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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
3
Citizens discuss CNR delays and the Rivers station as a poor advertisement for through service. They urge modernizing depots, expanding rail facilities, and retaining town pride while noting the loss of a roundhouse segment and the shabby state of yards.
The speaker argues that efforts and resources invested in advertising and national routes are wasteful if the System does not protect and preserve its holdings. Pride in assets should guide actions at all times to prevent harm.
The Windsor Star condemns the mob that rough handled Hamilton aldermen leaving City Hall and says no civic good comes from it. It argues that in Canada the ballot is the only proper weapon for citizens to vote out authorities and notes anger at Controller Nora Frances Henderson over alleged city lawlessness during the steel strike.
The New York Sun reports a forthcoming truck, praised by the Journal of Commerce, planned to be 35 feet long with a 12,500 pound unloaded weight and payload capacity above 43,000 pounds. It features two front axles, three rear axles, dual synchronized engines, emergency single-engine operation, 16 tires, and about 900 square feet of braking area.
John Shynkow of Skylake district Manitoba was fined 525 dollars plus costs after a provincial police court found him guilty on three liquor act charges. RCMP testified he rammed a shack on his farm during a farm search on August 9 and destroyed eight gallon jugs of home brew.
Vancouver CP reports Mr and Mrs John Sillis en route to England after nineteen years in Shanghai. They describe China as seething with hate toward whites and predict civil war. They recount surveillance by police, corruption, and food smuggling as the city nears upheaval amid Communist proximity and Chiang Kai Shek rhetoric.
A compact fifteen pound baby stroller debuted at the Furniture Market. When wheels fold into a special compartment it doubles as a high chair in restaurants or an automobile seat for babies up to three years old. Leatherette seat, snap lock, rubber foot board, and a three section lightweight handle aid portability.
Baboons in Cape Province raid flocks in organized packs, feeding on raw meat and causing losses up to £50,000 ($200,000) annually. Drought and eradication of prickly pear forests, a natural baboon food, push them to devastating raids. Francois Theron, a prominent sheep farmer, reports £1,400 in losses over three years and notes many injuries go uncounted.
Angry ex servicemen and families occupy abandoned army huts and camps across the United Kingdom. Charien Keller says the places are bleak but better than their condemned homes while Julia and a baby support the move as 10 000 others join in. Health ministry empowers local authorities to take over squatter camps for official housing where possible.
A biblical verse from Matthew 6 24 presents a warning that a person cannot serve both God and wealth. It emphasizes choosing loyalty between spiritual devotion and material attachment, highlighting conflict between competing masters.
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