Che Springfield Leader Subscription Rates and Local Agents 1947
The Springfield Leader lists advance subscription at 2.00 per year and details advertising rates per agate line. It names district representatives and local agents in Lac du Bonnet, Seven Sisters Falls, Great Falls, Bissett, Whitemouth, St. Georges, Beausejour, Pisawa, Pine Falls, Pointe du Bois, Tyndall, and Elma. Also notes Post Office classification and audit bureau circulation as of Tuesday January 28 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Lac du Bonnet
Cliff Brow
Seven Sisters Falls
M. Everson
Great Falls
Betty Jean Thorbergson
Bissett
Martha Wegle
Whitemouth
T. G. Erskine
St. Georges
E. J. Bouvier
Beausejour
Valerie Manchester
Britain
Consumer voice on railway rate fairness and western burden
The piece argues western provinces should avoid bearing the entire rise in railway freight rates. It notes consumers lack a direct voice in wage dispute arbitration, recounts J L McDougall's attempt to be heard before the National War Labor Board, and laments the delay in the consumer getting a day in court while freight costs rise. The author urges equitable rates to prevent harming Confederation bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. McDougall
Queen’s University
National War Labor Board
McDougall
Justice McTague
N.W.L.B
Howard P. Chase
Chase
M. B. Archibald
Minister of Labor
The Other Way Poem on Peace and Liberty
A poem urges leaving war behind and embracing peace and liberty. It praises the sacrifices of soldiers and calls for unity to seek the other way toward love, light, and a safer future. The speaker insists that conflict cannot pay the price of freedom and urges steadfast faith as a guiding star.
Grand Old Man of Canada D A Smith and the CPR
In memoriam notes mark the death of Donald Alexander Smith Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal at 93 in London. The piece details his pivotal role in founding the Canadian Pacific Railway and his earlier career with the Hudson Bay Company, plus the CPR’s creation story and key figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
London
Grosvenor Square
Westminster Abbey
Donald Alexander Smith
C.P.R
British Columbia
Confederation
Pacific
Rockies
Sir Hugh Allan
Allan Steamship Co
Sir John A. Macdonald
Sir John
George Stephen
Donald Smith
Smith
Forres
Scotland
Hudson Bay Company
Labrador
George Simpson
Riel
Red River
United States
Winnipeg
Manitoba Legislative Assembly
Selkirk
Manitoba
Dominion House of Commons
West
George Ross
Stephen
Lord Mountstephen
Duncan McIntyre
R. B. Angus
Cheap two seater plane planned by Auster Aircraft Leicester England
Auster Aircraft plans a budget two seater with a price under 3000 dollars and a 65 hp engine achieving over thirty miles per gallon at about seventy miles per hour on test. The article also reviews BOAC modern aircraft luxury features including lounges, bars and private rooms with blue and fawn decor. It notes Britain's prewar cosmetics exports around 12 million dollars and new naval health corps training, plus extended unemployment benefits under postwar National Insurance Act forthcoming in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auster Aircraft
Leicester
England
Officers to survey conditions for British and station staff
The text states that responsible officers will survey living conditions of officers and ratings in Britain and at stations abroad and propose suitable improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Ottawa Drops Consumer Credit Regulations
Ottawa announces the revocation of the consumer credit order effective January 13 removing rules on down payments and credit periods. The Finance Minister announced the change in a recent statement outlining the removal of these credit buying restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Finance
Lord Strathcona's Life of Service and Public Works
Obituary sketches Sir Donald A. Smith later Lord Strathcona, detailing knighthood in 1886, peerage in 1897, and his role as High Commissioner for Canada in London from 1896. Highlights philanthropy, including funding Royal Victoria Hospital, and raising the Lord Strathcona Horse. Mentions Craigellachie spike and his religious devotion. Also includes Ottawa health division safety rules for schoolchildren with eight points on health, vaccination, and hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Smith
Canada
London
Bank of Montreal
Lord Mountstephen
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal
Lord Strathcona
Silver Heights
Winnipeg
Craigellachie
Stratcona
Canadians Aid to China Fund Calls for 1947 Relief
Canadians pledge 2 1/2 million dollars through the Ottawa approved fund to aid China after war. The plan buys seeds and equipment for farmers, re equips hospitals, provides nurses textbooks and drugs, loans, clothing, and supports rapid reconstruction in war torn China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Canada
Canadian Aid To
Newmarket to Install Photo Finish Cameras Next April
Newmarket will become the first English racecourse with photo finish cameras next April. Epsom Ascot and Bir among 15 or 16 courses that will adopt the system in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newmarket
England
Epsom
Ascot
Bir
Also Mentioned on This Page
Che Springfield
J. W. Wade
Pisawa
H. Leith
Pine Falls
Vesta van Malsen
Elma—C_ Wendeborn
Pointe du Bois
Alex Brown
Tyndall
L. A. Wawryshyn
Member Audit Bureau
Canadian Council On Boys
Enos Millicent
Alta
D. C. Coleman
Canadian Railways
Donald A. Smith
British Overseas Airways
Admiralty
Minister of National Insurance
National Insurance Act
Consumer Credit
Department of National Health and Welfare
Professional Services
B.B. Dubienski
K.C
Confederation Life
Winnipeg, Man
Man
Red & White
Drache & Matlin
Joseph Bellan
Harry Hershfield
Somerset
Portege Ave
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