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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1951
Page
2
Fragmented synopsized dispatch notes a German treatment in a late war era, a Dutch Canadian contest winner in Calgary, and various political and legal events. It also mentions a Quebec aviation official’s death after a motor crash, a Canadian Pacific derailment near Winnipeg with minor injuries, an evasive senate hearing in New York, and Britain’s ambassador to Spain under Franco.
Londoners face a growing starling spectacle as millions roost around Trafalgar Square. The birds disrupt traffic and rooftop life, roost along Whitehall and Westminster, and prompt debate on control methods from nets to owls and aeronautical nets.
Jiri Brotan first secretary of the Czechoslovak legation in Switzerland says he asked the Swiss government for asylum in Bern. He noted Swiss authorities asked him not to explain the reasons publicly. Nearby in Burma a police incident killed four and injured six during a grenade misfire from a constable. The Earl of Athlone’s condition in Salisbury remains satisfactory as he and Princess Alec depart for Cape Town on medical advice. A Canadian donation of 3440 cases of ale for troops in Korea is being loaded in London to be shipped with Canada’s Pacific-bound force next month.
The St. Catharines Standard notes tenders will be called this summer for a new Peterborough post office. It argues Oshawa St Thomas and others share the demand while Peterborough lags with obsolete staff conditions and public building needs amid defence pressures.
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