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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1924
Page
5
Local residents attend exchanges in Winnipeg and in Mayne with visits to relatives. Events include St James W A selling rasters, a 20c tea and apron sale, a successful box social, and a St Patricks tea at Oddfellow Hall. A Wheat Pool meeting seeks farmer turnout while a Home Bank inquiry prompts calls for swift prosecutions.
The Canadian National Railway curlers met for a two draw match at the skating rink. Bert Britton and Harry Evans captained the sides with Johnson Angel Sinclair and Scobel in action, Evans leading after the first draw and tying in the second. Alf Richardson beat Freddie Walker, giving Evans a 12 point total majority. Prizes included cigars and a booby box reputedly donated by Sir Henry Thornt on.
The assessment roll for 1924 is deposited in the clerk’s office and open for inspection until March 13. Complaints must be filed with the Clerk by then. The Council will sit as a Court of Revision on March 16 to hear complaints at 8 p.m. March 19, 1925, in the Rivers Council Chamber. Dated February 25, 1924.
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