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Tely officiallyby ALLAN DICKIETORONTO (CPt-The Toronto Telegram died today at the age of 95.It was bom on an April morning in 1876 and during the course of its lifetime chronicled many of the important events in this country’s tiistory.John Ross Robertson, who was to become a colossus of Canadian journalism, stuffed the first sheet of a four-sheet newspaper into the presshimself.He had borrowed $10,000 to .-dart the paper, but it was such a success from the beginninglie never had to cash the cheque.The first run of 3.480 copies was sold out within an hour Today, when The Telegram died, its presses roaring defiantly, it ran to more than 90 pages and left 226,000 daily readers, 1,200 employees anil every legitimate newspaper man in Canada to mourn its passing.When The Telegram started 1 oil could buv a first-class dressV %/shirt for $1.50 and a bucket of beer for a dime. The populationof Toronto was 71.693 and growing by leaps and bounds.The Telegram grew with thecity.Its circulation climbed to25.000 by 1900. and in 1918, when John Ross Robertson died, it was more than 100.000.For 30 years after the death of John Ross Robertson—whospent much of his newspaper fortune in making the Hospital For Sick Children one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the world—The Telegram was run bv trusteeswBy that time, Toronto Star had caught up and passed The Telegram as Canada’s largest newspaper, and the days were long gone when John Ross Robertson used to lend his delivery carts to his struggling rival to keep The Star alive.In 1947, when some Telegram editors began looking for backers in hopes of saving thepaper, C. H. J. Snider, a trustee, said: •Don't vou realize theVlast feather has been plucked from this chicken?”He was wrong by 24 years.On Nov 25. 1948, The Telegram got its second publisher. C. George McCullagh, the blunt and dynamic publisher of The Globe and Mail, bought theDeathsHUNTLEY: Mrs. Hazel Agnes, aged 69 years of Brandon, on Friday. Funeral arrangements: Rosewood MemorialGardens and Funeral Chapel.LeBLANC: Joseph Henry,aged 81 years of Brandon on Friday. Funeral arrangements:Rosewood Memorial Gardensand Funeral Chapel.(For further information please see classified obituary column,)newspaper for $3.61 million.He promised a vigorous and determined fight in an effort to knock The Star from its top position. But The Star’s circulation stood at an overpowering325.000 to the Tely’s 190.000 and the smaller paper never caughtup.Mr. McCullagh died in 1952and The Telegram got its thirdWINNIPEG (CP)—The provincial government has provided $2.5 million for compensation to Manitoba insuranceagents who suffer loss of income because of the compulsorygovernment auto insuranceplan, it was announced Friday.The provincial cabinet ap-proved an order-in-council Thursday advancing the sum to the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation which will make the payments through its transitional assistance boardThe government insurancescheme goes into effect Monday. Douglas A. Duncan, chairman of the board, said he could not comment on how the money will be distributed to the agents who elect not to sell the government insurance.Brandon group toA Brandon community group is organizing a protest of thervt«niv\clA«'i A mnViiflm Kl not ncand last publisher. John Bassett, six-foot-four native of Ottawa, bought the paper for $4.25 million with the backing of de-partment-store tycoon John David Eaton.Mr. Bassett described his paper’s position as ‘‘independent Canadian” and, like his predecessor, made vigorous attempts to cut into The Star’s lead.hurt agentsEarlier this year, however, two methods of making compensation payments were announced. One is a single cash payment based on the agent’s previous auto insurance income multiplied by the percentage it represents of his total income for one year.The other method would be multiple cash payments of 75 per cent of the agent’s previous weekly earnings from auto insurance to a maximum of $85 a week, on the basis of one payment for every year in theindustry.«/The assistance board will have the right to recommend additional compensation or loans in special cases where hardships can be demonstrated.protest blastin will be several environmentalists, geologists and geograph-
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Brandon Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Sat, Oct 30, 1971
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