Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 1, 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday december i 1971 Kiwan ians hear consumer advice some advice for the con Sumer was Given at a kiwanis club of Winnipeg luncheon tuesday by Aurice e. Ther reit administrative officer and assistant to the director of the provincial Consumers Bureau. About 60 Kiwan ians attended the luncheon at the hotel fort Garry and heard or. Ther Rien explain the operations of the provincial Consumers affairs department. One thing customers should learn Early he said is that re funds and exchanges on goods sold Are strictly company policy. The company is not required by Law to Exchange or refund Money on goods. Another is that once you be made a Deposit on a Sale there in t any Law requiring the seller to give it Back even if you Back out of the Deal. So a person should make up his mind before putting Down his Deposit or. Therrien advised. He said his department often has people calling up complain ing that they can t get their de posit Back or can t return some article they bought. We have to Tell them sorry there s nothing we can do. That s some other advice or. Ther Rien had for Consumers always ask the name of a direct seller who he works for and ask to see his Selling licence which he is required to have by Law. Shop around when you re looking for credit. Get warranties in writing when you buy an article that is guaranteed for a certain length of time. Always watch what Docu ments you put your name to. Or. Therrien explained that the provincial Consumers Bureau has a staff of 15, including the director John Mason. He said the Bureau gets an average of phone Calls a month. Though All complaints Are documented he said the Bureau requires a complaint in writing and some substantiation in fact before the Bureau starts investigating. If a consumer complains that he was taken in a certain Busi Ness Deal or. Therrien said the Bureau alway gets the business Man s Side of the Story too and does t proceed on one sided assumptions. An average of 250 written complaints Are received each month by the Bureau he said. The Bureau administers the consumer Protection act the landlord and tenant act and he personal investigations act. No plans to sell miniature bottles the Manitoba liquor control commission has no intention of Selling liquor in miniature bottles in its stores commission bail irks court by kit file Gage magistrate John j. Enns took exception to bail asked by the Crown tuesday for three men charged after four Sticks of dynamite were found in the Winnipeg International Airport nov. 6. He said it was too Low. Appearing in court were Don Ald Wayne Zawacky 20, Ken Neth James Poast 21, both of Dauphin Man., and Leslie Stewart Cornell 21, of dog tooth Lake near Kenora ont. Crown counsel Murray conk Lin said the Crown would accept a Cash bail of in the Case of or. Zawacky because he had a prior criminal conviction for break and entry and in the Case of the other two accused he would be satisfied to allow them free on their own recognizance. Magistrate Enns in a very irritated manner told or. Conklin whether there was any thought of hijacking an aircraft or not the dynamite was a major threat to the Airport for what Ever reason it was left magistrate Enns then set the bail for or. Zawacky at two sureties of and for the other two accused at two sure ties of each or one surety of court was told that the three accused left Winnipeg on a North West Orient airlines flight for fort Lauderdale Florida on nov. 6. Through co operation Between the ramp and . Authorities the three were arrested by St James Assiniboia detectives when they stepped off a bus at the Winnipeg bus depot at . Monday. Or. Conklin said he was not going to infer that a possible hijacking was suspected in connection with dynamite. He said the Case should not be treated is thai sensational vein in re Gard to bail. Magistrate Enns said i can not accept your re comma was being robbed Dation in regard to bail in this i the Man was unable to open i Case. What Are we dealing with the till he ordered the clerk to j Here do so and he then removed i the dynamite with wasting Jabott the clerk did t no Caps and fuse was found in the Tice the direction the Man took j trash can in the men s i after he left the store. Washroom at 1 ., nov. 6, by j i two cleaners. The dynamite i t in to i was t fused and carried no i japanese movie Here timing device but Airport of j the consulate general of chairman j. Frank Syms said wednesday. He said Manitoba has no plans to follow a recent move by on Tario to sell the miniature bottles similar to ones used on trains and air planes for two main reasons there is no Public demand Here for this Type of liquor sales. It is too costly a Way to sell liquor and it would involve greater Security to Stop thieves. Ontario has begun Selling the miniatures in its major stores with the 1.6 ounce bottle in packages of and 12. About eight major Canadian distilleries Are involved in marketing the new product. Or. Syms said that if Public demand Here should Call for miniature sales in commission outlets the situation can be re viewed. But he made it Plain he considers such sales would be a waste of Money for both con Sumers and producers. He also said the miniature bottles would create quite a Security problem because of their size. He said the Ontario commission also had considered this problem but had decided to go ahead anyway. Or. Syms said Manitoba allows for the Sale of Minia Tures by a licensed premises Only after a special request from the premises. At present miniatures arc sold through retail outlets in new Brunswick. Alberta hotels use the miniatures for room service and they Are sold on planes and trains As a convenience. Man sought in robbery a Man pointed a handgun and ordered the 50-year-old night clerk at Mac s food store. 