survey plan are available at the secretary treasurer. The council will hear objections prior to passing the bylaw. Dated January 7 1947.
An aging man laments failing eyesight and disbelief in what is read and heard while Sydney school teachers seek salary boosts at a school board meeting to meet rising living costs and prices.
A verse from Job enjoins repentance and restoration for those who return to the Almighty, promising renewal and cleansing from sin as they dedicate their tabernacles to righteousness. The quotation echoes a call to spiritual return and moral turnabout.
Mrs George Perrett expresses sincere thanks to many friends for kindness during her hospital stay. Special gratitude goes to the Daly ladies aid for flowers and the ladies auxiliary to the Canadian Legion. Also notes items for sale: a six piece kitchen suite with bed and spring filled mattress, both new, and an RCA battery radio. Roy Ferguson Rivers.
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