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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 1951
Page
3
A creek 100 man guard of honor comprised of members of the 1st Battalion Royal 72nd regiment of the ceremonial unit patrolled the riverbank area, reflecting traditional military tribute practices and honoring a notable occasion.
Quebec City will escort His Ex yx the Governor General for the first session of the 22nd parliament on January 2 in Ottawa. The Van Doos band will play. Mayor J S R Gendron commands the guard with Capt Henri Charbonneau and Lt Raymond Labrosse in charge of the color party. A geologist, Sir Cyril Sankey, surveys in Egypt for uranium from a helicopter at 400 feet. The BDC will televise the ceremony as King opens the Festival of Britain on May 3, 1951.
The 1931 census commissioners for the prairie provinces are appointed with D. W. Clement of Swandon as the area commissioner. About 850 field supervisors and 18,000 enumerators will work. The piece notes severe winter conditions and references Newsweek and U.S. Interior department estimates predicting higher petroleum use next year.
Trans Canada Air Lines will inaugurate a direct Montreal to Paris service on April 1 after a bilateral accord. The four engine North Stars will fly 3500 miles via the United Kingdom, landing at Orly with a schedule of one weekly flight ramping to twice weekly in summer.
1 180 pounds of haggis flown from Scotland arrives in Korea for Scottish troops New Year celebrations amid wartime strain. Montreal Star notes boxing deaths spur warnings that brutality in sport risks serious injury and questions the sport’s purpose. U S Justice Dept says American Communists act as Russian agents, pledging Moscow allegiance over treason concerns.
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