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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
1
Readers urge a weekly half-holiday in summer with shops open until 10 pm the night before. Farmers would avoid dawn starts, and midweek sports scheduling would improve. Town merchants urged to unite, seek a mayoral proclamation, and advertise if adopted.
A man neglects his home newspaper and sends his son to fetch a neighbor’s paper. A hive attack, a barbed wire mishap, a cow in the corn, a cream spill, and a string of mishaps ruin goods and livestock as the family loses teeth, a carpet, hens, and shirts while the father laments the cost of a separate paper.
The Manitoba government plans a gradual abolition of the municipal commissioners levy after a five year dispute with municipalities. A 25 percent cut will occur this year for a nine month fiscal year ending August 31, with another 25 percent cut next year and hopes to end the levy in 1924. The caucus also transfers unoccupied land tax to municipalities and imposes a gasoline tax to boost revenue.
The Manitoba Department of Education annual report shows 141,266 youths aged 7 to 18, with 128,452 enrolled, 87.4 percent. Enrollment rose 8,790, average attendance 67.68 percent, the highest yet. Twenty-three new districts and fifty-four new buildings added, total classrooms 3,979. Additional consolidations bring the count to 112, with 109 active. Also noted are hog shipments to Winnipeg and W Rae placing in stock judging at Brandon Winter Fair with 667 points.
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