Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 1, 1975, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg it of muss ratio a August 1, a baby elephant gets Relief from the California heat As its Mother provides some Shade in their pit at the los Angeles zoo. The Young elephant was born May 10. Rail Rush ends Reuter 4 appeals to Gromyko London Reuter Gerald Long managing director of Reuters news Agency thursday asked soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko to intervene to Stop harassment of foreign correspondents in the soviet Union. In a letter to Gromyko Long said available records forced him to the belief that harass-1 ment occurred when correspondents reported what the soviet authorities would prefer j not to be reported or when their work was otherwise Dis pleasing to the authorities. Harassment had taken the 1 form of physical attack deter i lion press campaigns and Cusat ions of a personal or moral nature Long said. Expulsion had been used frequently As a weapon and sure had been brought to Bear 1 in other ways. Long said he had two partic ular reasons for writing to Gromyko at the present time. J one was that the european Security conference now meet a Jiing at Summit level in Helsinki a j had been considering ways of i improving conditions for Corre i 1 Spon dents. 1 the second reason Lay in re cent soviet actions against. R c u t e r s correspondents i among these was the refusal of a visa to a journalist whom Reuters had wished in Post to i Moscow earlier this year. A copy of the letter has been sent to the executive Secretary i of the Security conference with wreckage of the minibus in which the Dublin based Miami show band was ambushed four Miles from Newry Northern Ireland Early thursday bears witness to tragedy. The band was returning to Eire after an engagement at Banbridge co. An explosion went off at the same time As started firing. At least three band members were among five people killed. Malden mass. A Homer painting stolen Ever rat Caci Cavallo by .1. C. Graham up correspondent Auckland . Up a highly distinctive travel custom is disappearing in new zealand in the interests of Progress. In a wave of nos Talgia railway enthusiasts have been sadly lamenting its passing. Until recent years there were no dining cars on new zealand express trains. In Stead conductors passed through the carriages at intervals chanting some such i t u r g y As tells Fres hts knowledgeable new Zoa Landers were Able to interpret this As meaning the train will Stop for 10 minutes for refreshments when we arrive shortly at Tau Marunus Sta expresses invariably arrived at Tau Marunus a Small town about Midway Between Auckland and Wellington in the Middle of the night. But however moribund the Pas sengers seemed the announcement was the signal for frantic activity. Sleeping travellers were galvanised into action. They groped be Neath the seats for discarded h o e a assembled jackets wallets and families and headed for the Carriage doors. Immediately the train halted at the station they joined in a mad Rush for the refresh ment counters where attendants stood ready for the in Vasion. Chanted the Early arrivals which the attendants were equally accustomed to translating As a meat pie and a cup of Early customers rapidly re treated to a Corner with their trophies but those who were not Quick off the Mark were liable to be submerged by later arrivals five or six deep shoving toward the counters. Tea was liable to be slopped into saucers and pics trampled underfoot. But so massive were the cups and saucers that even crockery t r a m p 1 c d by the milling t h r o n g survived the on Slaught. Tourists watching the Ritu Al in amazement swore that new zealand superiority at Rugby football followed Natu rally from the training received from childhood at. Rail Way refreshment counters. Late arrivals were liable to receive their supplies within a minute or two of so that they had to sprint Back to their carriages As the train was whistling for Depar Ture. Cups saucers and plates j taken aboard the train were collected after departure by attendants who passed through after the journey was resumed and alighted at the next station. Correction omitted from july 30th and we Reserve the right to limit quantities West Home foods Ltd. 737 Wellington ave. Pm. 774-3491 tic whole process was re pealed at frequent intervals throughout a journey of 10 or 12 hours and it was calculated that consumption of Tea and pies was about enough to sustain an asian peasant for a week or More. In recent years however new express trains have been brought into service with restaurant and Buffet service aboard. More trains will offer similar facilities soon. I More and More of the re freshment stops arc being eliminated. That at Tau Marun the most famous of the main line Way stations closed a while ago. Now another at Frankton has been eliminated. To Mark the closing of its refreshment service railway enthusiasts made special trips to Frank ton 80 Miles South of auck land for the last Day s ser. Vice. All of them As a matter of principle ordered pies and Lea. Some brought their Chil Dren with them to give them a last Opportunity to experience the Pioneer railway tra v e 1 i c r s refreshment Cus Toms. They presented bouquets of Flowers to the refreshment room staff and lamented the end of an Era. It s the end of a Way of declared one hardened traveller and an expert in the Art of sustaining life on new j zealand s express trains. Longtime train travellers connoisseurs of the fare at various stations declare that the effete modern custom of taking a meal at Leisure As the train is in motion cannot compare with the struggle and Triumph of a hard earned . And the Mas Sive cups saucers and plates with railway insignia on them have become collectors items. J Milwaukee Caci Caval authorities said the painting whittling boy was purchased o Al somewhat Salty la. Request that it be placed Winslow Homer painting a disappeared during the past 24 in Ilta for it was com Tiu or like provolone but is not among the papers of the con-1 hied at about has been i hours they declined to say Homer in 1873 and is smoked. It has a smooth very i Oronce group which has How or when the theft was j texture a Light or White studying the working Lions of journalists. Condi f stolen from the Maldon Library police said thursday. I How or when the theft was Dis covered i is t h e painting titled Ned by the american artist i the1 who died in 1910. Interior and a Tan surface. Or Trade Leonard real tobacco taste h vote want naturally smooth. Satisfying flavour switch to sportsman. And. 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