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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
5
Spring thaw reveals long buried mess in Rivers with scattered ashpiles tins bottles and boxes. The author calls for modern sewage facilities post war and argues for cleaner streets citing biblical duty to keep ground clean.
Orlo W. Brown of Daly says the man who ran a lark story truly had a scoop. Brown asserts a horned lark spent the entire winter season at the back of his bare property, presenting an unusual bird sighting claim.
A brief note observes that a couple of robins lingered at a feed lot during winter, calling the birds hardy and noting their regular presence until a few weeks ago.
Elevation proposals to Dominion government call for $1.80 per bushel on wheat delivered to the Canadian wheat board this crop year, elimination of the domestic milling subsidy, and a commission to set compensation for coarse grain and malt barley producers. Emphasizes rehabilitating farming on a sound financial basis in the postwar era. London February. Aluminum houses for temporary use expanding in Britain with Bristol’s quick housing response and factories planning 60 daily deliveries soon. Also notice for Matinee of Son of Lassie at Your Community theatre on Saturday March 9 at 3 pm.
A Rivers reader expresses delight at a forthcoming March 7 concert by Alex Whyte and his orchestra. The writer praises the town’s friendliness and the many talented young musicians, commending Whyte as a wonderful asset and wishing the group success and enjoyable listening.
Clean Rolling Stock Montreal unveils a new $200,000 shot blasting plant at Angus shops to clean locomotives and a sleeping car. Canadian Pacific will pioneer wide scale use in Canada with a 23,000 square foot facility capable of processing two locomotives with tenders and one car per eight hours. The system replaces old sand blasting, speeds work, reduces silicosis risk, and automates shot handling and recycling.
The Canadian Seamen's Union at Montreal urged the Canadian government to sever relations with the Franco government of Spain and sought support from seamen of other nations to disrupt trade between Spain and democratic countries.
The board of governors of the university of Saskatchewan will rise to 10 to 14 members, with half appointed by the provincial government, under an amendment in a new university act now before the legislature.
Rungsia consolidates her fighting forces into a single people’s commissariat dropping the word defence from the title to emphasize civilian control. The shift signals a major reorganization in the government and military command structure.
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