48 Osborne Street Early wednes Day to open the Cash Register and he then reached into the till and stole Winnipeg police described the Man As being in his Early 20s. About six feet tall and weighing 175 pounds. He had dirty Blond hair and was wearing a Fawn coloured suede three Quarter length coat and dark pants. The clerk told police he was approached by the Man at about 4 . And told the store facials said a number of factors could have caused detonation All three accused were remanded to dec. 7 for Legal Japan vri3 sponsor a free per i i Fornance of the japanese film thousand Crane Semba Zurn at 8 . Friday in the play Ocise theatre. I the metropolitan corporation of greater Winnipeg Extension of time excavation convention Centre is pc Macy excava7wn for Fewlas new. Cs.t-. December it 12500 Cost. W. E. 1971 Church women vote for merger Louise Stewart 2, from Northumberland England has a Chance to Admire her own portrait which she unveiled in London. She was chosen Bri Tain s prettiest Little girl in a Competition sponsored by a soap company. The painting was done from photographs because the youngster was too Young to sit for the artist. By Lilian Mccullagh Brandon Man. Special the Brandon presbyterian unil de Church women after operate Pelletier hold talks Secretary of state Gerard Pelletier met Here tuesday for several hours with Premier dec Schreyer and. Members of the Manitoba Fra met to discuss Mutual areas of concern including the proclamation of bilingual districts in the province following the. Meeting with provincial authorities late tues Day afternoon or. Pelletier said no definite decisions were arrived at by Trtat the meeting was of a consultative nature. However he said it is Likely iat bilingual districts will soon proclaimed in Manitoba Al though no definite deadlines Jave been set. Also discussed were the establishment of a French teach r training school for Manitoba he Federal youth report and youth programs for next sum Mer. Or. Pelletier said so far hat response of provinces to he opportunities for youth pro ram has been favourable. His visit to Winnipeg was part of a Cross country tour to meet with provincial authorities or discussions in these Vith previous meetings in Van Over Edmonton and Regina. Ing for 85 years have decided to merge with Brandon Presby Tery. The decision was made by some 150 delegates at their an Nual meeting monday in Trinity United Church Here. Rev. A. A. Kiddell of Killar Ney chairman of the congregational h be and work committee and also of the plan to merge committee both of Brandon presbytery outlined the plan be fore the vote was taken. The plan had already been accepted at the presbytery level he said. After. The motion to merge passed overwhelmingly or. Riddell said now we Are in a. Position to move ahead together As an effective team. Just As a a disband and wife pull together so will the presbytery and presbyterian be an influential guest speaker was mrs. Charles Huband from West Minster United Church in Winnipeg. This is a historical of she said. I m exalted by your vote. It s tremendous. I know your decision is a Good she was introduced by past presbyterian president mrs. Ivan Day of Dand who said mrs. Huband was the Mother of three children was an enthusiastic Church worker and had just returned from a speaking tour in Ottawa and Montreal. We have years of tradition warmth and Fellowship behind mrs. Huband continued new ways for new Days Are never easy to accept but the two groups in Winnipeg merged last february now we Are All working toward one purpose. The Fellowship periods which Are now planned for people not just women Are very important and of the hundreds who attend them half Are men. The report on nominations was Given by mrs. Frank Bur Nett of Medora who had chosen a provisional committee of four to act on the presbytery. They Are mrs. C. A. Brown of Souris mrs. Ivan Day of Dand mrs. J. W. Pottinger from Brandon and mrs. Harold Dodd of notice the Winnipeg Midland Community committee comprised of the following Winnipeg constituencies Polo Park Sargent Park Westminster and memorial invites All residents of the Midland area to a Community meeting to be held Mulvey school decembers Clifton school december 7 both meetings at . We strongly urge citizens from All walks of life and every organization to at tend and participate in discussions on City programs. Citizen s advisory groups for 1972 will be elected at these meetings. Chairman councillor we. 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