Community Weekly Newspaper Established in Rivers Manitoba
Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department in Ottawa. The Gazette is a community weekly founded in July 1905 by T. W. Offen and issued on Thursdays from 211 Main Street Rivers Manitoba. Subscriptions cost 200 in Canada and 250 elsewhere, payable in advance.
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Post Office Department
Ottawa
T. W. Offen
Gazette Office
Main Street
Rivers
Manitoba
Canada
Women's Institute to Back Rivers Cemetery Project
A local Women's Institute plans to address neglect at Rivers cemetery and consider improvements to create a dignified resting place. A meeting will be held at the Ukrainian hall next Wednesday at 8 00 p.m. to discuss ways residents can support and maintain the grounds.
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Rivers Cemetery
Women’s Institute
Editor’s Note on Contributors And News Columns
The Lachute Watchman contrasts writers who demand not to be altered with the editor’s responsibility for news content. It emphasizes the editor's sole accountability for what appears in the paper versus commenters who resist changes.
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Lachute
Proverbs Verse About Friendship and Support
A concise biblical aphorism from Proverbs stating that a friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity. The line underscores steadfast friendship and family support in times of hardship.
Parliament Pay: MPs Get 4000 Sessional Indemnity
The House of Commons members receive 4000 as a sessional indemnity plus an annual expense allowance of 2000. The Prime Minister earns 15000 a year besides indemnity and expenses and 2000 for a motor car. The opposition leader’s salary is 10000 with a motor car allowance.
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Toronto Telegram
House of Commons
British air raid drills and moral debate ripple into Canada
Montreal Star reports on British practice raids faking casualties with tomato sauce tests while Carpenters’ blitz village becomes target practice. Fort Erie Times-Review critiques Soviet Young Communist League for denying God, contrasting faith with science and state atheism.
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Montreal Star
Britain
London
Ais
Fort Erie
Mayor W J Macdonald voted until Robertson era debate
The article clarifies the role of the presiding mayor in city council votes. It states the mayor has a vote equal to any alderman, not just a tie breaker. It notes former mayor Dr. W. J. Macdonald recorded his votes and that the mayor’s vote is decisive in deadlocks when cast.
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St. Catharines
Robertson
W. J. Macdonald
Ottawa barber price rise sparks debate on living costs
Ottawa citizens face 65 cent haircuts as a five cent rise. barbers argue, riders may cut visits or tips, while shaves stay at 40 cents. A barber notes nine budgets, comparing today with 15 cent cuts and 10 cent shaves in the past. Nearby, New York readers report Danish Bornholm fishermen buying Danish Communist paper Long Og Folk to recall clashes with Polish and Soviet patrols.
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Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa
New York Herald Tribune
Denmark
Bornholm
Baltic Sea
Long Og Folk
Readers praise The Christian Science Monitor in letters
A collection of reader letters extols The Christian Science Monitor as carefully edited and valuable for teaching. The notice promotes a special introductory subscription offering 26 issues for $81, highlighting the paper as essential and informative alongside local newspapers.
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Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
U.S
Reader request for introductory Christian Science Monitor issue pack
A reader from Boston Massachusetts requests an introductory subscription to the Christian Science Monitor 26 issues and encloses one dollar. The message provides a placeholder address city zone and indicates interest in starting a trial subscription. The tone is a direct customer inquiry typical of a newsletter pickup.
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Christian Science Monitor
Norway St
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
Local Joke and Carded Business Nod bools
A quirky exchange has Jerry claiming writing work, Ethel probing for results, and a doctor praising a flawless feminine appeal. Amid chatter a local business issues a small card declaring they have no quarrel with sellers undercutting prices and to set fair value.
Robber Sentenced in Vancouver. NY Slain Instructor Found
John N. Bennett, 35, jailed seven years in Vancouver for house robberies after an eight week release from Prince Albert penitentiary. Karl T. Ohl, 30, New Jersey math instructor, found naked and stabbed to death in a mid Manhattan apartment. roommate Herbert Landau questioned. BOAC Stratocruiser set eight hours three minutes from Montreal to Prestwick, beating prior eight hours forty five minutes. Ottawa reports 1949 50 fiscal year family allowance violations with 26 prosecutions. fines up to 1200 and jail terms five to six months.
