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Terrace Bay News, 11 Oct 1973, p. 3

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OCTOBER II, I973 TERRACE BAY NEWS PAGE 3 ; which prove that a number of items in grocery TERRACE BAY NEWS stores cost several cents more in Timmins than PUBLISHERS FRANCIS & DEBORAH HELMINK PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY at the News Print- ing Plant, Post Office Building, Terrace Bay OFFICE HOURS - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. DEADLINE - for all advertisements and news material is NOON Monday for publication in that week's issue. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $4.00 per year (local) $5.00 per year (out-of-town) Second class mail Registration Number 0867 P.E.O.P.L.E. = continued through the ice in Jackfish Bay." No. 34: A common mode of winter transportation of the era; a dog team. In this case used on the mail from Jackfish to the: Empress mine." No. 37: "An old steam engine emerging from the Jack- fish tunnel." No. 40 and 4I: "When diesels came into use ... the coal docks became obso- lete and were dismantled." Nos. 43-48: "Ghost -town ... Remains of old house. Foundation of Lakeview Hotel. A wind vane that was used to charge batteries. What is left of the station And No. 50: "The coal chutes were blasted away from the tracks and now lie overturned." Which is life, and change, for Jackfish and every place else. This is a program that an Ontario Government can be proud of. LJ Reduced Rates - continued from page I The Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Rela- tions will also be asked to assist. "Prices in the north are not going to tum- ble overnight as a result of these reductions. What we are looking for is a series of adjust- ments which will bring consumer costs in the north more in line with southern prices. We have already conducted extensive surveys LORNE"S CAMERAS FISHING PACKLE 20 SOUTH COURT STREET (next to the Paramount Theatre) THUNDER BAY 'P', ONTARIO TELEPHONE 344-0413 they do in Toronto. These higher costs are not always due to transportation charges, however, transportation appears to be partly responsi- ble. We expect the co-operation of retailers in the area to pass on the reductions wherever possible so that the people of Northeastern Ontario will receive the maximum benefit of the reductions", Mr. Jessiman said. SCHREIBER 0.P.P. PRESS RELEASE During the past week officers spent several hours directing traffic to safe guard operators removing rolls of strip steel from the ditches in the McKellar Creek area. This mishap occur- red when the steel shifted while being trans- ported on a westerly tractor-trailer causing the rear trailer to flip over scattering the load hither and yon. No injury other than a severe awakening was caused to the driver. The Highway Traffic Act provides that no person shall operate or permit to be operated upon 'a highway any commercial motor vehicle or trailer unless the load that such vehicle or trailer is carrying is firmly bound, sufficien- tly covered, or otherwise secured or loaded, in such a manner that no portion of the load may become dislodged or fall from the commercial vehicle or trailer. Residents are reminded that this section of the Highway Traffic Act also applies to loads being conveyed in the back of a % ton or a utility trailer, be the load large or small, valuable or trash it must be properly loaded, covered and secured in a manner when you arri- ve at your destination you have not left a trail indicating that you passed this way be- fore. D.B. Anderson, Prov. Constable #3I70 Schreiber Detachment. R EMBER FURNITURE. WAREHOUSE I20I W.Walsh Street Thunder Bay,Ont. (at end of Walsh St.,near Airport) NEW FURNITURE AT DISCOUNT PRICES ---------- -- -------------------- -------------------------------- Bedroom, Livingroom, Kitchen Furniture, Westinghouse Appliances, Wall-to-Wall Broadloom, Motel Furniture and Bedding FREE DELIVERY in NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

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