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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
3
A regional poem laments failing roads from Eddie's corner northward and mocks council promises. The speaker urges local officials to fix gravel streets and mud as vanity in governance. The verse ends with a moral note about eternity rather than road repairs. Mrs Bert Dixon Silverwood.
The editor asks readers to pay subscriptions promptly as production costs rise and print prices increase. Arrears will lead to dropping from the list at month end. Readers are asked to keep the label date a year ahead if possible.
The Review notes Fair Day falls on Wednesday this year and admits the schedule was hurried to fit staff into the doings. It suggests several items may have been missed or perhaps not, due to the haste.
Regular meeting June 14 1948 with all members present. Minutes adopted and accounts approved including payments to J Anderson S Stokke Pesa te ey J Poucher Meyer School Supply Ready Lovas and A Rice. Picnic donation approved and adjournment taken. July 19 1948 meeting attended by four trustees reviewed last minutes and payments. Transportation system to revert to driving vans monthly rate 80 cents per mile and fall term school opening August 31 1948. Meeting adjourned.
Manitobans with a Motor Vehicle Liability Card from the Home Assurance Company of Canada are warned the pink card will not be recognized after the company loses its license in Manitoba. Police, officials urge card holders to obtain Public Liability and Property Damage insurance from another company and secure a Government Motor Liability Card to avoid impounding after an accident.
A New York psychiatrist criticizes constant, dramatic repetition in radio news as heightening anxiety and despair among listeners. He notes U S broadcasters’ fevered tones while praising CBC for cold impartiality, though CBC repeats items with monotonous standardization, dampening impact.
Ottawa reports 1299 delegates with 840 alternates will attend the Liberal Party national convention in Ottawa August 5-7 to elect a new leader and draft a new party platform. Delegates include all Liberal MPs, past candidates, and representatives from nine provinces and national associations. The vote for leader will be decisive, with strict safeguards and open nominations.
The Electors Roll of the Rural Municipality of Hillsburg is deposited in the Clerk's office and open for inspection until August 4. Anyone wishing to complaint must lodge with the Clerk ten days before the Council sits as a Court of Revision on August 4 at 2:30 PM at the Municipal Office. Dated Roblin July 9 1948. Charles Brydon Clerk R M Hillsburg.
At 1st Ave next to the Review Office at 1 p m cash terms the sale offers a white enamel kitchen range, kitchen table with four chairs, extension table and four chairs, linoleum, wardrobes, a Davenport, arm chair, two white enamel kitchen tables, a buffet with mirror, vanity dresser, dresser, beds, gas water tank and two small water tanks, lawn mower, pots and pans, dishes, sealers and garden tools along with many more items. Wm. Syke, owner.
Dr William A Large practicing physician and surgeon in Roblin Manitoba lists office phone 98 and residence 62 for contact.
An advertising promo urges readers to try the Review’s classified ads as a low cost method to turn items into cash, claiming many people already use the approach.
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