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John N. Bennett
Vancouver
Prince Albert, Sask
Karl T. Ohl
New Jersey College
New York
Manhattan
Herbert Landau
Health Department
Ottawa
Fort Frances Eyes Daylight Time Referendum Next Year
Fort Frances voters will decide in December whether to adopt daylight aging time. The town council agreed to hold a referendum on the question during the upcoming regular civic election.
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Fort Frances
Minnedosa Council Seeks Advice On Early Water Works Vote
Minnedosa town council asks for legal guidance regarding a potential early referendum by ratepayers on financing the $280,000 water works project. The move aims to determine legality and process for an advisory or binding vote. The action centers on municipal funding and residents’ input in the capital program.
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Minnedosa
Ontario freight rate plan to block BC Alberta coal
British Columbia and Alberta coal will be shut out of Ontario markets under the proposed freight rate increase, Mines Minister N. E. Tyranner of Alberta said in Vancouver. The Yorkshire Post speculates that Prime Minister Attlee may relieve Aneurin Bevan of housing program duties. Anthony Eden visited Prime Minister St Laurent in Ottawa and spoke only of the international situation. Two US Navy destroyers collided off Wilmington, four killed, three injured. CPR carman John Shpakowsky killed under a box car in Fort William. James K Ripley of Toronto received three years for conspiracy to obtain diamonds by false pretences. Toronto vegetarians paused two minutes for George Bernard Shaw.
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British Columbia
Alberta
Ontario
N. E. Tyanner
Vancouver
The
Yorkshire Post
Attlee
Aneurin Bevan
Britain
Anthony Eden
St. Laurent
Ottawa
James K. Ripley
Toronto
London royal aide calls for patrols to ease security
A royal aide requested reduced police patrols around her London home to avoid disturbing her pet dogs which woke Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Separately, a rescue effort found a man dead and two injured after a mountain climbing group went missing near a Mexican city foothill, with climbers 4a miles from Mexico City.
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Pringees
Elizabeth
Clarence Hogue
London
Coredeze
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Mexico City
Turkey plans bill to impose death penalty on communists
Legislation proposing the death penalty for communists and even indirect supporters will be introduced in parliament. More than the required number of deputies have already signed the bill.
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Turkey
Bee injures boy as James Daniel seeks treatment in Atlanta
A bee sting injured a L1 year old boy in Atlanta, Ga, prompting hospital treatment for James Edward Daniel. Separately, U S Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.2 percent rise in consumer prices from Sept 15 to Oct 15, with higher costs for eggs dairy cereals bakery coffee fruits and vegetables and lower costs for meats poultry fish fats and oils. Downtown Boston flood damages estimated at 150000 to 200000 dollars after a high pressure main break, with water depths from 32 inches to ceiling height. Seve Steventon, former British consul at Mukden, China, was ordered to leave the country per a radio report citing his refusal to allow an air raid shelter at the former consulate.
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James Edward Daniel
James
Atlanta
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
Canal Street
Boston
Seve Steventon
Mukden
China
Radio
Steventon
Those Unpermanent Permanents Montreal La Patrie
A fragment notes debate on civil service tenure, arguing permanent status should not imply government power to resist reductions or reforms affecting civil servants. The piece questions whether permanence grants immunity from budgetary or policy adjustments.
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Montreal la Patrie
Civil servants should seek private work after short service
In a dynamic economy the civil servant dismissed after brief service should not cling to the state with desperation. He should have confidence in his own initiative and ability to find employment in private enterprise.
Enforce Dog Restrictions to Protect Sheep Farmers
Halifax Chronicle Herald argues strict enforcement of dog restrictions is essential to allow the sheep industry to flourish. It warns that without legal protection against killer dogs roaming freely to attack flocks farmers will hesitate to invest in sheep-raising.
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Halifax
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C.P.R. Carman
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George Bernard Shaw
Lee Pritzker
Canadian Vegetarian Union
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