Rivers News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Visits
Rivers community notes report visits by Mrs. Jos Chater and Grace in Winnipeg, Arbor Day closures, Mothers Day plans, and upcoming events. The Gazette lists local appearances by Dustin Farnum in Kentucky Days at the Bijou, and notes on church services, directors, and community activities including Rivers Fair date and school efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Chater
Grace
Winnipeg
Dustin Farnum
Hardy
Union Sunday School
Red Cross Sets $50,000 On Hand for War Legacy and Peace Time Work
At the first postwar Red Cross provincial meeting, about $50,000 remained in funds. A policy earmarked $300,000 for War Legacy aid to soldiers and dependents, while the rest funds Peace Time work to support public health. Nursing stations will serve five pioneer communities lacking care, with a travelling medical officer to reach outlying areas. The Junior Red Cross funds an itinerant dentist and donations go to the Children’s Hospital Margaret Scott Nursing Mission Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Social Welfare Department of Winnipeg General Hospital and Brandon Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
International Red Cross
Children’s Hospital
Margaret Scott Nursing Mission
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Social Welfare Department
Winnipeg General Hospital
Brandon Hospital
Canada Heads and Exports Mixed in 1920s Economic Note
Sir Hugh Allen praises Canada’s musical trainees under the Royal College of Music as a tour highlights the nation’s culture. Canada’s woodpulp exports to the US and Britain reached 138.9 million pounds in February while newsprint value stood at about seven and a half million dollars. The British Land Settlement Corporation plans to settle 260000 acres north of Edmonton and Vermilion to Wabamun. Montreal welcomed about 750000 tourists last year and inflation in immigration shows growing share of agriculturists and domestics. The Grain Commission praised Canadian Pacific Railway for efficient grain handling with minimal complaints in 1922 28 and 1928 24 seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Royal College of Music
Hugh Allen
London Institution
United States
Great Britain
Grain Commission Board
Canadian Pacific Railway
Railway
Commission
Opera Star Faces Customs Probe After Canada Trips
A famous prima donna who sang Carmen in Ottawa and Montreal disputed a customs claim about champagne found in her private car. She insisted the alcohol was near beer. The report also notes cultural events and university tours in Canada, the Sun Yat Sen burial rites, and visits by Canadians and Americans aboard the Empress of France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen
Ottawa
Montreal
U.S
United States
Sun Yat Sen
China
Heaven
Peking
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daly
Rivers
P. C. Hughes
Brandon
Jas. A. McKenzie
Mr. Merchant
Excelsior Lodge
L.O.B.A
H. Wareham
J. L. Carlson
Carl Couch
Regina Sask
Pacific Lodge
10.C.F
Union Church
H. Sibbald
Messrs. Sibbald and
Lynn
Alexander
Central
C. J. Bartlett
Wm. Doncaster
Jas. Wedderspoon
John J. Arklie
Shore Hotel
the Gazette
W.I. T. Patteson
Waskada
Wheatland
Bradwardine
Farnum
Bijou
Grace Chater
Sloper
R. H., Sarsfield
Globe
New Zealand
Just
North Western Dent
the Peace Service of the Red Cross
Kodak
Milesman
Moxley
John W. Lee
Forman and Harvey ‘Block
Alberta
British Land Settlement Corporation
Edmonton
Vermilion
Wabuman
England
Aldershot
Aldershot Command
Ascot
Western Canada
Universite de Montréal
Regina
Moose Jaw
Calgary
Banff
Vancouver
Victoria
Lake Louise
Field
Glacier
Fraser Canyon
Canadian Rockies
Canadian Pacific
McGill University
British Isles
Gazette
Family Herald
Weekly Star of Montreal
Weekly Star
Rivers Gazette
Werley Star
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