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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 1947
Page
3
A town event shows youths in a weekend tea party raising funds for a summer camp. They skipped playing outdoors to serve tea cake and sandwiches to locals, earning money, learning responsibility, and enjoying the experience.
The Windsor Star notes the Saskatchewan CCF government runs a compulsory auto insurance fund and, per Premier T. C. Douglas speaking in Estevan, expects a profit around 756 dollars this year. The piece recalls the “production for use” concept and questions its fate relative to profit aims.
The Fort Erie Times-Review notes a rumored civil service cut not yet acted on. It speculates about 15,000 Ottawa clerks with votes and civil service rights and suggests possibly 29,000 more could be dispensed with without serious disruption to routine.
The piece argues that continued political losses will pressure the government to act. It notes that several more defeats are needed by election time to convince leadership that intervention is required. The tone is cautionary and focused on accountability and timing.
A local construction firm has halted plans to erect a new development because of rising labor and material prices. The decision ends the project once slated to begin this season, leaving stakeholders reassessing timelines and financing.
The piece notes proposed 20 cent famines and a 1,106-gnite Toronto project with 1,860 apartments, all by the same firm. Rents would be too high for veterans. building costs have nearly doubled since before the war, with frequent swings making contracts uneconomical. Mr and Mrs Frank Kruger and son Charles of Winnipeg visit Mrs Kruger's brother Fred Karlenzig.
The Anglican W.A. Bradwar will hold a bazaar on Tuesday June 10 in the basement of the United Church. Sale of work, home cooking and a lemonade pond. Supper served at 5.00 p.m. Admission 40 cents. Proceeds support church projects.
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