Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 18, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free february 1967 Leisure Magazine Manitoban May now keep foreign liquor longing for that delicious liqueur you drank during a stay an Switzerland dreaming of that marvellous Champagne friends served you were in Paris if Why not have it sent to you in a gift parcel a relaxation of Canadas postal regulations now makes it possible for Manitoban to receive and keep liquor mailed to them in gift pails from Oiler parts of the until a few months sending liquor to Canada in gift parcels was forbidden the liquor was confiscated and Manil bans saw Many a bottle re moved from gift parcels and returned to postal authorities in where the liquor was poured Down the now thanks to the Manitoba liquor control they can keep it commission traffic said in an interview the Federal relaxation order was a Pai Emly not being taken advantage of by All according to James customs superintendent at the Winnipeg Post other provinces make no use of the re pay duty Bui Manitoba and All one now has to do in the province to keep a mailed liquor gift is pay customs duly and provincial tax on but Allan quickly pointed Cut that a record is kept of All if too Many parcels and Corr used to one person arrive contain ing i would report this to the commission who would have to decide if any action should be he didst say what the action might a person Doest actually save that much Money on a bottle mailed a said 99 per cent of those who receive one in a parcel prefer to pay the tax and duty on it and keep when the tax and duty Arent the liquor is Mcfarlane said he remembers a woman who received a parcel from Italy containing two beautifully shaped Large wine he explained what she would have to do to keep the she didst care for the but insisted on keeping the so we had them mailed to Ottawa and they were returned minus the when a parcel from another coun by carmenlij7a Magnus try containing liquor arrives in win the addressee is notified by mail that a parcel has arrived and that Hes to come to customs for the addressee opens the parcel in the presence of a custom who removes the other items in the parcel Are immediately handed Over to the be but if he wants to keep the he must fill out a form listing the Type of liquor mailed to he then mails the form to the which inspects the bottle and sets a value on the commission then informs the receiver of the amount after paying taxes and the receiver can keep the Mcfarlane said it could take up to three weeks before the liquor is he said that since the relaxation came into there appear to be More bottles and he said he was surprised none Ever arrived i guess because they Are carefully often in Manitoban can now have any Type of liquor mailed As a gift except a French liqueur considered dangerous to Art Buchwald take a russian to lunch red China is making threatening noises at the soviet Union and has even said that it the russians keep boating up students at red the Peoples army of China will have no Choice but to attack the soviets in for the first time in american sympathies Are with the soviet and while its hard to they May soon be referring to the russians As allies to one about but theres a contingency plan for just such an eventuality and its headed by a United states state department Type named Horace 1 found turnover in the of a temporary second world War building located behind a door marked department of Friendly soviet american relations and coordinating when i walked i found him on his hands and Knees putting the last touches on a sign which said take a russian to turnover seemed elated with the turn of events and he 22 years they made fun of but they Arent laughing if things keep going As they Are Between the soviets and the red they might even move me Back to the department i noticed for the first time that turnovers window was broken and the Snow Vius pouring i gather up until now they Haven Given your department too much turnover pulled his overcoat Collar tight around his Throat and you can say you might even say Treyve tried to keep my department under but now All these years of waiting have paid what do you pm to do first he took me Over to a Rusty Metal Cabinet and opened i have All the films Here we made about our valiant russian allies during the second world War song of Convoy to Mur the meeting at the and our the As soon As i get the were releasing them for television on the late it will be Nice to see them i said to then Well give the soviets 50 old american destroyers As part of a new lend lease but what do they need with destroyers the red chinese have no Navy to speak will be a Friendly after that we can Send them the hard Well explain to the american people that the russians Are fighting our something any attack on the soviet Union is an attack on us i we might even bring Over some russian War heroes to sell United states defence maybe we could have a rally in Hollywood for the soviet Union widows and orphans fund i said its not going to be turnover i called Hollywood and to a writer about starting and he said the last time he organized such a rally he find for 23 the Snow was now blowing All Over turnovers i Hope for your Sake the red chinese really give the soviets a bad i he i do otherwise in going to be stuck with 20 crates of Hammer and sickle buttons and Edgar Hoover is sure to Start asking questions about them ;