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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1951
Page
2
A disjointed report argues against the divine right theory of monarchy and fiat authority. It notes calls to bring the East under ancient method, critiques governmental immunities, and discusses proposed amendments to corporations and parliamentary procedures.
Local report notes Spring Valley S C presenting to retiring officers and a social program featuring whist, dance and music by D Ross and company. The event includes guests Mr and Mrs John Wedderburn and Paul, hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry Baily of Hamiota.
A two year old Lord Ravensworth succeeds to the peerage after the death of his uncle Baron Ravensworth in a car crash. In Canada, Artur Kokk, 44, was found dead near Rossport after a long absence of mail. A Vancouver court set bail at 6000 for James L. Stewart, 26, charged with theft from an elderly widow. A report notes millions in undelivered letters and post cards, plus cash, remain unclaimed. The Boy Scout movement in Canada reports a record year, while a Bridgeport mother and infant die in a stairwell plunge. Divorces, espionage verdicts, and fires dominate the rest of the page with multiple international notes.
The Kirkham s Bridge Women s Institute hears farm history in a feature about a local farm. Attendees include Mrs. president and guests Meadhanes J Gray JL Hot and Cl WL Melfadwen with sketches, samples, and illustrated day notes.
A collage of brief items notes a Calia court martial sentence for a bandsman tied to a September to January 1951 absences, a Toscanini concert schedule cut by knee injury, a Victoria BC boy Currie dying from a skating accident, and a misreported newborn volcano in the Philippines.
All 980 passengers aboard the British liner Strathmore were ordered to report to medical officers in London after a smallpox suspect a 12 year old girl who boarded in Australia was found aboard. Canadian National freight train derailment west of Bears Pass left 15 or 16 cars off the rails severing telegraph links. No injuries reported. RCMP conducted a raid in Vancouver seizing 5000 dollars in narcotics and arrested three Moose Jaw men Jack Read 19 William Wallace 20 and Robert Boyle 26 on possession charges.
A Lethbridge district farmer who died last month left an estate of 351,480 with all but a life annuity of 178 dollars a month and 12,000 cash to the Salvation Army. An application to probate the will of CG Fred Willan was made by A DB Hoge KC at the provincial courthouse in Lethbridge. Willan, who farmed five sections at Barons, was an orphan.
A Fergus columnist laments urban life in Toronto, arguing rural innocence shields people from city excesses. They condemn conditions endured by residents and note some Toronto dwellers struggle to adapt, prompting reflection on lawful limits and personal sacrifice.
Vancouver Daily Province notes Canadians did not train their boys as soldiers and reject a vast military machine in a peaceful land. Yet editors pose the question whether Canada can afford to forego readiness in a world supposedly armed to the teeth.
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