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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
4
A Tuesday gathering at the United Church hosted the Ladies Aid for members of the Board of Stewards Session Choir and Sunday School officers. The shadow contest drew laughs and interest while a nice lunch was served. J B Thompson and Rev J E Bell spoke. Mrs J McKellar, soon to bereave, received an address and gift of fancy china.
George Wallace Duncan 33, salesman for Imperial Oil, was killed instantly when the car he rode in overturned while taking a steep incline on the road to Harding Sunday. Francis Massin, driver, was thrown clear with only minor cuts. A three car shooting party followed. Duncan’s father rode in the lead car and the deceased followed in the second. About two miles beyond Hall's bridge the vehicle tumbled from an unknown cause. Duncan was pinned under with a broken neck.
James Halliday, an attendant, is held awaiting coroner jury verdict after elderly patient John Frieson died Friday following injuries from a July 5 struggle in the ward. Halliday denies responsibility for the injuries and death.
The article notes the anthem first public singing at Drury Lane and Covent Garden in 1745 after Sir John Cope's defeat at Prestonpans. It suggests the words were written earlier as a national prayer for George II's safety against the Jacobites.
The Western Manitoba Teachers Association will hold Brandon events on October 2 3 and 4 for the largest Manitoba convention. The forty sixth annual meeting will feature an expanded program with an extra day to accommodate business transecting and an outstanding lineup of activities.
Prominent growers and government experts predict the apple crop will reach 2 500 000 barrels in Nova Scotia, the largest on record. In New Brunswick 25 000 hunting licenses have been sent to 300 vendors as the big game season opens. BE W Beatty leads a Canadian Pacific Railway inspection tour from Montreal to Winnipeg, studying planes as rail adjuncts. CP rail prizes at Strathmore show highlight agricultural ties, while 1792 British boys join colonial employment schemes. Juliette Gaultier de la Verandrye reports 300 songs found in Nova Scotia ahead of concerts.
Miss Lora Wiegand departed at the start of the week to attend a school program in Mooseborn Manitoba.
A preliminary study outlines a hotel to be built by Canadian National Railways in Saskatoon. Archibald and John Schofield collaborate on the design of this major hotel project.
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