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Mail strike jams bus express office, Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes an(...)
Mail strike jams bus express office, Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes an(...)

Mail strike jams bus express office, Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes an(...)

Date10/22/1975
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  • Mail strike jams bus express office, Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes an(...)
  • Mail strike jams bus express office; Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes and packages they were unable to mail. Courier services in and around Metro were braced for brisk business making deliveries during the postal strike; they were busy answering telephone inquiries about rates. Some said they would add extra cars and drivers to meet the rush.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mail strike jams bus express office; Long line-ups developed yesterday at the Colonial Coach-Gray Coach parcel station as people sent out envelopes and packages they were unable to mail. Courier services in and around Metro were braced for brisk business making deliveries during the postal strike; they were busy answering telephone inquiries about rates. Some said they would add extra cars and drivers to meet the rush.
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Toronto parcels piling up. Hundreds of bags of mail and parcel post pile up in courtyard of Toronto post office's city delivery building. At top left,(...)
Toronto parcels piling up. Hundreds of bags of mail and parcel post pile up in courtyard of Toronto post office's city delivery building. At top left,(...)
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In Windsor, union barricade causes traffic jam like this
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